The sizzling sound of grilled meat could be heard on the iron plate.
The premium Matsusaka beef begins to change color and emits a fragrant aroma under the wonderful collision of high temperature and fat.
"cheers!"
The people gathered in front of the stove clinked their cups together happily.
By the way, there were five people in Nanaya's group, but he and the youngest one, Inukai Atsuhiro, were the only ones who did not drink beer.
When the waiter brought the drinks, he looked very strange when he saw that it was two men who were holding the soft drinks.
It was fine that Inukai Atsuhiro, a minor, was not allowed to drink alcohol, but it really surprised Nanaya, an adult, that he didn't drink.
But Nanaya wasn't embarrassed at all.
"Everyone, thank you for your hard work recently."
As the sponsor of this meal, Nanaya loudly announced to the others present: "Today is my treat, everyone should eat and drink. In short, please have a good time."
"nonsense!"
Lily puffed her cheeks and replied, "I was looking forward to it when you said you were going to treat me, but you ended up giving us barbecue!"
"Stop complaining! It took me a long time to find this store!"
Nanaya said with a dark face.
When making the decision, Nanaya forgot that he was in Los Angeles and just followed his heart and decided to eat Japanese barbecue.
However, after everyone set off, Nanaya remembered that this was not Japan.
There are barbecue restaurants in the United States, but the barbecue restaurants here are either BBQ, Brazilian barbecue restaurants, or steak restaurants.
Most of the barbecue restaurants in East Asia specialize in Korean barbecue, but Nanaya really doesn't like kimchi.
In the United States, most Japanese restaurants are traditional Japanese restaurants, and Japanese barbecue is really a rare commodity.
But sometimes people are so stubborn. The more they can't eat something, the more they want to eat it.
Maybe the food itself is not very delicious, but it can make people very hungry and thirsty under their imagination.
Finally, Nanaya searched for a long time on Google Maps before finally finding this Japanese barbecue restaurant.
"Tsk, brother-in-law, you are so rich, why don't you just go to a Michelin restaurant?"
Lily was still a little unhappy.
"The correct way to eat barbecue is to have fun together." Nanaya nodded Lily's head. "Besides, the prices here are not cheaper than those in Michelin restaurants."
When selecting Michelin restaurants, the dining environment always accounts for a large proportion.
Dining styles like barbecue and hotpot, where everyone eats together around a table and the smell of grease gets on everyone's body, are unlikely to be selected by Michelin.
But barbecue is not cheap anywhere. After all, the price of barbecue directly depends on the quality of the meat.
The Matsusaka beef at this BBQ restaurant is authentic and shipped from Matsusaka, so the price is naturally quite expensive.
Nanaya's dinner party this time was a huge expense.
Of course, the store also sells cheap meat, so it wouldn't be a big deal if Nanaya came alone.
But this time, as the richest director in the world, he naturally cannot be stingy in treating everyone.
"Anyway, I absolutely cannot lose money on this meal!"
Lily stared at the stove, as if looking for an opportunity to attack.
Yumi was not as impatient as Lily. She took small sips of the beer in her glass, keeping her eyes on Nanaya.
"Senior, are you a little bit visceral?"
Ori looked at the meat plate next to him and found that something was missing, so he asked.
"No, order it yourself if you want."
Nanaya said casually, but as soon as he was interrupted, the meat he had originally set his eyes on was taken away by Lily.
"Hello!"
"Huhu~ The meat grilled by my brother-in-law tastes delicious." Lily showed a satisfied smile on her face.
"Isn't it all the same?"
Nanaya said helplessly.
Lily refuted seriously: "It's different, this is my brother-in-law's special barbecue, it tastes especially good!"
[Didn't I just add a little more lemon juice? ]
Nanaya didn't understand what Lily meant by the difference.
"Big brother, I can give you mine."
Yumi on the side brought her barbecue over.
"No, I'll do it again."
Nanaya rejected Yumi, and when he picked up the tongs to grill the meat again, Lily took the initiative to put the meat in front of her into Nanaya's bowl.
"Ha?"
"As compensation for me eating your flesh, brother-in-law, you can eat mine."
Lily glanced at Yumi and spoke in a warning tone.
"Hmm... I think my bake is better."
Yumi's unyielding nature came out and she also piled the meat on Nanaya's plate.
"Some of Lily's barbecue is burnt." Yumi pointed at the small black spot on Lily's barbecue with chopsticks and said, "Are you trying to make big brother eat the carbon?"
Nanaya didn't think there was anything wrong with these burnt stains, and they wouldn't even affect the taste.
But Yumi deliberately made it sound as if the whole piece of meat was burnt into charcoal.
"What did you say?"
Lily immediately became dissatisfied and bared her fangs to show Yumi a lesson.
Bang!
Ori closed the menu in his hand tightly.
"You two! Do you want me to teach you basic dining etiquette?"
Ori's cold face was really scary. Lily and Yumi, who were about to argue, immediately fell silent.
For a moment, the area around the dining table became very quiet, with only the sound of the sizzling barbecue.
"Haha, everyone, eat more meat."
Nanaya distributed the meat on his plate to everyone, but he still kept some for himself, and he also made a special effort to keep some of the meat grilled by Yumi and Lily.
"Inukai, you should eat more too."
Nanaya picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it into Inukai Atsuhiro's bowl.
"Thanks!"
Inukai Atsuhiro's face flushed red, and he was so excited that he almost knocked over the drink in his hand. He picked up the plate with trembling hands and took the slices of grilled meat.
From the beginning, his expression was a bit like a lamb that had strayed into a pack of wolves.
The other four people sitting there are either big names in the film industry or superstars.
Having dinner with them was indeed a huge challenge for him who hadn't even made his official debut yet.
Fortunately, the attention of the other four people at the table was never on him.
Yumi and Lily kept staring at Nanaya from beginning to end, and their attention was not on the barbecue.
However, Nanaya and Ori really enjoyed the barbecue, and Nanaya even asked the waiter to serve rice.
"Haha, this is indeed what a complete barbecue is."
Ori laughed as he picked up the grilled offal he had prepared and sprinkled it with hot sauce.
"Don't you think this is greasy?"
Looking at the grease dripping from the internal organs, Nanaya's mouth twitched slightly.
"Look at what you said, Senior." Ori stuffed the offal into his mouth, "Can it still be called offal if it's not greasy?"
"You'll get fat now, right?" Nanaya asked in a low voice.
Nanaya still vividly remembers the devilish expression on Ori's face when he was overweight.
Ori replied: "It's a rare opportunity to let yourself go, it's okay~ Just remember to exercise when you get back."
If someone else said this, Nanaya would probably think it was just an excuse.
But Ori is a very self-disciplined person. If he says he will exercise, then he really will exercise.
Perhaps Ori's satisfied look diverted everyone's attention, and everyone else at the table also turned their attention to the barbecue.
Even Lily and Yumi began to concentrate on grilling.
As idols, they have always been very restrained in their diet, but today with Nanaya as a shield, the two girls simply followed suit and let themselves go.
Inukai Atsuhiro was also very excited, as the barbecue this time was all high-end food that he could not usually eat at home.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he started his own barbecue journey.
Everyone was busy eating, so naturally no one talked.
All that could be heard was the sound of the meat dancing on the iron plate and the sound of people swallowing.
Wait until the first round of meat is all grilled and eaten, and then wait for the second round of grilled meat to be served.
Nanaya spoke again: "Thanks to everyone for their hard work on this FGO project."
As Nanaya said this, he clinked his drink cups with everyone else's.
"Look at what you said, brother-in-law. This is our job."
Lily replied with a laugh, "Haha."
"I'll leave it to you from now on, Lily." Nanaya nodded slightly, "And the same goes for you two, Yumi and Inukai. Since the FGO project shooting schedule is basically carried out back to back, you will be very busy for a long time next."
"No problem."
"Leave it to me!"
Lily smiled and grabbed Nanaya's hand: "Brother-in-law, you are really mean. You assigned such a heavy task to me. How are you going to compensate me~"
In between conversations, Lily gently slid her fingers across Nanaya's palm.
[You girl, do you want me to compensate you, or do you want you to compensate me? Also, Yumi, don't look so envious! ]
"So I'm treating you guys to dinner, right?"
Nanaya pulled his hand away.
Lily had long been accustomed to Nanaya's ways. She chuckled and said, "Are you trying to get rid of me with just a meal, brother-in-law?"
After saying that, Lily kept covering her face with her hands and laughing.
"Then I'll treat you a few more times."
Nanaya has made a lot of money recently by taking action against News Corporation and the popularity of Marvel.
Not to mention this kind of barbecue, even if he invited guests to a Michelin three-star restaurant every day for a year, he wouldn't go bankrupt.
Yumi asked timidly, "Brother, after we finish filming the prologue and the subsequent "Hundred Years War", which movie will be the next one?"
"If you and Inukai..."
Nanaya thought for a moment and then said, "After the two films are finished, you should participate in the promotion of the prologue. After the prologue promotion period is over, you should start filming "United as One."
Yumi looked expectant, "Is that movie also directed by big brother?"
Nanaya gave a negative answer: "No, that movie will be given to other directors."
The filming of "United as One" started at the same time as "The True Kingdom of Human Intelligence", which is a modified version of the Qin Dynasty.
As this movie is an important work to open up the Chinese market, Nanaya naturally does not want to make any mistakes.
So when it came to choosing the director for this movie, Nanaya didn't trust anyone else and had to do it himself.
After all, Hollywood directors don't understand the Chinese audience at all. If they hurt their sensitive spots, it would be fatal.
As for the option of inviting a director from China, Nanaya had never even thought about it.
Putting aside whether Chinese directors can handle the Hollywood crew model, most Chinese directors currently do not understand the audience in their own country's market.
Otherwise, where do all those crappy movies come from?