Chapter 821 - The Systems Kindness (1/2)

Da Hai was most certainly a director with artistic talent. For the first four masters they filmed, gentle lighting was used in combination with gentle background music to help the delicacies featured better shine.

It was previously mentioned that Da Hai had put a lot of work on editing to maximize the essence of the video content.

For example, when Master Wu was kneading the dough, the camera angle was aimed from the front and above. This perfectly showcased Master Wu’s consummate skill with dough, and the scene ended with a close up on him.

But everything changed for Yuan Zhou. Intense lighting was used for him and the brightness was also increased during editing. Therefore, when the viewers reached Yuan Zhou’s part in the video, they had a feeling of having left the clouds and mist and stepping into the sunshine. Visually alone, the entire atmosphere around Yuan Zhou’s appearance had increased in quality.

As for the background music for Yuan Zhou, faster music was played. It wasn’t exactly passionate music, but it was cheerful and lighthearted. The way Yuan Zhou’s part was edited was also very eye-catching.

For the part where Yuan Zhou made his Steamed Cold Noodles, there was very little editing. Although it was not a one take, the camera angle did not shift much.

“Wow, suddenly the entire mood and background music changes.”

“Yeah, I fast forward for a bit and thought that I was watching an entirely different video instead.”

“For the mood to suddenly shift, there must be something different here.”

Indeed, something was very different.

Firstly, Yuan Zhou was slowly and leisurely preparing his ingredients. Although he did not use any dazzling skills or techniques, his every motion flowed smoothly. This scene wasn’t exactly something extremely pleasing to the eyes, yet it gave off a certain sense of calm, and would not invoke any sense of impatience that caused one to want to fast forward the video.

The ingredients preparation process and Fang Heng’s doubts were all clearly recorded by Da Hai.

Usually, directors would try to create some suspense by asking if the master could actually complete this with someone doubting the master.

That might seem like a technique to make the video more exciting, but in truth, that was an act to increase the sense of mystery, an insult on the intelligence of the viewers.

After all, if the master had truly failed, would the video be broadcast in the first place? This was the promotional video for cooked wheaten food. Even if the master did not mind having his failure shown in the video, would the production crew not mind?

Fortunately, Da Hai was clear about this and merely filmed everything evenly without adding anything unnecessary.

And finally, when the Steamed Cold Noodles were completed, a close up of the noodles was shown. Of course, the viewers would not be able to smell or taste it. However, they could still see how good the noodles looked.

The entire thing looked extremely appetizing. That was not all. Da Hai had also honestly included the part where the customers around them were gulping longingly.

Next, the best part arrived. In the video, Yuan Zhou picked up his chopsticks and started eating joyfully.

One mouthful, two mouthfuls, him eating created some sort of tempo.

There was a saying that a marriage was a happy occasion, also an expansion of a sort of grief.

For the viewers, Yuan Zhou eating was an enjoyable feat for him, yet it was agony for the viewers that could only watch but not eat.

This was the greatest kind of grief for foodies.

And thus, the masses rose to attack their source of grief.

“I have never seen someone this shameless!”

“It’s fine if he is eating all by himself. But why must they show it on the video? Are they jeering at us for not having to eat it?”

“Who is this chef? Reveal yourself! I will beat you to death!”

“I’m so hungry. I haven’t had my lunch yet. After watching this video, I’m even hungrier. Damn it, eating so happily by himself. Are you trying to mess with me?”