Fireworks in Lingnan: the Joy of Cantonese Tea House

Fireworks in Lingnan: Zhou Jiabao's Floating Tea House The arcade blocks the rain, the morning tea is fragrant, and the fireworks in the Pearl River Delta hide the thirty-year history of grassroots Zhou Jiabao's toil. From a thief in a teahouse in Foshan to a "ghost" street vendor running wild on the streets; from a down-and-out worker hunting for gold in Shenzhen to an unlucky man who was deceived when setting up a factory in Dongguan, Zhou Jiabao's life has always been "outrageous" and passionate. A handful of secret recipe oil paper bags allowed him to take over the "Dexian Tea House" that was on the verge of bankruptcy. He mixed stinky tofu claypot rice with traditional shrimp dumplings and turned the old arcade into a place for Internet celebrities to check in. There are ridiculous entrepreneurial farces here: delivery of boat porridge during a typhoon, live broadcast teaching Cantonese slang, and using VR to restore the arcade style; there are also heart-wrenching human relationships: the persistence of best friend A Bing, the gentle protection of Xi Shi and Azhen in the teahouse, and the inheritance of the craftsmanship of the stubborn uncle. The undercurrent of the dispute over the secret recipe is raging, and the battle to defend the arcade is boiling. In the tide of the times, he uses the optimism and resilience of Lingnan people to keep the market temperature of a bowl of hot porridge and a cage of shrimp dumplings amidst the squeeze of capital and the collision of ideas. Thirty years of ups and downs, from a "ghost" to a teahouse owner, from a boy to a grown man, Zhou Jiabao's story includes the economic boom of the Pearl River Delta, the collision of tradition and modernity, and the friendship and perseverance hidden in the steam of morning tea. Laughing with tears, warm but not greasy, this is a comedy full of Lingnan fireworks, and a true portrayal of every ordinary person struggling in the times - no matter how hard life is, as long as you have tea to drink and someone to accompany you, you will be "full of gold and jade".