Chapter 42: Shen Qingqing and Yuan Xin meet for the first time.

Qi Yu had already infiltrated Shen Qingqing. The budget for this project was very low. Each episode was ten minutes long, and each unit had four episodes of forty minutes each. The budget was only one million.

For a film crew, the budget for 40 minutes of content is only one million, which also involves the air tickets for the personnel from Beijing to the filming location. This price is really extremely low; renting cameras, mobilizing personnel and food expenses, really every step and breath requires more money.

Of course, Shen Qingqing had been out of touch with the real world for a long time, and she thought the low budget was just a matter of everyone gritting their teeth and getting through it. However, she didn't expect that Qi Yu would call her in the afternoon three days before departure and said, "Shen Yanyan, we can't find a local executive producer in Xiapu. You should go there in advance to arrange accommodation and confirm the personnel."

Shen Qingqing had a thousand question marks in her heart, "Teacher, am I not the executive director?"

Qi Yu was silent for three seconds on the other end of the phone, and asked Shen Qingqing, "Then I'll go? I'll go look for it locally?"

Shen Qingqing quickly said, “I’ll go, I’ll go.”

Qi Yu booked her a flight ticket for the next morning. After looking at the ticket information and repeatedly confirming that she was the only one traveling alone, Chen Qingqing asked Sun Ziyi and Sasa with a trembling heart if anyone had time to accompany her on the business trip.

Sasa gave a clear solution to this problem: "We are not locals. The difference between you going and going with us is like one headless fly and three headless flies."

Sun Ziyi also said quite maturely, "If you decide to take this step, you will have to endure hardships. Even your dear husband cannot accompany you on a business trip!"

After seeing the two people's determination, Shen Qingqing cast her eyes on the circle of friends. She posted a circle of friends and blocked her colleagues. "Is there anyone in the circle of friends from Xiapu? It's better to be a girl. Please help me be the executive producer. It's paid~"

In fact, Chen Qingqing had no intention of finding anyone, so she started browsing Xiaohongshu and switched her Weibo location to Xiapu, trying to find someone with a friendly face to cooperate with in this era of the Internet.

As she waited, she dug the cream into the bowl.

Unexpectedly, five minutes later, the person who sent her a message was Wang Meng. "Sister-in-law, I have a friend who's from there."

Wang Meng even uses punctuation marks very standardly.

Chen Qingqing subconsciously thought that the friend Wang Meng was talking about was a boy, and half-rejected, "But I have to be a girl, okay?"

Wang Manganese sent another "Yes, a girl."

Shen Qingqing paused as she applied the cream to her face and asked, "What's the girl's contact information? How can I find her when I get there?"

Wang Mang replied, "She is in Beijing and can go with you."

Chen Qingqing uttered a sigh and sent a voice message saying, "That's too much trouble. I don't have much money to give to others every day. It's not cost-effective for them to run back and forth, and it will also delay their work."

Wang Mang didn't reply to the message on the window for several minutes. Shen Qingqing watched him type and type over and over again, and finally saw Wang Mang send "Sister-in-law, I hope she can learn something from you, is that okay?"

In fact, if it were someone else, she might have refused directly, but everyone wants to watch the fun, especially this kind of first-hand fun. She really wanted to see what the girl who could make Wang Mang talk to her actively looked like, so she agreed after thinking about it for two minutes. It was just a matter of paying a little more for a plane ticket.

After hanging up, Shen Qingqing really wanted to call Wang Shu to gossip about how this brother, who rarely smiled, actually spoke in a tone as if he was making decisions for others. He must have had a romantic relationship, but in the end, she of course forced herself to hold back.

In fact, the two have been together for many years and have become accustomed to sharing frequently. Life is not like film and television creation. One cannot give up the daily necessities of life, and two will not completely forget each other after a few days of separation. A tug of war is the normal love. Shen Qingqing knows that Wang Shu must be the same as her, and from time to time he has the urge to share his life with her.

Before leaving for the airport, Chen Qingqing added the WeChat account Wang Mang had pushed to her, called Yuanxin. She quickly glanced at the Moments and saw that it was visible for three days. After sending the list of things that needed to be handled locally, Chen Qingqing directly asked, "How old are you?"

The other party replied, "Sister-in-law, I was born in 2003. I will go directly to the airport to wait for you."

Before she could even lament the fleeting passage of time, Chen Qingqing set off. She drove to Daxing Airport and waited at the subway exit. Sure enough, she saw Wang Mang walking upstairs carrying a women's schoolbag, followed by a skinny girl, who must be Yuan Xin.

After the two of them came up the escalator, they walked shoulder to shoulder towards the security checkpoint. Shen Qingqing followed behind them, wanting to see if they had any intimate actions.

Yuan Xin seemed to be saying something to him, and then Wang Mang lowered his head to look at his phone. Before Shen Qingqing could react, his phone rang.

She looked down and saw that the person on the phone was Wang Mangan.

When she raised her head again, the two people had turned their heads to look at her following the sound of the music ringtone, and Wang Mang's schoolbag was now on the girl's back.

Shen Qingqing was embarrassed and was hesitating about what to say. Fortunately, Wang Mang spoke first. "Sister-in-law, didn't my brother come to see you off?"

Shen Qingqing reacted for three seconds, then walked up and said directly, "Your brother is busy with work, how can he have time to send me off? I drove here by myself. I'll give you the car keys. If you have time, you can help me drive back to your brother's company."

What Chen Qingqing was thinking was, what a coincidence, I was just wondering who to tell Wang Shu that I have a job now and am no longer a housewife.

Shen Qingqing handed him the car keys in her hand.

After receiving it, Wang Mangan took out a Pop Mart pendant from his pocket. Without saying anything, he stretched out his hand, turned the Yuanxin around, and finally hung it on the double backpack behind her.

After Yuan Xin came around, Wang Meng simply said, "I'm leaving."

Yuan Xin waved to him happily and told him to drive slowly on the way back.

Shen Qingqing watched the young people's love passionately from the side.

After Wang Mangan left, Yuan Xin looked at him reluctantly for a long time. When his figure disappeared, she directly snatched Shen Qingqing's Rimowa box and helped her push it. "Sister-in-law, I'll help you carry it."

After booking the plane ticket, Shen Qingqing asked, "Yuanyuan, what do you do?"

Yuan Xin turned around and smiled, "I currently work at a convenience store and also in his cafeteria. I used to be an assistant to a celebrity in Hangzhou."

The word "he" is very subtle. Without mentioning the name, it is assumed that the other party knows who this "he" is. It is ambiguous and has a sense of "territoriality" between the conversations.

"A famous assistant?" Shen Qingqing said, "Then you should be very good at coordination."

Yuan Xin hummed and said, "Sister-in-law, you happen to be going to my hometown. I can basically find any place you want to go."

Shen Qingqing was troubled by the word "sister-in-law". It was like reminding her from time to time that the post-00s have entered the professional battlefield, and old sisters-in-law like her can only stand aside and rely on others for physical work.

After passing the security check, Chen Qingqing said, "You can just call me Qingqing. Can I call you Yuanyuan? Don't call me sister-in-law anymore. It makes me look old..."

Yuan Xin picked up the backpack from the security check box, put it on her back, and said with a smile, "Then I'll call you Sister Qingqing, okay?"

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After landing, Shen Qingqing struggled for a while. If she followed the standard given by Qi Yu, she and Yuan Xin could only stay in a standard room for 110 yuan a night today, not including breakfast.

She hesitated for only three seconds, and finally spent money to book a local B&B with a sea view for herself and Yuanxin.

After the two of them lay down on the bed exhausted, Wang Shu sent a message and asked Shen Qingqing, "Are you going to work?"

Shen Qingqing sneered. The last time she lived in Capella, Wang Shu called her in the same way, asking, "Are you out?" Half a year had passed, and there was no difference between them. They had to be tortured to know about their lives. The only difference was that they were now separated.

After turning off her phone, she turned over and found that Yuan Xin, who was originally lying on the bed with her, was gone. She leaned on the door frame and peeked into the living room, and found that Yuan Xin was holding a pot of flowers from the homestay, pretending to be cool and taking a selfie on the balcony of the living room. The background was the boundless sea, which was a bit dazzling. The Pop Mart pendant had been taken down and was now placed by Yuan Xin next to the bouquet of flowers. It still looked like a very anthropomorphic scene - like a little man looking at the sea.

Shen Qingqing walked over and patted her, “I’ll pat you.”

Yuan Xin was overjoyed and began to guide Chen Qingqing in the same way she guided Wang Meng.

Shen Qingqing asked while helping her press the camera: "Yuanyuan, are you and Wang Meng in love?"

Yuan Xin couldn't help but break down her cool expression and burst out laughing. Shen Qingqing's three-second countdown just happened to capture Yuan Xin's smiling face.

Yuan Xin asked, "Does it look like you're in love?"

Shen Qingqing smiled, “Could it be true?”

Yuan Xin took the phone, put it aside, hugged a pillow and looked at Shen Qingqing, and said: “I like Wang Mang very much, but Wang Mang doesn’t like me.”

Seeing the other party's sincerity, Shen Qingqing quickly began to help analyze, "No, I think Wang Mang treats you very well. I have never seen a girl around him. His brother said that he is the kind of person who doesn't care about anything else, but look, he cares about you now."

Yuan Xin was a little happy, but also a little worried, and said, "Sister Qingqing, I think it's because I'm so persistent."

Shen Qingqing asked again: “Are you college classmates?

Yuan Xin shook her head and said, "I didn't go to college. We met online."

Chen Qingqing exclaimed, becoming interested. She sat down next to Yuan Xin, pushed her aside, and asked, "So you went to Beijing for him?"

Yuanxin is right.

Shen Qingqing chuckled and said, "For an eighteen-year-old, you're really brave."

Shen Qingqing felt like she'd found a very young couple. Young love always seemed incredibly passionate... Although Sun Ziyi and Xu Zecheng were also first loves (in Shen Qingqing's eyes), she always felt that Sun Ziyi's emotions were a little less intense than Yuan Xin's. Sun Ziyi only smiled when he mentioned Xu Zecheng. But now, when Yuan Xin mentioned Wang Mang, she exuded a mixture of excitement and fear.

Yuan Xin added, "But Wang Meng definitely doesn't like me..."

Chen Qingqing said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, we are already familiar with each other. When we go back, you and him can go to my house for dinner. His brother and I..."

Shen Qingqing suddenly paused, at a loss for what to do after subconsciously mentioning Wang Shu. After coming to her senses, she said, "His brother and I will drive to pick you up when the time comes."

Yuan Xin smiled and said, "Okay, okay. Sister Qingqing, don't forget that I can make seafood for you when the time comes."

Yuan Xin pulled Chen Qingqing up from the sofa, led her to the balcony, and pointed south. "My home is in the fishing village over there. When I was a child, I followed my parents to fish and catch shrimp every day. I'm very good at boiling seafood."

Shen Qingqing looked in the direction she pointed and said, “I guess what the crew is looking for can be found in the small fishing village you mentioned.”

Shen Qingqing added, “Then your parents must miss you, so why don’t you take this opportunity to go back and see them.”

Yuan Xin was stunned for a moment, a little at a loss.

"I'm going to go see them on my last day."