Chapter 94: Going Out for Promotion

It can be seen how depressed Mingxu was during this period - no, how hungry he was.

Before Lu Xinghe could speak, Mingxu ran over and shouted, "Come on, let's go have a feast! It's my treat today!"

"How about we go eat seafood?" Lu Xinghe suggested.

Mingxu flatly refused, "No! I'm a vegetarian and can't eat anything oily. I don't want to eat seafood. I want braised pork, stewed pig's trotters, and barbecued pork!"

But considering that there were three girls, and they didn’t like greasy food, we finally decided to go to a teahouse for tea.

The teahouse has a wide variety of snacks, and you can also order meals, which can satisfy most people's appetites.

After discussing it, the five of them decided to go to a famous teahouse in Baogang. The place was a bit far, so the two men drove them there.

Mingxu called in advance to book a private room. After the five of them arrived, they sat down and started ordering food.

Mingxu took a menu and ordered everything. "Signature shrimp dumplings, steamed siu mai, black bean sauce chicken feet, purple gold sauce pork belly, black pepper pork belly, fried milk, barbecued pork buns, custard buns, glutinous rice chicken, Mala cake..."

There are also various types of sausages, porridge, and noodles. You can order whatever you see.

Hu Xiaoxiao calculated that no matter how much the five of them could eat, they couldn't eat so much. He said, "Don't order anymore. If you order more, it will be a waste if you can't finish it."

Mingxu said proudly, "If you can't finish it, pack it up."

Upon hearing this, Hu Xiaoxiao immediately took the menu and saw the roast chicken. He said, "I want to order a roast chicken."

"His roast chicken doesn't taste good. It's raised with feed. Who would be willing to use their good chicken to make roast chicken?" Mingxu said.

Hu Xiaoxiao thought of a place and said to him, "I know a restaurant that makes delicious white-cut chicken."

"Where?" Mingxu asked.

"I'll take you there some other day."

"No need to postpone it to another day. Let's go eat tomorrow."

Lu Xinghe handed the menu to Athena and said to Mingxu, "Be careful not to eat too much meat and fish every day, or you'll get fat again. Then Charlie will get rotten again."

Athena ordered a dessert and said, "Even if Mingxu is fat, he still looks good."

Lu Xinghe told everyone that Mingxu had a belly that he had overeaten and was discovered by Charlie before joining the crew. Charlie scolded Mingxu so much that everyone in the TV station knew about it.

Hu Xiaoxiao only then realized this past event. No wonder Charlie always kept a close eye on Mingxu's diet. "Mingxu, how long will it take you to join the group?"

"I'm not filming this year." So he has the better part of six months to waste. "It's not too late to lose weight when I join the crew next year. I'm very experienced in weight loss."

Zhu Wanwen quickly asked, "What experience do you have? I'd like to hear it."

Athena also leaned in to listen. Lu Xinghe asked her, "You're so thin, why are you still losing weight?"

Athena whispered, "I've been eating a lot lately. What if I gain weight and look bad on camera?"

"Then don't eat dessert. I'll take you to eat seafood later. Seafood is light and won't make you gain weight easily."

"Okay, I haven't eaten seafood for a long time."

As for their concerns about gaining weight, Hu Xiaoxiao has no such worries. She eats a lot and exercises a lot, and she thinks it would be fine if she gained a little weight.

The waiter brought several baskets of steamed food, and Hu Xiaoxiao was the first to start eating. She picked up a piece of tripe, and it was so delicious that she squinted her eyes. "This tastes good, and it tastes different from the tripe I've had before."

Mingxu was already hungry, so he quickly picked up his chopsticks and picked up a piece. He then pushed a basket of shrimp dumplings in front of Hu Xiaoxiao and said, "The shrimp dumplings in this teahouse are also delicious. The shrimp are all freshly peeled that day. You should try them."

“It’s really delicious and fresh.”

"There's sauce here, you can dip it in the sauce."

Dipping it in sauce gives it another flavor.

Both of them ate in a very good manner and their food tasted delicious, which made people's appetites grow. Athena and Zhu Wanben didn't plan to eat much, but after watching them, they couldn't help but eat too much.

In the end, even Lu Xinghe ate a lot.

They ordered so much, including snacks, roast duck, barbecued pork, braised dishes, etc. Even if they were full, there was still a lot left.

It was already dark outside. Hu Xiaoxiao, carrying a large bag of packed food, got into Mingxu's car with Zhu Wanwen, and waved goodbye to Lu Xinghe and Athena.

After the filming of "The Grandmaster" was completed, it was immediately sent to post-production in an effort to broadcast it as quickly as possible.

During Hu Xiaoxiao's training period, the post-production department asked her to come over and re-dub some parts that were not recorded well.

In addition, I attended several activities and my schedule was very tight every day.

After the training, Hu Xiaoxiao graduated successfully and obtained high scores.

"Xiaoxiao, 'The Grandmaster' will be aired next week. Please make some time tomorrow to cooperate with the company in external promotion." Awei called Hu Xiaoxiao.

Hu Xiaoxiao was flipping through a magazine at home, looking at the news about this year's Miss Hong Kong pageant. She asked, "Why are we suddenly going out to promote?"

In the past, when there was a drama to be promoted, we would notify them early on. It would usually be promoted on TV programs, with the actors playing games or something, or some trailers would be played during commercial breaks.

Ah Wei said, "Baozhu TV has a drama called 'The Bone of Chivalry' competing against us this year. They're promoting it aggressively, saying they'll suppress us for another year, so we have to keep up with the promotions. Last year at this time slot, their martial arts dramas took the lion's share of the ratings, and we absolutely cannot let them suppress us again this year."

If T.V.B.T. hadn’t had good ratings for the Miss Hong Kong pageant last year and turned the tide, it would have been beaten to the point of being unable to fight back.

"No problem, I will cooperate."

Hu Xiaoxiao was originally considering competing for a role in a new drama, but now it seems she needs to get the publicity for "The Grandmaster" going first. If her role becomes popular, she can immediately rise to a higher level, which will greatly help her get future dramas.

Ah Wei added, "You should come to the company early tomorrow. You need to put on makeup and wear your costume..."

Hu Xiaoxiao wrote down everything and arrived at the company early the next day.

The company gave her a set of clothes for the heroine Lan Xinya. After Hu Xiaoxiao put them on, she also styled her hair like Lan Xinya.

The director came over and saw it, and thought something was missing. On a whim, he said, "Xiaoxiao, try changing into Zhou Bijun's look. I'll arrange for you and Mingxu to perform a martial arts routine to attract the audience."

Xiaoxiao went to the costume department, found a few red clothes worn by Zhou Bijun, and took them back to the dressing room.

In the dressing room, another character who was going to be promoted, Hong Qiuyan, had already arrived and had just changed into black clothes.

"The Grandmaster" is a male-dominated drama, with the majority of the characters being male. There are only three female characters with significant roles, and Hu Xiaoxiao accounts for two of them.

Therefore, the only two female artists participating in the promotional activities this time were Hu Xiaoxiao and Hong Qiuyan.