Chapter 167 Two cups of Coke,
with ice. The back door of the Central Academy of Drama, Nanluoguxiang.
Meng Bai and Song Zhi walked through the crowd and stopped in front of an inconspicuous restaurant on the roadside.
On the wall of the second floor of the restaurant, there was a red sign with four large white characters "Jingxiu Restaurant" on it. Next to the gray antique door, there was a display board.
Unlike other restaurants, in addition to the signature dishes visited, there were more photos of various celebrities on the display board.
There were also two lines of words written on the photos - "The Second Canteen of the Central Academy of Drama" and "Twenty-two Years Old Store".
This Jingxiu Restaurant is also a famous old store in the Central Academy of Drama. It has been opened here since 1992 and is known as the "Second Canteen" or "Back Canteen" of the Central Academy of Drama. Because of its affordable price and good taste, it is deeply loved by teachers and students of the Central Academy of Drama.
Many actors and stars who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama have come here to punch in, and it can be regarded as a famous "Internet celebrity punch-in place" in Nanluoguxiang.
"We're lucky." Song Zhi looked inside through the window. "Not too many people."
The two walked into the store, and a middle-aged woman came out from the counter. She was the owner of the restaurant.
"Auntie, there are two of us."
"Okay, just find an empty table." The owner aunt greeted them warmly.
Song Zhi found a seat near the corner and said familiarly as soon as he sat down: "Auntie, we want a portion of boiled beef, fish-flavored poached eggs, and minced chicken. I saw a notice outside saying there are dumplings today, right? I want another portion of dumplings."
"Oh, you are an old customer." The boss aunt said with a smile, looked at the two of them, thought for a few seconds and said: "Hey, I remember you two are from the class of 2006 or 2007."
"Yes, auntie." Song Zhi said in surprise: "Do you still know us?"
"Well, as long as they are classmates who come here often, I have more or less impression of them." The boss aunt's attitude became more enthusiastic, "I remember that this young man always came with you at that time. It's been several years since you graduated. It's great to see you still together."
"Uh..." The smile on Song Zhi's face paused, and he subconsciously glanced at Meng Bai next to him.
Meng Bai looked normal, echoed and said, "Auntie, will the food take a while?"
The boss was diverted and laughed loudly, "Don't worry, Auntie will help you rush it, it will be soon."
Watching her leave, Song Zhi glanced at Meng Bai and asked with a flash of eyes, "Why didn't you explain it just now?"
"What to explain?"
"It's just that we have broken up."
"What is there to explain? People just asked casually, why bother?"
"But... isn't it easy to be misunderstood." Song Zhi said softly.
"Misunderstanding is misunderstanding." Meng Bai poured two cups of hot water and handed one over, "Anyway, you won't suffer any loss."
"That's right... huh?"
Song Zhi frowned his small eyebrows. Why did this sound a little awkward?
The boss aunt seemed to really help them speed up a bit, and the dishes were served not long after.
In the white porcelain plate, the amber sauce hung on the soft and crispy chicken, shining with an attractive oily luster. Song Zhi picked up a piece, took a light bite, and then her eyes lit up: "Hmm - it's still this familiar taste."
After eating two bites happily, she suddenly sighed again.
As an "ex-boyfriend" who has been together for many years, Meng Bai knew without asking that she must be worried about how much weight she would gain after eating.
Song Zhi actually likes to eat, but unfortunately she is not the kind of person who can eat without gaining weight.
Every time she went out to eat, her mood kept jumping back and forth between "I want to eat" and "I will gain weight." Then she ate while worrying, and finally "finished eating with worry."
"One or two meals is not a big deal." Meng Bai said, "Besides, girls need more meat, which is good for their health."
"Ah?" Song Zhi looked at him with an expression of disbelief, "Where did you read that?"
Meng Bai spread his hands, "It's true. Women need more fat to protect their internal organs due to their body structure. Besides, if you have more subcutaneous fat, you can at least resist one more knife in case of danger."
"...I can hear that you have been studying forensics seriously recently."
With the various reasons given by Meng Bai, Song Zhi "painfully" finished his meal.
It was already past four in the afternoon when they walked out of the restaurant, and the sky slowly began to darken.
"What are you going to do next?" Meng Bai asked.
He had promised this girl before that he would accompany her for a day. It happened that they met today, so Meng Bai temporarily postponed the company's affairs and fulfilled his promise.
"Let's go to the movies." Song Zhi said, "I haven't been to the cinema for a long time."
"Are there any good movies recently?"
"Let's go to the cinema and see them first." Song Zhi pulled Meng Bai's arm, "Let's go!"
The closest movie theater to the Central Academy of Drama is the International Cinema of China Film Group. It was near dinner time,
so there weren't many people in the theater. March and April are not the traditional golden period for movies, so this period is mainly dominated by various foreign language imported films, including many blockbusters.
For example, "Big Hero 6" co-produced by Disney and Marvel, "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" which was very popular some time ago, and "Taken 3" which was about "the daughter was kidnapped twice but still didn't learn her lesson.
" "Popcorn, two cups of Coke, thank you." Meng Bai said to the staff at the front desk.
"Okay, do you want the Coke at room temperature or with ice?"
"One cup at room temperature, one cup..." Meng Bai paused, and an idea came to his mind, "Both cups with ice, thank you for the trouble." After
getting the things back, Meng Bai handed the Coke to Song Zhi.
The girl didn't think much about it, she took it and took a sip, then sighed: "Sure enough, the first sip of Coke is the best!"
After that, she looked at Meng Bai who was smiling next to her, and asked in confusion: "What are you laughing at?"
"Nothing." Meng Bai returned to normal and pointed to the show list, "Have you chosen anything to watch?"
Song Zhi pointed to a poster with a large white inflatable doll printed on it: "It's still "Big Hero 6", Disney, it feels very interesting. Well, there haven't been many domestic movies recently."
"Who said there aren't any? Isn't this it?" Meng Bai pointed to the smaller display board next to him.
""Wolf Warrior"?"
Song Zhi took a look at it, and the name sounded like an action movie.
Looking at the poster, it was true, "Wu Jing directed and acted in a military action theme."
"Do you want to watch this?" Song Zhi asked.
She didn't really care what she watched, anyway, she could watch it with Meng Bai.
"Support domestic films." Meng Bai said, "Or watch both. It's still early."
"That's fine." Song Zhi glanced at the show schedule. "It's just right. Let's watch Big Hero 6 first. After the show, there's a 20-minute break for Wolf Warrior."
He bought two tickets for the back seats, checked in and sat down. After a while, the screen went dark and the entire theater fell into darkness.
Song Zhi subconsciously leaned towards Meng Bai, and then she felt her hand being held by him.
And they were holding hands!
Such a familiar feeling, Song Zhi thought to herself. When they watched movies together before, the two of them also held hands and leaned against each other like this.
"What's wrong?" Meng Bai leaned over and asked softly.
The girl leaned against him, her chest pressed against his arm, so it was easy to feel her suddenly faster heartbeat.
"Nothing."
Song Zhi bit his lip lightly, trying to calm his breath.
In his heart, he still kept muttering, it's not like we just started dating, everyone has known each other deeply countless times, what's there to be nervous about.
Seeing the girl mumbling something, Meng Bai raised his eyebrows in confusion.
Fortunately, the movie started soon. Seeing Meng Bai's attention was attracted, Song Zhi pursed his lips and felt a little disappointed, but at the same time he was relieved.
Although watching movies has always been among the top three activities for couples to date, in Meng Bai's opinion, this should actually be used by those couples with stable relationships to kill time, and is not suitable for men and women who have just met and have not had deep feelings.
Staying in such a dark place for two hours, neither seeing faces nor talking, is really not a suitable project.
If the movie is a little bad, it would be okay, at least you can complain about it and have more topics.
But if the quality of the movie is good, it's over.
Just like Meng Bai and Song Zhi, the two had a bit of an ambiguous atmosphere at the beginning. But after watching for a while, they were both attracted by the plot of the movie.
However, the point of attraction is still different. Song Zhi is completely immersed in the plot, which is similar to ordinary audiences.
Meng Bai habitually starts to break down the rhythm, story framework and characters of the movie from the perspective of the creator.
The story of the movie "Big Hero 6" is actually quite simple. The "geeky" male protagonist accidentally obtains a super-technological robot, and then they experience setbacks together and finally save the world.
The classic plot, textbook four-act structure, smooth rhythm and transitions are no different from Marvel's other "superhero movies", a standard "movie industry film".
But it can't resist the high degree of completion. Whether it is the characters, pictures or expressiveness, they are all above the standard, so it can attract the audience.
Meng Bai couldn't help but think of the problem he had discussed with Guo Fan before. I don't know when the "small workshop" of domestic films can become a real "industrial assembly line."
(End of this chapter)
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