Chapter 437 Chaoyue has grown up.
The entire military parade did not end until 12:30 noon. As the last crowd and the women's volleyball float passed by, the entire square began to exit.
"Mr. Meng, let's talk again when we have the chance." Before leaving, Su Hua said enthusiastically to Meng Bai: "If you have time some other day, you can come to our Kuaishou and sit down and I will give you more guidance."
"Haha, I can't say I can give you guidance, but I can still sit down."
Meng Bai replied with a smile, and by the way, they added each other as friends before saying goodbye to each other.
Watching the other party leave, he retracted his gaze, took out his mobile phone and called Meng Ziyi to ask about their current movements.
"We are at the east exit, but the traffic control vehicles can't come in, so we still have to walk a long way." Meng Ziyi said in a pitiful voice.
Meng Bai glanced at the map on his phone: "I'll send you a location later. You and Xiao Yang will wait there. I'll pick you up."
"Wow! I love you, little uncle. I knew you were the best... Hehe, Chaoyue, come with me. We don't have to go out."
Meng Ziyi's cheerful voice came from the phone, and she could still be heard talking to Yang Chaoyue.
Meng Bai chuckled and hung up the phone. He didn't even need to meet her to imagine her proud expression.
But thinking of Yang Chaoyue, it seemed that he hadn't seen this girl for a long time since the "scandal incident" last year. I don't know if there have been any changes in the past six months.
...
Although he didn't need to go out like Meng Ziyi and the others, because there were too many people leaving, Meng Bai still tossed for more than 20 minutes before he came to a small road near the National Museum.
The driver, Lao Qi, parked the car on the side of the road. Meng Bai opened the window and looked out. He saw two girls of similar height and figure standing one after the other not far away.
The girl at the back was wearing a white dress, with long hair draped over her shoulders. She surrounded the person in front from behind, with her head resting on the other's shoulder.
The girl at the front was wearing a black T-shirt, a baseball cap and sunglasses, and looked much more mature than the one at the back.
"This way!"
Meng Bai opened the car door and shouted, waving at the two of them.
The two girls who heard the shouting looked over here, and then the girl in the white dress also waved excitedly, and then pulled the other one over quickly.
"Uncle, you're finally here!"
Walking to the front of the car, Meng Ziyi, who was dressed in white and looked pure and lovely, couldn't help but sighed: "If you don't come over, the two of us will be sunburned."
"There are too many people, and the road is congested." Meng Bai replied casually, and then looked at the girl behind her who was dressed in black and looked obviously much more mature.
The other party raised his head, took off his sunglasses and mask, walked to Meng Bai, looked at him with a gentle expression, and said with a smile: "Boss, long time no see."
"..."
Meng Bai raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Yang Chaoyue who was trying hard to control her eyes and staring at him, and then looked at Meng Ziyi who was pursing her lips as if trying to hold back a laugh, and he had a clear understanding in his heart.
"Yeah, long time no see." Meng Bai said calmly.
Yang Chaoyue didn't seem to expect his reaction to be so flat. Her eyes were flustered for a moment, but she still tried to stay calm and said with emotion: "In the past year or so, I feel that many people I know have changed a lot. When I first saw Sister Meng yesterday, I almost didn't recognize her."
Meng Ziyi on the side glanced at her bestie in confusion. Wasn't this sentence in the lines they had just agreed on? But she still cooperated and said: "Yes, yes, after all, everyone has experienced a lot of things. I meet my uncle quite often, and I can feel the changes."
Yang Chaoyue secretly gave her bestie a thumbs up, and then continued her words: "Well, indeed, I feel that the boss is much gentler than the last time we met."
At this point, she stopped and looked at Meng Bai expectantly.
As she wished, Meng Bai really followed her words and continued: "Everyone is the same, Chaoyue is also, compared to the last time we met, he has grown up a lot during this period of time."
"Pfft-Chaoyue has indeed 'grown up', hahaha..."
Meng Ziyi next to him couldn't hold back his breath and finally laughed out loud.
And Yang Chaoyue finally couldn't hold it anymore, wrinkled her little face and said aggrievedly: "Boss! This is called maturity and growth, what does 'growing up' mean!"
"Ah? Don't they mean the same thing?" Meng Bai had an innocent expression.
Yang Chaoyue puffed up her lips, snorted, and then looked at her friend who was laughing beside her: "I just said that there is no point in pretending, the boss will definitely see it at a glance."
"Your acting skills are too poor." Meng Ziyi threw the blame back without hesitation: "Don't talk about my uncle, even a passerby will know that you are pretending."
This was a prank that the two of them discussed while waiting for Meng Bai. Because Yang Chaoyue hadn't seen him for a long time, she thought of pretending to be a mature lady to see if she would be discovered.
Unexpectedly, she was discovered as soon as she met.
"Hehe, I was just joking." Yang Chaoyue returned to her normal self and said with a smile: "But I didn't lie. Boss, you do look different from before."
"When you get older, you will always be different."
Meng Bai smiled and called the two of them: "Get in the car first, I'll take you out. Chaoyue, do you have anything else to do later?"
"No, I'm taking a break these two days."
"Okay, it's noon, let's go eat together later."
"Okay, okay!"
Meng Ziyi, who was standing aside, saw the two people talking to themselves and pouted in dissatisfaction: "Hey, hey, hey, you haven't asked me if I have anything to do yet?"
Meng Bai glanced at her, but still cooperated and asked: "Then do you have anything to do this afternoon?"
"No." Meng Ziyi shook her hair and got in the car.
I can choose not to say it, but you can't ask.
Meng Bai sat in the co-pilot, and the two girls sat in the back. Seeing that everyone was seated, the driver Lao Qi slowly started the car and drove out.
"Do you two want to eat anything?" asked Meng Bai, who was sitting in the front.
The two girls discussed for a long time, but still couldn't decide what to eat.
"Now that so many people have left, there should be no room in the surrounding restaurants." Yang Chaoyue suddenly said excitedly: "Boss, how about going back to the company restaurant to eat? It happens that I haven't been back for a long time, and I can still take a look."
"Company restaurant? That's fine." Meng Bai said: "What about the other one? Don't say I didn't ask your opinion."
"Ah? Me?" Meng Ziyi, who was suddenly called, coughed lightly and thought for a second as if thinking: "Okay, then just think of it as accompanying Chaoyue back to the old place to revisit."
Since both of them had no objection, Meng Bai asked the driver Lao Qi to go back to the company. By the way, he sent a WeChat message to Hua Yan, asking her to find a restaurant and prepare in advance.
The roads in northern Beijing have always been congested, and today is a holiday and the season is special, so the road conditions are naturally worse. It's not a long way, but it took half an hour to finally arrive.
Although today is a holiday, Arc Light Film and Television still has many employees at work because of the nature of the industry. Anyway, there are overtime pay and compensatory leave, so employees whose families are away from home are still willing to stay.
"No way, boss."
Yang Chaoyue looked at the posters with her image on the glass door at the entrance of Arc Light, and couldn't help asking, "Why are these two still posted here!"
"Everyone in the company thinks that it looks good to post this, and it can also absorb some good luck, so they have been left here." Meng Bai spread his hands.
Yang Chaoyue was full of black lines, looked at his own posters, then looked at Meng Bai, and muttered, "Then can't you change to two better-looking ones?"
"Sure." Meng Bai would naturally not refuse such a request, "I'll ask someone to find two good ones to replace them later."
"..."
The three of them entered the door and looked at the familiar hall. Yang Chaoyue instantly felt like she was back to the days when she was still a receptionist at Arc Light.
Unfortunately, the current receptionist is a girl she doesn't know. She must have come after she left.
The restaurant of Arc Light is on the basement floor. It didn't exist when it was first established. It was rebuilt later.
This is mainly because many employees in charge of post-production often have to stay up all night to work overtime. It is inconvenient to order takeout and can't always eat instant noodles. So Meng Bai arranged a restaurant to provide 12 hours of ordering service from noon to midnight.
"Hey, Chaoyue? You're back!"
"It's really Chaoyue who's back!"
"..."
She met a lot of people along the way, some of whom had worked with Yang Chaoyue before. Seeing her back, they all came over happily.
Yang Chaoyue didn't refuse. She happily chatted with several familiar former colleagues. Her popularity was much higher than that of the boss Meng Bai.
"Huh, I often come to Arc Light, too. Why don't I see such a welcome." Meng Ziyi said enviously.
Meng Bai glanced at her and said, "Aren't you Princess Huguang? Everyone likes you, but they won't just hang around you for no reason."
"Yeah, that makes sense."
Meng Ziyi's biggest advantage is that she's easy to please. When she heard her uncle say "everyone likes her", she immediately became happy again, regardless of whether it was true or not.
"Are there any black fans scolding you online recently?" Seeing that Yang Chaoyue was still going to be busy for a while, Meng Bai took the time to ask.
Meng Ziyi's expression paused for a moment, but then she smiled again: "Yes, but it doesn't matter, I just won't go to see it."
After that, she said happily: "And I still have a lot of fans helping me fight back, they are all career fans. I just posted a Weibo at the ceremony, and they are all very happy."
"That's good." Meng Bai said: "But you still have to prepare well for filming. If the performance is not good after it is broadcast, those black fans will definitely counterattack."
"Don't worry, I am very dedicated." Meng Ziyi said: "By the way, uncle, Chaoyue and I are going to Xijiao Horse Farm tomorrow. Do you have time to play with us?"
"Xijiao Horse Farm? Why go there?"
"Isn't that "Eastern Palace" a costume drama? I play a princess of a foreign race, and there are some horse riding scenes. I haven't ridden before, and I thought I would get a feel for it before joining the crew. When the show starts later, it should save a lot of trouble."
Meng Bai smiled: "Okay, you think far ahead."
"That's right." Meng Ziyi raised her little head proudly, "Uncle, do you have time?"
"Tomorrow..." Meng Bai thought for a moment, "I don't have anything to do, but why don't you two go? Why do you want me to do it?"
"It's so unsafe for two girls like us."
Meng Bai glanced at her: "Don't worry, unless the Trisolarans attack at this time, there is absolutely no place on Earth safer than Jingbei."
"I'm not talking about that kind of safety." Meng Ziyi said: "Neither Chaoyue nor I have ever ridden a horse, so don't we want to find someone to go with us?"
"There are coaches at the horse farm." Meng Bai looked at her expectant eyes and nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you. It happens that I haven't played this for a while."
When filming "The Forbidden City", Meng Bai followed the equestrian coach hired by the crew for a period of time. Thanks to his usual training and his height and long legs, he learned quite quickly.
After that, he would occasionally go to play with friends. He also enjoyed the feeling of riding on the back of a horse and feeling the wind blowing across his face. It was a completely different experience from driving.
"Haha, then it's a deal!"
Seeing Meng Bai agreed, Meng Ziyi suddenly became happy.
I don't know why, ever since she was attacked in the "black fan incident" and comforted by Meng Bai, she especially wanted to stay with her uncle. She didn't think there was anything wrong, she just thought she wanted to experience that sense of security with Meng Bai.
On the other side, the employees of Arc Light also saw their big boss waiting on the side, so after agreeing with Yang Chaoyue to go up to them after dinner, they dispersed and ended this "idol colleague meeting".
"Hu——"
Yang Chaoyue breathed a sigh of relief: "It feels like everyone has changed a lot."
"The scale of Arc Light is expanding, and everyone is growing with it. There will definitely be changes." Meng Bai said accustomed to it.
Because it was past lunch time, there were not many people in the restaurant at this time. The chef in the back kitchen knew that it was his big boss who came to eat, so he prepared a table of dishes with the most serious spirit.
"Hmm——"
Yang Chaoyue tasted the dishes on the table and nodded: "The chef's skills have also improved!"
The three of them ate and talked, mainly Yang Chaoyue and Meng Ziyi were talking, and Meng Bai was listening to them on the side.
"Boss, are you going with me tomorrow? Okay, okay."
After hearing Meng Ziyi's plan for tomorrow, Yang Chaoyue said without hesitation.
"Your schedule should be quite full, right? Can the person in charge of your team agree to let you take two days off?" Meng Bai asked.
"Originally, it was not allowed, but I said that you, the boss, asked me, and the team agreed."
Yang Chaoyue smiled and said, "Besides, this is not a complete rest for me. The company said that since I have the opportunity to be at the ceremony, the income will be much greater than running other schedules, and they specifically asked me to post more Weibo in the morning when I am at the scene."
This is indeed true. As the most concerned event in the country recently, it is much more meaningful to be able to take advantage of the popularity of National Day than to participate in some small programs, but not everyone can get a place to enter.
In fact, many celebrities were invited to participate today, such as Wu Jing, Tong Liya, Han Xing, Lang Lang, Tan Jing, and several from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Except for Meng Ziyi and Yang Chaoyue who borrowed Meng Bai's light, the others more or less have some relevant background or position needs.
After dinner, the two girls went up to greet the employees of Arclight and chatted with each other until the evening.
After a night's rest, they arrived at the racecourse in the western suburbs of northern Beijing early the next morning.
"Uncle, here!"
Meng Ziyi greeted Meng Bai who had just arrived.
"It's just riding a horse, why do you have to get up so early?"
Meng Bai yawned and complained as he walked over.
"A day's plan begins in the morning!" Meng Ziyi looked at Meng Bai who was coming over, smiled ingratiatingly and said, "I'm afraid I'll come too late and won't have enough time to learn."
"It seems that you have a clearer understanding of yourself."
Yang Chaoyue also came over at this time, and greeted her with full energy: "Boss, good morning!"
"Yeah, good morning."
Meng Bai responded casually, and then raised his head to look at her, only to feel his eyes brighten.
Because the weather was still a little hot, the girl took off her coat and tied it around her waist, wearing only a T-shirt. The neckline of the clothes was a little low, revealing a spectacular snow-white and delicate scenery. Tsk
, I didn't realize that the little Chaoyue has great energy!
She has really grown up.
(End of this chapter)
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