Chapter 9 "Soul Ferry"
Twenty minutes later, in a Sichuan hot pot restaurant in Sanlitun.
"One portion of hand-cut beef, one portion of original cut beef shank, and one portion each of tripe, yellow throat, duck intestines, and brains. Oh, and there are also crispy pork, fried dough sticks, fresh duck blood, and pig intestines..."
Meng Bai stood by the table with two portions of prepared dipping sauces in his hands, listening to Qin Lan ordering ingredients for ten minutes.
"What's that expression on your face?" Qin Lan asked with raised eyebrows, looking at Meng Bai who was sitting down.
"If I were the owner of a hot pot restaurant, I would definitely like customers like you." After Meng Bai finished complaining, he handed over the dipping sauce in his hand before Qin Lan could respond and said, "Try it, is it to your taste?"
Sure enough, Qin Lan's attention was immediately diverted. She took the bowl, took out her chopsticks and stirred it, then took a sip. Her eyes lit up immediately: "Wow, you really made this flavor great!"
After praising her, she took another sip with her chopsticks, nodded and sighed: "I envy those of you who can mix dipping sauces. I really like eating hot pot, but the dipping sauce I make myself doesn't taste very good every time."
"It's okay, I'll send you the proportions of the dipping sauce later, and just follow the proportions in the future." Meng Bai said very politely.
Sure enough, Qin Lan smiled with satisfaction and joked: "Not bad, Xiao Meng, you really win my heart more and more."
"Sister, don't say that!" Meng Bai quickly raised her palm to distance herself, and said jokingly: "If Director Lu makes trouble for me later, I won't be able to explain this."
Qin Lan's smile paused, and then slowly subsided. After a long silence, she smiled again and said, "Don't worry, it won't happen."
Although Qin Lan had a calm expression on her face, anyone could hear the difference in her tone.
Meng Bai was not a gossipy person, but in this situation, he could only follow the atmosphere and ask, "Is there anything going on?"
"Nothing." Qin Lan shook her head, took a sip of sour plum juice, and said with a faint smile, "I broke up with that person."
"Wow--"
Meng Bai sighed for a long time, while observing Qin Lan's expression to judge whether he should express comfort or join her in condemnation.
Unfortunately, Qin Lan's face was always calm, so Meng Bai had to continue, "That... congratulations."
"Cough!"
Qin Lan was choked, and after a few light coughs, she laughed angrily, "What's there to congratulate about this kind of thing!"
"Congratulations... on regaining your freedom as a single person."
Qin Lan rolled her eyes, but had to admit that what Meng Bai said seemed to make some sense.
Meng Bai smiled and couldn't help but become curious.
Qin Lan's boyfriend is Lu Yu, who is the director of "Jinling! Jinling!" and "Kekexili". The two fell in love when they were filming "Jinling! Jinling!", and their relationship is quite good.
When Lu Yu was filming "Jinling! Jinling!", he ran out of money halfway through filming, so Qin Lan invested his own money to help him finish the movie; later, when he was filming "The Banquet", he ran out of money halfway through filming, so Qin Lan used his salary from other dramas to help Lu Yu finish the movie.
It has to be said that regardless of the director's ability as a director, this ability to "eat gigolo" is still very enviable.
Meng Bai was puzzled. He had seen entertainment news about the two showing their affection not long ago, so why did they break up not long after?
"He proposed to me, and I didn't agree." Qin Lan didn't shy away from it and directly satisfied Meng Bai's curiosity.
"Well... breaking up after one failed proposal is a bit hasty, isn't it?" The party in question was sitting opposite him, so Meng Bai naturally followed Qin Lan's position and accused the other party.
Qin Lan said: "It's not once, it's four times. This is the fourth time he proposed."
"..."
In just a few words, Meng Bai felt that his CPU was about to spark.
However, this made him understand why Director Lu agreed to break up. Any man who was rejected by his girlfriend four times in a row would probably not want to continue the relationship.
Meng Bai wanted to say something, but he really didn't know how to comment, so he simply kept silent.
Qin Lan looked at Meng Bai who was silenced by her words, and smiled: "I thought you would ask me why I rejected him?"
"If you can reject him four times, there must be some personal reasons. I am not that curious." Meng Bai spread his hands and said: "It's okay. If you don't get married, it's good to break up occasionally. Love is just like raising fish. The way to keep it long-term is to change it frequently."
"Where did you get this heresy from!" Qin Lan almost spit out a mouthful of sour plum juice.
Meng Bai said seriously: "The main hormone that prompts people to fall in love is dopamine. The average effective peak period is about 30 months, and then it will gradually decline. So if the liking between lovers cannot be transformed into love or family affection within the effective period, the relationship between the two will naturally become dull."
"Is it true? There is such a saying?" Qin Lan asked half-doubtfully: "You don't use this set of rhetoric to deceive girls every time you break up with them?"
"Sister, I'm comforting you. Don't always slander my reputation, okay?" Meng Bai said.
"Haha." Qin Lan sneered: "You men are all the same."
"Sister, you are slandering me without clothes." Meng Bai said righteously: "You haven't tried it, how do you know I am the same."
"Tsk, teasing sister?" Qin Lan glanced at Meng Bai, raised her eyebrows, shook her head and smiled: "Forget it, I'm not in the mood recently, otherwise I have to let you know that the consequences of teasing sister are very serious."
It can be seen that the breakup does not seem to affect Qin Lan's mood too much. Of course, it may also be that the period of time that had an impact has passed.
This made Meng Bai feel relieved, otherwise he would not be able to mention the need for help.
The ingredients were served one by one, and the two chatted for a while. Meng Bai was just thinking about how to get to the point, but unexpectedly Qin Lan asked first: "You asked me out today, do you have something to talk to me about?"
Since she asked, Meng Bai didn't hesitate and said directly: "Indeed, I would like to ask Sister Qin Lan to introduce someone to me."
"I knew you wouldn't be too attentive." Qin Lan said readily: "Tell me, who do you want to contact?"
"The boss lady of Leshi.com, Gan Wei."
"Gan Wei?"
This name was obviously a little unexpected to Qin Lan. She was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "What do you want to talk to her about?"
Since he was asking someone for help, Meng Bai didn't hide it and briefly explained that he wanted to discuss the cooperation of online drama with Leshi.com.
"Online drama..." Qin Lan said, "You really found the right person. Weiwei has always been very interested in online dramas. She also pulled a few friends to make an online drama. It's a pity that I didn't have time at the time, otherwise I would have filmed it with them."
Qin Lan and Gan Wei have a circle of girlfriends who call themselves "Teddy Sisters Group", which gathers eight or nine female artists who get along well with each other. Like Huo Siyan and Li Xiaolu who were popular in the past few years, and Yang Mi who has been popular in the past two years.
"What script are you going to talk to her about?" Qin Lan asked, and then explained, "I know your ability, but I always have to understand the specific situation, so that I can introduce it to you when I go to talk to her."
"It's okay, I understand." Meng Bai said while taking out his mobile phone: "The script is a supernatural suspense theme, I have a part here."
Qin Lan took the phone and first glanced at the name of the script, "Soul Ferry".
Don't say it, this name is quite stylish.
She continued to read the following content.
[Convenience Store No. 444]
[My name is Xia Dongqing, I am 24 years old, I graduated from university and am preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination. I am looking for a part-time job.]
[I grew up in an orphanage. I am poor, my hobby is sleeping, and everything is very ordinary.]
[But I have a secret...]
[I can see ghosts!]
(End of this chapter)
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