Lu Yao noticed someone approaching, looked up and saw Wan Baozhu, "What's up?"
Wan Baozhu's eyes fell on the book in front of Lu Yao, curious, walked over and sat down opposite, "Chat?"
People were coming and going in the cinema, Fu Chi was busy beating the drum machine to adjust the angle, recording the reaction of the people of Dawu Dynasty who experienced the suspense film for the first time.
Ye Xiao maintained order at the door to prevent people from cutting in line. The ticket counter and the canteen were surrounded by customers, and it was very noisy.
Cuizhu and Qingfei stood far away, not letting people get close to the table in the corner.
Lu Yao put a bookmark in the page, closed the book, and nodded to Wan Baozhu, "Mr. Qian, what do you want to talk about?"
Wan Baozhu saw the name on the black cover and was startled, "Can I take a look at this book?"
Due to the system's ability, the text in each store area will automatically convert into the common text of the current world.
Lu Yao pushed the book over, waved to Hongyu to bring a pot of tea, and brought a plate of snacks.
Hongyu pushed her glasses and turned to the lounge.
After a while, she came out with a tray.
There was scented tea in the glass kettle, two matching glass teacups, and a plate of cookies.
Wan Baozhu was immersed in the content of the book and did not notice the new tea and snacks. Lu Yao
poured the tea, sipped it gently, and did not say a word. He looked up and observed the guests coming in and out.
About twenty minutes later, the radio notified the guests to check in and enter the venue, and the second movie was about to begin.
Wan Baozhu had only turned one-third of the book in her hand.
Lu Yao received a message from Ji Zhixin in the middle of the show, saying that there was news about two new films she had recently favored, and one of them, a modern campus youth drama, had already received a quote .
Lu Yao talked to him a little more about the price, and then he looked up and saw that Wan Baozhu had finished reading the novel "The Sea Train Serial Murder Case".
"The entire story of "The Sea Train" comes from this book?" Wan Baozhu was a little bit unacceptable.
Lu Yao was a little confused, but he didn't deny it.
The train floating on the sea, the circular timer, the powerful firearms, the tool that can directly transmit messages from a distance of miles... Are all the extraordinary things shown in that movie just imagination?
Why did they have to make it so realistic? She almost believed it.
The disappointment after expectation was heavier than not expecting anything in the first place.
Wan Baozhu lowered her head. She felt as disappointed as she was excited when watching the movie. "It turns out it's all fake." Lu Yao
looked at her for a while. "Most of the guests come out to discuss the ending of "Sea Train". You don't seem to be very interested in the ending of this story?"
Wan Baozhu raised her eyelids. There was a dark mass in the depths of her pupils. Her bright and beautiful face became more profound. "The person who wrote this story knows that human hearts are unfathomable. The ending is indeed ingenious and worth savoring. But for me, it is not unexpected." Lu Yao
understood: "Because you are also good at guessing people's hearts, it has lost its novelty."
Wan Baozhu's eyes were sharp and she did not deny it. "Why not?" Lu Yao
shook his head: "Nothing wrong."
Wan Baozhu's eyes flashed and she stared at Lu Yao quietly without saying anything. Lu
Yao thought for a moment and then said, "You just said they were all fake, what do you mean?"
Qing Fei suddenly stepped forward, her tone slightly anxious: "Master, if you are any later you will miss the banquet."
Wan Baozhu looked at Lu Yao, "I will talk to you in detail another day."
Lu Yao understood and waved to Gou Zi.
Gou Zi went to the lounge and took out two gift boxes that were almost half a person's height. They were wrapped in thick printed paper boxes and tied with ribbons. Although the real objects could not be seen, they still gave people a sense of luxury. "Mr. Qian customized two boxes of snacks, and the gifts are all wrapped inside."
Cui Zhu and Qing Fei each took one and held them carefully in their hands.
Back at the mansion, Wan Baozhu changed her clothes and made up, and ordered someone to open the paper boxes.
Two identical exquisite bird cages were placed on the table, and the room was illuminated a little.
Wan Baozhu grabbed a handful of gems and played with them, her eyes dark and deep, "They are genuine gems and mermaid pearls, all of top quality. Mysterious, rich, and unpretentious, and she runs a shop like that, what on earth does she want? Even I don't understand."
Cuizhu presented a small mahogany box, "Your Highness, these were just put together with those snacks, I guess they are the gifts that the guy mentioned."
The deluxe bird cage gift box contained a full set of postcards and five plush key chains, and two cages came with two gifts. Cuizhu and Qingfei both had greedy eyes.
Wan Baozhu took the only plush keychain of the little white boat and a postcard overlooking the sea with sperm whales swimming in a row, and waved her hand, "Leave one gift in the birdcage and one in the shelf, rewrap them, I will take them into the palace. As for the rest of the gifts, take them down and divide them up."
Cuizhu and Qingfei were delighted and bowed repeatedly.
After everything was packed and ready to enter the palace, Qing Fei couldn't help but say, "Your Highness praised these snacks yesterday. Are you going to send all of them to the palace?"
Wan Baozhu couldn't help but laugh, "It's just a few boxes of snacks. Why are you so stingy? If you are greedy, just ask the butler to buy a few more boxes later."
Cui Zhu exposed, "Your Highness, you don't know that mooncakes in the cinema are hard to buy. The surrounding mooncakes are better, you can still buy them in Yuguizhai, and the rest are only in the cinema. The theater has it. Yesterday, many people thought the price was expensive and wanted to wait and see, but those who bought it and tried it were surprised. Today, I wanted to buy more, but I couldn’t get it even after queuing for a long time. Qing Fei tasted a meat mooncake yesterday, and was surprised and happy. She kept talking about it at night. "
Qing Fei blushed and was unwilling to admit it," That's not the case. Your Highness, it's getting late. "
Xie Xu and Chen Yuning returned to their own houses after watching the movie. The family members had packed up and were waiting for them.
Chen Yuning's father was the Minister of Works of the current dynasty. When he heard that his son ran out to watch a movie early in the morning and didn't come back until nearly noon, he took out the family rules on the spot and wanted to beat his rebellious son. He was persuaded by the women in the family, but he had a prejudice against the cinema in his heart.
The old minister was busy with official duties, and even on his days off he spent his time drawing water transport plans in his residence. He seldom had fun, and he had never heard of a movie theater.
At this time, he thought it was a low-class pastime that had emerged in the capital of Liang without knowing when. Seeing Chen Yuning's playboyish appearance, he was even more disgusted.
If it weren't for the moon-viewing banquet held in the palace today, all the court officials and their families would have to attend the banquet, and no one's persuasion would be of any use.
Dragon Boat Races on Dragon Boat Festival, Moon Viewing Banquet on Mid-Autumn Festival, and New Year's Eve Banquet are almost fixed palace banquets every year. Flower viewing, poetry competition, performance of art... every year it's the same old tricks. The old people in the palace are tired of it and hope to find something different to have fun.
The families of the court officials are afraid of making mistakes and are very cautious.
In this way, the willful and smooth-talking Princess Deyi has become a fresh sight.
The ladies in the palace love to listen to her the most. For such banquets, Deyi usually comes early.
Today is a little different. Princess Deyi is late until the banquet is about to start.
The Moon Viewing Banquet on Mid-Autumn Festival will not end until the moon is at its highest point.
On this day, the city will also cancel the curfew for one day as an exception.
There was a lantern festival on the street, and the girls from the Jinghong Pavilion were playing music and dancing on the river cruise ship. It was extremely lively.
The cinema was open until 5pm, which was one less show than usual.
After all, it was a holiday, and the guests had to go home to reunite with their families, and the cinema employees also had to celebrate the holiday.
The cinema gave holiday gifts to every employee, including the four new employees who were still on probation.
A full set of mooncake gift boxes from five stores on the shopping street were packed in a customized five-layer mahogany food box, and each person took one box back.
Die Qi's words reminded Lu Yao, and she cancelled the super luxurious version of the jewelry bird cage gift box.
The cinema employees only had five boxes of mooncakes, but retained the inner packaging box, as well as a full set of celebrity photos and a keychain doll that supported self-selection.
When Zhu Zhu heard that the festival gift was mooncakes, she jumped up and down with excitement: "Boss, are you really going to give each of us a big box of mooncakes?"
Die Qi covered her forehead with a headache: "If the little shopkeeper acts like this, he will sooner or later squander all his family fortune." Ku Ba
pinched her braids, her eyes shining: "So straightforward, I like it. If the cinema really squanders all its money, the little shopkeeper can come to my house, my house is pretty big."
Ye Xiao couldn't help but knock Ku Ba.
Ku Ba covered the back of his head, looking puzzled: "What are you doing, do you want to fight?"
Ye Xiao looked up at the sky, full of provocation.
Ku Ba got angry and rushed over to make trouble, but was easily restrained by Ye Xiao with one hand. Fu Chi
sat lazily aside, with his long legs propped up, a little smile on his lips: "Don't worry, Lu Yao's family is quite wealthy, it won't be spent in a short time."
Die Qi immediately became interested and hinted wildly: "Oh? The shopkeeper doesn't seem to be very good at managing money, in fact, you can hire a capable accountant."
Die Qi has no other hobbies, just love to touch money.
No matter it belongs to others or yourself, as long as it is in her hands, it is safer than keeping it in a silver shop.
Ye Xiao suddenly said: "She is very good at managing money."
Die Qi subconsciously asked: "Who?"
Ye Xiao: "Lu Yao."
Die Qi frowned, a little surprised: "How do you know? Are you familiar with the shopkeeper?"
Ye Xiao stopped talking.
Lu Yao glanced at Ye Xiao, and there was also some doubt in his heart.
Ye Xiao has been in the movie theater for a while. He is lazy every day, silent most of the time, but he does his job well.
This time is very similar to the time in the snack bar. His task seems to be to help in the store.
But there is a sense of familiarity in his words just now, as if he knows her very well.
Fu Chi glanced at the time and reminded: "It's getting late, owner, I have to trouble you to go out for a trip."
On a special day like the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, the streets are full of novelties.
Fu Chi wanted video materials, but he couldn't go to the streets of Dawu Dynasty, so he had to ask Lu Yao for help.
Lu Yao also wanted to feel the real festival atmosphere in ancient times, so he decided to go to the lantern festival at night.
The other employees went home happily with their gifts.
Ye Xiao said that there were too many people on the street at night and it was unsafe for Lu Yao to be alone. He had nothing to do, so he went with her for a walk.
When Ku Ba and Die Qi heard this, they also clamored to go together.
Lu Yao felt that it would be lively with more people, so he gladly accepted.
Fu Chi even gave each of them a handheld camera.
Die Qi and Ku Ba held them in their hands with a serious look on their faces, much more careful than carrying a box of mooncakes.
The four of them went out shopping, and Fu Chi stayed in the cinema.
He was not bored either, so he debugged the machine and took pictures of the night scene of Song'an Street from various angles through the glass.
Aunt Wu, Grandpa Liu, and Zhu Zhu lived on the same street. The three of them went back together, and they couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.
This boss is really generous.
The mooncakes are not cheap, and they all know the price of the bird cages. The cheapest one costs twenty taels of silver.
Their holiday gift box, except for the bird cage, contained five boxes of moon cakes and some other gifts.
She had such benefits because she worked in a movie theater.
Aunt Wu went home with the moon cakes and saw a carriage parked at the door. She was delighted and went in to see that her son had indeed returned.
She shouted, "When did you come back?"
The daughter-in-law replied, "I just came into the house."
Aunt Wu's son was washing his face. He was surprised to see his mother coming back with a large food box, "Mom, did you go to the restaurant to order food?"
Aunt Wu put the mahogany box on the table and opened it layer by layer. She said happily, "No, this is the Mid-Autumn Festival gift from the boss. They are all mooncakes."
The daughter-in-law was also surprised to see five full boxes of mooncakes, "These mooncakes are not cheap. Mom, are they really sent by the boss?"
Aunt Wu looked over with a reproachful look, "You don't understand your mother yet. Such expensive food, even if I buy it, how can I bear to buy so much?"
The daughter-in-law nodded blankly. Before, when Aunt Zhu said that she had found a best job for Wu, she was skeptical at first.
There was nothing to say now. The cinema owner was really generous.
Aunt Wu's son Zhao Guanghong came over and asked, "What mooncakes?"
He had been doing business outside for many years. He heard his mother and daughter-in-law talking and wanted to find out.
When he saw five boxes of mooncakes that were very different, Zhao Guanghong couldn't help but show a little surprise. "Which bakery in Liangjing has newly released mooncakes? How much do you want?"
Wu said, "I didn't tell you that the Mid-Autumn Festival gift from the boss is not available outside. You can try it first. I had some in the store yesterday and it tasted delicious."
Three adults and a child each picked one out of five boxes of mooncakes to share.
Wu was better off, as she had seen the world yesterday.
Zhao Guanghong and Chen were surprised every time they tasted one, especially Zhao Guanghong, who stared at the remaining mooncakes with a heavy face.
Mrs. Wu was puzzled: "What's wrong with my son? The mooncakes don't suit your taste?"
Zhao Guanghong covered his face, "I regret not coming back earlier. If I had known that there were such good things in Liangjing City, I would have made a fortune by getting some and shipping them to other places. Mother, tell me about the movie theater."
Zhu Zhu returned home, threw five boxes of mooncakes on the table, put her hands on her waist and said proudly: "It's hard to buy mooncake gift boxes outside with tens of taels of silver, but our boss directly gave each of us a big box."
Aunt Zhu and Uncle Zhu smiled, knowing that this girl was making fun of them for not letting her go to work in the movie theater.
Now there are still people outside saying that Zhu Zhu shouldn't go to the movie theater, but Aunt Zhu doesn't care much.
They are ordinary people, and they don't care so much.
The benefits of the movie theater can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.
The family sat in the yard, happily sharing mooncakes, as happy as gods.
When Grandpa Liu returned home, his dumb son had not come back yet, and his wife was standing by the stove steaming coarse flour cakes.
Grandpa Liu carefully put the food box on the table, went over to help light the fire, and said in a hoarse voice: "The boss sent mooncakes, wait for Qing'er to come back and eat them together."
The old woman asked: "What mooncakes?" Grandpa
Liu pointed at the table, his face full of wrinkles and smiles: "Look, there are good things. It tastes good, Qing'er will definitely like it."
In the evening, Liu Qing came back with a sweaty back, stood by the well and drew cool water, and poured it directly on himself. He
went back to the house to change clothes, and went directly to the stove room. When he saw the mahogany food box on the table, his eyes were startled, but it was a pity that he could not speak.
The family ate coarse flour cakes with coarse tea, and they couldn't help glancing at the food boxes.
In the shabby house at the end of another street, there was another happy scene.
The children sat in a row, watching Brother Gouzi distribute moon cakes obediently and eagerly.
In previous years, the Mid-Autumn Festival was more difficult for them than usual.
They had no relatives and no home.
On the day of reunion with their relatives, they were still begging for food on the street.
But this year is different. They have a house to live in, clothes to wear, and no longer have to go hungry. They can also eat the most delicious moon cakes in Liangjing City.
The moon was at its zenith, and the banquet in the palace was finally over.
Emperor Wu and the empress left together, and then separated at Yuhua Garden.
The empress returned to Fengqi Palace, and Emperor Wu went to Qinzheng Hall to read the memorials.
When Emperor Wu entered the Qinzheng Hall, he saw a strange box behind the screen. "What is that?"
The eunuch replied, "Your Majesty, it is a Mid-Autumn Festival gift sent by Princess Deyi."
Emperor Wu became interested and said, "Open it and have a look."
Several eunuchs stepped forward to open the box. It took about half a cup of tea to take it out. When they saw the basket full of gems and pearls, their eyes were wide open and they almost made a mistake. The
chief steward couldn't stand it and stepped forward to take out the box himself. "Your Majesty, it looks like moon cakes."
Emperor Wu looked confused and looked at it for a long time. "Take it and taste it."
Qin Mingde was stunned and asked the eunuch to get the bowls, plates and silver spoons.
Your Majesty is very cautious about food. Suddenly he wanted to eat this unknown food sent from outside, so he, the chief steward, had to test it for poison.
But he had just had a private meal, and it was a rare festival, so he had good food.
Seeing the mooncakes, he felt uncomfortable in his stomach.
The chief steward took a small bite of the mooncake with a silver spoon, closed his eyes and put it into his mouth, took a sip, and opened his eyes, "Huh?"
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