Chapter 1
By the time Jiang Qi had finalized the style and pick-up time of the sign with the shop that made the custom sign and paid the deposit and returned to the store, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.
Liu Lan was in the store, sitting at the bar, with a cup of pearl milk tea in front of him that he had drunk one-third of. He was playing with his phone happily, holding a sausage in his left hand and his mobile phone in his right hand.
"Lanlan, why are you here?" Jiang Qi asked.
Since today is Liu Lan's first day of school, there must be a lot of chores to deal with at school. Jiang Qi did not schedule a script for Liu Lan, and the script of "Horror Doll House" will resume from tomorrow night.
He thought that even if Liu Lan had nothing to do tonight, she would just lie in the dormitory and chat and watch TV with her roommates, but he didn't expect her to come to the store.
"Test your skills." Liu Lan said.
"Test book?"
Liu Lan pointed to the book on the coffee table and said, "That's the book 'Eat Your Heart' that you asked me to bring to school yesterday. I've studied it and I think we can remove the horror elements as you said and just open it as a mechanism book."
"And I think the whole interpretation of the witch with the heart-piercing at the end can be removed. You can just put on a witch robe and directly serve the braised food to the players and say--"
Liu Lan gave an evil smile: “Hehehehehe.”
"Six challengers, I know what you want after overcoming so many difficulties and coming to me."
"You want to defeat me and become famous, and you want to save my relatives who have become my believers."
"It's easy to defeat me. Eat these things, and then you will be qualified to challenge me."
"Wow." Jiang Qi exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, "Your smile is so vivid, so villainous, so weird, villain really suits you."
Liu Lan: "... This is not the point. The point is, are you okay with this performance? Can you start acting right away? If you can, I'll gather some people and test this script tonight. Otherwise, there won't be time to test it."
"If I remember correctly, the reservations for 'Horror Doll House' should be scheduled from tomorrow night to after National Day."
"Of course it's ok. But it's so late now, can we still get customers to make up the cost?" Jiang Qi said that Liu Lan raised this question to question his acting ability.
Just kidding, what else would the customers in the store call him besides Boss Jiang?
Bah, scumbag.
Jiang Qi said that the most successful role he has played since his debut was the scumbag in "Mask Club".
All the guests who played the role of the girl who was cheated by the scumbag, except Zhou Yuan who was drunk unconscious, came out without spitting at him before leaving.
He easily handled such a difficult role with such rich performance levels, so a mere minor villain was not a problem at all.
Of course Liu Lan didn't know that Jiang Qi's inner thoughts were so rich. If she knew, she would probably say "Pooh" before making an appointment with him.
"I can definitely get you an appointment at half price, and no overtime pay. I'm sending a message now. Qinghe, do you want to join us? Can you stay up a little later today?" Liu Lan invited Wang Erya.
Wang Erya looked at Jiang Qi.
Jiang Qi nodded. The reading volume of "Eat Your Heart" is very short. Even if Wang Erya can't understand some words, it will not affect her playing. She just needs to pass the levels and play the game according to what Liu Lan said.
After getting Jiang Qi's nod, Wang Erya said happily: "Yes!"
While Liu Lan was making an appointment with others to compete for the capital, he said, "By the way, Jiang Qi, did you buy the stewed food from that legendary stewed food shop that just opened in the alley? I smelled the stewed food when I entered the shop, it was quite fragrant. Do you have any left? Let me have some."
"The legendary stewed food shop?"
"Don't you know? It's said that it just opened today. My mom described it to me in an exaggerated way on WeChat, saying that the aroma of the braised dishes spread ten miles away and she could smell it even when she was sitting at home. Aunt Wang next door bought the last bit. It's said that the braised dishes store sold like crazy as soon as it opened and closed before noon."
"Aunt Wang gave my mom two chicken hearts, and she ate them all, leaving none for my dad. She actually told me that she had never eaten such delicious braised chicken hearts in her life, and praised the color and flavor of the chicken hearts. She also sent me a voice message saying that the meat was tender and chewy, salty and slightly spicy, and she even smacked her lips while she was talking, which made me salivate."
Liu Lan swallowed her saliva as she spoke. For some reason, she suddenly felt the aroma of the braised dishes in the store became stronger, making her feel hungry.
Jiang Qi silently fished out three chicken hearts from the stone pot: "Is this what your mother was talking about?"
Exactly eight hours had passed and the stone pot stopped bubbling.
Liu Lan: !!!
Looking at the plump and small chicken heart in Jiang Qi's hand, which was perfectly braised, completely dyed with the color of the marinade and exuding an enticing aroma, Liu Lan's saliva was oozing.
I just had some vegetable noodles two hours ago, but now I’m hungry again.
"Try it." Jiang Qi handed the plate and chopsticks to Liu Lan, "The newly opened braised food store you mentioned should be our store. This is freshly braised. I tried to make braised offal specially for "Eat Your Heart"."
Liu Lan took the plate, picked up one and put it into his mouth, chewing it with a satisfied look on his face.
"Boss!" Liu Lan shouted emotionally, "Why didn't you buy this book earlier!"
Jiang Qi:?
"If you had bought this book earlier and started making braised dishes earlier, I wouldn't have to eat it so late." Liu Lan stuffed the second chicken heart into his mouth, his face full of sadness.
Jiang Qi: ...
Jiang Qi fished around again and took out the tripe, heart and tongue. He cut some into pieces and put them on a plate. He handed the plate to Wang Erya, "Qinghe, have a try too."
"Thank you, boss." Wang Erya took the plate, picked up the largest piece of beef heart and started eating.
While we were eating, Qin Can came down from upstairs, smelling the food.
"The stew is ready, right?" Qin Can happily joined the group eating the stewed food.
It takes twenty minutes to eat.
Twenty minutes later, the three overfed people collapsed on the sofa.
Compared to the vegetable noodles without meat, Wang Erya obviously liked the braised offal with meat. It was the first time he saw Wang Erya overeating. Because she was thinner than Qin Can and Liu Lan, and her clothes were relatively tight, Jiang Qi could clearly see that Wang Erya's belly was bulging.
Liu Lan was so exhausted that he almost wanted to cancel the test in the evening.
"Lanlan." Qin Can looked at Liu Lan affectionately, "Thanks to you, thanks to you for introducing me to work together, otherwise I would have missed out on so many good things!"
Qin Can felt that this was the most sincere sisterhood in the world.
"But you're about to start school." Liu Lan said mercilessly.
Sisterhood is broken.
Qin Can struggled to go upstairs and continued working.
While Liu Lan was devouring the braised offal, the guests for the evening test had already gathered.
Several of them are old acquaintances.
Zhou Yuan, Chengzi, Gong Ye and two regulars whose names Jiang Qi didn’t know.
Since it was a temporary book, Liu Lan directly created a group without setting a time, and asked everyone to come as soon as possible. The book would start when everyone was present.
Then Zhou Yuan, who lived nearby, rushed to the store.
As soon as Zhou Yuan entered the store, she smelled a stronger aroma of braised food than outside.
Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said, "Boss Jiang, you guys bought some stewed food from your store. It smells so strong."
Jiang Qi didn't want to tell the truth and spoil the plot, so he nodded and said, "I did buy a lot of stewed food."
"Is it from the newly opened braised food store? I smelled the aroma of braised food this morning when I was on my way to work. It was so delicious. If I wasn't running late, I would have gone over to buy some."
Jiang Qi agreed vaguely: "It seems that a new braised food store is going to open here."
And the owner of this braised food shop is right in front of you.
Zhou Yuan didn't continue the topic. She sat down at the bar and started thinking about what to drink.
After studying it for two minutes, Zhou Yuan said, "Let's have a raw coconut latte today. I haven't come to your store to drink milk tea for a long time."
Jiang Qi went behind the bar to make her milk tea, chatting as he did so: "By the way, isn't today Wednesday? You still have to go to work tomorrow, why are you here to play so late?"
"It's because the internal beta is half price." Zhou Yuan said she could stay up all night for the half price. "Who will open the game tonight?"
"Lan Lan Kai."
The two chatted casually. Zhou Yuan's experience during this period was not as exciting as Jiang Qi's. She was just an ordinary office worker, working from nine to five every day. She had to set five alarms in the morning to prevent herself from being late for work and being deducted money.
She didn't play the "Horror Doll House" either. She was too timid to play a horror book, but she bought the colorful rope peripherals.
Since Fang Jing was the first customer of "The Doll House of Horrors" and also one of the first to buy and wear the colorful ropes, the colorful ropes of Xinghe Script Agency quickly became popular among Fang Jing's employees as a kind of boss accessory.
Apart from the fantasy elements such as warding off evil spirits, the weaving craftsmanship of the colorful rope is still excellent, and as a jewelry it is not inferior to other bracelets or bangles.
Zhou Yuan also followed suit and bought the same model as her boss, and is now wearing it on her hand.
As we were chatting, Orange came.
As a new regular customer of the Script Store, Orange is the third person to apply for the monthly Qingcai Noodle Card. She is the rich rent collector known to all the store employees. She has become familiar with every employee in the store, even Qingqing from the noodle shop next door.
During the summer vacation, Qingqing often came to the store to play with Wang Erya.
"Good evening, Mr. Jiang." Chengzi greeted Jiang Qi with a smile. When he saw the colorful rope in Zhou Yuan's hand, he treated her as someone who had also played "Horror Doll House" and started chatting with her in a very familiar manner.
Even if the two people have never met before.
Both of them were very outgoing and soon went from slightly unfamiliar self-introductions to chatting about the latest entertainment gossip.
As they chatted, they got to talking about Jiang Qi recruiting people.
"Boss Jiang, have you hired new DMs and customer service staff for your store?" Chengzi asked curiously, "I see that the customer service number posts recruitment information every day. When are you going to hire some handsome DMs?"
"Oh? Do you think Uncle Huang and Teacher John are not handsome enough?" Jiang Qi asked his soul.
"No, no." Orange waved her hands repeatedly. She came here every day to eat the vegetable noodles made by Huang Fugui, and also played the mystery book written by Old John. These two were her favorite DMs.
"I was just kidding. You're just afraid that after the store across the street opens, the handsome men and beautiful women there will steal your business."
"What is it?" Zhou Yuan looked confused.
Obviously, for such a long time, she passed by this area every day on her way to and from get off work, and never noticed that a huge script-killing store was about to open across the street at the entrance of the alley.
"A new script store is about to open across the street. The owner of that store is my elementary school classmate. Before the store opened, he wanted to get me to invest in it, but I didn't." Orange said that she had already infiltrated the enemy.
"What a coincidence?" Jiang Qi didn't expect that Chengzi actually knew the boss of the restaurant. "Then do you know when it will open?"
"It seems to be before National Day. I only know that this store has recruited a bunch of handsome men and beautiful women who study acting. I saw them on the WeChat Moments of my elementary school classmates. I don't know how good their DM level is, but they are definitely first-rate. It seems that they are going to focus on emotional interpretation."
"This is also good. It does not conflict with the original business of your store, Boss Jiang."
Jiang Qi nodded.
Indeed, if the main focus is on emotional interpretation, there is really no conflict between the two stores.
There are only two emotional books in the store now, if "Time Cinema" is also an emotional book.
Having said that, "Time Cinema" should be considered the least popular emotional book produced by the game, except for "Eat Your Heart" which has not yet been tested internally.
Liu Lan tried many ways to revise the script, but since the script itself was very monotonous and there was nothing more to do than watching movies, no changes could produce any results.
Guests who like it like it very much, while those who don’t like it find it boring.
Word of mouth is very polarized.
"Boss Jiang, you haven't answered me yet. How is DM's recruitment going? I think you can also hire some people who are studying acting. They will definitely be good-looking." Orange suggested.
"I do think so, provided we can recruit one." Jiang Qi smiled bitterly, "Let alone DM, we haven't even found a suitable customer service representative yet."
"There are too few people who are familiar with the script-killing industry and are willing to serve as customer service. Let's take our time."
Orange nodded thoughtfully.
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