CH 34

Chapter 34: Let’s Eat Together

April 9, 2021kaychandra

Chapter 34: Let’s Eat Together

“Mr. Xi,” Gongxi Qiao picked up the phone with a smile in his voice, “Why do you have time to call me today?” Didn’t this person usually send text messages to himself silently?

“Hmm?” Hearing the other party say he was coming over to visit the set, he looked outside the set and didn’t see Xi Qing’s figure, so he said, “So where are you now?”

“Okay, I have another scene later, let’s go to dinner after shooting,” Gongxi Qiao put down his phone and smiled.

“Qiao Shao, President Xi is coming over to visit the set later on?” Xiao Yao asked in a whisper. Remembering the unyielding and prestigious aura of President Xi, she was unconsciously a bit nervous.

“Mm hm,” Gongxi Qiao handed her the phone, “I’ll give you guys the night off, and I’ll reimburse you for the money you spend.”

Xiao Yao responded cheerfully, expressing great appreciation for this generous act of Gongxi Qiao.

Because the costume worn for the next scene was different, after Gongxi Qiao went to the dressing room to change and fix his makeup, a good half hour had passed. The other actors were already in place, so he took his place and gave a gesture to Director Wang, ready to start shooting.

Xi Qing, who was standing quietly in the corner, watched Gongxi Qiao, who was wearing a fox fur, walk out, and he twitched his eyebrows slightly.

Chen Ke, who was standing next to him, looked up at Xi Qing and felt as if he was seeing a wax figure, exquisite from head to toe, but devoid of any semblance of humanity.

“Sir, this demon girl from the demonic sect is cruel. Countless outstanding men have died under the clutches of this demon. In case she takes a fancy to you ……” the blue-clad boy played by Xu Chao frowned, full of disapproval.

“This is too dangerous, it’s better to let me go.”

The noble son pulled the fox fur around his body. Because it was so bitterly cold, he wanted to wrap himself more thickly, but the martial arts masters around him were flying around in just a few thin garments. So he could only wear a fox fur that barely kept him warm and still maintained his poise in order to keep his lofty image, “Don’t they say that the demon sect’s demonesses prefer white, handsome young men?” He gave a critical glance at the tall, dark and sturdy boy. “Would a demoness of the demon sect look at a rugged type like you?”

The boy scratched his head after a moment of deep thought, “That’s true.”

The master and servant looked at the street stall. The noble son casually picked up a book from the stall and flipped through a few pages, then laughed, “This storybook is interesting. The women of this country of girls are so tough, hahaha.”

“If you like it, buy one and get one free. Just buy a copy of ‘Dongxiang Ji’ and you’ll get a copy of the book you’re holding.” The vendor took out another book from the shelf and said with a face full of excitement, “This book can be described as a wonderful book with countless good women.”

“What’s so wonderful about a poor scholar’s love story with a blind beauty?” the noble gentleman tucked the book in his hand into his bosom and rubbed his somewhat cold hands, “I’ll take this complimentary book, big chief, and pay for it.”

After the two of them left, the vendor was full of excitement and stroked his beard and said to himself, “I’ve finally met my soulmate today.” But this voice wasn’t the same mercenary and coarse voice as before. It was clearly a pleasant female voice.

“Okay, this one’s over.” Director Wang nodded his head in satisfaction.

Just after Director Wang said this, Gongxi Qiao took off his fox fur and then said with a bitter face, “Director Wang, this rabbit fur clothing is too hot, can’t you ask the costumer to get a fake one?”

“If not for the protection of wildlife, I was going to get a real fox fur.” Director Wang took a sip of tea and said with some disgust, “Young people shouldn’t be pretentious. Our costumes are all of good quality and you’re still not satisfied? If we went to those small handicraft wholesale markets to get costumes and props for the movie, would you still cry?”

Gongxi Qiao took a fan off the roadside prop shelf and fanned it a few times. “I just believe in Director Wang’s attitude of excellence.” Just after he said that, he noticed Xi Qing standing in the corner behind Director Wang, so he stopped fanning himself and took a big step to Xi Qing’s side, “When did President Xi get here?”

“Just now,” Xi Qing saw Gongxi Qiao’s cheeks were slightly red and knew he was a little hot because his costume was too thick, so he said, “Go change out of your costume first, I’ll wait for you here.”

“Okay,” Gongxi Qiao shoved the fan into his hand and turned to Director Wang, “Director Wang, I don’t have any more scenes today, right?”

Director Wang knew that Xi Qing had come to see Gongxi Qiao on purpose. Even if he had wanted to give Gongxi Qiao an extra night scene, he dismissed the idea. After all, he had to give face to Xi Qing.

“No more,” Director Wang waved his hand, as if shooing away flies, “Go, go, go.”

The rest of the crew had long been accustomed to this way of dealing with the director and the male lead actor, so after Gongxi Qiao left, Mi Yue, dressed in male attire, smiled and teased, “Every time Qiao Shao is around, you dislike him, but every time you scold us, you use Qiao Shao as a role model. It’s really awkward. “

Director Wang glared. “Young people should be rigorous. I usually criticize you, what is wrong with criticism?”

Mi Yue shrank her neck, made a time-out gesture[1] with her hands and quickly slipped away.

“Young people nowadays are really ……” Director Wang was angry and amused. He turned to Xi Qing and said, “Several young people in the group have a good relationship with Xiao Qiao. They often get together and play, so I can’t deal with them.”

Although the words were complaints, he was very optimistic about these young people. From his point of view, these young people already had the qualifications of good actors.

“The fact that they are laughing and joking in front of Director Wang means that they are very close to you,” Xi Qing said, glancing at the direction where Gongxi Qiao had left, “Director Wang’s crew has a good atmosphere. “

The smile on Director Wang’s face became evident. “It’s all because of everyone’s work.” For a director, a good atmosphere in the crew was considered a great compliment.

When Gongxi Qiao removed his makeup and came out, he saw Xi Qing talking with Director Wang and Chen Ke, and the atmosphere was very cordial.

Xi Qing inquired quietly about Gongxi Qiao’s news in the crew. When he saw Gongxi Qiao come out, he got up and walked towards Gongxi Qiao. “Have you finished taking off your makeup?”

Nodding, Gongxi Qiao took the jacket handed to him by He Peng and said with a smile, “It’s getting late, let’s go.” After bidding farewell to the director and the rest of the crew, he walked out of the set with Xi Qing.

He looked at the car parked outside and raised his eyebrows and smiled, “No bodyguard came out today?”

“With you, there’s no need.” Xi Qing pulled open the passenger door and waited for Gongxi Qiao to get into the car before turning around and getting into the driver’s seat from the other side, “And now there’s no need to worry about any more accidents.”

Gongxi Qiao laughed and changed the subject, “What are we going to eat later?”

He had heard about those matters in the Xi family, but he didn’t expect Xi Qing to cleanse the entire Xi family in just a few years and become the sole voice of authority. A man not yet thirty years old had such formidable means. No wonder many people now mentioned Xi Qing with a look of respect and awe.

So no matter the time period or the setting, the strongest always triumphed.

“I’ve seen your interview. You don’t like foreign dishes,” Xi Qing’s tone was mild, “I heard that there’s a store nearby that makes Buddha Jumps Over the Wall[2] that tastes very good, so I asked someone to reserve a place today.”

He didn’t expect Xi Qing to have even watched his own interview, so he looked at him with a smile, “I didn’t expect it, President Xi is my biggest fan?”

Xi Qing froze for a moment. He was actually a little surprised at himself that he would spend so much time watching entertainment programs that weren’t nutritious.

“Does Qiao Shao have any rewards for an iron fan like me?” Xi Qing asked rhetorically.

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“Promising to go to dinner with you, isn’t that a reward?” Gongxi Qiao smiled, “A few days ago, someone else offered me half a million yuan to go to dinner.” When Gongxi Qiao said this, he felt a little amused. The person who made the offer didn’t even know his identity, and actually offered money to invite him to accompany him to drink.

Xi Qing’s eyebrows twitched slightly, and then he teased, “It seems that it is indeed my honor to invite Qiao Shao to have dinner with me.”

When they arrived at the restaurant and waited for all the dishes to be served, Xi Qing took out his phone and took a photo of the two of them together. Faced with Gongxi Qiao’s appraising eyes, he said with a straight face, “As a fan, what kind of fan would I be if I didn’t show off when I have the opportunity to dine with my idol?”

“That’s so, huh?” Gongxi Qiao simply moved closer to Xi Qing, put one hand on his shoulder and held up the chopsticks with the other, “Take a new picture.”

After the photo was taken, Gongxi Qiao smiled and sent a Weibo post using Xi Qing’s account.

Xi Qing V: the most admired idol and the fragrant Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. [with photo: group photo] [with photo: hot steaming Buddha Jumps Over the Wall] After this microblog was sent out, countless netizens were in a mess.

“This kind of taking pictures of food to retaliate against society, I seem to think of someone.”

“I also seem to think of someone.”

“Bet a bundle of chrysanthemums that this Weibo must not have been sent by Master Xi himself.”

“Saying you are the most admired idol, Qiao Shao, where is your shame?”

“It’s completely impossible to imagine Master Xi’s mood at this moment.”

“That’s enough showing off,” Gongxi Qiao handed the phone back to Xi Qing. He picked a chopstick full of the ingredients in Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and tasted it, “So authentic!”

“If you like it, we’ll come back next time,” Xi Qing looked at the photo of himself and Gongxi Qiao on Weibo. Inexplicably, there was a weird sense of satisfaction, “The commercial you shot before will be aired on major TV stations tonight, any thoughts?”

“So soon?” Gongxi Qiao almost forgot about it. When Xi Qing mentioned it, he remembered that Ya De’s commercial was going to be aired, “It’s good that it didn’t impact the image of your brand, otherwise no one would be willing to hire me as an endorser in the future.”

“They’re very satisfied with your endorsement image and are ready to renew the contract.” Xi Qing ladled a bowl of soup and placed it next to Gongxi Qiao. Watching him eat with his head down, he hesitated for a moment and then said, “From now on, how about I call you Xiao Qiao?”

“Okay. You’re a few years older than me so I’ll call you Da Xi[3].” Although he was eating alone with Xi Qing, Gongxi Qiao didn’t feel any embarrassment. Instead, he had a good appetite, perhaps because ……Xi Qing looked appetizing?

Xi Qing couldn’t help but smile. “I’d like that.” There were too many people calling him President Xi, and he wasn’t so keen on Gongxi Qiao also calling him that all the time.

“You’re easier to get along with than I expected,” Gongxi Qiao said as Xi Qing walked him back to the hotel arranged by the crew after dinner, looking at the side of Xi Qing’s good looking face, “at least it completely overturned the impression we had the first time we met.”

The first time? Xi Qing looked at Gongxi Qiao with a puzzled look.

Sensing the other party’s puzzled emotions, Gongxi Qiao rubbed his chin and said, “I was wondering who would invite someone to dinner on their first meeting, simply someone with bad intentions.”

The hand holding the steering wheel shook for a moment, Xi Qing immediately stabilized, and then said somewhat apologetically. “Sorry, I seldom spend time with people in private, so I didn’t know that there was some offense ……”

Perhaps it was because the other party was a little different from his usual appearance, but Gongxi Qiao couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “Has anyone ever said that you are very ‘mensao’?”

“Mensao?” Xi Qing looked at Gongxi Qiao in confusion, what did that mean?

Gongxi Qiao shook his index finger, then said, smiling, “We’re here.”

Stopping the car, Xi Qing watched Gongxi Qiao get out of the car. The streetlights pulled his shadow into a long line, making him inexplicably a little depressed.

“Thank you for dinner. See you next time.” Gongxi Qiao stuck his head to the car window and waved his hand at him, “Be careful on the road.” In the end, he didn’t ask about the ‘Cultivation’ audition, and the other party didn’t seem to have any intention of bringing it up either.

Looking at the man sitting inside the car, Gongxi Qiao smiled and hid this small question in the bottom of his heart.

“Mm-hm.” Xi Qing nodded his head in a small way.

After watching the youth disappear behind the elevator doors, Xi Qing thought about it and took out his cell phone to send a text message to his assistant.

Special assistant Gou was having dinner with his family, and after receiving the text message from his boss, he almost spit out the noodles in his mouth. What does it mean to be ‘mensao’?

Boss, people like you are called mensao ah!

He spat silently in his heart, but the text message he returned was still very upright and protective of his master.

“Mensao means something that is very cold and elegant on the outside, but actually very warm and gentle on the inside.”

When Xi Qing received the assistant’s reply, it suddenly dawned on him that Xiao Qiao was complimenting him just now, right?

Seeing that the boss finally didn’t text back, Special Assistant Gou breathed a sigh of relief when suddenly, his sister beside him let out a scream.

“Ahhhhh! Why is there such a handsome man in the world! Why!?!!”

He looked up curiously at the TV. Wasn’t this the commercial Gongxi Qiao made for Ya De Apparel?

The man on the screen stood expressionlessly on the balcony sipping wine. Was he really that handsome?

Special Assistant Gou looked blankly at his sister, who was blushing and wanted to throw herself on the TV screen. He was a bit bewildered. When did his sister become a celebrity lover, how come he didn’t know before?

T/N:

Time out gesture: It literally said “hands together like a “十” character”. I’m not totally sure what that means, but the “time out” gesture makes sense here.Buddha Jumps Over the Wall: Wikipedia says: Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, also known as Buddha’s Temptation (Chinese: 佛跳牆. Pinyin: fó tiào qiáng), is a variety of shark fin soup in Fujian cuisine. Since its creation during the Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the dish has been regarded as a Chinese delicacy known for its rich taste, and special manner of cooking. The dish’s name is an allusion to the dish’s ability to entice the vegetarian monks from their temples to partake in the meat-based dish.Da Xi: Da means big, great, older etc, opposite of Xiao