under the spotlight

Chapter 181 Can't escape

At the entrance of the restaurant, Lu Beicen and Wen Mengran were finishing talking with Ah Hao and Jiang Zhongze, and they were about to enter the door for dinner, but they met Wen Qing walking out with a young man, seeing Lu Beicen and Wen Mengran, Wen Qing's eyes lit up , The pace also quickened a bit.

Wen Mengran greeted him with a bright smile on his face: "Brother, third brother, you are here early? Brother, let me introduce you, this is my colleague and best friend Lu Beicen, and that is her cousin Mr. Jiang, this is Her younger brother Lu Beihao. Mr. Jiang, Ah Hao, this is my brother, I don’t need to introduce this one, you’ve all seen him before.”

Wen Yuan and Wen Mengran have similar eyebrows, they look much more mature and steady than Wen Qing, presumably her brother, Lu Beicen and the three of them greeted in unison, Wen Yuan smiled kindly, and went In the first few steps, he extended his hand to shake hands with Jiang Zhongze and A Hao one by one.

Wen Qing greeted with a smile: "The last time we got together, I wanted to find another opportunity to invite you to sit together, but I didn't expect to meet here. It just so happens that it is better to meet by chance. Today I am the host, and I invite you to join us." How was lunch?"

Jiang Zhongze was dressed very casually today. Originally, his whole body was full of carefree and lazy expression. Although he was smiling, his face was a little cold, and he directly refused: "Thank you, Mr. Wen, for your kindness. We have already had dinner. I'm ready to go back to my room and take a rest, Xiaobei, you go in and eat quickly, Ahao and I will go out by ourselves in the afternoon, so you don't have to worry about us."

Although Wen Qing felt a little embarrassed, he knew what he was thinking. It was the girl's relatives whom he missed, and he couldn't find an opportunity to get close. How could he let go of such an encounter?But at this time, when he made an invitation again, it seemed a bit condescending.

Wen Yuan had already heard about Wen Qing's pursuit of Lu Beicen. He thought Wen Mengran would come out to rescue him, but seeing that she just kept silent, he had no choice but to come out to rescue his cousin again: "Alright, We also happen to be going to say hello to Xiao Ran's leader now, but since Xiao Ran's friend is here, we are the hosts, so no matter what, we have to entertain well, why don't our brothers accompany the two of you for a stroll in the afternoon."

Lu Beicen didn't expect such a scene. He was a little tired, a little hungry, and a little irritable, so he didn't wait for Jiang Zhongze to speak again, and said very simply: "Brother Wen, don't bother, it's more comfortable for the two of them to walk around casually." Ah Hao, brother Ze, go to rest quickly, we should go to eat."

After Lu Beicen finished speaking, he pulled Wen Mengran who had been standing by the side. Wen Qing was also giving her sister a wink, but Wen Mengran didn't even look at Wen Qing. Opportunity to talk to him thoroughly first, so that if something happens to him, people will not be able to catch up and he will be embarrassed.

Wen Mengran recovered and said hastily: "Then let's go in first, see you Mr. Jiang and Ah Hao!"

Wen Yuan's brows shrugged imperceptibly. His own sister was always well-rounded, but now she was suddenly absent-minded, and she didn't give Wen Qing and the brothers from the Lu family a chance to get acquainted. The meaning was self-evident.

Wen Yuan's eyes flicked across Lu Beicen's face. Although this girl was indeed beautiful, she was cold-hearted and not very well-groomed. She had just returned from work and her hair was a little disheveled. She was the same girl Wen Qing had pursued before. , the difference is very big, but he said that he is determined, I am afraid that Luo Hua will be ruthless...

Wen Yuan sighed slightly, pulled Wen Qing, Jiang Zhongze, and Lu Beihao to say goodbye, turned around and followed Wen Mengran and Lu Beicen into the restaurant.

Lunch was a self-service Chinese food, Wen Mengran and Lu Beicen stayed outside for a while, the colleagues inside had already started eating, Wen Mengran wanted to take her brothers to see President Tang, Lu Beicen was naturally unwilling to follow, I went to choose food by myself, found an empty table in the corner and sat down, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally felt more at ease.

After eating halfway, Du Chengran came over and sat directly opposite Lu Beicen: "Why are you hiding here to eat alone?"

Lu Beicen swallowed the food in his mouth, and replied with a smile: "How comfortable eating alone, Mr. Du finished?"

Du Chengran nodded: "We didn't go back to the room, we got off the car and came directly, eating quickly. There is no training schedule in the afternoon? Why don't we go to the art troupe to book actors first?"

"Wow, no way, you still have actors to choose?" Wei Ye's voice suddenly sounded, Lu Beicen raised his head, and saw him put a hand on Xue Feng's shoulder, and he had already walked to the front of his table .

"You've never seen the world, why are you making such a fuss?" Xue Feng shook off Wei Ye's paw on his shoulder with a look of disgust.

Lu Beicen smiled at the two of them, and continued to discuss with Du Chengran: "Mr. Du, do you think it would be a bit rushed to shoot Starry Sky Valley tonight? But the sky was full of stars yesterday, and tonight is definitely not bad. I According to the weather forecast, it will be cloudy the day after tomorrow, if you miss these few days, you may not be able to shoot this scene until next month."

Shooting landscape projects requires very high weather conditions, but Du Cheng knew that Lu Beicen's unplanned proposal was actually because of something, so he looked at Lu Beicen with a playful smile: "Xiaolu, you This is not acceptable, tonight the leader of Party A is here for a banquet, I just heard that leader Zhuo is coming, you are a well-deserved protagonist, you can't hide from this."

Hearing this, Lu Beicen put down his chopsticks, looked sad, and sighed first, "I'm not the protagonist, I'm just a worker. It's better to let me work quietly than how many dinner parties I have, hey..."

Du Chengran, Wei Ye and Xue Feng who were standing aside couldn't help laughing when they saw Lu Beicen sigh twice, Wei Ye joked: "I can't tell, Boss Lu, you seem to be a little socially afraid! "

Lu Beicen rubbed his face and nodded in agreement: "It doesn't seem like it's social fear, Mr. Du, I think I found the reason for this weather very well, why don't you tell Mr. Tang for me?"

"No way, tonight is definitely immature. The actors can only be decided in the afternoon. What if they have a performance tonight? You have to notify in advance so that they can prepare for replacements. Besides, we need at least three cameras when we leave, and then add When it comes to you, I have to bring two people to set up the lighting. How do you ask me to speak? And I think it’s best for everyone to go and watch this filming. I also checked the weather forecast. It’s sunny these days..." Du It is true that he smiled and rejected Lu Beicen's escape.

"Well, let's choose the actors in the afternoon, and then go to the hot springs to see how to shoot. I still want to shoot the hot springs full of ancient trees. Although the hot springs here are newer, the homogeneity is too serious Well, the hot spring over there has a special style, if a few actors from the art troupe are transferred to shoot, it will be much better than ordinary people entering the painting, what do you think, Mr. Du?"

Du Chengran nodded: "I agree with this. They are all in good shape. With some makeup and green trees, they should be beautiful."

"I'm going too, what time do we leave?" Xue Feng asked.

Wei Ye followed suit: "Then take me with you, I'll go study and see the world."

"What are you going to do, today is to go to see the scenery, is there any beauty in bikini?" Xue Feng began to run on Wei Ye again.

"Tch, are you allowed to go or not? I don't care for beauties in bikinis."

"Are you not rare or are you afraid to be rare in front of so many colleagues?"

Lu Beicen stood up a little helplessly, too lazy to watch their chatter: "Let's go, it's past two o'clock, I'll go up and wash my face, and I'll contact the head of their art troupe by the way, do you want to squint for a while?"

"No, let's go early and come back early. Meet in the lobby at three o'clock, and I'll go say hello to Mr. Tang." Du Chengran also stood up.

Du Chengran made an appointment with Lu Beicen, and went straight to the tea room the night before, where the three brothers and sisters of the Wen family hosted Mr. Tang for tea.

Seeing Du Chengran come in, Wen Yuan hurriedly got up and said, "Little uncle, come here for tea."

Both Wen Mengran and Wen Qing looked behind him, but they didn't see Lu Beicen following him in. Wen Mengran smiled and said, "Has Xiao Bei gone to hide in the room?"

Du Chengran nodded with a smile, and then joked with Mr. Tang: "The little girl is impatient to socialize, and she doesn't want to participate in the dinner party tonight."

Mr. Tang responded with a smile: "The last time we came to Qianyang, she didn't come with her. The leader asked why our main creative staff didn't come. There is a process. After two years of experience, I won't be so introverted. Xiao Ran The two of you should spend more time together and learn from each other. Being a director is different from doing literary work, and you should not be too introverted, but you must be able to calm down at any time."

Wen Mengran saw Mr. Tang pointing to his head, and quickly said: "Mr. Tang, you think too highly of me. Xiaobei actually knows how to deal with people when he goes out for interviews. Look at Quhu and Lanhu. The most difficult part is that Xiaobei has also quietly made a few films, which means that she has established a stable relationship, and I am not as good as her."

Mr. Tang didn't dwell too much on this topic, and asked Du Chengran again, "How did you arrange it this afternoon?"

Du Chengran reported the plan he discussed with Lu Beicen to Mr. Tang. Mr. Tang looked at the time and said, "Then why don't we go to the room to rest for a while, and I won't go to cast actors. Let me call, I will go to the hot spring with you to have a look."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Wen Yuan again: "Mr. Wen, thank you this time. Mr. Yang said that he would like to invite you to sit with me when we go back this time. Please be sure to appreciate it."

Wen Yuan followed suit and stood up: "Boss Tang, you're being polite. My younger sister deserves the attention of all the leaders. Besides, if you can stay here, our hotel will also flourish."

The three brothers and sisters of the Wen family sent Mr. Tang and the others out of the tea room. Wen Mengran said to Du Chengran, "I'll wait for you in the lobby, and the battery car is on standby at any time."

The three brothers and sisters saw off the guests and went back to the tea room to talk.

Wen Yuan cleaned up the teacups on the table without saying a word, Wen Qing no longer had to hide the disappointment in his heart, and asked his sister simply: "Xiao Ran, did Xiao Bei say anything to you?"

Wen Mengran sighed and said: "Third brother, why don't you just forget it, she told me something last night, I think you two are really incompatible, you two are not from the same world, even if you barely get along Together, it will be difficult for a long time in the future."

"I don't know that we have different personalities. One moves and one is quiet, one is introverted and the other is extroverted. Isn't it just complementary? Who said that men and women in this world must have similar temperaments to get together?" Wen Qing was obviously not reconciled.

Wen Mengran hadn't spoken yet, but Wen Yuan suddenly laughed: "What you want is a similarity, right? Seeing that the girl is beautiful, she doesn't want to let go until she catches up with her. She is Xiaoran's colleague, not the same as a best friend. , who have to meet often, with your eating appearance, I'm afraid it won't be too ugly in the future."

Wen Mengran was stunned, Wen Qing was annoyed, and the two looked at their elder brother together. After a while, the expression on Wen Mengran's face became clear: "Third brother, it's not that I won't help you. Since the elder brother said so, then You lie to me about those nonsense first, and then stop talking about it."

"Why can't I seriously want to find a woman to settle down? Both of you are watching people through the crack of the door..." Wen Qing's face became more indignant.

"Why are you angry with us here? Are you sure you can't handle it? I think it's hard for ordinary people to find a breakthrough with that girl's desolation, not to mention that you have already been blocked by others. You just Be honest, be serious, find someone who can accompany you to toss, and go to toss seriously, that girl is really not suitable for you." Wen Yuan continued to persuade.

"Who says I can't handle it? There are still women in this world that I can't handle. At worst, I don't ask you, just follow my own routine. I still don't believe it."

In front of his siblings, Wen Qing didn't care a little bit. Originally, according to his mind, he would send flowers every day at the beginning, and then gifts, but if they didn't meet each other, after a month or two, the girl would fall into the trap of herself. Alright, let's add some more romantic plots, and we'll win it.

But Wen Mengran said that this is not possible, making people feel that it is a burden, let him take his time, she will help him create opportunities, but after looking forward to and waiting, finally found the opportunity in front of him, but gave him a blow in the face.

Wen Mengran was afraid that Wen Qing would do this trick, it was too routine, the routine made people want to find a way to get in, and in the current situation, if there was a public courtship scene under the watchful eyes of everyone, then It's really embarrassing, Xiaobei should or shouldn't?
What's more, Jiang Zhongze and Lu Beihao came together today, let's not talk about Lu Beihao, Jiang Zhongze's attitude is now unpredictable, who knows what will happen?
After hesitating again and again, Wen Mengran decided to briefly talk about Lu Beicen's growth experience: "Third brother, today's words, what did you say?"

Wen Qing glanced at her sister and nodded, "Say it."

"It's just the rumors of Xiaobei that are spread outside, half true and half false... Girls who have experienced things like this usually go to two extremes. One is longing for love, or even pampering love, to fill the psychological gap; the other is It’s building a high wall, and I feel very insecure inside.”

Wen Mengran glanced at Wen Qing, who had been silent and in a daze, and continued: "Unfortunately, Xiao Bei belongs to the latter, with intertwined self-esteem and inferiority complex, and a strong sense of self. Of course, if she doesn't have such a strong Self-awareness, it is also difficult to remain excellent in such an environment. She is indeed excellent, but I did not take it seriously. I followed the live rehearsal this morning, and this is just a glimpse of it. I am ashamed..."

(End of this chapter)