Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 9: Soul Ferry

Twenty minutes later, we arrived at a Sichuan hotpot 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 some crispy pork, deep-fried dough sticks, fresh duck blood, and pig intestines..."

Meng Bai held two portions of prepared dipping sauces in his hands and stood beside the table, listening to Qin Lan ordering ingredients for ten minutes.

"What's that expression on your face?" Qin Lan asked with raised eyebrows as he looked at Meng Bai who was sitting down.

"If I were the owner of a hot pot restaurant, I would definitely like customers like you." Meng Bai finished complaining, and before Qin Lan could respond, he handed over the dipping sauce in his hand 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 to stir it, and took a sip. Her eyes suddenly lit up: "Wow, you really adjusted the taste!"

After praising her, she dipped her chopsticks in the sauce and tasted it, nodding her head and sighing, "I envy those of you who know how to mix dipping sauces. I really like hot pot, but the dipping sauces I make myself never taste good."

"It's okay. I'll send you the ingredients for the dipping sauce later. Just follow the proportions in the future." Meng Bai said politely.

Sure enough, Qin Lan smiled with satisfaction and joked, "Not bad, Xiao Meng, you are really becoming more and more popular with me."

"Sister, don't say that!" Meng Bai quickly raised his palm to distance himself, and said jokingly: "If Director Lu comes to trouble me later, I won't be able to explain this."

Qin Lan's smile paused for a moment, and then slowly faded away. After a long silence, he 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 is not a gossipy person, but in this situation, he can only follow the atmosphere and ask: "Is there anything going on?"

"Nothing." Qin Lan shook his head, took a sip of sour plum juice, and said with a faint smile: "I broke up with that person."

"Wow--"

Meng Bai let out a long sigh and at the same time observed Qin Lan's expression to determine whether he should express comfort or join her in condemnation.

Unfortunately, Qin Lan's face remained calm, so Meng Bai had no choice but to continue, "Um... congratulations."

"cough!"

Qin Lan was choked and coughed a few times before laughing angrily, "What's there to congratulate about this kind of thing?"

"Congratulations...on being single and free again."

Qin Lan rolled his eyes, but had to admit that what Meng Bai said seemed to make some sense.

Meng Bai smiled and couldn't help but feel curious.

Qin Lan's boyfriend is Lu Yu, the director of "Jinling! Jinling!" and "Kekexili". The two fell in love during the filming of "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 film. 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 film.

It has to be said that regardless of Director Lu’s directing ability, his ability to “live off a gigolo” is still very enviable.

Meng Bai was puzzled. He had seen entertainment news about the two showing their affection not long ago. How come they broke up so soon after?
"He proposed to me, but I didn't agree." Qin Lan didn't shy away from it and directly satisfied Meng Bai's curiosity.

"Well... breaking up after a failed proposal is a bit hasty." The party involved was sitting opposite him, so Meng Bai naturally followed Qin Lan's position and accused the other party.

Qin Lan said: "Not once, but four times. This is the fourth time he proposed to me."

"..."

With just one sentence, Meng Bai felt like his CPU was spinning so fast it was about to spark.

However, this made him understand why Director Lu agreed to break up. If a man was rejected by his girlfriend four times in a row, he 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 remained silent. Qin Lan looked at Meng Bai, who was silenced by his words, and smiled and said, "I thought you would ask me why I rejected him?"

"If you can refuse four times, there must be some personal reasons. I'm not that curious." Meng Bai spread his hands and said, "It's okay. If you don't want to get married, it's good to break up occasionally. Love is like raising fish. The way to keep it long-lasting is to change it frequently."

"Where did you get this nonsense from?" Qin Lan almost spit out a mouthful of sour plum juice.

Meng Bai said seriously, "The main hormone that drives 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 come up with this excuse every time you break up with a girl, do you?"

"Sister, I'm just trying to comfort you. Please don't always slander my reputation," said Meng Bai.

"Haha." Qin Lan sneered: "You men are all the same."

"Sister, you are slandering me without clothes." Meng Bai said sternly, "You haven't tried it, how do you know that I am the same."

"Tsk, teasing my 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'll let you know that the consequences of teasing my sister are very serious."

It can be seen that the breakup did 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 ask for help.

The ingredients were served one by one, and the two chatted for a while. Meng Bai was 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 he was asked, Meng Bai didn't hesitate and said directly: "Indeed, I would like to ask Sister Qin Lan to help introduce someone to me."

"I knew you wouldn't be so attentive for no reason." Qin Lan said straightforwardly: "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 see her for?"

Since he was asking for help, Meng Bai didn't hide anything and simply explained that he wanted to discuss cooperation with Leshi.com on a web drama.

"Web drama..." Qin Lan said, "You really found the right person. Weiwei has always been very interested in web dramas. She even brought a few friends to make a web 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 group of close friends who call themselves the "Teddy Sisters Group", which brings together eight or nine female artists who are good friends in the group, such as Huo Siyan and Li Xiaolu, who were popular in the past few years, and Yang Mi, who has become increasingly popular in the past two years.

"What script are you going to discuss with her?" Qin Lan asked, and then explained: "I know your ability, but I have to understand the details so that I can introduce you when I go to talk to her."

"It's okay, I understand." Meng Bai said as he took out his phone: "The script is about supernatural suspense, I have a part of it here."

Qin Lan took the phone and first looked at the name of the script, "Soul Ferry".

You know what, this name is quite stylish.

She then went on to read the following content.

【Convenience Store No. 444】

[My name is Xia Dongqing, I am 24 years old, I have just 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 was poor, my hobby was sleeping, and everything was very ordinary.]

【But, I have a secret...】

【I can see ghosts! 】

(End of this chapter)