Ji Ning looked through these photos over and over again late at night.
She felt a little dizzy and her cold body suddenly heated up, with her back feeling hot.
Although she was looking at a photo, none of the details that were repeatedly enlarged and reduced in the photo entered her mind. All her cells were boiling with the coincidence above.
After sitting quietly for ten minutes, Ji Ning got up and left the room, going to the balcony to call Song Yu.
Song Yu quickly answered: "What's wrong? Aren't you filming a breakfast variety show now?"
"Yeah, but..." Ji Ning tilted his head and got straight to the point, "Did you see the Weibo post I posted on my second account? It's the one where Ji Shiyan posted a selfie."
Song Yu said, "I just saw it. What?"
Ji Ning pursed his lips and said, "Not even fifteen minutes after I posted, he actually posted on Weibo, with the caption saying to be happy, and there were exactly nine photos."
"Wait a minute."
Song Yu's voice faded away, as if he was checking something. More than a minute passed before he picked up the phone again.
"Yes, I saw it," Song Yu exclaimed repeatedly, "He actually posted photos on Weibo this time. He used to post them on Instagram."
Realizing that Song Yu had not entered his topic at all, Ji Ning reminded: "This is not the point."
"Then what's the point?" Song Yu paused for a moment, slapped his thigh, and suddenly realized, "Oh, I understand—"
"You mean that the busy top star Ji Shiyan sneaks a peek at your account every day, and doesn't work or sleep, and opens his phone like Aladdin at night to explore the secrets - what wish did my baby Ningning make today?"
"… "
Ji Ning was silent.
Song Yu chuckled, "Are you a Disney princess who has fallen into the world? Are you filming a treasure hunt or a national treasure? Or have you entered a mysterious country and found your own patron saint?"
Hearing that Ji Ning didn't say anything, Song Yu asked her a soul-piercing question with three parts of doubt and seven parts of contempt:
"Are all you female celebrities so good at flattering yourself?"
"It's okay if it's just a coincidence, but he also did the hair-tying thing last time," Ji Ning ignored Song Yu's words and recalled with his arm as his head resting, "Before, when Chun Xia was backstage, he did get my phone. I didn't have time to log out of my account at that time."
Song Yu thought about it.
"That's true, but you had only known each other for a short time at that time, Chun Xiaxiu. There was no need for him to remember your nickname, right? Your relationship was so superficial at that time, just partners."
"Isn't the hair-tying scene a part of most Korean dramas? It's such a classic and romantic scene. Even if the screenwriter didn't write it, Ji Shiyan, as a person in love, would definitely know to do it! And I think the screenwriter must have written it."
"Let's take a step back. What if he really discovered your smurf account..." Song Yu shuddered. "With all the lewd words in your smurf account, it's impossible for him to not have any reaction after seeing them. What's the point of hiding your smurf account from you? Is there any fun in that?"
Ji Ning recalled that he had asked Ji Shiyan if he had seen anything, and his answer was no.
He didn't seem to have any reason to hide the fact that he had accidentally seen the account from her.
Besides, she shouldn't be important enough... to deserve him to stare at his trumpet, right
"So don't think too much," Song Yu was still thinking about her, "I'm afraid you'll get deeper and deeper into it, and when you can't extricate yourself, I won't be able to pull you out."
Song Yu is a person with a strong sense of self-protection. She has chased so many stars and praised them louder than anyone else, but she has never shown any true feelings. She never thinks that anyone is more important than herself. She gives carelessly so that she can ensure that she will never be hurt and can always withdraw safely when the other party withdraws.
"Okay, go to bed quickly. Your face will get swollen if you stay up late," Song Yu said. "The more you expect, the easier it is to be disappointed. Lower your expectations and the easier it is to be surprised. Just think of this as a beautiful surprise. Then quickly wrap yourself in a blanket, close your eyes and go to sleep. You have to get up in a few hours. Why are you still chatting with me?"
Ji Ning hung up the phone, tiptoed back to the room, and covered himself with the quilt again.
She turned over in a confused state of mind and saw that Song Yu had sent her a picture.
Ji Shiyan’s super topic was very lively tonight. Many fans who were ready to go to bed were completely awakened by the photos and became excited.
The focus of everyone's discussion was also the Weibo post of a big fan of Ji Shiyan.
Ji Shiyan had been out of action for too long, forcing this big fan to post on Weibo this morning saying "Ji Shiyan posted photos today of me live-broadcasting the hand-copying of "Classic of Mountains and Seas"". Many big fans also followed suit and swore in the comment section. Unexpectedly, Ji Shiyan posted nine photos in the evening, which really caught people off guard.
As soon as Ji Shiyan’s photo was released, some big fans hurried to delete their sworn comments, but it turned out that they had already been screenshoted as evidence.
The fan circle was extremely lively for a while, and someone even started a topic called #Has the Salt Jar fan finished copying the Classic of Mountains and Seas today#, and the number of readings has almost exceeded 100 million.
Salt Pot is a general term for Ji Shiyan’s fan group.
The big fans who swore an oath had mixed feelings. Some posted their stationery purchase records and said "I'll start again when the time comes", some simply wrote the three big characters "Classic of Mountains and Seas" to get it done, and some were honest and really started copying from the first chapter.
In short, everyone was having a great time, and Sister Haiyan said that it was fun for the idol to be naughty occasionally.
In fact, artists are more or less aware of some of their own big fans, and when they flip through the fan pages, they will choose familiar IDs. The big fan who posted the message first was once replied to by Ji Shiyan.
Ji Shiyan should know these big fans. If he accidentally clicked into the super topic and saw that everyone was doing this, it would not be surprising that he posted this Weibo tonight. After all, he has always done what he wants and followed his feelings.
Soon, a person in the industry that Ji Ning followed on his second account also joined the topic. He directly took a screenshot of Ji Shiyan's group of pictures: It's rare to be in business. My friends in the circle of friends are all crazy. In addition, the coat he wears in the picture is a new model of WR. The endorsement has just been negotiated and will be officially announced soon. This Weibo post should be to build momentum for the official announcement + brand promotion. Ji Guyan's nickname is well-deserved. He does not post personal messages on Weibo.
The nine pictures were indeed all of the same black jacket with the eye-catching WR logo, but she hadn't noticed it before.
The information released by this insider is very credible. In addition, Ji Shiyan is indeed going to officially announce a ready-to-wear brand recently, so it is normal to say that it is a promotion.
Ji Ning was about to continue watching when Liu Shengsheng turned over in the bed opposite her. She was afraid that the light from her screen would affect Liu Shengsheng, so she simply turned off her phone, turned over and went to sleep.
The next day she was woken up at 3:30 and was so sleepy that she had no time to think about who Ji Shiyan's Weibo post was for.
We set out at four o'clock, and when we came back from buying fresh ingredients it was already past five o'clock. The first table of guests arrived shortly after we were ready.
The filming location was abroad, and only three of the five people could speak English. Shi Ran was cooking inside, while Liu Shengsheng and Ji Ning began to greet the guests outside.
The program team only gave one menu, but luckily Ji Ning had prepared it. She had printed out photos and arranged the dishes last night and made three menus.
As guests gradually came in, Ji Ning and Liu Shengsheng not only had to find seats and pour water for the guests, but also had to rush for the food to be served to the guests who had not yet been served.
There were two people cooking in the kitchen, and one was responsible for fruit and vegetable drinks and soy milk. Faced with a full house of customers, they were in a mess as they had no business experience. But things like steamed dumplings cannot be rushed and will not be cooked if time is insufficient.
The fried noodles ordered by some customers were cooked quickly, so it was inevitable that some customers who arrived earlier would ask Ji Ning why theirs were not ready yet. Ji Ning could only explain the reason and apologize, and ask the customers to wait a little longer.
Finally, seeing that everyone had been waiting for twenty minutes, Ji Ning and his friends were very hungry. They remembered that they had brought some noodles with them, so they quickly went to the kitchen to boil water and threw the noodles in to cook.
This kind of noodles does not need to be cooked for a long time before it can be scooped out. She added sesame paste she brought, scooped a spoonful of soup, added some side dishes, mixed it all together, and divided it into more than ten portions.
"Wow, hot dry noodles, where did that come from?" Liu Shengsheng watched Ji Ning put a small bowl on the plate, "Did we serve this this morning?"
"I brought this. Several tables of guests have been waiting for 20 minutes, so I just made some to fill their stomachs. Shengsheng, are you free? Can you help me pass this to the empty tables?"
Her ability is limited, and she can only make simple things like hot dry noodles, but fortunately it is enough for emergency use.
How can we talk about hot dry noodles without eggnog? Fortunately, she had bought rice wine before. Ji Ning beat a few eggs, put them in the pot, added rice wine, and served them to other guests.
Everyone has a small cabinet in the back kitchen, which is filled with snacks, game consoles and the like. Only Ji Ning's cabinet is filled with emergency items prepared specifically for the show.
Ji Shiyan participated in a food show after her debut. The first day of opening the store was also busy and chaotic, so she was more careful this time and even brought soy sauce and MSG.
She also brought some instant kelp shreds, fearing that there wouldn't be enough cold dishes and she wouldn't be able to prepare them when she got busy.
After the customers finished their hot dry noodles, their orders were finally served.
After a busy morning, the store closed at ten o'clock.
The group of people were starving and only had time to have breakfast at ten o'clock.
Liu Yi said: "I feel that 3:30 is a bit late, let's go to 3 o'clock tomorrow. We have to eat before opening the business, otherwise who can stand working for six hours on an empty stomach?"
Wang Mian, who had been in charge of making soy milk, seconded the proposal: "This morning was too chaotic. There was not enough time to prepare. We could only serve two tables, and then there were so many people coming in one after another. We couldn't keep up."
"What should we do then?" Shi Ran asked, "If it's hard to make, should we limit the supply?"
Ji Ning blinked. "There's no need to limit the quantity, right? If some difficult items are sold out and it takes time to make them again, we can tell the customer when they place their order, and they can order more if they can accept it."
Shi Ran nodded: "Okay, then I'll tell you He Shengsheng when I sell out, as well as the estimated waiting time."
Liu Shengsheng also said: "I think snacks are also necessary. If the meal is late, we can still serve some snacks to fill the guests' stomachs."
"The small bowl of hot dry noodles Ningning made is pretty good. Let them eat a little, so that the guests won't go crazy waiting too long. After all, no one will refuse a small gift."
“For example, you can save two pieces of bean curd skin tomorrow morning and cut them into small pieces for the long-waiting customers. It can also promote the product invisibly,” said Ji Ning.
"That makes sense. Let's do it tomorrow."
After being busy for the whole morning, everyone took a nap after lunch and fell asleep leaning back in the recliners.
Ji Ning woke up after sleeping for a while. Except for her, everyone else was still in a coma.
She pulled the curtains, stood up and went to the kitchen to get a cup of hot water. In order to avoid repeatedly pressing the doorknob and making noise, and also to prevent the door from being blown shut by the wind, she put her foot against the door and completed the process of getting the water in a difficult posture.
After drinking the water, she counted the morning's earnings, wrote them down in a notebook, and washed several bowls piled up in the kitchen.
By the time she was done, almost everyone had gotten up.
It was normal to have problems on the first day, after all, everyone's main job was just an artist. They did not get frustrated, and after returning to the apartment in the afternoon, they replanned the menu and tasks and wrote down the dishes to buy.
In the afternoon, several people went to the supermarket and bought all the ingredients that could be purchased in advance, but some other ingredients still had to be bought fresh in the morning.
After everything was done, everyone had dinner. The evening activities were board games and karaoke. We played until around nine o'clock, and then everyone rushed to take a shower and go to bed as if they were catching a plane.
After all, we have to get up at three o'clock the next day, and no one dares to stay up late.
When Ji Ning came out of the shower, Liu Shengsheng had already fallen asleep. She turned off the bathroom light and adjusted to the darkness for a while before going in and finding her bed.
After sleeping for more than five hours, Liu Yi came to wake everyone up.
Today everyone was more familiar with the process and started preparing more than an hour in advance, so we were finally not as hectic as the day before.
Ji Ning will explain to the customers in advance some difficult dishes. Those who cannot wait can choose other categories, and those who can wait can place an order. If the waiting time exceeds ten minutes, they will send a snack.
The customer was stunned for a few seconds when Ji Ning brought a small portion of bean curd skin. She was about to explain that it was free, but the customer asked her why it was not yesterday's noodles.
Only then did she remember that the customer looked familiar. It seemed that she had come here yesterday and had specifically praised her hot dry noodles for being delicious.
Later, Ji Ning received various feedbacks one after another, and Liu Shengsheng also came to her and told her that many people asked if they could order yesterday's noodles a la carte.
She really just did it casually, and she didn't expect it to be so popular.
Liu Yi also mentioned this during the afternoon meeting: "Can Ningning's noodles still be made?"
Ji Ning opened the map and checked the nearby supermarkets. "I'll go to that Chinese supermarket later. If they sell noodles, that'll be fine. I have a lot of sesame paste here."
"You know what, that sesame paste is really good," Shi Ran also said, "It's a good seasoning."
Ji Ning bought the noodles he needed in the supermarket, and the restaurant added hot dry noodles to the menu the next day.
They have to record the program for a total of fifteen days. During these fifteen days, they tried all kinds of Chinese breakfasts that suit the local people's tastes, and they became more and more proficient in the management. After completing the tasks set by the program team, the program team also took them to bungee jumping and mountain climbing.
The only surprise was that Ji Ning's hot dry noodles, which was originally just for emergency use, actually made it into the top three of the sales list. It was truly an unexpected success.
Ji Ning's contract was only signed for ten days, and a new person would replace her later. She finished the recording here and had to go back to the crew to film.
When she was leaving, Liu Shengsheng was particularly reluctant to let her go, and Liu Yi also said that they would get together again when they had time in the future.
After struggling together for more than ten days, we really developed some revolutionary friendship.
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Ji Ning set out for home and arrived in China at dusk.
Her scene is tomorrow and she had planned to report to the crew tomorrow, but when she passed by the crew's filming location along the way and saw the familiar staff, she got out of the car and said hello.
She made a lot of nougat biscuits at "There is a Breakfast Shop" and distributed them to the staff to try. They tasted pretty good.
Jiang Sheng was the first to know that she had returned, and he knocked on Ji Shiyan's door, panting.
After knocking several times without success, Jiang Sheng swiped his card and found that Ji Shiyan was indeed running in the gym inside.
Although he is old, he still has good physical strength.
Jiang Sheng looked at his back and criticized him venomously.
The man had a towel on his shoulders. He turned around when he heard the sound and frowned when he saw Jiang Sheng coming in: "Didn't I lock the door?"
Jiang Sheng looked at him in surprise: "You are so defensive against me?"
Ji Shiyan nodded, calmly and cruelly: "Hurry up and leave."
In order to get him to go to his room to admire the model he had just assembled a few days ago, Jiang Sheng tried every possible means, even making up lies like "a woman suddenly appeared on the bed in my room".
There is no doubt that he will be asked to see the model again today.
Therefore, the man was not in a good mood and planned not to move a step no matter what Jiang Sheng said.
"I came with news this time. This news..."
The man put on his headphones and looked indifferent.
"Don't exercise anymore," Jiang Sheng came up and pulled him, "Hurry up and go downstairs. There's a surprise."
Ji Shiyan put on the other earphone and added another hour to his running time.
The implication is: I'm busy now and have no time, so don't bother me.
"You're not leaving?"
No answer.
"You don't regret it, right?"
No sound.
Jiang Sheng walked towards the door: "Okay, I just wanted to say that Ji Ning is back and is giving out candies. If you leave right away, maybe you can catch up. If you don't want to, that's fine..."
Before he could say "Forget it", Jiang Sheng turned around and found that there was no one on the treadmill.
The man put on his coat and hat, then quickly opened the door.
"Let's go, where is it?"
The author has something to say: Nothing can stop me from yearning for _______ (Please answer, full score is 5 points, no additional points)
The second update will probably be around ten o'clock.
I changed it a bit, the program was changed to be filmed abroad, but it doesn’t affect the reading~
There are also red envelopes in this chapter!