Lu Yao noticed someone approaching, looked up and saw Wan Baozhu, "What's going on?"
Wan Baozhu's eyes fell on the book in front of Lu Yao. She was curious and walked over to sit opposite him. "Let's chat?"
People were coming and going in the cinema. Fu Chi was busy tinkering with the machine to adjust the angle and record the reactions of the people of Dawu Dynasty as they experienced a suspense film for the first time.
Ye Xiao was maintaining order at the door to prevent people from cutting in line. The ticket counter and the canteen were crowded with customers, making a lot of noise.
Cuizhu and Qingfei stood in the distance, not allowing anyone to approach the table in the corner.
Lu Yao put a bookmark in the book, closed the book, and nodded to Wan Baozhu, "What do you want to talk about, Mr. Qian?"
Wan Baozhu was stunned when he saw the name on the black cover, "Can I take a look at this book?"
Due to the capabilities of the system, the text in each store area will be automatically converted into the common text of the current world.
Lu Yao pushed the book over, waved to Hongyu to bring a pot of tea and a plate of snacks.
Hongyu pushed her glasses and turned to go to the lounge.
After a while, she came out with a tray.
There was scented tea in a glass kettle, two matching glass teacups, and a plate of cookies.
Wan Baozhu was so absorbed in the contents of the book that she didn't notice the new tea and snacks.
Lu Yao poured the tea, sipped it quietly, and looked up to observe the guests coming in and out.
About twenty minutes later, the broadcast informed the guests to check in their tickets and the second movie was about to begin.
Wan Baozhu had only read one-third of the book in his hand.
Lu Yao received a message from Ji Zhixin during the trip, saying that there was news about two new films that she had recently been eyeing, and that she had already received a quotation for one of them, a modern campus youth drama.
Lu Yao chatted with him for a few more words about the price issue, and when he looked up again, Wan Baozhu had finished reading the novel "The Sea Train Serial Murder Case".
"The entire story of "Sea Train" comes from this book?" Wan Baozhu found it a little hard to accept.
Lu Yao was a little confused, but he didn't deny it.
Trains floating on the sea, circular timers, powerful firearms, tools that can directly transmit messages across miles... Are all the extraordinary things shown in that movie just imagination
Why did it have to be so realistic? She almost believed it.
The disappointment after expectation is heavier than not having expectation in the first place.
Wan Baozhu lowered her head. She felt as disappointed as she had felt when watching the movie. "It turns out it was all fake."
Lu Yao looked at her for a while, "Most of the guests came out to discuss the ending of "Sea Train", you don't seem to be very interested in the ending of this story?"
Wan Baozhu raised her eyelids, a dark mass condensed in the depths of her pupils, and her bright and beautiful face became more profound: "The person who wrote this story knows very well that human hearts are unfathomable. The ending is indeed ingenious and worth savoring. But for me, it is not unpredictable."
Lu Yao understood: "Because you are also good at guessing people's minds, it has lost its freshness."
Wan Baozhu looked sharp and did not deny: "Why not?"
Lu Yao shook his head: "No problem."
Wan Baozhu's eyes flashed, and he stared at Lu Yao quietly without saying anything.
Lu Yao thought for a moment and then said, "What did you mean when you said it was all fake?"
Qing Fei suddenly stepped forward, and said in a slightly anxious tone: "Master, if you are any later, you will miss the banquet."
Wan Baozhu looked at Lu Yao and said, "I'll talk to you in detail another day."
Lu Yao understood and waved to the dog.
Gouzi went to the lounge and took out two gift boxes that were almost half a person's height. They were wrapped in thick, printed paper boxes and tied with ribbons. You couldn't tell what they were, but they still gave people a sense of preciousness. "Mr. Qian customized two boxes of snacks, and the gifts were all included in them."
Cuizhu and Qingfei each took one and held them carefully in their hands.
After returning to the mansion, Wan Baozhu changed her clothes and put on makeup, then ordered someone to open the paper box.
Two identical exquisite bird cages were placed on the table, brightening up the room.
Wan Baozhu grabbed a handful of gems and played with them, her eyes dark and deep, "These are genuine gems and mermaid pearls, all of the best quality. She is mysterious, rich, and not arrogant, and she runs a shop like this. What exactly does she want? Even I can't figure it out."
Cuizhu presented a small mahogany box, "Your Highness, these were just placed together with the snacks. I think they are the gifts that the waiter mentioned."
The deluxe birdcage gift box contained a full set of postcards and five plush key chains, and there were two gifts for the two cages. Cuizhu and Qingfei both looked greedy.
Wan Baozhu took the only plush keychain of the little white boat and a postcard overlooking the sea with sperm whales swimming in a row, and waved her hand, "Leave one gift in the birdcage and one in the shelf, rewrap them, I will take them to the palace. Take the rest of the gifts and divide them up."
Cuizhu and Qingfei were delighted and bowed repeatedly.
After everything was packed and ready to go to the palace, Qing Fei couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness praised the snacks yesterday. Do we have to send all of them to the palace?"
Wan Baozhu couldn't help but laugh: "It's just a few boxes of snacks, why are you so stingy? If you're greedy, just ask the butler to buy a few more boxes later."
Cuizhu exposed: "Your Highness, you don't know that it is difficult to buy mooncakes in the cinema. The surrounding mooncakes are better, and you can still buy them at Yuguizhai, but the rest are only available in the cinema. Yesterday, many people thought the price was high and wanted to wait and see, but those who bought it and tasted it were surprised. Today, I wanted to buy more, but I couldn't get any after queuing for a long time. Qingfei tasted a meat mooncake yesterday, and was surprised and happy. I kept talking about it at night."
Qing Fei blushed, unwilling to admit, "That's not the case. Your Highness, it's getting late."
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After watching the movie, Xie Xu and Chen Yuning returned to their respective homes. All the family members had packed up and were waiting for them.
Chen Yuning's father was the Minister of Works of the current dynasty. When he heard that his son ran out to watch a movie early in the morning and did not come back until nearly noon, he took out the family rules and was about to beat his son. He was persuaded by the women in the family, but he developed a prejudice against movie theaters in his heart.
The old minister was so busy with official duties that he even spent his days off at home drawing water transport blueprints. He seldom had fun and had never heard of going to a movie theater.
At this time, they thought it was a low-class pastime that had emerged in Liangjing City at some point. Seeing Chen Yuning's playful look, they couldn't stand it any more.
If there wasn't a moon-viewing banquet being held in the palace today, all the court officials and their families would have to attend the banquet, and no one's persuasion would be of any use.
The Dragon Boat Race on the Dragon Boat Festival, the Moon Viewing Banquet on the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the New Year's Eve Banquet are almost fixed palace banquets every year. Flower viewing, poetry recital, performances... every year it's the same old tricks, and the old people in the palace are tired of it, so they hope to find some different fun.
The families of court officials were afraid of anything going wrong and were extremely cautious.
In this way, the flamboyant, willful and versatile Princess Deyi became a fresh sight.
The ladies in the palace loved to listen to her talk, so Deyi usually arrived early to such banquets.
Today was a little different. Princess Deyi arrived late until the banquet was about to start.
The Mid-Autumn Festival moon-viewing banquet will not end until the moon reaches its zenith.
On this day, the city will make an exception and cancel the one-day curfew.
There was a lantern festival on the streets, and the girls from Jinghong Pavilion played music and danced on the boats on the river. It was extremely lively.
The cinema is open until 5pm and has one less show than usual.
After all, it’s a holiday, guests need to go home to reunite with their families, and cinema employees also need to celebrate the holiday.
The cinema gave holiday gifts to every employee, including the four new employees who were still in the probation period.
A full set of mooncake gift boxes from five stores on the shopping street were packed in custom-made five-layer mahogany food boxes, and each person took one box home.
Die Qi's words reminded Lu Yao, and she cancelled the super deluxe edition jewelry birdcage gift box.
The cinema staff only had five boxes of mooncakes, but they kept the inner packaging boxes, a full set of star films and a keychain doll that allowed them to choose their own.
When Zhu Zhu heard that the festival gift was mooncakes, she jumped up and down with excitement: "Boss, are you really going to give each of us a big box of mooncakes?"
Die Qi covered her forehead with her hands, looking like she had a headache: "Young shopkeeper, if you keep doing this, you will lose all your family fortune sooner or later."
Kuba pinched her pigtails, her eyes sparkling, "That's straightforward, I like it. If the cinema really loses all its money, come to my house, my house is pretty big."
Ye Xiao couldn't help but knocked and cried.
Kuba covered the back of his head, looking puzzled: "What are you doing, do you want to fight?"
Ye Xiao looked up at the sky, full of provocation.
Kuba got angry and rushed over to cause trouble, but was easily restrained by Ye Xiao with one hand.
Fu Chi sat lazily on the side, with his long legs propped up, a smile on his face: "Don't worry, Lu Yao's family is quite wealthy, it won't be lost in a short time."
Die Qi immediately became interested and hinted wildly: "Oh? The young shopkeeper doesn't seem to be very good at managing money. In fact, he can hire a capable accountant."
Die Qi has no other hobbies except touching silver.
No matter it belongs to someone else or herself, as long as it is in her hands, it is safer than keeping it in a jewelry store.
Ye Xiao suddenly said, "She is good at managing money."
Die Qi subconsciously asked: "Who?"
Ye Xiao: "Lu Yao."
Die Qi frowned, a little surprised: "How do you know? Are you familiar with the young shopkeeper?"
Ye Xiao stopped talking.
Lu Yao glanced at Ye Xiao, feeling somewhat confused.
Ye Xiao has been in the cinema for a while. He is lazy every day and silent most of the time, but he doesn't make any mistakes.
This time was very similar to the time at the snack bar, and it seemed that his task was just to help out in the store.
But there was a sense of familiarity in what he said just now, as if he knew her very well.
Fu Chi glanced at the time and reminded, "It's getting late, owner. I'll have to trouble you to go out for a while."
On a special day like the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, the streets are filled with new and interesting things.
Fu Chi wanted video footage, but he couldn't go to the streets of Dawu Dynasty, so he had to ask Lu Yao for help.
Lu Yao also wanted to experience the real festival atmosphere of ancient times, so he decided to go to the lantern festival at night.
The other shop assistants happily went home with their gifts.
Ye Xiao said that there were many people on the street at night and it was not safe for Lu Yao to be alone, so he had nothing to do and went for a walk with her.
When Ku Ba and Die Qi heard this, they also started clamoring to go together.
Lu Yao felt that it would be more lively with more people, so he gladly accepted the offer.
Fu Chi even gave each person a handheld camera.
Dieqi and Kuba held it in their hands, looking very cautious, much more careful than they would be when carrying a mooncake box.
The four of them went out shopping, and Fu Chi stayed in the cinema.
He was not bored either. He adjusted the camera and took pictures of the night view of Song'an Street from various angles through the glass.
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Aunt Wu, Uncle Liu, and Zhu Zhu lived on the same street. The three of them went back together, and they couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.
This boss is so generous.
The mooncakes were not cheap, and they all knew the price of the bird cages. The cheapest one cost twenty taels of silver.
Their holiday gift boxes, except for the lack of a birdcage, include five boxes of mooncakes and other peripheral gifts.
Because I work in a movie theater, I can enjoy these benefits.
Aunt Wu was carrying mooncakes home when she saw a carriage parked at the door. She was delighted and went in to see that it was indeed her son who had returned.
She asked loudly, "When did you come back?"
The daughter-in-law answered: "Just entered the house."
Aunt Wu's son was washing his face. He was startled when he saw his mother coming back with a large food box. "Mom, did you go to the restaurant to order food?"
Aunt Wu put the mahogany box on the table, opened it layer by layer, and said happily: "No, this is a Mid-Autumn Festival gift from the boss, all mooncakes."
The daughter-in-law was also surprised when she saw the five full boxes of mooncakes: "These mooncakes are not cheap. Mom, are they really sent by the boss?"
Aunt Wu looked over with a chastised look: "You still don't understand me. Even if I buy such expensive food, how could I afford to buy so much?"
The daughter-in-law nodded blankly. When Aunt Zhu said she had found a best job for Wu, she was skeptical at first.
There is nothing to say now. The owner of the cinema is really generous.
Aunt Wu's son Zhao Guanghong came over and asked, "What mooncakes?"
He was doing business outside all year round, and when he heard his mother and daughter-in-law talking, he wanted to find out more.
When Zhao Guanghong saw five boxes of mooncakes that were all very different, he couldn't help but show a little surprise, "Which bakery in Liangjing has these new mooncakes? How much do they cost?"
Mrs. Wu said, "I didn't say that earlier. The Mid-Autumn Festival gift sent by the boss cannot be bought outside. You can try it first. I had some in the store yesterday and it tasted delicious."
Three adults and one child each picked one mooncake from five boxes to share.
Mrs. Wu was better off, as she got to see the world yesterday.
Zhao Guanghong and Chen were surprised every time they tasted the mooncakes, especially Zhao Guanghong, who stared at the remaining mooncakes with a heavy expression.
Mrs. Wu was puzzled: "What's wrong with my son? Does the mooncake not suit his taste?"
Zhao Guanghong covered his face, "I regret not coming back earlier. If I had known that there were such good things in Liangjing City, I would have made a lot of money by shipping some to other places. Mom, tell me about the movie theater."
Zhu Zhu returned home and threw five boxes of mooncakes on the table. She put her hands on her waist and said proudly, "It's hard to buy a mooncake gift box with dozens of taels of silver outside. Our boss gave everyone a big box directly."
Aunt Zhu and Uncle Zhu smiled, knowing that the girl was making fun of them for not allowing her to work in the cinema.
Nowadays, some people say that Zhu Zhu shouldn’t go to the cinema, but Aunt Zhu doesn’t care much about it.
They are an ordinary family and don’t have so many requirements.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see the benefits of movie theaters.
The whole family sat in the yard, happily sharing mooncakes and eating them, as happy as gods.
When Uncle Liu returned home, his mute son had not come back yet, and his old wife was standing at the stove steaming coarse flour cakes.
Uncle Liu carefully placed the food box on the table, went over to help light the fire, and said in a hoarse voice: "The boss sent mooncakes, wait for Qing'er to come back and eat them together."
The old woman asked: "What kind of mooncake?"
Grandpa Liu pointed at the table, his face full of wrinkles from smiling: "Go and see, there are good things. They are delicious, Qing'er will definitely like them."
In the evening, Liu Qing came back covered in sweat. He stood by the well, drew some cold water, and poured it directly over himself.
He went back to the house, changed his clothes, and went straight to the kitchen. When he saw the mahogany food box on the table, he was startled, but unfortunately he couldn't speak.
The family ate coarse flour cakes and drank coarse tea, and they couldn't help but glance at the food box.
In the shabby house at the end of another street, there was another happy scene.
The children sat in a row, watching Brother Gouzi distribute the mooncakes obediently and eagerly.
In previous years, the Mid-Autumn Festival was more difficult for them than usual.
They have no relatives and no home.
On the day when they were reunited with their families, they were still begging for food on the streets.
But this year is different. They have houses to live in, clothes to wear, no longer have to go hungry, and they can also eat the most delicious mooncakes in Liangjing City.
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The moon was at its zenith, and the banquet in the palace was finally over.
Emperor Wu and the empress left together and parted again in the imperial garden.
The empress returned to Fengqi Palace, and Emperor Wu went to Qinzheng Hall to read the memorials.
When Emperor Wu entered the Qinzheng Hall, he saw a strange box behind the screen. "What is that?"
The young eunuch replied: "Your Majesty, this is a Mid-Autumn Festival gift sent by Princess Deyi."
Emperor Wu was interested and said, "Open it and take a look."
Several young eunuchs stepped forward to open the box. It took them about half a cup of tea to take it out. When they saw the cage filled with gems and pearls, their eyes widened and they almost made a mistake.
The chief steward couldn't bear to see this, so he stepped forward and took out the box, "Your Majesty, it looks like a mooncake."
Emperor Wu looked confused and looked at it for a long while. "Bring it here and try it."
Qin Mingde was stunned for a moment and asked the eunuch to get the bowls, plates and silver spoons.
His Majesty is very cautious about food. He suddenly wanted to eat this unknown food sent from outside, so he, the chief steward, had to test it for poison.
But he had just had a private meal. It was a rare festival, so he ate good food.
When I saw this mooncake, my stomach felt bloated and uncomfortable.
The chief steward took a small bite of mooncake with a silver spoon, put it into his mouth with his eyes closed, took a sip, and opened his eyes, "Huh?"