In August, in Hangzhou, gold flows like fire.
Just after a light rain, the sky has returned to clear. Under the scorching sun, the water vapor on the ground rises densely, bringing humidity and sweltering heat, but also giving people a feeling that the surrounding scene is not real.
Although the weather is not so pleasant, the West Lake is still full of people at noon.
As one of the seven ancient capitals, Hangzhou is also one of the most famous tourist attractions in China. It receives more than 70 million tourists every year. Especially during the holidays, the major scenic spots are simply packed.
Crowdedness and beauty are the deepest impressions Lu Chen has on this provincial capital of his hometown.
And here, he also had countless good memories.
However, returning to Hangzhou after more than a month, Lu Chen actually felt a little strange.
Fortunately, he still firmly remembers the way to the restaurant, otherwise he would be embarrassing in front of several friends.
Passing through the long alley, there is an antique mansion in front of you, with white walls, blue tiles and green trees, and a vermilion lacquer door open. On the four red lanterns hanging under the eaves, there are four words written on white background: black lettering.
Egret Restaurant.
But I saw a pair of couplets pasted on the left and right pillars in front of the door: two orioles singing green willows/a row of egrets going up to the blue sky.
"Brother Lu Chen, is this a restaurant?"
Mu Xiaochu looked around curiously, Wu Liuliu's eyes were full of surprise.
It's no wonder that she was surprised, because it didn't look like a restaurant at all, but a garden house of an ancient gentry family, coming and going with the atmosphere of a scholarly family.
Lu Chen smiled and said, "This was originally a Jinshi mansion, and it has been converted into a restaurant for many years."
Bailu Restaurant is a century-old brand, featuring local Hangzhou cuisine, and has many branches in Hangzhou.
But the most authentic one is the Egret Restaurant by the West Lake, where the master chef is a first-class chef.
If you come here temporarily, there must be no room. Lu Chen happens to have a VIP membership card of Bailu Restaurant, so you can still get a room if you book in advance.
Since the accident at home, it was the first time for him to eat at Bailu Restaurant.
In addition to Mu Xiaochu, Li Feiyu and two members of the "Singing China" tour team were accompanying him.
Zhang Junhua and Lin Lang.
Zhang Junhua is two years older than Lu Chen. He graduated from the Beiyin Modern Music Department. In the top 10 singing competition in Beijing, he once topped the total score list with an original song "Love Ocean", and was later surpassed by Lu Chen.
Despite this, Zhang Junhua is also a very talented young singer, and it is said that he has signed a contract with a certain entertainment company.
Lin Lang is a contestant in the Shengjing singing area. In the first PK match, he defeated Zuo Qiuqing and entered the tour team.
Lin Lang is the same age as Mu Xiaochu, and is also a college student. He has a lively personality, is good at rapping, singing and dancing, and has his own original works, so he is very popular in the team.
"Singing China" national tour PK, the first top 10 in Beijing, after the first stop in Shengjing, the second stop in Shanghai and the third stop in Hangzhou, only Lu Chen, Zhang Junhua and Mu Xiao are left. Junior three.
The top 10 in each singing area are not weak, so the competition is very cruel!
The competition in the Hangzhou singing area ended last night, and today the program group and the tour team will stay here for a day, and then leave tomorrow for the next stop, Tianfu.
Therefore, as a native of the province, Lu Chen naturally wanted to do his best to invite Zhang Junhua and Mu Xiaochu out to play as a landlord.
After three PK matches, the three of them got to know each other a lot, and they can be regarded as ordinary friends.
Li Feiyu has always followed Lu Chen as an assistant.
As for Lin Lang, this guy has a familiar personality, and he seems to like Mu Xiaochu a little bit, so he followed him.
It doesn't matter to Lu Chen, it's just an extra pair of chopsticks anyway.
After showing their VIP gold cards to the waiter in the restaurant, the five of them quickly came to the reserved box.
The private room is a small wing room with an elegant antique decoration. You can see the green bamboo forest and pond outside when you open the window. The cool breeze is cool and not hot at all.
"Brother Chen, this place is really nice!"
Lin Lang exclaimed, "Did you come here often before? It must be very expensive, right?"
When I came out today, I said it was Lu Chen's treat, but no one thought that he would bring everyone to such a place.
Lin Lang was still young, so he felt a little embarrassed.
Lu Chen said with a smile: "I have been here twice before, and the membership cards were all given by others. The consumption here is actually not expensive."
Although Bailu Restaurant is a century-old brand, the consumption level has always been very popular. As long as you don't order big dishes, even ordinary working-class people will not have any pressure to have a meal, so the business is extremely hot.
The price of the main store by the West Lake is slightly higher, but it is also within the acceptable range.
The key point is that the Hangbang cuisine here is the most authentic, so Lu Chen's treat is naturally to let a few friends taste the real deliciousness.
Lu Chen's VIP card was a small gift given to him by a friend in Lu Qingsheng's shopping mall.
He has brought his girlfriend here a few times.
It's a pity that things are different now, my father passed away for some reason, and my girlfriend broke up early.
Only this Egret Restaurant has not changed.
Wielding a trace of sadness in his heart, Lu Chen called the waiter to order.
While waiting for the food to be served, Li Feiyu took out the digital camera and turned it on, first pointing the lens at Lu Chen.
Li Feiyu followed Lu Chen all the way as an assistant, and his main task was to record and broadcast Lu Chen's tour PK experience to hundreds of thousands of fans in [Whale TV].
For the fans, this is undoubtedly a very new thing. Every night, there are as many as 500,000+ viewers waiting in front of the computer for the broadcast, so that Lu Chen can still earn a lot of rewards while going out to compete.
In fact, it is also possible to live broadcast with a mobile phone outdoors, but in order to ensure the quality of the content, Li Feiyu basically records it during the day, and then uses software for simple editing after returning home.
If he is free, Lu Chen will host the broadcast in person. If he wants to participate in the game, Li Feiyu will replace the live broadcast as usual.
Through such interactive exchanges, the number of fans has increased, and the Lu family army has continued to grow.
These enthusiastic and lovely fans are undoubtedly one of the important foundations for Lu Chen to gain a foothold in the entertainment circle!
So regardless of the reason of the contract, Lu Chen will not give up the work of webcasting easily.
He is also constantly exploring better live interactive methods.
Holding the camera, Li Feiyu said with a smile: "This is a rare opportunity, Dachen, please say hello to everyone first, and then I will take pictures of some future big star friends!"
Lu Chen waved his hand with a smile and said, "Hi everyone, I am your anchor Lu Chen. We are now at the Bailu Restaurant by the West Lake in Hangzhou. Please invite the three friends from the tour team to have dinner together."
"This is the little sister that everyone likes!"
The camera lens immediately focused on Mu Xiaochu, who smiled shyly and waved: "Hi everyone."
Today Mu Xiaochu wore a plain white skirt, like a small white flower, with a kind of soft beauty.
Lu Chen has a good impression of this shy school girl, but it's not the relationship between a man and a woman, but the kind of care that a brother has for a sister, so he often takes care of her along the way.
They filmed Mu Xiaochu, then Zhang Junhua and Lin Lang, both of whom were very respectful.
After Li Feiyu finished shooting, Lin Lang asked curiously: "Brother Chen, are you taking this photo for publicity?"
Lu Chen explained: "No, it was broadcast at night for others to watch, do you know the network anchor?"
Mu Xiaochu, Zhang Junhua and Lin Lang nodded at the same time.
Lu Chen smiled and said, "I'm a contracted network anchor, so what I'm shooting now can be regarded as material."
This is not some ulterior secret, there is nothing bad to say.
Lin Lang's eyes widened in surprise: "Brother Chen, I thought you were signed by a big company! How could you think of doing this? Is it very profitable to be an anchor?"
Although he was unintentional, when he talked about the network anchor, there was still a bit of unpleasantness in his tone.
Zhang Junhua also showed disapproval.
Webcasting is a new profession that has emerged in the past two years. Due to the low entry barriers and fierce competition, there have been a lot of negative news in the industry.
Corresponding media reports are often biased, making people inevitably have a bad impression of this industry.
Both of them didn't expect that Lu Chen's current career was a grassroots Internet anchor. With his strength and talent, he could definitely sign a contract with a big company, and he didn't need to condescend himself like this.
Lu Chen saw the expressions of both of them, and said with a smile: "I'm an independent artist, and I don't plan to sign with an entertainment agency. In fact, being an Internet anchor is very interesting. It's nothing more than playing, singing, talking and performing, and I can meet many friends. "
"If you have a chance, you can try it too."
Lu Chen had no intention of reversing the prejudice between the two, because there were some bad phenomena in the webcast.
It is enough for him to have a clear conscience.
Zhang Junhua couldn't help but said: "How much money can this make? I heard that it's quite loud."
Facing Lu Chen in his heart, this man has always been a little unconvinced.
So he took the opportunity to tease.
Lu Chen said indifferently: "There must be some moisture in the publicity outside. For someone like me, the fixed salary plus the reward share will probably be a million in a year."
He still said less.
Slap!
The chopsticks in Lin Lang's hand fell to the table, and Zhang Junhua's expression froze immediately.
million? Just a million
real or fake
Mu Xiaochu simply admired: "Brother Lu Chen, you are really amazing!"
This sentence sounds very ambiguous!
Lu Chen coughed and said, "The food is about to be served, everyone get ready to move your chopsticks, let's talk about filling our stomachs!"
The sky and the earth are big, and the food is the biggest.
It's just that someone seems to have lost his appetite suddenly.
Then Lu Chen can't control it anymore.