Chapter 5: Cooking
Xu Lang found the movie director that had been named a legend in the movie box office through Weibo.
Xu Lang looked at the other party's Weibo homepage where they placed at the top a sticky note which said they were seeking for cooperation, he sent him a private message, adding on his contact information, then went to wash up, preparing to go to sleep.
Coming out of the bathroom, he found his phone constantly ringing, it was a stranger calling.
"Hello, how are you, I'm Ye Ce, may I ask if this is Xu Lang?"
Xu Lang originally thought that the other party wouldn't see the private message anytime soon, but to think that, right after he had sent the message the other party already gave him a call, then he remembered the words the other party said after they became successful, his heart cleared up.
"Hello, Ye Ce." Xu Lang replied, "I saw your script, it was excellent. I wanted to ask if you were still lacking fundings?"
Ye Ce never thought, that his luck would be so great, he was only tentatively asking, but the other party was actually planning to invest!
"You......are you certain?"
"I'm very certain." Xu Lang never thought he would be able to see such a cautious side from the legendary bad-tempered director.
"If it's convenient for you, you can bring along your team to come find me in city A, we can talk about cooperation."
Xu Lang quickly confirmed the time and location with the other party.
Xu Lang looked at his account, after spending bits and pieces, there was still two hundred and twenty thousand remaining, Xu Lang invested two hundred thousand into stocks.
When Director Ye comes to talk about cooperation, the principal should also be received.
This was also the reason why he didn't settle the cooperation talk right now.
Xu Lang went to school the next day, and saw Xia Teng who was already in the classroom reading, staying quietly by the corner.
Unlike Xia Teng who gave off no sense of existence, Xu Lang immediately became the center of attention for everyone as soon as he entered the classroom.
Looks handsome, grades are exceptional, coupled with that temperament that is unbending like Mount Tai that unchanging indifference, making it that people couldn't help but pay attention to that person.
Xu Lang walked his long legs towards his seat, right after sitting down, he saw Tian Tian walking over with mincing steps.
The girl's voice had a tone of shyness, "Xu Lang, what did you do on your two days off? Do you need notes?"
Many boys at the side made "Ho Ho Ho" sounds.
Xia Teng who was reading a book, heard the other's words, and her ears immediately stood up.
"No need for notes, thank you." Xu Lang politely replied.
Tian Tian never expected the other party to reject her, adding that there were also many boys by the side making a fuss, she was ashamed and annoyed, her face turning red instantly, but after meeting the other party's eyes, her original annoyance turned into a loving gentle maiden's heart.
Xu Lang wasn't actually some teenager, naturally he could see the other party's feelings displayed in their eyes, it was nothing more than a moment's infatuation on something.
He didn't put this situation into heart.
During lunchtime, Xu Lang was about to call Xia Teng to eat lunch together, but as soon as class was over, Xia Teng ran off in a hurry.
"Brother, you are awesome, making the class flower so infatuated that they're walking in circles." When Xu Lang was about to go to the canteen alone, Li Yong came over.
"You're thinking too much." Xu Lang replied lightly, casting a glance over at Li Yong.
Li Yong immediately stopped, "Yes, I'm thinking too much."
They both arrived at the canteen, suddenly Li Yong said out in shock, "Isn't that Xia Teng? Why is she cooking?"
Xu Lang looked over there, sure enough, at the window for braised pork rice, Xia Teng was wearing a mask, wearing work clothes, and cooking.
Xu Lang was a little surprised, he roughly guessed that Xia Teng had probably worked a few part-time jobs before, but he never thought that in such a short amount of time Xia Teng would have found another part-time job already.
"A classmate from the same class cooking!! Woah, my chance is finally here! And, I've never left any kind of bad impression on classmate Xia Teng! Come over my braised pork, brother is coming!" Li Yong hurried over towards the location of the braised pork rice.
Xu Lang didn't know what feelings he should be having while following over.
There have always been many people lined up for braised pork rice, Xu Lang took out his cellphone, and looked over the contract Director Lin sent.
Really soon it was the two's turn.
"Braised cooked pork and twice-cooked pork placed together." Li Yong looked at Xia Teng with shining eyes.
Xia Teng quickly prepared the dishes, handing it over to Li Yong, then looked at Xu Lang with bright eyes, "Classmate, what do you want to eat?"
Li Yong looked at his amount of braised cooked pork that was no different from usual, then looked at the amount placed on Xu Lang's plate that was clearly more than his......
“This is discrimination. This is naked[1] discrimination." Li Yong gnashed his teeth as he looked over at Xu Lang's plate.
"Yea." Xu Lang replied indifferently, as he was sitting down, in his mind he was thinking back to the moment when Xia Teng looked at him with bright eyes. It was as if this was the moment they have been looking forward to.
In fact, Xu Lang really did guess right, when Xia Teng realized that Xu Lang was in line for braised pork rice, her speed serving people practically soared, thinking with all her heart she that would give Xu Lang more rice! More meat!
"This is really unfair, I thought it was because she felt shameful, so she pretended not to know me, but to think that she actually didn't recognize me......brother is my face not good looking?" Saying this Li Yong looked at Xu Lang, they really were people of different levels, he looked way too amazing, just eating a meal at the canteen, can receive many girl's stares.
Xu Lang didn't pay any attention to what Li Yong was thinking, he was thinking about Xia Teng's matters, he really had to say that he admired this one point of Xia Teng, no matter if it was when she became a big star, or now where she had no money and was working part-time jobs, she seemed to never feel that doing labor or being in poverty was something to lose face over. No vanity, and no excessive self-esteem.
During the afternoon when everyone was sleeping, Xia Teng quietly opened the classroom door, walking in.
After sitting down, secretly passing over a piece of paper.
Xu Lang opened up the piece of paper, and saw the covered fifty yuan inside.
There was also a line written on the paper, 【This was today's pay. ^_^】
Xu Lang turned his head and was met with a pair of shining pupils, that was asking for praise.
At that moment Xu Lang instantly felt that he was the reincarnation of Zhou Bapi and Huang Shiren [2].
Xu Lang suppressed down this illusion, then wrote on the paper, 【You don't have to earn money in such a hurry, just focus on your studies, I'm not in any need for money, oh and, I just corrected your paper →_→】
The expression added at the end, was something purely learned from Xia Teng, adding to that, Xia Teng's paper was just something too tragic to look at.
When Xia Teng saw the note, her face flushed red.
Quietly she started looking through the paper.
Xu Lang didn't return the money to Xia Teng, and was instead thinking about buying some book materials for Xia Teng.
The school used to buy book materials for all, but after receiving complaints from parents, the students had to buy it themselves now.
The book materials that Xu Lang was using right now was on the more difficult side, not being suitable for Xia Teng's use.
The first class in the afternoon was English class.
As Xu Lang's English was good, he used this time to do mathematic problems.
Getting stuck on the last word problem, he was about to open the book, when he noticed Xia Teng beside him, nodding her head, eyes barely opened.
Xu Lang let out a sigh, and patted Xia Teng.
Xia Teng like getting electric shocked, woke up in an instant.
Then saw the scribble pad Xu Lang passed over, in addition to all the different formulas written on the pad, there was a sentence, 【When it's the afternoon come back and sleep in the classroom, I will give you fifty yuan a day.】
Xia Teng's face was red, 【That was just an accident now.】
【You should study well now, and test into a 985 university[3], the salary you get paid after graduation versus not being able to get into college receiving salary you get from part-time, which is better?】
Xia Teng immediately understood, she reacted to the question, before she could only squeeze through with all her effort, and time, for a chance to stay in school, but now, Xu Lang helped her solve the problem with her family, she should switch modes now.
Xu Lang saw that Xia Teng understood, and let out a breath in relief.
After the afternoon classes were over, Xu Lang went to the bookstore to buy Xia Teng book materials, then went to eat dinner.
When it was self-study time in the evening, Xia Teng still hadn't arrived, Xu Lang put the books and this month's living expenses on her desk.
Because he had long filed an application with the class teacher, that he wouldn't be doing evening self-study anymore. He added a note to the books.
【The books are paid with the money you earned. The living expenses can be counted as my previous investment in you.】
Since she wasn't working anymore, naturally there wouldn't a place to eat anymore. When he saw Xia Teng in the canteen, he realized how even though Xia Teng didn't have money was still a bit fat, because working in the canteen, there isn't really anything much, but one thing there is a lot is food to fill you up.
Xu Lang wasn't doing evening self-study anymore so that he could go home to watch online video lessons.
There wasn't any other way, his original ability was way too high, so that it wouldn't decline. He had bought a lot of online teaching courses.
Unconsciously, he thought back to earlier in the day the look Xia Teng had in her eyes when she was handing over money to him, fresh, alive, bright, and beautiful.
Xu Lang paused the video lessons, massaging his temples.
[1]naked (红果果): This is an internet slang meaning straightforward basically.
[2]Zhou Bapi and Huang Shiren both are bad landlord villainous characters. They exploit the poor. Used as derogatory terms to curse heartless people.
[3]985 university, taken from the internet: Project 985 is a boosting project to promote the Chinese higher education system as called for by President Jiang Zemin at the 100th anniversary of Peking University on May 4, 1998. The objective is to develop, in cooperation with local government, several top universities to be world-leading.
this is really sweet and interesting
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chapter! 😊😍
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