Chapter 26
Huang Fugui and Old John, who voluntarily stayed away from sleep, spent the whole morning in double row after breakfast. What comforted Jiang Qi was that although they were addicted to games, they still had a certain degree of self-control.
When Jiang Qi took the two of them out for lunch, Old John went back to the house and brought the professional books he had read before. Huang Fugui also asked Jiang Qi if he wanted to take time to read other books like Old John. Huang Fugui, who is motivated to become an excellent employee, feels that if he only brings a notebook, he will not be enough to become an outstanding employee representative in the store.
Now that Jiang Qi has relatively abundant funds, he is confident enough to take the two of them out for lunch. Finding a small stir-fry shop in an alley, Jiang Qi asked Huang Fugui and Old John to look at what to order. The two studied the menu for a long time and finally ordered cold preserved eggs, braised pork with dried plums and vegetables, stir-fried carrots and seaweed egg drop soup.
It was dinner time, but there were only two customers eating fried rice in the small restaurant. The boss smiled and served a plate of free melon seeds to the three of them, wiped the slightly greasy table again, and poured another cup of chrysanthemum tea. I happily went into the kitchen to cook.
"Old John, are you confident about the notebook today?" Jiang Qi asked with concern while cracking melon seeds.
In two hours it will be Old John's debut with a book. When Jiang Qi thinks that this is related to whether the star promotion plan he has chosen for Old John is right or not, Jiang Qi becomes more and more nervous, and even eats melon seeds to the point where he is not happy.
Old John ate melon seeds silently and said nothing.
"Boss, you have to believe Brother John. Although he doesn't like to talk much, his work ability is definitely no problem." Huang Fugui's online surfing was quite effective, and he even used the word work ability.
Perhaps seeing Huang Fugui speak for him, Old John put down the melon seeds and said, "I've finished reading it all."
Jiang Qi:......
In order to get Old John to take him seriously, Jiang Qi had to use his trump card: "Yesterday I found a way to check your star promotion progress."
As soon as these words came out, both of them raised their heads and looked at Jiang Qi.
Huang Fugui's eyes lit up, obviously he had unlimited enthusiasm for Shengxing.
"To upgrade from one star to two stars, you need to get 100 points of reputation related to favorites. Now Uncle Huang has 8 points and Old John has 2 points."
Upon hearing that he already had 8 reputation points, Huang Fugui was immediately happy and drank several large sips of tea.
Old John didn't react at all. He was obviously not surprised by his slow progress in rising to the stars. He just nodded and said, "Oh."
"Brother John, you have to work harder!" Huang Fugui encouraged old John, "If you get promoted to three stars earlier, you can remember what happened earlier."
Old John had no reaction and continued to eat melon seeds.
Obviously, rising to the stars is not as attractive to him as melon seeds.
After a failed lunch of cold preserved eggs that were a bit too small, roasted pork with dried plums and vegetables a bit salty, stir-fried carrots that were a bit hard, and seaweed and egg drop soup that were a bit bland, Jiang Qi went to a milk tea shop and bought four cups of milk tea, one cup for each person, even Liu Lan’s. Bought.
He was drinking and walking along the way. Before he reached the door, Jiang Qi saw Liu Lan holding two couriers in his hands and three sacks at his feet. He was standing at the door of the store staring at the sacks with a suspicious look on his face.
"Lan Lan, take the courier home. There are a lot of things to buy. Do you want us to help you." It's only 1:30 and it's far from work time. Liu Lan didn't make it on time because his basic salary is low enough and his salary will not be deducted for being late. I've been there, and I usually have to come to the store after 2:30.
"No, this is your courier, Jiang Qi." Liu Lan looked blank, raised the two couriers in his hand, one large and one small, and lightly kicked the sack with his foot, "They are all yours."
Jiang Qi:?
Jiang Qi soon realized that this should be the original box and props of "Time Cinema".
but……
Jiang Qi looked at the three sacks carefully. Each sack was bulging, and the express box of this box was also extremely large.
There are probably too many props in this book.
"It should be an exclusive book I bought before. It has a little more props." Jiang Qi explained.
Liu Lan:?
a little?
Jiang Qi opened the door, and Liu Lan walked in with the express in his arms. Jiang Qi, Huang Fugui and Old John each dragged a sack in. Without even turning on the lights, the four of them began to unpack the express in the sunlight.
The express delivery from Liu Lan was this box and a home projector. This box was printed with an old movie projector. The words "Time Cinema" also looked quaint and old-fashioned.
""Time Cinema", produced by Card Game Studio, written by Mr. Y." Liu Lan looked at the box and opened it silently, "Jiang Qi, you really like the books published by this company, except for the one you had with Sister Bing for free. I bought two exclusive ones from him.”
After opening the box, Liu Lan looked at the pile of books inside and was not surprised. Then he picked up the home projector and looked at it: "This issue is rich enough. It comes with a projector. This thing is cheap and costs a few hundred yuan." . But why does the distribution only provide projectors but not brackets and screens? Our store does not have white walls."
"The bracket is here." Jiang Qi said. His sack had been opened, and the contents inside made him dumbfounded.
There were four red theater-style chairs to be assembled, a bracket, and a curtain. No wonder his sack was so heavy. Jiang Qi almost didn't lift it when he first lifted it. He thought it was because he neglected to exercise.
Huang Fugui's sack was also opened. It was full of clothes, including dozens of sets of large white robes of the same style that looked a bit like nightgowns and hospital gowns, and a set of women's uniforms for theater staff.
In Old John's sack were two large pieces of stage-style red curtains that Jiang Qi was very familiar with. They were large and heavy, and two chairs that were waiting to be assembled were the same as those in Jiang Qi's sack.
These props are even more outrageous than the bowls and chopsticks from last time.
Liu Lan was also confused. He pulled out the character book at the top and read it directly: "What kind of book is this? Why does it feel like opening a small cinema in the store?"
The name of the character book Liu Lan read was Ke Linyue.
After reading it, Liu Lan was even more confused.
Jiang Qi had already started assembling the chair according to the drawings. Seeing Liu Lan holding the book with a look on his face like "Am I really an idiot," he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? This book should be easy to read. It's an emotional book."
"It's quite easy." Liu Lan said, "But it's not Ben."
"This is just a short story. Ke Linyue's story is finished. There is no task or suspense. It's just finished. From birth to death, what's the point?"
Even though Liu Lan said this, Jiang Qi was also confused.
No wonder Time Cinema is classified? , as expected? .
"How about you read the host manual?" Jiang Qi suggested.
Liu Lan started to look for the host's manual. After flipping through it, she felt something was wrong and asked, "Jiang Qi, how many people are this?"
"Six people!"
Liu Lan took out all the books from the box. These books were not thick, and the number in a stack was very considerable. After taking out the scripts, there was also a thick layer of clue cards in the box, which was six or seven centimeters long. Thick, visually estimated to be one or two hundred sheets.
"But there are 18 characters in this book!" Liu Lan counted it again to make sure he counted correctly. "Are you sure this is a six-character book?"
Jiang Qi was really confused this time: "Ah this..."
Jiang Qi could only scratch his head: "How about you read the host manual carefully."
This is indeed beyond the scope of Jiang Qi's knowledge.
Liu Lan could only start reading the host manual. Huang Fugui had already put together the first chair, which was an ordinary red cinema chair. The seat cushion was quite soft and somewhat elastic, so it should be more comfortable than ordinary cinema chairs.
"Boss, what should I do with these chairs after they are put together?" Huang Fugui asked.
"Let's move it to the utility room upstairs first, and wait until Liu Lan has finished reading the book and determined which room "Time Cinema" will be played in before decorating it." Jiang Qi once again joined the group of chairs.
While I was working hard, a guest came.
Wen Luo arrived early with his classmates, four men and two women, each holding a cup of milk tea in their hands. Apparently they came here after buying milk tea at the entrance of the alley.
"Brother, you guys..." Wen Luo looked at the people who were putting together chairs and was not sure whether he should go in or not.
"These are the props for the new book. You guys came quite early. It's only around 1:40." Jiang Qi patted the dust on his body and stood up. He moved the two sacks away to let the guests in.
"Wow, there are so many props here." Wen Luo didn't know much about script killing. He pointed at the stand and introduced it to his classmates, "You can choose which one you want to play. This is my cousin Jiang Qi."
"Hello, Brother Qi!" said a boy with a short haircut, staring at the show, "I read that the online reviews for "Nine" are very good."
Liu Lan, who is reading the book:...
Faced with new players who are not afraid of tigers, Liu Lan put down the host manual and explained: "Jiu is a hard-core mystery book and is not suitable for novices. It may take more than ten hours for novices to play. If it is your first time, To play, I recommend playing the fun books and the novice mystery books. The third row on the right are the mystery books that are more suitable for novices."
Hearing what Liu Lan said, the boy with short hair became even more interested: "Ten hours?! Not bad!"
Liu Lan: "...This afternoon's "Nine" has already been booked in advance and cannot be opened today."
"Okay." The short-haired boy could only start to pick a book with a disappointed look on his face.
"But I want to play horror books." The short-haired girl whispered to the sister next to her. "I heard from my sister that horror books are very exciting. There will be store owners pretending to be ghosts and chasing you."
"Isn't that the same as an escape room?"
"It's different. The secret room is so expensive, but you can only play it for one or two hours."
"But the secret room is more exciting. Last time I played, there were several ghosts chasing people. I was so scared that my shoes ran away."
Jiang Qi, who listened silently:...
High school students these days have quite strange tastes...
The two girls were not interested in choosing a book, so the four boys discussed it and finally decided on a 4 to 5-hour mystery book, which they finished just in time for dinner.
Liu Lan put away the host manual of "Time Cinema" and stood up to get the box and was about to go upstairs. Jiang Qi stopped him and asked, "How about the new one?"
"It's okay. It's quite special. You can actually watch movies. No wonder there's a projector." Liu Lan's evaluation of "Time Cinema" was pretty good. "I'll open it myself. I can test it internally when the time comes. You'd never expect it." What pattern.”