Chapter 78 Life is like a plate of dumplings
When Xu Jie returned to the unit, it was already past the working time. Most of his colleagues in the program group had left, leaving only Shi Fei and Zhou Miner.
"You're back." Zhou Min'er saw Xu Jie and Zhang Mingliang and asked curiously, "Why are you so late today? Did the interview go wrong?"
Xu Jie nodded, but he didn't take what happened in the afternoon too seriously. It was not like he had never encountered such a thing before, and to be honest, he had already gotten used to it.
People's livelihood reporters are like footballs, specially designed to be kicked by people. Those who know how to kick them can keep kicking them, while those who don't may not only miss the target but also trip over it.
Today I met someone who can kick.
"Don't mention it." Zhang Mingliang said unhappily, "I waited for a whole afternoon, and finally got someone to show up, but he just brushed the matter off in a few words, as if we were meddling in his business."
"Brother Liang, I think this is a problem of ability." Shi Fei glanced at Xu Jie, and then said, "If I were to do the interview, I guarantee that the patient would be cured."
"cut!"
Zhang Mingliang curled his lips and thought to himself, how did you change from a reporter to a videographer? Don't you have any idea of what's going on?
While packing his things, he asked Zhou Min'er, "Min'er, why haven't you left yet?"
"Oh me……"
As soon as Zhou Miner opened her mouth, she was interrupted by Shi Fei.
"We're working on something for the Winter Solstice special."
After saying this, he showed a smug expression.
"Really? Have you found any results?" Xu Jie raised his head and asked. If the other party hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten about it. He looked at the calendar on the table and saw that there were only two weeks left.
"Mutton soup. I recommended a mutton soup restaurant to Min'er. The meat there is absolutely fresh and tastes absolutely great." Shi Fei looked at Xu Jie proudly. "How is it? It's more innovative than the dumplings you were thinking of, right?"
Zhang Mingliang was stunned after hearing this, and turned to look at Xu Jie with gratitude in his eyes. He knew that Xu Jie must have told Zhou Miner about the dumpling shooting.
"The mutton soup is delicious, but didn't we take a photo of the copper pot hot pot last time?" Xu Jie asked.
"How can shabu-shabu and mutton soup be the same? Besides, his family not only has mutton soup, but also red willow skewers and roasted whole lamb..." Shi Fei said with a beaming eyebrow, wanting to show off in front of the goddess.
"Should we shoot a winter solstice special or a mutton special? Or we can just show two episodes of Joyful Night." Xu Jie said after hearing this.
He didn't mean to target anyone. It's not wrong to buy mutton soup, but you have to come up with a reason to drink mutton soup on the winter solstice. Is it because the red willow skewers in this mutton soup restaurant are also delicious? Then just buy the red willow skewers.
"You..." Shi Fei glared angrily and said loudly: "You are just jealous that the mutton soup I made is better than your crappy dumplings."
"Shi Fei, if you want to talk about mutton soup, just talk about mutton soup. Why are you talking about broken dumplings? How did dumplings offend you? Don't you eat dumplings?" Zhang Mingliang said dissatisfiedly.
It doesn’t matter if there are no dumplings in the Winter Solstice special, but it’s a bit too much to say that the dumplings are broken. How could the dumplings be broken? It was with the help of dumplings that the future father-in-law and mother-in-law trained his girlfriend to be so outstanding.
"I'm not saying the dumplings are broken, I'm saying there's no substance in taking pictures of dumplings," Shi Fei explained.
"How can dumplings have no connotation ? Dumplings are the most profound." Zhang Mingliang said seriously: "Haven't you heard of a saying? Life is like a plate of dumplings. You never know what the next filling will be."
"Ah?" Shi Fei was stunned, thinking, isn't that what Forrest Gump's mother said? The original words should be: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the next one will taste like.
How did it become dumplings? Do you still make dumplings with different fillings?
"Okay, stop arguing." Zhou Miner stood up, looked at Xu Jie and said, "Let's go to the dumpling restaurant tonight and see if there is anything to shoot."
"Yes!" Shi Fei also stood up from his seat.
"Why are you standing up? Aren't you on duty tonight?" Zhou Miner asked. She didn't want Shi Fei to go with them.
"It's okay." Shi Fei turned to look at Zhang Mingliang and said, "Brother Liang, let's switch shifts. I'll go and accompany Min'er to explore the store."
"Xu Jie and I will be exploring the store, you'd better stay here on duty honestly." Zhang Ming said unhappily. In his mind, dumplings are the most sacred food and he won't allow anyone to slander them.
Shi Fei was depressed. He didn't understand why Zhang Mingliang reacted so strongly to the dumplings, but he didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he said to Zhou Min'er, "Min'er, eat slowly. I'll come to you after work."
"It will be half past nine when you finish your shift. You should go home." Zhou Miner picked up her coat and said as she walked out, "Xu Jie, Brother Liang, let's go."
"good."
Shi Fei watched the goddess and the two men leave, his heart filled with envy, jealousy and hatred.
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Two cars parked one after the other outside Jiade Dumpling Restaurant.
Zhang Mingliang quickly got out of the car and walked to his girlfriend He Xiaoli who was waiting on the roadside. He pointed at the two people behind him and said, "Have you met Xu Jie? This is Zhou Min'er, the female host of our program."
"Hello, Miss Zhou, welcome to my dumpling restaurant." He Xiaoli said enthusiastically. She had just heard from her boyfriend that the program crew was coming to her dumpling restaurant to film a program. She was so happy that she came out early to wait for people.
"Hello." Zhou Miner said , but she felt a little awkward. She just came to see tonight, and now she is so enthusiastic, what should she do if she doesn't take pictures? How can she maintain a good relationship with her colleagues?
Four people walked in. It was lunchtime and there were many diners in the dumpling restaurant.
"Sister-in-law, your dumpling restaurant is doing good business." Zhou Miner said in surprise. In her impression, dumpling restaurants usually only have so many people during the Chinese New Year and other festivals.
"We have to thank Xu Jie. Thanks to his help, the dumpling restaurant business has become so good." He Xiaoli said sincerely. She did not expect that Su Yun's husband would have such a great influence. It has been a few days since the wave of sexy operations on Weibo, but there are still queues every day at dinner time. Some of them are Xu Jie's black fans, while some came because they saw the queues and ended up becoming his fans.
"Haha, no, no, the dumplings here are still delicious. Bring me two packs tonight." Xu Jie said with a smile.
Zhou Miner looked at Xu Jie and found that he was wearing a mask. She asked curiously, " Why are you wearing a mask?"
"I have too many haters and I'm afraid of being recognized by them," said Xu Jie.
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"I've reserved a private room for you. Let's sit upstairs." He Xiaoli winked at her boyfriend.
"Yes, yes, let's eat and talk at the same time." Zhang Mingliang agreed.
"Don't worry, our purpose of coming here today is not just to inspect dumplings." Xu Jie pointed to the wall and said to Zhou Min'er: "Look , here is not only the history of dumplings, but also the culture of dumplings. This time, we want to shoot not only delicious and nutritious, but also to capture the cultural atmosphere. I think dumplings should be able to crush mutton soup in this regard."
"Mutton soup?" He Xiaoli looked puzzled. "You want to drink mutton soup? I don't have mutton soup at home, but I have dumplings stuffed with mutton. Do you want to eat some?"
Xu Jie laughed after hearing this.
Zhou Min'er blushed and explained, "I didn't say I wanted to shoot mutton soup. It was Shi Fei who saw me looking up information about the winter solstice special and insisted on recommending mutton soup to me."
He Xiaoli understood a little bit, so she smiled and said, "Mutton soup tastes good, you can drink it at other times, but on the winter solstice, it is more meaningful to eat dumplings. There is a folk song that says, if you don't eat dumplings on the winter solstice, your ears will freeze off and no one will care."
Zhou Min'er was stunned. After hearing this, it seemed that making dumplings was indeed a good idea.
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