Age of Legends

Chapter 160 Enemies meet on a narrow road
During this period, "Emotional Mediation Room" was revived on the provincial TV station with a new look and started a new round of production.

During the period when Wang Bowen and Zhang Chen went to Shenzhen, Jiang Rong took full charge of the production of the program. Zhang Chen used some memories of similar programs in his previous life to compose the script. But when he was asked to continue writing, he didn't have family matters in his mind every day, so he couldn't do anything wrong. The more he wrote, the more outrageous it became. This is why many similar programs go off the rails at the end.

No matter how ridiculous your story is, it still has to have basic logic. Otherwise, people will realize it's a script at a glance and the reputation will naturally be bad.

A bad reputation does not actually affect the ratings. Even if many people think that the show is a mess, they can't help but pay attention to it out of human instinct.

However, it will affect the advertising revenue of some high-quality advertisers. After all, many clients will now conduct background checks on programs. Ratings alone are not enough. Word of mouth also affects the match between them and the programs.

Where can we get more lifelike and richer script resources?

correct!

After the show "Emotional Whirlpool" became popular, the program team received letters from the general public, many of which were requests for mediation of family conflicts. Many of the mediation contents were very interesting, not just melodramatic, but also very real emotional disputes. For these cases where there were not too many conflicts but there were strong requests for mediation, the program team sent them letters to invite them to participate in the show.

But this type is not explosive enough, and some are even very gentle, so it can be used as a transitional period.

As for some explosive contents, the on-site mediation might lead to fighting or knife-wielding. So we made it into a script and then called in extras. A small team of local extras led by Aunt Luo and Boss Zeng made their debut on the stage.

Since Aunt Luo had already appeared on TV, Zhang Chen was tasked with discovering and mediating new extras. He paid between one hundred and two hundred yuan for each successful introduction.

Aunt Luo and her group were very enthusiastic. They even registered a QQ account to better contact Zhang Chen. They could also access the Internet from their son's computer at home to make various contacts. Of course, if you really don't know how to use the Internet, you can just call or contact the senior activity center directly. In fact, these retired old men and women who are interested in becoming actors in the film and television industry are also very trendy. They have already screened a wave of people. Those who can sign up to participate are more or less educated and have certain acting skills.

Zhang Chen also felt the necessity of getting involved in QQ, and it would be better to develop the group function as soon as possible to facilitate his own management.

What was this like? Others who were reborn were discovering beautiful internet celebrities and doing live broadcasts, but was this like organizing a sunset red troupe and going for a TV melodrama?

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"You can't come?"

The 7-year-old coming-of-age ceremony was on July 19th, and Zhang Chen and Wang Shuowei’s birthdays were not far apart, only ten days apart.

In addition, the two people’s circles of friends overlapped, so they decided to do it together.

They started calling to invite people. Zhang Chen called Shen Nuoyi, but he didn't expect Shen Nuoyi to say that he might not be in Rongcheng at that time.

"Zhou Zhou and I planned to go to the capital for ten days. We were supposed to leave the day after tomorrow and come back on the 23rd. We might miss it..."

"Can't it be a few days later?"

"Zhou Zhou's schedule is difficult to arrange."

"Well, you two have a really good relationship." Zhang Chen said it was impossible for him not to be jealous. During the holidays, except for the time when he was not there, it seemed that Shen Nuoyi had allocated all his time to his friends.

She is really good to her friends. As long as she truly believes in someone, they are really very good. Zhang Chen even feels marginalized because of the good ones.

"She's my best friend."

Still reminding me, I really am, do you think I will be happy because you are happy with your best friend, no, I just want to monopolize you unilaterally. Feeling unhappy, Zhang Chen still tried to make amends: "Are you afraid of being accused of forgetting your loyalty for the sake of beauty?"

"..."

Shen Nuoyi's silence made Zhang Chen think that she might have felt awkward again.

Well, I won't tease her anymore.

After all, for Shen Nuoyi, the idea of a relationship between a man and a woman that goes beyond friendship might really make her feel at a loss and embarrassed.

Their current status does not allow them to develop into a couple. After all, it is their last year in high school. Who the hell wants to fall in love? And he also cannot let Shen Nuoyi, a smart student who is expected to sprint to the top of the Yude pyramid, feel frustrated.

This woman practices the Cihang Sword Canon.

A sword's heart cannot be tainted.

Almost done.

But this bastard didn't forget to dig some holes in his mouth, so Zhang Chen said, "Well, it's a pity that I don't have you to celebrate my 18th birthday, but I think you have more important agreements with your friends. It's my fault that I didn't make an agreement with you in advance."

hang up the phone.

Shen Nuoyi's swordsmanship was indeed hindered. She actually really wanted to celebrate Zhang Chen's 18th birthday. If she could put herself in his shoes, she would also be very happy if Zhang Chen also came to celebrate her 18th birthday.

Moreover, although she currently does not know the future direction of her and Zhang Chen, whether they can really achieve a happy ending in the future.

But there was already such a trend, and she also hoped to leave more memories for the future.

When Zhang Chen said that he liked her, she was still shocked even though she had some premonitions.

She actually hadn't really thought about how to face Zhang Chen, but she was afraid that Zhang Chen would get discouraged or think that he had failed her, so she said that.

In fact, if this sentence is to be completed, it should be: Your liking me is a recognition of me, and I am actually very happy. I don’t hate you, and I even like you a little.

But when it comes to how much she likes him, Shen Nuoyi still thinks it's just a little bit, and it's definitely not to the point where they can really talk about it. But she is a goal-oriented person. Since she thinks it's possible with Zhang Chen, even if she doesn't like him that much now, she can at least try to establish common memories with each other.

But she had made an appointment with Han Zhouxuan in advance. In fact, her meeting with Han Zhouxuan was not that dramatic. They were both studying Mathematical Olympiad at the Children's Palace. While they were immersed in the boring study and exercises, he accidentally saw the butterfly she had drawn casually, which amazed her.

So the two of them started chatting, and in that environment they quickly became familiar with each other and quickly formed a close partnership. Han Zhouxuan had roughly the same experience as her. She had been sent to various hobby cram schools since she was a child. The non-stop life made them feel a sense of sympathy for each other. Later, they became best friends. In order to synchronize her courses, Shen Nuoyi would even tell her family that she wanted to learn dancing, painting, etc., just to be in the same hobby class with Han Zhouxuan.

The two spent elementary school and middle school together, and later Han Zhouxuan went abroad for high school. She had attended an aristocratic school since she was a child, which took an international route. Although they were separated, they always kept in touch, and whenever Shen Nuoyi was on vacation, or when Han Zhouxuan went back to Rongcheng for vacation, she would be inseparable from Shen Nuoyi.

It's the same now. After hanging up the phone, Han Zhouxuan took two ice creams from the other side and handed them to her. He tilted his head to look at Shen Nuoyi, "What's the matter? Accompany me to the Kempinski Hotel to pick up two cakes. The chef of their restaurant was once the chef of the Lasserre restaurant in France. His Saturday cake is the main afternoon tea launched by the Kempinski Hotel. I have reserved it."

Han Zhouxuan is very good at studying all kinds of delicious and fun things. If it comes to playing experience, ten Shen Nuoyi can't compare to her. She can drag her to the highest restaurant in the city to enjoy a big meal at noon, and go to the roadside stall to eat skewers in the afternoon. She can't eat spicy food but loves vegetables and eats them. She drinks a lot of water while her mouth is full of red oil. The next day, she complained while covering her new pimples. This is also what attracted Shen Nuoyi. She can always get a lot of new experiences from Han Zhouxuan.

Shen Nuoyi took the ice cream and said, "Zhou Zhou, I have a friend whose birthday is on the 19th...it's his coming-of-age ceremony."

"Oh?" Han Zhouxuan tilted her head slightly to look at her, "What friend? Is it important?"

Is it important? Is it important enough to cancel the appointment with Han Zhouxuan?

Shen Nuoyi himself couldn't answer it.

Is it important? I'm sure this isn't something that can be described with the word "important". At this age, what is important? Ordinary things shouldn't be covered with this word, so Han Zhouxuan's question actually has no meaning.

Subconsciously, there should be nothing more important than the reunion between these two good friends.

So Shen Nuo said: "Not really..."

"I'm just asking, can we postpone it for a few days and set off on the 20th?" Shen Nuo weighed the pros and cons and decided that this was actually a way to take both sides into consideration.

"Are you kidding me? The tickets have been booked in advance, and I'll have to pay a lot of money if I cancel them! Of course it doesn't matter, I don't have time. I'll go on the 20th and be back on the 25th. We agreed to have ten days to play!"

"Well... okay." Shen Nuo nodded.

As always, as long as Han Zhouxuan acted coquettishly, she would always get what she asked.

"Just follow me and rest assured. In the next ten days or so, no one will be able to snatch you away from me!" Han Zhouxuan narrowed her eyes and spoke to Shen Nuo with confidence.

……

Shen Nuo's flight will leave Rong on the 12th, and Zhang Chen and Wang Shuowei's banquet will be held on the 19th.

The farm house we chose is located in the Third Ring Road, but this farm house is quite elegant.

The two-story glass house has a terrace upstairs, a restaurant downstairs, and a large lawn outside, which is suitable for this kind of party. Zhang Chen's parents and Wang Bowen are not participating today, and everything is left to the two of them. The glass house was booked, and Wang Bowen gave the two of them 10,000 yuan as a treat.

That was basically it. Although this farmhouse was high-end, it only cost 2,000 yuan for 30 people with food and drinks for one day. With the drinks, it would be 4,000 to 5,000 yuan at most. Wang Shuowei could pocket the rest of the money.

Zhang Chen actually called his classmates from the same class in the community courtyard, Zheng Xue, Yu Zexi, Liu Jin, Qin Zhu, etc. Wang Shuowei also called Chen Kexin, Yang Lu, Xie Feng and Huang Xu from the Cultural Bureau compound who he had seen in the previous gangster incident. Li Bin did not come because he was said to have broken up with Yang Lu. In order to avoid the embarrassment of meeting, he only said happy birthday to Wang Shuowei.

Wang Shuowei did not force it, and the next was some friends in the TV station yard. Zhao Tao and his group would naturally not participate, otherwise, once this group of big gangsters from Rongcheng came, I'm afraid all the students would have trouble playing. They also knew their own limitations, so Zhao Tao asked someone to send a red envelope of 5,000 yuan to Zhang Chen.

When Wang Shuowei opened the red envelope, it was 2,000 yuan. Wang Shuowei was dumbfounded. After all, he was Zhao Tao's cousin. What was he doing? Giving 2,000 yuan to his cousin and 5,000 yuan to Zhang Chen, an outsider? Who are you trying to please, Boss Zhao?
But Zhang Chen thought that the 5,000 red envelope was probably just the residual heat of the zombie incident. Zhao Tao believed that it was Zhang Chen who solved the problem of Boss Xiong and thus prevented their group from overthrowing. This was actually a disguised form of gratitude.

After that, Zhang Chen could actually see the change in Zhao Tao's attitude towards him. For example, Bu Ruijie and Qian Junyi, who were ranked among the "Five Big Gangsters", were very friendly to him, while the other younger brothers were very respectful. Zhao Tao also knew about Zhang Chen and Wang Bowen's business, and sometimes treated Zhang Chen as an equal.

For example, Zhao Tao's Internet cafe opened at the end of June. When Wang Shuowei and Zhang Chen went there, Zhao Tao came over to introduce it to them and said he would take them on a tour. But he actually spoke to Zhang Chen facing him. Sometimes when Zhang Chen made a suggestion, Zhao Tao would immediately let his subordinates carry it out.

Wang Shuowei was quite depressed. Not to mention his father, he and Zhang Chen were more like brothers all day long. Now why did Zhao Tao also act like he wanted to discuss things with Zhang Chen? Logically, shouldn't he treat Zhang Chen as his cousin according to his generation? Hey, my real cousin, he gave me a bottle of Coke and asked me to drink it next to him! Hey!

Zhao Tao didn't come, but the money was given.

Zhang Chen also invited Zhuang Yanyue. He originally wanted to avoid it tactfully, but he didn't expect Zhuang Yanyue to ask him directly what gift No. 19 wanted.

Zhang Chen had no doubt about Zhuang Yanyue's intelligence level. He just told her the location of the birthday party and told her not to buy expensive things, just give her something casually.

In addition to this, the person Zhang Chen least expected to be present was Shen Nuoyi’s cousin Qin Tangxi!
This is not surprising. Qin Tangxi actually has a good relationship with Wang Shuowei. Qin Tangxi often comes to the TV station compound to play. She is also Shen Nuoyi's cousin. The kids in the TV station all rush to curry favor with her and win her over. As a result, Qin Tangxi is even more popular than Shen Nuoyi in the TV station community. She hangs out with everyone, and some people in the yard even have a better relationship with her than with Shen Nuoyi.

Wang Shuowei invited his friends in the yard, so how could Qin Tangxi miss out?

From another perspective, Qin Tangxi and Zhang Chen are actually in the same situation.

Her cousin didn't play with her at all during this holiday. She went out to play with her friends and classmates. If it wasn't for her mother, Shen Nuoyi's second aunt, who forced her to take care of herself and let her play with her cousin for two days, she would have been left behind again.

Well, my cousin and her friends went to the capital for a trip, leaving her alone. She was the only one invited by Wang Shuowei to the birthday party, which made her very angry.

And then, she saw Zhang Chen, whom he hated!

Moreover, ever since the meeting at Xinhua Bookstore last winter vacation, she felt more and more that something was not right, and finally came to a conclusion that was absolutely correct.

This guy is pursuing his cousin!

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Finally, Happy New Year everyone! I love telling you stories!
I hope everything goes well and everyone gets better and better. Bang bang bang, mouth cannon fireworks.

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