Chapter 2 Military Coats and Neighbors
In just three days, Song Pingguo has roughly understood the survival law of Hengdian.
The main force to take care of the lunch business is not those who come to buy lunch boxes alone, but the crews of all sizes and โกโก in Hengdian Film and Television City. As long as a few small crews contact the stall owner to order a boxed lunch per capita, then today they will almost earn back their basic living needs, and then they can sell and sell the stall and go home.
The crew of Hengdian came and went, and the young people with the dream of being an actor and a star also came and went, only the people who sold boxed lunches on the street were always those familiar faces.
The palace maids, the spies, the spies, and the grizzled Japanese devils all poured into the streets hungry for a meal, and the seniors who came early earnestly taught which family had more rice, which family had more meat, and which family fried eggs well, and Song Pingguo was currently only in their list of pending evaluations, and was not qualified to be recommended.
Just as she was sitting on the small bench next to the van and waiting to fall asleep, her cell phone rang.
Hengdian has its own special contact system, in addition to the actors, other people who have to live and work here for a long time will also give themselves a "cornet" to facilitate contact, Song Pingguo's cornet was just done when he came a few days ago, and it was given to Lei Qiu alone after three days.
She must have finished filming her morning scene, and asked Song Pingguo to leave her a boxed lunch while running wildly here.
In fact, Song Pingguo noticed that there was not only Lei Qiu who was a psychotic person in Hengdian - or rather, there were quite a few people who were as addicted to eating boxed lunches as Lei Qiu. After all, in a life where hard work and hard work may not be rewarded, three meals a day really seems to be the only hope.
"Hey, Song Pingguo, how many boxes do you have there?"
"Much." Song Pingguo glanced back at the still full carriage, "Even if you come to eat, the braised chicken wing rice is only ten yuan a box." โ
"It's not that I want to eat alone, I found you a big business, it's inconvenient for you to drive over now, forget it, I'll get it."
Lei Qiu muttered a lot of words on the phone, without giving Song Pingguo a chance to interject, and by the time Song Pingguo reacted, there was only the busy sound of the phone after the phone was cut off.
Found a big business. Song Pingguo remembered the important information she learned yesterday - Lei Qiu is very familiar with a certain director, and is currently playing a supporting role with a lot of scenes in a certain crew - this is to find her the legendary crew order?
Song Pingguo had a feeling that the newly opened Yixin Taobao store suddenly received a large order of 10,000 yuan.
The streets and crowds of people are stretching to both sides, Song Pingguo moved her small bench, supported her chin with her hand, and moved her gaze back and forth, thinking that the Hengdian restaurant was like a huge fried rice oven, and in this group of fried rice, a maverick popcorn rushed out.
In the scorching summer of June in Hengdian, a woman wrapped in a green cotton military coat ran through the crowd as if no one was around, looking like an essay written by a fourth-grader - her crystal sweat spilled on the ground.
When Lei Qiu ran through the crowd to Song Pingguo's side, Song Pingguo felt in a trance that she was going to lift her military coat in the next second and asked, "Girl, do you want to buy a disc?" โ
"Fifteen copies!" Lei Qiu wiped the sweat from his face, took off his military coat and took out the money from his pocket and handed it to Song Pingguo, "Is there anything to pack?" โ
Song Pingguo took out an unfolded cardboard box from the depths of the truck and counted fifteen lunches inside: "Is it okay to take it?" โ
Then he looked at the green army coat on Leichu's body, and couldn't help but ask her again: "Modern drama?" Shooting in Hengdian? โ
"Through the drama, we were pulled to a nearby film and television base in the early hours of this morning, and we will come back at this time." Lei Qiu took the cardboard box handed over by Song Pingguo, "Then the new drama manager has ordered less box lunches, so I just happened to take care of your business, if you don't do it one day, I will have to endure other people's box lunches again." โ
If you put some people living to eat more specifically, almost all of them eat boxed lunches for the sake of filming, but what Lei Qiu came out of is that she worked hard to film all for lunches.
"Is it that delicious?" Song Pingguo glanced at the truck behind her suspiciously, "Not really." โ
For her own craftsmanship, Song Pingguo is still very confident, but no matter how delicious the lunch box is, there is a limit, the hot dishes are stuffy in the box and affect the taste, and the dishes that can be used in the lunch box are also limited, and they can't be soup and water, and they can't be too expensive, after all, this thing has to be cheap to sell.
The group performers who have worked hard at the bottom of Hengdian do not have such high requirements for boxed lunches, as long as they are not so unpalatable that they can't get into their mouths, and they won't get sick when they get in their mouths, they can accept it. When there is no life, everyone doesn't have so many requirements, and it is not bad to be able to fill your stomach and have a place to live, and you don't have to give up your dream of returning to your hometown in disgrace.
Ten boxed lunches are a bit heavy, but Lei Qiu easily carried the cardboard box to his shoulders and waved his hand at Song Pingguo: "Then I'll go first, you don't have to leave it for me tonight, I'm going back to sleep." โ
Looking at her chic back with a box of lunches on her shoulders and a military coat on her arms, Song Pingguo sighed to herself.
What kind of drama does this person play, she herself is the play.
"Xiao Song! Xiao Song! As soon as Song Pingguo jumped out of the driver's seat of the small truck, she saw the landlord, Aunt Sun, sitting at the door and waving to her, "Come here!" โ
Song Pingguo hurriedly locked the car and ran over, and learned the best news she had heard since she arrived in Hengdian, the house with a more spacious kitchen on the top floor was vacant, and she could pack up her things and move in tonight.
Most of the rental houses near Hengdian are shared, and it is not easy to find a house that is willing to rent to a person, Song Pingguo didn't have the luxury of how big the kitchen could be at that time, anyway, she didn't want to open a restaurant, and she was content if she was barely enough, but if she had this opportunity, of course she wanted a bigger kitchen.
"The person on the other side of your new room was originally a man, and he went back to his hometown, and a girl just moved in today, you have time to get to know each other, and the person who lives in the opposite door also has a care." Aunt Sun handed her the key with a smile, "Remember to return the original key to me in a moment." โ
Song Pingguo has grown a very well-behaved face since she was a child, white and upright, and her eyes are big, so whether she is at home or going out alone, Song Pingguo is deeply taken care of by her middle-aged and elderly friends. So she also knows how important it is to stay away from some of her noisy neighbors and to have good relationships with some of your friendly neighbors โ especially for those who live alone.
It was still the third day that she officially drove a small truck to sell boxed lunches in the place where the crew gathered, but it was almost a month since she moved into this small rental house. For more than 20 days, she was busy studying several collocations of boxed lunches, and how to make and plate these collocations as quickly as possible.
Although she lived for a month, Song Pingguo didn't make too much mess in the room, and she didn't have much luggage herself, so she quickly moved her things upstairs - it was the ingredients that were piled up in the refrigerator that tossed her for a while.
Song Pingguo can't wait to use her new kitchen.
Put the pork ribs that were placed in the fresh-keeping layer in advance into the pot, blanch them with boiling water and a little cooking wine, throw them into the wok and stir until the red color of the raw meat is invisible, and then add a spoonful of cooking wine, two spoons of soy sauce, three spoons of vinegar, and four spoons of sugar one by one, pour water over the ribs, and skillfully twist it to medium heat.
Song Pingguo opened the ring of the can, poured a small half-listening cola into it, covered the pot, and drank the coke to find the remaining shiitake mushrooms in the refrigerator.
You can buy a lot of meat in advance and stuff it in the refrigerator, but in this weather, Song Pingguo doesn't dare to buy too many vegetables in advance, and only leaves enough to cook for herself each time, and there are just two greens left, which can make up a plate of mushroom greens.
When the sweet and sour pork ribs were almost ready, she fried the mushrooms and greens, turned on the fire to collect the juice from the ribs, and finally went to the door with two plates to perform a diplomatic mission.
Song Pingguo sent half of it and kept half of it, originally meant to be friendly to the person who sent some food to the door, who knew that she knocked lightly on the door three times, and the person who came to open the door was Raichu who was wearing a set of Pikachu one-piece pajamas.
Not only Song Pingguo was stunned, but Lei Qiu was also stunned and scratched his head, took a few steps back and let Song Pingguo in: "Where did you live before, why did you move here?" โ
"I used to live here, just downstairs from you."
"Wait a minute...... And those lunch boxes of yours...... It's all tossed in the kitchen of a rental house?! โ
"Yes, I and Aunt Sun will calculate the water, electricity and gas bills separately." Song Pingguo tapped Leiqiu's table full of miscellaneous items with her chin, "Come out in an empty place, please eat." โ
Lei Qiu didn't know where to find a pair of disposable chopsticks that had not been opened, looked at the dishes on the table, and swallowed: "I found out that you are a mystery." โ
"Huh? What do you mean? โ
"It stands to reason that I have the money to rent a house on the other side of my house for a long time, with good craftsmanship and hard work to the point where I can toss a cartload of lunch boxes in the rental house...... As for selling boxed lunches in Hengdian? Lei Qiu stretched out his hand and gestured at the shape of Song Pingguo's SF pickup truck sprayed in pure black, "You won't be the rich second generation who went to the bottom to experience life before starting a business, right?" โ
"It stands to reason that I have the money to rent a house with similar conditions to me for a long time, I know the director very well, and I am so hardworking that I can wear a military coat and film in June...... As for being a group performer in Hengdian? Song Pingguo pulled the crispy bones in the sweet and sour pork ribs, "You won't be a big name who was bored and came to the bottom to hone your acting skills before making any movies, right?" โ
Both sides appreciated the other's unsparing compliment.
"So, what the hell are you all about?"
"It's a long story." Raichu stared at the bowl with a solemn face, "What about you?" โ
"It's a long story."