Xu Ran originally planned to accompany Kong Xiuying and Chen Xiangxiang back to the hotel, of course, to escort them.

However, Kong Xiuying considered that from the perspective of etiquette, the "superstar" company arranged a drinking party, and it was really rude for several of their protagonists to run away, and she and Chen Xiangxiang were forced to leave, because at 12 o'clock, she and Chen Xiangxiang would be brought into the dream game, which was not transferred by personal will, so even if she didn't leave, she couldn't afford to participate in the drinking party, but would look foreign.

Kong Xiuying and Chen Xiangxiang both strongly persuaded Xu Ran to stay at the reception at noon to support the scene; After the two of them returned to the hotel, there were still 4 comrades from the National Security Bureau who were protecting them; And it's not the killer who hits them, as long as she wakes up from the dream, she won't be afraid of anything.

Chen Xiangxiang also specifically told Li Xin: "You have to take care of Xu Ran, you can't let Xu Ran drink more, and you can't let other women beat Xu Ran's idea." Li Xin hurriedly nodded yes: "Yes, I must take care of Xu Ran, and I promise not to let other women beat any of us." "Everyone listened to it.

The reception started at 11:30 p.m. in a hotel not far from the headquarters of the Superstar company.

In addition to some personnel from the "Superstar" company and the "Action Painting", some of the people who participated in the reception were critics involved in the field of animation, some journalists, and some agents in the field of entertainment industry.

However, the atmosphere of the reception was quite relaxed, and there was no situation where the reporter pestered who asked questions, everyone can talk casually, but if the other party who was accosted is not interested in chatting more, then they all know each other and continue to be busy.

Among the guests, many people had the idea of communicating with Kong Xiuying, after all, she was the producer of this set of cartoons, and she was a talented woman and a beautiful woman, but unfortunately Kong Xiuying was not present.

As the author of cartoons, Xu Ran also had a few chats with him, asking some general questions about cartoon writing and Chinese culture, and Xu Ran answered and explained these questions very politely.

There are also some economists who talk to Xu Ran, who are nothing more than promising high returns and good development prospects, persuading Xu Ran to come to the United States for development, and promising to have a minimum guaranteed annual salary, but Xu Ran refused without thinking.

For Li Xin, many people think that he is just an ordinary attaché, except for the buffet and the person who nodded and said hello to each other in person, there are not many people who take the initiative to talk to him, but the two sensible people who "start to draw action" are very sociable, and from time to time accompanied by female translators chatting and communicating with others, they belong to the kind of people who like to socialize.

However, in this kind of cocktail party, more communication and communication with people is in line with the purpose of the cocktail party, as the directors of "action painting", on such occasions they should learn more about the international market, learn more experience, and meet some friends through multiple channels, so as to lay a good foundation for the works of "action painting" to the international market.

Just when Xu Ran and Li Xin were sitting on the side and slowly drinking wine and chatting, an oriental woman with a glass of red wine came over, and the visitor walked up to their table and stood down, smiling and raising a glass to them and saying, "Hello! ”

Xu Ran and Li Xin also hurriedly stood up and replied with a polite smile: "Hello! Both of them touched their glasses with the Chinese-speaking woman, and then tasted the wine in their glasses.

The woman looked at Xu Ran at this time and continued to smile and said, "Xu Ran, hello, I'm your fan." ”

This woman is moderate-looking, not an absolute beauty, but she is also very attractive, and the whole person looks very temperamental, giving people the feeling that she is full of confidence.

Xu Ran heard people claiming to be his fans, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, please sit, please sit." ”

After the woman sat down elegantly and confidently, Xu Ran and Li Xin sat down politely.

"My name is Mary Huang, I work in XXX Company, I don't work in the field of animation, but I have seen the series of cartoons you wrote on the Internet, so I am a fan of yours." After the woman finished introducing herself, she looked at Xu Ran and smiled faintly.

Xu Ran also smiled and said, "I'm very honored, I didn't expect to see people here who like my writings." ”

The woman looked at Li Xin again and asked with a smile, "Who is this gentleman?" ”

Li Xin also looked at each other and said with a smile: "My name is Li Xin, is Miss Huang from Huaxia?" ”

"I'm a Chinese-American, I like to study Chinese culture, and I'm particularly interested in the history of China.

Li Xin smiled and said: "My literary talent is not as good as Xu Ran, and few people read what I write." ”

Xu Ran answered: "There is a work by Li Xin on the website of Qixing, which is "Wanyang City Chronicles", which is very well written, and you should go and see it if you have the opportunity." ”

Huang Mary showed a sudden expression of realization on her face: "Oh, it is the history of Wanyang City, Wanyang is a historical city, and it is also the birthplace of Hetuluoshu. Disrespectful, disrespectful, I respect you both. After saying this, he smiled and picked up the wine glass and touched Xu Ran and Li Xin again.

Li Xin couldn't understand what this Huang Mary was thinking now, and he couldn't tell if she was in a hurry to let her leave, but he wouldn't leave, and he wasn't ready to let Xu Ran stay alone with this woman.

The table they made was a four-person table, so it didn't feel cramped for three people now.

Xu Ran asked curiously: "I can't see that you still know a lot about Chinese culture, you should have grown up in Huaxia Kingdom, right?" ”

Mary Huang smiled and said: "My father is a Chinese-American, my mother is an American, I grew up in the United States since I was a child, although I have always hoped to have the opportunity to travel to Huaxia, but unfortunately it has never been possible. However, I like to study the long cultural heritage of Huaxia very much, and I am also proud of this long and profound historical and cultural heritage. ”

Li Xin could also hear that Huang Mary's tone of voice seemed to have something else, as if she wanted to wait for Xu Ran to answer: "Welcome to have the opportunity to travel to Huaxia Country." Or, "Why didn't it happen?" "That's the kind of thing you want.

However, Xu Ran didn't answer the meaning of her question, but nodded with a smile and said, "No wonder Huaxia is so good, it turns out to be a family history." ”

Huang Mary did not answer Xu Ran's sentence, but directly changed the topic: "I have read all the "Three Emperors", "Five Emperors", "Spring and Autumn", and "Warring States" you wrote, and I admire you for your efforts to collect and summarize many types of historical materials, and then sort out a complete clue, so that the description of historical events in your works is as close to the original face of history as possible. ”

Li Xin asked suspiciously: "You can also see this." ”

Mary Huang said: "Yes, I have read a lot of history books before, such as "Historical Records" and "Zizhi Tongjian"; Later, in order to study whether the plot of the historical cartoon written by Xu Ran is more historical or more deducing, I specially flipped through "Zuo Chuan", "Warring States Policy", "Lu's Spring and Autumn" and so on for several historical details of interest, and really found that the historical facts written by Mr. Xu Ran are all well documented. ”

Huang Mary looked at Xu Ran and smiled and continued to ask: "In the cartoon you wrote, are all the narratives of historical events well documented?" ”

Xu Ran nodded and said: "Yes, I did consult a lot of historical materials, and what I wrote should be well documented, if I encounter something uncertain, I will not reflect it in my work." ”

Mary Huang expressed her sincere admiration for this, and said: "It's amazing, I have checked the historical materials, I know the difficulty here, in order to verify the description of an event in your work, it took several days to figure out the source of this incident, you told the audience so many historical events, how much time and experience it takes." ”

Li Xin saw Huang Mary's adoring expression when she looked at Xu Ran when she spoke, and she couldn't help but feel a little jealous in her heart, and she could see that this expression was admiration and admiration from the bottom of her heart, without the slightest element of seduction, it was completely a reverence for a person's personal qualities, and it could make a person of the opposite sex look at herself with such an eye, Li Xin felt that it was a full embodiment of a man's personal ability.

Li Xin didn't know if Huang Mary had received professional acting training, but he was confident that Huang Mary's expression just now should not be pretended, Li Xin had been observing Huang Mary carefully, and he felt that Huang Mary's expression just now was indeed from the heart.

Xu Ran was a little overwhelmed by Mary Huang's eager gaze, and said embarrassedly: "Where, where, I just have to write a cartoon script, so I spend more time and check the history books than you." ”

Huang Mary smiled and asked, "I take the liberty of asking, Xu Ran should have graduated from the history major, right?" ”

Xu Ran smiled and said: "I graduated from college and studied decoration, and I only started reading history books because I was planning to write a script. ”

Mary Huang sighed from the bottom of her heart: "You must be very smart to sort out and create this series of high-quality cartoon scripts from so many complicated historical materials." I don't think even those who specialize in history only specialize in a certain period of time, and don't have the energy to study many periods of history at the same time. ”

Xu Ran had to change the topic, he also wanted to touch the cultural heritage of this Huang Mary.

Xu Ran asked curiously, "What historical events are you particularly interested in?" Relevant historical books were also consulted. ”

So, the two of them began a professional discussion.

What the two of them said, some Li Xin understands, and some don't know very well, but Li Xin is not afraid of becoming a light bulb and has always insisted on sitting in his place; Li Xin came up with the feeling that this Huang Mary does have a considerable knowledge of the history and culture of the Chinese Kingdom.

By 1 o'clock in the afternoon, some of the guests who participated in the reception had already begun to leave, and a sensible person who "started to draw action" also came over to say hello and said that he was ready to leave, and Xu Ran found a reason to say goodbye to Mary Huang.

When parting, Mary Huang asked Xu Ran for her phone number and QQ number in the tone of a fan, and also told Xu Ran her phone number and QQ number.

Speaking of which, Xu Ran was really embarrassed to refuse a rare talented woman to ask for her phone number and QQ number.

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