Xu Ran woke up from a dream at 17 o'clock in the afternoon, and when he woke up, he saw a missed phone number that belonged to a foreign dial, because it was not the original mobile phone number, he could only judge that it should be called by Huang Mary.

Xu Ran sent a QQ message to Mary Huang: "Hello! + (Rose)"

Soon received a reply from Mary Huang: "Hello! + (Coffee)"

Xu Ran sent another message: "Where is it?" Would you like to have dinner at 7 p.m.? ”

Mary Huang replied: "I'm walking down the street." Okay, thanks! ”

Xu Ran continued to send a message: "Then you go first, I'll book a private room in the hotel where you are staying first, and I will notify you of the specific location later." + (Goodbye)"

Mary Huang replied, "Okay." Thank you! + (Goodbye)"

Xu Ran immediately called the hotel restaurant where Huang Mary was staying, booked a large private room that could seat 14 people, and then notified the members of the group one by one to go to the banquet on time.

At 18:40 in the evening, members of the "Dream Walker Group" in Zhongzhou City arrived at the hotel's private room in two cars driven by Li Xin and Kong Xiuying. Xu Ran, Li Xin, Kong Xiuying and Chen Xiangxiang came to the hotel room where Huang Mary and the others stayed together.

Coming to the door of the guest room, Xu Ran stepped forward and knocked on the door, and the door was opened by Huang Mary in formal clothes. Come in. ”

The people who entered the door also said, "Hello! As she walked into the guest room, there was a young white woman in the room, who also stood up enthusiastically when she saw everyone entering the room and said, "Hello, everyone." Mary Huang introduced the white woman to her good friend---- Margaret.

Xu Ran introduced several people from his side to Huang Mary one by one. "This is my girlfriend Kong Xiuying, and this is Li Xin's girlfriend Chen Xiangxiang; Last time, we went to New York City together, but you didn't meet the two of them at the time. Xu Ran didn't introduce Li Xin because Li Xin and Mary Huang had met the last time they were in New York.

Huang Mary greeted the three of them one by one, although Xu Ran did not specifically introduce Li Xin this time, Huang Mary directly called out Li Xin's name; This made Li Xin's heart feel a little proud, at least Huang Mary did not ignore herself while being a fan of Xu Ran.

Mary Huang said very enthusiastically: "I know Kong Xiuying and Chen Xiangxiang, you both went to the 'Spring and Autumn' release ceremony in the United States, Li Xin I met last time at that cocktail party, and he is a big writer." ”

Chen Xiangxiang couldn't help but laugh when she said this, and Li Xin hurriedly said, "I'm not a big writer. ”

After everyone sat down, Kong Xiuying asked Huang Mary: "You should have been very hard to fly for a long time, have you rested in the afternoon?" ”

Mary Huang smiled and said: "It's not tired, the two of us went shopping until 5 o'clock in the afternoon before returning to the hotel." ”

Chen Xiangxiang smiled and asked, "How do you feel?" ”

Mary Huang replied with a smile: "Both of us are coming to China for the first time, and we feel quite warm. ”

Seeing that Mary Huang and Margaret were now dressed in formal clothes and ready to go out at any time, Xu Ran said: "We still have a few friends who are already sitting in the private room, if you two are okay, let's go there and talk together, right?" ”

When Huang Mary heard this, she quickly stood up and said, "We are ready, since there are other people in the private room, then let's hurry over, don't let people wait for a long time." Then they got up and went to the private room.

When they saw Mary Huang and Margaret being introduced into the private room by Xu Ran, several people in the private room also stood up to welcome Mary Huang and Margaret, this atmosphere made Mary Huang and Margaret feel very happy, and the two of them also hurriedly greeted each other, and even Margaret, who was obviously not very proficient in Huaxia, also used Huaxia one by one: "Hello! "In return the salute, hello.

After everyone was seated, Xu Ran introduced the other people present to Mary Huang one by one; These people Huang Mary have basically seen them on the previous online video, and they know that they should all be capable masters, and they will be able to sit and eat together so smoothly, which makes Huang Mary very surprised.

The next thing is to order, because I don't know what the eating habits of Huang Mary and the two of them are, in order to entertain the guests, Xu Ran asked them to look at the recipes and pick some dishes they like to eat; Mary Huang and Margaret politely excused themselves and said, "No need, you can just order." ”

Kong Xiuying smiled and said: "This is the first time you have come, at least you can take a look at the recipes, understand the food culture here, and see what is different from yours, which is also part of the tour." ”

Huang Mary also smiled and said: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, then we'll take a look." ”

After Mary Huang and Margaret ordered a dish by themselves, they resolutely stopped ordering, she handed the recipe to Xu Ran, and Xu Ran handed the recipe to Chen Xiangxiang; When they usually go out to eat, they also like to entrust Chen Xiangxiang to be in charge of ordering; Chen Xiangxiang is a decisive and happy person, and quickly ordered a table of dishes.

While waiting for the food to be served, everyone asked about Mary Huang's travel arrangements this time; Mary Huang told everyone that she and her friends happened to have a vacation at the same time this time, so she took her friends to travel to China with her, which can be regarded as a visit to her ancestral homeland.

When asked which province her ancestral home is, Mary Huang said that her ancestral home is in Quang Nam Province, but her family has lived in the United States for several generations, and her hometown has not been in touch for more than 100 years.

Huang Mary then asked everyone if there were any good tourist attractions in Central Plains Province to introduce to them, and now everyone had a lot of topics, all of them were young people, and everyone began to recommend them according to their preferences, and everyone would tell the reason for their recommendation; Mary Huang also seemed to be interested and listened carefully to everyone's introduction; Margaret should be able to understand part of the Chinese language, and if there is something she doesn't understand, Mary Huang will explain it to her in English in detail.

During this period, Mary Huang hoped that Xu Ran could also recommend more tourist attractions, so that she could take the opportunity to invite Xu Ran to travel all the way, but Xu Ran didn't know if it was because Kong Xiuying was here, when everyone recommended it, he just listened with a smile, and did not take the initiative to introduce more, but occasionally discussed the attractions recommended by others with Kong Xiuying, who was sitting next to him.

After the wine and food are served, the next step is the usual process of etiquette on the table of Chinese national wine, first everyone toasts together to touch glasses for Huang Mary and Margaret from afar, to express their welcome; Then the crowd began to taste the dishes; Then I touched the second and third glasses one after another, which was regarded as three cycles of wine; Then it's time for everyone to move around freely.

Considering that Xu Ran was not suitable to introduce Mary Huang, Li Xin gave a brief introduction to everyone present about the acquaintance with Mary Huang at the cocktail party in New York City, Li Xin admitted: "Although I have put a lot of effort into this paragraph in terms of historical knowledge, it is definitely inferior to Mary Huang, and she deserves to be a talented woman." ”

Mary Huang hurriedly said: "I'm not a talented girl, I just like the history and culture of China, and I may read more history books." ”

Xu Ran continued: "I agree with what Li Xin said, I have worked hard to write the script, but compared to the historical knowledge that Huang Mary knows, I am still ashamed of myself." ”

Huang Mary smiled and said to Xu Ran: "Your girlfriend is a real talent, although I don't know how to make cartoons, I also know that the cartoons made by Kong Xiuying have exquisite pictures and delicate scenes, which are not comparable to ordinary animation production masters; After the "Spring and Autumn" cartoon was released abroad, many critics pointed out that "the armor style of the soldiers in ancient costumes painted by Kong Xiuying is really a benchmark in the industry, leading a new trend in the field of animation production." ’”

Kong Xiuying hurriedly smiled and said: "That's my job, it's my major, but you are studying history outside your major, this is really talented." ”

Mary Huang asked casually: "Your 'Spring and Autumn' cartoon has responded very well abroad, haven't you considered launching other cartoons for distribution?" ”

Kong Xiuying smiled and said: "Now there are several companies to negotiate, and none of them have yet been decided. ”

When Mary Huang just said that "foreign critics praised the armor style of the costumed soldiers painted by Kong Xiuying", she carefully observed the reactions of the other people to her words, and found that the expressions on the faces of those who listened carefully to him were very special, and they did not seem to be amazed by Kong Xiuying's talent, as if Kong Xiuying painted this new style as a matter of course for them.

Mary Huang knows that it is easy to imitate other people's production styles in the field of animation, but it is even more difficult to create a mature new idea by herself. The leather armor of the costumed soldiers of various classes drawn by Kong Xiuying is a new model in a complete series, which is talked about by those critics; If there is no other reasonable explanation for this, it can only be said that Kong Xiuying has considerable talent in this regard.

After Margaret got off the plane in the afternoon, she received a message from the CIA in coded language, informing her that Anne and the people she had met in City C would be arriving in Zhongzhou tonight, and telling her when Anne's flight would arrive in Zhongzhou.

When Mary Huang and Margaret came to Zhongzhou City this time, in order not to make them suspicious, the CIA tried not to contact them, and when the necessary information needed to be transmitted immediately, it was also received or sent through Margaret through code words.

When Mary Huang learned that Anne had come to Zhongzhou City so quickly, she was surprised that Anne was in such a hurry, and she was also worried, worried that Anne would also stop in Zhongzhou City and leave immediately.

So Huang Mary considered trying to delay the dinner as much as possible, if Xu Ran and the others were going to meet Anne at night, then she might also take the opportunity to ask to meet together.

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