Chapter 985: The Price of Having Dinner Together

"Hahahaha, this little girl is quite interesting." The show's director laughed from behind the scenes.

If failing to lead once was an accident, and failing twice meant no wit, then failing so many times had already become a comedic effect.

Anyone with eyes could see Li Henian was trying to find topics for Miss Luo Quan, but she wouldn't take any of them, and this contrast between her stage-dull performance and her brilliant performance just now added to her charm.

I don't know if this was intentional or completely unconscious behavior, but it did achieve the comedic effect in a roundabout way, just not in the way Li Henian expected.

The director watched happily the whole time, and the audience outside the light screen probably had a similar expression, all feeling that Miss Luo Quan was an interesting newcomer.

Nowadays, beauties and handsome men are as common as clouds; just relying on figure and looks, unless reaching the level of Chu Yueyan or Xu Yanqing, it's hard to leave an impression on the audience.

Everyone's brain has to process so much information every day; to avoid running out of brain capacity, unimportant people and things are quickly treated as trash.

Only the most "essential" part is retained, and Miss Luo Quan, whose looks and figure aren't top-tier, gained the opportunity to be remembered as essential through the contrast between being awesome and being a fool.

Of course, Li Henian also remembered Miss Luo Quan, because she was the most difficult newcomer he had ever led, with no wit at all, unable to cooperate with him.

But since she was a newcomer, one couldn't ask for too much; fortunately, the other nine were old acquaintances, and no situation similar to Miss Luo Quan's appeared again, but their performances didn't reach Miss Luo Quan's level either.

The audience couldn't help but sigh after seeing it, the Creator is indeed fair; granting someone something, they will also take something away from her.

Although Miss Luo Quan's looks aren't as good as theirs, her talent in art is quite high, and her future development prospects will definitely not be bad.

After the performance, Li Henian took a group photo surrounded by ten great beauties, and was booked as the number one candidate for netizens' envy, jealousy, and hate tonight.

"I didn't see that your talent for writing songs was so explosive!" Walking out of the studio, Bai Xingwei was even more excited than Miss Luo Quan.

Just now under the stage, she was the one who applauded the hardest, and now that the show was recorded, she still looked like she hadn't had enough.

"I've said it before, I'm an all-around star back home, the kind that can do everything." Miss Luo Quan smiled very reservedly, as if all this was no big deal.

It was indeed no big deal, because she had experienced such scenes N times on Earth.

"I somewhat believe that your martial arts talent is your worst talent; both performances gave birth to Song Spirit phantoms, and I wouldn't be surprised even if a Song Spirit was truly born one day."

When Bai Xingwei said this, it wasn't even a guessing tone, but a certainty; she believed Miss Luo Quan could definitely do such a thing.

Just then, a group of well-dressed servants respectfully blocked the beauties' path and presented an invitation.

These servants and invitations came from different masters, but the purpose was only one, which was to invite the beauties to have dinner together.

Some agreed, and some refused.

As a newcomer, Miss Luo Quan didn't get many or few invitations, totaling three.

Miss Luo Quan looked at the names of the inviters one by one, and none of them were people she knew.

Asking Bai Xingwei, she knew them all, and said they were all people with significant power backgrounds.

But so what? Miss Luo Quan never paid attention to invitations from people she didn't know, so she prepared to refuse directly.

But just at this moment, Chu Yueyan walked over: "Miss Luo Quan, I want to invite you to have lunch, I wonder if you are willing to do me the honor?"

It's common for rich men to invite female celebrities to dinner, but it's rare for female celebrities to invite female celebrities to dinner like this.

However, compared to those rich men, Chu Yueyan was undoubtedly much more pleasing to the eye, so Miss Luo Quan agreed immediately, but on the condition that she had to bring Bai Xingwei along.

On one hand, she couldn't leave her alone, and on the other, having one of her own people was safer.

Chu Yueyan didn't have any objections, and after agreeing, she went to book a room.

"Thank you so much this time; if it weren't for you, I might have offended these rich men if I refused myself."

In the transport elevator, Miss Luo Quan thanked Chu Yueyan, who was looking down at a book.

Chu Yueyan smiled slightly: "Just a small effort, I just don't want a newcomer to be tainted by the bad habits here just after entering the entertainment industry."

"Are there many invitations for dinner like this?" Miss Luo Quan asked curiously, "In my understanding, this kind of thing shouldn't be put on the table."

"In the Universe, this is a common social activity; these rich men like to show off their economic strength at the dinner table, and whether there will be further development depends on the female star herself.

However, since it has reached the step of having dinner together, few female stars can resist, so it's best not to go if you can avoid such dinner parties."

Chu Yueyan said, looking up and looking at Miss Luo Quan seriously: "Do you think I am a meddlesome person?"

Miss Luo Quan denied softly: "No, I am grateful for your warm-heartedness; the last person who cared for me like this was Xu Yanqing."

"Is that so?" Chu Yueyan nodded thoughtfully.

More than ten seconds later, when the portal opened again, the three of them had arrived at the restaurant Chu Yueyan booked.

A quite quiet place, a dozen guests were eating and laughing in the lobby, but it didn't feel noisy at all.

The waiter walked up and welcomed the three into the room with a bright smile and warm greetings.

Because it was a special set meal, what to eat was decided by the restaurant, they just needed to wait for the dishes to be served.

Miss Luo Quan had heard of this mode before, it seemed to be called Omakase, also without a menu, paying the meal fee and tip before eating, and then what to eat completely depended on the chef's mood.

Usually, the grade of such shops is relatively high, the ingredients are often imported high-end goods, either Japanese food or French food, and the dishes made are exquisitely plated while the portion is pitifully small.

As for the taste, because Miss Luo Quan felt that running a restaurant like this was too ridiculous, she hadn't eaten it, so she couldn't comment.

But analyzing from the evaluations of netizens who have eaten it, eight out of ten such restaurants are scamming money.

Miss Luo Quan wasn't surprised that the Universe also had such a business model; asking Bai Xingwei, she found out that this shop was a thousand-year-old brand, very famous, and the food was very delicious; she herself had been here many times.

The key is that this shop has quite high requirements for customers; ordinary rich people and celebrities aren't qualified to enter the shop, so it seems Chu Yueyan's background isn't simple.

But there's nothing strange about it; after all, it would be strange if the publicly recognized most beautiful in the world didn't have some deep background, and Miss Luo Quan didn't intend to learn more.

"You quite like reading." Seeing that the scene seemed a bit too awkward, Miss Luo Quan took the initiative to find a topic to break the ice.

And seeing Miss Luo Quan willing to talk actively, Chu Yueyan also put down the book and revealed a smile: "Usually just have the hobby of reading books and listening to songs."

"What's the book you're reading now?" Miss Luo Quan asked curiously.

There was no book title on the back of the book, and she stared at it for a long time without knowing what Chu Yueyan was reading.

"One Hundred Years of Solitude."

Once talking about books, Chu Yueyan's eyes seemed to be shining: "This is a magical novel adapted by the author from reality and real events on the Internet.

Absurd, miserable, ridiculous, stupid, entertainment to death, all the good and evil of human nature are in it, it is one of the highest-rated literary works in the last ten years."

"Awesome." Miss Luo Quan blinked in surprise, thinking, why does this thing sound so similar to "One Hundred Years of Solitude"? Are you sure there is no identical content?

"Speaking of which, Miss Luo Quan, do you like reading?" Chu Yueyan seemed to have opened the chatterbox, asking Miss Luo Quan excitedly.

"I guess I like it." When Miss Luo Quan answered, she thought of the web novels on her phone; these should also be books.

"Then I have quite a few good books here, I can recommend some to you." Chu Yueyan said, spreading out several books like a peacock spreading its tail.

Miss Luo Quan stared for a while, and chose a novel called "Born as a Human" from inside.

"This is the last work of the great writer Liao, exhausting his views on 'life is not happy, death is not bitter,' it is a very depressing book."

As Chu Yueyan spoke, a look of doubt appeared in her eyes: "Miss Luo Quan, are you feeling very upset recently?"

"How is that possible, I don't know how happy I am every day." Miss Luo Quan spoke the truth.

As a result, this answer made Chu Yueyan even more certain of her inner view: "No need to hide it, as an artist, your heart must have countless bitterness and sorrow."

Miss Luo Quan was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Chu Yueyan would have such a thought, not knowing where it came from.

But soon, she figured it out.

In the winter night of 1888 in her previous life, 44-year-old Nietzsche suddenly burst into tears while hugging a stallion on the streets of Turin, Italy.

Later, he sent some passionate postcards to his friends, signed "The Man on the Cross," and then fell into an intermittent state of half-madness and half-depression.

At that time, he experienced a period of creative eruption, and works condensing his thoughts emerged one after another, bringing huge changes to the philosophical world of that era.

As a "Superman," Nietzsche was great in thought and spirit, but he was also lonely.

Because the vast majority of the world were mortals, and there were few soulmates who could understand his pursuit.

And this was probably the reason for his eventual mental breakdown.

Most geniuses in the world are like this; a life of poverty gave them an incomparably vigorous creative motivation, and the misunderstanding of others also allowed them to focus more on their own careers.

But if a person is like this for a long time, their spirit will definitely have bad changes.

There are so many artists in history who, after creating world-famous works, either fell into madness or committed suicide directly.

Therefore, Chu Yueyan felt that Miss Luo Quan must have lived a life of hardship for too long, squeezing her body and mind for art creation for too long, leading to some psychological problems.

Maybe she didn't realize it herself, but her subconscious had already manifested it; choosing the most depressing "Born as a Human" just now was proof.

Normal people wouldn't choose such a depressing and sad literature; even she herself only had a sense of substitution after reading it several times.

And she chose it as soon as she came, her heart must have the same huge sadness as the protagonist, but she just held on and didn't say it, and when others asked, she said it was okay.

………………

Miss Luo Quan guessed that these should be the reasons for Chu Yueyan's attitude.

And the fact was indeed so; from the moment she chose the book, Chu Yueyan had been making up for it in her brain, feeling that she should help Miss Luo Quan.

At first, she helped just because she didn't want a pretty good newcomer to be harmed by those fat-headed rich men.

After a simple chat, she found that she was quite compatible with this girl.

Seeing that Miss Luo Quan was about to fall into depression due to the inevitable pain in art creation, she decided to do something to help Miss Luo Quan get out of the predicament.

But before she could speak, Miss Luo Quan took the lead: "Do you think I am definitely a bitter person now, about to or already depressed, complaining about the world and complaining about everyone's psychological state?"

"Isn't it?" Chu Yueyan asked back, "It's good to say it out, saying it out is not poisonous."

"What poisonous or not poisonous." Miss Luo Quan was crying and laughing, "That's all not the case, I chose this book purely like drawing lots, picked one at random, without any thoughts.

As for my psychological state, I can only say it couldn't be healthier.

After all, in my hometown, I am a genius among geniuses, art creation almost doesn't need to spend too much effort, so my growth trajectory is smooth and happy."

After these words were finished, Chu Yueyan fell into silence.

If this was true, then she was really a clown.

People are fine, but you insist on saying there is something wrong, and you volunteer to solve the problem, it's really funny enough.

Fortunately, Miss Luo Quan eased the embarrassment in time: "But no matter what, thank you for caring about me so much; if I really have a problem in my heart, it must be solved by your help."

"Stop talking." Chu Yueyan's face turned red, "The more you say, the more I feel like a funny woman."

"Not to that extent, not to that extent." Miss Luo Quan waved her hand quickly.

And Bai Xingwei on the side hadn't spoken, and hearing the whole conversation, her shoulders shook constantly.

She was trying hard to hold back from laughing out loud.

The most beautiful person in the Universe in front of her was really too good at making things up, just because of a book, she thought of so many things; it was fortunate that it was at the dinner table of three people; if everyone knew, she would be laughed to death.

But to be honest, such a personality without any heart is indeed the most comfortable to get along with.

But clearly she came first, being friends with Miss Luo Quan, having dinner together, etc., were all her first.

Now, this position seems to be about to be snatched away. ===== CHAPTER 986 =====