Chapter 699 Wen Jia
Tan Yue drove and found the restaurant Wen Jia had booked - Xiaozhaimen.
Wen Jia had briefly told him about this restaurant before. It was said that it served authentic Shandong cuisine, but whether it was authentic or not, Tan Yue had to taste it himself.
If it was him in his previous life, he really couldn't taste whether it was authentic or not, but after crossing over, the only thing Tan Yue admired about the original owner was the original owner's good cooking skills.
In order to take good care of Qi Xue, the original owner spent a lot of money to go to the five-star hotel in Jishui City to worship the chef as his teacher. This was not a simple matter of money. Tan Yue also relied on his connections to worship the chef as his teacher. Otherwise, his money might not be enough.
Tan Yue took a general look at the Xiaozhaimen. The grade was not very high, but the decoration was also good. It was a mid-range restaurant.
There was no separate parking space in front of the door. It was a parking space on a commercial street.
Tan Yue found a road, drove the car up, and parked in a parking space.
He didn't rush to get out of the car. He picked up his phone, found Wen Jia's contact information, and called directly.
After the phone rang three times, it was answered by the other party.
"Mr. Tan, have you arrived?" Wen Jia's crisp voice came from the phone.
Although she is already 30 years old and has been married once, her voice sounds like a girl of 18 or 19 years old. After all, she was a class flower with some reputation among her classmates.
Tan Yue said: "Yes, I'm here and I'm going to enter the hotel."
"Mr. Tan, wait a moment, I'll go down to pick you up." Wen Jia said hurriedly.
Tan Yue smiled and said: "No need to be so troublesome, just tell me which box it is, and I'll go straight up."
"Is that so, then okay, Mr. Tan, I'm in the Jasmine Hall on the third floor now, take the elevator to the third floor, and you can see it when you walk straight out of the elevator." Wen Jia said.
After Tan Yue wrote it down, he hung up Wen Jia's phone, put his phone in his pocket, picked up the mask and sunglasses on the passenger seat, put them on, opened the car door and walked out.
He is now very famous in China. Although he is not a celebrity artist, the behind-the-scenes staff has achieved what he has, which is not much different from those top stars.
Tan Yue did not tell Chen Ziyu about coming to dinner tonight. He was not worried that Chen Ziyu would not let him attend the class reunion. In this regard, Chen Ziyu was very generous.
But Chen Ziyu was more opposed to him coming alone to such a commercial street with poor privacy.
In fact, in Tan Yue's view, this was nothing, but Chen Ziyu was different. He considered these things more carefully.
Tightening the mask on his face, Tan Yue walked into the Xiaozhaimen Restaurant.
As soon as he entered the restaurant, the decoration inside was indeed the characteristic arrangement of Hedong Province. A large plaque at the front desk also had the words "Lu Cuisine" written on it.
"Sir, how many of you, do you have a reservation?" A hotel waiter in work clothes came over and asked Tan Yue with a smile.
Tan Yue smiled and said, "Yes, I have a reservation. Jasmine Hall on the third floor."
After Tan Yue finished speaking, the waiter smiled and said to Tan Yue, "Sir, please follow me."
As he said that, the waiter turned and left, and Tan Yue followed behind.
The waiter took Tan Yue to the elevator, opened the elevator for Tan Yue, and said, "Sir, when you get to the third floor, go straight out of the elevator door, and the fourth room is the Jasmine Hall."
Tan Yue smiled and nodded, thanking him.
Not to mention, the service attitude of this restaurant is not bad, Tan Yue is quite satisfied.
Just wait and taste the food here.
With a ding, the elevator arrived at the third floor. Tan Yue followed the waiter's instructions, went straight out of the elevator, and when he came to the door of the fourth room, he saw the words "Jasmine Hall" written on the door.
Tan Yue did not push the door and go in rashly, but raised his hand and knocked on the door of the box until a crisp female voice came out from inside, "Come in."
Tan Yue pushed the door, walked in, closed the door and looked into the box, and saw Wen Jia standing up from the chair in the box and walking towards this side.
"Mr. Tan."
Wen Jia came to Tan Yue, acting a little restrained.
Tan Yue smiled and exchanged greetings.
Tan Yue has a good memory. He doesn't remember many things, just because he simply doesn't want to recall them and thinks they are not important. Once he really thinks about them, he can remember even things from his childhood.
Now when he sees Wen Jia, Tan Yue can't help but recall the time when he was in college.
Although these memories are basically the memories of the original owner, for Tan Yue now, it doesn't matter whether it is the original owner or the previous life. After integrating the memories of the two lives, it can be said that they are the same person, just the previous life and this life.
So the memories of the original owner are also Tan Yue's memories.
In those memories about college life, Tan Yue remembers that Wen Jia in front of him was a very cheerful and lively girl, who often had a confident smile on her face. Even in front of Li Yingying, the most beautiful girl at that time, she would not show any fear.
No matter who she faced, her confidence was particularly dazzling. No wonder many male classmates liked her at that time, but stopped at a secret love.
But many years have passed, and the once sunny and lively girl seems to have been smoothed by the years.
From her eyebrows and eyes, you can still see the former brilliance, still as beautiful as a girl, but lacking the confidence.
Tan Yue naturally would not say these words, but just thought about them in his heart.
"Mr. Tan, sit down."
After the two sat down, Wen Jia picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of hot water for Tan Yue.
Tan Yue thanked him and looked at the layout of the private room.
I don’t know if Wen Jia booked this room specifically, or if all the private rooms in this small house are so big. The private room is very spacious. No wonder the owner named it the so-and-so hall.
The Jasmine Hall is located on the south side of the hotel. The light is very good. The sun shines in through the window, and the room is bright, which makes people feel comfortable.
Tan Yue looked at Wen Jia in front of him and made a simple comparison with the college classmate in his mind. He couldn’t help but sigh secretly that he had changed too much.
At that time, Wen Jia was the sports committee member of the university. He had a cheerful personality, but now he can do so well in the world.
After the two of them exchanged a few pleasantries, Tan Yue asked, "Isn't there another classmate? Hasn't he arrived yet?"
Wen Jia called him before, saying that today was similar to a small class reunion. In addition to the two of them, there was another college classmate in Beijing, who was also engaged in the entertainment industry.
It was precisely because of this unknown college classmate that Tan Yue came to have this meal. Otherwise, if it was just the two of them, Tan Yue really wouldn't come.
First, Tan Yue knew that the entertainment industry was very chaotic. After all, he and Wen Jia hadn't seen each other for many years. They only got in touch when they were filming "Wulin Wai Zhuan". After so many years, he didn't know what Wen Jia had become now. If it was just the two of them eating together, something bad might happen. With one more person, the possibility of this happening would be much smaller.
Second, even if Wen Jia was not affected by the smoke and miasma in the entertainment industry, if he came out alone to have dinner with Wen Jia and was caught by the media, it would probably form a lot of public opinion on the Internet. This is not alarmist. Tan Yue will not think highly of himself, but he will not belittle himself either. His current popularity and fame can be said to be very high in China. I don't know how many media outlets across the country are watching him. Once he does something out of the ordinary or suspected of being out of the ordinary, it is estimated that it will be exposed on the Internet on the same day, not the next day.
Once this situation really happens, it will be a bad thing for Tan Yue, Chen Ziyu, and Wen Jia.
By the way, there are also parents. Since Chen Ziyu followed him back to his hometown in Jishui City during the Spring Festival and met with his parents, his parents are very satisfied with Chen Ziyu.
The old couple heard from somewhere that the emotional life in the entertainment industry is unstable, or maybe because they learned a lesson from the previous incident of Tan Yue and Qi Xue getting married and then divorced, they specially called Tan Yue and said that they would only recognize Chen Ziyu in this life, and they would not recognize other women no matter who they were. If Tan Yue dared to mess around, or did something to let Chen Ziyu down, the old couple would break Tan Yue's legs.
Although it was a bit speechless, it can also be seen that the old couple likes and values Chen Ziyu.
You must know that when Tan Yue and Qi Xue were together before, although Qi Xue was wrong many times, it takes two hands to clap. The old couple didn't like Qi Xue from the bottom of their hearts, which was also the origin of the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
After Tan Yue finished speaking, Wen Jia looked a little embarrassed and coughed lightly, "Uh, she's almost there, almost there."
Under Tan Yue's inquiring and puzzled eyes, Wen Jia quickly took out her cell phone from her pocket and tapped on the screen with her fingers. She didn't know what she remembered, looked up at Tan Yue, said wait a moment, and then immediately stood up from the chair with the cell phone and went to the lounge next to her to make a call.
"Yingying, have you arrived yet? Mr. Tan has already arrived."
"What? You're still putting on makeup? Are you kidding me?!"
"Oh my god, you're going to piss me off!!! Who do you think we invited today? We invited a top star, one of the bosses of Brilliant Entertainment, a real big shot in the entertainment industry!"
"I give you twenty minutes to get there. We can't just mess with a big shot like Mr. Tan."
"He's not the student Tan Yue who pursued you in college. He's now the entertainment industry giant Tan Yue!"
"Remember, twenty minutes."
After saying that, Wen Jia hung up the phone in anger, his chest rising and falling with anger. He was clearly an A, but now he felt like he was a C.
It's no wonder that Wen Jia was angry. Wen Jia knew that Tan Yue's current status in the entertainment industry was so high that it was far beyond the reach of people like her and Li Yingying. The reason why the two of them were able to invite Tan Yue this time was because of their friendship in college. However, after so many years, who knows how much of their friendship was left. If they missed this opportunity, it is estimated that the two of them would never have such a close contact with Tan Yue again.
Wen Jia knew that Li Yingying's attitude towards Tan Yue now was that she didn't ask for anything, so it didn't matter, but this was wrong. Tan Yue's words could completely ban the two of them in this circle.
A few days ago, Wen Jia was worried that Li Yingying would have problems today. She reminded her more than once that she couldn't make any mistakes. She also specifically agreed to come early and wait before Tan Yue came. Now, Mr. Tan has arrived, but you, Li Yingying, are still at home putting on makeup slowly.
Wen Jia patted her C, calmed down, and after turning C into A, she put on a smile on her face again, walked out of the lounge, and came to the dining table.
"Mr. Tan, I just called her. There's a lot of traffic right now and she's stuck in traffic. But she'll probably be there in 20 minutes. Let's serve the food first and eat while we wait." Wen Jia said with a smile.
Tan Yue waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, let's wait for this old classmate to come and serve the food together. How can we start serving the food before everyone has arrived? I will also taste the food here later." Is it really possible to make our authentic Shandong cuisine?”
Wen Jia smiled and nodded, and said, "Okay, I've eaten here a few times before and I think it's pretty good, but I'm not sure if it's a special flavor of Shandong cuisine. I'll have to give it a try, Mr. Tan." ”
Tan Yue looked at Wen Jia and said, "You don't need to call me Mr. Tan. We are all old classmates. Just call me Tan Yue. If you call me Mr. Tan, you will be ignored."
Others called him Mr. Tan, and Tan Yue didn't feel anything at all. However, being called Mr. Tan by his college classmate made Tan Yue feel a little uncomfortable.
"Okay." Wen Jia was slightly startled when he heard this, and then the smile on his face became brighter and more natural.
Time passed like this minute by minute. Wen Jia and Tan Yue communicated more, and they were no longer so nervous and restrained. They slowly became more and more relaxed.
Chatting with Wen Jia was fun, but Tan Yue frowned from time to time because the so-called third college classmate had not arrived yet.
Tan Yue checked the time. It had been more than half an hour now, probably forty minutes.
I was promised to arrive in twenty minutes, but now forty minutes have passed, but I haven't seen him yet.
Tan Yue himself came from a traffic jam. He knew that there would be traffic jams on some roads in the capital, but they would not be so severe.
The atmosphere gradually became a little solemn.
Wenjia stood up and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Tan, I'll make another phone call to urge you."
Wenjia was a little worried now. Would Tan Yue think that he had deceived him? Wouldn't he think that there was no such so-called college classmate? Just thinking about this possibility made Wenjia feel a little overwhelmed.
But just as Wenjia stood up, she was stopped by Tan Yue. Tan Yue raised his hand, pressed it down gently, and said, "No, let's eat first. He missed the appointment for a long time."
Wenjia sighed, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask the waiter to serve the food now, I won't wait for her."
After finishing speaking, Wenjia walked out of the box, muttering in a low voice as he walked.