Chapter 50

Liu Xin secretly smiled. Qin Wei couldn't possibly think that she would soften at the last moment and give her the money, could she? But that was impossible. Liu Xin now wanted to see her make a fool of herself more than anything!

"It's getting late."

Qin Wei thought for a moment, then glanced at her watch, picked up her bag, and got up.

"Let's go!"

Go?

"The bill hasn't been paid yet! You can't possibly be thinking of dining and dashing!?"

When Liu Xin said this, she deliberately lowered her voice to warn Qin Wei,

"We're both public figures. Doing something illegal is out of the question for me! There is no such thing in this world as eating without paying!"

Qin Wei was amused by her attitude:

"Sister Liu Xin, what are you thinking? I'm a law-abiding citizen too, how could I possibly skip out on a bill? Why would you think that? Boss gave me a free meal, so he's treating us to this meal, we don't need to pay."

"Free meal? Why would the boss give you a free meal?"

Liu Xin didn't believe it at all. She crossed her arms and looked Qin Wei up and down,

"Don't scam me. I cherish my reputation very much. I don't have a criminal record."

Qin Wei rolled her eyes and said to Liu Xin:

"I give up on you. Why are you being so serious and responsible? It's the restaurant's loss for not hiring you as a cashier... Let me call the boss over, you can ask him if you don't believe me."

After saying that, Qin Wei waved towards the bar at the entrance, and after a while a person came over.

It was the blond, blue-eyed foreign man who had spoken to Qin Wei in the square earlier.

So he was the boss? Why would he give Qin Wei a free meal?

In order to get to the bottom of this, Liu Xin didn't hesitate to embarrass herself again with her terrible English as she communicated with the boss.

The boss enthusiastically answered her questions.

It turned out that the violin Qin Wei had borrowed was from him. Before opening the restaurant, he had been a violinist in an orchestra. So when Qin Wei borrowed a violin from him and performed, it awakened his memories. He had agreed, and had watched the whole performance to the side, and quite appreciated Qin Wei's performance.

"That's it? That's enough reason to give a free meal?"

Liu Xin was unwilling to accept this, not one bit! Qin Wei patted her shoulder to comfort her:

"Because music is worth it!

Forget it...we can't understand how foreigners think anyway. But he did give us a free meal. To show my gratitude, I even went to the kitchen earlier and performed another piece for him and his staff. He even said he wanted to give me two bottles of red wine!"

Liu Xin still didn't believe it. She blurted out:

"How is that possible?"

"Why wouldn't it be possible?"

Chen Chen suddenly retorted, not having spoken to her for many days, but confronting her as soon as they met today:

"In your eyes, is music really not worth anything?"

Netizens:

[Qin Wei is awesome! Chen Chen is awesome too!]

[Laughing to death, Qin Wei rolled her eyes at someone again, but this time I found it so satisfying to watch]

[Why does Liu Xin act all unwilling no matter who she interacts with? She didn't use to be like this]

[Reality shows are like magic mirrors! Usually relying on packaging, now only able to rely on character. Like someone commented earlier, after a long time the true heart is revealed. What's false can never become real]

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Even if she was unwilling to admit it, there was no way around it. The boss had given her a free meal just because of a few pieces of music. For this meal, Qin Wei was treating everyone, without spending a cent.

On the bus, Qin Kaili, who was sitting with Qin Wei, couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Wei, how did you know that restaurant's boss had a violin, and was even willing to give you a free meal?"

Qin Wei didn't hide anything, and generously told Qin Kaili:

"Because I had promised everyone I would treat them to a meal, I asked the hotel front desk to provide me information on all the restaurants nearby the square.

One reason was to understand the specialty dishes of each restaurant, and also to see the prices - whether I could afford it...

From the promotional materials of that restaurant, I learned that the boss was a French violinist. Nothing more needs to be said."

Qin Kaili had thought that young people in the industry these days were all trust fund kids. She hadn't expected Qin Wei to be so attentive, and her impression of her changed once again.

"As for the free meal, it really exceeded my expectations.

I had originally thought to discuss with him, offering to perform at his restaurant for a couple days to pay off the debt. I didn't expect the boss to be so generous."

Everything Qin Wei said was heard by Chen Chen. Because she no longer saw Qin Wei as an enemy, Chen Chen was quite willing to talk to her. So she took the initiative to say to Qin Wei:

"Because music is worth it.

Qin Wei, I didn't expect your violin playing to be so good. I feel that if there are obstacles on the film and TV side, instead of music first?

In this area I may be able to provide some help, and also introduce some friends for you to get to know. Maybe changing your perspective, you could go farther."

"No, Teacher Chen."

Qin Wei decisively and unambiguously rejected Chen Chen. The original owner was beyond saving. She had made up her mind to retire from the industry.

But she also remembered her agreement with her agent Li Yao, that before the end of this show she absolutely could not say the words "retire from the industry" again.

So Qin Wei looked at Chen Chen with grateful eyes, and said very sincerely:

"But still, thank you for your recognition of me. But this does not fit with my life plans."

Chen Chen said "It's fine," but she also couldn't restrain her curiosity -

After all, Qin Wei had lost all endorsements, and had no more film and TV roles lined up. Her reputation was also in tatters. With no rich husband supporting her, and no special skills, how could this washed up actress say she had "life plans"?

So Chen Chen couldn't help but ask more:

"What are your life plans?"

"I plan to take the civil service exam."

Chen Chen: "???"

Qin Kaili: "???"

Liu Xin: "???"

After it was aired, netizens:

[???]

[??????]

[?Is Qin Wei kidding around? Or?]

[Liu Xin competed with her all the way, and then she says she wants to take the civil service exam, leaving Liu Xin unable to retort...]

[Liu Xin's expression says it all...]

[Haha, Qin Jie's aspirations are on a different level from everyone else in the industry!]

[Aspiration my ass, I feel like if she can't improve her IQ, she should at least learn to watch her mouth]

[Is Qin Wei making a joke? I don't really understand? Can someone explain?]

[No way, no way right? I just started liking her a few days ago, and now she's gone back to being a fool? She can't possibly not know the requirement to take the civil service exam is a bachelor's degree right??]

[So strictly speaking, Qin Jie's highest education level is high school... But there is one piece of good news I'll share with everyone - Qin Wei's image as an illiterate has now been firmly established...]

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There was one more thing Qin Wei had not paid attention to. From the start of filming, the Stars program team had already sold the broadcasting rights to a video platform, and was editing the footage overtime alongside filming, in order to broadcast it in China as soon as possible.

So when they hadn't yet returned, the show had already started airing in China.

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