Lin Yilong rarely participates in class reunions, in addition to some bad experiences during his time at school, another reason is that he does not drink. Therefore, he only met privately with a few classmates such as Xu Zhenkun, and the number of students would definitely not exceed four.

In late June 2012, on the anniversary of their junior high school graduation, Xu Zhenkun, who had been given a short sabbatical, planned to hold a class reunion at a hotel near the middle school he attended, and announced it to his classmates through an instant messaging app.

Naturally, Lin Yilong also received this news. Overseas students generally don't consider a party in China, but this is a special invitation from Xu Zhenkun, and Lin Yilong is a little hesitant.

Now that I have come to London, I can take a trip that I can just go, and after informing my parents and sisters by phone, I bought a ticket home after two transfers, and flew in the sky for a very boring 20 hours or so, and returned to my hometown.

Compared with the British summer, the summer in his hometown, which has an obvious continental climate, is too hot, and the air conditioner at the airport is insufficient.

In the private room, the organizer Xu Zhenkun was already waiting there, but he was the only one for the time being.

"Yilong, are you here?" Xu Zhenkun greeted very kindly.

"Of course, you have specially named you, how could I not come?" Lin Yilong pretended to be angry and said, "Anyway, what's the matter!"

"What do you think?" asked Xu Zhenkun.

"If it were an ordinary person, you would have introduced me directly, since it was the name of the class reunion, I think it should be a few of our former classmates who wanted to take advantage of this party to ask for directions, and had a bad relationship with me when they were in school, otherwise they wouldn't have used a special way that I couldn't refuse, probably like this. Lin Yilong analyzed, "If I think well, the next seat at my table should be the person who may want to discuss things with me, although the relationship may be estranged during school, once there is something that can be interesting to attract me, even if I can't talk about it, I can't have a seizure on the spot?" ”

"I was wrong. Xu Zhenkun hurriedly apologized to Lin Yilong, "That's the case..."

Of course, the distance between classmates is obvious, although Xu Zhenkun and Lin Yilong can be said to have a good relationship, they are not the kind of friends whose lives are close or even overlapping. Friends are just like this, and other classmates who have been estranged from Lin Yilong for various reasons after graduation have a farther relationship, especially those who used to have a bad relationship with Lin Yilong, I am afraid that this impression will be more disastrous than that of strangers. Having said that, since everyone is a classmate, there will always be bridges that have a good impression of you—such as Xu Zhenkun—to introduce each other. This time, Xu Zhenkun was needed to come forward to contact Lin Yilong's classmate Jiang Dawei, a sales manager of a pharmaceutical company, knowing that Lin Yilong had many other classmates in the medical system in his hometown, and hoped that he could take over business for him through Lin Yilong's interface. The problem is that the relationship between the two was not harmonious in middle school, and they haven't seen each other for many years, so they asked Xu Zhenkun to contact Lin Yilong.

"Regardless of the other questions, how did he know that I had this connection?" Lin Yilong asked.

"I really don't know. Xu Zhenkun replied, "After I organized the class reunion, Jiang Dawei asked about you and expressed to me that he wanted to contact you, as for the rest, I don't know much." ”

It makes no sense to ask Xu Zhenkun what kind of benefits he gets from it, with his family background, he basically can't look down on the small wealth provided by Jiang Dawei. Xu Zhenkun's promise to introduce the two is likely just a way for him to make Jiang Dawei owe him a favor. Compared with Jiang Dawei, Lin Yilong intentionally or unintentionally brought more opportunities to Xu Zhenkun, and he was unlikely to cause Lin Yilong's disgust because of this, and it was likely to take advantage of the trend.

The two then moved on to a homely topic and waited for the arrival of the other classmates.

There are not many old classmates who have started their careers in their hometowns, and most of them have gone to Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, and those who stay in their hometowns have either already walked around the economically developed areas but do not like to live outside, or they have entered the system or the financial system step by step and worked as employees to eat. However, in addition to the construction industry, which can make a lot of money, most of them have sharpened their heads and entered the system of economically developed areas. Excluding Lin Yilong and Xu Zhenkun, almost no one is struggling to make a living in the service private sector. I haven't seen him for more than ten years, and it is estimated that only Lin Yilong's whereabouts are slightly curious, but Lin Yilong is wearing a yellow-green shirt and hiking pants that make people unable to see the social hierarchy, which makes it difficult to see how hard he is working outside.

The reunions in the early 30s are all in the form of wine tables, and most of the topics are on the topics of early childhood education and career, and there are also parents who are constantly aging and have physical problems, as well as the very gossip about the problem of "broken x shoes".

Lin Yilong greeted these "friendly" old classmates lightly, and from time to time he would observe Jiang Dawei beside him with imperceptible eyes.

After graduating from high school, Jiang Dawei entered the pharmacy school of a local university, and after graduation, he became the manager of the sales branch of a pharmaceutical company. More than ten years of youth are dying, and this once radiant young man has been kneaded into a greasy middle-aged man with eyes and a little fat, compared with Lin Yilong, who is strong but well-maintained, the two are nearly 5 years old apart on the surface.

Maybe it's to spark a topic, optimistic that the relationship between the two can be calmed down little by little after time precipitation. Jiang Dawei was very open, drank wine in a staggered manner, and talked to Lin Yilong about the pharmaceutical sales industry he was engaged in.

The act of showing oneself and showing the impression that needs to be expressed to the person concerned about the interests or potential interests is called packaging, and the act of showing oneself without any real benefit is called pretending to be X - the former has at least a practical purpose, and the latter has only a fleeting vanity. Jiang Dawei, who had only vaguely heard Xu Zhenkun talk about Lin Yilong's whereabouts, didn't know much about his classmates who he hadn't seen for more than ten years. After the alcohol was drunk, Jiang Dawei began to advocate his income, and talked about himself and the chief physician of a ward in a hospital called him a brother and a brother Yunyun - at the end of the conversation, Jiang Dawei said this sentence:

"If you have the resources in this area, as long as you let me meet with the doctor on duty, we can make a fortune together. ”

"It must be!" Lin Yilong didn't drink, and he was also a little disgusted by Jiang Dawei, who was rude, but he still maintained his apparent politeness.