On the other side of the United States, which is thirteen time zones away from China, Gu Lance came out of his brightly lit studio and came to the balcony, leaning against the railing to look down on the city full of steel and concrete.

During the four days of coming to the United States, Gu Lance and the whole team first came to the homestay booked online in advance, and it happened that the homestay owner is also a travel enthusiast, and they got a lot of recommendations about the travel itinerary in the United States from the homeowner.

Later, Guli approached Will and roughly determined the best location for a total solar eclipse, but Will said that the place was taken over by a media company, unless Gulance could negotiate with the company privately.

Gu Lance had to be forced to change the original copywriting plan, a group of people ran around the city of New York, the United States, so busy that they couldn't even take care of eating, fortunately the United States is a fast food kingdom, there are fast food chains everywhere, and you can find three Starbucks on a street corner.

The uncomfortable thing is that they eat tacos, hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches, and sala every day, so that they now have no appetite and no appetite when they see fast food wrappers.

Duku, who had been running around with photographic equipment all day, suddenly became a little thinner in the past four days, and he strongly asked the boss Gu Lance to increase the company's business trip expenses.

Furuki did not change his color and threw a summary of the accommodation expenses, transportation expenses, and scenic spot fees for this trip to Duku.

The red number in the table is four digits, and the red number indicates that the fund limit has been exceeded.

When Duku saw this, his heart trembled, and he remained silent, resigned to his fate, and continued to nibble on a piece of buttered toast.

In the past few days, they have been divided into several routes, the photography team first went to Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street and other famous scenic spots for shooting, the accounting team continued to maintain contact with the headquarters, and strive to take out a little travel expenses from the boss's pocket, and the publicity team was responsible for communicating with the local Chinese embassy, hostel, hotel or homestay in the United States, Even the person in charge of the attraction and the person in charge of some fast food restaurants have a meeting, and arrange all the food, lodging and transportation of the trip to the United States, not to mention the other groups, there are only about a dozen people in total, and occasionally one person shoulders the responsibilities of several groups.

For example, Gu Lance, he was busy inquiring about the details of the company with Will, busy negotiating with various people in charge of meals in various bars, cafes and restaurants, taking time to call the boss, curry favor with a few words, returning to the B&B at night, and finally reviewing and confirming and signing all the copywriting, manuscripts, photos, contracts, etc.

Days of negotiations, drinking, and staying up late to work overtime gradually put a fake smile on his usually hearty face, and he asked the girls in the team to help him put on light makeup to cover up the dark circles and bags on his face, as well as a tired face.

These busyness is not strange for Gu Lance, it feels like a commonplace, and after getting through it, there is no longer any trouble.

He was like hiding some kind of flood beast, deliberately hiding himself in his work, and he was in a hurry all day long, except for dinner.

On this day, he finally contacted the AE of the media company through Will, that is, the advertising account manager, I heard that it was a woman of nearly thirty years old, her English name is winsu, fortunately she is also from Guangzhou, he thought that he could successfully negotiate this cooperation through this level of hometown relationship.

He made an appointment with Winsu for lunch at a café.

In the United States, everyone is looking for efficiency, so we value the concept of time, and generally in appointments, you must be on time and not late.

Koki arrived at the café fifteen minutes early.

The café is spacious, with leather sofas, simple log tables, and industrial-style brick walls, and he chose a slightly obscure location near the window.

Winsu was punctual.

It's just that the moment she appeared, Gu Lance was stunned for a moment, and he felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

Unexpectedly, the representative of this company turned out to be his ex-girlfriend and his first girlfriend, Yuan Yunshu.

Once she chose to leave him and go to New York for further study, but he didn't stay, because he had nothing at that time, why did he let this woman follow him.

Before coming to the United States, he knew that Yuan Yunshu was in New York, and he longed to meet her, but he didn't know how to face her, and on that night in the desert, he hesitated and struggled for a long time, afraid that He Shenge would notice his abnormality, so he pretended to sleep all night.

The next day, he found that He Shenge looked at a man he met on the way, his gaze was very wrong, and from the words of their conversation, he probably understood the signs, but in the end, He Shenge did not choose to leave with the man, but chose to leave with him.

Who doesn't have a few old people in their hearts who can't be forgotten, those are all met in the most beautiful years, they are the first heartbeat when they were young, and after the passage of time, how many people are reunited?

Since He Shenge dealt with her past in her way, and took the initiative to move closer to him without hesitation, what did he have to hesitate about as a big man.

So he chose to come to New York, not for reunion, but purely for work.

Gu Qi stabilized his mind, stood up, and stretched out his hand to her, his tone remained calm and light: "Hello, Miss Yuan." ”

"Hello, Mr. Ku. Yuan Yunshu's face was calm, as if meeting him was not enough to cause any ripples in her heart lake in her eyes.

The two symbolically shook hands.

Yuan Yunshu sat down, put away the bag, and turned his head to look at Gu Li: "Mr. Gu, I have read the contract of your society, and there are several agreements in it, and we do not agree. ”

As soon as she came, she talked straight to the point, giving people the feeling that she didn't want to stay for a while, so she hurried to finish and leave.

"Ladies first. But Gu Lance pushed the menu in front of her without asking.

Yuan Yunshu was stunned for a moment, and showed a sincere smile: "I'm sorry, I made an appointment for dinner here, and I just talked about things directly, sometimes I had a dry mouth, signed the contract, and walked out of the restaurant only to find that I had forgotten to even order food." ”

He looked at her, a little distracted.

"I saw that you were so formal just now, and I thought you would take care of your business first, and then talk to me about the past. She pursed her lips and smiled.

"Miss Yuan, I thought you didn't remember me. "Gu Lance deliberately pretended to be very cold.

"No, how did I forget you. Her eyes were clear, as if it were the cleanest sea in the world.

He leaned back, his gaze back from her, and made no reply.

"Would you like to drink a glass of ice water?"

"Latte. He raised an eyebrow.

"Lattes, you didn't like sweets before?" she was slightly surprised.

"After so long, people's hearts will change, and so will tastes. ”

Yuan Yunshu looked at him and understood the sarcasm in his words, but she smiled noncommittally.

Next, on the issue of talking about the details of the contract, Gu Lance could not make concessions everywhere, and Yuan Yunshu gave several different plans, all of which were overturned.

She was not annoyed, knowing that Gu Lance had some resentment in her heart for her departure back then, and wanted to use official affairs to embarrass her, or maybe he really didn't want to have an intertwined relationship with her, and planned to give up this cooperation.

The café serves food, many people come in to eat, but the voice is not loud, the surrounding people are talking in American English, Spanish, Chinese and other Chinese dialects, and there is blues music in the museum, which is very unique.

The waiter served the food quickly.

A cup of American latte, with a large white cup with a very shallow bottom, the coaster is also white ceramic, there is a thick layer of milk foam latte on the surface of the latte, and a cup of very simple American coffee, with a green and jade cup, compared to the latte, the gourmet coffee is dark brown, like a deep mountain dry well, it seems to be bottomless, take a closer look, but feel clear to the bottom, in addition, Yuan Yunshu also ordered green avocado puree and a baked crispy pizza.

She gracefully picked up the coffee, lowered her head to smell it, and then took a small sip, and when the cup was lowered again, there was no lipstick mark left on the rim.

Her every move was like an old American movie slowly unfolding in front of Gu Li's eyes, in such a sunny afternoon, the room was full of the rich aroma of coffee, and there was a very elegant woman sitting opposite, he felt that this scene was beautiful and unreal, a trance, he remembered them in the past.

He retracted his gaze again, and gently stirred the coffee with a spoon, because the coffee was still piping hot, he picked it up, and at first smell, the mellow bitterness, took a sip, only to feel that the bitterness had a touch of warm milky aroma, and the taste was very smooth and sweet.

"I've heard that people who drink lattes are trying to soothe themselves by adding a touch of sweet milk to their miserable lives. Yuan Yunshu said slowly.

Gu Lance's expression loosened slightly.

Latte is not what he wants to drink, he is used to drinking only ice water, but he doesn't want Yuan Yunshu to know that he is still the same.

However, he rarely drinks coffee himself.

While thinking about it, he remembered that during his previous trip to Inner Mongolia, when the team members had to order coffee for drinks in order to refresh their minds, He Shenge ordered a caramel latte every time.

At that time, He Shenge was holding a hot latte, sucking it in small sips, his eyes flashing, just like a pool of spring water, it seemed that the latte was very delicious, so he blurted out that it was a latte just now.

Is there joy in suffering?

Thinking about it like this, the corners of Gu Lance's lips hooked, and he took another sip of latte with interest, which was still thick and bitter, but because of the milk mixture, there was really a lost sweet aftertaste.

Time was silently stretched for a long, long time.

Gu Lance seemed to come back to his senses and put down the latte: "I don't know which clause of the contract makes your company dissatisfied?"

"The division of the venue, as well as the revenue sharing earned from post-marketing activities. Yuan Yunshu saw a hint of uneasiness in his hand, she understood, but she didn't take it to heart.

On this long summer afternoon, it was still the same negotiation dinner as always, still the same coffee and dessert, but he tasted a different kind of sweetness in the bitter coffee.

In view of Yuan Yunshu's intention to win over Chinese customers, he gave a slight concession to this cooperation, so that in the negotiation process, they did not fight for the distribution of interests, on the contrary, the contract part of the treaty was quickly negotiated, and Yuan Yunshu began to talk about the past, Gu Qi listened quietly, occasionally said a few words in a calm tone of impartiality, and seemed to be reluctant to talk about the past.

Gu Li thought that after the contract was negotiated, it would be difficult to meet with Yuan Yunshu, but what he didn't expect was that Yuan Yunshu was not only responsible for the customer, but also supervised the actual development of the sales business, as well as led and guided the sales team in the implementation of the plan, and she would always follow up the cooperation with their company in the future.

She held the coffee cup in her hand, took a sip, and her eyes lit up: "Eh, I have a meteor copywriter on hand recently, there are still a few days before the total solar eclipse, you should still stay in the United States for a few days, right?"

"Hmm. He nodded.

"Do you want to see a shooting star?"

"Good. Gu Lance didn't even think about it, and agreed directly.

After returning in the evening, in order to free up time, and in order to be able to give an explanation to his subordinates and the boss, he included watching meteors in their itinerary, as one of the attractions of the American tour, and used the breakthrough of meteors to go deep into the astronomy of the total solar eclipse, so that the meteor plan came out first, to see the reaction effect of the Chinese market, and then decided whether to continue the total solar eclipse plan, if the market reacted well, then it could first attract a group of astronomy enthusiasts.

This night, he drove out the copywriting of Meteor overnight, and after getting the unanimous consent of the team members and the boss, he immediately took someone to prepare for the next step with Yuan Yunshu.

The location for watching the meteors was booked at an open-air bar on the hillside of the suburbs of New York, which is not well-known due to the obscure venue, and it is an excellent location for watching meteors, and it has always been a gathering place for astronomical burners.

On the way to the open-air bar, Gu Lance sat in the passenger seat, perhaps not wanting to talk to Yuan Yunshu, he played with his phone in silence, his fingertips kept moving on the phone screen.

When he was browsing Weibo, he saw He Shenge's Weibo dynamics updated.

Immediately, he leaned on the soft chair cushion relaxed, quietly watching He Shenge's Weibo.

Photos of all kinds of food crowded this small screen, although there was no fresh and beautiful face of He Shenge, there would be bony joints, fair and slender hands.

She lives freely and freely, saying that she wants to come to him to find him, she has a stubborn temper, and she says that she will change careers, and no one can persuade her, how can such a person be a bitter life to find the sweetness of milk?

Suddenly, Gu Lance was a little thinking about He Shenge.