August【2】
After chatting with Qin Hai, Ji Wei's brain cells became active again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info She clicked on the software works designed by Qin Hai again and studied them for a while, and then looked through the information materials, and before she knew it, it was two o'clock in the morning. Suddenly found that it had reached this point in time, although she was not very sleepy, Ji Wei still decided to force herself to sleep. She understands that she is in an extraordinary time lately, and she needs to have enough energy to fight and work every day. For the sake of everyone who is amusementing, she must not fall down easily.
Two days later, at noon, Qin Hai's name on QQ reappeared online after disappearing for a while. Ji Wei saw his name pop up and light up, and sent a message as soon as possible-
[Hi, hello, have you returned home?] 】
[Yes, I have returned to China, I am in Shanghai, and I happen to consult you about something. 】
[Please speak.] 】
[Regarding the dinner with my colleagues that I mentioned to you last time, I am arranging a place. I'm not familiar with Shanghai, do you have any restaurants you can recommend? 】
What kind of atmosphere and style of restaurant do you want? Western or Chinese? Are you particular about the dishes? 】
[There are no special requirements, as long as it is a suitable place to speak.] 】
[Then go to Cotton's, the atmosphere of that store is OK, this is the introduction.] Ji Wei sent him a web page introducing Cotton's restaurant.
[Looks pretty good, I'm not very good at restaurants, if you don't bother, can you help me book a seat?] 】
[Okay, you set the number and time and tell me, I will help you book the seat, it's just a gesture.] 】
[Okay, then I'll notify you after confirming the time and number of people.] This is my mobile number: 139XXXXXXX. 】
[Received, I'll send you a text message, and you'll have my number.] 】
[No problem, then keep in touch.; -)】
[Good.; -)】
Qin Hai sent the time and place of the party to Ji Wei that night, and it didn't take long for this peer dinner to be arranged.
It is agreed that the day of the party will be a working day. After work, Kevin and Ji Wei were the first to rush to Cotton's at around 6:20 to confirm the venue. It was raining lightly, and there were almost no customers in the restaurant, so the two of them, who had arrived forty minutes early, sat in a large room made of red couches and got to work habitually.
As soon as I got to work, time flew by, and after a while, the time jumped to a little over seven. Several men laughed and pushed open the side door of the restaurant and walked inside. The jingling sound of the side door being opened attracted Ji Wei's attention, she raised her head, and the first glance fell on the tall and thin boy who was walking in the second place in the crowd, he just met her eyes, and their eyes touched in an instant.
"Eh, Kevin, they're coming." Ji Wei pushed Kevin beside him with her elbow.
Kevin raised his head from under the fluorescence of the laptop screen and asked softly, "Which one is Qin Hai?" ”
"That's it......" Ji Wei raised her chin slightly and pointed to the tall and thin boy who had just made eye contact with her.
"How do you know?" Kevin asked.
"Intuition." Ji Wei replied.
A woman's intuition is one of the most difficult mysteries in the universe to explain, and the magic lies in its inexplicable accuracy. When a group of people sat around the long table sofa area, politely exchanging business cards and introducing themselves, the tall boy who met Ji Wei's eyes stretched out his hand to her and said, "Hello, I'm Qin Hai." ”
"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you in person, I'm Ji Wei." Ji Wei smiled and stretched out her hand to shake his hand, and was secretly happy that she had another intuitive effect.
The dinner was a standard gathering of peers. They exchanged experiences and information about their work and projects, and discussed technical and design issues. Ji Wei Kaiwen chatted with Qin Hai about the software project they had completed before founding the company, and was very happy to hear Qin Hai say that he had seen the software of amusement and amusement, and gave a short piece of fair advice.
Time passed in a flash, and it was more than ten o'clock in the evening, and a waiter came to Ji Wei's side and reminded her that she could pay in advance.
After checking the details of the consumption bill, Ji Wei looked up and said to everyone without thinking: "Everyone, please hand over 180 yuan each, we need to pay." ”
Qin Hai was stunned for a moment, pulled Ji Wei aside, and said, "I didn't tell them that I wanted AA, I originally planned to invite this meal......"
"Huh? I didn't know you had this intention...... The peer gatherings here in Shanghai are basically AA every time. Ji Wei said a little surprised.
"It's always AA in the United States, but most of the people invited here today are my old friends and former classmates, and they are not easy, and I am not embarrassed to let them pay for it."
"Then I'm going to tell them now, don't AA, let's share this meal equally."
Li Xu, one of Qin Hai's old friends, stood aside and heard the conversation between the two of them, walked over and handed over 180 yuan, and said jokingly: "Okay, let's AA today, you have to listen to the heroine's arrangement." ”
Ji Wei blushed, glanced at Qin Hai very apologetically, and then sorted out the money that everyone stuffed and paid the bill.
When she got home, Ji Wei was very concerned about the matter of "AA paying", she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, and she repeatedly thought about inviting Qin Hai out for a meal to express her apology.
So, she took out her mobile phone and hesitated for a while, and finally sent a short message to Qin Hai: [I'm sorry that I didn't consult your opinion in advance about paying the bill. After the message was successfully sent, Ji Wei was immediately annoyed to find that it was almost one o'clock in the morning.
However, in less than half a minute, the mobile phone short message prompt came with vibration, and Qin Hai replied: [It's okay, it's just a trivial matter. 】
Why is he awake at all times...... Does this man never sleep? Ji Wei was very curious, and unconsciously replied with another message: [You haven't slept so late? 】
[Not yet, the jet lag hasn't reversed.] After a few seconds, the message came back, which was very efficient.
[I can't sleep either, so let's chat.] Ji Wei didn't think about it, and quickly replied to this message to him.
Ten seconds later, the phone rang.
Picking up the call from Qin Hai, Ji Wei seemed to have completely given up the idea of sleeping. She sat up and leaned her back against the head of the bed, chatting seriously with Qin Hai. Of course, almost all of the chats between two workaholics are work-related. They talked about their journeys to the present day and the hardships of running a software company, about the software and designers they admired, about their favorite movies and the ways they get inspiration in their daily lives...... All these topics made Ji Wei feel at ease like a fish in water.
For the first time, she found that she could easily let off her guard and talk for hours to a man who was still a stranger, as if she could not finish talking.
For the first time, she found that the process of getting acquainted with each other does not require frequent contact or too much time, maybe a meeting and a phone call are enough.
The call lasted more than two hours.
After hanging up the phone, Ji Wei was lying on the bed and was about to close her eyes, when she suddenly remembered: Dong Laxi talked a lot, and actually forgot to mention the matter of inviting him out to dinner to apologize......
Sighing, she had to plan to call him again tomorrow, and then make an appointment......
The next day, Ji Wei did not forget to invite Qin Hai out for dinner.
As soon as she got home from work, she took out her mobile phone and prepared to contact him - in case she called him at the wrong time to disturb him, Ji Wei chose to send a short message: [Hey, can you call me now? She asked.
A short message of inquiry was sent, but this time it was a failure...... The phone sat quietly at the head of the bed, and there was no movement for a night.
This night, Ji Wei's insomnia continued to worsen, and she didn't close her eyes until four o'clock in the morning.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Ji Wei, who had just entered a deep sleep, was woken up by a phone ringing, and picked up the landline phone with a buzzing brain, and Kevin's voice came from the other end of the phone-
"What's the matter with you? If you don't answer the phone and don't go online at night, there is an important email that you need to deal with, so you should go online to receive the letter. ”
"Don't answer the phone? You didn't call yesterday. ”
"I called, but your phone has been in a state of blind tone, is your phone out of money?"
hung up Kevin's phone, Ji Wei dialed the mobile phone with a landline phone, and found that it was indeed as Kevin said. But...... Her phone was just charged two days ago, so it's unlikely that she doesn't have any money. After checking the hardware of the mobile phone several times and making sure that there was no problem with the machine, she made a call to China Mobile and explained the situation.
It's strange to think about it...... The number system, which has not had any problems for thousands of years, has just had a problem after sending a short message to Qin Hai...... What is going on?
The mobile customer service very politely re-set the relevant content for Ji Wei and solved the problem. Immediately, Ji Wei received nearly ten missed call reminders on her mobile phone, seven of which were from Qin Hai's number.
She immediately called him and explained what had happened, and within a few words, the two agreed to meet for dinner at noon on Saturday.
There is a fundamental difference between chatting over the phone and chatting in person. When making a phone call, the expressions and movements of both parties on the other end of the phone cannot be seen, and it is all based on guesswork, and it is easy to hallucinate the prince and princess; Then the scene switches, when chatting face-to-face across a table, those beautiful fantasies are likely to be wiped out because of the other party's nose-picking action. (Of course, this is just a metaphor)
Qin Hai when he met in private was very different from the Qin Hai in his previous impression - he looked a lot more serious on Saturday, and his whole person was very fierce.