act.5

The headhunter who contacted faxed Wang Zuoyi's resume, took this thin piece of paper and read it carefully, so far Lao Wang's life is all on it, after graduating from medical school, he has tinkered with what real things in the research institute, and then went to the hospital to work as a surgeon for a long time, mixed with a hedge fund investment company...... Then there are the fashion circles in Paris and Milan, followed by the current perfume-related work, and the title is not small.

"Larry, Wang Zuoyi is a high-level executive, what's going on with this round of leisure?"

"This French luxury brand is a family holding, and it is rumored that an investment company intends to buy it, and it is already under negotiation, if nothing else, all the company's shares will be sold, and then the group's top management will have a big change of blood - the new products developed by G will be temporarily stopped!"

"New products?"

"This is a trade secret, and there is news that it is a perfume under the luxury product!"

In this year, whoever you are, when you encounter aircraft carrier-level capital, you will collapse and sink into the sand. Even fashion is no exception, and haute couture ran into this, and at one point it was taken over by Kenton, and the white-haired founder, who was keen to make clothes for Hollywood stars, bought it back. Not long ago, this elegant old man was staggering at a banquet in the United States, and the controlling family reached a deal with the private equity fund Permira behind his back. According to Larry, Wang Zuoyi's situation is not good, similar to that of the palace-level designer.

As a small student and a classmate, I have to lend a helping hand no matter what, without waiting for Wang Zuoyi to send a photo, I asked her address and I drove over directly, maybe she was interested in coming to my company, no need to work, as a partner to invite her.

Lao Wang's place is too far away from Hongchen, the air in the suburbs is fresh and fresh, there are ponds with residual lotus and a tuft of rice fields on the side of the road, all the way over, you can see the white flat-roofed house in the distance, Wang Zuoyi stands in front of the house and reads his hand.

Wang Zuoyi's house refers to the stilted building in Xiangxi and built near the lake, the courtyard looks like floating on the lake, when you enter the house, you can see that the eyes are empty, a quarter of the roof is completely glass, Wang said that it is easy to observe the stars at night, speaking of which, Wang Zuoyi handed me the red wine, and then went into the darkroom to develop the photos and showed me the photos taken that night, not to mention, I thought that the photos that came out must be disgusting, this look felt that the imitation of the pose was too cinematic, and the staggering of light and shadow made Meng Tiantian temperament a little bit.

Wang Zuoyi's photographic equipment is professional, it seems that she has a hobby of playing with cameras, in her house I saw fisheye lomo, polaroids, domestic seagulls or something, and then recalled that the resume mentioned that she had wandered in a team of photographers who specialized in shooting documentaries. With my memories in mind, I saw the photographs that had traveled to five continents.

We stood in the courtyard of her house, built on the lake, and looked out into the distance. Wang Zuoyi said with a smile: "You have to use the photo urgently, greet it, and give it immediately, as for the north-south crossing, do you come to pick it up in person?" ”

"Look at what you said, how can you go far when you visit your old classmates!"

"Come on, I can guess what you're here for."

"I'm also an advertiser who often wins international awards, and with your overseas experience, our brand agency is enough to compete with those foreign 4A advertising companies, are you interested?"

"I'm not as miserable as you think, the new product development has been full of momentum, and now it is ready to be sent on the string, which will not change because of the change of ownership of the equity, once shelved, the loss will be greater, anyway, since the beginning, there is no reason to put down, people have to insist a little!"

"Stick to this blend with perfume? After taking the test tube for so long in four years of college, you are still not tired? Cosmetics are magicalized, in fact, it's not a hype concept? There is no one who does not talk about concepts.

Seeing Wang Zuoyi's silence too little, she looked at the sky with a distant look and said, "I'm not sure what I'm insisting on, if people look at the clouds for too long, there will be a sense of illusion." In the hospital, you will find that dealing with a pharmaceutical company is more important than the patient, you will be stuck between brain death and heart arrest, you will not be able to calmly remove the oxygen tube, you will not be able to convince yourself that he is dead, not all surgeries you have the right to do, because it is not only a matter of life or death, but also the reputation of the hospital, so you are sure to save the patient, but you still look at the electrocardiogram that tends to be straight and silent - at least the fragrance of flowers makes me happy, acetaldehyde fascinates me, it's as simple as that. ”.

6

Lin Dong and Monkey came to Shanghai to discuss an investment project, they are both iron buddies of the university, and they have to meet and get together, not to mention. Lin Dong is a programming geek in the School of Software, the monkey is the living treasure of the business school, and the four of me and the fat man belong to the relationship between arms and legs. After graduation, everyone's experience is different, I worked in Hong Kong for a few years and then returned to Shanghai to start a business, Lin Dong and Monkey are also stationed in Beijing after several tosses and turns to invest, one of them is good at calculations and the other likes to fool, a perfect match! The fat man concentrates on doing business, and he has no time to fool around with us. Lin Dong has his own high-end club in Shanghai, which is also the base camp for our group of brothers.

Lin Dong took me around his underground wine cellar, introducing these wines from famous wineries in France, Italy, and Australia one by one. The monkey ran out to contact his new girlfriend, and inquired about the fat man's current situation, Lin Dong said that his condition was stable, and Du Linglan took care of him, and his heart was beautiful.

mentioned some recent situations of other classmates, basically most of the men married wives and had children, and the women went home to wash their hands and make soup, "The monkey is basically a male thief and a female prostitute in the eyes of the old man of his family, and the fat man is to keep the clouds open to see the sunrise, and finally hold the beauty, this sick child is timely." ”

Listening to Lin Dong's tone, he was also moved by Du Linglan back then, "Why, you can't let go of Du Linglan's coldness in your heart, and you have become an infatuate?" ”

"Don't scorn me, you think everyone is fat? Now I don't have the inexhaustible enthusiasm of a monkey, and I can't say it with or without love. Since there is no monkey's stinky and shameless prodigal feelings, let's stop, in short, there is no Yan Fushen without you, I heard that the nearest girl next to you is a little girl who dances modern dance? ”

"People are good, but they are a little willful."

Counting, and Meng Tiantian is also because of the relationship between work, the advertising department for a digital product to choose the heroine, invite some dancers who dance modern dance audition, 30 seconds of TV commercials need the most infectious people to interpret the product, Meng Tiantian was sandwiched in a group of students, and finally did not choose her, in fact, girls like her have no patience to dedicate themselves to art at a glance, and several dances danced in the audition process, but what attracted me was her eyes, they bent around and met my sight, The next qiē is logical.

Lin Dong looked at it meaningfully with a pair of smiling eyes, "After so many years, your preferences have not changed, don't ask about Dazhi and Ke Rou's situation?" ”

"I heard that Dazhi works in the economic sector, and he is very respected." , Lin Dong, this guy, was put on by him if he was not careful. After leaving Beijing, that's all I know about Dazhi.

"Now he is an official businessman, both a cadre and a boss - Ke Rou is still a teacher in the art department of our school!"

"Is it ......", I don't know what to say at this point, Dazhi and Ke Rou got married as soon as they graduated, even if I had any ideas, it was all in the past, at that time, I also chose Dazhi, the courtyard came out of the *, what am I, the poor boy in the courtyard, there is no money and power, only Dazhi can let Ke Rou stay in Beijing.

Lin Dong smiled clearly, and suddenly said: "Actually, there are not many people in our group who can really live and understand, Wang Zuoyi is one, to be honest, I envy her, she lives too freely, and she has no worries." ”

The two of us sighed for a long time, and the monkey came back in good spirits, he became more and more coquettish as the night gotten. The brothers handed themselves over to the wine, and Lin Dong said that if you get drunk today, you will come to the strong, how about Tequila in Mexico?

My vision began to blur, who was in front of me, who was it? Who is that figure on a rainy day, with a red cotton skirt and thin ankles.......

7

Hearing new news from Lin Dong, he has been paying attention to the progress of Lao Wang's acquisition of their company, saying that there are differences of opinion among the family members, and it is finally over. However, Wang Zuoyi was not in China recently, he went to Provence, France, and called Lin Dong a few days ago to say that he was back to organize an alumni reunion. Lin Dong said that it seemed that Mr. Li asked for it, hoping to raise some money to support poor students. Lao Li was the teacher admired by our students at that time, he helped a lot of people, and he was almost exemplary.

Meng Tiantian put her arms around my neck and begged me to take her to the party, "Don't you think I'm ashamed, you never take me to see your classmates?" ”

"Baby, my classmate Wang praised you for being loved by everyone, you have seen this with your own eyes, I will definitely take you next time, and keep you glamorous!"

"Really?" , Meng Tiantian got into my arms and pricked the fierce son.

"Don't have classes today?" , Meng Tiantian is already a junior, and she hasn't taken a few classes, on the grounds that the teachers are talking nonsense, and she can't understand a word.

"It's boring, I can't dance for the rest of my life, just a few words over and over, it's annoying."

"Why don't you have the slightest dedication to art? So you chose this major in the first place? ”

"The cultural score is low--by the way, your classmate surnamed Wang is very cool, you are college classmates?"

"Sort of, I'm tired, baby, help me pinch my shoulder."

"You two won't be childhood sweethearts, right?", Meng Tiantian cautiously tested.

Hearing her say this, I almost burst out laughing, childhood sweetheart? This characterization is also too romantic, describing our pair of difficult brothers and sisters is quite comedy, and Wang Zuoyi is a neighbor who lives in a courtyard, which is like a chicken and a dog.

In the second year of junior high school, there was a change in Lao Wang's family, her parents divorced, so I couldn't get over it, Lao Wang's mother was too strong, and Lao Wang's father was too honest, and somehow Lao Wang's mother caught his handle of having an outside heart - my mother was very fond of inquiring about things, and she liked to tell me and my father when she was eating, saying that Lao Wang's father had a four-year-old son outside, and her mother was not to be outdone, and followed by marriage and childbirth. Leaving Lao Wang to become a superfluous person who is not loved by his father and mother, then again, Wang Zuoyi's survival zài proves the failure of his parents' marriage, and both sides have formed a new family, who wants to be a drag.

Wang Zuoyi's growth history is bumpy enough, but I haven't seen her sad, his father took the outside back to the courtyard, the space is limited, Wang Zuoyi was assigned to live in her grandmother's old house in Zhongguancun, the old man's house is a unit, and it was taken back after his death, and Wang Zuoyi basically lived in the school from there. My mother felt very sorry for her, and often asked me to bring food to Lao Wang. We didn't go to the same school in high school, and I don't know how she spent those three years. According to my mother, the child is very pitiful, her mother does not give much living expenses, Uncle Wang is weak, the money is all in the hands of his wife, and he is not happy to give money.

After the college entrance examination, I ran around and liberated, and my mother always compared Wang Zuoyi's misery to my happiness, so that I could know the benefits of having a mother.

I never think Wang Zuoyi is a tragic figure, the key is that people never feel sorry for themselves, even if they peddle popsicles along the street and touch them for me, I don't see her blushing. Wang Zuoyi, who wore a peaked cap, was a hawker selling under the willow tree by the moat, and my brother and I licked the salt water popsicle in our hands, squatting on the mountain, and found out that Lao Wang and I were admitted to the same university, and I was called Zhenghuan at that time, and talked about her parents, Lao Wang was very benevolent, saying that her father and mother did not marry a rich woman to marry a large amount of money, and the small intellectuals themselves had no money, and the parents' new family had children, and the economy was tight enough, and the university tuition was not ready to ask them for this time.

"And what about your tuition?"

"Earn"

Lao Wang's tanned face is meaningless, I am quite sorry for her, Uncle Wang's son has money to learn piano, but his daughter has no money when she goes to college? At that time, when I was young, if I knew what it means to change times, I might have a better understanding of the necessity and embarrassment in life.

"What do you want, I don't react when I talk to you", Meng Tiantian held my face.

"Let's go on vacation, where do you like to go?"

"Maldives - then I'll buy a tropical swimsuit!" , Meng Tiantian cheered.

Happiness and misfortune are so legitimate, how can I do it, I suddenly feel that Wang Zuoyi is like a big bubble in bitter water, haha.

8

As soon as October begins, the maple leaves of Xiangshan are all red. I went to Beijing to meet a client, and by the way, I took Meng Tiantian to see my parents, and the old lady inquired about my love life, really worried about my future, and wanted to marry my daughter-in-law home for me. Occasionally I have this thought, I'm not sure if the person is Meng Tiantian, but ...... It doesn't matter who it is.

It can be seen that my mother is not very satisfied with Meng Tiantian, and hints behind the old lady Meng Tiantian that I am looking for this one is a little younger, but if I like her, I can accept it, saying that I can't stand the fact that my girlfriend around me used to change like a marquee. Dad is more serious, thinking that although the career is important, it does not delay the family, his view is quite simple, the man's persuasiveness comes from the stable family behind him, and the duckweed is like a duckweed all day long.

On the surface, the family was very kind to Meng Tiantian, and kept shushing the cold and asking for warmth, because the southern girl Meng Tiantian couldn't stand the dry climate of Beijing and felt a little unwell.

"An autumn rain and a cold, look at how thin you are wearing!" , Speaking of this, I changed the topic of what I remembered, "Wang Zuoyi brought me a shawl from France, which is very warm!" ”

This is a lot of advertising, and it makes us all laugh. My mother said that Wang Zuoyi has been back for a week, and after reading it, her father also looked at me and your father on the way, "Xiao Wang has often given us gifts over the years, and she is not bad to her parents, this child really has nothing to say!" ”

"At the beginning, Lao Wang, she also ate a lot of hand-wrapped dumplings from our family."

My mother sometimes talks about Lao Wang, as if she is talking about her own children. My mother said you, people are more reliable than your son, she said you have a class reunion, and you have to rush back to work when it's over. I don't know what kind of work to do, I have to fly around, and I toss people a lot. Then I took out the wool shawl from France, a faint purple, rosebuds climbing in the corner, and even the tassels were my mother's love. I was a little ashamed to look at the old lady's smiling face like a flower, I didn't care enough about my parents, maybe I should seriously consider getting married.

We discussed with a few leaders that the alumni donations would be set up as a special fund to support poor students, and it was up to the university to decide who would exercise the management function of the fund. Lin Dong held a high-level thank-you reception in his own field, although many people donate only to pay for tickets to enter this circle, let's not torture other people's souls, regardless of whether his motives are pure or not, the important thing is that the money is raised, there is no shortage of shadows of some stars during the banquet, and sometimes charity also needs to put on a fashionable coat.

Those who donated from abroad directly put the money into the bank account, and the domestic group of people who had the ability to be generous all arrived, and the field was full of chaos. Including Lin Dong and me, everyone has become human-like dogs, all well-dressed and their eyes are shining, and they are all looking forward to accumulating some contacts and discovering new business opportunities.

I asked Lin Dong how he made it so vulgar, Lin Dong said that a lot of money does not mean that he is generous, if you don't make some gimmicks, who will pay for it obediently, to put it bluntly, it is the Canton Fair for the rich and upstarts, and some charity dinners or something are not pretentious. Saying that, he pointed to a few people casually, and looked at them, all of them were dressed like beasts! I glanced at it, the monkey and a female star were fighting hotly, I said, don't overturn a boatload of people with a rod, monkeys and beasts are right, people never pretend to be grandchildren! Lin Dong laughed, raised his head and finished pouring the champagne in the wine glass, and said with emotion that some people have limited ability and little money, at least they really support it, but they may not attend this kind of gathering that is suspected of showing off their wealth.

The audience went around a circle, and there were a lot of entertainment talks, but there were also gains, and I met many bigwigs in the industry. I didn't find the fat man and Wang Zuoyi when I turned around. Lin Dong said that you don't know what the fat man is like, and he is very annoyed to attend this kind of occasion, and he can't stand the empty things. Wang Zuoyi has something important to deal with, saying that there is a new R&D trend in raw material suppliers. I feel a little disappointed, there are not many alumni from the same class, and Lin Dong said that this group of people is not the object of reminiscing about the past at all. The monkey came out of nowhere and smiled, "Chu Xi, your eyes are about to pop out, don't look at it, Ke Rou didn't come today, but you can meet her husband!" ”

Dazhi is now a panache and a belly, and he chatted with the new actress affectionately, which made people's hearts angry. I didn't bother to go over to say hello, I guess I had to go over to call myself boring. The monkey said that this person should not be good-looking, and the masses thought that he was as talented as me, but he didn't expect that Dazhi and other May Fourth youth-type people were also quite fancy.

"Everyone on the scene, it's just a show!" , My voice is a little hoarse, I really have an impulse to beat Ya in the past, what did he say at the beginning, I love Ke Rou for a lifetime, and I told the flies who are not qualified to let Ke Rou's happiness roll aside, and the words of the bull coaxing are still in my ears, and I began to play with my face.

"It's hard to say, just now this kid is still boasting to me about the main meal, and after eating for a long time, he won't get tired of changing the taste once in a while-it's really impressive!"

"Don't add fuel and vinegar", Lin Dong was busy playing the round, for fear that I would smash him.

I didn't know how to get out that night, Meng Tiantian was so excited that she counted the stars she saw, a small stage director patted her on the back and said to ask her to play a role, I hummed a few words, a little uncomfortable, held in my heart, afraid to go home with a bad face to the old man to see the trouble, went directly to the hotel. Even when I saw Meng Tiantian walking out of the bathroom in sultry pajamas, I was not at all interested, and said in a loud voice, let's sleep.