Chapter VI

Night falls.

The gym was brightly lit and full of people. The sporadic smell of sweat wafted through the warm air, and the muffled breathing of a man exercising with equipment on one side of the wall, combined with the occasional hoarse growl, inexplicably made people feel empowered.

Tong Yan was dressed in loose sportswear, listening to music with headphones plugged in, looking at the city with bright lights outside the window, reaching out to adjust the speed of the treadmill and speeding up his pace. As she ran, she flicked her long ponytailed hair, which rhythmically swept across her back, revealing a piece of sweat-soaked fabric on her back.

When the phone on the treadmill vibrate, she looked at it a little blankly for a while before picking it up.

It's Xia Qi's phone.

Quickly slowed down the speed of the treadmill, and Tong Yan picked it up while walking briskly.

"Tong Yan Wuji, what are you doing?" Xia Qi's voice on the other end of the phone was blown by the wind, it should have been outdoors, "I just saw the full draft of your script with Cheng Yuan's mailbox, and I wanted to make a call to worship you." It's only been half a month, you're really a bunker! She burst out laughing.

"Thanks for the compliment." Tong Yan took a breath, "You can hang up the phone after worshipping, Lao Tzu is exercising now." ”

"Sports?" Xia Qi exclaimed, and his tone immediately changed from surprise to questioning: "You're crazy!" If you don't go to make up for sleep after the draft, what will you do! Say, is it stimulated by something? ”

Irritated?

Tong Yan immediately remembered what happened when she was sent back by Ling Zesheng in the afternoon.

Of course, it was also because of this that she couldn't sleep anyway when she got home. My mind was a mess, and I didn't know what I was thinking, but some sporadic memories were constantly being replayed, and the more I tried to calm down, the more anxious I became, tossing and turning countless times, so sleepy that my tears were half wet with half of my pillowcase, but there was no way to fall asleep.

Later, the more I wanted to sleep, the more awake my mind became

In the end, she came to the gym in desperation, ready to run ten kilometers to completely exhaust herself, maybe she could succeed with Zhou after she went back?

"Tong Yan." After waiting for her answer for a long time, Xia Qi vaguely felt that something was wrong, and even his voice was a little colder. She changed to a place where there was no one before asking, "You tell the truth, have you seen Ling Zesheng again?" ”

Hearing that name, Tong Yan's mind instantly returned to his place, his steps stopped, he almost tripped himself, hurriedly turned off the treadmill directly, turned around and walked towards the rest area.

"Hmm." She replied vaguely, reached out and fanned her ear, "He called me today, and I went to his company to talk about the script." ”

"And then?" Xia Qi asked.

Tong Yan stood by the water dispenser: "Then he sent me home." The point is, he seems to recognize me. ”

Xia Qi sank on the other end of the phone for two seconds, almost screaming and saying the following words: "What? You'd better explain things to me as they are! ”

"Uh" Tong Yan wiped a handful of sweat droplets from the corners of his forehead, and said in his heart that Xia Qi already knew her black history anyway, and she wouldn't die if she said it. So she breathed two sighs of relief and repeated to her as much detail as possible what had happened in the afternoon.

Xia Qi was silent for 10 seconds after listening, and even someone next to her called her was glared back viciously, and finally she asked, "Then how did you answer?" ”

Tong Yan tilted his head and carefully recalled the scene at that time

When she heard Ling Zesheng ask, "Tong Yan, do you really want to pretend that you don't know me?" She was indeed taken aback, but immediately calmed down.

How did she answer him after that?

"Teacher Ling, you are such a famous star, how could I not know you." After saying that, she smiled sweetly at him, turned around and closed the car door at the same time, completely closing his stunned and questioning into the car with the door that slammed into the car.

She's just so witty!

Until now, in retrospect, Tong Yan is still a little complacent.

But Xia Qi on the other side of the phone didn't think so, she sighed softly after listening, and said seriously: "Tong Yan, I really don't know whether to call you stupid or stupid, you are completely provocative!" ”

"Why?" Tong Yan suddenly didn't understand.

Xia Qi helplessly supported his forehead: "Tong Yan Wuji, I beg you, since you are in this circle, you should at least inquire about the market." Even if it has been many years since you and Ling Zesheng's stubble, you should still have some impression of his temper!

Don't you know who he is? ”

Tong Yan shook his head and said the truth: "I don't know." ”

Xia Qi was completely speechless, took two deep breaths, and sighed long: "Forget it, I'm too lazy to tell you." I'll discuss what I'll discuss when I get back, and don't act rashly during this time. ”

What does it mean to act rashly?

Tong Yan rolled her eyes and snorted twice and didn't answer her.

Xia Qi didn't care, and told her twice more times to "be careful" before hanging up the phone.

Standing by the water dispenser for a while, Tong Yan only felt that he was sweating again, and now he was a little cold from the air conditioner. He glanced at the treadmill and walked back, continuing to struggle to get himself down.

――

The next few days were a bit boring.

In addition to keeping the network updated every day, Tong Yan has nothing else to do.

So in her extra spare time, she rummaged through the cabinets and found all the DVDs of movies and TV series starring Ling Zesheng that she bought from high school to college, and put them on to watch one after another. It seems that through those lights and shadows, looking at his appearance that is recorded in the video, you can go back to the past-

Back to the time when we were separated and we were missing each other.

Pretending that she was always by his side never forgot about him for a day.

And so it is.

It's just that those are Tong Yan's own affairs, and they have nothing to do with anyone, even Ling Zesheng.

――

I received a call on Wednesday afternoon of the second week, saying that there was an urgent matter for Tong Yan to go to the company for a regular meeting.

But when Tong Yan rushed over, she found that the regular meeting had ended, and from the beginning, the department head did not let the front desk lady give her a notice.

The expected ending.

Listening to the trembling apology of the little sister at the front desk, Tong Yan suddenly felt so boring.

She has been working in this media company for nearly a year, and she has handled a few scripts, but she is still only a part-time screenwriter.

Why not full-time formal?

Because she is unwilling to accept some unspoken rules in the industry, such as asking her teacher (that is, the head of the department) to add his name in front of the script she wrote independently; Another example is that she is unwilling to give a part of the manuscript fee she receives every time to give gifts to her teachers; For example, she is reluctant to help her teacher block wine at a banquet with her collaborator

So it's a pleasure for her to be mixed up like this now.

And Xia Qi, who joined the company with her, has risen all the way because of different departments and different mentors, and is now the pillar of the company's most vocal department, of course, she is in the operation department, and it has nothing to do with the screenwriter, so there is no comparison.

But after this, Tong Yan still wants to say that sometimes people's success really has little to do with whether they work hard, for example, she is a good example.

Typical negative textbook.

I don't know how many times I heard the little sister at the front desk say I'm sorry, Tong Yan finally forcibly endured the swear words that were about to come out, turned his head and waved his hand to the little sister at the front desk, and said, "Give me a copy of the resignation report." ”

The little girl at the front desk was stunned for a moment, and watched her spit out a monosyllable: "Huh? ”

"I said give me a resignation report." Tong Yan patiently repeated.

The little girl at the front desk reacted, and finally took out a paper clip from the innermost drawer, and then took out a piece of printing paper from the text folder and handed it to her: "Give." ”

Tong Yan stretched out his hand to take it, directly picked up the signature pen glued to the front desk and began to fill out the form.

Obviously, the turbulent momentum exuded by her body successfully frightened the little sister at the front desk, and seeing that she was about to finish filling out the form, she said weakly: "Screenwriter Tong, don't you really think about it anymore?" After speaking, he felt that the weight of these words was not enough, so he added, "Actually, there is really no need to be angry, just endure it and pass." People have to bow their heads under the low eaves. ”

People have to bow their heads under low eaves?

It's been a long time since I've heard this sentence!

Tong Yan sneered, looked up at the little sister at the front desk, and said in a cold tone: "Thank you for your advice." I've been told this before, but I didn't hear it at the time, so I don't even listen to it today.

If you want to endure it, you can continue to endure it, I don't make an evaluation. ”

After speaking, she smiled at the little girl at the front desk, turned around and walked towards the department head of the city room inside.

Tong Yan didn't knock on the door, and pushed the door in.

The head of the department was obviously taken aback by her, and there was still a little panic in his eyes when he looked up at her, but it was only a moment, and he had recovered to his former unstoppable life, even with a little disdain.

"Oh, little boy, I'm really embarrassed about this today, but you also know that people have to learn to be good, don't they?" He said lightly, looking at Tong Yan from top to bottom.

Hehe.

Tong Yan didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, walked directly to his desk, slapped the resignation report in his hand on the table, and smiled softly for a moment.

"Then you can learn to be obedient yourself." She said, "Master, I won't serve anymore." ”

After speaking, he withdrew his hand and turned around, and his movements were as smooth as flowing and impeccable. Three or two steps went directly to the door, and the moment she opened the door, she glanced back at the department head who was completely stunned, and spit out a sentence in a faint tone:

"I wish you happiness."

This joke really made the department head feel cold in the back. When he reacted, there was still the shadow of Tong Yan at the door.

It's just a pawn who doesn't listen to his calls, and he naturally doesn't care about this. So he bowed his head, silently put Tong Yan's resignation report into the drawer, and sighed lightly:

"The too young, too simple Tucson is broken."