Chapter 20: The Most Familiar Stranger
I stopped about a meter away from Chen Yi, and I could already feel the bad mood she was holding back in my heart from the expression she looked at me, so she definitely didn't rush back from Danfeng Street to thank me this night.
She finally spoke: "Jiang Qiao, do you think you are excessive?" β
"I don't think so, I just don't want there to be a misunderstanding between you and Qiu Zi'an."
After I finished speaking, I looked at Chen Yi, but there was no emotion in her expression at all, and she said to me in a very cold tone: "This is a matter between me and Qiu Zi'an, what can you change if you want to or not?" β¦β¦ Ehashi, don't make me too disgusted with your self-righteousness, okay? β
"There is also a saying that bystanders are fans of the authorities, I don't think I did anything wrong, you can not be with Qiu Zi'an, but at least give others a chance to express themselves, this is not too much, right?"
"Do you think that not only do I not blame you, but I also have to thank you for your self-righteousness and disrespect for me?"
I heard the extremely restrained anger in Chen Yi's tone, I didn't want to irritate her anymore, so I chose to be silent, and smoke is still the best companion when silent, I lowered my head and took a puff, and soon the smoke spread under the dim light and shadow in the alley, so that everything around me seemed so loose, so loose that I couldn't grasp the fickle emotions in human nature.
At this time, Chen Yi took out her mobile phone from her purse, she found my contact list and said to me: "Jiang Qiao, we have known each other for more than 20 years, and in these more than 20 years, we have never broken contact, but this is definitely not what you can rely on to play with me, now I will delete you from my contact list, and you will not look for me again in the future." β
I looked at her incredulously, and said to her in a tone that was about to get out of control: "What are you nervous about, for this little thing? β
"As for it, I can't stand you deceiving me in such a way!"
I laughed angrily, "Is this also a deception?" β¦β¦ Hehe, Chen Yi, I can see it, you didn't move to go to the TV station for convenience, nor did you hide from Qiu Zi'an, you are hiding from me, right? β¦β¦ Okay, since you don't take me seriously so much, I don't need to take our previous relationship too seriously......"
As I spoke, I also took out my mobile phone from my pocket, found Chen Yi's WeChat contact list, and said uncontrollably while deleting it: "Don't contact you, don't contact you, right?" Okay, then let's just delete it completely......"
Chen Yi bit her lip and looked at me, and I gasped. At this moment, it was not my body that was tired, but the pain in my heart that made me unable to breathe smoothly, I didn't understand what kind of heinous crime I had committed, let Chen Yi punish me in such an extreme way, and I deleted her contact information, not to be angry, but more like a kind of self-venting after powerlessness...... I have known Chen Yi for more than 20 years, and she has never done such a heart-wrenching thing in front of me like now.
At this moment, I can't calmly think about the cause and effect of this incident, but I am paranoid and tell Chen Yi in an almost naΓ―ve way: I have self-esteem, I can fulfill her decision, and I will be the most familiar stranger with her in this alley where we were born and raised.
Chen Yi turned her back to her body, she stopped for a moment, I seemed to see her shoulders trembling, but I didn't hear the sound of low sobbing, she finally took steps, along the light and shadow that seemed to be cut into pieces, and walked slowly towards the beginning of this alley, but every step seemed to step on the most bloody wound in my heart...... She's not coming back, and I'm not going to look for her again!
I smiled bitterly, this should have been the result between us.
Over the years, whenever I seriously told others that Chen Yi was my best friend, others thought I was joking, and no one would believe it at all: I, a small citizen living at the bottom of Nanjing, would have such a close relationship with Chen Yi, a well-known entertainment hostess, I really can't climb her, and the world of childhood and adults is even more unreachable, in this huge gap that is impossible to make up, we are still strangers best!
I mechanically returned to the small courtyard where I lived, and then sat in the courtyard without wanting to walk a single step, just repeating the two things of smoking and being stunned......
Over the years, every time Chen Yi changed her contact information, she would tell me as soon as possible, but after today, I will not have such treatment anymore, and even my number no longer exists in her mobile phone, my nose is a little sour, I am so lost that I don't know how to accept the fact that she left my world, and I have degenerated into a machine that can only eliminate pain by smoking this night.
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The next day, I got sick, fever and cough, after getting a drip in the clinic, I took the illness to the company again, I also have a wedding in my hand, I promised the client to take out the draft plan and make a preliminary communication with her before getting off work today, and then refine some details of the plan.
After arriving at the company, I didn't have time to drink a glass of water, so I went to the External Relations Department with the wedding flow chart, and I wanted to confirm the performance list of the emcee and wedding performers with Xiao Li of the External Relations Department.
I passed by Luo Sumei's office, the door was open, she didn't come to the company today, she must still be exhausted to find Chen Yi's leadership, I was very worried about her, and I was even more worried that this big customer who was not easy to handle would lose patience, and I didn't know when to challenge the company, and I was afraid that no one would be able to control this precarious situation at that time.
At this time, I really want to share some of the burden for Luo Sumei and the company, but I really don't know where to start, in the final analysis, I still blame myself for being soft-spoken, and I don't even have the qualifications to talk to the deputy director, let alone talk about the conditions.
The severe cold made me very uncomfortable, I stood outside the office door of the External Relations Department and coughed, then pushed the door open and walked in, and said to Xiao Li, who was busy: "I have to communicate with the customers of the Rose Garden in the afternoon about the draft wedding, and the performers you contacted here can be confirmed, right?" β
Xiao Li said to me with a bitter face: "The others have been decided, but the two performers in charge of piano performance and violin performance. I can't do it for the time being. β
I was a little displeased: "What's the situation?" β¦β¦ Your External Relations Department can't always throw bombs at our planning department like this, this wedding is less than a week away, how can there be a problem in such an important link? β
Xiao Li replied helplessly: "Isn't this about to be October 1st, the number of people holding weddings has increased exponentially compared with the off-season, and the number of performers in the market is in short supply at all, and now there are other wedding companies that have given higher offers, plus I haven't signed a performance contract with our company before, so I regretted it temporarily......"
I feel a bit of a headache, because the company's business has been sluggish this year, and it has been fighting a price war with other wedding companies, so in the limited profit that can be earned, it is unlikely that we will give the performers a higher price than the market, so we can't completely blame the external relations department for its incompetence, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of the company's own strength.
Xiao Li suggested to me again: "Jiang Qiao, why don't I contact Jeffrey, I heard that he still has a schedule over there." β
"No, his offer of 3,000 yuan an hour is too high, if we use him, we will definitely lose money on this list, and I really don't think his performance level is very smart, if it weren't for some customers who worship foreign countries, can he have such a high value? β¦β¦β
"Jiang Qiao, it's all at this juncture, can you stop being so cynical?"
"I'm not cynical, this is my working principle, what I want to create for the customer is a cost-effective wedding, now the foreigner's performance fee is so high, in order to ensure the company's profits, then we must reduce expenses in other links, how to ensure the quality of the wedding?"
"So what do you say? Anyway, our External Relations Department has done its best. β
I replied, "You give me the list of performers that have been confirmed, and I'll take care of the rest." β
Xiao Li was silent for a long time before he said to me: "Jiang Qiao, let's talk about things at work, if something happens in the end, is the responsibility yours or mine?" β
"Since I said that I will take care of the rest, if there is really a situation within the scope of the work I have taken, then the responsibility must be counted as my Jiangqiao."
Xiao Li nodded, and then handed me the list of performers who had been determined with relief, and I held back some dissatisfaction in my heart and took the list from him.
Over the years of work, I have carried too many similar bombs for their external relations department, my mind is on the company, if all employees are too concerned about personal gains and losses, regardless of the overall situation, the company will have problems sooner or later, and I don't want to see this situation, I have been following Lao Jin since I was 19 years old, I want to be worthy of Lao Jin's kindness to me...... Although I often complain that the monthly salary of 6,000 yuan is too low, if it weren't for Lao Jin to replace me in the industry, I am afraid that it would be difficult for me to even have a basic food and clothing in this city!
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This afternoon, I spent nearly two hours communicating with the client about the wedding draft, and then made some minor changes to the details according to the client's needs and opinions, but the most troublesome thing for me was still the piano and violin player.
At a loss, I finally remembered Xiao Ai's girl, I heard that she is proficient in all kinds of mainstream musical instruments, and I am looking for a chance to make up for the money she spent on me last night, so this is not the best opportunity in front of me!
It's just that I have to learn more about her playing level.
After confirming this idea, I didn't care about my body that was still having a low-grade fever, so I rushed to Nanyi in a top-heavy car