Chapter 9: The Life Pursued by Chen Yi
Looking at the crooked words that this girl wrote on the glass window with an eyeliner, my heart was really bewitched for a moment, I really wanted to know what her name was, and I didn't want to always call her like that.
I typed another line on my mobile phone: "Although I really want to know what your name is, but I have something to talk about with Chen Yi at work later, so if you know each other, just report your name now, and let me send you back to school is self-defeating, because I will definitely make the ugly thing about you climbing over the wall of our house known to everyone in your Nanyi." ”
She frowned, wrote a huge word "roll" on the glass window with her eyeliner as if venting her anger, and then drew an angry expression.
I finally stopped playing this face-to-face word game with her, walked out of the coffee shop, stood in front of her, and sure enough, she wasn't lying, I smelled not too strong alcohol on her, she was going to the bar street for a drink.
I took a key out of my pocket and handed it to her, saying, "Go and take away the clothes you changed yesterday, I didn't wash them for you, because I have never washed a woman in my life." ”
She looked at me resentfully, didn't take the key from my hand, and said, "Jiang Qiao, I'll only give you one chance to know my name, don't regret missing it." ”
I smiled and replied, "No regrets, hurry up and do what you have to do, and pay attention to safety when you go back to school...... Well, you're good to go. ”
"Hmph, I came to you because you were lonely and pitiful, if you don't know what to do......" she said and took the key from my hand, turned around and walked in the direction of my house, walked a few steps and suddenly looked back at me and said, "Will you die if you help a woman wash her clothes?" ”
I looked at her with a smile and a smile, and she turned back and walked deeper into the alley, and I hurriedly reminded her behind her back, "When you run out of keys, remember to put them in the crack under the door frame." ”
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I went back to the coffee shop, opened the bottle of beer that I hadn't drunk yet, and then while drinking, I looked out through the glass window, I knew that the next moment, Chen Yi might appear in my sight, I naturally imagined what kind of clothes she would wear today, what color shoes, maybe this is the mood of having a crush on someone, even if it is just a detail that the other party inadvertently shows, it will be observed and paid attention to as the most profound movie.
The night was already bottomless, and the sound of high heels touching the ground finally came from the alley, I leaned over to look, and Chen Yi's figure appeared in my sight around the corner, her long skirt fluttered gently in the wind, but her face was full of fatigue in the dim light, which was another bad night for her to be drained of all her energy by the large-scale live broadcast.
After a short while, Chen Yi finally entered the coffee shop and sat down opposite me, I hurriedly asked her for a glass of milk, and put the beautiful black and white checkered handbag for her, she leaned on the sofa chair with her eyes closed, and asked me: "Jiang Qiao, did you tell Mr. Jin about the situation I gave you?" ”
"Alas! Not to mention Lao Jin, this morning he was doing the scene decoration of the wedding scene in the hotel, and accidentally broke his leg and was lying in the hospital. ”
Chen Yi was a little surprised: "Ah! Not serious, right? ”
"It's not serious, but I couldn't open my mouth to talk to him about it, for fear that he would be broken by this double blow."
"Is that an exaggeration?"
I nodded solemnly and replied: "This afternoon, Luo Sumei went to the customer to tentatively mention the matter of temporarily changing the host, and the customer resolutely refused to agree, and what's worse is that the contract signed by Lao Jin and the customer is clearly written in black and white to let you preside over the wedding, if there is a situation on your side, not to mention the yellow list, you have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages if you don't get it right, you said that the company is so difficult now, and then compensating for a liquidated damages is not equivalent to asking for Lao Jin's life." ”
Chen Yi fell into silence, she certainly didn't expect things to get so troublesome, and it took a long time before she finally opened her mouth and asked me, "Then what do you mean now?" ”
I remembered what Luo Sumei said this afternoon, sorted it out in my brain, and then said to Chen Yi: "I definitely don't have the right to make such a big decision for the company, so I told Luo Sumei about this situation, what she meant: double your appearance fee, that is, 120,000, so that you can think about it again...... Seriously, I think this price is already the limit that our company can give, if it wasn't for being forced to do so, there would be no way to open this price anyway. ”
Chen Yi didn't think about it, and replied: "What I care about is not the appearance fee, I really want to help your company, but I really can't openly challenge the authority of the leader, I don't know how to express my current mood to you......"
"I can understand you, so I don't want to force you, but I think what Russell Mei said to me about you this afternoon really makes sense."
"What did she say?"
She said that now the trend of separation of production and broadcasting is becoming more and more obvious, most of the powerful hosts have jumped out of the system to find their own way out, you are now in the golden period of your career, it is a pity to be a host in the system, so she suggested that you can have a tougher attitude, sign a non-exclusive contract with your station, or simply be decisive, accept the olive branch thrown to you by other units, and fully tap your own commercial value while you are young.
Chen Yi kept looking at me, and after I finished speaking, she thoughtfully took a sip of the cup, and asked me for a long time: "Jiang Qiao, do you know what kind of life I want to live?" ”
I barely thought about it, and then replied, "I think you have such good conditions, and the life you are pursuing is not something that ordinary people like me can imagine." ”
Chen Yi shook his head: "You think it's too complicated, my parents are both mediocre scholars, and they pursue a life of small wealth and peace, so they are very satisfied with the way I am now, they hope that I can stay in Nanjing stably and stay by their side, based on family factors, there is no better choice than being a host in the system." ”
"But...... But you are still young, your life should not enter a set mode too early, you should have higher goals and pursuits, and you should not waste your talent like this. I was a little short of words and repeated the meaning of what I had just said.
Chen Yi looked out the window, the words that the girl had written on the glass with eyeliner had not yet been erased, but under the mottled light, it seemed that she had been writing for a long time, and the puddle of water on the ground was not idle, she had been flirting with the stars flashing in the sky, whenever a little wind blew, the stars shook on the water, like a sweet kiss. For a moment, I couldn't feel the passage of time, everything was still, even my heartbeat when I faced Chen Yi.
I saw the girl walk by the glass window, her left hand holding her changed clothes, her right hand holding her middle finger at me, and after glancing at me with disdain, she disappeared around the corner over the puddle of water on the ground...... And when this dynamic scene happened, time seemed to move again.
"Jiang Qiao, one day I will get married. When I have children, the focus of my life will definitely not be on my career, and in the more than 20 years that have passed, I have worked hard to learn talents, participated in various exams, and worked hard to finish college, the purpose is not to improve myself, and then marry a husband who can be materially dependent! Now I have done all this, just waiting for a person of interest to form a family, I am a woman who is willing to stand behind a man, as long as the family is happy in the future and my parents are healthy and safe, I am satisfied. ”
I believe this is Chen Yi's heartfelt words, with her intellectual family background and the identity of a famous host, it is easy to marry a successful person, and there is such a safe road in front of you, why do you have to take the risk of working hard?
I suddenly wanted to smoke a cigarette, but there was no cigarette in my pocket, so I tapped my fingers rhythmically on the table to relieve the sudden craving......
After being silent for a while, Chen Yi finally looked at me and smiled, and said, "Jiang Qiao, the white shirt on your body is so beautiful." ”
I looked at her and replied, "You don't have to change the subject because of embarrassment, I can understand your thoughts and difficulties, and I won't embarrass you about wedding officiation, really." ”
"It's really good-looking!" Chen Yi said and took out a gift box from his handbag and put it in front of me, and said: "Next Monday is your birthday, but unfortunately I'm going to Qingdao to do a show, I can't accompany you, this is the tie I sent back from overseas by a friend, I think it goes well with your white shirt, you see if you like it or not." ”
I was moved and sour, and finally picked up the exquisite gift box with a smile and said: "As long as you are in Nanjing all these years, you will accompany me for your birthday, I really don't know if you will have the courage to continue like this after you get married." ”
"You are stupid, you will have a family in the future, and when you have children and a wife by your side, it doesn't matter if my friend will accompany you for your birthday."
I smiled and didn't say anything more, just opened the gift box, and inside was really a black and white checked tie that matched my shirt, and her gift was as attentive as ever.
Over the years, I always feel that the relationship between her and me is not as close as before, in fact, this is just my misunderstanding, we are not close anymore, but now she is too busy, she can no longer accompany me to school and every morning and evening like when I was a student.
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Late this night, I gained some sorrow from Chen Yi that she would marry someone else one day, and also gained some warmth, but I have never been able to reach an agreement on the matter of wedding officiation, and now there is only one way left for this matter, that is: persuade Chen Yi's leader to make an exception to let her take over the wedding host, obviously this is no longer within my ability, I can only let Luo Sumei or Lao Jin find a relationship