Chapter 255: Extraneous Branches
Leaving Jin Qiu's company, Lao Jin's questioning words are still very strong like cannonballs "swishing" in my ears, I can't imagine how Jin Qiu will deal with him next, but it must be very hard, and I also have a little doubt, I don't know when Lao Jin began to insist on me marrying Jin Qiu, at least Jin Qiu has never mentioned it to me in the years he studied abroad.
Back on Tulip Road, it was already dark, but even so, I still waited for nearly half an hour for Xiao Ai to finish teaching the last student and end the day's lesson.
She took Xiaofang and stood at the door of the piano shop waiting for me, the moonlight of the night fell quietly on them through the branches of the trees, they didn't say a word, and the world seemed to have no burden at all, every qiΔ was light.
I snuffed out the cigarette in my hand that I had lit because I was waiting, and walked in front of them, Xiao Ai smiled and said to Xiaofang, who was autistic: "Xiaofang, have you seen the cake shop opposite, let Brother Jiangqiao invite us to eat cake, okay?" β
I don't know if the music has shortened the distance between the two of them, but for the first time I heard Xiao Fang nod and say a "um", so Xiao Ai took her with her left hand and my arm with her right hand, and the three of them entered the very stylish cake shop together.
After buying the cake, Xiao Ai and I sent Xiao Fang to the last bus passing through Tulip Road, until the car drove out of our sight, I asked Xiao Ai next to me, "What do you think of Xiao Fang's child?" β
"Well, Teacher Feng Yuan didn't lie, this kid's musical talent is very good...... Because of autism, her attention will be much more concentrated than normal people, and her memory and comprehension are very good, if you can meet famous teachers, participate in more high-value competitions, you can really use music to change your life in the future! β
I smiled and replied, "Then are you a famous teacher?" β
Xiao Ai was not modest in front of me, nor was she too high-profile, she replied: "A month and a half later, the Xinghai Cup National Children's Piano Competition will start, and I will take Xiaofang to sign up at that time, if she can get the award, then I will be a famous teacher recognized by the public in the guΓ² competition, if Xiaofang fails to win the award, then I am an average level." β
Speaking of piano competitions, I still attach more importance to them, because if our piano students can win awards in authoritative competitions, it will be the best publicity for piano stores, so I asked her, "Do you think the children of our piano store are more likely to win?" β
"At the moment, we have not found any children who have reached the level of awards, and most of them are entry-level ...... I don't think you need to be too optimistic about this matter, because there are so many piano shops in Nanjing, and this competition is even more national, and there are so many awards, this probability is actually so small that it can be described as outrageous, unless it is a real genius, plus the hard training of the day after tomorrow there is hope! β
"Isn't Xiaofang very talented?"
"It's true that she is talented, but she has not received systematic training, but Feng Yuan taught her some piecemeal, but the more this is the case, the more I feel that her plasticity can arouse my challenge...... I hope she can get something out of the competition! β
The division of labor in the piano shop is very clear, so no matter how much I ask about teaching, I am only a layman after all, but I am still very interested in Xiao Ai's own level, so I asked her: "For the piano instrument, have you won any awards?" β
"You can check the major piano competitions on the Internet yourself, and you will know the list of winners over the years."
"Why are you showing off so well at night, why are you so low-key?"
Xiao Ai and I talked and walked as we walked, and before we knew it, we came to the textile factory, but the street lamp more than ten meters away from the door was not lit, so it was darker than before, and it was only reflected by the street lamp across the road.
Xiao Ai stopped, lying on the iron door and looking inside, I lit a cigarette and stood beside her to accompany her, the evening breeze blew past us so calmly, but it blew the sorrow in my heart, I was silent for a while, and asked Xiao Ai: "If a few years later, there is a five-star hotel with a wedding theme rising from here, will you be surprised?" β
"What?"
I leaned closer to her side and repeated what I had just said, and Xiao Ai turned to look at me and asked, "True or false?" β
I sandwiched the cigarette between my fingers, wiped my palm heavily over my face, and replied, "It's true, Jin Qiu is already in contact with the owner of this land, and she does have such a plan...... You also know her character, usually what she wants to do, and she basically doesn't run! β
Xiao Ai was silent for a while, then asked, "Then who does this land belong to now?" β
"Who knows? β¦β¦ It doesn't matter to us anyway...... However, because this textile factory has been abandoned for so long, I once thought that it would remain like this forever on Tulip Road, and when it really did not exist, I realized that it also occupied a very important place in my heart, just like the painful feeling that an old friend felt when he was about to come to the end of his life, and I accompanied him on his last journey...... I don't want to face it! β
"That's a pity!" Xiao Ai said and leaned in to look inside, and I only leaned on the doorpost and lit another cigarette, I rarely smoked two cigarettes in a row, but the mood at the moment is really a little bad, and I don't have a better way to distract myself.
Xiao Ai climbed the iron door before me, turned his back to me and said, "Let's go, Jiangqiao, go in and take a walk again!" β
"Don't walk, don't we still have to go to Yuan Zhen to eat together?"
"Who knows how long they'll rehearse, I'll call him later, ask them to come to Tulip Road, I'll ask them to, their music favorites to and drink beer!" Xiao Ai said that she had flipped in, and she didn't care about the rust staining her white T-shirt.
I followed her in the next moment.
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The textile mill was as quiet as ever, especially on such a night, the sound of insects was the only movement here, the footsteps of Xiao Ai and I were softly embellished, and the qiΔ in front of us was not as desolate as imagined. Even the concrete road that was paved more than ten years ago only has some moss, and if we had a skateboard, we could really walk freely through it.
Xiao Ai pulled me to the scrapped truck, she leaned over to look for it, and then said to me in surprise: "Jiangqiao, come and see...... Are the tulips I planted about to bloom? β
I took a closer look, and it was really a budding white tulip, and because it was on the other side of the truck, I didn't notice it when I came with Jin Qiu. I squatted down and looked at her for a while, then asked her, "When did you plant it, this flower is very difficult to raise!" β
Xiao Ai took out his mobile phone, turned on the flash, and said to me while looking for the shooting angle: "Some time ago, but I bought the bulbs from the flower shop and have been processed, and I don't have the ability to raise them...... But no one can say what will happen in the future, maybe I will also become a little flower planter...... Ha ha! β
Seeing Xiao Ai's happy appearance, I also smiled with her, but I still asked her to transplant the tulip away, because the light it needed to grow had been blocked by the truck, but Xiao Ai did not agree to the transplant request in the end. She said that not only people have to start from the beginning, but also flowers, since it is the first tulip in this textile factory, then there is no reason for it to be transplanted, it should bloom here, and then wither, just like its flower language, pure and high.
Since Xiao Ai had already decided the fate of this bouquet of flowers, I didn't insist anymore, I just took out my mobile phone and took a photo as nostalgia. I think Xiao Ai and I are both a bit nostalgic people, so this particularly meaningful bouquet of flowers, even if it is only in the form of a photo in our mobile phones, will be a long, long time.
Because this bouquet of flowers accidentally broke into my world, the door of my heart seemed to be opened, so I opened the door of the truck for the first time since it was scrapped, and sat in the driver's seat. Although a lot of dust has accumulated, I don't care about these details at the moment, I just want to throw my love xΓΉ in the moonlight and cook it, and then turn all the qiΔ here into the most intimate memory in my mind.
The next moment, Xiao Ai also opened the co-pilot's door, sat down in the co-pilot's position, she pulled the steering wheel with her hand, which was impossible to pull, and said to me: "This car is full of dust and musty smell, but you can't think that I am sitting in with you because of this...... I think it's enjoyable, because in today's advocating technology, only we have the opportunity to sit in this antique car, how awesome! β
I smiled, I only felt that I was living in a dream at the moment, because there were tulips around me, antique cars, and Xiao Ai, and the air circulation was slow, only the lights outside the textile factory were flickering and dimming, and the lights that burst out of the aperture were quietly reminding me that this was not a dream, and at this moment, our skin was in contact with each other, bringing a very real touch, some cold, some slippery!
Yes, this is where we wander, but it also hides our most devout souls, so it doesn't really go away.
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When we left the textile factory again, like two tired children, we went to the convenience store to buy popsicles, and then sat on the benches, eating while waiting for Yuan Zhen and He Gaoming and others. We talked a lot with great interest, but we didn't talk about the textile mill being demolished.
About half an hour, a silver-gray business car stopped on the side of the road, and then saw Yuan Zhen walking out of it, and he was still surrounded by He Gaoming, but he didn't see Robben, who was known as the "new godfather of rock and roll".
I was already familiar with He Gaoming, but Yuan Zhen only said hello symbolically, but this time he lit a cigarette for me, and I took the initiative to ask him, "How do you feel?" β
Yuan Zhen just nodded, habitually disliking to talk more, but He Gaoming, who was beside him, said: "When Yuan Zhen and Robben were rehearsing, I was always there, good musicians really stimulate each other, they have a lot of improvisational play during rehearsals, I believe that on the day of the concert, they will ignite the audience!" β
Hearing this, Xiao Ai, who had not spoken, grabbed Yuan Zhen's arm, and then said to him very encouragingly: "Come on, senior brother, I believe you will get better and better." β
"Well, I have signed a three-year contract with Apocalypse Media, and I will stay in China for development in the future."
Xiao Ai asked: "Is it mainly to do the work of making zuΓ² people, or is it pushed to the front of the stage?" β
"In front of the stage, I also do some work to make people...... Robben has already asked me to work together to make a brand new album for Yang Youqi. β
"Yang Youqi, a very good singer!"
He Gaoming took the words again, he put his arm on Yuan Zhen's shoulder and said: "This time Yuan Zhen, I really met Bole, Yang Youqi is the most reputable pop singer in the music industry in recent years, if it weren't for Robben is her boyfriend, there would be no chance to cooperate with a singer of this magnitude, so I personally have a very optimistic attitude towards Yuan Zhen's comeback...... However, whether you can seize the opportunity or not depends on your personal efforts, after all, the metabolism of this circle is very fast, and there are many people! I would also like to take this opportunity to give a little advice, although rock musicians must have a first-class spiritual personality, they must also lower their posture appropriately when necessary...... I believe that most people will still choose to be Wang Feng instead of Dou Wei, because no matter how good the music is, it will eventually be launched with the help of commercial operation. β
After He Gaoming said this, Xiao Ai looked at Yuan Zhen, waiting to hear his statement, and at this time, I have the same mood as her, I hope that after all kinds of tribulations, Yuan Zhen will pull out a little barb from himself, because the best opportunity has been placed in front of him.
However, Yuan Zhen didn't speak in the end, he just lit a cigarette and leaned against the plane tree on the side of the road and smoked quietly.
In the silence, another black BMW stopped behind the commercial vehicle. The next moment, Gao Suo walked out of the car, which immediately alerted everyone except He Gaoming.
Gao Suo walked up to us and said with a very peaceful smile: "There is no need for everyone to treat me as an enemy, He and I have always been old friends for many years, this time I came here at his invitation, I promise not to mention Xiao Ai's joining the entertainment industry, I just want to have a few glasses of wine with my old friends." β
He Gaoming nodded and confirmed Gao Suo's statement. The man was indeed invited by him......
As we walked towards the barbecue restaurant on the side of the road, Gao Suo asked He Gaoming: "Gao Ming, our Mr. Qiu of Yi'an Media has bought 15% of the shares of Tianqi Media from one of your shareholders, and will officially become one of your shareholders in the near future, do you know about this?" β¦β¦ In the future, Mr. Qiu will definitely integrate the resources of the two companies, maybe our old brothers will have the opportunity to work together! β
He Gaoming smiled and replied: "I heard a little wind a few days ago, and if you say this now, it is equivalent to a certainty...... I also think that Qiu Zi'an's shareholding in our company is a good thing, and we can achieve complementary resources in a certain way. β
"Yes, so Mr. Qiu's strategic vision still impresses me very much, because film and television development has always been our company's weakness, and now Mr. Qiu has invested in your company, and this problem has been solved......"
The conversation between Gao Suo and He Gaoming was so listened to in our ears, Xiao Ai and I couldn't help but glance at each other, we didn't expect that after such a big circle, in the end, this matter was passively related to Qiu Zi'an in this way, and I couldn't help but be a little worried about Yuan Zhen's prospects. Because we don't want Qiu Zi'an to suppress Yuan Zhen as a shareholder, and we don't want Qiu Zi'an to have other purposes besides borrowing resources.
He Gaoming seemed to see our worries, he slowed down, lowered his voice and said to us: "I know very well the reason why you found President Wang for Yuan Zhen...... However, even if Qiu Zian becomes one of the shareholders of Apocalypse Media, you don't need to have too much sense of crisis, after all, he is only a small shareholder, and it is a major shareholder like Mr. Wang who really counts, so you can relax...... As long as Robben and Le Yao are there, no one can move Yuan Zhen, according to my understanding of Robben, this person is still very sincere, and he is not a person who is afraid of things! β
I nodded, and was a little relieved, and Yuan Zhen didn't speak from beginning to end, I don't know what he really thought, I hope he didn't take this extraneous matter to heart, all he cared about was his own music