Leaving the teahouse where I had just met Fang Yuan, I drove to the "Empty City" music restaurant in the darkness of the night, and when I arrived, the diners had almost dispersed, leaving only a few tables still drinking beer and eating spicy hot pot, so that the air had lost its original taste.

Until this time, I hadn't eaten dinner, so I asked the waiter for an egg fried rice and two cold dishes, while waiting, while drinking water, while listening to the female singer on the stage singing, but always imagined her as CC, just because she was really used to the appearance of CC singing here, she put the cigarette between her fingers and played the guitar, it was so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!

During the meal, I called the manager of the restaurant, for fear of touching her nerves too much, so I asked euphemistically: "Yiqing (the name of the manager), how was the business of the restaurant last month?" ”

The store manager looked at me with some puzzlement and said, "Mr. Zhao, we have already reported the last month's business figures to the head office the week before, haven't you read it?" ”

"I saw it, but this number makes me a little unacceptable, you must know that this restaurant can still be profitable half a year ago, and the loss is so great in a blink of an eye!"

The store manager's expression darkened, and he was silent for a long time before he asked me, "What do you mean, Mr. Zhao?" Will it be rectified, or will it be abandoned? ”

"I hope that another individual or entity will take over the restaurant."

As soon as I finished saying this, the store manager's eyes were filled with tears, and she choked up and said: "A few days ago, a few clerks told me that the restaurant lost so much money last month, and the company will definitely take measures, and I also comforted them, the head office has a very clear positioning of this restaurant, what is the spiritual characteristics, profit is secondary, Mr. Zhao will definitely keep this restaurant, I didn't expect you to give it up so lightly, is the head office so short of funds now, do you have to give up the empty city!" ”

I looked at her, although I knew in my heart that this was just a fake abandonment, but my employees cherished this restaurant so much, it still made me feel a little guilty, but since it had already started, the play had to continue, so I replied: "Even if the empty city is finally transferred, the head office will properly settle you and give you better jobs, because I have always affirmed your work, but there is a problem with the business model of this restaurant"

The store manager interrupted me and said, "Mr. Zhao, do you think that we are really working in this empty city just to be able to enter the head office in the future?" Sue sù, the brothers and sisters who are willing to work in this empty city are all living with faith, such as Brother Sun Yao, he has been working as a chef in the restaurant since the beginning of Sister CC's business, and it is not that other restaurants have paid him high salaries over the years, but he has been sticking to this restaurant, you sue me, what is he for? Is it for the so-called promotion and salary increase? No, no, it's Sister CC's personality charm that retains him, and the feelings expressed in the empty city Maybe in the eyes of Mr. Zhao, it is just a tool for profit, but in our eyes it is a city with flesh and blood, spring, summer, autumn and winter"

Her words infected me, and I was speechless for a long time

"Mr. Zhao, you have really changed, if Sister CC knew that you planned to give up this restaurant, she would definitely be sad and scold you, you are sorry for her entrustment."

"I have already communicated with CC about the transfer of the restaurant, and I decided to abandon the restaurant after getting her consent."

The store manager looked at me with sobs, and it seemed as if his faith was about to collapse, so that he couldn't say a word!

I sighed and said: "Maybe I've changed but I'm still here, I want to tell you: Behind human nature is the white cloud and the dog, there is no one in this world, including you who have faith in the empty city, and one day, after you form a family and face the cruelty of this society, you will have a deep understanding." ”

The manager didn't pay attention to me anymore, lying on the table and crying, but Robben didn't know when he came to the restaurant, he sat down next to me, picked up the red plum cigarette I put on the table, lit one and said: "You have taken the medicine, and even said that behind human nature is the white cloud and the dog!" ”

In fact, after saying this, my heart was also full of depression, because this sentence seems to be pretending to be forced, but it contains sadness similar to the passage of time, things are wrong and wrong, and the helplessness of the iron heart corroded in the fame and fortune society, I have really experienced it, for this reason, I once gave up my favorite music and went to work according to the rules.

Robben looked at Yiqing, who was crying across from me, and asked me, "Why is she crying?" Are you training other girls again? ”

I looked at Robben, and after a moment of silence, said, "I plan to transfer the empty city, and the loss during this time is too strict!" ”

Robben's eyes suddenly became as sharp as a sharp knife, and he stabbed straight at me, and said, "I didn't hear too clearly, you say it again." ”

The store manager seemed to be full of resentment towards me, and Robben, who reacted violently, seemed to be her lifesaver, raised his head and wiped a handful of tears, and said to Robben instead of me: "Mr. Zhao, he is ready to give up the empty city and want to transfer the empty city." ”

Robben vigorously snuffed out the cigarette with his fingers, looked at me with a gloomy face, and suddenly grabbed my neck and said, "You stupid, who the fuck agrees with you doing this, really treat this restaurant as your own?!" ”

I couldn't breathe, kicked Robben's chair over, and at the same time waved his hand to shake him off, and then the two kept a distance of one meter, Robben squinted at me and said, "Zhaoyang, you made it clear to me today, why did you transfer this restaurant?" You Lu Ku have always been wealthy, will you lack the little money you lost in the empty city? ”

"Luku is not my alone, I am responsible for the investor, I originally wanted to keep the empty city, but the investor and the company's senior management believe that the empty city will have a negative impact on other restaurants, so they decided to force the transfer, I can't go against the will of the collective to protect this restaurant!"

"Transfer your uncle, just shut it up!"

My argument with Robben immediately caught the attention of everyone in the restaurant, and at the same time made the play more real, so that the customers who had not left accused me of it, and there was no lack of reason to persuade me to continue the restaurant, and they were willing to pay the market price or even more for the consumption expenses incurred in the empty city.

I said to everyone: "Since everyone is willing to pay for the consumption generated in the empty city according to the market price, then after the transfer, change the charging model and clearly mark the price, and everyone can also come and consume!" ”

Most of the people who come here to eat have the characteristics of literary youth and angry youth, and immediately a voice full of disdain replied: "We come to eat in the empty city, what we like is the feeling of trust between people, and then what kind of clear price is an insult to this restaurant, it is better to close it!" ”

I looked intently at this group of people who often came to the empty city, trying to find a trace in their indignation, so as to identify an object of suspicion first, but I felt that anyone could possibly, and this is not something that can be done by suspicion alone, and it needs to be further advanced, so I gritted my teeth and took out the prepared official document of closure with the company's seal from my briefcase, handed it to the store manager Yiqing, and said: "You post this official document of closure, the restaurant will either be closed or transferred, It's impossible to continue operating as it is now, and I want to keep the restaurant from the bottom of my heart, but the overall situation of the company is more important. ”

My resoluteness made everyone collectively silent, and finally someone took the lead and said: "It seems that our fate with this restaurant is here, all these years rich and unrich have come to eat, and have taken a lot of advantage, this is the last night, everyone take out a little humanity, leave all the cash on their bodies, and commemorate this restaurant that gave us faith but is going to close!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, then took out their wallets from their pockets, one thousand, two thousand, five hundred, two hundred, and put them on the dining table, and before leaving, they took out their mobile phones to take pictures, commemorating the empty city that they could not go back to and the lost faith, so that even I believed that the "empty city" was really going to collapse in the cruelty of this reality, and my heart was sad