Chapter 40: Unified Caliber

The two talked quietly, the priest who delivered the sacrament had arrived in front of Gu Mojie and Quan Bao'er, Bao'er accepted the blessing very reverently, and then received the bread and wine, Gu Mojie's female bodyguard had already delivered a change box to Gu Mojie, and Gu Mojie handed it to the pastor.

"It's our tithes."

The priest looked at the box and was stunned for a few seconds. In the forty years he preached, he had never seen such a donation.

"Uh...... The two are...... Oh, please forgive me for not inquiring. However, such a large amount of money, can you stay for a while and go through the accounting procedures, we can also inform you of the purpose of this fundraising, so that you can rest assured. ”

Compared with the kind of place where you can eat a bunch of fat people after raising money to hide dirt and dirt, the church still talks more or less about diǎn festivals, and after receiving a large amount of donations, you have to show people the account and look at the budget, explaining the purpose of this fundraising.

"Doesn't you have to?" Gu Mojie was afraid of revealing his identity, so he discussed with Bao'er in a low voice.

"Why don't you just take a look?" Bao'er's eyes were a little pitiful, so that Gu Mojie quickly understood.

She is cherishing the opportunity to enter the church with Gu Mojie, since she can't wear a white wedding dress in this life, it is also good to go into the church with her loved one to do a good deed and ask for a blessing.

Gu Mojie compromised: "Then let's take a look." ”

The pastor returned the box to Gu Mojie in a low-key manner, then finished the sacrament and finished the ceremony, and then invited someone into the office area of the back hall. The pastor introduced himself and said that his surname was Lin.

Gu Mojie spread the box on the pastor's desk: "I'm the ...... Friends make 3 million a month, so tithing is 300,000. I didn't have a good business last month and didn't make much money, so I left her alone. That's 600,000 in total. ”

Pastor Lin: "This gentleman is a true believer, I have been preaching for 40 years, and I have seen large amounts of charity, but I don't have as many as you can directly give in your daily tithes. You...... Can I leave my name? ”

Gu Mojie spread his hands: "Do you think I would be willing to leave my name if I wear such big sunglasses and such a high collar?" ”

Pastor Lin glanced at Gu Mojie and then at Quan Bao'er, seemed to understand something, thought for a while and said, "If you don't want to, don't force it, the Lord will still bless you." However, if you are afraid of revealing your identity, ∷□dǐng∷□diǎn∷□小∷□ say, .↗.o↖s_(); We may not be able to talk about the work ethic of the world, but we do have faith. As long as you leave your name, I will never ask about the identity of this young lady, nor will I divulge a trace of information about the time she has accompanied you today. ”

It's a second person. Gu Mojie thought about it, anyway, his bodyguard was still outside, so he wrote his name in the donation register.

Pastor Lin was taken aback, and the hand holding his glasses trembled, and he almost knocked the glasses to the ground.

"Original...... It turned out to be Mr. Gu, no wonder, no wonder. Pastor Lin was so determined that he didn't dare to look at Quan Bao'er, so he hurriedly opened several budgets and accounts and explained,

"We are raising money this year mainly to accomplish one thing: the late Elder of the Church, Mr. Stuart Layden, who has been buried in Washington since his death in the United States more than 40 years ago.

Some time ago, a few retired professors from Beijing University and Qianjiang University came here and mentioned this matter, saying that the United States might elect a black man as president this year, and that various policies would be more open, so they planned to relocate the remains of the old president back to the city, which can be regarded as a return to the roots. Mr. Szeto's descendants also agreed.

This matter has to be done up and down, and secondly, it is necessary to prepare for excavation and transportation, which is a bit costly...... Mr. Gu donated 600,000 yuan today, at least the cemetery, transportation, and excavation costs are enough. ”

(Note: The Southern Presbyterian Church, a Protestant denomination, is called an 'elder.') Stuart Redden, a member of the Southern Presbyterian Church, was persecuted by McCarthy in 1962 and buried in Washington after his death in 1962 because of his pro-China views. Historically, on November 17, 2008, he was relocated from Washington to Hangzhou Anxian Garden. It's New Year's Day in the book. )

Pastor Lin didn't understand all of what Pastor Lin said, but she thought it was amazing. Gu Mojie naturally understood, Bao'er tugged at his sleeve and persuaded him to do this good deed directly with his eyes. Gu Mojie didn't have much money when he thought about it, so he would add hundreds of thousands at most, and the other party's accounts were quite clear, so he agreed.

"I'll also pay half of it, I can't use all your money, but I'll keep your name." Bao'er took out a card, thought for a moment and said, "I'll give it to you later." ”

The two of them went through the formalities, and then they left.

……

"I did a good deed today." Bao'er was in the car, looking out the window in a daze.

Gu Mojie also sighed a little: "Sort of." Mr. Situ ran numerous schools during his lifetime, not only went to Beijing to establish Yenching University, but also set up many schools in Qiantang. Among them, Zhijiang University, which he runs, is now the third campus of Qianjiang University. Junjun and Sister Fei and I all graduated from Qian University, and it is also appropriate to pay for the old principal to move a grave and return to the roots. ”

"I didn't expect there to be so many more stories. Does that Mr. Situ have any other anecdotal allusions in Qiantang? I suddenly want to hear it—you just spoke in his tongue better than you. ”

"The so-called dialect is well spoken, but there is actually no allusion. I just heard the elders say that Mr. Situ liked to go to the outer building to eat in his early years, and he was a frequent visitor there. There are only four famous dishes in the tradition of Louwailou, and as for the 'dry fried bell', it is a small diǎn heart that does not enter the stream, just because Mr. Situ loves to eat, every time he must diǎn, and he will also use the dialect to say 'dry fried bell, boil burn' - the meaning of this dialect is to make the dish serve quickly. Later, Mr. Jiang invited him to dinner, and knowing his habits, he would also diǎn, and it became a famous dish in Louwailou. ”

"Eh, let's go to the restaurant you said at noon, shall we? I'm tired of eating delicious food, so I want to eat traditional and interesting things that I can't eat anywhere else. ”

"What's that—it's a homely shop, in the White Causeway of Gushan, two stops away from the venue of the annual meeting that day." Gu Mojie said, and asked the bodyguard to change the itinerary and go to the outer building, and the bodyguard changed places with one foot on the accelerator. Gu Mojie sent a text message to Ye Minru again, and Ye Minru immediately booked a charter on the third floor for him.

When Gu Mojie and Quan Bao'er arrived at the place, they had already chartered the venue, and the several boxes on the third floor were all cleared and empty, and the seats were paved with routines. Push the window and look, look at the Xizi thousand waves, and put the crane pavilion on the lonely mountain at the door.

Quan Bao'er looked at the scenery for a while, and felt that there was nothing new, so he lost patience and sat back at the table and began to taste.

"Hmm...... It turned out to be a deep-fried tofu skin roll, but the dipping sauce was quite distinctive. After eating two "dry fried bells", Bao'er pouted and was a little disappointed.

Gu Mojie accompanied him to drink tea and watched Bao'er eat: "Disappointed?" ”

Bao'er diǎndiǎntou: "There is a diǎn, just such a dish, can make the American ambassador diǎn for decades?" I have the impression that the U.S. ambassador should not be a very high-minded person. ”

"Sticking to diǎn for decades is not necessarily because it is delicious – when Situ Leiden was born, the restaurant had been open for more than 30 years and was quite famous in Qiantang, so he just developed the habit of coming here to eat. Think about it, there were no refrigerators at that time, what could be delicious? So, you can't measure the deliciousness of 60 years ago by the level of productivity that Mr. Szeto was when he became ambassador to the United States 60 years later.

There are some things that I encountered when I was young, felt good, and formed a habit for a lifetime. Maybe the new one will be better, and it will make you feel more like a soul communion. However, this does not mean that the old one can be replaced. ”

Bao'er put down her chopsticks and broke Gu Mojie's words very chicly: "So, are you talking about the gap between me and Sister Junjun?" ”

Gu Mojie explained sincerely: "That's not what I meant. Anyway, you'll know after eating, in some places, what you eat is feelings, not necessarily the dishes are delicious - look at these photos behind you, the background of this box is not simple, and it is usually locked up and not entertained, if it weren't for my big face. ”

Bao'er looked in the direction of Gu Mojie's pointer, and there were many black and white photos on the wall, which she couldn't understand.

"Back then, Mr. Chiang used to invite Ambassador Situ to dinner in this room, and sometimes General Marshall. Later, Mr. Zhou also liked to entertain guests here; From small minions like Prince Sihanouk to big guys like Kissinger, Nixon, and Pompidou. ”

"But there's no photo of Mr. Jiang you said?" Boa looked around curiously, but never found the famous bald head.

“…… You tell me? Some people can't show up, just listen to it. ”

Curious, Bao'er tasted more than a dozen traditional dishes and was satisfied. She usually eats a lot of food, and her eating habits are also very good, she only eats main meals and does not eat snacks (sweet diǎn with meals does not count). However, that is all based on the premise of a lot of exercise, and in the past few days, I have been tired of being with Gu Mojie every day, and the amount of exercise has decreased a lot, and my appetite has also declined.

"Why don't you eat it? Don't like it at all? Bao'er wiped her mouth, only to find that Gu Mojie barely moved, and was always drinking tea and observing her, and she was embarrassed.

"Not too hungry." Gu Mojie kept thinking about what happened just now, "I'm thinking, what if our identities were exposed in the church just now?" You and I are like this, sooner or later, there will be a day of goofing, have you thought about how to face it in the future? I don't care, I don't rely on fans to eat. If you are exposed, your career will be miserable. ”

"I'm willing to dedicate it to you, of course I've thought about it." Bao'er rested her chin on the table and said in a solemn tone, her eyes still a little darker.

"Actually, my fans in Japan are mainly girls, and there are not too many male fans, so even if it is revealed that I have a relationship in the future, I will not lose many fans. However, the domestic market in South Korea is relatively stiff, and female singers will more or less reduce their popularity as soon as their relationship is exposed. As for the American market, people are very open and think it's normal to have a relationship. In contrast, my biggest concern is actually another issue. ”

"What?"

"Female fans, don't care about female singers falling in love, and will even bless me to be in love. But they can't stand their idols to be lovers, and those feminist fans will be detonated. So, it's better for us to keep a low profile. If that day comes, I hope you can admit that I am your ex-girlfriend, and don't say that I am your lover, otherwise I will really be ruined. ”

Ex-girlfriend? Sure enough, I thought of a countermeasure. In this way, even if the secret is leaked, Bao'er can at least leave the last trace of dignity in front of the public: she is not going to make people small, she is just the other party's ex-girlfriend. Even if the man dumps her and then breaks the thread, it is more acceptable to feminist fans than directly blatantly pasting it.

In fact, this trick is not new, for example, the Korean actress Nam Paula was later exposed and made one of the five major chaebols the son of the Cui family, and it was impossible for Cui Gongzi to marry her, so he admitted to the outside world that she was the other party's ex-girlfriend and had broken up.

Quan Bao'er's situation is naturally different, she is from a rich family herself, not for Mo Jie's money. But the world's eyes are terrifying, with Gu Mojie's family property there, anyone will look at the woman next to Gu Mojie with colored glasses.

Gu Mojie didn't say anything immediately, as if he was still thinking about something.

"If you don't want to, forget it, I really don't mean anything else." Bao'er saw him hesitate, but she misunderstood his thoughts, thinking that he suspected that he had an intention to take the position. hurriedly explained with an oath, and his tone was a little poignant:

"Actually, since that time in Tokyo, I've been in love with you in a daze. Just knowing that you have a girlfriend and don't want to come to destroy, I hesitated for a year. Later, I also figured it out, Sister Xiaoli is right, almost no female artists got married before the age of 30. Even if I hadn't met you, would I still be an old virgin until I was 30 years old? In that case, why bother with the final result, isn't it good to give it to the person you really love. ”

Gu Mojie knew that Bao'er had misunderstood, so he hurriedly spoke: "I'm not unwilling, don't be careful." I'm thinking, let's make it simpler: if it's really time to accidentally expose, you just insist that you don't know that I have other women, and you always think you're my girlfriend, isn't this it? As long as I'm not married, you won't goof it when you say that, and when the time comes, I'll play the role of that scumbag who deceives your feelings, and female fans will not only not dislike you, but will sympathize with you. ”

"Oba......" said Bao'er, unable to sob; The rest of the sentence was not finished in a word.

"No thanks, I don't rely on my face to eat, my reputation is not worth much, maybe the more scum I have, the more fans I have. I just don't know, we have to keep this matter secret for a few more years. ”

Bao'er took away the trace of emotion, and hurriedly packed the ticket and said: "It won't be too long, when I develop well in the United States, I won't be afraid at that time, Americans are very open in this regard." And in the past two years, the development momentum of S-various groups has been good, especially Girls' Generation. President Li also said a few days ago that if they all develop at the current recovery speed of Girls' Generation, the company will be able to go public in three or four years. You lent me money to buy S-14% of the equity, and I will also be a major shareholder of a listed company at that time, and there are a lot of things to be publicized, and it is impossible to take the idol route again. ”

Historically, Girls' Generation had occasional troughs from the end of '07 to the mid-'08s, and since then its popularity has soared, driving S-Company to go public in early 2012, and its market value has also swelled after the PO. Now at the beginning of 2008, S- was only worth more than 2 billion, and by the middle of 2012, it soared to 55~6 billion yuan.

Of course, none of these Gu Mojie knows, Quan Baoer is just in the circle, and his intuitive prediction is relatively accurate.

"So, we're going to keep it a secret until you're 25?"

"It should be about the same."

"Okay, then it's decided. Anyway, in recent years, I still have to cover up the equity structure for several POs, and Junjun has been able to show himself as my 'co-founder'. Before you are 25 years old, I will not get the certificate with Junjun, so I can help you keep a back hand, and you can still lie in case of accidents. ”

……

The two confessed like this, and there was no need for the relationship between them.

Gu Mojie accompanied Bao'er to play happily in Qiantang for five days, and it was not until after his birthday on the 5th that he personally drove Bao'er to Pudong Airport early the next morning, and the two secretly kissed goodbye in the P aisle and sent them on the plane to the United States.

AA's brokers, and even the publishers they contacted on their behalf, are already in a hurry in Los Angeles.

And Gu Mojie has already gone to work 3 days later than the normal schedule, and there are many unexpected things waiting for him in the company. (To be continued.) )