Chapter 21: The Men on the Ocean Ship
JJ always talks while glancing at butterflies in the mirror. Although he is a family man, it does not mean that he has no ideas. Working with butterflies all these years, it would be fake to say that I was not tempted. He has an ordinary wife who can no longer be ordinary, has no beautiful face, has a slightly fat figure because of giving birth, works in a state-owned enterprise, commutes to and from work on time every day, sends children to pick up children, and his son is 5 years old this year, which is his heart. The family is harmonious, and like most small families in the magic capital, they sail steadily in the harbor of life.
However, as a man with a successful career, JJ believes that he is a man with a successful career, so he should have some pursuits. He works in a publishing house, because he is a photographer with free movement, and outside he has his own independent studio, JJ Studio, which is in an office building on the outskirts of the city, where he now spends most of his time, working on photographs and all kinds of work, and rarely returns to the publishing house.
Having followed the city's development for more than 20 years, he has taken countless photographs, and now his focus has shifted to finding collaborative projects with the government as his main goal for the future. After all, the government has so many funds in its hands and is the real financier of the city. Moreover, the city is in a stage of rapid development, and people need to carry out the projects all over the world, and everyone wants a piece of the pie.
Yes, for JJ, a piece of the government's pie, he is fat. He spends his days wondering how to get back the decades of hard work, and he can't rely on the mountains of photos in the studio. Many people in this city are inexplicably rich and famous, and some are actually nameless at all, but some kind of just right opportunity has made them rise to the top. I have worked hard for so many years, and I have worked hard for so many years, but I am still just a photographer. Every time I think about this, JJ is excited.
Who wouldn't take pictures now? It's completely different from the situation a few decades ago, now young people can take pictures with their mobile phones, and they can just shoot P on the computer if they can't shoot well.
yes, it's an insult to photographers.
He glanced at the butterfly again, well, the circles under his eyes were a little dark, maybe he didn't sleep well at night. However, the slightly melancholy and decadent look seems to be more exciting. Not long after I met, I was a little tempted by butterflies, but I didn't understand why such a woman had been single.
These intimate questions are naturally not easy to ask, and they have never met to discuss work, and today is no exception. JJ talked about his ideals all the way, and revealed that the current government just has a fund to take a fancy to his project, and another important thing is that he will build a new studio on the Bund, and now the new Bund has agreed to give him the entire exhibition hall on the first floor, as a 30-year magic city exhibition, and do not need a penny of rent.
There is also an expo diary that has been published, and a book signing event will be held at the exhibition center in a month, and the butterflies are solemnly requested to go that day.
Butterfly also solemnly said that she would definitely go.
The ocean-going vessel is docked at sea.
To get on the ocean liner, a small ferry had to take them there.
By the time they had finished working at the Maritime Safety Bureau and had finished the interview, they drove to the pier, it was almost noon, the sun was blazing, and the ferry terminal was empty and vast, but the temperature was ridiculously high. The air conditioning in the car was already obviously insufficient, and when I got out of the car, the boiling heat wave almost made the butterfly faint. The clothes were soaked all at once, and the exposed places seemed to be stinged by the fire.
What's worse is to put on a life jacket, the butterfly is already so hot that it is about to collapse, and the work has just begun.
The small ferry was full of the smell of diesel, and the sea was very windy and rough, and the boat shook naturally, and when a big wave came, people could not stand steadily, and the butterflies felt that they were about to get seasick. She struggled not to throw up.
JJ said that the wind and waves were okay, and that time he went to sea to an island in the open sea to interview the troops stationed on it, and the bump made him almost vomit bile, and he slept on the island for a whole day, feeling like he was going to die. But when I thought that I would have to go back after the interview, I might as well die.
The butterfly felt that the shaking soul was about to go out of her body, and finally saw the ocean ship on the sea in the distance. On the steamer, she couldn't stand on her own, and a man quietly held him up. The boat was full of men. Under the scorching sun, they wore handsome uniforms, all of them tall and strong.
The butterfly was suddenly very excited, and felt that it was all worth it.
Ocean liners, men, lonely men, lonely young men.
Yes, the men here are young, in their twenties, and the oldest are probably the captain and first mate. However, their weather-covered faces are not full of the charm of mature men and the god of wind. Their smiling eyes shimmered with experience and wisdom, and weren't they the ones that made the girl the most excited?
The lonely bachelors on the ship were also very excited by the unexpected arrival of a young female reporter, and almost every crew member made an excuse to run to the cabin to take a look, consciously or unconsciously looking for butterflies to say a word or two.
This feeling of being held by the stars of the men makes the butterfly very flattered, and she may never have the opportunity to be watched and cared for by so many men in her life.
In this world of all men, women are as precious as fresh water. In the eyes of butterflies, these men are so cute.
They listen to your questions and answer them patiently. They told a lot of interesting stories about their voyages, experiences in foreign countries, and of course all kinds of emergencies at sea and all kinds of terrible disasters, but everything was already their jokes, and life was full and exciting because of these pleasant experiences and arduous journeys.
Of course, people who have not experienced it will never be able to understand the heaviness and difficulty behind their easy conversation. The first mate talked about an encounter with pirates, and said that he really thought that he might not be able to return to China. Although he was still smiling, the thrilling and dangerous scenes at that time may be something that butterflies can never understand and empathize with.
It was the experience of facing death head-on, and no one wanted to face it again. Butterfly felt his smile suddenly darkened. Maybe for him, even mentioning that experience again made him shudder in his heart.
The whole interview process was quite relaxed and pleasant, the lunch was potatoes and beef, fried fish steak, vegetables and soup, which tasted so good that even Butterfly, who usually only eats a little bit of rice, actually ate all the food on the plate.
It is said that the cooks on this ship are usually very skilled, not only serving the bellies of so many men on the ship, but also eating well to ensure that they have sufficient appetite and nutrition. Although it is now a fully technological voyage, as a crew member, it is still physical work, and it is most important to maintain sufficient physical strength.
The foreigner, who spoke fluent Chinese, finally took the initiative to take a photo with the butterfly, and he wrapped a strong arm around the butterfly's thin shoulder, and his head was very close, and the butterfly could feel the strong masculine aura on his body. After taking a group photo, he patted her on the shoulder and said, you are too thin, you need to eat more.
He smiled weirdly.