Zhiyuan saw that the old man looked serious and sat on the sofa slightly nervously.

"What's wrong Dad?" Zhiyuan stared at the old horse.

"I haven't asked all this time, ...... you are now What the hell are you up to? The old horse tilted his head back slightly, and his tone was very gentle.

Zhiyuan sighed in his heart and didn't speak.

Lao Ma waited for about ten seconds, and when he didn't answer, he looked at him and said, "Tsai said you were writing a novel, didn't you?" ”

"Yes, Yangyang started writing after she entered kindergarten." Zhiyuan rubbed his hands and looked at his father-in-law and said.

"I just want to ask, how do you arrange your future work?" The old horse didn't stop beating around the bend.

Zhiyuan pursed his lips and sighed from his nose. How to answer that? He didn't answer.

Lao Ma couldn't wait for an answer, and continued to say with a straight face: "She Ma Guiying wants to support her family - yes, it's enough to raise her for three or five years, six or seven years!" It's not that I don't understand your special situation, but if you want to keep her raising four people by herself, I don't agree. You can't live like this! You uncles can't treat my woman so badly! The old horse said with a fan on his thigh.

"Yes, yes! Dad, I know! ”

The old horse snorted from his nose and continued: "Who doesn't understand the truth? Tsai also understands that the key depends on action. ”

The two men were silent for a long time, and Zhiyuan opened his mouth: "Dad, I know what you said." It's not early, so go to bed. ”

The old horse stretched for a while, and saw that Zhiyuan was stunned that he had no promises, and when he came to such a sentence, he felt aggrieved and unbearable, so he had to swallow his breath and go back to the house on crutches.

Zhiyuan turned off the lights and electrical appliances at home, and returned to the room alone, it was already two o'clock. Gui Ying snored from time to time, and from time to time she shouted that she was thirsty and had a stomachache, where could Zhiyuan sleep! He grabbed a box of cigarettes from the drawer of the cabinet in the dining room – it was a cigarette for entertaining guests. A forty-five-year-old middle-aged man stood on the balcony of the living room at three o'clock in the morning, smoking a cigarette and looking out the window at the bright light in the night.

Sooner or later, he knew. It's just that I didn't expect this day to come so quickly, and it was my respected father-in-law who presided over the day. What a shame! As soon as Gui Ying arrived home tonight, he never dared to meet his father-in-law's eyes, trying to cover himself with busyness, or hiding in the kitchen to make porridge to escape the sharpness in the old man's eyes, after all, he couldn't escape.

Continuing or going backwards? He Zhiyuan didn't want to give an answer so quickly.

The sooner you make a major decision in life, the easier it is to regret it.

It's hard to be Yingying - He Zhiyuan wiped his tears and swallowed saliva. It was really unfair to him that he hid himself in an ivory tower and pushed his wife into a cruel society where he closed his door and quarantined. Every time I saw her go home in a hurry and drunk, I couldn't seem to find anything more important except to feed her with medicine and porridge. He never dared to mention to others that his wife often drank with clients outside, and he didn't even dare to mention it to Tsai Tsai and Yangyang. The son could see it, but he was just pretending to be confused.

The original Gui Ying is very bold, but she also has the shy, coquettish, romantic, and beauty-loving little temperament of ordinary women. I was so busy every day that I fell asleep at night, and I couldn't get up on weekends. Not to mention drinking and partying with her girlfriends, not to mention enjoying the world of two people with him, as soon as she opened her eyes and saw Baba waiting for her to hug the rippling waves, she reflexively complained that she was not doing well in all aspects!

Gui Ying was not so fat before, but in the past two years, she has obviously gained a lot of weight, and her body is also very weak, and she is wheezing and tired after walking a little; In the past, Gui Ying's stomach was very good, and she was very envious of her, in the past two years, she was admitted to the hospital many times because of gastrointestinal inflammation, and she didn't dare to eat her favorite food, and she had to check whether her stomach was cold or hot when she ate a fruit; In the past, Gui Ying's hair was very thick and her face was shiny, but in the past two years, she has lost a lot of money and turned a lot whiter, her face is always dull and colorless, and her sleep is not so good...... It's hard work - Zhiyuan wiped his tears while smoking. Someone should advocate for her, someone should have been! As a husband and father, he has failed in the past few years! Very unsuccessful!

Since the last time the novel missed the deadline, although the outline of his new novel has been listed and updated, few people have read it, and it is not much fun to write it anymore. After all, online literature is different from traditional literature. It's that he's too ignorant, it's that he's too traditional, it's that he's born at the wrong time. Zhiyuan reflected on his actions in the past few years in the silent night.

No readers! So, does literature need readers?

Recently, He Zhiyuan has been thinking about this question. To write to oneself or to others, this is a great opposition or classification of literature or art.

Poems of sorrow, splendid words, meditations, confessions, essays, diaries, excerpts, family mottos...... People who write for themselves seem more like melancholy philosophers or shrewd rulers, who are fully concerned with their own spiritual world or family life, and whose wisdom comes from their own ethereal and sharp reflections or their own anxious and contradictory lives, so that their works ultimately serve their own thoughts or lives.

The Great Theory of the World, all kinds of novels, political visions, art of war and strategy, stories of gods and ghosts, biographies of people from their families and countries...... People who write for others, they feel like romantic teenagers or shiny speakers. The slightest whimsical idea or joy, sorrow and sorrow of young people needs to be paid attention to, and the speaker needs to be recognized or worshiped every word by word. If there were no audience, I am afraid that the young people would no longer rejoice, and the orators would no longer speak.

A calm and profound philosopher, a wise and prolific ruler, a melancholy and tumultuous young man, and a magnificent and manipulative orator...... What kind of person are you? He Zhiyuan rekindled a cigarette.

At this moment, Bao Xiaotang is in Lausanne, Switzerland, in the eastern hemisphere, and the group is preparing to go to the Olympic Museum and the Olympic Garden after visiting the Church of St. François and the Cathedral of Our Lady in the old city. The white pastel exterior of the museum, the Olympic flame that burns all year round, sculptures of different sports shapes, oil paintings of competitions of various eras, and commemorative objects of previous Olympic Games...... Although the Olympic Garden is small, the surrounding environment is bright and beautiful, the grass sculptures are contemplative, and the theme of competition is also very unique.

In the clear scenery of Lausanne Lake, Xiaotang actually thought of Li Zhiquan and her first love. Lonely people are still lonely even when they are in the midst of a feast of staggered staggering.

Li Zhiquan is hateful, but he also has something lovely about him. He took her to the latest movie, and the two snuggled together with their fingers interlocked in the cinema; He takes her to eat all kinds of delicacies, the two have very different tastes, and he always prioritizes her tastes; He took her to all kinds of scenic places to play—seaside, scenic spots, shady greenways...... He took her by the side and showed her around his life and his yearnings.

If her first love Zhao Tenghua could have persevered a little longer and been tougher, they would probably have both children by now. I still remember that when they just worked and had no money, they only had a sour noodle soup for dinner, and he ate noodles and she drank hot soup; When the salary is paid, Tenghua always buys her a small gift as a symbol of love and compensation; When it comes to the change of seasons every year, he doesn't have a few good clothes, but he always gives priority to buying skirts for Xiaotang...... At first, Zhao Tenghua chased himself so passionately, and in the end, the separation between the two was so quiet.

Xiaotang suddenly figured it out!

Figured out the inadequacy of the two and the unreliability of others - like an inevitability. As for those couples and reliable friends who have loved each other all their lives, it is a miracle in the ordinary.

Sister Hyosung is not doing well because she has not done her best for herself, and she has always had high hopes and love for Mei Mei and her father; Sister Yingying is doing well because she has the authority to live her own life, she never worries about the departure of her brother-in-law or the accident of life, because she has full control over her family and her life; The good thing is that she married a rich man and wears a diamond ring and wears expensive clothes all day long, and the bad thing is that she lost the motivation and ability to live independently after the divorce, and after the divorce, she has no other way than to ask her ex-husband for money in the name of her children......

It is better to rely on others than on yourself, and to pin your feelings on unwarranted fate, it is better to grasp the present and live a down-to-earth and serious life. When you meet the right person, you go down, and if you can't meet it, you live a religious life alone. Xiaotang looked at the stone sculpture of a black male running hard, and was distracted for a long time.

Early the next morning, Tsai went to school, Yangyang went to Zhou Zhou's house to play, and Gui Yingjiu woke up at 9 o'clock and ate two bowls of millet porridge to go to work. Zhiyuan wanted to send it, but Gui Ying insisted on not letting him send it. The old horse listened to the play by the balcony, and from time to time glanced at Zhiyuan's movements.

He gets up at 6 a.m. every morning, wakes up earlier and plays on the computer in the cafeteria. After getting up at six o'clock this morning, he went back to the house, and then he sent Tsai out of the house, sent Yangyang to Zhou Zhou's house, and took care of Gui Ying for breakfast. Gui Ying's stomach was still not good, he ran around handing water and medicine, and he seemed to be really busy. Lao Ma secretly thought: It is undeniable that this son-in-law is hard, but the hard work is not put where it should be.

At noon, Lao Ma ate with Zhiyuan and Yangyang, Yangyang would have eaten alone, and Zhiyuan was still feeding her with vegetables on the side. Weng and his son-in-law had nothing to say, and there was only one mouth left at the table of the three of them.

"Zhiyuan, don't you have any friends? I don't think you go out to see friends much on weekends? Lao Ma couldn't help it and blurted out such a question.

"Uh...... I have fewer friends and less contact. Zhiyuan replied frankly, and then ate his own, as if there was no estrangement or unpleasantness, which made the old horse so boring.

After Gui Ying arrived at the office, a lot of things came flooding in, and she missed lunch again, so she had to eat some snacks from the drawer for lunch just like yesterday.

In the afternoon, Li Yubing held a business meeting, and sent the list of potential customers sorted out by colleagues yesterday to each salesman, in order to avoid disputes caused by the number of interests, Mr. Li specially asked Gui Ying to read each company one by one on the spot.

"Huh! Mr. Li, you're in a meeting! "The business meeting is open, who wants to kill halfway out of the way to bite the gold - the son of the old Qian Zong, the little Qian Zongqian Penfu, broke in, he pushed the door, everyone brushed to see him first, and then a group turned their heads to look at Mr. Li who was sitting in the main seat of the meeting.

"What's wrong?" Mr. Li turned his head and asked very calmly, and that calmness conquered everyone present.

"I heard you're having a business meeting, come over and sit in." Qian Penfu smirked, that fake is a kind of truth that he doesn't want to continue performing. Nominally, it is an observer, but in fact it is a lever to be inserted, and no one here knows.

"Sit down!" Mr. Li pointed to the seat at the door with her chin and said, and then she raised her eyes to look around at everyone and said, "The meeting continues, Manager Ma, you continue to read." ”

Sister Li was as calm and calm as ever, as if Qian Penfold had not come, and continued to hold the regular meeting. Gui Ying was stunned for a moment, repeated a few sentences that she had just read, and then continued.

Qian Penfold studied in the United States, his English name is Joden, and he likes to be called Joden in the company instead of the name of Xiao Qian, Qian Zong or Benfu, but his colleagues in the company privately respect him and call him Xiao Qian, and they don't like him and call him a pedal or pedal. Why not be optimistic about him?

Joden was originally a returnee from studying abroad, Chinese New Year's Eve is thirty-three years old this year, fluent English coupled with handsome appearance, fashionable dress, and beautiful mouth have captured most of the company's women and many young people, but more than 20 veterans who follow Lao Qian to start a business - the bosses of various departments are more than friendly to Joden, and lack of recognition; Not only these people, but also many old editors and senior salesmen are not very optimistic about him.

The company's middle and senior management are not optimistic about Joden, firstly, because he is too young and has no other practical skills except for rhetoric; Second, because his style is very Western-style, he seems to be close to the people and peaceful, in fact, several departments he manages have been losing money year after year, and he has never made any money, and he continues to expand the pomp and circumstance to recruit highly educated talents; Then there is the contradiction between him and Li Yubing and Sister Li, which is a long story.

Joden's mother, Mr. Qian's wife, died at an early age, and when Joden was about eleven or twelve years old, she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Since Joden's mother died, Mr. Qian has never been married. After he met Li Yubing, the two knew each other and fell in love, and lived in harmony for more than ten years.

Li Yubing did business in an Anke company in his early years, because he had a lot of cooperation with Anke Exhibition, and he had many contacts with Lao Qian many times in public and private. At that time, Sister Li had just divorced and lived with her two sons, but she was very strong and open-minded. Mr. Qian took a fancy to Sister Li's personality and ability, and after some hard pursuit, he first changed Li Yubing's name to his girlfriend, and then included Sister Li in Ankezhan, in charge of business and market. Sister Li has been in charge of the business for more than ten years, and she has grown year after year, and the company's salesmen all admire her.

These things happened when Joden was studying abroad, when he was young and vigorous, and he felt that a divorced woman with an upper-average appearance followed a boss who was more than a decade older than her, what else could he want but money? He firmly believed that Li Yubing came for money, so from the moment he returned to China at the age of twenty-eight and stepped into the Anke Exhibition, he and Li Yubing were invisibly opposed. Years of losses in his department exacerbated his embarrassing situation in the company and intensified his confrontation with the more authoritative Li Yubing.

Lao Qian is sixty-seven years old this year, and although he has always been strong and domineering in the coming year, he can't withstand the ravages of aging and disease. An illness at the beginning of this year frightened everyone in the middle and senior management of the company, and although they recovered after surgery a few months later, the older generation of employees who had worked for the company for ten or twenty years began to think about a question: who is the future leader of AccuZhan. A group of people stand for Mr. Qian's girlfriend is also the company's vice president Li Yubing, and a group of people stand for Mr. Qian's only son, who is also the company's president Joden. There was originally a gap, but at the beginning of this year, Mr. Qian gave Joden the title of president of the company, and the gap became bigger and bigger, and the two groups of people began to oppose each other invisibly.

The first sign of the intensification of the conflict is that Joden and Li Yubing, who are the leaders, rarely appear on the same occasion this year, and there is no Sister Li in any large-scale meeting, and there is Joden without Sister Li - this is a well-known fact in the company. The second sign is the struggle for power. The two of them are in the personnel department, finance department, business department, editorial department, etc., and not only that. As the core three departments of the company, editorial, business and association, Joden is in charge of the editorial department, which involves several major websites, several magazines, new media platforms and other departments of the company; Sister Li is in charge of the magazine business and the exhibition business, which is the lifeblood of the company's profit survival. In the past few years, the two of them have been in charge of their own affairs, and since Joden was promoted to president this year, he has made a lot of big and small changes or adjustments to the company, not only unpopular but also strongly intervening in Sister Li's department, and the magazine business is the first fire after his new official took office.

At this moment, Ma Guiying, the business manager of Ankezhan who was sitting next to Li Yubing, really pinched the sweat for Sister Li, but after observing Sister Li's demeanor, she felt that her worries were superfluous.

Sister Li finished the twenty-minute meeting summary and planned to break up the meeting, but Joden came to brush up on her presence again. After a speech, the crowd dispersed. Everyone's face is silent, and nine times out of ten they laugh at Joden in their hearts, incompetent, inpractical, and self-righteous everywhere. Engage in democratic relations with colleagues every day, raise salaries, give benefits and buckle ropes, and have no sense of fairness of the new school and no generosity of the old-school entrepreneurs, but he has all the shortcomings of the old and new factions.

There are seven salesmen in the magazine business department, and since the president Joden took over, there are only three salesmen left, and the customers in the hands of the three people are also constantly losing. First, because the paper magazine is in decline, and secondly, because Joden has changed the profit splitting point earlier, there is no money to make, of course, no one will do it. An old salesman who had been in the magazine business department for more than ten years earlier also left.

The exhibition business department has always been under the management of Sister Li, and there were more than 30 people at the beginning of the year, a few left after the exhibition in May, and two or three have been lost recently. As a business manager, Ma Guiying is anxious, and now each person has shared seven or eight potential customers, Guiying in order to do a good job as a manager, he gave all the potential customers in his hands to a few salesmen with less business, which can be regarded as a support.

On the one hand, you have to take care of the whole department, on the other hand, you have to do your own business, there is no shame in having fewer customers than the most senior old business Long Shisheng and Huayang, if there are fewer customers than the general salesman, then it is difficult for her to convince the public as a business manager. The situation is severe, not only for the security exhibition, but also for the competitor security exhibition.