Chapter 328: The Garden and the Bee Swarm
What exactly are you trying to say? Xu Qian asked.
"I remember you seemed to tell me that the number of people in your live broadcast room has been declining for a while."
"And then?"
"And then you suddenly meet your Prince Charming, who is excellent in every way, and just right in time to give you what you've been longing for, take you to the fourth level of life, and then if nothing else, you'll agree to his marriage proposal, announce it on the stream, and say goodbye to your fans. You're out of the public eye, and that's what they want, because it means that no one will know what happens to you. ”
"How is this possible, even if the number of people in my live broadcast room has been declining, there are still more than 400,000 people." Xu Qian said.
"But once you retire, these people will soon flock to other live broadcast rooms, and you yourself know this very well, right, in the first few weeks, people may talk about you, and the news of you marrying into a wealthy family will appear in the newspapers, but soon, the heat will go down, and in a few months, except for die-hard fans like E-sheep, the vast majority of people will forget your name."
Xu Qian was dumbfounded, as a newcomer all the way up to the now well-known anchor, of course she knows how cruel this line of work is, the most important thing here is all kinds of newcomers waiting for the top, not to mention her, even Tang, who was once a smash hit and set a string of records in live broadcasts and was known as the most perfect anchor, is rarely mentioned now.
However, Xu Qian still found it difficult to accept Zhang Heng's speculation.
Especially when one side is within reach of the yearning for life, and on the other side is the creepy abyss of horror, what to believe, in fact, it is not difficult to choose.
Xu Qian took two steps back and said to Zhang Heng, "I've already seen what you want me to see, it's time to go back." ”
"But you still have something to read," Zhang Heng said, "Do you think that the boss of Fu Ji, Jiang Hong and the landlord have joined forces to deceive you, so why don't you go to your distant cousin, you said that she used to work with you in Fu Ji, and then broke up with you because of the anchor's affairs, but no matter what, she and you are related by blood after all, why don't we go to her to confirm next?" ”
"I'm not going to look for her, you're right, we've already had a falling out, and we'll never see each other again in our lives." Xu Qian said as she threw the cigarette in her hand to her feet and stepped on it, "Okay, I don't care who you're going to find next, anyway, I don't want to stay here for another second, look at this ghost place, the neighborhood and the air here are terrible, I'm going back to the third floor." ”
After Xu Qian finished speaking, she waved a taxi, got into the co-pilot's position, and said to the driver, "Go to the station, the sooner the better, and I will pay you double the fare within ten minutes." ”
On the other side, Zhang Heng didn't stop Xu Qian, just stood in place and watched the latter's taxi leave quickly in front of him.
After that, less than two minutes later, a black SUV stopped in front of Zhang Heng's eyes.
The window in the co-pilot's seat was lowered, Zhang Heng saw Miss F's face, Miss F's words were as concise as ever, and went straight to the point, "Get in the car, Mr. G wants to see you." ”
An hour later, the black SUV had almost driven to the very edge of the first floor, and finally stopped in front of a huge glass house, Zhang Heng and Miss F got out of the car and looked left and right.
It seems to be a private garden, not too big but not too small.
Such gardens are not uncommon on the third and fourth floors, but on the first floor, where people care more about bread and milk, it is quite rare, and when Zhang Heng walked in, he found that there were not only all kinds of flowers and trees planted here, but also bees, and there were quite a few of them.
As soon as you open the door, you can hear a buzzing sound as thousands of bees weave through the flowers, inserting their mouthparts into the flowers to collect nectar, sucking them up and returning to the hive. The process was repeated with pleasure, and in front of the hive stood a man in a tightly clad straw hat, who was busy removing a hive from the hive, and then using a knife to cut off the honeycombs one by one, and put them into a wooden barrel beside them.
And when he finished all this and inserted the nest frame back into the beehive, he straightened up and walked towards Zhang Heng.
"Welcome, we're meeting again." Mr. G took off the veiled straw hat on his head, handed it to the bodyguard on the side along with a knife, and shook hands with Zhang Heng.
He seemed to be in a good mood today, and seeing that Zhang Heng was still looking at the beehive behind him, he smiled and said, "This can be regarded as a little hobby of mine." ”
"Do you make your own honey?" Zhang Hengdao.
"No, no, no, honey is just a by-product, what I like is beekeeping itself, especially looking at these little fluffy things with wings, have you ever learned about bees? Their habits, social structure, population characteristics? ”
"I want to hear about it."
"Bees and humans have a lot in common, we both need to produce and reproduce, and in order to make these two things more efficient, there is also a corresponding social division of labor, and you must have heard of the responsibilities of different bees in a colony."
"Well, I've heard a little."
Mr. G took the water bottle handed by the bodyguard, took a few sips, and then said with great interest, "Queen bee, there is only one bee colony, its main responsibility is to reproduce, it does not need to engage in productive work, as long as it lies comfortably in the hive every day and waits for the feeding of the worker bees, it is the existence of the tip of the pyramid." And underneath it is the drone, which has a good life, and also does not need to bear heavy labor, after all, reproduction cannot be done by one person, you have to need another person to help.
"But the problem is that only one of these peaks can mate with the queen bee, and before that, they need to fight each other to determine a winner, and that winner will die immediately after the mating is over, doesn't that sound great? But every individual has its usefulness in society. Finally, let's take another look at worker bees. ”
Mr. G stretched out his hand and let a bee flying in the air stop on his finger, "Located at the bottom of the pyramid, there are huge numbers, the most social division of labor, and the heaviest duties, from collecting honey to keeping warm and incubating eggs, cleaning the egg room, feeding the larvae, queen bees and male peaks, and guarding the hive...... Working almost all the time, they are given a mission from birth, convinced that what they are doing is extremely important, but in fact they are also the most easily replaced. ”
As he spoke, Mr. G suddenly popped the bee on his fingertips without warning, "You see, nothing has happened, and the colony is still functioning normally. ”