Chapter 29: The Dinner
Anne Yi, who just joined the mysterious version on Monday, saw ghosts twice on Wednesday, and after lying in the hospital for most of the day on Thursday, she rested at home for half a day on Friday. It wasn't until Catherine messaged Anne if she would like to attend the newsroom's Friday afternoon dinner that Anne remembered it.
This week is so rich that it seems like a month has passed. She had almost forgotten what Charlie, the editor-in-chief, told her about the dinner two days ago.
The matter on Noah's side has been completely resolved, although it is a relatively happy ending, and Anne needs to think carefully about how to finish this story.
Humming a song, Yi Annie painted herself a light makeup, changed into a shirt with light blue chips to decorate the neckline, and a long blue-gray skirt underneath, and her hair was dressed up casually.
knocked on Wang Yuxin's door: "Go out, go out, do you want me to take you to the city, so that you can drive your car back?" ”
Wang Yuxin poked her head out of her room unkempt: "Wait for me for a while!" ”
Fifteen minutes later, Wang Yuxin, who was refreshing and naturally beautiful, casually put on a hoodie and got into Yi Annie's car.
When she arrived at the news center, Yi Annie parked the car and changed the parking sign on Wang Yuxin's car for herself. Wang Yuxin drove her own car, intending to go to school to continue writing her thesis, but before leaving, she pulled down the window and poked her head out.
"If you drink alcohol at the dinner, please pay attention to safety, and I can pick you up if necessary."
Yi Anne nodded again and again, although she likes to have a few drinks at home, but she will still pay more attention outside.
When I arrived at the office area of the editorial department, Yi Annie checked in and entered, and found that it was full of people, which was completely different from usual. Obviously, the office area can't sit down, so it's better for everyone to stand and chat.
At a glance, several editors who usually dress a little sloppily have changed into suits and leather shoes, and female employees are even more showy at this time.
Anne looked at Catherine's seat in the corner of the door, she was leaning on her desk and chatting with someone, still dressed in her usual style, which looked much darker at this time.
Betty and Emily, the big beauties of the editorial department, were chatting in the middle of a few flower messengers, and laughed from time to time.
In the area of the sports version, Victor, who is nearly two meters tall, stood out from the crowd, and at a glance saw Yi Annie who had just come in, and beckoned: "Annie, this way!" ”
Hearing someone call Yi Annie's name, the entire office group suddenly fell silent, and everyone turned their heads to look at Yi Annie, so frightened that she took two steps back.
Betty squeezed out of the crowd, grabbed Anne Yi's hand, turned around and said, "This is Anne Yi who helped the police find Tom!" ”
"Yay!" There was a burst of applause and cheers from the crowd in the office area.
Yi Annie was dumbfounded, feeling that this world was so scary, she was obviously just a rookie editorial assistant who had just joined the company for less than a week, without any various abilities, and she was still an otaku in essence. Suddenly being embraced like this made her very unaccustomed.
Several reporters from the news edition first gathered around and began to do interviews, and then a few onlookers who did not know the truth came to chat with Yi Annie.
"I heard you can be psychic? So found Tom the little boy? ”
"My old mother has been dead for a few years, can you help me get me to talk to her?"
"Why did I hear that a treasure map appeared on the Internet first, and then when the Mining and Metallurgical Bureau went to dig up the treasure, it found a few missing people?"
"Didn't Betty say that the picture was drawn by Anne Yi when she woke up after a day in a coma?"
"Really so godly!"
Charlie, the editor-in-chief, squeezed over, separated the crowd from Yi Annie, and clapped his hands: "The dinner party has been arranged, let's go to the activity room first, there is not much space here, let's talk while eating the buffet." ”
Everyone said yes and walked to the large activity room of the press center.
Victor walked past Victor and hooked her fingers, and Victor skillfully leaned over and chatted with Victor.
Victor was surrounded by a few unfamiliar faces from Iannie, who had always been the editors and reporters who had been running outside before.
He first introduced a few people around Yi Annie, and everyone greeted them one by one, and most of them stared at Yi Annie with curious eyes.
Victor then said: "A few of us were actually at the scene of the search and rescue last night......"
Yi Annie thought about it and understood, it would take more than five hours to drive from Xia Cheng to the search and rescue scene, so it was indeed better to send reporters from Naya City over, and it would take more than two hours to drive there, no wonder the news center could broadcast the rescue live.
“…… I interviewed Noah, and he said that you helped find the missing people, and Betty said that you drew that picture, can you really be psychic? ”
Yi Annie waved her hand again and again: "How is it possible, it's all an accident!" And Noah also spent a lot of money to hire an exorcist, and I think that exorcist is the point. ”
Victor also nodded: "I'll just say, I've known you for so many years, if you can really be psychic, you shouldn't have known it a long time ago." ”
This sentence is a little louder, and it is probably also said to a few people in the sports version next to him.
Anne had already noticed that the few people walking next to them at an even speed seemed to be eavesdropping on their conversations, intentionally or unintentionally.
As a result, when she arrived at the activity center, there were a lot fewer people around to greet and chat with Yi Annie, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.
The event center of the press center is a large space, usually divided into several small areas by moving walls, which are used for press conferences, large conferences, indoor sports fields, dance floors, etc.
At this time, all the partitions were removed, and several tables and chairs were put together into several seats and dining tables, on which various buffets were placed. The waiters who wander around with trays wear uniform black uniforms with five fish rings on them.
"Wow! Five fish were hired for this dinner! A person next to him couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the sign on the waiter's uniform.
"Five fish?" Hearing the word, Anne reflected why the pattern was so familiar.
Five Fish is a high-end seafood restaurant in the city center, because it looks too high-end from the outside, and the profile is directly hung with a four-digit money label, which means that a meal will eat you four figures, so Yi Annie has never been in.
At this time, the voices of surprise in the venue came one after another.
Victor, who was standing next to Iannie, muttered, "A buffet of five fish, how much does this cost!" ”
The person who had named the restaurant "Five Fish" came over and whispered: "The standard of each department's meal is determined by the department's budget for the month, and I feel that this month, the advertising cost of the news center is estimated to be at a new high." ”
"Hey, you don't know about this, there's a big project on the side of the Propaganda Department." An arrogant voice came from behind, and Yi Annie turned her head to see that it was the financial version of Matthew, "There is a builder who doesn't know what the relationship is, and he took down Changhu Provincial Park and is ready to develop a residential area in the park." ”
"Shhh So how did the builder do it? Didn't the residents of the neighborhood protest? ”
Anne knew about Changhu Provincial Park, and she went to the lake with Victor and a few other friends to swim, and it was only about 15 minutes to drive from the city.
Changhu Provincial Park covers an area of more than 2,000 hectares, and there are at least five kilometers of lakeside trails alone. The area includes lake views, streams, rivers, vegetation, beaver dams, birds, and a variety of wildlife that is not commonly found in the city, making it a very popular park.
However, if the entire park were to be developed into a residential area, not only would the natural vegetation be severely destroyed, but there would also be a lot less wildlife that would make their homes there.
Matthew raised his hand and pinched his thumb and forefinger at each other: "What other way is there besides this method?" And ah, the protesters who live near the provincial park marched once and then didn't move. ”
"Yikes! The capitalist society is so terrible! Victor shrugged and pulled Anne to the buffet.
Although this kind of dinner party is a very effective social place in theory, because of the love of expensive food, everyone basically has a plate and eats it violently at the beginning of the meal.
Yi Annie was naturally vulgar, and quietly photographed several plates of exquisite meals at the buffet, as well as the clothes of the waiters at the dinner, and sent them to Wang Yuxin.
Wang Yuxin: "_(ˉ『ˉ"∠)_ I hate you, why do you want to show me this! ”
Anne Yi: "Hey, hey! ”
At this time, the editor-in-chief Charlie approached Anne Yi again: "Anne, are you ready for next week's report?" Don't forget to ...... on Monday afternoons By noon on Tuesday at the latest, you'll have to hand in your manuscript. This will be followed by a series of review revisions that will be sent for printing on Tuesday afternoon. ”
Anne almost choked on the pickled salmon fillet in her mouth, and it was already Friday afternoon, and she hadn't written anything......
Looking at the expression on Yi Annie's face, Charlie's face also began to stiffen: "You were covering the disappearance of Noah's family before, right?" Now that they're all back, how is your manuscript doing? ”
"Well, only the first paragraph...... "After seeing ghosts twice a day before, Anne was bent on quitting, so she had no intention of continuing to work at all. She was supposed to go and turn in her resignation on Thursday, but she was hospitalized and ...... Now is the time.
"And you're working overtime on the weekend?" Charlie continued.
Yi Annie grinned, "I actually...... I wanted to quit yesterday! ”
"How can this work?" Charlie continued to petrify, "At this time, how is it possible! ”
Yi Annie nodded again and again, this is really unreasonable, why are you still eating the high-end buffet of the editorial department! In addition, a two-week resignation period is common in North American society, and even if you agree to resign, you can't leave your job until two weeks later.
"Alas," Charlie sighed, "I also know that you seem to have been through a lot during this time, and I will think about it, but you still have to hand in next week's manuscript!" ”