Chapter 43: Suits and Speeches
Ke Junxia stood on the podium, which was located in the center of the room, a circular depression, and the lights on all sides focused on him, making him feel that all the secrets were at a glance, and there was nowhere to escape. The directors around him who listened to his report were hidden in the shadows, and Ke Junxia could not see them, but could only hear their questions through a loudspeaker.
He had never had any experience in this area, but he should be honored, because only the senior staff of the Met had the opportunity to stand on this platform and report on the work of the Met's Board of Directors, and in his case, since the establishment of the Met, there have only been a few people. It is said that the first person to stand on this platform is the god of cannons, and the second is the queen of the Naga tribe, and after that, their names will no longer be announced, just like the speech report made by Ke Junxia today, which has become a secret.
Ke Junxia can have this opportunity today because of Irina, which gives Ke Junxia an extra layer of understanding of Irina. This beautiful woman is definitely not just a university professor, or just a forensic medical officer, it is really not too much to describe her with her hands and eyes, but she is very cautious about using this right, just like when Ke Junxia's case was forcibly taken over by the Falcon, she did not stand up and speak.
But now when it comes to the fall of one city, the rise of another, or even a city-state, Irina does not sit idly by.
Under the illumination of the light, Ke Junxia began to sweat, the collar of the new shirt was very hard, the tie was also very tight, and with the sweat, the collar of the shirt grinded his neck painfully, and he didn't dare to move, for fear of affecting the image. After all, he is only a young man in his early twenties, and he has not experienced much wind and rain.
When I thought of this suit, including a shirt, suit, trousers, belt, tie and leather shoes, a total of six sets, it was worth a lot of money, which made Ke Junxia feel painful. Although it is a necessity for such a formal occasion, at first Ke Junxia only wanted to rent a set to cope with the past, but it was also time for him to break the bank, and when he was picking out a suit in a clothing store, he met Coconut's mother, Ms. Yelia.
Originally, it was just a routine shopping, but since she found Ke Junxia, Ms. Yelia felt that she had found something to do, so she dragged Ke Junxia to several stores, each time she was already a mother-in-law, and after a round of bargaining, she finally completed the six-piece suit.
Ms. Yelia is still very generous to this future son-in-law, and she took out her wallet without saying a word, Ke Junxia knew that the marriage with the coconut could not be done, how could she make her pay, so she rushed to pay, Yelia felt that she was not happy, and took a fancy to a gold-plated tie clip, which was very exquisite, and decided to buy it out of her own pocket and give it to her future son-in-law, who knew that the store said that if you bought the six-piece set, this tie clip can be used as a gift.
Seeing that it was getting late, Ms. Yelia asked Ke Junxia to dinner, on the grounds that she ran away without eating breakfast at home last time.
Ke Junxia really couldn't refuse her enthusiasm, so Ms. Yelia kept saying, I'm in for a treat! I came to a very high-end restaurant and said, "Eat simply, according to the Western way of classical earth." ”
Ke Junxia has a little understanding of this method, it is really simple, the main body is an appetizer, also called an appetizer, then a boiled dish, and finally a dessert. Sometimes there is also a soup that is eaten with bread. Since it is a separate meal system, the order is also separated.
Ke Junxia took a look at the menu and secretly stuck out his tongue, but in order to get by, he ordered a vinegared cucumber, a pork chop, and a smoothie. I asked for another soup with two slices of bread. As a result, when the dish came up, the bread slices were smaller and thinner than he expected. People who come to this restaurant don't need a lot of food.
Ms. Yelia was clearly a gourmet, and she made an appetizer with vegetables and shredded bacon with sweet and sour sauce, and ordered a glass of red wine that was not too young to accompany her meal. For dessert, it was fruit ice cream.
If it was just such a dinner, and Ms. Yelia paid the bill, it would have been a good time, but ...... I don't know how many things have happened, but I'm unlucky enough to be on this.
Ms. Yelia was bent on matching her daughter and Ke Junxia to do a good thing, so halfway through the meal, she quietly called and pretended that she was in trouble and asked her daughter to help. As a result, when the coconut came, he saw this kind of scene, and immediately understood most of it.
Although the coconut is a woman, she is very filial, and she can't be angry at her mother if she has a temper, so she can't wait for a laser in her eyes to burn Ke Junxia to ashes.
Ke Junxia is such a smart person, he quickly escaped through urine, settled the account, and fled.
That's it, Ke Junxia paid two expensive fees for this suit, and all the coins were used to settle the bill, so as long as he saw this suit, Ke Junxia's heart would ache faintly, let alone wear it on his body, and he felt uncomfortable anywhere.
However, in the face of the directors of the metropolis, Ke Junxia still did not dare to slack off, his speech, Q&A and even questioning were all guided by Irina herself, and even the stride speed, standing posture, speaking speed, and even when to do the gesture were all taught one by one, which made Ke Junxia a little doubtful that Irina had also experienced such a time.
It is precisely because of Irina's careful guidance that although Ke Junxia is nervous, it generally goes smoothly, although the Q&A is not fluent, but there are also questions and answers, and the slight hesitation does not exceed a second or two. But Ke Junxia always felt that there was no bottom after coming down, because the voices of the directors, whether they were men and women, old or strong, were peaceful and incomprehensible, so Ke Junxia felt that his arguments were neither affirmed nor denied, which made people even more panicked.
Fortunately, Irina comforted Ke Junxia: these are the leadership arts of the directors, as the highest decision-making level of the metropolis, the joys, sorrows and sorrows cannot be known, otherwise someone will do what they like, so it will be difficult to be fair.
Although Irina's words comforted Ke Junxia, Ke Junxia still felt that this was just a pretense of high-level people, he was a child who grew up in the lower city, and he had seen too much injustice, if the senior leaders of the metropolis were all so good, then how to explain how those environments that breed evil came about?
However, although Ke Junxia has this thought, he does not think that he has a natural obligation to change all this, he may be a scholar, a very talented hunter, but he is not a revolutionary, nor is he a reformer. Besides, he immediately had another personal trouble, and this trouble came from Irina's nose that was sharper than a dog.
Ke Junxia sweated a lot during his speech, but fortunately he didn't like this suit, so he brought a change of clothes in advance, and went to the bathroom to change his clothes as soon as he came, and at the same time thought that if it was rented clothes, he could still save a lot of money by washing them and returning them.
When she came out of the bathroom, Irina was already waiting outside, saying that she wanted to talk to him about personal problems.
Ke Junxia knew it was going to be bad as soon as he heard it. Because Ke Junxia is wearing a suit for the first time, he can't wear a tie, the tie was made by Irina for him, when he was wearing a tie, the two were very close, and outsiders looked very intimate, but at this time, Ke Junxia saw Irina's snort twitching like last time, and he was quite afraid that Irina would say something, but she finally said words of encouragement and didn't say anything, but she didn't expect that she was going to settle accounts after the autumn.
Ke Junxia then listened to Irina with the mentality of waiting for the verdict to be announced, but Irina's attitude was far gentler than he imagined, and she spoke after a long while, and the speed of her speech was also very slow, obviously after careful consideration before speaking.
I heard her say: "Xiao Ke, I know that you should have your own life, and I also know that because of your mother, you may like older women, but as a young person, everything you do now is the foundation of the future, so ......" She said this, pursing her lips, as if she didn't feel that the following words were too good, but finally made up her mind to say it: "So please also be temperate or have a bottom line, okay?" ”
Ke Junxia did indulge with Coconut once, and Coconut is indeed much older than him, but when it comes to moderation and bottom line, there is really no way to talk about it. So Ke Junxia was ready to open his mouth to explain. But Irina interrupted him.
"You don't have to explain, you don't have to justify, after all, this is your own life, I'm just trying to persuade you as your friend." Irina said, "You are a very good young man, so don't ruin yourself because of the greed of the moment. ”
She said, pointing to Ke Junxia's bag of suits, "This set of clothes is expensive, and the old woman who bought you this set of clothes is really generous." I'm right. ”
Ke Junxia feels so wronged, it is indeed expensive, but it is all my own hard-earned money, this is not counted, I still have a meal in it. He tried to explain, but was stopped by Irina again.
"You don't have to explain." "Some things are already bad, but I at least want you to keep the virtue of honesty," Irina said. ”
Ke Junxia really wants to cry now, he can't explain, and Irina won't let him explain, so he doesn't know what to do. Irina's questioning was much harsher than that of the Met's directors just now. Ke Junxia's head began to buzz so loudly that he didn't know when Irina had left.
When Ke Junxia left the board building, he was a little distracted, but when he walked through the waiting hall, he met an acquaintance - Li Dawei.
Li Dawei didn't come alone, there were several middle-aged people in suits around him, with different expressions, but they were all people with heads and faces.
Although Li Dawei has been frowning, he still greeted him warmly when he saw Ke Junxia, and introduced him to several other people, and praised his courage and wit, those middle-aged people are all directors and senior researchers of the Medical Research Association, so they are very high-quality, and they are also very polite to Ke Junxia.
Finally, Li Dawei asked Ke Junxia: "Why are you here?" However, it is not surprising that a hunter as good as you is receiving high-level commissions here. ”
Of course, Ke Junxia couldn't tell him what he was doing, so he responded vaguely, but Li Dawei said to Ke Junxia very mysteriously: "The last monster incident may have very serious consequences." However, the board of directors has decided to set up a special team to deal with this matter, and our chairman has just entered to accept the question of the metropolitan board of directors, I guess ah, this matter is caused by the medical research society, and it will eventually be solved by the medical research society. ”
Ke Junxia knew that words like "help" were just Li Dawei's casual and polite words, even if he really wanted him to help, it was estimated that someone would need to play with his life, so he also played haha and said goodbye and left.
But what Ke Junxia didn't expect was that most of what Li Dawei said came true, but the big pie of the task force hit him very unexpectedly.