Chapter 37: Alone
After becoming an adult, Nie Congcong had an idea, the sky was falling, and there was a tall man on top, what was she afraid of, so when she encountered anything, her mentality was very good at any time. But today, Nie Congcong couldn't come together calmly, in case he made a mistake in the process of communicating with Mr. Liu at noon, which affected the advancement of the magazine, wouldn't it make President Zhao fall short and become a sinner for the ages. It can be seen that all Cong Rong is not big enough and does not have enough responsibilities.
Nie Congcong was alone in the office, sitting and lying still, not knowing how to put himself to be comfortable. However, people are always like this, whatever they are afraid of, they come. Before she finished her first cup of tea in the morning, President Zhao's phone called, Cong Cong, are you in the office in the morning? There is a meeting at the city government, I have to go to attend it, Mr. Liu will arrive at about ten o'clock, and you will go to my office to receive it then. You have to be cautious, say what you should say, and don't say what you shouldn't. So as not to cause unnecessary trouble. Nie Congcong heard President Zhao say this, his head buzzed and his head was blank, and he hurriedly asked, when will you be back? President Zhao said, I will arrive between eleven and half past eleven, and you will control the rhythm and wait for me to come back and talk about the core issues. Before Nie Congcong could speak, President Zhao's phone had been cut off, Nie Congcong called again, and the phone had been turned off, and Nie Congcong suddenly had a kind of despair called every day should not be used, and the earth was not spiritual.
She quickly looked at her watch, it was already nine fifty o'clock, and immediately took out her makeup bag from her bag to make up for herself, looked in the mirror again, felt quite satisfied, and went downstairs with her work notebook and mobile phone.
When she entered the door of the president's office, she found that Director Li of the social office and a man in his thirties wearing a red T-shirt were already sitting inside. As soon as Nie Congcong entered the door, Director Li smiled and introduced to the man, Mr. Liu, this is our fashionable editor-in-chief Nie Congcong, turned around and introduced to Nie Congcong, Nie Congcong, this is Mr. Liu, a partner in our club. The president will go to the city hall for a meeting, and I'll be back in a while, so I'm sorry that you two will talk for a while, and I'm going to have a meeting here, so I can't sit with you. After speaking, she glanced at both Mr. Liu and Nie Congcong, and Nie Congcong immediately caught her words, Okay, Director Li, you are busy with you first. Mr. Liu and I happened to meet for the first time, so let's talk for a while, the president has already called me just now to arrange, so you don't have to worry about it here. Director Li saw Nie Congcong say this, and said sorry to Mr. Liu, and went out quickly.
Nie Congcong knew that Director Li didn't have any important meetings to hold, but cooperated in fashion magazines, and she wanted to pick herself up as much as possible. She didn't want to let the other two deputy editors-in-chief know that she had seen this person on today's important day, otherwise, whether she participated or not, she couldn't tell if she jumped into the Yellow River, and it was self-evident how many pits were waiting for her to jump behind. At this age, there is no need for her to dig a pit for herself, in such a unit, standing on the wrong team is as tragic as being caught cheating. Therefore, staying here for one more minute is in danger of one minute, after living for more than forty years, she understands the importance of protecting her life more clearly, so now she will not say hello when she sees herself, she just wants everyone to see her attitude. Thinking of this, Nie Congcong felt both angry and helpless.
After Mr. Liu saw Director Li leave, the first thing he asked was, Editor-in-Chief Nie, you have been in the club for so long, have you heard other people say that the club is unwilling to cooperate with me in fashion magazines? When he asked this question, he looked very casual, and his expression was very amorous, as if asking Nie Congcong, did you have such an ordinary thing as having dinner this morning, but Nie Congcong was still shocked in his heart, and couldn't help but think, this Mr. Liu, if he is really a person in the business field, is too sensitive to these details. He must have read something from Director Li's words or expressions just now. She didn't answer his question immediately, but took a sip of water, raised her head, met his gaze very calmly, and said indifferently, I haven't heard of Mr. Liu, the cooperation between the club and you is a matter between the high-level. At this point, her words stopped, she did not say that others had no right to ask, nor did she say that there were other dissenting opinions. On this issue, it is best for Mr. Liu to communicate directly with President Zhao, but it is obvious that Mr. Liu has pulled her to his side when he asked her this. This made Nie Congcong a little moved.
Hearing Nie Congcong say this, Mr. Liu changed his words and began to ask some personal questions about Nie Congcong, such as, how old he is, whether he has a boyfriend, and whether he plans to live in Zhengzhou in the future. Nie Congcong answered these daily inquiries one by one, and added some interesting jokes from time to time, she was willing to stretch these topics in life as long as possible, until President Zhao came back, and let them communicate directly first. Without President Zhao's instructions, Nie Congcong said that every word at work was not very appropriate. Fortunately, Mr. Liu did not embarrass Nie Congcong, but asked about the general environment of the magazine at that time, and the profit model and development prospects of the magazine.
When the two were talking happily, President Zhao came back, he came in with the wind, and the first thing he said was, Cong Cong, you are very beautiful today! The second sentence he said was, Mr. Liu, I'm sorry, there is a meeting on the side of the city government, and it is not okay not to participate. He said sorry as he glanced at Nie Congcong with an inquiring gaze, and she nodded intently. Then, President Zhao said to Nie Congcong, Congcong, you go upstairs and take down the document I asked for yesterday, let's have a meal with Mr. Liu in a while, and let's eat and talk about some problems at the dinner table. Nie Congcong immediately knew that President Zhao had something he didn't want to say in front of her, so he said goodbye and walked to the staircase, Nie Congcong felt that he was so tired that he didn't want to say a word anymore.
She went upstairs slowly, replying to the text messages one by one, she knew that without President Zhao's notice, she didn't need to rush down. In the morning, in order to deal with Mr. Liu, he didn't have time to reply to several important messages, especially the news cleaner not only sent two text messages, but also made a phone call, he hadn't contacted her for many days, and he didn't know what he was doing as a photojournalist in Shanghai...... There are some feelings that I know to stop, but who can control my heart?
She was going upstairs when she heard two middle-aged women on the floor below whispering, one said that the woman who went upstairs was the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine? The other said, well, that's her! The tone was full of disdain. The woman who asked went on to say, that looks like a baby, can you be a fashion editor? The woman in a disdainful tone continued, "The leader likes it." When did you see our leaders, when did you see the middle-aged and elderly women on our side? Surrounded by young and beautiful girls in the morning and evening. It's okay, let's wait to see the joke when the time comes, and when we see it, how can the leader explain it to us old people......
Although Nie Congcong heard every word of what the two people said, she didn't even look back, she didn't know who the person was talking to, and she didn't want to know, even if she had become a thorn in the side of everyone except the president and Qian Yang of this magazine, she wouldn't care too much, she knew what she would face in the future, and she also knew what she wanted, so she would definitely overcome all difficulties and unswervingly go down this road.