The elevator door slowly opened, and Ye Ling saw that there was a fashionably dressed and sexy girl inside who was standing on tiptoe and kissing Yin Zibo's face, and couldn't help but be taken aback, and was about to laugh, but the girl was already smiling and turning around. The eyes of the two touched, and suddenly the smiles of both of them stiffened on their faces.

Ye Ling and Ling Ran stared at each other stunned for 5 seconds, Ling Ran lowered her head, walked out of the elevator, then looked left and right, and hurriedly went to the bathroom.

Ye Ling, the two toes couldn't help but move, almost chasing after them, her mind suddenly cleared up, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly at herself: Five years, the condoms have expired, and I am still counting on the eternity of love, stupid.

Ye Ling turned around and saw that Yin Zibo was making a strange move, picking up a beautiful pink plastic bag with roses printed on it from the corner of the elevator, and then walked out of the elevator with his head down, and whispered hello to Ye Ling as if he was a little ashamed: "Brother Ye." "I went to the bathroom.

Ye Ling was a little inexplicable, so she followed behind Yin Zibo: "What's the matter?"

Yin Zibo muttered quietly: "What's the matter" Yin Zibo threw the plastic bag into the trash can in the bathroom.

Ye Ling wondered: "What the hell" couldn't help but stretch her neck and take a look.

Yin Zibo was embarrassed, couldn't help but turn around and give Ye Ling a big look, and then ran to the urinal without saying a word.

Suddenly, Ye Ling understood what was in the plastic bag: "You swallowed Ling Ran's name in that Ye Ling, you are disgusting in front of you." Ye Ling was so angry that she almost stood behind Yin Zibo.

Yin Zibo was anxious: "You think I'm willing." You are locked in the elevator for 4 hours to try. ”

Ye Ling was displeased and scolded: "Damn, how are you like a male dog now, spreading wherever you go, becoming more and more shameless." ”

Yin Zibo was annoyed: "You are like a male dog, when you see a female dog, you will go up when you see a female dog, and when you see a sow, you will also be fed, why are you standing behind me, you are so close to me, can I pee?"

"What's wrong, you can't pee when I stand behind you, that girl, stand behind you, you can pee. The scene in the elevator flashed in Ye Ling's mind again, and Ye Ling couldn't help asking: "Why did she kiss you, did you two come to the elevator once, wow, you really didn't waste these four hours." ”

"You're sick. Saying that you are like a male dog you still don't admit it, and you are in heat everywhere. Yin Zibo was angry, turned his head, his face was red, and he looked like he wanted to quarrel.

Ye Ling stared at Yin Zibo vigilantly for a few seconds, Yin Zibo reacted differently, under normal circumstances, the two made this kind of joke with each other, and Yin Zibo's answer should be full of indifference: Envy, it makes you itch again.

Yin Zibo was stared at by Ye Ling like this, and was immediately discouraged: "Let's go, let's go up quickly." The female director has already reported, have you seen her" Even if she is not there, He Gang will introduce the two to meet.

"You don't know" Ye Ling smiled strangely, "Didn't she stay with you for four hours?"

Ye Ling actually rushed to the Crown Building before eleven o'clock, and when she went to Yin Zibo's office to inquire, Yin Zibo and the new female director were stuck in the elevator. Ye Ling remembered Yin Zibo's sentence in WeChat: The fierce and ugly tigress has the image of a menopausal woman in her mind, but doesn't she say that she is 28 years old. He Gang and Yin Zibo's father were still in a meeting, so Ye Ling went down to the first floor to drink tea and wait, but I didn't expect to see such a scene that once was infinitely infatuated with you, loved you deeply, and worshiped you, but finally resolutely left you, abandoned you, and quickly betrayed you, you thought that you would not see each other again in this life, and had buried her in the cemetery of the heart, suddenly reappeared like a ghost, in front of you, kissing, another person.

Yin Zibo was stunned, and then stunned: "It's her." "Yes, I just came back from the United States, and at first, I heard her shouting "uncle" on her phone

In an instant, Yin Zibo didn't know what he was like, and he didn't know if he was still thinking about his name and phone number just now, whether he would have no chance to see him again in this life, but suddenly, he became He Gang's niece, the famous school A, the 28-year-old with an annual salary of 80,000 US dollars, and the "Your girlfriend's resume, I will show it to the new director himself" Yin Zibo's brain was buzzing.

The two turned to leave the bathroom. Along the way, Yin Zibo's mind turned to another place: after she knew that it was me in the elevator, would she treat things as jokes and talk about them everywhere, probably not, she would be ashamed to say it. Yin Zibo remembered the plastic bottle again, I really can't wait to hit the wall, why am I so creative.

"I can't go to her for lunch now, He Gang must have taken her to dinner and will ask her about the elevator. Yin Zibo thought about it and said, "It's afternoon, I'll definitely see you in the afternoon." Let's go, let's eat by ourselves. ”

The two were looking for a place to eat on the first floor, Ye Ling raised her feet and wanted to go to the noodle shop, Yin Zibo had palpitations, and hurriedly grabbed him: "I don't want to eat noodles anymore, I quit." ”

Ye Ling couldn't help but glance at Yin Zibo again: This kid is not a little abnormal today, what is he stimulated

The two finally ate spicy tang face to face,

Ye Ling said to herself: I have nothing to do with her anymore, the old dream is closed and reopened, and this heart is like water flowing eastward. But he couldn't control the knock on the side and asked Yin Zibo: What are you doing in the elevator for 4 hours, what did you say, she will kiss you in the end for Mao, from this point of view, your relationship has developed very well.

Yin Zibo flickered, looking at it left and right.

Ye Ling secretly wondered: What's the matter, why is this kid pretending to be serious in front of me

At two o'clock in the afternoon, He Gang really dialed the internal line and asked Yin Zibo if he was free, he accompanied the new director to meet him, and Yin Zibo immediately replied: "Uncle He, Mr. Ye is also here, let's go to your office." ”

Yin Zi followed Ye Ling into He Gang's office, He Gang introduced both sides, Ling Ran already knew from He Gang at noon that it was the executive vice president of the crown who was locked in the elevator with him, so the two sides shook hands, Yin Zibo saw that Ling Ran was generous, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

He Gang also introduced Ye Ling: CEO of Xinye Investment Company and the underwriter of Crown Group's IPO application. Ling Ran was slightly surprised, Ye Ling has always been ambitious, and it was foreseeable that she would leave the big investment bank and start her own company after accumulating enough experience and contacts, but she didn't expect it to be so soon. At this time, Ye Ling was in the prime of his life, mature and cold, full of ambition, elegant and noble, with a fit under a high-end suit, and an extraordinary style in his gestures.

Ye Ling and Ling Ran pretended to be unfinished.

"Mr. Ye, hello. ”

"Mr. Ling, it's a good luck. ”

The two shook hands cordially, and the moment their fingers touched, Ye Ling's heart trembled slightly, Ling Ran was slightly plump than five years ago, her figure was even more, and her appearance was no longer as pure and gorgeous as in the past, but it added a layer of mature charm, elegant and capable temperament, and her professional attire was full of confidence and ease, although she was holding her right hand, but Ling Ran had no ring on her left ring finger, of course, if she got married in the United States, she would not be so easy to say that she would return to China.

Ling Ran was numb in his heart and cold This man is married, a few months after he left.

The two sides politely greeted each other, and then the four of them sat down on the leather sofa in He Gang's office, He Gang and Ling Ran each sat on a single sofa, Yin Zibo and Ye Ling sat side by side on the three-person sofa, Ye Ling leaned on Ling Ran's head, and the two were less than half a meter apart.

Ye Ling suddenly found that she had never understood the meaning of that Chinese word so deeply: close to the end of the world, what is close to the end of the world, this is called the end of the world.

Ling Ran because he was new to the company, he didn't know anything about the company and the projects he was going to face, thinking that Crown Home Furnishing had signed a contract with Xinye Investment, and after he came, he was cooperating with Ye Ling's work and preparing to apply for an IPO, so he first introduced his resume as usual: graduated from the National People's Congress, worked in the securities department of a state-owned bank for two years, Columbia A, Merrill Lynch AVP for 3 years, and then bragged about the cases he had done and the honors he had received

After Ling Ran finished speaking, it was Ye Ling's turn, Ye Ling first introduced his background, graduated from Peking University, entered the investment banking department of Ping An Securities, started from the lowest analyst, passed the sponsor qualification examination in 3 years, and was promoted to VP, and was promoted to executive director R in 10 years, resigned more than a year ago to start a company, and now there are more than a dozen people under his hands, all of whom are business backbones from various investment banks, and now he is doing which big cases

At the beginning, it was 4 people talking, and when it came to the back, it was completely Ling Ran and Ye Ling testing each other's military situation, and a bunch of Chinese and English words burst out of their mouths, He Gang and Yin Zibo listened to it completely at this time, they didn't know, the low-level staff of the investment bank had to do the job of how to write various documents with gorgeous rhetoric, exquisite layout, and ambiguous content, so as to make customers and investors stunned, and the senior staff was responsible for talking like a river, talking endlessly to make customers and investors dizzy, which can be called a kind of "art".

Ye Ling talked to Ling Ran on the one hand, and was secretly frightened, five years ago, the jerky, enthusiastic, smart, but careless and reckless, perfunctory girl was completely gone, Ling Ran only worked as a VP assistant in Merrill Lynch for three years, but she was very responsive, sharp-tongued, capable and sophisticated, and the questions raised were very professional, although in front of He Gang and Yin Zibo, the edge was hidden and not revealed, but every sentence hit the point, Ye Ling had to concentrate on dealing with it, for fear of accidentally being caught loophole. Ling Ran used to be very eloquent, good at socializing, after practicing on Wall Street, the communication techniques have been perfected, the self-praise and the compliment to the other party are just right, both flattering each other everywhere, and always boasting about elevating the self, standard investment banking style, high-end wording, strong aura. It can be seen that she has really wasted her time in the past five years.

"Mr. Ling, it is said that Wall Street is even more ferocious than our China, 72 hours of unsightly overtime, 8 days of roadshows, 12,000 miles of flight, and 8 time zones in 7 countries. Is that so?" Ye Ling smiled and praised Ling Ran.

Ling Ran smiled: "It's over, Mr. Ye." It shows that we have a high degree of perversion and are all masochists. ”

The four of them laughed together.

Ye Ling suddenly felt a little emotional, a little sad, and a little hurt: Ling Ran, you are so strange

Ye Ling was a little gloomy: this strangeness after familiarity, this passer-by after love, such a warm and affectionate and heartless past, have all been scattered into mud and dust, only fragrant.

was chatting happily, the internal line rang, He just dialed the phone, and it turned out to be his senior secretary Zhang Ning calling. Zhang Ning, 32, who has worked in the president's office for 10 years, is one of He Gang's most effective secretaries, and is now designated by He Gang to Ling Ran.

Zhang Ning reported that the personnel department had done a good job of Ling Ran's work card, should he send it in now.

He Gang said, "Okay, bring it in." ”

Zhang Ning entered the door and handed Ling Ran the magnetic card with a photo stuck on the blue lanyard. Ling Ran took it and hung it directly around her neck: "Thank you, Sister Zhang." ”

Zhang Ning handed over another piece of paper: "Mr. Ling, please sign below." ”

Ling Ran nodded, stretching out her hand without thinking. He took out the Parker gold pen from his bag, pulled out the pen sleeve and was about to sign, and suddenly, Ling Ran and Ye Ling raised their eyes and glanced at each other, and their hearts were shocked.

Ye Ling had mixed feelings in an instant, this is a special souvenir of the Spring Festival awarded by the head office to outstanding employees, the winners are basically senior staff, VP is the lowest level among senior staff, he is the only VP who won this award that year, he stepped down after receiving the award and directly gave the pen to Ling Ran together with the box, after going home, they lingered all night, all night. He knew what she wanted, and he almost proposed to her that night, but it was really not the time for him to think about marriage. What he needed was a long-term companion, but she ruthlessly abandoned herself and didn't expect that she would keep it to this day and always take it with her.

There are countless whispers through time and space, and the gentle impact is in Ye Ling's chest, which she thinks has long been cold because of the world, and the dull pain makes Ye Ling's eyes a little wet: the residual snow melts, the stream is murmuring, and the single-plank bridge is self-traversing, and it has been five years respectively, and my girl can be peaceful

Because Ling Ran was close to Ye Ling, she clearly saw the layer of mist that suddenly covered Ye Ling's eyes, and immediately blinked her eyes quickly to make the mist disappear.

Ling Ran suddenly, his heart was sour: I decided to leave five years ago, just to let him remember it forever, and he really didn't forget it

But a second later, Ling Ran couldn't wait to slap herself: five years of drifting in the world, lying on the salary and trying to taste the guts, working 80 hours a week, now that he has a look at you, you want to climb into his bed again to be a free chicken, isn't it, how do people die, they are all cheap to death.

Ling Ran was so angry that her eyes were also covered with a layer of moisture, and she quickly lowered her head and finished signing the letter. After thanking Zhang Ning, Zhang Ning went out with the paper.

The four of them chatted for a while, but somehow, both He Gang and Yin Zibo faintly felt that the conversation had changed, and the tense atmosphere of politeness and respect in their mouths just now was gone, Ye Ling and Ling Ran seemed to be a little distracted, and their mouths were now full of nonsense.

He Gang only took Ling Ran to meet the director of the personnel department and Yin Zibo's father, but he had other meetings in the afternoon: "Zibo, I'm going to have a meeting now." If you are free, take Mr. Ling to go around the various departments of the company, and if you don't have time, I will introduce him tomorrow. ”

Yin Zibo thought for a while: "Uncle He, I want to go to the design department to see the drawings in the afternoon, and I originally wanted to go around the factory, but I guess I don't have time." If Mr. Ling is interested, would you like to visit the design room with me?"

"Very good, Ling Ran, you just know about our company's main business. Zibo is the chief expert of our company, and he introduces you to you, much more expert than me. He Gang turned his head again and said to Ye Ling, "Mr. Ye, I'm sorry, I have to retire first, tonight we will pick up the wind and wash the dust for Mr. Ling, can you enjoy the light and have dinner with us?"

Ye Ling's heart moved: "Thank you Mr. He for your kind invitation, then it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Mr. Yin wants to take Mr. Ling to see the design room, and I also happen to be polished, so I can learn more about your company's business to facilitate future cooperation. ”

For the rest of the day, everyone split up.

He Gang is gone. Yin Zibo took Ling Ran and Ye Ling to visit the design room. Yin Zibo and Ling Ran walked side by side in front, and Ye Ling followed about half a meter behind the two. Ling Ran was still angry at the sour in his heart, and suddenly, he only felt that Ye Ling hated this person incomparably why he didn't hurry up and die, wasting air alive and wasting land when he died.

The three of them walked into the design department of the crown headquarters, the design department occupies a whole floor on the 25th floor, Ling Ran thought that the furniture design room was the same as the architectural design room, the design engineers drew drawings there, and then sent them to the factory to be made by the craftsmen, but the design room was full of wood, the masters only drew a very rough drawing on the paper, and then directly drew a sample on the wood, after the painting, began to cut, carve and shape, repair, splicing, polishing, coloring and varnishing, and finally, what came out was the whole set of furniture. The so-called design room is actually a prototype manufacturing workshop, where new furniture is made and then sent to the factory for mass production.

Yin Zibo explained to Ling Ran: "Our company mainly makes antique wood carved furniture, and this kind of furniture has relatively high requirements for wood. Therefore, we only use hardwood, such as mahogany, boxwood, rosewood, almond, nut, etc., hardwood, wood tough, fine grain, bright color, suitable for carving complex structure, fine shape and fine works. The furniture made is highly collectible. ”

"However, the production period of wood carving furniture is long, time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly, and the requirements for wood are high, and no piece of wood in the world is exactly the same, which has caused a certain degree of difficulty to mass production. Therefore, when we set the style, we must be very careful, not only to maintain the unique beauty of wood carving furniture, which is the core competitiveness of our company, but also to make the style can be copied and produced in large quantities. ”

Ling Ran nodded again and again when she heard this: "Mr. Yin, it's no wonder that my uncle said that you are the chief expert of the company." Your explanation in such a simple way, even I, a layman, understand it, how can I speak so thoroughly in a few words if I am not particularly proficient in business. ”

Ye Ling's heart suddenly froze, and she raised her eyes and glanced at Ling Ran quickly.

Ling Ran felt it, and a malicious pleasure surged in her heart: Yin Zibo is younger than you, richer than you, and very handsome.

Yin Zibo's heart warmed, so he talked a little too much: "Well, I started learning wood carving at the age of fifteen, and I have been doing this for sixteen years. Wood carving furniture, I think, is actually a kind of handicraft creation process, do wood carving masters, need to have the ability to imagine space, but also to understand wood, because wood carving, can only reduce, can not increase, from the outside to the inside, step by step by subtracting waste, step by step will be excavated to show the form. If we are not careful, do not understand the characteristics of wood, or simply use too much force, we will remove the place that should not go, then ruin the material and waste our time, but if it is handled properly, we will feel the special charm of the natural direction of the wood grain, the change, the tactful and smooth. A good master can give his wood carving a special meaning, which makes people love it, not only a practical piece of furniture, but a work of art that will always retain its value."

Ling Ran turned to look at Yin Zibo in slight surprise, her long eyelashes fanned gently, and her charming goose egg face expression was focused with a touch of appreciation and admiration.

Yin Zibo was embarrassed: "Well, I talk too much nonsense, Mr. Ling, are you tired of hearing it." ”

Ling Ran said seriously, "No, Mr. Yin, I am very motivated. You not only showed me the beauty of woodcarving furniture, but also showed me your love for the woodcarving industry. Your words are very contagious and deeply touching to me. The company has entrepreneurs like you who are willing to enthusiastically dedicate themselves to this cause, and I believe that it has a great future. ”

Yin Zibo blushed slightly, because his skin was white, and a little blush was particularly obvious: "Well, I do like wood carving very much, I can't read it, but a piece of wood, I know the direction of literature and science from a distance of five meters, and what it is suitable for." ”

Yin Zibo stretched out his hand to show Ling Ran: "I started learning wood carving at the age of 15, I am young and hairy, so, you see, my hands are full of scars." In addition, the sawdust got into the skin, and it was always dandruff, and it was useless to apply no amount of hand cream, and it would dry and crack and bleed in winter. My hands are very rough, and many people complain that they feel uncomfortable to be touched by me" Yin Zibo suddenly stopped, pig head, how can you say this kind of thing, hey, if you say too much, you will lose, and if you say too much, you will lose Yin Zibo has the urge to hit the wall again.

Ling Ran pretended not to notice the problem in these words at all: "Mr. Yin, do you think your hands are not beautiful enough, but in my opinion, it records your pursuit of the career you love." ”

Ye Ling's goosebumps were about to rise, she was extremely speechless, a little sour in her heart, a little funny, and seemed to be a little sweet and sad

Behind the design room is a large showroom with furniture that has been formed, lacquered like a mirror, beautifully carved.

Yin Zibo said: "Not every piece of furniture is suitable for mass production, not every piece of furniture will sell well, and the sales cycle of wood carving furniture is very long, the pressure is very strong, and the feedback from the market often takes months or even a year to come out, so after the sample is done, it is the most important and critical step to put it into mass production." We usually do a small batch of a batch first, test the market's reaction, and then replicate it on a large scale, but now that the company is large, a decision error is a large waste of wood and funds, so this decision is very important to the company, related to whether our company is profitable or loss-making, whether it is expanding or being crushed by peers."

Ling Ran asked, "Then who makes the decision, and who will take this responsibility." ”

"Well, we have a decision-making group, which is discussed by the heads of the design department, the production department, and the sales department. Yin Zibo paused slightly, "But it's me who makes the final decision." I've got the final say. ”

Ling Ran stared at Yin Zibo at close range for two seconds and didn't say anything. Yin Zibo's eyes were full of Ling Ran's big eyes with brown contact lenses, staring at him, and the crystal light slowly flowed.

Yin Zibo blushed again.

After visiting the circle and coming out of the door to the elevator shaft, Ling Ran's nose was hurt by the smell of sawdust and paint, so he walked in front and sighed all the way: "I only knew for the first time today that wood carved furniture can be so thrillingly beautiful, it is a completely static symphony." I was really eye-opening today. Mr. Yin, thank you. ”

Yin Zibo followed behind Ling Ran, suddenly made a move, stretched out his hand and pressed Ling Ran's shoulder twice: "If you like, next time I will take you to see factories and warehouses, so that you can feel the scale of our company." Well, there is also the clubhouse, where the company's most collectible wood carving boutiques are placed, all of which are the best wood, red sandalwood, nanmu, rosewood, all carved by the best masters, each one is unique and superb"

Ye Ling suddenly coughed: "Boom." ”

Yin Zibo suddenly remembered: Hey, this kid has been following behind, why is he so quiet today, without a word.

Yin Zibo turned around. Ye Ling looked at him, as if he was smiling, and his expression was very narrow