Lao Zhang is mature and introverted, paying attention to internal cultivation, judging from his posture of painting a painting in five years, his heart is stoic, and ordinary people are hurt to the heart, and they will hardly be exposed. After so many years of his parents passing away, he was destitute, and no matter what Qin Feng said, he didn't bow his head to anyone.

I don't know how angry I can make such a person burst into foul language.

Cheng Yubai looked at Lao Zhang's departing figure, didn't stay any longer, took the car keys and asked Xiao Qi to pass Zhao Yan's address while getting into the car. Xiao Qi leaned on the side of the car and asked, "Don't you want me to go with you?" ”

"You're busy with your business."

Xiao Qi just wanted to say something about him? immediately thought of something, took another car key, and went out with Cheng Yubai one after the other. Cheng Yubai guessed that Lao Zhang might go to Liao Yifan and connect to Bluetooth to call Xu Qing.

The phone buzzed and vibrated on the table.

Xu Qing didn't see it, and was looking for Gu Yan with a document.

She threw the document in front of Gu Yan and said with a calm face, "I need an explanation." ”

"What's the explanation?" Gu Yan felt inexplicable, picked up the design draft and looked at it, with an interesting expression on his face, "Party A asks for a replacement, you come and ask me about this kind of thing, what explanation can I give you?" You should ask Party A. ”

Of course, Xu Qing asked, but the other party scolded her indiscriminately, and after she proposed a modification plan, the other party ignored it, and only threw out a sentence: "Are you Party A or am I Party A?" I can use whoever I want, is it your turn? ”

She temporarily received this design task two days ago, when she threw it to her, it was 100,000 urgent, she held a meeting with the other party that night to understand the needs, so far the submission is only a design prototype, there is a lot of room for negotiation, I don't know why I suddenly received a notice from the other party in the morning, asking for a replacement.

Docking twice before and after, the attitude turned 180 degrees, from the beginning to the end, it was like a well-arranged game, deliberately slipping her to play, Xu Qing didn't want to doubt it.

Gu Yan saw that she never spoke, and looked at herself with a calm gaze, and was a little uncomfortable, coughing and saying, "Don't you know our circle?" The day before was still eating cold rice, the next day maybe on the hot soup, the situation is changing very fast, there are more villains who tend to be inflammatory, you want to say who moved your tongue in the back, I don't stop you, you can check, but I want to remind you that Party A is Party A after all, we as Party B, the most fundamental task is to make Party A satisfied, as for your personal honor and disgrace, in front of customers is not important. ”

Her words are full of deep meaning inside and out, as if she is saying that Party A is wrong, but in fact, she is full of market and situation, and they are all ethereal things, with clear insinuations, implying that Xu Qing won the Sishitang Cultural and Creative Order and had another hidden secret, borrowing just the momentum of others, and even satirizing her.

"Say you're chewing on your tongue behind your back." Xu Zhiliu pointed out to Xu Qing, Gu Yan's words can be described as clever, and his temperament is not quite the same as before, thinking that he was instructed by some master, and he also began to cultivate obscurity.

Xu Qing also knew that she had taken advantage of Gu Yan, if it weren't for Gu Yan telling her that Sishitang wanted to promote university cooperation, she wouldn't have been able to talk to Yuan Xishi, so she said in a gentle tone: "Gu Yan, everyone is in the same company, there is no need to be too ugly." ”

"Of course, speaking of this, I've always wanted to find a chance to explain to you, that day I received a notice from the Fourth World Hall, seeing that they ordered you, I impulsively moved on you, and in hindsight, I really shouldn't have it, everyone is working together under the same roof, looking up and not looking down, for such a little thing to do it, it's really not enough." Gu Yan smiled and said, "I've already reviewed it deeply, what about you, don't think about it, the matter of the Fourth World Hall has passed, and I haven't taken it to heart." ”

Xu Qing was helpless.

People put small shoes on your back, soft knives in front of you, and put yourself in a tolerant and moderated manner, at this time you don't give up, that is, you don't know the general situation.

Xu Zhiliu shook her head at her, and the two left the office.

As soon as she went out, Gu Yan caught up with her from behind and hugged her enthusiastically: "Okay, don't be angry, this list is not much, and it is only a fraction of the fourth world, you should do good deeds and take care of everyone's year-end report." ”

This was not a small voice, and the other colleagues blushed. The current situation of the designer industry is difficult, and Luo Wenwen is especially difficult this year, and everyone's year-end report is not very good. It's just that no matter how bad it looks, you can't eat the food that comes from it! What does it mean to give to others when you have less oil and water?

A designer in the second group was immediately annoyed, and snorted with a crooked nose: "Give us what you don't want, when we are beggars?" ”

"That's it, who's rare."

There was muttering and mocking at the bottom. Gu Yan then clapped his hands: "Okay, it's all quiet, I just have something to tell you." She first led everyone to congratulate Xu Qing, and then said, "Sishitang's centennial cultural and creative list is the king of this year's most important KPI, Xu Qing, as the chief designer will go all out, I discussed with the boss, and decided to move part of the task originally assigned to the three groups to the first and second groups." Everyone has worked hard, so let's share it with the three groups, so that she can focus on the fourth world. ”

It is said that it is approaching the end of the year, who does not have a heavy KPI? Even if the Fourth World Hall is very important, what does it have to do with them, why pile up three groups of indigestible tasks on their heads, and the credit will not be counted more than one point for them, and when the first or two groups hear it, they immediately complain bitterly.

"Is that overtime pay?"

"Helping each other with your colleagues, you don't have any sense of solidarity?"

"Who's with her?"

Xu Qing didn't expect Gu Yan to suddenly play this game, seeing that the crowd was angry, and just about to speak, Gu Yan found out her intentions, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "You don't have to worry, Sishitang only has such a feat once in a hundred years, Luo Wenwen can also be regarded as witnessing history, everyone has to give up their ego in front of the overall situation, if anyone doesn't know how to commit a serious offense in front of you, no matter whether it is a group or a second group, you are not welcome, and directly report to the personnel punishment." ”

As soon as she said this, the boiling office immediately fell silent, and everyone was eager to kill Xu Qing with an eye knife.

Liao Yifan, as the leader of the second group, first said: "There is no problem on my side at all. ”

Look at people, the size is also a champion, how massive.

"I don't think it's good, aren't there me, Liang Mei and Jiang Yi in the three groups? If the boss can't finish it, you can do it for us, and she can guide her in the back. Xia Yang didn't give Gu Yan face, and said bluntly, "I've seen the task list before, it's not too heavy, it should be fine." ”

"You say you can do it, who will give you a ticket? Who will be responsible if the customer's needs are not fulfilled by the deadline? Gu Yan kicked Xia Yang back with a word, "Don't think that you can grasp the market situation and overestimate your own strength by making one or two orders." You have just turned positive, you still need to experience, the company is in a critical period, there is no cost of trial and error. This matter has been decided, and then the leaders of each group will assign tasks down, so don't complain and complete the work well. ”

In the end, this stick is not good for the collective, so Gu Yan said, "I know that everyone is working hard, I have a lot of forbearance this time, what is there that Xu Qing can't grind over, you all go to help, and when the final stage of the sprint is completed, I will apply for a year-end bonus for everyone, in addition to the part promised by the boss, I will personally add a bonus, how about it?" ”

"Boss, you're so nice."

"The director is mighty!"

"It's still the director who feels sorry for us."

This sweet jujube was eaten dry, and people's hearts were warm.

After Gu Yan's words, Liao Yifan also said two words to boost morale, the first and second groups were high-spirited, while the third group was roasted on the fire, even if they had a hundred years of big singles, they also lost the hearts of the people. Gu Yan glanced at Liao Yifan before leaving, and looked at it from a distance, there was a kind of like-minded friendship in it.

A smile appeared on Xu Zhiliu's lips: "Back then, Guan Yu launched the Xiangfan Campaign, flooded the Seventh Army, and Sun Quan pushed Lu Xun to the throne for self-protection. After Lu Xun ascended the throne, he wrote a hundred-character essay to praise Guan Yu. Guan Yu was held high, thinking that Lu Xun was afraid of him and didn't take him to heart, but he was defeated by Lu Xun. ”

At the moment, it doesn't matter who is Sun Quan and who is Lu Xun among these two people, what matters is that Xu Qing is Guan Yu of the flooded Seventh Army.

"It seems that this big order of the Fourth World Hall is a fierce medicine, and they are going to join forces to kill you."

Xu Qing didn't speak.

Gu Yan asked her to sort the task immediately, but the words had already been put out, and no matter how much war of words she had, I was afraid that it would not change the situation, but would make people's hearts scattered, she called Xia Yang, picked out the easy work from it, and handed it over directly through the work group. Without Gu Yan making a stumbling block, the colleagues in the first and second groups were visibly relieved.

Xu Qing also told Xia Yang that the rest of the tasks must be personally docked and followed up.

Xia Yang is no more confused than Liang Mei, her brain is active, Xu Qing guessed the beginning and the end at a glance, and tracked the assigned business for her, and sure enough, the order of "not much oil and water" was divided into the second group and went to Liao Yifan's hands.

"I really don't understand, I obviously asked for a minimalist style, but I chose that guy, where does his thinking fit the word minimalism?" Xia Yang muttered, "It's really calculated, at most the engraved line series is barely a try, but how can the works that people take to participate in the competition be used for small unit price products?" ”

"Don't talk about it." Liang Mei is cautious in her life, she never wanted to be the leader of the group, and she followed her to the center of the storm. Now she just wants to complete the task well, and she doesn't want to get involved in the company's civil war, so she came in at the same time as Xia Yang, Xia Yang has turned positive, and she is still in the probation period.

The regular assessment results are determined by the immediate supervisor, in other words, Xu Qing did not let her become a regular. Thinking of this, Liang Mei complained: "I knew I would go to the second group, and there was not so much to do on Brother Fan's side." ”

Xia Yang glared at her fiercely.

Jiang Yi was about to speak, but he was also glared back by Xia Yang. Xia Yang was worried that Xu Qing would think too much, and was about to say something, when he saw Xu Qing's brows tightened, picked up the computer and went to the conference room, and said to them at the end: "Don't come with me." ”

Xu Zhiliu guessed her intentions, he was not seen by outsiders, Xu Qing often found a place where no one was when he wanted to talk to him, he closed the door and asked, "What's wrong?" Do you remember something? ”

Xu Qing re-called out the design draft of the Moguan Cup champion work "Autumn Mountain" and pushed it in front of Xu Zhiliu: "Xia Yang reminded me just now, you come and help me take a look." Minimalist style is usually very demanding for designers, and so far I have not seen an expression similar to Akiyama in anyone, and Liao Yifan ...... To be honest, I don't think he can live up to that spirit. ”

Simplicity is an extreme kind of lifeism, and the designer's personal will is often projected on the work.

Xu Zhiliu doesn't know Liao Yifan, he hasn't seen his past works, and he doesn't know the meaning of the "Autumn Mountain" engraving series, but Xu Qing knows Liao Yifan better than anyone else, and he is not a person who advocates simplicity. When they started their business together, she was the main creator and designer, Liao Yifan was the main producer and marketing, and most of the porcelain sold by Tao Xichuan was the credit of Liao Yifan.

"He has outstanding professional results and has a scholarship every year. The teacher also said that he had a solid foundation, and the only problem was that he couldn't sit on the cold bench. ”

One year of the winter exhibition, the school gave the ceramic department a task, in order to cope with the regular assessment of various colleges and universities in Jingdezhen, the ceramic university should select outstanding students to exhibit their works. Wu Yi ordered a few of them, and made it clear that there would be social authorities and school leaders to visit on the day of the exhibition, although it was only a campus exhibition, but the gold content was not low.

They started preparing early, and in the two months before and after, even Qin Feng, who was the most out of the way, rushed into the big classroom, and almost never returned to the dormitory, except for Liao Yifan, who didn't show up until the last week.

When asked where he went, he kept smiling and did not answer. Later, on the day of the exhibition, the reception director of the school office specially asked him to come out to introduce the exhibits to the leaders, not only put his personal works in a conspicuous position, but also asked him to accompany the leaders to dinner.

If he stays in school, he may be better off than he is now.

"Then why didn't he stay in school?"

"The graduation project is flawed."

"Isn't he an honor student? How can there be a flaw? ”

Xu Qing called up the photo to Xu Zhiliu, an old photo, the pixel is very low, and the details are not very clear, but the first glance is very impactful, the pure white glazed porcelain lamp, revealing solemnity, like the frost condensed under the tiles of the church.

"This is the first work in the engraving series, 'Lying Ice'." Xu Qing showed Xu Zhiliu another photo, "This is his original design work, and he was given a red card by the teacher at the beginning of the pre-defense." ”

Xu Zhiliu frowned: "This is the work of the same person?" ”

Regardless of "Lying Ice" or "Autumn Mountain", the sense of line is quite simple and powerful, like an assassin's knife, handed out and flowing water, and retracted without leakage, no matter which level is more in line with the "minimalist" style. However, the works that were originally issued a red card are full of various elements, and they are dazzling at a glance, and they are more like water tanks overflowing with green algae.

The two styles are very different, and even if all the possibilities are excluded, even the basic design ideas are different. How is it possible for a person's brain to be split into two pieces to form absolute sensibility and rationality?

"He has a good relationship with the teachers of various subjects at school, and the teachers of the colleges and universities are also willing to protect him, Wu Yi raised objections, and the final result is that he failed to stay in school, but let him graduate smoothly."

At that time, she didn't think much about it, the lawsuit was pressed on her body, and she couldn't breathe, how could she take care of others? In recent years, I have occasionally paid attention to the development of Jingdezhen, not that I have never heard of Liao Yifan's name, most of them are positive comments, coupled with Luo Wenwen's influence in the market, he can be said to have a smooth journey, less than thirty is only one step away from the leader of the team.

Compared with Gu Yan, who is nearly forty years old, Liao Yifan has gone very fast.

"I originally said that his style has changed a lot, and I did consider some other possibilities, but I didn't think much about it, but Xia Yang reminded me that this extreme difference may not be as simple as plagiarism."

Liao Yifan copied not a "lying ice" or an "autumn mountain", but a whole series of engraved lines.

Xu Zhiliu thought of a possibility, took out two candies from his pocket, tore open the wrapping paper, replaced the sugar inside, and then rewrapped the wrapping paper.

Compared with the two boxes, it seems that it is still the original candy, but the core has changed.

"It's a substitute, someone is giving him ......"

Without waiting for Xu Zhiliu to finish speaking, Xu Qing got up and walked around the conference room. She pursed her lips, her eyes were calm, only her feet were slightly messy, and she could see that she was not calm at this time.

"Xu Qing, you don't agree with this possibility?"

"It's not." She paused suddenly, although Liao Yifan has been criticized for his unclear style over the years, and the shadow of famous artists can often be seen in his works, but how can there be an absolute standard for art appraisal? "I just want to be rigorous, after all, so far, he has not been judged as plagiarism by any formal associations and institutions, and even if it is a substitute, it needs actual evidence."

Xu Zhiliu looked at her, she walked around the conference room twice, as if she wanted to squat down and rest, but the surroundings were as quiet as a cicada, and she couldn't stop if she couldn't rest at peace. Suddenly, when I looked back for him, I felt an indescribable panic.

It wasn't a bustling street, he was right in front of him, why was she alarmed?

What is she afraid of losing?

Or rather, what did she get?

"Xu Qing, in fact, we all have the answer in our hearts, you just don't want to doubt him."

Xu Qing's eyes were sour: "But why...... Why should I be suspicious of my former classmates, friends, or even partners who have started a business together? ”

She remembered the first day of Luo Wenwen's report, the old friend who had cared for him many times after she fled from Kaijingdezhen, and expressed undisguised happiness at her return. Then she went to the factory to deliver the butterfly change drawings and replace them, Gu Yan gave him a horse at the welcome party, how could he not be humiliated? But on the same night, he sent her home, and he didn't leave downstairs.

All along, she thought that the person who showed up in the bathroom and heard the waiter speak was a girl. Even if it is not Jiang Yi, it may be another female colleague of Luo Wenwen who participated in the dinner.

But she forgot that in the room where he was waiting for the waiter to issue a ticket, he had been waiting for her in addition to her.

He said to Gu Yan that a temporary victory or defeat does not mean a permanent victory, so after losing the butterfly change and losing the Moguan Cup, did he attack the fat man? The 100-year order of the Fourth World Hall is certainly a catalyst, but there are still a few months before the director selection at the end of the year, and he is moving so fast?

"I didn't have any friends around me all these years, and I thought I didn't care about ......"

At this moment, Xu Zhiliu couldn't help but think of Xiao Liang. Even if it is fate, in those silent years, he has also been treated sincerely by Xiao Liang, but what about Xu Qing?

She only has one grandfather.

Grandpa is long dead.

What has she gotten over the years? Has anyone ever been sincere?

Perhaps. In that long college career, Xu Qing once had a memory of loess flying in his life. She went to industrial design with the frustration of failing the college entrance examination, and came to Jingdezhen, which is dirty and messy, with regret for the first-tier city. The city and the people of this city left her too much love and pain, she left and came back, wanted to give up and was unwilling, guarding a little light, hoping to reappear yesterday, never thought that the past was like each other, and now the handover is short. The old classmate raided behind her and repeatedly pushed her into the crosshairs.

She looked back, and her eyes were full of devastation and yellow flowers.

She's got.

It's just lost again.

It's not so much that she doesn't want to doubt Liao Yifan, it's better to say that she can't let go of her former sincerity, for example, if she is nostalgic for her classmates and compassion for her fellow Jing Piao, why not let her keep it? Only the enemy has already made a move, even if she wants to turn a blind eye, the other party will not give her a chance.

"Xu Qing, there is no impermeable wall in the world, how about finding evidence that he is being replaced, and leaving a glimmer of room for himself?"

Liao Yifan and Gu Yan have already made a move, what actions will there be next? What awaits her? Xu Zhiliu is a bystander, and he also feels that danger is lurking, and the golden drum is ringing in unison.

Xu Qing also quickly regained his senses and straightened up: "I have a hunch that this matter may not be simple. ”

"Autumn Mountain" is not an ordinary handiwork, and the person who gave Liao Yifan as a gunman is definitely not a nameless newcomer, but he has a master-level level, why hide behind others?

At this moment, there was a commotion in the office, and I only heard a loud shout: "Liao Yifan, you come out for me!" ”

The next second, the door to the conference room was kicked open.