When Zoe Winters walked out of the airport, it was already bright and she looked at the airport sign suspiciously: "San Francisco? Shouldn't it be Los Angeles? ”

"Mr. Hawke and Mr. Lane have booked you restaurants and hotels near Berkeley." Page opened his mouth to explain.

Page helped Zoe open the door of a business van waiting to be picked up, and when Zoe got into the car, he took the passenger seat and told the driver to drive the car to a parking lot in Berkeley.

Getting out of the car, Zoe surveyed the quaint town.

Zoe has always lived on the East Coast, and she has the impression that California should be sunny during the day and bright at night, but at this moment, this nighttime Berkeley town is the opposite.

The night breeze blows slowly, blowing away all the impetuousness, hustle and bustle, and all kinds of academic, artistic, or other temperaments that pervade this Berkeley town during the day, leaving only silence and leisure.

Even the depression and irritability caused by the suspension of work in Zoe's heart gradually let go of the quiet scenery in front of her, and she felt a little more relaxed.

At the end of the bluestone road in front of you is the restaurant booked by Tommy and Stephen, the Pampas House, which looks no different from ordinary houses, with simple and monotonous stone walls, wooden signboards and fences, if it weren't for Page's introduction that the building in front of her is a restaurant, Zoe would have thought it was a private house.

Pushing open the wooden door of the restaurant, most of the seats inside were vacant, only a small table, sitting two young people, hearing the wind chimes on the wooden door, both young people got up and raised their heads, showing a hearty smile to Zoe.

Then they greeted her and gave her a warm hug.

"I guess this restaurant must have been recommended by Stephen." After Zoe hugged the two, she sat down at the table and said affirmatively to the two men sitting side by side across from her.

Stephen said happily, "There's nothing difficult about this question, right, Zoe." ”

"Why can't it be my recommendation." Tommy asked unhappily.

Zoe laughed and said, "Because you're stingy, it's unlikely you'll have that taste, Tommy." ”

Zoe was not wrong at all, and according to Tommy's idea, he would find a well-known fine dining restaurant in Los Angeles, but Stephen insisted on booking a spot at this obscure restaurant.

Tommy heard the name of this restaurant when he was a student at Stanford University, and I don't know which gourmand or artist has highly praised this restaurant, touting it as a perfect combination of art and food, and the chef is touted as the da Vinci of the food world, so the California area is very attractive, many men and women living in Los Angeles will even come to taste it, and New York Food Magazine has also sent reporters to interview it, so that it has a lot of fame on the East Coast.

In fact, in Tommy's opinion, in fact, the taste has no special advantages over other restaurants, it is nothing more than that the restaurant is very literary and artistic, the food served is more exquisite, and the restaurant claims that all the vegetables used are grown by themselves.

As for the magazine interview, it must have been the reporter who received money to help with an advertisement.

After the waiter finished serving the food and the three of them drank a few glasses, Zoe, who looked elegant and intellectual, began to expose her true nature in front of the two friends and let herself go.

Tommy and Tommy were vicious, gritting their teeth about the bastard who sent chocolates disguised as bombs to the TV station and caused her to take a temporary vacation, because the guy's behavior probably caused her to lose her qualification for this year's Massachusetts Local Social Investigative Journalism Award.

Tommy quietly glanced at Paige not far away, and then smacked his lips and said to Zoe: "On the bright side, Zoe, he at least gave you a vacation and two handsome and golden friends." ”

"Even the two pieces of material are worthy of the word handsome and golden?" Zoe looked at the two of them and asked rhetorically.

"Wow~" Tommy and Stephen suddenly spoke, looked at each other, and then Tommy said to Zoe: "I'm in charge of Handsome, and he's in charge of Dorkin, isn't that more appropriate?" ”

Zoe laughed happily when she heard Tommy's words, looked at the expressions of the two, and then sighed, "It's good to see that you haven't changed as much as you did back then." ”

"Even better, Stephen is going to make a movie, to make our story, he's full of movie dreams and needs someone to talk to, and as a journalist, you're the best person to talk to." Tommy patted Stephen on the shoulder: "You can start." ”

Later, Stephen really began to talk to Zoe about his movie ideas, and Zoe listened with relish, giving advice from time to time, talking about the little things that impressed him during his summer camp days, and reminding Stephen to remember to shoot them.

With a smile on his face, Tommy listened quietly to their conversation, until Stephen was a little drunk because of his high spirits, and ran to the back garden with the chef to admire the vegetables grown in the restaurant, and the table fell silent.

"Don't you have any interesting things to talk about? Tommy? Zoe asked, holding her goblet and shaking the wine, looking at Tommy curiously.

Tommy picked up a piece of chicken with a fork and put it in his mouth, until the food was completely swallowed, then he looked up at Zoe, "Why don't you work for me, Zoe." ”

"Your black TV station?" Zoe burst out laughing.

She knew about Tommy starting a black television station.

Tommy shook his head slightly, "No, I'm working on a cable news network, I need a lot of reporters, I mean you can leave the countryside of Worcester and change to a bigger stage." ”

Zoe first laughed when she heard Tommy's words, then looked at Tommy's expression seriously, and found that the other party was not joking, she hesitated for a moment: "If I win that local social journalism investigative award this year, my boss will almost retire, and then I can take over his job, the editor-in-chief of a news program at a local TV station, and then work hard for about three to five years to win a few more news awards, and then my resume should be eligible to enter the news department of the three major TV networks, or work in a large newspaper." ”

Tommy nodded as he ate his food, "You've been angry, haven't you?" The first day I met you, I knew you were an angry girl. ”

As he spoke, he wiped his hands with a napkin, then generously reached out and grabbed Zoe's left hand, raised it to observe, with a ring on his middle finger.

Zoe believed that Tommy would not blatantly eat his own tofu, and that guy did not have this kind of courage, because he knew what he would face if he turned his face, so at this time, Tommy carefully observed the ring on his finger and did not withdraw his hand.

Tommy looked at the ring and asked, "How's that guy?" It's also a bastard like our summer camp mates? ”

"He's a shy and introverted guy who runs a flower shop on his own." Zoe also looked at the engagement ring on her finger, and although she didn't know why Tommy changed the topic to the ring, she still said with a gentle gaze:

"The most important thing is that he can put up with the vicious swear words and bad temper when I come home from work."

"I can guess that he must be a gentle and considerate man who can wrap you bad girl softly like warm seawater." Tommy let go of his hand, then continued to pick up the knife and fork and deliver the food to his mouth:

"Then, as time goes on, your inner anger towards the world will become less and less, and eventually it will be completely eliminated by this gentleness and thoughtfulness."

Zoe was stunned for a moment when she heard Tommy's words.

"I'm not inviting you to join, I just want to say a multiple-choice question, I start a news network, I need trustworthy friends to be by my side, and the anger in your heart also needs to be poured out, you don't need to follow those old guys step by step to absorb the so-called nutrition to strengthen yourself, here, you can grow savagely in your own way, pick a place on the world map, tell me, you can pick team members, go there and set up a reporter station, is to continue to report social news that the locals are not interested inWin some Massachusetts obscure journalism awards, or witness the world's biggest moments, interview those world-famous celebrities, and let Pulitzer chase after you for the Journalist of the Year? Tommy looked at Zoe:

"It's this multiple-choice question, you can go back to Worcester, and let your fiancé teach you with gentleness that you don't need to face the world with anger and compromise with it, or you can try it, keep your anger alive, and let everyone in the world hear it."

Zoe looked at the ring on her hand, then her eyes stayed on Tommy's face for a few moments before she lowered her head and said, "I don't know if I can do what you call savage growth alone." ”

"Do you see how I've grown? If I can, why can't you? Tommy took a sip of wine and asked:

"I don't want to agree to Stephen making this movie, but in the end, he is willing to fool the bank into lending me money, I have no objection."

"Any idea why I don't agree? Because I think the time has not come, as the prototype of the character, we don't have any outstanding achievements worthy of adaptation, right? But if it were years from now, those female stars would rush to play you, a world-renowned news reporter, instead of now, only unknown young actors willing to play the girlfriend of a TV reporter in your small city and a flower shop owner for pay. ”

"It's been a long time, your eloquence has improved so much from when you were in high school, Tommy." Zoe said with a reluctant smile.

Tommy stared at her seriously, capturing the subtle expressions on Zoe's face, and immediately spoke, "You're blaming me for not being honest enough, are you?" ”

Hearing Tommy's last words, Zoe re-examined Tommy, nodded slightly, and did not deny it: "Yes." ”

"You're thinking, this opportunity can be given to you or to someone else, why does it have to be you? Well, actually, because of the actress who played you in the Stephen movie, I needed to know her father, and having you work with me would make it all fall into place. ”

"It's the same as when we let us manage those students for you for free." After listening to Tommy's words, Zoe said with emotion, and then smiled: "This is what I remember about you, if I work for your news network, will you help me choose the first place to grow?" ”

"East Germany, under the Berlin Wall, you will be the first journalist in the world to witness the fall of the Berlin Wall." Tommy said.

"I can't find a reason to refuse, but can I go back and finish my investigation first?" Zoe thought for a moment and said to Tommy, "I don't want to give up halfway. ”

"Of course, you can." Tommy smiled brightly and said, "Nobody likes to give up halfway." ”

Zoe laughed as well, and continued to eat her food with her head down, while Tommy looked at Peppa, who nodded almost imperceptibly to Tommy.

"Unless there's a change." Tommy got the answer and added a word to Zoe.

(End of chapter)