Chapter 4 Chapter Four Autumn Tomb

Baiyun Street, Dalian City, Business Office of Color TV Computer Plate Making Company. Tianchi is protesting to the boss Gao one after another, arguing with reason, like a brave revolutionary. "It's unfair!" She asserted awe-inspiringly to her parents, her fluent English and earnest attitude made people angry and respectful, "It's unfair! I can not fight for myself, but I can't watch my team members suffer , it is obviously a business won by the two business teams with joint efforts, why should the bonuses be favored over one another?" Gao Luoyi expressed surprise, but her tone and expression were much more exaggerated than the actual meaning. Obviously, the elements of acting far exceeded the real feeling: "Really? But Fatty Xu told me that the contract was signed by him, and even the photography was done by them The team is in charge. But considering that your team has also helped, so the bonus is still 15%, why is Miss Carrie still not satisfied?"

This is a rather dramatic Chinese-American. His ancestral home is in Taiwan. He is an expert in China. His English name is Louis. It seems that he had an English name first, and then transliterated it into a Chinese name.He likes to be accompanied by big movements when he speaks, and just saying a word is like performing a stage play, and the repertoire is Shakespeare's works. There is another interesting story about his meeting with Tianchi, but Tianchi himself doesn't know about it. It was half a year ago, when "Color TV" was first established, Gao Luoyi went to Nanfang Weifu to learn from it, and pretended to be an ordinary customer to go to the plate-making company to "raise prices", when the business executive was lecturing Ji Tianchi: "You don't always like to show off your work. Is it efficient? The 15 KIS sent out yesterday, why haven’t they been handed in yet? Don’t you know that the company stipulates that the layout should be completed within 24 hours of receiving the manuscript?”

At that time, Tianchi was just an ordinary graphic designer in charge of process design in the business department, and he regarded all kinds of unreasonable and slanderous remarks as commonplace. All of them, 15 layout drawings drawn on rice paper were neatly stacked there. The female boss became furious: "Why didn't you say it sooner after you handed it in? If I didn't ask you, would you be responsible for the delay?" Tianchi still didn't say a word, until she finished the training, Fang turned around with a faint smile and walked out, without a word of excuse, without a hint of anger, as if it wasn't her who was wronged, as if she was just a bystander who had nothing to do with her.

Louis was so curious that he couldn't help but follow her out and asked her in Chinese: "The manager is obviously unreasonable, why didn't you scold her back?" Tianchi smiled lightly: "I have no obligation to praise others' demeanor." Gao Luoyi was overwhelmed by it, and she was determined to win this girl from then on. The first thing after "Caishi" opened was to send someone to contact Tianchi to invite her to join, but the subordinate reported that this person had resigned from the Guangzhou company. Being cited as the greatest regret by Louis.

However, within half a year, she suddenly took the initiative to apply for the job. At the first sight of her, Gao Luoyi had already recognized her, but Tianchi had no impression of him.Gao Luoyi was overjoyed in his heart, but on the surface he didn't show his expression.He is a businessman, so of course he understands the truth that a rising tide raises all boats, so he didn't explain it. He just asked some technical questions as usual, and then decided to hire her as the company's business manager, fighting against the original business manager Xu Jiuyang. Tianchi refused at first: "I don't want to compete with others, I just want to be an ordinary operator."

Gao Luoyi had a good time, folded her arms and smiled: "But the salary of the business manager is twice as high." Tianchi will not ring.The sky is big and the earth is big, and Qian's voice is the loudest, so she has no choice but to submit. She needs money.Wu Zhou's clothing and nutrition expenses are not small expenses, so he can't write a list of all expenses and submit them to Zhong Chubo for reimbursement.It is the virtue of others to repay their kindness, but one cannot regard oneself as a creditor because of this. But after work, Gao Luoyi and Ji Tianchi couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

In Tianchi, he felt that the unfair and abnormal competition in the company was very tiresome; in Louis, he was surprised. The acquaintance in Guangzhou once made him mistakenly think that Tianchi is a very reserved and deep character. In fact, she is an impulsive and really impulsive little hedgehog: everyone puts on a mask to try to build relationships, but she repeatedly fights fiercely with another business manager, Xu Jiuyang, for the sake of her employees; She speaks recklessly, but she is not only fearless, but sometimes almost aggressive.Just like at this time, she has already spoken to make a distribution ruling, so she has the ability to contradict her face to face, and she will never buy it.

"I absolutely cannot agree to such a bonus distribution. First of all, the original information of this business was provided by Liang Zhu of our group, and I was the one who negotiated with the person in charge of the 'Red Sea' industry. I happened to be on a business trip in Beijing, and you were not in China. The other party asked the manager to sign. I had to entrust Manager Xu to sign on the phone. On the day of signing, I had to take pictures, and Manager Xu did it for me, but I came back before the photos were taken. Still taking over this project, the design draft and several negotiations with 'Red Sea' until the final release of the film and finding a printing factory are all the work of our team, how can it be said that we are just helping out at the beginning?"

Gao Luoyi calmed down and said, "You seem to have enough reasons every time you ask me for a meeting. But according to the report, the performance of your group is indeed not as good as that of Fatty Xu." Tianchi was prepared to fight, turned around and went to his office to bring a stack of materials and sent them straight to Gao Luoyi: "This is the work record of our team last month. Every business has been recorded in detail from receipt to printing. Clearly, if you are interested, you can take a sample survey and check the difference between the two sets of performance statements that Tongjin Accountant faxed to the U.S. headquarters, and I can guarantee that you will come to completely different conclusions from the same monthly statement."

Gao Luoyi became serious, squinted her eyes and stared at Tianchi and asked, "What are you implying to me?" "It's not a hint, it's an explicit statement." Ji Tianchi looked back at the boss without showing any weakness, "CTV's management has always been irrational, resulting in a relatively unfair division of labor and remuneration. The whole rules and regulations are unreasonable. If you don't improve, you will lose the hearts of the people." Gao Luoyi's eyes were full of smiles again. The young manager's seriousness and integrity always made him amused. He slightly raised the corners of his mouth and asked in a teasing tone, "Are you threatening me?"

Unexpectedly, Tianchi agreed with silence. On the contrary, Gao Luoyi was surprised, and couldn't help but look at this subordinate again, but the gaze was not so much a scrutiny, but an appreciation. Tianchi is really not beautiful, the eyebrows are too thick, the eyes are too cold, the cheekbones are too high, and the lines are too hard, but the long hair is like clouds, and the white clothes are like snow. Popularity comes.It is said to be bookish but has the fierceness of a professional woman, and it is said to be a strong woman but still has the innocence of a little girl. The contradiction is so harmoniously written on a face, which makes people feel a little confused. What kind of temperament is that? Oh I remembered.noble!Yes, Tianchi has the charm of the standard old Chinese aristocrats, but because of falling into prostitution, it is inevitable that there will be more vicissitudes and helplessness.This is a princess, a fallen princess of the last generation. Gao Luoyi's eyes suddenly became more sincere: "Jali, if you don't learn to be more tactful with your personality, you will suffer." At this moment, it seems that he is no longer a boss, but just an elder who can't bear to see the younger generation suffer, or in other words, a friend who is clear from the sidelines. Tianchi felt his kindness, and also felt his teasing, smiled lightly, and suddenly asked: "If someone suffers, someone must benefit. Isn't that person you?" "Is it me?" "Isn't the implementation of two carriages just to cause a fight between snipe and clam, so as to reap the benefits of the fisherman? One company has two business departments, how can there be no war?" in one sentence.Don't underestimate the cleverness of this woman. It's one thing to be seen through by your subordinates, but another to admit it.Gao Luoyi was noncommittal: "I didn't force you to declare war, you are the one who wants to be a soldier." Tianchi actually admitted: "If I am not a business manager." The words were very helpless. Seeing that the little hedgehog's quills had been retracted, Louis was very satisfied, and gave Huairou policy: "My wife is flying to China tonight, let's have dinner together later." Such an honor, but Tianchi shook his head: "I have something to go home early. If I don't have to work overtime, please forgive me, and I will greet my wife tomorrow." Being ignorant of current affairs, Gao Luoyi couldn't help shaking his head, but Xu Jiuyang had been buying flowers and ordering banquets since noon, preparing for the proprietress' feast. Tianchi was eager to go home from get off work, so of course he went back to Wu Zhou's home. The first sentence when entering the door is the usual question: "How is Brother Wu Zhou?" As usual, Mama Wu's answer was just a sigh. The next question is: "Did Miss Linglong call?" Sometimes the answer is "yes" and sometimes "no".Most of the time I say "no". After all, the cost of overseas calls is astonishingly high.The frequency of saying "yes" became less and less, and the intervals became longer and longer, and then it became a fixed once a month. Once a month, it turns out that it is not just a woman's menstrual cycle. But today the answer is "yes". "Linglong said that American doctors have invented a new drug that can help patients regain consciousness. She has already ordered a few boxes, and they will pack and send them in two days." Mama Wu said happily. Tianchi is also very happy.She is willing to try anything that is beneficial to Brother Wu Zhou. After changing her suit and skirt, she began to massage Wu Zhou's legs to prevent muscle atrophy.Moreover, those nutrient solutions made him gain weight, and he also needed massage to help him balance. Mother Wu was busy in the kitchen, and Uncle Wu was helping, stopping from time to time to look at the back room, thoughtful: "It's really not easy for this child in Tianchi." "Hey, they should actually be a couple. Why didn't they think of it at the beginning?" "It's fine if Zhou'er is fine, then there's an urgent need to remedy it." "Not necessarily, he has already registered with Linglong after all." "I don't know when he will wake up? Can he wake up?" "Hush, Tianchi won't be happy when he hears this." For some reason, regarding Wu Zhou's matter, they were the ones who were a little jealous of Tianchi. Who else cares more about his son than Tianchi? She fed Wu Zhou medicine and milk without spilling a drop.There is no super special care can do better than her. The money she spent on Wu Zhou was even more countless, and almost all her salary was given to the Wu family. "If Zhou'er really wakes up, will he be with Tianchi or Linglong?" "Of course it's with Tianchi. Pei left when Zhou'er needed it the most. When Zhou'er woke up, she came back to put on her wedding dress again. Does she have this face?" "That can't be her fault." "Hmph." After a pause, Mama Wu sighed again: "It's time to urge Tianchi to buy new clothes. Girls are also business managers, so they can't go out with a set of clothes every day." "Yes." Uncle Wu agreed. "The kid surnamed Lu bought this outfit for her. She herself is not willing to wear it well." Speaking of Lu Chen'er, Mother Wu suddenly remembered: "By the way, I heard that the child surnamed Lu has gone to work in Zhong Chubo's company. What's going on?" "I also heard from Mr. Zhong. It seems that they met when they were visiting Zhou'er in the hospital, and then they got in touch. Later, Mr. Zhong invited her to work in his company, saying that she was a salesman. " "I don't think Zhong Chubo is a good person. Tianchi should persuade the kid surnamed Lu not to associate with this kind of person." "Will you be preconceived? You can't blame him for what happened to Zhou'er. It was Zhou'er who acted bravely." "Anyway, I don't think he's a good person. That kid named Lu is Shui Linglinger, so don't fall for his tricks." Before the words finished, "the child surnamed Lu" called back: "Is it Mama Wu? I'm looking for Sister Ji, is she off work?" Under the gloomy light of the "present and present life" drinking igloo, Ji Tianchi and Lu Chen'er sat across the table. In the middle is a cup of freshly brewed coffee and a gram of banana split. Black and white are distinct, and the contrast between hot and cold, just like the two girls have completely different temperaments and styles-Chen'er is charming and innocent, enthusiastic and lively, but Tianchi is more serious than soft.However, the drinks ordered by the two are just the opposite - Tianchi was used to nightlife when he was in Guangzhou, and he liked to drink hot freshly brewed black coffee; Chen'er was just like a little girl who didn't grow up, she had a sweet tooth and loved all kinds of ice cream . Two people with such different temperaments have become a pair of the most intimate friends. I don't know if this is a special explanation for "opposites attract". At this moment, Chen'er took a big bite of the ice cream first, and couldn't help but let out a "meow" to express her enjoyment. After she was done, she would raise her five fingers to lick it off one by one, like a greedy cat.Then he suddenly corrected his complexion, and Shi Potian asked a very serious question: "Sister Ji, what does it feel like to really fall in love with someone?" An ice-cream-eating little girl seriously discussing the true meaning of love looks ridiculous. However, Tianchi didn't smile, just looked at her with judgment: "That depends on what you mean by 'really'?" Chen'er suddenly felt shy: "It's just that when I see a person, my heart beats, and when I don't see it, I miss it all the time. In short, I just remember him all the time." "Then you have already answered the 'true' 'feeling'." Tianchi said meaningfully, "If you start to doubt whether you are 'really' in love with someone, then you are already 'really' in love." "But, what should love be like? Since when did you determine that you love Wu Zhou? Can love be mistaken, just like..." Chen'er's voice lowered, "Just like me It’s the same for Xiaofeng.” "Do you think you have a wrong love for Xu Feng?" "I don't know." Chen'er raised her head, her eyes were full of confusion and hesitation, and there was a trace of inexplicable grievance: "Our two families are family friends, and the adults of the two families have believed that we are a couple since childhood, and they talk about it every day. , After ten or twenty years, almost as soon as I was sensible, I knew that he was my future husband. The concept of a child-child bride-in-law was deeply ingrained, and I never thought about objecting, so I graduated from university and fell in love when I was old. , it is logical to walk with him." "But Xu Feng is really a good person." Tianchi said impartially, "He has good looks, good family background, good knowledge, and good character. The most rare thing is that he treats you wholeheartedly. shallow." "That's right, even you said that, he is good in everything, everything is good. So I never thought of objecting to the two of us being together, just want to say that I don't love him, and I can't find a reason. I don't know What is love, trust, care, respect, kindness, do these add up to be a kind of love? I used to think, maybe I just married Xu Feng like this, and spent half my life in a daze, and then suddenly one day I finally fell in love with Xu Feng It's a pity to be alone and find out that everything is too late..." Tianchi heard the wrong language: "You used to think... so, you don't think so now? You have found another person who is more worthy of love?" Chen'er smiled, and a strange look suddenly appeared on his face: "I don't know if that counts as love, but I know that person holds a very important position in my heart, very important, and has definitely surpassed Xu Feng. No, There is no gap left for Xu Feng. That person has already occupied the whole of my heart." Tianchi suddenly felt uneasy.Love is the happiest thing in the world.But it would be unwise to come too suddenly and violently.She tried to persuade her friend: "Don't easily reject a person, let alone a love. You have been with Xu Feng for more than ten years, and that kind of relationship can't be faked. To be fair, you and Xu Feng have had fun before." "But that's different." Chen'er persistently brought the topic back to the beginning, "Sister Ji, when did you decide to fall in love with Wu Zhou? Not since you were nine years old, you already knew it was love, right?" ?” Tianchi sighed: "Indeed, when I was nine years old, I didn't know that it was love, but when I was thirteen years old, I was sure." She raised her hand and asked the waiter to bring another cup of black coffee, no sugar, no milk , just gulped it down like that. Chen'er couldn't agree with her way of drinking, and laughed: "Sister Ji, your biggest hobby is asking for trouble." But Tianchi could no longer listen to her teasing, her thoughts had returned to ten years ago.The light in the ice-drinking room seemed to dim suddenly, and the air conditioner became even colder. She was in the lonely mountain grave ten years ago again in a trance. The adoptive father died that year, and Wu Zhou's elder brother happened to travel far away and did not return. It was Uncle Wu and Wu's mother who helped her collect and bury the adoptive father. On July 7th, it was a gloomy and cold day, and the wind mixed with faint rain, confusing the underworld with the underworld.She went up the mountain alone with sacrifices to "burn seven" for her adoptive father. It is late autumn, the pines and cypresses in the mountains are withered, the vegetation is desolate, and the cold wind whimpers sadly in the treetops, as if telling the grievance and loneliness that I don’t want to leave but can’t come back.Tianchi trembled a little, but still climbed to the top of the mountain without hesitation. People can be deceived, ghosts and gods cannot be deceived.Tianchi is very grateful to his adoptive father for his kindness in rebuilding himself, and refuses to be a little bit negligent in his funeral. When she reached the top of the mountain, unprepared, she saw a young man who had come before her, in black clothes and trousers, with broad shoulders and a broad back, kneeling upright in front of the grave of her adoptive father, silent and motionless, as if she had been cast A stone sculpture, revealing an unconcealable heroic spirit in the black silence. Tianchi was shocked, and the whole person suddenly softened, leaning on the pine tree and weeping silently. When the stone statue turned around, it was her brother Wu Zhou who was thinking about her all the time.Brother Wu Zhou came over, gently hugged her into his arms, stroked her long hair tenderly, and whispered softly in his ear: "Sister, come home with me, okay?" The tenderness is so heartbreaking. Tianchi suddenly felt that he had become a little girl, a six-year-old girl who lost her way in the mountains and forests, wandered for a long time, and finally found her relatives. She wrapped her hands around his waist and cried aggrievedly. That was the only time she cried in front of him.From then on she knew she loved him.Undoubted love that never changes.The autumn wind, the wilderness, and the drizzle on the mountain tomb are all witnesses of love.She described the feeling at that moment to Chen'er: "It was a kind of shock, very shocking, before I had time to think clearly, I fell into a samsara, and the impression of the other party took root in my heart in an instant, and I couldn't linger." Chen'er fell silent.She thought of Zhong Chubo.Because of Wu Zhou, she met him several times in the hospital by chance, and when she learned that he was Zhong Chubo, the famous No. How can you do it so successfully?" Zhong Chubo laughed heartily: "Want to know? Then you should report to my company for work tomorrow." "tomorrow?" "Yes, it's tomorrow." He stretched out his hand and shook her tightly. "Tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock sharp, you come to work. I will ask the HR department to arrange work for you." It was a very playful tone, but it was said firmly and unquestionably. Chen'er was dazzled by it.She had never seen such a person as him, his hands were rough and powerful, like a file, slightly scratchy, but extremely warm. After being separated for a long time, that kind of warmth still remained in her palm, and it lingered for a long time. The next morning, she did go, and without any interview, she directly became the junior salesman of Zhong Chubo's "faithful" advertising company.She is not under his direct leadership, and there are not many opportunities to meet her, but she has begun to be more enthusiastic about going to work than ever before. She used to have to be urged by her mother three times before she would get up every morning. Now, when the alarm clock rings, it is like clockwork. He jumped up, changed clothes and put on makeup in a hurry, and went out happily. Lu Yue said with a smile: "It's not like going to work, it's like claiming a lottery prize." The description couldn't be more vivid. They didn't have any special conversations or contacts. It was nothing more than "newspaper advertisements are just a lead, and the big fish is yet to come" or "this business needs to be paid special attention to, you have to be very careful, Xiaolu".But almost every word he said benefited her a lot and made her progress by leaps and bounds. Among her peers, in the era of "Journey to the West", she saw the most nonsense but flamboyant flamboyance; and Zhong Chubo, every word he said was like a nail, nailed to the most appropriate position.He always knew what he was talking about. This is a real mature person.Also a savage.But towards her, there is a special kind of tenderness—whether family members or colleagues usually call her "Xiao Lu" or "Chen'er".But he, calling her "little deer", was vague and kind, as if he couldn't speak clearly, but he had a kind of intimacy that penetrated into his lungs. For a young girl who is just in love, there is no joy that is more exciting than the transformation of hardened steel into soft fingers. Sometimes when she was sitting at the desk, her heartbeat would suddenly intensify for no reason, and a call sounded in her ear: "Little Deer". Obviously he wasn't around, but that familiar voice clearly belonged to him. She looked around in a daze, and finally realized that it was only her heart talking to her ears.It turns out that the ear discovers the secret earlier than the heart. Later, it gradually developed to the point that as long as she calmed down, he would talk in her ear, one after another, endlessly. In the past, she liked to listen to music for a while before going to bed, but now the sound accompanies her to sleep every day. She wished she could hear what he was saying.But maybe she didn't care, just knowing it was his voice was enough. When she was 22 years old, she had never experienced this kind of feeling, as if her whole life was suddenly full to crowded, and also seemed to be terribly empty, and she had to hug something tightly to let go.And what she wanted to hold was his big hand.Those rough, strong, and warm hands. Apart from love, she didn't know any other emotion that could explain the occurrence of this physiological and psychological phenomenon. Tianchi said: "It was a kind of shock, very shocking, before I had time to think clearly, I fell into a samsara, and the impression of the other party took root in my heart in an instant, and I couldn't linger." The situation did not match her. She wasn't shocked, no, never was, she just felt comfortable.It's like meeting a long-time old friend, drinking tea with candles, reminiscing about the old days, saying something like "you come from your hometown, you should know the stories of your hometown. In the future, you will open the window before the winter plum blossoms". But true lovesickness is never In the words. No, she doesn't need Tianchi's answer, she already knows it clearly, that is love. Lu Chen'er loves Zhong Chubo.Lu Chen'er doesn't love Xu Feng.Lu Chen'er wants to say goodbye to Xu Feng.Lu Chen'er has made a decision!