Chapter 6 Chapter 6: The Lamp in the Wind

The weather is getting colder day by day, and when the window is opened in the morning, there is already a chill. The colors of the flowers have faded, but the autumn night sky is as transparent as crystal, and shooting stars streak across it from time to time. The seaside is getting lonely, and the sound of children playing in the water can no longer be heard. Tianchi changed Wu Zhou into a clean gray sweater, turned out the collar of his white shirt, and greeted autumn with him. They still make a turn to the beach every day. She said to him: "Today's sea water is extraordinarily blue, I don't know what it's like to swim around."

Or, "Brother Wu Zhou, I want to dance with you." "It was windy again last night. I dreamed of my mother." The content is not important, that kind of calm and natural attitude is the most rare. Everyone would feel heartbroken seeing that kind of scene, but Tianchi took it calmly. At last she could be with him, talk to him, sing, read novels, and above all, read to him letters to him that she never sent. From the age of 13 to 23, in ten years, the letters she wrote to him could be bound into a thick booklet, and they had been sealed as early as the night when she heard that he was going to be engaged.But now she turned them up again and read them to him one by one:

"Brother Wu Zhou, the wind is blowing. There are so many terrible memories of me in the wind, but there is also you in the wind, your eternal figure in the autumn tomb wilderness. I run towards you, but I will never get close. Between us, there is It's more than just Tianzhu Galaxy. You are finally getting married.You finally walked out of my sight forever, and you didn't even leave your back behind.From then on, you will never think of me again on your spring nights, and I will never see you again under the window of my autumn moon alone. You will fly to London, England, far away, to the foggy city where thick fog blocks my sight.Just like that, he walked away like this without leaving a word.I can't even count it as a touch of embellishment in the life of a passer-by in your life, but just a wisp of smoke at the end of your eyes when you occasionally look up.And I, how eager I am to be a wisp of smoke, to follow you forever, to accompany you, to go nowhere..."

The collection of letters, named, begins with "Dian Jiang Lips Conversing with the Moon" by Nalan Rongruo, the first poet in the Qing Dynasty: "A kind of crescent eyebrow, the second string is not as good as the first string. Yu Lang is not old yet, why should he be sad early? The plain wall is slanting, and the bamboo shadow sweeps across the window. The empty room was quiet, and the crow was about to wake up, and went down to the west building again. " It was not the best of Nalan's poems, but it became her favorite because of the central theme. Point crimson lips.She will never forget the scene where the purple Estee Lauder put on the girl's red lips. From then on, she faces the moon in the empty boudoir, loves each other every night, and feels sad early in everything.

Unexpectedly, ten years have passed in this way. The sea breeze blew her hair, and in the wind, there was a faint cry: "Sister, don't go, sister, come back..." Tianchi put his head on Wu Zhou's lap, grabbed his hand, and dispelled the fear. "Brother Wu Zhou, as long as I'm by your side, I won't be lonely. Please don't leave me again, okay?" No matter how strong she is, she is only 23 years old. Deep down, she is still a helpless little girl.Even more vulnerable than the average person of the same age.It's just that the premature independent life gave her a seemingly strong appearance.

Traveling between the company and the Wu family every day, she is really overwhelmed.Sometimes she was so exhausted that she even wished she could not sleep like Wu Zhou. One day I went for a walk with Wu Zhou, halfway there, it suddenly started to rain. Pushing a wheelchair, she stood under the tree by the side of the road and waited for the torrential rain to pass. She watched the wetness of the ground gradually approaching. Finally, the leaves could no longer withstand the heavy rain, and it leaked drop by drop.She covered Wu Zhou's head to protect him from the rain, and said softly, "Brother Wu Zhou, you should wake up after sleeping for so long."

Without saying a word, tears suddenly fell.I just feel that my heart is too soft to bear the weight of even a drop of rainwater. She is exhausted like this, but the pressure of life still refuses to let her go. On Friday afternoon, near the end of get off work, Accountant Jin suddenly stopped her and said, "Miss Ji, the bank reported that the check that Fuhua re-stamped last time is still empty, please let them settle it in cash." Tianchi knew something was wrong, he didn't dare to stay for a moment, and hurried to "Fuhua".Sure enough, the gate of the printing factory was closed, the seals were crossed, and a notice of closure was hung high up.Looking for Yang again, but he couldn't answer the page, and the mobile phone didn't work. He had made up his mind to disappear.

For 5,000 yuan, "Color TV" certainly wouldn't really go to court to arrest Yang, but decided to put the loss on Tianchi's head and deduct the full amount from her salary. Accountant Jin gloated and informed: "Miss Jin said that this is to make an example of others. In order to prevent the sales department from blindly increasing the business volume, they will accept all customers and do all orders, blindly greedy for success, and treat the company as a good example. without regard to interests.” Tianchi was angry, but he didn't want to waste any time talking with the accountant, so he simply said: "Alright then, I'll go find Miss Hua."

During this period of time, Gao Luo returned to the United States one after another, and Hua Yun acted as the general manager of "Caishi". Tianchi knocked on the door of the chairman's office and entered, called "Miss Hua" respectfully to explain his purpose, and then said: "The business enters the company, the check is in place and the financial department signs for it before the list is sent to the computer room, and the finished product is delivered by It is unreasonable for me to be responsible for the whole amount of money after the financial verification, but I have to bear it alone when something goes wrong.”

Hua Yun raised a pair of long eyebrows that were drawn thin and curved in old Shanghai in the 1930s, and said with a half-smile: "I've heard Louis say that you are eloquent. You really can speak well. But you can't rely on this matter." , who should I turn to if I don’t want you? You are the business manager, you handled the business, and you introduced the client, so of course you have to take full responsibility.” "Yes, I am a business manager, so of course I am responsible for the business process. But this does not mean that I should also be responsible for financial turnover. My task is to contact customers to contract business, but from business to company From that minute, the finance department and the operation room have already taken over, and I can only play an assisting role, so how can I be responsible for the whereabouts of the checks?"

"Then you mean Accountant Jin should be responsible? It is impossible for Accountant Jin to know in advance whether the check is empty." Tianchi was stunned: "But it's even more impossible for me to know. I have already reminded accountant Jin to ask her to enter the account as soon as possible and wait for the bank's notification. But now there is a problem, but I have to bear it alone. This is 5,000 yuan, and only I will be deducted. If the two-month salary is 50,000 yuan, wouldn’t it mean that I’ve worked for the company for two years? Then the business manager’s risk is too great.” Hua Yun looked at Tianchi coldly, smiled with his nose, and said lightly: "Don't be a business manager if you are afraid of taking risks. If you are in his position to seek his own affairs, how can you grab it when you see the credit, and hide when you see the responsibility? What's the use of trying to be nice in front of the boss? The important thing is to be down-to-earth and truly take the lead." As expected of the former prince, he speaks in an authentic Chinese official accent. Tianchi originally wanted to ask her who was taking the credit and shirking responsibility, but she felt it was too impolite in the end, but suddenly thought of a suspicious point: "Miss Hua, the invalidity of the check should be reflected in three days, right? Why wait until nearly half of the time?" Notifying me after a month?" Hua Yun scowled, impatiently: "You only care about what to do in terms of time? Could it be that if you notify early, you won't be short?" "However, if you notify me before the film is released for the second business of 'Fuhua', you can first notify the computer room to stop working and use his contract advance payment this time to make up for the loss. I asked the other party to pay in cash this time. Just in case." "Since you can settle in cash, why didn't you insist that they replace the check with cash?" Ji Tianchi stared straight at Hua Yun, and gradually understood in his heart: Hua Yun didn't want to listen to her explanation at all, and it wasn't for solving the problem at all.She just wants to deal with her, make things difficult for her, and punish her.But why?It is understandable for Accountant Jin to do this, needless to say it is for Xu Jiuyang, but what about Huayun?She is the proprietress of the company, a direct loser of her interests.Why did she avoid the important and ignore the trivial, let go of the bad check, let go of Accountant Jin, but made things difficult for herself alone? Tianchi thought slightly, instead of being angry, he smiled, and suddenly changed the subject and said: "Miss Hua, I feel that I am really not qualified for the position of business manager. After this incident, I hope I can be transferred to the technical department as an operator." "No." Hua Yun quickly interrupted her, "Did you graduate from a major in fine arts? Did you major in computer science? I've seen your education background. It's a bachelor's degree in Chinese. It has nothing to do with plate making and printing. If you don't meet our company's employment standards, I don't even know how you got into the business department." Tianchi ignored the harshness in her words, and pretended to insist: "I am learning Chinese. But I have learned how to operate in Guangzhou, and I can edit pictures and typesetting. I can just do typing and typing, and Miss Hua can arrange it." Hua Yun was already very impatient, and gradually became agitated, and then softly "hummed" from his nose and said: "Don't think about it, if you don't concentrate on your work, how dare I use you again." This is undoubtedly an eviction order.Tianchi became more and more aware that all Huajun's pretentiousness was aimed at driving her away, but why, why?She hated her so much, she had to put it to death and then hurry up, what was it for? "Miss Hua, you are prejudiced against me." Tianchi looked directly at Hua Yun, and spoke slowly without retreating. "No." Huajun categorically denied, and subconsciously "hummed" again from his nose, and said in a strange way: "Not only is there no prejudice, but Louis also has a good impression of you. I was just about to ask you, how did Louis know you?" Yours? How did you come to 'Color TV'?" Tianchi came to a sudden.She finally understood what was wrong with the proprietress, and she suddenly felt very tired and bored. This was a trap, a complete conspiracy - Hua Yun didn't care about the mere 5,000 yuan, it was just the price of a suit of her fashion.She just wanted her to go, and they, Hua Yun, Xu Jiuyang, and Accountant Jin, for different reasons, joined forces and seized the opportunity to act out this flawed play to force her to submit.Do you want to accompany them to perform?Do you want to continue fighting with such a clown?This is a war with no chance of winning.Besides, what about winning?If Xu Jiuyang can be defeated in a fight, can he also defeat the proprietress? Tianchi smiled faintly, mysteriously and erratically.With this peaceful smile, she stood up and said relaxedly: "Miss Hua, I have decided to resign." When Lu Yue and Chen'er heard about Tianchi's resignation, they were very supportive.Lu Yue was the first to agree with both hands: "Your job should have been lost a long time ago. It doesn't matter if the intrigue is smoky, plus a boss who is full of honey and a sword, and a boss who is jealous and bossy, you will definitely get cancer if you work for a long time." "You can't say that. Gao Luoyi is not a bad person. He is a teacher for a day and a father for life. After all, he once appreciated me, and he should be grateful just for this kindness." Tianchi is known for its gentleness.Chen'er thought of her boss, so she stopped talking.In this era, there is no Prince Dan, nor Jing Ke.The so-called kindness of knowledge and encounter is nothing more than one cent of salary and one cent of strength, and there is no need to repay one's head and neck, but eating a bowl of noodles and turning the bottom of the bowl is the worst thing. However, Tianchi is a person who can't be idle. Besides, he keeps talking and has no second source of income except salary, so he has to look through the newspaper's recruitment column to find a new job.Lu Yue objected: "Why worry? I have all the photos of my book "Feather Clothes and Neon Clothes", and I'm just waiting to design a sample and send it to the printing house for plate printing. You are an expert, why don't you help me and give me some advice." "Feather Clothes and Neon Clothes" is Lu Yue's costume photography album, which was originally planned to be published before the fashion festival, but Lu Yue belongs to the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, and the agency has always been procrastinating, so it was delayed.But that's okay, he took the opportunity to add many photos and tidbits from this fashion festival, which made the content of the album more substantial and lively, but the design and layout were more difficult. Tianchi was obliged to do so, and felt that it was a brand new challenge. Looking through the photos, he felt itchy, so he agreed without hesitation.Every morning after doing exercise with Wu Zhou, I would come to Lu Yue's office to select photos, add text, and determine the theme style for a unified arrangement. I was very busy for a while.Chen'er would often come over early after get off work to help out with ideas and write copywriting, and then the three of them had dinner together before going their separate ways. Lu Yue originally asked Tianchi for help, but unexpectedly he got the opportunity to have such close contact with Tianchi. The two elders of the Lu family couldn't help wondering: "What's the matter with these brothers and sisters? They didn't want to go out with sticks before, but now they are doing well, and they almost have to move their luggage rolls to the work unit." By the end of the month, the album design has been roughly in order.On the cover is an old photo taken by Lu Yue for his younger sister. Chen'er is wearing a loose dress fluttering in the wind, standing facing the sea, looking like she is about to fly. It’s too cold to be high.” When it was opened, on the title page was a group of photos of costumes and another group of home casual clothes arranged side by side, spanning two pages. appropriate." The final work is all kinds of bridal attire from the East and the West, and Tianchi composes a modern poem for it: "Let me, let me be your bride let me whoever's story whose plot No matter how far you go, will you turn around How many peaks and loops have passed After all, it will be your bride after all.” Lu Yue has always been insensitive to words, and he can't help but nod his head when he sees such soft and charming words, feeling deeply sad.Chen'er's heart skipped a beat, suddenly lost. But what caught Lu Yue's attention the most was the pictured text on a piece of evening dress - under a simple desk lamp, a lonely woman Zhi Yi sat alone, with Tianchi beside her writing in handwriting: "The so-called feeling of home , just turn on a light and wait for the one she loves to come back." That day, while Chen'er was away, Lu Yue said to Tianchi: "In order to thank you for your help, I want to give you a gift." He took her to a lighting store, oh it was a sea of ​​lights, ceiling, wall, floor, table, cabinet, lotus, hexagonal, wood, glass, crystal, colorful, neon... everything. He said to her: "Choose a lamp for yourself, I hope it will be on forever, and illuminate the person you are waiting for." Tianchi's eyes suddenly became moist.He understood that sentence, which she did not expect.But in the end she shook her head: "Behind every light is a family. I walked through every window with light, but all the windows were closed to me." What she loves is not a lamp, but a home. And he is willing to give her a home, but will she accept it? However, she finally confided her life experience to him for the first time: "I have longed for a real family since I was a child. There are father, mother, brother, under the light, the family is harmonious together, and my father can lift me over my head, use The bearded chin pierced my face..." Her voice lowered and became inaudible. She has a biological father and a foster father.But in a sense, she had never had a father since she was a child. If a child suffers a disadvantage, he can ask his father to take the lead: "You wait, I will tell my dad to go!" The teacher's punishment is unfair, and the father will comfort and comfort him: "It's okay, you will be the principal when you grow up, and let him be laid off." Watching the football game, the father carried it on his shoulders and yelled loudly: "Come on, come on! Hey, stinky ball!" When you meet a suspender skirt that suits your heart, you can get it with a little coquettish: "Dad, I want..." All these kinds of treatment have nothing to do with her. No one came forward for her. No one saw her acting like a baby. No one hugged her. It's a luxury in a dream, and she doesn't have that kind of luck. Her father had gone away in the wind and never came back. Tianchi covered his face, but did not shed tears.It's not that I don't want to, it's that I won't. Some children at the age of eight or nine don’t even know how to read a clock, and they only say that the big hand points at 8 and the small hand points at 9, but the adults are already ecstatic, and they praise the baby as a gifted child with first-class expressive ability. It is not difficult to imagine that they can become The world's literary giant, aspires to the Nobel Prize in Literature and so on. However, at the age of seven, Tianchi was able to speak well. Since the first grade of elementary school, she has never scored less than 90 points in each term exam. It is rare to be second in the grade. The teachers and students in the school have made it a miracle, but her relatives have never praised her for it. Just a few words. No one is delighted with her progress.Just as no one is worried because of her tears. So she learned never to cry in front of people. At first it was out of self-love and self-control, but over time it became a habit.Even if she was beaten with a whip, it would be difficult to make her cry in public. Sometimes, being able to cry is also a luxury. Lu Yue was at a loss.The complexity of Tianchi's life was beyond his imagination. What she told was a story from the last century, a plot only found in the little match girl, how could it happen in real life. However, because of this, he became even more curious about Tianchi. After a month of hard work, the design of "Feather Clothes and Neon Clothes" has all been completed, and it is only waiting to be input into the computer, and the plate making and proofing are ready. Lu Yue asked Tianchi: "Do the math, estimate the total cost of this album from plate making to printing?" Tianchi did some calculations and said, "It costs about 10 yuan for a book, and 80,000 or 90,000 for 10,000 copies." Lu Yue nodded: "Almost, with the envelope and some good paper, our boss approved a total of 110,000 yuan, and the Shenzhen Color Printing Factory quoted 125,000 yuan, and we are negotiating the price." Tianchi asked about the style of the envelope and the specifications of the paper, calculated it carefully with a pen, and said with certainty: "It will definitely be taken down within 110,000 yuan, and the printing factory will try you. In fact, if you have the equipment yourself, all the preliminary work has been done. Taking out filming and printing outside will not only save money, but also ensure a lot of quality.” Lu Yue frowned: "Then it's better for us to build a computer to do it ourselves. You can do it yourself from design to production, and you can handle it with ease, which is worse than letting someone else do it." Tianchi hesitated: "Technically, there is no problem, but not only a good computer, but also a good scanner, printer, and CD-ROM drive, and what about the invoice?" Chen'er's economic mind quickly moved, and said firmly: "No problem. Our Manager Zhong knows so many big advertising companies, they will definitely have the equipment you mentioned, and the invoice is even a trivial matter. Listen to my news, and I will definitely give it to you in three days." You're done." Sure enough, two days later, Chen'er took Tianchi to a "Star" computer company to look at the equipment. 4000DPI desktop scanner, 8100 model Apple computer, EPSON color inkjet printer, are very complete. Chen'er put on a master-like attitude and said, "Manager Zhong said, you can use the equipment here as you like, and if you have any requirements, just ask, and you will be satisfied." It turned out that STAR was originally a computer group, including 3D animation, multimedia touch screen, computer inkjet and many other production projects, and also engaged in computer sales and rental business, so it hit it off with Tianchi. Seeing the computer again in Tianchi, it was like reuniting with an old friend after a long absence, and I was very touched.Now negotiate the terms, rent STAR equipment and office for one week, rent 2,000 yuan, 50% prepayment. Sitting in front of the operating table, Tianchi's hand brushed the keyboard lightly, as if brushing the keys, a gentleness surged in his heart. Chen'er read behind him: "The big strings are like torrential rain, the small strings are like whispers, and the strings are mixed with bombs, big and small beads fall on the jade plate." Lu Yue said: "I hope that one day you will be half as kind to me as you are to a computer. You are already satisfied." After working overtime for three consecutive days and two nights, the first draft of the sample was basically completed, and the color samples were sprayed out to be signed by Lu Yue's leader.Only one or two details are required to be changed, and some words like "thank you" are added. The printing fee was immediately approved.After Tianchi assembled the plate, he copied all the data into the CD and sent the color samples to the printing company he had previously served in Guangzhou, and he just waited for the delivery to collect the money. Calculated, the net profit is more than 10,000.Lu Yue saw that the money was easy to come by, so he couldn't stop encouraging Tianchi to set up his own company, specializing in plate-making and design.And the boss of "Star" Group appreciates Tianchi's hard work and steadfastness, and intends to cooperate with her. Chen'er suggested: "If you don't cooperate, you are too restrained. If you want to do it, you can do contracting. As long as you pay the money at the end of the month, you don't have to worry about any constraints. You must strive for independence in finance and administration, otherwise you will never be able to get rid of the status of part-time job. It is in vain. You have to breathe on your back even when you're sweating." Tianchi was very moved. The vow I made at the age of 13 rang in my ears again: "I want to adopt myself." A full ten years have passed, and today, ten years later, she finally has another chance to say to herself: "I want to be my own boss." Tianchi laughed.