Chapter 3 Bao Dai dispute

Luo Hongchen got a job as a forum administrator of Chenggong Internet Company, responsible for the copywriting planning and data integration of the beauty pageant, and was directly under Mei Qi's management. However, she has too many suggestions and ideas, too independent, too outstanding, too capable, too unlike an ordinary employee, too... Mei Qi couldn't describe how much she annoyed her, she wished she could find the most sufficient excuse to expel her in the shortest possible time.But Hongchen works from nine to five every day, only arriving early, not late, only working overtime, not absent from work, only doing more, not making mistakes, and the copywriting he has sorted out is clear and brilliant - Mei Qi really can't find any faults Come and convict her.

However, Luo Hongchen didn't make mistakes, so couldn't he make some mistakes for her? In the middle-level regular meeting on Monday, the heads of various departments reported the work progress and plans for this week to Zhou Ziheng.Mei Qi turned on her laptop and called up the beauty pageant event plan, but said "Yeah" and called: "Oops, the computer has a virus, why can't the file be opened?" She pressed the intercom and called Hong Chen, "Send the process plan Send a copy in." After a while, Luo Hongchen knocked on the door and came in to report: "Manager Mei, there is no backup of that plan, so it cannot be printed."

"No backup? How did you do this copywriting?" Mei Qi was furious. Hong Chen argued: "The confidential documents that are directly handed over to you have always been under your sole control. Once copied, they will be deleted immediately without backup..." "Nonsense!" Mei Qi didn't give Hongchen a chance to explain, "You drafted the document, you typed it up and copied it into my computer, and you deleted the backup file. Now my computer has a virus for no reason. You Do you dare to say that you are not responsible? What do you mean when you say that I am in charge of the documents alone? It means that the mistakes are all my fault, and you are not responsible? Such a big loss, can it be that you just don’t know and it’s over? ? I think you don't want to do it anymore!"

Zhou Ziheng watched coldly, fully understanding what happened—it was clear that Mei Qi was guarding herself, and would rather install a virus in her computer than blame Luo Hongchen, so that she could be fired.However, these are all speculations. Who would believe that a department manager would hack the computer himself in order to incriminate his subordinates?The rest of the company's middle management didn't know Luo Hongchen's special identity, let alone the unspeakable quarrel between Mei Qi and Hongchen. It was originally the power of the middle management for the department manager to fire his subordinates for the crime of negligence, and as long as the evidence was convincing, even the general manager would not be able to interfere; moreover, Zhou Ziheng also wanted to know how Luo Hongchen would deal with this situation.

However, Hong Chen was just like when he bargained with Mei Qi for the three embroidered shoes that day at the "No Needle Embroidery Workshop" in the Confucius Temple. When it was over, Fang smiled lightly, and said softly: "Fortunately, I remember the complete content of the plan, so I can type up another copy right away; if Manager Mei is in a hurry, I can repeat it now." "Can you memorize it?" Zhou Ziheng was surprised, "Then you sit down and have a meeting with us and dictate the contents of the proposal." "This..." Mei Qi was anxious, "She is just a grassroots employee, how can she attend the company's regular meeting?"

Smiling arrogantly: "She remembers the content of the plan, do you have a better way? Unless you can memorize it yourself." Mei Qi's face was livid, and she cast a threatening and hateful glance at Luo Hongchen, and patiently stopped talking. Luo Hongchen then calmly narrated: "The process of the plan is as follows: Up to now, the registration for the beauty pageant has ended, a total of tens of thousands of people have participated, and 1,200 people are left after the audition. We are going to post all their photos on the Internet. A FLASH introduction is attached. It is required that the pageants must be produced by themselves to show their computer talents, and then 108 finalists will be selected through voting by netizens, that is to say, each of the twelve beauties There are nine candidates. This is the first round of competition. Temporarily staying on the Internet, it is still at the stage of talking on paper."

Zhou Ziheng nodded, and said with great interest: "It's interesting, what's next? But if it's going on online all the time, it will be a bit boring." Luo Hongchen went on to say: "The second round will be officially held in conjunction with the TV media. It will be divided into three groups. The first group consists of Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun, and Miaoyu, each with nine candidates, for a total of thirty-six people; Group Yuan, Welcome, Tan, and Cherish Four Springs; the third group is Sister Feng, Sister Qiao, Li Wan, and Qin Keqing. The content of the performance is mainly singing and dancing instruments, and experts are invited to choreograph and arrange music, such as nine Lin Daiyu dancing together Nine Xue Baochai dance the butterfly flutter together, and nine Miaoyu dance the plum blossom dance together..."

This time, all the middle-level people present were also encouraged, and said with a smile: "This must be lively, beautiful, intuitive, and interesting. The nine Daiyu dress up and move in the same way, and the judgment will be judged." Luo Hongchen nodded, and continued: "In this way, each beau will select the top three, and the total number of twelve beauties will still be thirty-six, and then the third round of competition will be held. This time, we will divide into three groups and perform musical instruments. The group is all twelve beauties, first they wear ancient costumes and play "Spring River Flowers and Moonlight Night" and other ancient songs, and then change their costumes to answer quizzes about the Red Chamber, so as to select the final winners of the twelve beauties in Jinling, that is, all the winners."

"Great!" All the department managers were eager to discuss, "The rules of this game are well established, with many tricks, no repetition, blurred sounds, both movement and stillness, and good taste. Maybe it can attract the attention of people from all walks of life. It would be even better if it could attract the attention of red scientists." Zhou Ziheng nodded: "It's easy, you can invite a famous red scholar to be the judge of the beauty pageant, and let them not pay attention!" "That would be even better. You can invite this red scientist to draft the intellectual questions about red buildings in the beauty pageant, and ask the beauties to draw answers, and the red scientist will score. In this way, the attention will be higher, and it will be more authoritative .”

Zhou Ziheng was greatly cheered up, he had almost seen the unprecedented success of the competition, and said to Luo Hongchen approvingly: "Your memory is really good. Thank you for remembering the complicated details of this proposal." However, Luo Hongchen still has the following: "The twelve beauties of Jinling are officially decided. The competition can be said to be complete, but the championship, second and third places have not yet been finalized. This time, each beaut is asked to design a sketch for the character he represents, which can be It can be a song, a dance, a musical instrument, or even a speech, and hold a debate contest to finally decide who is the head of the twelve hairpins——at this time, a heated discussion must be held in the forum, and the paper media should also cooperate with the media at the same time. Build momentum and launch a big discussion on the Red Chamber - here is not only the survival of the fittest among the twelve beauties participating in the beauty pageant, but also the audience and readers' evaluation of the likes and dislikes of the characters in the Red Chamber. Since ancient times, Baochai and Daiyu are better It has always been a topic of debate, but this time our 'Shengli.com' beauty pageant can give a final answer to the eternal suspense."

"Okay!" The managers of all departments applauded at the same time, vying to say, "It is not only a beauty pageant, but also a big discussion on the topic of Red Mansions. It will add a cultural atmosphere to the beauty pageant and elevate entertainment activities to a cultural phenomenon. It must be a sensation. , the image of our successful company will definitely be improved by virtue of this beauty pageant, and we can take this opportunity to catch up with all the media and establish a longer-term cooperative relationship. With so many topics, it is much easier to attract advertising sponsorship, see Coming to the company is really going to show its strengths recently! The work plans of our various departments have to be re-arranged with reference to this flow chart." As if one stone stirred up thousands of waves, the weekly company meeting reached an unprecedented climax because of the intervention of a small employee. Zhou Ziheng watched all this in shock, thinking excitedly: I have dug a gold mine.Holding the "Jinling Twelve Beauties" beauty pageant was originally a flash of inspiration for me, but now, this inspiration is becoming clearer and more specific in Luo Hongchen's narration. She is his true confidant, almost his other half. He looked at Mei Qi's gray and bewildered face, and knew without asking: more than half of the content of this plan was drafted by Luo Hongchen, so Luo Hongchen knew and comprehended far more than Mei Qi. That's why Luo Hongchen remembered it so clearly.He even thought that Luo Hongchen's last suggestion about the contest between Twelve Beauties and Bao Dai was her improvisation, which was just thought of - because, when he praised Luo Hongchen for his good memory, he He also vaguely thought of this section, but before he could make it clear, she had already said it for him.She and him seem to be connected by heart! He deliberately led her to talk, wanting to know more about her: "Leaving aside the beauty contest, in your opinion, which one is better, Baochai or Daiyu?" I thought that with Luo Hongchen's calmness and plainness, he would say something official, "Everyone has its own merits, regardless of its status".Unexpectedly, she said without hesitation: "Of course it is Lin Daiyu." The affirmation in her tone cannot be doubted. When Zhou Ziheng was surprised, he felt even more emotional - this is Luo Hongchen, who will always surprise you.She is gentle, but stubborn; she is cold, but passionate; she is fair, but clear-cut; she is proud, but neither humble nor overbearing. Mei Qi couldn't help protesting: "Why? I think Xue Baochai is good. She is gentle, generous, decent, well-rounded, and has a good family background. No wonder the parents of Jia's family choose her as their wife." "Xue Baochai's family background may not be better than Daiyu's." Luo Hongchen shook his head and vetoed, not showing any face to his boss, "Lin Daiyu is the daughter of Yanzheng Lin Ruhai. The family wealth is more than ten thousand. Moreover, Jia's mother said that among several daughters, Jia Min, the mother of Daiyu, is the most beloved. She is willing to marry her beloved daughter to the Lin family because of the right family. The Lin family has no close relatives, and all the family properties are Lin Daiyu inherits alone, and her family background is not inferior to that of the Jia family." Mei Qi is not very familiar with the pair, but she has watched the TV series, and the characters in the story are still clearly distinguished, she curled her lips and said: "Those are all guesses, and the book doesn't say how much property Lin Daiyu has, her parents died , she took refuge with her grandmother, she was just an orphan in Jia's house, how can she compare to Xue Baochai, Xue's family has many shops and their business is booming, how could it not be as good as Daiyu?" Luo Hongchen smiled slightly, and said confidently: "Lin Daiyu entered Jia's mansion at the age of six because her mother died of illness, and her grandmother took pity on her. It was not because of financial difficulties that she had to seek refuge with relatives. Her father Lin Ruhai's death of illness happened after she entered Jia's mansion. The second master Lian accompanied her back to her hometown to attend the funeral. At that time, Daiyu was just an immature and weak girl, ignorant of farming, and heartbroken. Because of Lin’s family’s gift of hairpin tassels, Daiyu has been pampered since she was a child, and she has a high character, and has no concept of money at all. Later, she even felt that she was bothering Jia’s family when she ate a bowl of bird’s nest. At that time, she had a little sense of money. In the snobbish circle of Jia’s mansion, she was forced to feel the pressure from the outside world. In the section "Analysis of the Golden Ranchi on a Stormy Night", she had a heart-to-heart conversation with Baochai, saying that Baochai owned houses, land and business. But she has nothing, food and clothing are all taken from the Jia family, so it is inevitable that she will not be hated and disgusted by the villain. But she never thought that her wealth has been swallowed up by the Jia family, which just shows her heart She is pure and noble, but Xue Baochai is not like that. Her family runs many shops, and she is just a merchant's daughter. Ask her to wake up. A young lady who has not left the cabinet actually wants to do business in person. It is because her family is in trouble and is very tight, so she has a sense of crisis at a young age. It can also be seen that her hypocrisy, sophistication, Preoccupied. It also shows her background, which is far less noble than Lin Daiyu." People couldn't help but applaud Luo Hongchen again.So far, everyone has more or less seen that the two girls are fighting openly and secretly. Mei Qi clearly regards herself as Xue Baochai's spokesperson, and she wants to fight Lin Daiyu to win Zhou Ziheng, the "true" Baoyu. ! Mei Qi was already a little distraught: "But what about her character? Lin Daiyu is narrow-minded, jealous, angry, and cries at every turn, how disgusting! How can Xue Baochai be as magnanimous?" Hongchen said: "Daiyu's jealousy is only jealous of Jia Baoyu alone, and only with Baochai. Xiren, Qingwen, and even Zijuan are ambiguous with Baoyu, but she turns a blind eye and calls Xiren to be her sister-in-law. It is clear that she is tolerant of others, this is the heart of a first wife; although she is arrogant and self-confident, she never bullies others, do you think which servant she has yelled at? She is the one who is close, and regards Zijuan as a sister. But what about Baochai? You can joke with the girl when you are happy, but when you are not happy, you can be stern and scold the girl: Who do you think I have smiled with? The girl ran away in a flash. Jin Chuan jumped into the well and died, and his wife wanted to shed a few tears, but she could not bear the heart and said: Most likely she fell into the well for fun. Her dignity and kindness are just for the old lady to see. Yes. He is more ruthless than anyone else in his bones." Everyone sitting and watching the play was amazed and admiring. They never thought that a young girl would have such insights. Although she was a bit extreme, she had character.Because of Mei Qi's face, she can't participate in the discussion. Zhou Ziheng ignored it, and praised: "Well said! Daiyu has a spirit, so I must regard you as a bosom friend!" Lin Daiyu is just a character in the story, and may not be Luo Hongchen's confidant.However, everyone could see clearly——Zhou Ziheng regarded Luo Hongchen as his confidant.He looked at Hongchen's eyes, so shining, full of admiration. The night was deep.Mei Qi felt cold. She clasped her shoulders and arms with both hands, still feeling cold.shivering with cold. Wrapped tightly in the silk quilt, I feel like a chrysalis, which has not had time to break out of the cocoon when it is the season of butterfly, and I am bound to death. The window is open, the lake-green screen is flicking back and forth, and the screen is decorated with various small ornaments, such as small sunflowers with smiling faces, dancing girl dolls dancing in Swan Lake, Chinese knots, golden paper cranes, red tassels... and the three Only exquisite and fragrant embroidered shoes. "Needleless" embroidery workshop, but "seeing every stitch"! Mei Qi buried her face in her hands, and wiped away the tears in her hands.Little by little, she wanted to look back, thinking about her three-year relationship with Zhou Ziheng, and Luo Hongchen's inexplicable intrusion. The first time I saw Hong Chen was at Gongyuan West Street of the Confucius Temple, when Mei Qi wanted to buy embroidered shoes.Only willing to pay a single. It was Mei Qi who brought Luo Hongchen in front of Zhou Ziheng. She remembered that Ziheng laughed at her at that time: I can't buy a pair of shoes, they are all a pair.Mei Qi said: I don't want to make a pair, but I want to buy one. A burst of inexplicable grievances welled up in her heart, and Mei Qi cried regretfully, why are you so stupid?Why do you want to buy some embroidered shoes?Why buy only one shoe capriciously and say don't make a pair?God knows how much she wants to be a couple with Ziheng and grow old together! Those words were like a spell, the beautiful dream of the couple was broken by her own hands! The second time was also the first time she met Luo Hongchen. The moment she met, she had already foreseen the danger and made up her mind to prevent her from happening before it happened.She had already issued the order to evict the guest, but she sarcastically sarcastically said that she was overconfident, which angered Luo Hongchen, caused a quarrel, and delayed the time to give her a chance to meet Zhou Ziheng—if she didn't say more, then In other words, if Luo Hongchen was blocked cleanly and neatly at that time, and she was not allowed to enter the "successful" company, how could there be any tragedy later? But this time, she was even more clever and dug her own grave—why did she install a virus on her computer, then called Luo Hongchen in to show Zhou Ziheng, and gave Luo Hongchen a great opportunity to perform?It's like shooting yourself in the foot with a rock!Not only failed to drive Luo Hongchen away, but made her famous in acting, and became the assistant to the general manager.Zhou Ziheng's personal assistant!From then on, he and Zhou Ziheng could go in and out together, even having lunch together - in the past, if there was no client entertainment, Ziheng would always find Mei Qi to have lunch together.But now, the seat she used to sit in was replaced by Luo Hongchen! Mei Qi hates it.Myself, there are really too many things, too many words!It's me who ruined my happiness, I ruined my love, everything is my own fault! A phone call came in, interrupting Mei Qi's memories.She was taken aback, and picked up the receiver—it was Ziheng: "Are you asleep?" "Nope, what about you?" "Sleeping." "Did you still call while you were asleep?" "Yes. Answering the phone and asking me if I slept?" Zi Heng smiled lightly, and asked considerately, "Why, can't you sleep?" "cold." "Sleep with the windows open?" "Too lazy to get up." Mei Qi also smiled.She enjoyed these seemingly boring conversations very much, and there was a kind of intimacy between Chaimi and his wife.It represents the acquaintance and tacit understanding of the whole three winters and summers. "Why are you calling me so late?" "The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow. Don't close the window and be careful of catching cold." Zi Heng's voice was deliberately low, like a comb gently combing Mei Qi's heart, a little painful and itchy, but Very comfortable. "You are most afraid of rainy days, don't think about it, go to bed early." He is coaxing her.He knew that she had always hated rainy days, the raindrops kept falling, Sharala, Sharala, it seemed that there were infinite past events that forced people to look back, and they couldn't figure it out, boundless and helpless. Rain is the most difficult thing to grasp in the world, but it has such a great control over people's emotions.When it rains, people's hair and body will become moist, as if growing moss. They talked some more boring dialogue before hanging up.Mei Qi was no longer sleepy, so she simply sat up, lifted the quilt, opened the curtains, and found that the rain had stopped. The crescent moon bent in the sky, like a hook, so light that only a shadow remained, under the moon was the ridge of a house, with sparse vegetation, many moths circled around the light of a street lamp, under which a man was reading a book.Mei Qi lived on the twelfth floor, she was already very tall, but she couldn't see farther. The city is getting more and more crowded, and the sky is getting narrower and narrower. No matter how hard she tries, she can only see that little distance, and what belongs to her is even less. ——Why are you willing to throw this little bit out? Since she couldn't fall asleep anyway, Mei Qi simply sat up and read a book. yes.Zi Heng valued Luo Hongchen more or less because he admired her knowledge.Hong Chen made the beauty pageant proposal, combining the beauty pageant and the Red Chamber seamlessly; he also spoke for Lin Daiyu, and refuted Xue Baochai himself, because he was familiar with the original work.I can't lose too much to her! Mei Qi opened along the pages of the book folded the day before yesterday.She has always disliked reading these classics, and fell asleep after reading a few lines.I read and reread, and these days I only read to the twenty-fifth chapter: "Nightmare Magic Sister and Brother Meets Five Ghosts in a Dream of the Red Chamber, Psychic Meets Shuangzhen"—— "...The Daoist Ma sat down again, then went to greet each room in each courtyard, and wandered around for a while. When she came to Aunt Zhao's room, the two met, and Aunt Zhao ordered the little girl to pour tea with him. Eat. Ma Daopo saw that there were some scraps of satin piled up on the kang, and Aunt Zhao was gluing shoes. Ma Daopo said: "But I have no shoes. Grandma Zhao, you have scraps of satin, no matter what color, get them." Give me a pair of shoe uppers." When Aunt Zhao heard about it, she sighed and said, "Look there, is there any other piece that looks like it? You can't come into my hands if it's like that! All of them are here, if you don’t mind, just pick two pieces.’ Ma Daopo saw and said, she really picked up two pieces of sleeves and stood up..." Shoes again!What a coincidence! Mei Qi felt stabbed when she saw the word "shoe" - if it wasn't for "shoe", she wouldn't have caused those things later - where is "shoe"?It is clearly "evil"!After being patient, I continued to read: "... Ma Daopo heard about it, smiled in her nose, and said for a while: "It's not that I said something evil, you have no ability! ——It's no wonder that others don't dare to do anything, but secretly count it, and wait until now!" Aunt Zhao heard that this made sense, she was secretly happy in her heart, and said, "Why do you plan in secret? I mean it, but I don't have such capable people. If you teach me this way, I will thank you very much." When Ma Daopo heard that the words were closed, she deliberately said: "Amitabha! Don't ask me, I don't know these things. Sin, sin." Aunt Zhao said: "You are here again. You He is the person who is most willing to help those in need, why don't we just watch others come and manipulate us to death? Are you still afraid that I won't thank you?" I can’t bear to let you women be wronged. If you say thank me, but you have made a wrong plan. It’s just that I want you to thank me. What can I rely on to impress me?’ Aunt Zhao listened His tone was loosened, and he said: "You are such a sensible person, how can you become confused. If you really succeed in the method and kill them both, tomorrow this property may not belong to me. What do you want at that time?" No?' Ma Daopo listened and lowered her head..." Mei Qi didn't know what to do when she saw this, she suddenly felt a tightness in her throat, her heart beat fast, and she was anxious to know whether the Ma Daopo should or should not, if she did it or not, and how to do it.However, the back of that page was accidentally bound and omitted, and one page was missing. That book was just kidding her!Or to be right with her? Mei Qi, half curious and half out of breath, got up and turned on the computer to surf the Internet, typing to find the original.I have never been eager to learn. Finally found her- "... Ma Daopo looked at the white pile of silver, and there was a debt, and she didn't care about the red and white. She responded with her mouth, stretched out her hand to grab the silver and tucked it up, and then accepted the debt. She took a long time into the waist of her trousers , took out ten paper hinged ghosts with green faces and white hair, and two paper figurines, handed them to Aunt Zhao, and quietly taught him: "Write the two characters of year Geng on these two paper figurines, All five ghosts are tucked into their respective beds and it’s over. I’m only doing it at home, and it’s going to be effective. Be careful, don’t be afraid!’…” Mei Qi watched, secretly startled, if she moved, she felt that every word Ma Daopo said was aimed at herself. It turns out that the matter of cursing the practice is even written in the book. No wonder Pan Daxian said that she doesn't study.If you can really do what Ma Daopo said, "If you don't dare to do anything in the open, you can do it in secret", wouldn't it be worry-free? I can't help but feel fascinated, and gradually become crazy about it. He simply typed in key words such as "raising Gu" and "lowering the head" one after another, and searched all the way.But I don't know, a little evil thought in my heart gradually grows and grows, and then I fell into the devil's way—— "It is said that in the time of Emperor Yao in ancient times, the person who made Gu insects collected centipedes, snakes, lizards, geckos, scorpions and other things at noon on May 5 every year (it is said that the poisonous gas is the most abundant on this day), and put them in a container. Inside, put a lid on it and recite the incantation. A year later, when you open it, you can see that all kinds of poisons in it are starving and devour each other. In the end, there is only one left, which is called Gu. It has been psychic, very They are good at changing, and have different shapes. The long ones are called snake Gu, the round ones are called toad Gu, and the colorful ones that bend like rings are called golden silkworm Gu..." "Gu worms like to eat people, and at least one person must be killed every year to sacrifice to it, otherwise, it will run into the chest and abdomen of its owner, gnaw at his stomach, and crawl out like a corpse after eating. If there is no way, the whole family will be wiped out by it. This kind of bug can't rot under its feet, can't be cut with knives, can't be submerged in water, can't be scorched by fire, and can be invisible. If you want to send it away, there is only one way to marry it. Method: Wrap the Gu worm with brocade, put gold, jewels and jade in it, its value will be double that of what the Gu worm took, and discard it by the side of the road. If someone picks it up, the Gu worm will move to his home. If the bag contains If the jewels are not enough, the Gu worms will not go; if no one picks up the package, the Gu worms will have nowhere to go, and they will still find the old owner..." "The magic of lowering the head: go to the grave to pick up the yellow paper used by others to go to the grave, cut out the human figure, and write the birth date and name of the person to be cursed with gecko blood. Then take the corpse fluid (the yellow water that slipped down after the corpse rotted) ) cup, some live maggots, put the maggots into the corpse fluid and feed them for three days. Then take them out and mash them together with spiders, centipedes, and scorpions, and put them back into the corpse fluid. Soak the doll in the mixed corpse fluid, then cool Dry. In addition, dry and grind the centipede and pour it into eight hollow candles..." ... Before Mei Qi could wait until she was already sick, she couldn't help thinking of Pan Daxian's jar full of poisonous insects, and a layer of fine goosebumps suddenly appeared on her arms, as if swept by the wind, which lasted for a long time. It is impossible for her to collect poisonous insects or even corpse fluids, even the thought of asking Pan Daxian to do it again would be too cold.Pan Daxian can "lower his head", doesn't that mean he often has to deal with corpses?In his poison altar, I don't know how many innocent souls have been imprisoned. Mei Qi shuddered, not daring to think about it anymore.