Chapter 5 Song Ci and Yuan Ge are enemies in previous lives

The wind blows in from the window, blowing the white gauze curtains. Like catkins, like sand, it lifts the confusion of the wild sky. I walk lonely in confusion, forever wandering, boundless loneliness.There was lightning piercing the silence, and in the torn clouds, there was a face as beautiful as a fairy. Beautiful, but cold, unsmiling, looking like a king, looking at me and asking quietly: "Why are you doing this to me?" I was startled and sat up suddenly, the room was empty except for the white window screens floating.Who is staring at me behind the gauze curtain? The wooden lantern has been extinguished.The embers are still warm.

I got up and closed the window, turned over and went back to sleep. As soon as she closed her eyes, the woman came again, her face vaguely resembled Song Ci and Yuan Ge. Yuan Ge danced enchantingly in the dark night, dancing enchantingly, with a trance smile on his lips, his indifferent eyes penetrated the eternal darkness, mocking, confused, with fluttering long sleeves, his figure was like a ghost, and he turned around suddenly , Looking back, it has changed beyond recognition, replaced by Song Ci. Song Ci stared at me fixedly, his eyes were worried and desperate, his voice was like weeping, and he still asked persistently: "Why are you doing this to me?"

I felt tired, but this time I couldn't wake up again, and she kept interrogating me over and over again, which made me sweat profusely. It was the ringing of the phone that saved me. Yuan Ge's voice sounded as clear and pleasant as the morning dew: "Tang Shi, are you still sleeping? Don't forget the meeting in the afternoon. By the way, your car is still being repaired, why don't I pick you up and go to the company together." Her understanding is very good for me, so I readily agreed. When I opened the curtains, I realized that it was raining, but it was not very heavy, and the patter added a bit of spring.The willow trees along the street have just sprouted, a piece of hazy fresh green.But in a few days, the leaves will darken, like a girl's youth, fleeting.

Picking up flowers in the morning, in fact, the distance between beauty and white hair is not far away, and fantasy and reality are only one step away.I feel inexplicably sad. Fortunately, Yuan Ge arrived soon, interrupting my contemplation.She is dressed differently today than in the past.Heavy makeup, exaggerated plastic earrings, tight sweater with hemp flowers on the shawl, pockets and patches all over the baggy jeans, and a dripping flower silk umbrella in his hand, with curly hair and claws, like a little lady sister. Seeing my surprised gaze, she laughed: "Isn't this pretty?"

"You look good." I said sincerely, "You look good in anything." Really, others wearing "Issey Miyake" is "hypocritical", while Yuange wearing it is "character"; others wearing "beggar's outfit" is "nervous", but Yuange wearing it seems "enough".This is called "talent", and I can't be envious. Let's have morning tea together on the first floor of the hotel. Yuan Ge said: "For some reason, when I saw you, I felt kind, as if I've known you for several lifetimes." I laughed: "In a famous novel, the hero and heroine also said similar things when they met for the first time."

"I know, Jia Baoyu saw Lin Daiyu." Yuan Ge smiled coquettishly, "Jia Baoyu asked Lin Daiyu: Does my sister have jade? My sister doesn't, so my brother gets annoyed and wants to smash jade." I knew she was referring to the thing I borrowed from Song Ci yesterday to see it, but I didn't expect it to be still brooding, so I couldn't help laughing. Yuan Ge said: "I just don't understand what's so good about jade, it's just a memory of stones. Ancient jade is even worse, something used by a dead person, it's worn around the neck all day and thrown around, does it look like a little ghost is attached to it? In particular, there is a kind of jade cicada, which is said to be stuffed in the mouth after death to seal the mouth, and some people dug it out and hung it around the neck as a talisman, does it scare people to death?"

I was even more amused: "That's not what you said before signing the contract. You said that jade is the precipitation of seven thousand years of Chinese culture. Why do you say that a gentleman is as warm as jade, and that jade is a gentle ornament..." "That's to catch your fancy and lure you into the trap! If I don't say that, would you believe my sincerity? You were a customer at that time, so of course I had to follow your advice. But now I have already regarded you as a friend , naturally I have to tell the truth. If you like it, you like it, and if you don’t like it, you don’t like it. Now, I solemnly declare that I don’t like Yu.”

"Do you not like jade? Or do you not like the piece of jade worn by Song Ci?" I debunked her, "It is said that the creative department and production department of advertising companies have always been natural enemies, but you two seem to have a special hatred." "It's because she has a prejudice against me. Because of her good background, she has a father who is an official. No one looks down on her and makes things difficult for me." "Actually, you are not simple." I praised her: "Beijing Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, although there are many opportunities, the competition is also the most intense. It must be difficult to stand out and secure a seat."

Yuan Ge smiled bitterly: "What's the use of that? Others can't see my hard work, they think I have a face." "You mean Song Ci?" "She called me a vixen openly and secretly." "Why is this so?" "That old pervert Qin Guitian." Yuan Ge complained, "He is the deputy general manager of the company, in charge of personnel affairs. Every time he recruits, he will put on a straight face when he sees a man, and smile when he sees a woman. Touching and hugging, it is said that it is the reaction of the experimental female staff when they are faced with unexpected situations. Since I joined the company, he has been clinging to me, talking about things that are not salty or not, which makes the company full of people They all thought I had an affair with him. I couldn't argue too much, so I had to pretend to be false. Song Ci scolded me for being spineless. Humph, I want to have a good father, and I will put on a straight face to show my backbone, but who told me to come from a poor family? The door, there is no backstage!"

"Song Ci is not afraid of Manager Qin?" "Of course. There is only one person in the company who dares to call Qin Guitian a pervert in person, and that is Song Ci. Once she quarreled with Lao Qin about the mineral water advertisement, and she actually cursed him to be suffocated to death by stockings and condoms one day." !" "Wow! So bold!" "Even so, Chairman He has nothing to do with her. Tell me, how dare I compare my integrity with her? As long as I smile a little less when I see Qin Laogui, I will already be fired." Speaking of the office situation, Yuan Ge's charming face showed a bit of vicissitudes. "It is said that men and women are equal, and the world is unified, but women always pay more than men, but often get less than men. Unless, they really eat men's food."

I felt deeply sympathetic, but didn't know how to comfort her, so I had to change the subject: "I noticed that Song Ci's hands often trembled. Is there something wrong with her?" "She has mild Parkinson's syndrome, and it will attack when she is nervous or too excited, but it's nothing serious." Yuan Ge laughed mockingly, "The standard wealth disease of a rich family is like Lin Daiyu's cough, Xi Shi's angina pectoris, How perfect!" "But this disease is very rare. I heard that only the elderly will get it." "Isn't Song Ci just a little old woman psychologically? She is conservative, old-fashioned, stubborn, and self-righteous." Yuan Ge spared no effort to attack his opponent. Can't keep it." "Song Ci married?" I was taken aback. "Leaving again. About a year ago, it seems that her illness started from then." "It's hard to see that she doesn't look like a divorced woman." "Divorce doesn't draw scarlet letters on your face, of course you can't see it." Yuan Ge confessed to Song Ci Qianchen in a few words, "Her ex-husband is an electrical appliance salesman. He met her during a cooperation and admired her ability to handle affairs. People fall in love at first sight. After dating for a few months, they announce their marriage and divorce after three months. Lightning speed. So Song Ci doesn’t seem to have many traces of married women on the surface. But after dating for a while, you will find that she is not mentally normal , hate men, and even more hate those women who are attracted to men." "You mean yourself?" Yuan Ge giggled: "She has failed in being a woman herself, so she can't see other people's complacency." But when Song Ci sent me back to the hotel in the evening, he made another statement: "As soon as Yuan Ge found an opportunity, he complained to people that he couldn't help dealing with Qin Segui, but secretly, whenever the surname Qin flattered others, she was punished." No, I tried every means to deliver it to the door by myself, dressed up in a seductive way and dangled around in front of the manager's office on the seventh floor, for fear that the person surnamed Qin would not take the bait, so no matter how the person surnamed Qin treats her, I can't blame others, it is purely self-inflicted humiliation. " "Yuan Ge is a bit vain, likes to be in the limelight, and likes to be top-notch, but not so low." I defended Yuan Ge, "I might have no way to deal with the surname Qin. If I don't do this, I won't be able to keep my seat." "But there are many ways to keep your seat. Committing to work is the simplest and straightforward way. Why sell your dignity?" "Yuan Ge said it was just entertainment, she and Qin Guitian actually have nothing to do." "Nothing? Who believes it? There is a popular joke in the office that if someone reports a fly flying into the office, Qin Ugui will order to kill him immediately; but if it reports that a female fly has entered, Qin Ugui will call people Grab it and put it under the microscope to observe the genitals. Yuan Ge doesn't respect himself, Qin Wugui will let her go?" Hearing what she said, I think it makes sense again.Heh, I lived to be in my twenties, only to realize today that I am a person without principles, with soft ears and poor ability to distinguish right from wrong.My intelligence is limited to judging ancient jade or modern jade, new imitation or real old. Song Ci also said: "Yuan Ge's desire for material things is almost abnormal. From morning to night, her mind is full of wearing new clothes to meet new men, and then let the new men give her more money to buy more new clothes—— - Such a woman can't get my respect, let alone sympathy - there are many people who deserve more sympathy than her, with that kind of heart, it is better to donate to out-of-school children." I can't say that she is wrong, but I still think that as women, there is no need to be so mean. "If Yuan Ge had a good background and had no worries about food and clothing, maybe the need for money would not be so urgent." "Maybe. But people can't choose their origin, but they can choose how to behave. Self-respect can be achieved without money, and she is not really poor enough to choose between bread or dignity." So far I found that Song Ci's hostility towards Yuan Ge was not what Yuan Ge thought it was, because of jealousy, but because she looked down on her from the bottom of her heart, belittled her, and wished to get rid of her quickly.I don't know why, but her deep-seated contempt makes me feel chilled, and I can't help but want to persuade her, hoping she can treat Yuan Ge better.I instinctively felt that if she hated Yuange so much, something would happen one day, something big would be bad for them.That kind of premonition actually started from the first time I saw them yesterday, but it became clearer at this moment, and I finally knew what I had been deeply afraid of: hatred. The meeting lasted for three consecutive days, and the content was about the clothing positioning of the models in the jade jewelry show. Song Ci and Yuan Ge faced each other head-on, and their swords were at war.Seeing me, I scrambled to complain that the other party's opinion was absurd.But the common problem of the world is that they sympathize with the weak. Generally speaking, I am a bit partial to Yuan Ge, and I always comfort Song Ci: "Her design makes sense, why don't you cooperate." "I cooperate with her? Huh, the plan is completely unreasonable, and I don't know how she became the manager of this creative department! The costume part actually started three generations ago, and it was rehearsed one by one in Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties until now. Today, if it is implemented like this, the funds will exceed the budget by how much! I have no common sense of production." Song Ci threw a stack of plan books with pictures and texts on the table, showing no cooperation. But Yuan Ge explained otherwise: "What do you know? Jade culture has a long history, and of course it has to be displayed three generations ago to be magnificent. The task of the production department is to spend as little money as possible and do more things under the premise of cooperating with the plan of the creative department, blindly seeking simplicity , to do the work in the province, then what else does the production department do? Isn’t it the same to hire a few migrant workers?” I was dizzy from their arguing, and I couldn't help wondering: "You two keep arguing like this, how can other customers bear you?" "It depends on whether the client is male or female. Most males agree with Yuan Ge, while females tend to favor me." Song Ci smiled, "The client is God." "What about me? I'm a woman, shouldn't I be in step with you?" "You are the exception. You are not a client, you are a friend." "Yuan Ge also said the same." "Her? Huh!" When mentioning Yuan Ge, Song Ci always had this disdainful expression. I calmly reminded: "Song Ci, can you stop talking with your nose?" "That's right, fighting with that bitch has ruined my demeanor." Song Ci complained, and pushed it on Yuan Ge. The life of the day is brought into the night, and I dream of two people quarreling every night. "It's your bad intentions." "It's you who bully the weak." "Don't think that if she helps you, you can ride over my head." "It's her business for her to help me, it's my business to ride over your head, can you stop it?" "Don't quarrel, don't quarrel, can you not quarrel?" I stepped forward and begged the two of them. Both turned their heads and stared at me in unison: "Who are you?" Meng woke up at this time, and I was more tired after sleeping than not sleeping. Humph, who am I?I myself wonder who am I? Lack of sleep at night and no rest during the day, I couldn't help asking for forgiveness: "Can you two stop arguing?" The two of them turned their heads and stared at me together, their facial expressions were exactly the same as in the dream: "Then tell me." "I said?" I howled, "You want me to make up your mind again?!" "Of course, you are a customer!" "If you really treat me as a customer, how can you bear to torture me like this?" I resentfully, bit the bullet and judged right and wrong as a female Bao Gong: "It is too expensive to perform a complete history of jade jewelry; It’s too simple to represent a dynasty. Or it can be roughly divided into several paragraphs and appear as a background pattern. As for the costumes of the models on the stage, just choose one dynasty as a representative. Otherwise, we don’t have such a comprehensive jade ornaments to represent the dynasty." "It's also a way." Yuan Ge pondered, "Anyway, there are some animal skin gigolos walking on the stage, we can consider letting them represent the jade culture three generations ago." Song Ci was furious: "What about dancing boys and dancing girls? Keep your mouth clean! The Samurai sword project was approved by everyone in a meeting. Why do you carry a gun with a stick?" "I didn't say not to dance swords." Yuan Ge felt guilty and quickly diverted his attention. "As for the other dynasties, we can show it by changing the background. But, which dynasty should we choose as the representative?" "Han Dynasty." Song Ci suggested forcefully, "Han white marble is the most famous." "The Han Dynasty is not good, there is no culture in the Han Dynasty." Yuan Ge immediately objected—this was as early as I expected, and she would definitely have a different opinion—"I said it was the Tang Dynasty, and the costumes of the Tang Dynasty are the most beautiful. " "I say Han Dynasty is good." "Tang Dynasty is better." "Tang poetry, do you mean the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty?" The two of them turned to me again. I just feel that the head is as big as a fight, the Tang Dynasty is still the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty is still the Tang Dynasty, alas, whoever says it will anger the other party. In desperation, I suddenly thought of a method: "I say it might as well be the Qing Dynasty." "Qing Dynasty?" Both of them stared at each other. "Yes, the Qing Dynasty was the heyday of playing with jade. From the imperial palace to the common people, everyone loved jade, and everyone hid jade. The carving skills of jade reached the highest level. It became common practice to cut jade and imitate jade. Emperor Qianlong loved jade and became his life. , there are more than 800 poems about jade, why shouldn't Qing Dynasty jade ornaments be selected as the representative of propaganda?" I have a plausible argument. "It also makes sense." Both of them obeyed. But after a while, Yuan Ge asked again: "But will it be too monotonous to only choose jade ornaments from the Qing Dynasty?" "It won't be monotonous." It was Song Ci who answered, and she was very happy to finally approve her proposal to choose only one dynasty costume as a representative. Because it can save a lot of money and the work is much easier to do, so her attitude is also much relaxed. "The identities of the characters are different. You can have the folk thorn hairpin skirt, the restaurant's gold bracelet and silver tin, and the palace's phoenix crown and Xiapei. All of them are in battle. Let's take a panoramic picture to fully show the clothing characteristics of the Qing Dynasty people, so that it will not be monotonous." "And the costumes before and after entering the customs are also different." I added. Yuan Ge was surprised: "Is the clothing of the Qing Dynasty divided into pre-entry and post-entry?" "Of course." I was glad that they could forget the quarrel for a while, so I explained Qing history in detail, "In the first year of Shunzhi, that is, in 1644, Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered Wu Sangui, who was stationed in Liaoning, to go to Beijing to serve the king. But Wu Sangui took Hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers had just arrived at Shanhaiguan, Li Chuang had captured the capital, and Chongzhen had hanged himself on Meishan Mountain. At that time, the Manchu Qing army was coveting, coveting the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains. Dorgon secretly bribed Wu Sangui three times, hoping to join forces Taking down the capital, sitting on the ground and sharing the fat. Wu Sangui originally held a wait-and-see attitude, looking left and right, and wrote a letter to Li Zicheng, saying that as long as his concubine Chen Yuanyuan and the prince of the Ming Emperor were sent to Shanhaiguan, he was willing to surrender to Dashun However, at this time, news came that Chen Yuanyuan returned to Liu Zongmin first and then to Li Zicheng. Wu Sangui was furious and immediately ordered all soldiers in the army to wear filial piety to mourn for Chongzhen, and opened the city gates to lure wolves into the house. " "I know, I know." Yuan Ge interjected, "It's the famous 'Weeping of the Six Armies, All the Suspects, Rushed to the Crown and Become a Beauty'. It is said that because of Wu Meicun's "Yuanyuanqu", Wu Sangui still has a headache For a long time, I tried to bribe Wu Scholar with a lot of money to destroy the manuscript, but was rejected. Do you think Wumei Village is a nerd? By the way, Wu Sangui’s surname is Wu, and Wumei Village’s surname is also Wu. Are they relatives? , Why is Wumei Village so clear about Wu Sangui's affairs? Wu Sangui is such a high-ranking official, how could he be helpless with a scholar?" Referring to the historical manuscript anecdotes of the Qing Dynasty, Song Ci is also quite interested: "I also heard that after Li Zicheng robbed Chen Yuanyuan, he ordered her to sing. , the sound is the voice of the world', describing her beauty and art. But Li Zicheng couldn't hear it, and felt strange, saying that she was pretty good, but why her voice was so ugly, so she found another group of Shaanxi women to sing Qin opera... " "Singing Qin Opera?" Yuan Ge laughed loudly, "If Liugong Fendai sang Qin Opera together, it would be really spectacular. It's not 'powerful like a broken bamboo', but 'sound like a broken bamboo'?" Song Ci continued: "In fact, in detail, Wu Sangui first went to Beijing to serve the king, wanting to protect Daming; later he sent a letter to Li Zicheng, and also thought about surrendering; in the letter he asked for the crown prince of Chongzhen, it can also be seen that he was nostalgic for the old dynasty and hoped that the world would Peaceful. But the two demands were in vain, and finally voted for the anti-obedience. Although the traitor is a traitor after all, there is nothing to reverse the verdict, but Li Zicheng is not a good person, short-sighted, complacent, and only cares about his own interests, saying It was because the uprising was launched for the liberation of all peasants. In fact, after he took the throne, he would not want others. If I ask you, he should be the one who really lost the country, not Wu Sangui." "I've always thought so." I took the opportunity to preach, "Emperor Chongzhen, Li Zicheng, and Wu Sangui killed each other, which just gave the Manchu Qing an opportunity to destroy the country, lose power, and lose lives. There are too many examples of people fighting in their nests." Now, the snipe and the clam fight and the fisherman wins, so why is there such a haste?" Song Ci lowered his head, speechless for a while. After a while, Yuan Ge asked: "Then, do the models appear in teams? Or together?" Song Ci replied: "Of course, teams will play. But in the end, there can be a big palace wedding, and all the court ladies will be present. The scene must be spectacular." "Yes, anyway, so many warriors were invited, so let them wear the costumes of the Imperial Forest Army to act as a background." Yuan Ge also became excited. Song Ci suddenly thought of something, and asked me: "You just said that using the background picture to represent the jade of the dynasty can save a lot of jade ornaments. Are the jades of different dynasties very different?" When it comes to jade, it is my housekeeping skill.So he talked eloquently: "Not only do people in different dynasties wear jade differently, but different people in the same dynasty also have rules for wearing jade. For example, during the Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the emperor wore white jade, the prince wore mountain Xuanyu, and the doctor wore water beryl. In "Zhou Li" Among them, the jade jade pendant is very clearly divided: "Wang Zhizhen Gui, Gong Zhi Huan Gui, Hou Zhixin Gui, Bo Zhi Gong Gui, Zi Zhi Gu Gui, and Male Zhi Pu Gui." Gui represents privileges. Guys can seal the soil and borders, and divide the princes and land." I just thought I was happy talking, didn't pay attention to Yuan Ge and couldn't get up, and said sourly: "So the ancients were so powerful!" I shook my head. , so sensitive as hell. However, Song Ci still wanted to piss her off, deliberately raised his head and said: "There will be a privileged class in any era. People are different from each other. How can all beings be equal?" Yuan Ge was furious, and immediately retorted: "What's the big deal, it's just that you have a good father, this is called fish and meat people, do you understand?" Well, it started to quarrel again, I was so tired of being a peacemaker, I hugged my head and ran away from the epicenter, at the same time, a thought suddenly flooded into my mind: I know what excuse I should use to find Zhang Chu!