Chapter 4 Chapter One

The light in the hall gradually dimmed, leaving only a few wall lamps on both sides of the wall shining a soft yellow light. Deng Wen seemed to feel that the pupils of his eyes were dilated with the weakening of the surrounding brightness, and he could vaguely distinguish The audience who had just been crowded in the rows of seats fell silent, and the noisy voice that had been in their ears before was gone. The animation projected by the projector was on the big screen in front of the hall. The logo of Deng Wen's company Like a leaf fluttering in the picture. Deng Wen stood in the corner at the front of the hall, trying his best to calm down his mood. He pressed against the wall behind him, hoping to relax his slightly trembling legs.Deng Wen saw a tall figure walking slowly towards the podium. Although he couldn't see his face clearly in the dim light, he knew in his heart that this person was the CEO of the company. The CEO stood still on the podium and said a few words to the audience. Deng Wen didn't hear anything clearly, but there was already applause from the audience, and the CEO also turned around and clapped symbolically in the direction where he was standing. , Deng Wen knew that it was time for him to play.

Deng Wen lowered his head and glanced at the tie on his chest, which was tucked neatly and neatly in the middle of the skirt of the suit. He raised his right hand and touched the tie knot under his neck. Everything was normal, and he subconsciously stretched the hem of the suit with both hands , and then he lifted his foot to the podium.Stepping on the soft carpet, Deng Wen met the CEO who came back from the podium, but he still couldn't see the CEO's face clearly. Deng Wen was a little surprised, but he had already walked to the podium.Deng Wen turned on the microphone switch on the belt, adjusted the miniature microphone hanging on the left ear and extended to the mouth, and greeted the audience loudly: "Good morning!" He heard his own voice echoing in the hall, calm But clearly, the heart that had been hanging all this time felt a little relaxed.

Deng Wen skillfully manipulated the laptop on the podium, trying to switch the fluttering company logo screen into a slide for his own speech.Hey, what about that file? !Why can't I find it? !Deng Wen's heart sank suddenly, as if falling into his stomach and beating violently. He quickly opened file directories one by one to search, and the projector connected to the computer projected the screen he was browsing on the big screen. Everyone in the hall immediately understood what was wrong with him, and there was a "buzzing" sound from the audience, which seemed to ring in Deng Wen's head.The file is gone!The speech can't be done!Deng Wen looked up at the dark figures in front of him, and then turned to look at his colleagues in the corner, but no one came to help him.Suddenly, the mobile phone rang loudly, and the sound became stronger and stronger. Deng Wen felt that the mobile phone seemed to be vibrating behind his head, so he raised his hand to grab the back of his head, but knocked off the microphone hanging on his left ear. In a hurry, he yelled "Oops", stomped his foot vigorously, but it was empty, he trembled all over, and woke up.

Deng Wen suddenly sat up from the bed, turned back and lifted the pillow. Under the pillow, an exquisite travel alarm clock was screaming and vibrating stubbornly.Deng Wen turned off the alarm clock and saw that the LCD was showing "04:30", it was time to get up and get ready to leave.Deng Wen felt that he was sweating profusely and his heart was still beating wildly. He curled up his legs, hugged his ankles with his hands, buried his head between his knees, and closed his eyes to try to calm himself down.Deng Wen was very annoyed. He didn't understand how he became like this. Either he didn't dream, or he just had such boring nightmares. Where did the beautiful dreams from a long time ago go?Could it be that the ordinary and boring life now not only has nothing wonderful in itself, but also deprives him of the instinct to look for wonderful things in his dreams?Thinking of this, Deng Wen suddenly felt a little cold, he turned around and sat by the bed, and began to put on his clothes.

At this time, Liao Xiaoping, who was lying next to him, suddenly mumbled, "Well, you can drive Neon, I'll drive Cherokee." After speaking, there was no sound, and she didn't even move her body. Deng Wen also said "hmm" in the same way, which was an agreement and a farewell, then stood up, got dressed, opened the door and walked out of the bedroom. Deng Wen gently pushed open the door of the next room and tiptoed towards her daughter's bed. First, she saw the little flower quilt pushed under the bed by her daughter spread out on the carpet, while her daughter was curled up, sleeping soundly on the pillow face down. , making a slight purring sound, a Kitty cat made of pink flannel was pressed under the belly of the daughter, only half of its round head was exposed.Deng Wen grabbed half of Kitty's head with his hand and pulled it, but he didn't pull it, so he pulled it hard, and Kitty was released from his daughter's oppression, and the daughter turned over with the help of external force The body becomes a side-lying position, and the breathing becomes even and smooth.Deng Wen put the Kitty cat next to her daughter's pillow, and picked up a small flower quilt from the carpet to cover her.Moonlight streamed through the gaps in the shutters and fell on the daughter's face.Deng Wen stood quietly beside the bed for a while, then turned and walked out.

Deng Wen went down the stairs, walked through the living room and dining room and walked into the kitchen. The idea of ​​getting something to eat was denied by him in a flash. It was too early, it was not yet five o'clock, and he didn't feel hungry at all. .He picked up the trolley case and computer bag that had been packed at the door last night, opened the door and walked into the garage.The two-car garage is not small, but it still feels a bit crowded when two cars are lying in it.Deng Wen walked sideways to the middle of the two cars, opened the door of the car on the right and put the luggage on the back seat. The car was Neon, from Chrysler, and the one on the left was a Jeep with the Grand Cherokee brand. , also from Chrysler.Deng Wen opened the shutter door of the garage and was about to sit in the neon driver's seat when he caught a glimpse of his daughter's coat rolled up on the back seat of the Grand Cherokee. He immediately seemed to feel the warmth of his daughter in the coat. Feeling warm too, he sat in the neon with this breath of warmth, lit the fire, and reversed the car out.

In Boston at the beginning of April, it was the season of warm and cold, and it was five o’clock in the morning. It was chilly outside, and the streets were deserted. Merging into the Chehe River that flows day and night on Interstate 90, Deng Wencai felt the vitality of the city again.He drove to Boston Logan International Airport with ease, and he didn't feel that this trip was any different from previous business trips, but he didn't know that his life would embark on a new journey. Deng Wen put his left hand on the steering wheel and yawned, thinking about the three-hour time difference between Boston and Las Vegas. It is only past two o'clock in the night in Las Vegas. He should have been in bed in the hotel Sleep soundly in here.Thinking about it this way, Deng Wen couldn't help scolding his boss first, then the company he worked for, then the software industry he worked in, and finally the current world.Indeed, if it weren't for the current chaotic world, recession in the industry, and difficult business, his company would not be so strict in controlling various expenses, and his Jewish boss would not be so intensified in haggling over pennies.

It's no wonder that Las Vegas in April is neither hot nor cold, and it is the best season for tourism and exhibitions. The annual World Information Technology Industry Exhibition is also held at this time, making it difficult even in the hotel. In the densely populated Las Vegas, the room rate has also risen again and again due to the shortage of rooms.The Jew bluntly put forward his "suggestion" to Deng Wen that he could kill two birds with one stone: fly there on the opening day of the exhibition instead of flying there a day in advance as usual, which can save one night's room fee and take advantage of the early flight Why not do it with discounted fares to save money on air tickets?Deng Wengang asked if he would be too nervous and hasty to go there that day. The Jews already had a confident smile on their faces. They obviously came prepared and responded that they definitely would not, because they could catch up with America West, which took off at 7:25 in the morning. The airline's flight 67 has a six-hour direct flight to Las Vegas, and Boston's time is three hours earlier than Las Vegas, so the scheduled arrival time is Las Vegas at ten o'clock in the morning At 3:30, everyone knows the magic of Las Vegas night. No one will get up early in the morning for activities. The same is true for conventions and exhibitions. There will never be a crowd of visitors before noon.

"So," concluded the Jew, "it was a wise decision to fly there that morning." When he heard the word "smart" from the Jews, Deng Wen knew that he had to follow the "suggestions" of the Jews, because the Jews were acting in accordance with the instructions of the company's CEO. Recently, the CEO has repeatedly taught them to "make money hard and spend money wisely", which makes Deng Wen have to admire. They don't talk about saving, let alone advocating "stingy". They only say that spending money should be spent Be smart.It's just that the smart one is the Jew who is sleeping soundly at the moment, and the hard one is Deng Wen who is driving on the road at the moment.

Deng Wen turned on the radio in the car and stopped at a frequency that was playing rock songs. He needed some "movement" to keep himself awake, and he didn't want his brain to be always occupied by that Jew. The road was smooth, and soon Deng Wen could see the brightly lit Logan Airport, but he did not drive the car into the airport, but continued along the road, crossed the not very wide Chelsea River, and drove for a few more minutes. Finally, he parked the car in a parking lot on Eastern Street. After completing the parking procedures, he dragged his luggage and boarded the free shuttle bus from the parking lot to the airport. Then he arrived at Terminal B of Logan Airport.

The company is now racking its brains to calculate and spend every penny "smartly", so even the subsidy policy for business trips has been greatly adjusted.In the past, on business trips, all kinds of daily expenses were reimbursed within a certain standard range, but now it has been changed to a "contract system", 60 dollars per person per day, and the air ticket and hotel expenses are directly paid by the company to a long-term cooperative travel agency. And all other expenses are included in the sixty dollars per day. How much you spend depends on whether you are "smart".The parking lot one mile away from the airport can save three dollars a day compared to even the cheapest economical parking area in the airport. Deng Wen will not care about the three dollars a day. Days have passed like this, and he feels that what he does is a typical Chinese wisdom.He thinks that the Chinese save from themselves, so it is called thrifty; while the Jews save from others, so they are called stingy. It seems that this is the difference between Chinese wisdom and Jewish wisdom. place. Deng Wen didn't have any luggage to check in, so he quickly completed the check-in procedures in front of the self-service terminal, and then slowly passed the security check with the flow of people, dragging his trolley case and computer bag along the corridor for a while before reaching his own Boarding port.Deng Wen arrived early, and there were only a dozen or so people sitting on the rows of leather chairs near the boarding gate. They seemed to be business travelers with no children.Most of these passengers are reading books, with only a few exceptions. They are fiddling with their PDAs or laptops, checking their schedules or checking emails. Deng Wen thought about whether he should also take his Blackberry He took it out to check for new emails, but still decided to let himself take a break, so he walked to the row of leather chairs closest to the French windows, picked a seat with a relatively flat leather surface, and sat down. Deng Wen straightened his legs, put his feet on the low base of the French window, stretched his arms, put them on the back of the leather chair next to him, and looked out the window lazily, feeling very comfortable.It was only after six o'clock, and the sky was not yet bright. The apron was mainly illuminated by lights. A battery car dragged a long luggage cart and drove to the side of the plane parked at the corridor bridge. The cargo compartment at the bottom of the plane was loaded with luggage. This scene made Deng Wen feel very familiar, even a little friendly. After flying around in the United States for the past few years, Logan Airport is almost halfway up with his home.Suddenly, Deng Wen realized that among the several terminals at Logan Airport, except for the B building where he was currently, he was very concerned about the A terminal and the two small terminals C and D that will be combined into one in the future. The terminals are also very familiar, but he has never been to Terminal E, which is mainly used for international flights.Boston, the city where he has lived for more than ten years, is actually the place where he, a Chinese, has lived the longest in his life. A plane that just landed slowly docked at a nearby bridge, and a group of passengers came out of the boarding gate. Deng Wen seemed to see himself in the crowd when he first arrived in Boston more than ten years ago.It was a day in midsummer in August. Deng Wen had just graduated from a university in Beijing and went to the United States to study for a master's degree. He was excited, Deng Wen clutched his passport, pocketed 5,000 U.S. dollars in his arms, took a Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit, and then transferred to Boston.A year later, Liao Xiaoping also came. The two of them "studied the books together as husband and wife". The mentor couldn't get new projects, didn't have enough project funds, and couldn't afford to support "long-term workers". Deng Wen and Liao Xiaoping came out to look for jobs. They were lucky. Deng Wen first found the current company, and now it's considered Liao Xiaoping soon got a job as a technical supporter for an Internet company. After years of hard work, the two finally got a green card from the United States. The only American citizen in the family is their five-year-old daughter. Deng Wen has never been back to China, nor has he been to other places outside the United States. He has planned to travel to Mexico or Canada several times for travel and vacations. After careful planning, Deng Wen decided to put it off and pay off the mortgage on the house first. Besides, anyway, those places of interest will not disappear in a few years, so it will not be too late to go there again.However, just now, when Deng Wen was sitting on the leather chair by the boarding gate, watching the planes take off and land on the runway outside the window, he suddenly had a strong desire, just like he couldn’t wait to make it more than ten years ago. Just like getting out of China, now he can't wait to get out of the United States. After boarding the plane, Deng Wen specially chose a seat by the window in advance. He leaned his head against the porthole, closed his eyes, and hoped to sleep for a while, but found that his mind was in a mess. He was thinking if the destination of this flight was not How nice it would be to have Las Vegas instead of Beijing.After the plane entered the level flight state, the flight attendants in the cabin began to work. Deng Wen squinted and watched them shuttle back and forth on the aisle of the cabin, thinking, why are the flight attendants in the United States so old?The youngest is also the empty wife, usually "empty aunt" and even "empty milk".Deng Wen suddenly felt empty in his heart, because he remembered that he had never seen a Chinese stewardess with his own eyes. The first time he took a plane in his life was from Beijing to Detroit, and all he saw were American stewardesses. For him, the young and beautiful image of a Chinese stewardess is just a two-dimensional imagination. A flight attendant was waving a headset at the passengers in one hand, and in the other hand was carrying a large plastic bag with many headsets in it. She walked along the aisle and asked, "Five dollars, does anyone need it? Deng Wen thought to himself, the life of the airlines is really hard now. In the past, there were free earphones in the seat pockets in front of every passenger. Wen would not spend this kind of optional money, even if it was only five dollars. After the flight attendants and flight attendants delivered drinks, Deng Wen just wanted to try to sleep for a while, when someone came to disturb him again.This time I came to deliver meals. Even if the free in-flight catering was in the past, it is a long time ago.When buying an air ticket, you can choose whether to also buy meals on the flight, but since the air ticket is bought by the company, this item is naturally saved.One flight attendant held a stack of colorful lunch boxes and sent them to the pre-booked passengers according to the seat number, and the other flight attendant held a similar colored lunch box as a sample and asked all the way "Five dollars, does anyone need it?" Deng Wen pressed his stomach subconsciously, feeling that it was not empty yet, so he made up his mind to endure it for a while, because he believed that the same thing at an altitude of 8,000 meters must be better than that on the ground. It's more expensive, let's wait until we get off the plane in Las Vegas. Deng Wen's neighbor seems to have ordered a meal in advance, because a small lunch box was put on the small table in front of him by the flight attendant. Deng Wen suddenly wanted to ask which company the neighbor was employed in. At least that company was quite generous with the five dollars, but seeing that the man had already opened the small lunch box, took out a bag of peanuts and ate it, his curiosity had to give up.Deng Wen made up his mind to close his eyes this time. Instead of watching his neighbors having breakfast, he would try his best to have a dream. Before he closed his eyes, he raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was almost nine o'clock, and the time in Las Vegas should be It was almost six o'clock, and Deng Wen suddenly thought, where is Beijing?What is the time difference?Thirteen hours?It should be night now, almost ten o'clock, right? In the northeast corner of Beijing, between the Fourth Ring Road and the Fifth Ring Road, and on the northwest side of the Airport Expressway, there is a vast and increasingly dense residential area. It may be too unfair to call it a "community", but it is one of the communities. The name is quite suitable as the general name of this area: Wangjing New City. Linda rented a house in Wangjing, a two-bedroom apartment in a tower building.Linda went north alone after graduating from university, and has been in Beijing for more than five years. With her previous savings and current income, it should be no problem to buy a not-too-exaggerated house in Beijing, but Linda has been renting a house.It's not about money, but because she has never found a sense of belonging in Beijing. She doesn't know when she may leave, she may go east, she may travel west, or she may fly south.Whether she will stay in Beijing for a long time, and where she will go if she leaves Beijing, these two questions depend on the one thing she has been looking for: a man, a man to whom she can entrust herself.It's a pity that Linda hasn't got such a thing so far, but she has come to a conclusion: it turns out that men are nothing. In Huajiadi, there is a TCM Acupuncture and Bone Trauma Hospital. Earlier, some Koreans came to learn acupuncture. Based on this, more and more Koreans have come here in recent years. Little Seoul".Several of Linda's neighbors are Koreans. Most of the houses are rented, and some of them are simply bought.Linda likes this Koreanized environment very much, which makes her a "Korean" family like a duck to water. She doesn't need to look for Korean pictorials, and she packs them in Korean style from head to toe, inside and out, according to the styles of her neighbors. As soon as the quartz clock on the wall pointed to ten o'clock, Yu Wei jumped up from the bed like a loose spring and began to get dressed.Linda propped herself up on her arms, half lying on the bed, and said sarcastically, "Oh, you're really on time when you get off work, are you in a hurry to get home for the night shift?" Yu Wei didn't look back at Linda, but just replied angrily: "Nonsense!" Linda had no choice but to wrap the quilt around her body with her hands, making the cover tighter. In Beijing at the beginning of April, the heating stopped on time more than half a month ago, and the room was dry and cold.The wall-mounted air conditioner on the wall is still covered with a cover. The landlord installed only a single cooler for summer use, and Linda is unwilling to add any heating equipment by herself. The only fixed asset that belongs to her in this house is a DVD. The phone was specially purchased for her to watch "Korean dramas" day and night. While putting on his clothes, Yu Wei murmured in his heart that he really didn't like the place where Linda lived. It was too difficult to park when he came here, and he always got lost when he left.Strange to say, Yu Wei has never encountered any problems in the Wangjing area when driving around in Beijing. He has been here many times, and every time he leaves at night, he gets lost and always bumps into the streets of Wangjing like a chicken without a head. , until finally hitting the Fourth Ring Road or the Fifth Ring Road to find the direction.After thinking about it, Yu Wei felt that there were many reasons, but of course none of them were his reasons.First of all, most of the streets in Beijing are chessboard roads with south and north, east and west, but the layout of the streets in Wangjing is slanted, which makes Yu Wei, who has always had a strong sense of direction, confused. The area is indeed a new district, and if you don’t come here for a few days, the old look will be changed. The street signs are neither sufficient nor eye-catching, which makes Yu Wei have to resent the ever-changing construction speed; moreover, in Yu Wei’s eyes, these buildings They all seemed to be carved out of the same mold, and they all looked familiar, but they were always wearing hats; the last possibility was that the excitement Linda brought him every night caused damage to his brain.Yu Wei thought to himself, it is ten o'clock now, after going out, it is conservatively estimated that it will take another half an hour of bumping around to find the right way, and it will be nearly eleven and a half o'clock when we get home.In fact, it's not too late, but his wife's face will be so ugly, he doesn't want his wife to always put on that face to greet him. Yu Wei combed his hair in front of the mirror on the closet, then turned around and opened the drawer of the bedside table, skillfully fumbled for a delicate glass bottle, unscrewed the cap and poured it into his mouth with his neck upturned, Linda, who had been watching him all the time Then he asked: "Drinking so much again? Should I buy it for you again? First Brazilian propolis, then deep-sea fish oil, and now Brand's Chicken Essence, isn't it good to drink so many messy things?" Yu Wei put the glass bottle back in the drawer and muttered, "It's not bad without 'Viagra'." Linda burst out laughing and said, "Stop pretending, if you take Viagra, you won't kill me." She suddenly seemed to understand something, widened her eyes, raised her voice and said, "Ha , you are busy making up for it, hurry back and pay your wife the public rations, right? Hmph!" Yu Wei also stared at Linda, but still answered those two words: "Nonsense!" After a moment of silence, he said depressedly, "I can't sleep well during this period, I like to forget things, it's annoying!" Linda straightened her body immediately, and asked with concern, "Are you still unhappy because of Pufa's case?" Yu Wei felt even more irritable when Linda mentioned "Pufa", but he still endured it, and instead of throwing out the word "bullshit" for the third time, he snorted: "No!" Yu Wei has indeed been depressed since he lost the Pufa Group's project on the eve of the Spring Festival. What annoys him is that he only got the news a few days after Pufa Group had decided to purchase Visier's software. At that time, there was no one who was willing to report the funeral.With the dust settled on the Pufa project, Yu Wei can spend his time thinking about who pushed him at the critical moment.He was sure that being caught and squatting in the police station that night must be directly related to his loss of the Pufa project. Yu Wei had read that book when he was very young, and he still had a fresh memory of the wise and knowledgeable Elder Faria analyzing who framed poor Dantès, and he also believed that the person who framed him Someone who must have profited from his misfortune.The logic of this reasoning is simple and clear, but the conclusion drawn by the reasoning is not simple, because Yu Wei suddenly discovered that too many people seem to wish him bad luck, and too many people can benefit from his bad luck . Of course, Hong Jun is the most suspicious person. His former friend and current opponent won a big contract from Pufa the day after his accident. Promoted to general manager of Visil China.From the perspective of motivation, Hong Jun is definitely the undoubted black hand. In terms of specific operations, it is not difficult for Hong Jun to grasp Yu Wei's whereabouts. Isn't his current driver, Xiao Ding, Hong Jun's former driver?Of course, it would be more convenient if there was Fan Universe's assistance. At first, Yu Wei couldn't figure it out. If Pufa chose the software of Yu Wei's ICE company, Fan Yuyu's company would also win the bid to become the general contractor. Why did he make such a cruel move?Slowly Yu Wei figured it out. It seemed that the price of the software he had reported to Fan Yuyu was not low enough, and he could get more profit from Hong Jun. Fan Yuyu helped Hong Jun beat him, so he could get more and more money from the software faster and more. The benefits gained from the general distribution project can also be used as a meeting gift to establish a solid cooperative relationship with Hong Jun. Also, that Xiao Tan is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Hong Jun just wants to snatch the project from Yu Wei, and Xiao Tan may be thinking about Yu Wei's position. Some methods are also reasonable, so this person is more dangerous and hateful.Yu Wei somewhat regretted that after he got to ICE, he was still soft on Xiao Tan, and just gave him a job to hang around, instead of making him smelly and driving him away, Yu Wei couldn't help sighing: Lesson learned! Pufa's Vice President Liu is not even a thing. Yu Wei made several phone calls, and finally found him. He never mentioned what happened in the restaurant that night, and he just said that there was no way, but he couldn't hold back President Jin. After all, he is the top leader, but he didn't say anything else, and his daughter didn't withdraw the money that was remitted to the UK, and it was automatically refunded later.Yu Wei's intuition told him that Vice President Liu must have known that Yu Wei "went in" that night.Yu Wei later found out that, in fact, at the meeting on the second day of Pufa, it was the Vice President Liu who first spoke and suggested the choice of Visier's software.Yu Wei expected that Vice President Liu had already decided to turn around before his accident. No wonder that when we broke up at the elevator entrance of the hotel floor that night, Vice President Liu hurriedly said that there was no need to meet again after the incident. It seems likely that Yu Wei After going to the guest room, Vice President Liu and Fan Yuyu turned around and fled. Linda didn't know what happened to Yu Wei that night, so she said self-righteously, "It's not your responsibility to lose Pufa, but Susan is too stupid. I really don't understand why you treat her like a baby." Linda blamed Susan for the failure of general hair, which made Yu Wei feel a lot better, but he still retorted: "If you don't mention her as Sales Director, who made room for you as Marketing Manager?" "You didn't ask her to be Sales Director to make room for me. It was you who wanted to use her again." Linda was a little annoyed. "How I employ people is my business, you don't care. Susan is talented and reliable in sales. Who else can I use if I don't use her? Use Xiao Tan? He can't wait to run after Hong Jun." When Linda heard Hong Jun's name, her face immediately became unnatural, and Yu Wei added a few words without seeing it: "If you lose the list of Pufa, no matter who the reason is, it's not a big deal. Winning or losing a project is a common thing. Since I beat myself From Coman to ICE, Coman has been in chaos. It has been almost half a year, and he hasn’t even signed a contract. Isn’t he living well? Last month, our ICE took two more orders. The electric company in Hangzhou The project I brought to ICE from Coman, as well as the securities company in Shenzhen, didn’t Visier also lose? It’s not a small list.” Linda quickly followed up and said, "That's right, I sent press releases for these two projects, and Peter also sent an e-mail to praise our first quarter for doing well, you just keep putting so much pressure on yourself." Said At this point, she suddenly returned to her eternal topic, "Can't you sleep well when you go back and hug your wife? Hmph!" Yu Wei is too lazy to respond to Linda's provocation. When he and Linda are together, he always spends most of his thoughts on his own affairs. He is not worried about the current performance. After all, the first quarter of the new fiscal year has just passed , The completed sales are reasonable, but what makes him uneasy is who will become his future "neighbor". ICE headquarters has been planning to set up a research and development center in China since last year, to provide translation, localization and technical support for ICE software products in China. In the future, it also hopes to leverage on China's human resources to expand the scale and business scope of this research and development center and support the whole of Asia. markets in non-English-speaking countries.Although the R&D center will be located in China, it will not be under Yu Wei's jurisdiction. Even his boss, Pete Branson, vice president of ICE's Asia-Pacific business, cannot decide alone. The R&D center will be mainly managed by ICE headquarters. directly managed by the R&D department. When Yu Weigang came to ICE last year, Pete mentioned this to him and asked him to help keep an eye out for suitable candidates. If he knows someone who can be the person in charge of the R&D center, he might as well recommend it to the headquarters.However, in the last one or two months, Pete never mentioned the matter of recommending candidates to him again, which made Yu Wei very uncomfortable, because Yu Wei knew that the preparation of the R&D center was not put on hold, but was in full swing. However, Yu Wei was completely excluded.After Pufa’s project was lost, Pete’s expression was really not good. When he heard that Yu Wei attributed the failure to the fact that ICE’s current sales model is not conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of partners like Fan Yuyu’s boating company, he stopped talking. what.Yu Wei believed that there was no imminent danger to his seat. Although Pufa's defeat must have shaken Pete's confidence in him and weakened Pete's personal affection for him, Pete could not replace Yu Wei quickly after driving Hong Jun away. Otherwise, he would slap himself in the face.What Yu Wei is afraid of at the moment is to be alienated and marginalized by Pete. The R&D center to be established and the ICE China company under the jurisdiction of Yu Wei are like two brothers living separately under one big roof. Both of them must have great benefits, which is why Pete welcomed Yu Wei's recommendation of candidates.But now, it is obvious that Pete and the gentlemen in the headquarters no longer pay attention to Yu Wei's opinions. They either think that Yu Wei may not be able to recommend such outstanding people, or think that Yu Wei will be kicked out sooner or later anyway, so Doesn't care if he and his new neighbors get along. Thinking of this, Yu Wei felt that time was running out, so he said to Linda, but more like himself: "Hurry up, I have to start my big move." Linda found it always difficult to keep up with Yu Wei's train of thought, because she didn't know what he was thinking, so she had to strike up a conversation and ask, "What big move?" Yu Wei was stunned, looked at Linda sideways, and said, "I told you, did you forget? Or didn't you listen then?" Linda was a little nervous, like a child who was being asked by the teacher why she didn't do her homework. She thought about it quickly, and as if she had some impression, she hurriedly said, "What do you want to talk to Peter about?" "Ok." Linda didn't know what to say, so she could only say in a general way: "It depends on whether Peter supports you. If you don't handle him, you can't." Yu Wei was already fully dressed, and suddenly remembered something, sat on the edge of the bed, stared at Linda and said, "If you don't tell me, I really forgot, this is a big deal." The voice said, "Peter asked me about the two of us." When Linda saw Yu Wei's guilty conscience, she became nervous, and she was even more at a loss when she heard the last sentence, she said "ah", and waited for Yu Wei to continue. Yu Wei said: "Peter asked on the phone this afternoon, asking me if I have more affection for you than other people. I didn't understand. He said it several times before I finally understood what he meant. I I hurriedly said No, No, No, and spent a long time explaining to him. I said that because you were just promoted by me, I often need me to tell you what to do, and I often encourage you. In addition, someone may see you as Marketing The manager was upset and said bad things on purpose. I don’t know if Peter understood, but he should have sensed my attitude anyway.” Linda's hanging heart was relieved, and the image of Yu Wei blushing and confessing to the phone in his half-baked English appeared in his mind, thinking that Yu Wei must have hated himself for not having ten mouths at that time, and it would be best if he could Speaking English, Linda couldn't help pursing her lips and smiling. Seeing Linda smiling, Yu Wei hurriedly said with a gloomy face: "This is not a trivial matter, it's not a joke. I can tell you two things: the first one, if Peter or others touch your tone, You must also resolutely deny it; second, in the company or other places, as long as there is a third party present, you and I have to keep a distance, as if nothing happened, remember?" Linda's smile froze, and she sighed softly and said, "Hi, I'm the third party," looking into Yu Wei's eyes, and said, "Don't you and I act like thieves no matter where we are?" Yu Wei first avoided Linda's gaze, then turned back immediately, narrowed his eyes and looked at Linda, with a smirk on his face.Linda was stunned for no reason, and Yu Wei smiled and said, "Didn't you just say that you can handle Peter? I will leave this task to you. Next time Peter comes to Beijing, I will arrange a date for you two. This will kill two birds with one stone, Peter." I'm sure you won't suspect any relationship between us anymore, you can still handle him, how about that? Haha." 琳达感觉脑袋有些晕，和俞威在一起她本来就总觉得脑子不够用，现在又添了些恶心，她搞不清俞威只是在开玩笑，还是他真想这么干。琳达推了俞威一把，说：“亏你想得出来，我一想到老外浑身那么多的毛，像猴子，就恶心得不行。” 俞威正嘿嘿地坏笑着，笑容立刻消失了，咬牙切齿地说：“浑身的毛？一下子就想到这么具体的了，以前和老外好过吧？印象还这么深刻？” 琳达听着俞威的揶揄，心里倒觉得好受了不少，起码俞威在吃她的醋了，而且是嗅觉如此敏锐地四下找醋来吃，她相信这表明俞威是在乎她的，是喜欢她的，刚才那个要把她送给皮特做诱饵的主意，不过是俞威的恶作剧罢了。琳达心里虽然舒服，嘴上还犟了一句：“去你的！没吃过猪肉，还没见过猪跑啊？A片里那些老外还少啊？” “这年头，是吃过猪肉的比见过猪跑的人多，没准你真吃过老外的肉呢。”刚说完，俞威忽然抽了抽鼻子，奇怪地问，“什么味儿啊？” 琳达先以为俞威关心的仍是老外的肉味，但她很快醒悟过来，撇了撇嘴说：“还不是你身上的烟味。” “不是。怎么好像有股土腥味儿？”俞威摇了摇头。 琳达也和俞威一起抽着鼻子吸气，片刻的安静使两人都听到了阵阵的呼啸声，俞威走到窗前掀起窗帘的一角往外张望，叫了一声：“完了！又来沙尘暴了！” 琳达嘟囔着说：“这楼房的窗户密封得太差，明天早晨起来，窗台上肯定都有一层土，连梳妆台上都是一层土，北京真是没法呆了。” 俞威从窗前走到门口，拿起车钥匙，回头对琳达说：“你别下来了，又是风又是土的，接着睡吧。” 琳达的身体里立刻涌起一股暖流，她被俞威的这句话感动了，这是她几个月来头一次听俞威说句关心她的话。琳达把被子掀开，伸开双臂，两个眼圈都有些红了，喃喃地对俞威说：“先别走，再抱抱我嘛。” 俞威有些莫名其妙，他搞不懂自己随口说的一句话怎么让琳达如此动情，虽然有些不情愿，但他还是磨蹭着走回来，俯下身子，抱了抱琳达。 琳达使劲地裹紧俞威，好像要把自己嵌到俞威的身体里，她贴着俞威的耳朵柔柔地说：“你疼我，我知道你对我好。”俞威没太在意，只是含混地“嗯”了一声，他内心正在发愁，赶上这昏天黑地的沙尘天气，他更会辨不清方向，十一点半肯定是到不了家了。 当地时间上午十点半，America West航空公司的67次航班正点抵达拉斯维加斯的麦卡伦国际机场。麦卡伦机场恐怕是世界上距离城市中心最近的机场，它就在那条著名的被称为“Strip”的拉斯维加斯大道的南端，机场西面隔街相望的就是卢克索等几家酒店的玻璃幕墙了。 邓汶眯着眼睛，用手挡着耀眼的阳光，站在了赌城的地面上。他在飞机上一直都没有睡着觉，最多只是闭着眼睛打盹。他觉得奇怪，自己向来是在任何时间、任何地点、用任何姿式都可以想睡就睡的，这次则不灵了，心里好像就是有种莫名的兴奋。邓汶用手先后摸了摸左右两边的眼皮，哪边的都没有跳，究竟在拉斯维加斯会遇到“财”还是“灾”，只好走着瞧了。他径直快步走出机场，拦了辆出租车，把自己和行李都扔到车子的后座上，直奔会展中心驶去。 十一点还不到，邓汶已经找到自己公司的展区了，正如聪明的犹太人预计的那样，路上一切顺利，展场人影稀疏，都是各家公司的布展人员在忙活，没有多少参观者，当天早上赶来的确什么也没耽误。邓汶放好行李，先与被他派来提前备展的几个人打了招呼，公司聘请的公关公司和展览公司的人也都先后被引见到他面前逐一握手寒暄。邓汶把印有公司标志和自己名字的标牌挂在脖子上，被引领着在公司不大的展区里走了一圈，他不住地点头，一切准备就绪，各方面都做得很专业，就等下午正式开展了。 邓汶忽然想起夜里做的那个梦，便立刻走到每台电脑的液晶显示器前面，要手下把电脑将要自动演示的内容都分别播放出来，又确认了悬挂在半空中的大型显示屏也工作正常，才放了心，该在的文件都在，应该不会出什么纰漏了。 忙过一阵，心里踏实了，邓汶才感觉到又饿又渴。他看一眼手表，时间还早，便对其他人道了一句失陪，独自走出展场，在外面的一个临时搭起的帐篷式餐厅前面停住，要了一大杯咖啡，又要了两个甜甜圈，在露天的桌子旁边拉过一把塑料椅子，坐了下来。 邓汶冲着太阳，暖暖的阳光照在他身上，让他觉得浑身舒坦，甜甜圈几口就吃完了，他用纸巾擦了擦嘴角的咖啡沫，望着远近不时走过的人出神。邓汶盘算着，从拉斯维加斯凌晨一点半到现在，他已经奔波了十多个小时了，是现在就去紧挨在会展中心北侧的希尔顿酒店办理入住手续，还是等下午会展结束以后再去？他心里默默念叨着，现在去还是下午去？念着念着，他眯着的眼睛越来越细，慢慢闭上了，他总算彻底放松下来，睡着了。 不知过了多久，邓汶忽然感觉到被碰了一下，是有人在拍打他的肩膀，他猛地坐直身子，睁开眼睛，刺目的光线一下子射到他的眼睛上，让他下意识地又闭紧了，他一边转动着脑袋，一边努力地再把眼睛睁开一条缝，直到正好把头转到挡在他面前的人投射下来的阴影里，他才终于把眼睛完全睁开。 邓汶面前站着两个人，离他近一些的看来就是刚才拍他肩膀的，后面的那位看不清，好像没见过，他便聚焦到近处的这张面孔上，目不转睛地盯着，对方的脸上是一种气定神闲的笑容，正是这种笑容让邓汶如梦方醒，他一下子跳了起来，大声地说：“洪钧！？真的是你！？怎么会是你啊！？”