Chapter 8 8. No one can hold a talented person

Zhao Xiaorou contacted Zhang Li.I thought Zhang Li would ask her to meet at school, but Zhang Li decided on a Starbucks that was closest to the cctv.Zhang Li explained that he was going to hold a planning meeting on the TV station from noon to around 3:30 in the afternoon. To be on the safe side, let's see you at 4:00.Zhao Xiaorou knew all about the Starbucks in Beijing. She loved the hazelnut latte, and when she heard about this place, she suddenly had a good impression of this professor who hadn't met yet.She arrived early, and after putting the coffee on the table, she sent a text message to Zhang Li, saying that she was at the third table on the west side of the door, wearing a lavender dress, which was easy to find.

At 4:05, Zhang Li appeared at Zhao Xiaorou's table.He stood and smiled at Xiaorou, stretched out his hand to introduce himself, and said succinctly, "Xiaorou, I'm Zhang Li." Xiaorou sat, looking up at him, her heart speed gradually picking up.She also stretched out her hand to hold it. Her hand was warm because she just held the coffee cup, but the moment she reached into Zhang Li's big hand, Xiaorou felt that he was warmer than herself. As soon as he was seated, Zhang Li said with a smile: "I should have arrived first so that I could treat you to a drink, but I didn't expect you to take the lead." Zhao Xiaorou said: "I made an appointment with you, of course I can't be late. You What do you want to drink?" Zhang Li said: "I just ordered. The waiter will bring it to you in a while. I am a regular customer here, and they have preferential treatment for me." Of course, Xiaorou knows that Starbucks is self-service, and customers have to order by themselves end.Seeing the waiter bring coffee over with a smile and greet Zhang Li, Zhao Xiaorou believed that he came here quite frequently.

Zhang Li took a sip of coffee and said, "Generally, when girls make appointments, they say left and right. When I saw your text message, it said 'West Side', and I knew that I was going to meet a smart girl today; I'm quite disappointed, a smart girl is not pretty. Unexpectedly, she is a smart and beautiful girl. I must not buy a lottery ticket today." Although Zhao Xiaorou has seen the world, what kind of praise has she never heard?What kind of slob hasn't fought?But today I heard Zhang Li's praise from the "direction", which really means "unconventional", and I can't bear it.Zhao Xiaorou smiled with reddish pink cheeks, covered up her shyness with a coffee cup, and asked in a tone as calm as possible: "What does this have to do with buying lottery tickets?" Zhang Li smiled and said: "I have already won the lottery, It’s not uncommon to buy anything else.”

After sitting in Starbucks for nearly an hour, Zhao Xiaorou brought the topic to Zhang Li's book.While Zhao Xiaorou returned the words of praise, she euphemistically stated the intention of the president to send her here.Zhang Zhang is so smart, he immediately heard the uneasiness of the publishing house.He smiled and said: "Do you not believe that I can deliver the manuscript on time?" Zhao Xiaorou quickly denied it, and she said sincerely: "I'm afraid you are too busy. Our president knows that you are going to be on the "Lecture Forum", so we have to give I am a consultant for a TV station and have to go back to school because I am afraid that the time will be too tight.” Zhang Li said with a smile: “Do you believe it? There are always energetic people in this world. For example, Edison, Da Vinci, and Lu Xun. I It may be this kind of person. So Lu Xun said, time is like water in a sponge. I can encourage him with this sentence. I will definitely do what I promised to your president. Xiaorou, you can give it now Your president called and asked him to set a deadline, and I will deliver the manuscript on time. Tell him, I can sign the contract immediately." At this moment, Zhao Xiaorou's stomach was full of sweet hazelnut latte, and her mind was full of soft In Zhang Li's words of praise, she couldn't feel any arrogance.If these few words came from Luo Yang's mouth, Zhao Xiaorou must have a hundred and one thousand words waiting to repay him.Today, at this place, facing this person, Zhao Xiaorou did not, not only in her mouth, but also in her heart.Not only did she not, Zhao Xiaorou obediently followed Zhang Li's words, and actually took out her mobile phone to call the president.The president was overjoyed to hear that the contract could be signed immediately and the date of delivery of the manuscript could be set immediately. He said: "Xiao Zhao, I didn't really misunderstand you. You should keep an eye on him and sign the contract quickly." The phone was handed over to him, and he said on the phone: "President, wait a moment, Professor Zhang wants to talk to you." Zhang Li took the phone, smiled and said to the microphone: "President Li, I am a friend! But I have conditions Ah, the editor of my book is Zhao Xiaorou. I am half for you and half for her. I will rest assured after handing the book to her!" Zhao Xiaorou did not expect Zhang Li to say this to the president, without mental preparation, The face is a little red.She heard the president's laughter on the phone, and heard the president say, "No problem, no problem. Xiao Zhao is a talented woman in our agency. Let's learn from each other."The voice was so loud, it seemed that it was just for Zhao Xiaorou to hear.While Zhang Li answered with his mouth, he smiled at Xiao Rou.From Zhao Xiaorou's point of view, this smile is full of content.

After bidding farewell to Zhang Li, Zhao Xiaorou took the taxi home, and then remembered that this Professor Zhang was in the same school and department as him, and the president asked him to come because of this relationship, so that he could bond with him.But sitting here for more than an hour, Zhao Xiaorou actually forgot to mention this relationship.She thought about it carefully, and the biggest reason here is that Zhang Li had the right to speak from the very beginning.Zhao Xiaorou has been following Zhang Li's train of thought since the first sentence he said.It was impossible for this to happen to Zhao Xiaorou in the past.Thinking of this, Zhao Xiaorou suddenly became a little annoyed, annoyed that she was a bit of an idiot today, and didn't grasp the direction of the wind.But she was a little obsessed, obsessed with every word of Zhang Li.She sat in the back seat of a taxi, enjoying the city's traffic jams for the first time.She closed her eyes, recalling every detail of tension.She remembered that Zhang Li was wearing a Dunhill suit jacket today, and the white shirt inside seemed to be from Armani.His phone on the table is an Apple.After talking to himself for 20 minutes, he suddenly turned off his mobile phone. He said he didn't want to be disturbed, and he was very willing to concentrate on talking with Xiaorou.

Zhao Xiaorou has always believed that she is not an objectified and vain woman.In the past, there were men wearing famous brands and greasy hair and pink noodles who showed courteousness in front of her, but she didn't even look straight at her.She likes boys who are natural and clean. This aesthetic orientation has not changed since college.But in other ways, she didn't think about it.You should find a boyfriend with a certain occupation, personality, and height.She didn't even think about getting married.From the bottom of her heart, she refused to live the life of Jian Ning and Lan Yun.Lan Yun's life is too ordinary, and Jian Ning loses herself as soon as she gets married.Apart from her husband and children, what else is there in her life?Facing Jian Ning and Lan Yun's enthusiasm before, Zhao Xiaorou's answer was always: I haven't played enough yet.But today, when the taxi stopped, she got out of the car door and raised her head subconsciously, and saw her own dark window, Zhao Xiaorou suddenly felt a little sad, if only the window was lit.

In the elevator upstairs, Zhao Xiaorou's cell phone rang.It's Luo Yang.He still couldn't bear to greet Xiaorou.Xiaorou opened her schoolbag to look for the keys, and at the same time listened to him say the result of the master's calculation with her mobile phone between her hands.Opening the door and changing shoes, when Zhao Xiaorou was looking for slippers with her feet, she heard Luo Yang, no, it was Luo Yang who said for the master that she would get a better author and a better project because of misfortune.Xiaorou then stood barefoot on the cold floor, she couldn't hear what Luo Yang said on the phone, and only one word "destined" came to her mind.

For the first time, Zhao Xiaorou didn't have any desire for nightlife; for the first time, Zhao Xiaorou lay in bed without dinner; for the first time, she couldn't sleep.Zhao Xiaorou wanted to make a call, and the first person who popped up was Luo Yang.But she killed this idea because she had just talked with Luo Yang on the phone.And even if she called Luo Yang, what could she say to him?Then she wanted to call Lanyun.Zhao Xiaorou also has good reasons to support what she should do.Even knowing an author, Lanyun is now working with Zhang Li, so she can always have some contacts and give herself some advice.

Lan Yun was surprised that Zhao Xiaorou suddenly called to ask about Zhang Li.When Lan Yun heard that Zhang Li was going to publish a book, Lan Yun was even more surprised.Doesn't he use his university's publishing house to publish his books?As an associate professor, publishing a book is of course a matter of course. What will the professor look at in the future?However, professors of science and engineering depend on scientific research results, and professors of liberal arts can only rely on publishing books and gaining popularity.If you want to go out, you can go to the school, how did you find Xiaorou's publishing house!Xiaorou explained that the publication was not a journalism book, but a lecture script for "Tianxia Lecture Forum".Lan Yun understood, and asked Xiaorou, what do you want to know?Zhao Xiaorou tried to use the same language style as before and said: "Ask how is this person? Is he reliable? Is he knowledgeable? How is his body? Don't be like this old gentleman like me this time, it's not too late , put myself in the hospital first.” Lan Yun said with a smile: “I haven’t had much contact with people, so it’s hard to judge. As for learning, I heard that he doesn’t have much time to teach undergraduates right now. I have a big opinion, so I can’t say anything. But I’ve never heard that he studied Confucius, and he didn’t teach this elective course in school.” Zhao Xiaorou was really dissatisfied with this answer.She muttered: "Does he dare to go to CCTV to give lectures to the people of the whole country if he has no goods in his stomach? It's because your department didn't give him a chance to perform!" Lan Yun said: "I don't know about that. But I heard that he It has always been planned by the consultant of "Tianxia Forum", maybe it has something to do with this." "Is he married?" Zhao Xiaorou asked in a daze, and she was taken aback.Lan Yun said, "It doesn't seem to be. I haven't heard that he has a wife. He doesn't live in the school, and even if he does, he can't see it."