Chapter 15 Article fifteen

211 One morning in April, Song Ming and I went to the Capital Airport to wait to pick up a client from Guangzhou. I saw a familiar figure going out from the gate in the crowd. I took a few steps back to get a better look. A taxi at the entrance left, and it was Alai.Although she cut her hair short, I still recognized her at a glance, and I don't know if she saw me in the crowd. That night, it started to rain, and I was in a depressed mood. I drank with Song Ming in a bar called Car Wash relatively silently. , I pulled her up from the table, he said he wanted to go home to see her mother at night, I sent her downstairs to their house in Xinjiekou, went to the back seat and woke her up from a drowsy sleep, she was very Reluctantly, he walked outside, took two breaths of cold air, wiped his face with his hands, breathed on his hands again, and said, "Okay."

I asked her what to do, and she told me that the alcohol had passed, and seeing me standing still, she turned around and said, "Let's go, what are you doing here?" I got into the car again, and Song Ming had already walked into the cave. I saw the corridor lights from the first floor to the fourth floor light up one by one, and finally turned off one by one. I restarted the car and drove out of the alley of Song Ming's house. Zuo Si You thought about where to spend the night, so I drove the car to the Second Ring Road.I wanted to go around and go back, but when the car crossed ten bridges, my madness came. At first, I overtook a long line of large trucks carrying building materials in front of me, and then: I overtook two taxis, sneaking a peek. Looking at the mileage meter, the speed of the car has reached 120 kilometers.

I was driving that Xiali speeding on the Second Ring Road. For a while, as if I was looking for death, I aimed straight at the taillights of the car driving in front, and then overtook it. If I moved a little slower, I would be smashed to pieces. , Gradually, the alcohol I drank had an effect on my body. I felt weak in my limbs, so I slowed down the speed of the car and drove to the outermost lane. of buildings.In the rain, everything is pitch black, and some of the buildings are lit, like huge cold machines. When the rain falls on the glass, those buildings are distorted into giant monsters with teeth and claws, with hideous shapes, like ghosts Charm.

I turned three times on the second ring road, but I still couldn't calm down. I opened the car window to let the cold rain rush into the car, and then drove the car to the third ring road. The street lights seemed to be blinking at me with questioning eyes. I drove the car to 120 kilometers per hour. The rain fell into my eyes and half of my body was soaked. , the steering wheel began to tremble, and I trembled too. At this moment, I suddenly had an illusion. For a moment, I thought I was driving to pick up Alai, but I forgot the agreed place.When I found out it was an illusion, I was so sad that I almost cried.I slowed down the car again, and the figure of Alai getting into a taxi at the airport in the morning flashed across the windshield. Later, I remembered what Alai said to me -- "We also need a car in the future. I don't know when it was?"

I tried my best to remember where Alai said this sentence, but I couldn't remember it. I felt anxious and woke up suddenly. After identifying it for a long time, I found that I was circling on the Minsi Temple Bridge, and I didn't know it at all. I know where I should go and where there are people who need me.The car was full of gas, the engine whimpered, the wipers fanned the windshield, and the front was blurred.Suddenly, tears flowed out of my eyes, and I burst into tears.I was crying and driving the car, thinking about Alai's flying hair, thinking that I would never take Alai for a ride on the street, thinking about it, I really wanted to bump into something to forget about it.Suddenly, I thought of Alai's smile again, and everything made me sad.

I cried and drove around Beijing in a dilapidated car.Sad like an abandoned ghost until it feels numb and blind to everything. 212 Walking through the dark and damp underground passage at the T-junction of Qianmen Jianlou, climbing up the stairs, and coming to the sidewalk, all kinds of cars are driving on the road, stopping, driving, and stopping again. Dust danced in the air, people came in and out of various department stores, specialty stores, cold drink shops, and fast food restaurants on both sides of the commercial street, and the sound of cars, people, and music from the shops mixed together, calling People get a splitting headache when they hear this.I walked along the street for a while, passing by Yueshengzhai, Citizen Watch Store, Shengxifu Hat Shop, and bought a can of Coca-Cola in front of a cold drink shop. After a few sips, I found a ring of dirt on the mouth of the can. Spit the remaining half of my mouth on the ground and move on. I walked into the stationery store in Qianmen and bought a pair of Nike sneakers, two tennis tops and a set of sportswear on the second floor. In order to store these things, I had to buy a big satchel, and when I came out, I called Hua Yang at the public phone booth on the side of the road, and told him to drive to the west gate of Tiantan Park to wait for me, and then we went to a company in Jianguo Hotel, they had promised They asked us to make a complete set of CI advertisements for them. In fact, as long as we can win a part of them, it is already good.After making the phone call, I counted, and I have been walking aimlessly on the street for more than 3 hours. I stood blankly by the side of the street, looking at the crowded and chaotic street, dazed.A taxi passed by me, I stopped it with my hand, stooped into the car, and told the driver to go to the Temple of Heaven.

Hua Yang sat in my car and waited for me on the side of the road. We had something to eat at Tianqiao, then called Song Ming and asked her to wait for us in the lobby of Jianguo Hotel, bring all the materials, and then drove to Jianguo Hotel , I, Hua Yang, and Song Ming were talking about the company leaving get off work in the evening, and finally Lu Ran came over to make a decision. The next day, we got an advance payment, and 300,000 yuan was written on the check. 213 The life of Sensual Malaysia started from the 300,000 RMB. Bowling, squash.Golf, Maxim, Hong Kong Food City, Ah Jing, this is the daytime, and at night, there are bars, KTV and driving. The company rented a Mercedes-Benz and booked two suites in the Chief Executive Palace. Supporting the advertising company, Lu Ran and Hua Yang began to import cars. At first, both ends were smooth. After half a year, our company was in trouble due to money confusion and excessive spending. Lu Ran was arrested by the police for making two tax-evading cars. In order to catch him, the Ministry of Finance came after him. Starting from the customs, we dealt with it all at once, but as a result, we were heavily in debt and the business could not continue.

We sold the company and ended everything. 214 After the company disbanded, I fell into boredom again. Hua Yang stayed at home and had nothing to do. He often wandered to my place. We listened to music and played video games together. During the band's performance, I almost tripped over a protruding leg in the corner, and was about to yell at him, when I suddenly discovered that this person was Liu Xin, whom I hadn't heard from for a long time. So the three of us sat in the corner together and smoked the marijuana that Liu Xin got from somewhere, which made Hua Yang laugh non-stop, especially when Liu Xin said "I have no money".

215 The next night, I drove the car and took Hua Yang and Liu Xin to a wine-drinking friend’s house in the southern suburbs to play mahjong. It was November, and Liu Xin was screaming hot in the car, so he opened the car windows and turned off the hot air. He was still too hot.When he arrived at the place, Liu Xin made three deals as soon as he was at the table. Unfortunately, his luck did not last long. At dawn, he dragged his tired body and stood up from the chair, solemnly announcing: "I stand." 216 Luck is one thing, timing is another. During this period, I had time and no luck. Hua Yang didn't think so. He said that we were wasting time and waiting for luck. Unfortunately, he waited for luck.When the new year was approaching, he and Liu Xin went to a record company to sniff a little honey, and met a group of people singing and chatting there, Hua Yang sang "I saw you at a glance" to the girl he wanted to sniff. That part", and then went further, singing something like "Who will lift up your long skirt, who will take off your underwear for you". Hua Yang released a tape of his new lyrics, and became famous in one fell swoop. After the Spring Festival in the Year of the Blade, even vendors in the free market could sing his song.

That song was written by Liu Xin. Liu Xin and Hua Yang have been together since then, concentrating on becoming famous and earning money, staying away from the world of gangsters, and being too busy. 217 Lu Ran started writing novels after the company disbanded. Before that, he always wanted to write novels. One day we talked on the phone and asked him what he was writing. He said he was writing Pure Beach.If you ask any more questions, he won't say anything. Lu Ran is writing novels on the desk in front of the window. The window faces north, and he will never see the sun. Lu Ran often sits in front of the window for hours at a time. Looking out of the window, there is a building in front of him, blocking everything , but Lu Ran could see his pristine beach from the open window, and while he was sitting there listening to the imaginary sound of the waves, the two front wheels of his Ford were stolen.

When he told me this, Lu Ran was sitting on the concrete railing next to the moat downstairs, and I was sitting on the ground. He was staring at the river, with a peaceful expression, smoking Camel cigarettes without filters, and his beard was full of hair. Weeks unshaved, messy hair tied back with a rubber band like a rock and roll. 218 Song Ming doesn't often live with me, she often lives in her own home and doesn't come back at night.After finding a job in advertising design, she was depressed and hurried. Sometimes she used the noon break to take a taxi to my place to get busy, and then rushed into the elevator and went downstairs to work in the afternoon.Her face is often sallow. I don’t know if it’s her work that makes her exhausted or something else that makes her feel depressed. Once watching a night movie, she said to go to the bathroom in the middle of the time. When I found her, I found that she was already lying in the lounge. fell asleep on the long sofa. Later she told me that she is now working two jobs, because her sister had a sudden mental disorder some time ago, and the medical expenses are expensive, so she has to work hard to earn money. I asked her when she planned to earn, she smiled at me and said: "Earn until like my sister." I've seen her sister, she's prettier than her, with wonderful white teeth. Song Ming did not accept the money I gave her.Although she worked hard, she still couldn't pay her sister's medical bills. My wallet also slowly became empty, and when there was one hundred yuan left, I sold the car and gave Song Ming twenty thousand yuan, telling her to quit a job. She still told me that after a period of rest, she would earn the money and return it to me, and gave me an IOU in a serious manner. Starting in mid-March, I went to the stall downstairs every day to buy a copy of "Beijing Evening News" and a copy of "Beijing Youth Daily". I went to get a resume, and after less than a month, I actually found a job as a designer in an industrial control company. 219 Poverty and self-respect are two different things, and they don't go together at all, just as rich people and stupidity.Facts have proved that even the most stupid rich people can keep the smartest poor people around. That's what I see in our company. 220 The manager of our company was planting old corn and wheat in the suburbs of Beijing 5 years ago. He started by stepping on a sewing machine in a garment processing factory, and then worked as a mechanic in a factory and learned to drive the simplest lathe. He went to another factory and soldered electronic components on printed circuit boards. Later, he became a workshop director. Later, he worked hard with the unique perseverance of farmers, saved some capital, and then found some farmers to work together. I started the job of soldering components with a small profit, and gradually got money, and then opened this industrial control company to provide electronic control parts for cigarette machines in cigarette factories. This person is called Jiang Feiyun and has short legs. If he is sitting on a small bench, it looks like two small benches are stacked together.He has a scrotum-like oily face, small red eyes, and wanders around all day with ulterior motives. No matter who he talks to, he always talks in this way--first You glance at it, then stare at your pussy and gush on.Several pretty girls in the company were all transferred to the manager's department by him, and he didn't know what to do with them. He's the only person I've ever met who lied slowly to your face, and when the first lie was exposed to your face, he told a second in the same tone.Always add his most commonly used colloquial phrase in front of the lies -- "To be honest..." Because he always cheats, he also imagines that others are like him, so he doesn't trust anyone, but on the surface he calls everyone a brother.One day, it rained heavily when I got off work, and he insisted on taking me home. I refused, so I had to obey. He drove the car to the intersection between where I lived and where he lived, which is Baishiqiao, without hesitation They drove me out of the car and made me stand in the heavy rain for 20 minutes before I got a taxi. When I got in the car, I was already drenched.