Death of the Rhino

Xu You slept in the shop at night, he had nowhere to go.At nine o'clock in the morning, Xu You opened the store door to welcome the noisy and rotten smell outside the door, as well as the customers who came to the store from time to time.

Another table of guests left, Xu You hung the cue sticks back on the wall, stood by the table, and sent those billiard balls lying on the table into the holes one by one.For the two balls lying in the middle of the table—red 13 and yellow 4, Xu You didn't want to go around the long side of the table to reach them, so he stood on the wide side of the table, bent down, and reached out to reach them.This distance is enough to reach.

Xu You's hand stopped at a distance of 13 or 4 centimeters from the red.The footsteps stopped behind Xu You, and the fancy mousse smell stuck to his body.A hand rests on the tabletop over his left shoulder, and a club rests on the hand resting on the tabletop next to his right shoulder.The stick moves the ball away, the yellow 13 goes into the hole, and the red [-] bounces aside.

It took less than ten seconds from the sound of footsteps stopping behind Xu You to the time the ball went into the hole; it took at least 30 seconds from the time the ball went into the hole to the sound of footsteps restarting.During these 40 seconds, Xu You remained motionless on the table.It wasn't until the fancy mousse scent returned to where he should be that Xu You slowly straightened up.

He is familiar with this posture.Two years ago, he had rehearsed the posture of Yueren scoring countless times in his mind until the starling bent down on the table.He still remembers the expression of the woman standing opposite the table when he raised his head and saw the expression of the woman standing opposite the ball table after he sent the ball into the hole before the starling under him dribbled.

The woman's expression told Xu You that she was sincere to the starling; after the woman dropped the club and ran away, the starling's expression when he pushed him down told Xu You that the starling really wanted to play with that woman for the rest of his life.

It was just what their expressions told Xu You, and Xu You knew it before rehearsing that pose in his mind.

Xu You still walked around to the long side of the ball table, and the glass door of the refrigerator reflected the mousse-smelling appearance - Liyuan's film and television planning.The current film and television planning of Liyuan on the glass door is staring at the previous film and television planning of Liyuan on the glass door.The current film and television planner raised his middle finger at the former film and television planner with the hand that did not hold the club.

Xu You just pretended to be embarrassed and smiled inexplicably, and straightened up to reach the red 13 on the table.Xu You held the Red 13 in the palm of his hand, the old injury on his middle finger suddenly felt a dull pain, and the severe pain that followed made him have to hold the Red 13 even tighter.Old injuries, prone to flare-ups in fluctuating weather, were pains that had been with him ever since he was ten years old.

At the age of 11, Xu You's twin brother, Xu Qu, was accidentally electrocuted and died.Xu You still remembers that more than a month after Xu Qu was buried, Xu's mother pressed the dumpling wrappers with a noodle press, and Xu You obediently sent the cut dough to the entrance of the noodle press.Mother Xu, who was devastated, found out that she had crushed Xu You's finger after the table was full of scarlet.

Xu's mother suddenly went crazy and held Xu You's hand with the crushed middle finger and cried: "Xiao You! Xiao You!".It was the first time that Xu's mother called this name after Xu Qu's accident; it was also the first time that Xu You saw himself in her mother's eyes.

Xu You didn't cry, and the moment his finger was crushed, he didn't feel any pain at all, only very warm.The doctor said that there will be a buffer period for the pain, but he just hasn't reacted yet.The doctor was right, the wound had just been bandaged, and Xu You burst into tears when he reacted to the severe pain.

The nails and flesh were crushed, but fortunately no bones were injured, and the young fingers would grow back.It's just the scar on the middle finger, and the leftover pain that he never mentioned to anyone, will be with him for the rest of his life.

Xu You tried his best to make himself look normal. After the pain in his middle finger eased a little, he put the red 13 in his hand closer to the hole near him.Xu You never raised his middle finger.After he cleared the table, he walked back to the counter against the wall.

Xu You flipped through the colorful calendar on the counter, June NO.13.There is one month left, which is Xu Qu's memorial day.

Xu You picked up Wolfe and turned to the first page.He reads from the first page every time.Now, he already knows the beginning like the back of his hand.

At twelve o'clock at noon, the sound of high-heeled shoes poking the floor, the sound of leather shoes stepping, laughter and noise gradually arrived; the smell of lethargy and decay, the smell of empty soap, and the smell of anxious perfume arrived as expected.Moss flavor, but it came uninvited.

Mo Siwei stood in front of the counter, threw a key on the counter in front of Xu You, and asked, "Are you Xu You?"

Xu You closed the book without looking at the key, looked up at Mossy, and nodded politely.Very impolitely reluctant to answer.

"My name is Lin Guanmu, Liyuan's film and television planner." When Mo Siwei introduced himself, he looked like a peacock flying on a dead tree and spreading its tail.

"Hello." Xu You greeted politely this time.

Mousse Wei looked at Xu You at the counter condescendingly.Xu You's posture with his head up was very uncomfortable. Just as he was about to lower his head, Mousse Wei said, "Director Qu asked you to wait for him in Wanping Square."

Xu You kept his head up and said, "Excuse me, please tell me that I'm working."

"Director Qu said that you have something to return to him. In the store, I can look after it for you for a while." Mousse Wei's words did not mean much provocation.More like trying to persuade Xu You.

Xu You glanced at the umbrella standing by the counter—the thing that Xu You needed to return in Mousse Wei's mouth was that it should be returned to its original owner.Xu You put the book back into the canvas bag, wrapped the key with tissue paper, stooped to pick up the umbrella, and then stood up and said to Mousse Wei, "Then I will trouble you."

The phrase "there is a camera" is very unnutritious and impolite, so Xu You didn't want to remind him.Moreover, a peacock that specially flies to a dead wood to open its tail is unwilling to get involved in a dead wood.

Li Yuan's working hours are from 10:30 am to 10:30 pm, and Mousse Flavor comes to the store at [-]:[-].So, at [-]:[-], Mousse Wei should tell Xu You the news.So the kind act of helping Xu You watch the store was also part of his job.Expressing gratitude to others for their duties is also part of Xu You's politeness.

Xu You didn't go through the underground passage, he went up from the basement floor of Wandu Building, crossed the overpass on Wandu Square, and came to Wanping Square.

Xu You was standing in the middle of Wanping Square, in mid-June in Shanghai, lying on the ground with second-degree burns.Xu You's palms were sweating, and the facial tissue wrapped around the key was almost soaked.Xu You sent the soaked tissues into the trash can on the square, took out the tissues from his pocket, wiped off the sweat on his hands, took out a few stacked ones and placed them on his open palms, and put the keys in the above.

Xu You picked up the umbrella in his arms when he wiped his sweat with his fingertips, but his palm didn't touch the umbrella body.Xu You returned to the center of the square again, the empty soap smell and the anxious perfume smell coming and going around him.Xu You looked at his own shadow in the sun and felt a little silly.

After an unknown amount of time, when another shadow overlapped his own, Xu You raised his head and saw the owner of the umbrella.

"Hello Director." Xu You greeted respectfully.That's what Mossy called him.The wet T-shirt is very uncomfortable to stick to the body; the impolite sweat gathers from the forehead to the chin, and can only drip to the ground under the action of momentum and gravity, which is even more uncomfortable.

Qu Buyan was also very uncomfortable with the title "Director".He didn't let the title come to his ears, and he didn't speak.He just turned around and walked towards the underground parking lot of Wanping Building.Xu You reacted for a while, then followed.

Xu You followed behind Qu Buyan two steps away.Qu Buyan walked neither too fast nor too slow, and Xu You followed neither too far nor too close.

In the underground parking lot, the damp and dark musty smell competes with the lingering gasoline smoke; the roaring sound of the engine competes with the hysterical horn.The unhurried scent of perfume is like a passerby who is distracted; the sound of unhurried footsteps is even more like a watcher who plays on the spot.

"You have studied Yunzhu's script." Qu Buyan didn't look back, this is not a question.This is a statement of the results of the investigation of Xu You.

"Teacher Yun, you are so talented." Yun Zhou, the screenwriter of "Rhinoceros".Studying the script of a film is the most basic and necessary duty of a film and television planner.The word "research" that Qu Buyan used made Xu You feel a little bit of approval.

He is no longer the planner of "Rhinoceros", and he is not qualified to make any comments on the script. "Brilliant" is a former film and television planner, and he deserves and can only be respected.

Qu Buyan stopped, turned his head to look at Xu You behind him, and asked lightly, "Are you so respectful and obedient to everyone?"

"The master is the teacher." Xu You also stopped, looked at Qu Buyan shyly, and replied with a smile.He understood what Qu Buyan was referring to.Yun Zhou is a screenwriter who has only made his debut in the past two years, not more than two years older than Xu You.Xu Youzun called him a teacher. From the perspective of normal people, it was more or less suspected of flattery.

It's just that Xu You, after studying the script of "Rhinoceros", really admired Yun Zhou's talent, and even more respected his professional ethics of keeping improving the script.Therefore, Xu You came up with the words "the master is the teacher" without thinking.He is also very grateful that Qu Buyan chose the word "Ke Gong Ke Shun" instead of the more accurate and clear "Qu Yi Ying Ying".

Qu Buyan didn't seem to think seriously about the shyness on Xu You's face, and turned around to operate on the self-service car payment device.

"Feng Qianjiang has requirements for the promotion of film and television." Qu Buyan's hand was still operating on the payment device.

"Director Feng is unique." This sentence is also the answer that a former film and television planner should have.

Qu Buyan turned around, took out a handkerchief from his suit pocket to wipe the hand that touched the payment device just now, and took a lukewarm look at Xu You.Then he turned around and returned to the aisle of the underground garage.

Calling the important Feng Qianjiang Director Feng and Xu You does not mean to be respectful to everyone.

The author has something to say:

Dazai's nonsense:

Xiaoyu really just wants to return the umbrella now.Lin Guanmu called Qu Buyan the director, so Xiao Yu changed his words.

There are still not many lines.I don't know how many guest officials have the patience to read on.