Refraction

I didn't get drunk by a client today, so I escaped a catastrophe.

The meal broke up after only an hour.This is a common problem in steak restaurants: each person is given a piece of undercooked beef and a few delicate side dishes, and the lighting arrangement is made like "Interview with the Vampire", forcing people to restrain their daily eating habits.

Fortunately, thanks to this atmosphere, the dinner was able to end early—Chen Gong was already unable to deal with socializing and the like.

It was agreed that it was a meeting with the purpose of "declining clients", but Zheng Yi changed his mind temporarily and took over the case.

For an hour, Chen Gong barely uttered a word, listening to Zheng Yi who was next to him repeatedly inquiring about various details with the customer opposite, Chen Gong only regarded the beef on his plate as Zheng Yi, and viciously handled every knife and fork.

The emotions are very complicated: on the one hand, it is not clear what Zheng Yi had thought of suddenly, and he swallowed this unprofitable case without having time to discuss it with himself; on the other hand, Chen Gong is not worried about anything— —Although Zheng Yi has the recklessness to pierce the sky, he also has the ability to mend the sky.

Just curious.

After saying goodbye to the customer at the entrance of the restaurant, Chen Gong asked him after they had walked a certain distance, "What the hell are you doing?"

Zheng Yi didn't explain directly, and expressed his emotions in a roundabout way: "It's because our two brothers are not on the same page."

Chen Gong was confused by this sentence: "What?"

"I know a little bit about the case in your hand, and you also know a little bit about the case in my hand, but we didn't get along before, so we were very different and never communicated. Neither of us would be in harmony with each other." Zheng Yi said, "In harmony with each other." When Zheng Yi said a few more words, Chen Gong always felt that the great idiom culture would be completely tarnished by him.

"Let's put our cards together now, and everything will be solved."

As soon as Zheng finished speaking, the phone in Chen Gong's inner pocket vibrated.

Reaching into his pocket, he took out his mobile phone, and the caller ID was [Lao Wang].

Zheng Yi smiled "as expected": "Have you brought earphones? Let's listen to the phone together."

"No."

Zheng Yi took out his tangled headphone cable from his pocket, plugged it into Chen Gong's phone, and gave Chen Gong another one.

After taking it, Chen Gong pressed the answer button.

"Xiao Chen, what's the situation? Why did you take their case down again?"

"I stabbed Lou Zi—Old Wang, I'm Zheng Yi."

Wang Yao didn't understand Zheng Yi's reason on the other end of the phone: "Little Zheng? What the hell are you doing?"

Zheng Yi laughed: "Chen Gong said that if I can do something that he admires, he will let me climb into his bed!"

Chen Gong said seriously, "I didn't say that."

The earphone wires were so tangled that the two of them had to stand in a place with few people and bring their heads closer.

Zheng Yi agreed to stop joking—"At the end of the year, the Visual Department didn't have any new cases, so we just searched for companies... In autumn, their company paid 30 for an interactive show, and Chen Gong's friend paid 60. Wan wanted to take photos of 20 models, your friend and the others spent 20 yuan in this hotel to do a photo promotion - we didn't make any money..."

"We won't make money if we don't make a profit. Choose one of these three that doesn't lose money, and you can do it leisurely..." Old Wang said in a distressed tone: "This year's recession, all companies are reducing their budgets, and that's okay. ——But my Mr. Zheng, which one do you choose not to choose this hotel? 20... I can't even pay my salary!"

"Don't worry, Lao Wang, listen to me—this hotel is doing publicity, and the venue and scenery are all ready-made, lacking event gimmicks and media; the same is true for the model agency, lacking brand gimmicks and media; in autumn they For the company's interactive show, brand gimmicks are ready-made, but there is a lack of models and media - HALO has media channels and an executive team, so let's make these three together!"

"What do you mean?" Chen Gong and Wang Yao said in unison.

"So, think about it from another angle—isn't this just like: an interactive show: the hotel will produce a venue set, in autumn they will produce brand clothing, and the model agency will produce a group of models. In terms of the cost of these three things, we will You don’t need to spend any money—by then, 20 will be sent to the media, and 10 will be reserved for execution expenses, then 80 will go to our HALO account for nothing!”

"Fuck, awesome!" Chen Gong and Wang Yao said in unison.

Instead of taking the straight ladder to get off the parking lot, I took the escalator.

Chen Gong originally thought that Zheng Yi meant to go for a walk after eating, but when he got down to the fourth floor, he was dragged into a toy store by Zheng Yi.

Sure enough, it only took Zheng Yi 10 minutes from selection to payment.

10, one 120.

Chen Gonghuan stood by the counter with his arms folded, watching the waiter divide the innocent-looking sheep dolls into two bags and pack them up.All these actions that really happened in front of Chen Gong made Chen Gong feel crazy.

Chen Gong really couldn't understand the significance of stuffed toys appearing in this world.Chen Gong sometimes doubts that in the entire closed market loop from "producing them" to "selling them" to "someone pays for them", there is no link where someone can't hold back their laughter?

I thought so, but Chen Gong didn't say anything, just silently waiting for Zheng Yi to happily settle the bill.

When he was in a daze, Chen Gong remembered that he had done such a stupid thing with Sean. At that time, although he had a small pocket, he still squandered a Da Tuan and bought a bunch of game coins, and stood by to watch Sean's interest. Played the claw machine vigorously for more than an hour.

Xiao En's skills are not good, and he only got three dolls in exchange for a big unity; but in the process of catching the dolls, he was always happy like a child.

That grand unity is Chen Gong's overspend outside of [play budget].In the following week, Chen Gong reduced his meal budget, but every time he put the scallion noodles in Shaxian snacks into his mouth, Chen Gong also found it delicious—after all, recalling the excited lamb, Looking at the smiling face, can't it be delicious?

Zheng Yi, who was paid, called back his attention, and Chen Gong frowned: "Be quick, hurry back to the company to write a plan."

Zheng Yi nodded repeatedly.The one-time consumption is enough for one thousand yuan, and the store presented a pair of lamb key chains.Zheng Yi shook one of them and asked Chen Gong, "Do you want it?"

Chen Gong refused, "I won't hang up."

"If you don't hang it up, leave it at home." Zheng Yi stretched out his hand holding the lamb pendant, and used his little finger to open the shirt pocket on Chen Gong's chest, threw the lamb in, and patted it lightly.

Chen Gong frowned again: "Tsk!"

Zheng Yi also imitated Chen Gong's expression and gave a "tsk" sound: "The one who blows his beard and stares at me all day long doesn't give me any face! Let's make a deal in advance: From now on, you can do whatever you want at home. Save some face for me!"

Chen Gong snorted coldly, scratched his chest a few times to scratch off Zheng Yi's lingering discomfort on his body: "It's nothing if you don't make a fool of yourself, don't blame me for not saving face for you if you make a fool of yourself!"

Zheng Yi let out a "puchi" laugh: "Are you agreeing to follow me?"

Chen Gong reacted for a long time before he understood the logic of it: refusal to agree to "save face for Zheng Yi outside" means "do the same thing outside"... that means agreeing to "do whatever you want at home"...

When he came back to his senses and decided to beat up Zheng Yi, that guy had already fled away laughing.

Two sacks of toys were squeezed under his feet, and Zheng moved the passenger seat all the way back, but he still couldn't fit his long legs.

Seeing that he was uncomfortable sitting, Chen Gong felt that he deserved it: "Why are you buying these?"

"Give it to my little angel."

"so much?"

"Oh, I'm going to distribute it to the entire visual department—hey! Aren't you all curious about who my little angel is? Let me blur your focus!" Zheng Yi grinned joyfully when talking about his careful plan Hehe: "There are currently 10 people in the visual department. Today I invite 10 people to eat mousse cakes, tomorrow I will give 9 people dolls, and the day after tomorrow I invite 8 people to drink coffee... and so on, only 5 people can receive my gift on the last day. one's gift!"

Chen Gong felt stupid: "You are addicted to playing."

Zheng Yi disdains: "You are too rigid! If you can be a little romantic, you will become the popular king of HALO!"

"I don't care about it!" Chen Gong observed the rear mirror and changed his voice: "Did you come out and ask Qiu Mang for leave?"

"No." Zheng Yi raised his chin and scratched his neck, and looked at Chen Gong with a sideways smile: "I thought there was a 99% chance that you would be driven back upstairs—I didn't expect it to be so easy to climb into your car." thing!"

"..."

"Challenge to climb into your bed next time!"

"..."

Speaking from experience, the best way to deal with Zheng Yi's full-mouthed running train is not to pick up on it.

Chen Gong didn't speak in this room, Zheng Yi also became bored, adjusted the most comfortable posture and closed his eyes, intending to squint for a while.

Chen Gong drove the car silently, and then suddenly remembered: he is Zheng Yi's little angel.

Zheng Yi is playing this game seriously, but he is still standing still... Although it is boring, don't follow the rules so much, how can you be "nice" to him once?

After returning to the company in the afternoon, Chen Gong wrote a draft according to Zheng Yi's plan and sent it to Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi and the three clients met each other, and after confirming that the general direction was all right, Zheng ordered a few people to pull Chen Gong and went to the conference room for a meeting.After finishing their jobs, it was almost time to get off work, and everyone was let go. Chen Gong was sorting out the notes made during the meeting, and Zheng Yi was there to answer his friend's phone call: "Sing K? Okay—what are you doing?" In other words, why can't I do business? You owe me to tell you!"

Chen Gong glanced at Zheng Yi, who was hovering near the conference table talking on the phone happily.With the hand that was not holding the phone, he rubbed the front of the collar to undo the first button. After unbuttoning, he raised his chin and pulled the tie a little further.

That tone was one that Zheng Yi had never used to himself: a few swear words from time to time, hearty and unscrupulous—but when facing himself, no matter how glib Zheng Yi was, he was always cautious and measured. tentative meaning.

Chen Gong felt inexplicably lost, but felt that this was the safest sense of distance.

It was still dark, and the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows brought enough light into the meeting room, so there was no need to turn on the lights.

A message popped up on the phone at this moment, and Chen Gong glanced at it——[Yao Jiaren]: Senior Chen, can I invite you to eat later?

Chen Gong thought for a while: It's fine after get off work... But when he thinks about having a private one-on-one dinner date with this "spider spirit" in Zheng Yi's mouth, Chen Gong always feels a little guilty.

He raised his eyes and glanced at Zheng Yi, that guy was still joking with the people on the phone.

The mobile phone in his hand vibrated again——[Yao Jiaren]: Let me think about it, which restaurant is less likely to be rejected by seniors... The new Japanese restaurant in Taikoo Li, or the small Sichuan grilled fish in the west gate of the National Institute of Design? [smile]

Chen Gong looked at the second message from Yao Jiaren, and smiled for a while, thinking that this person's speech skills are really good.

Zheng Yi hung up the phone, and the meeting room where only two people were left fell silent immediately.

Chen Gong looked up at him, and he had also seen Chen Gong coming, but he didn't speak, just stood and stacked the folders in his hands.

After staring at each other for a long time, as if afraid of embarrassment, a smile appeared on Zheng Yi's face.

The smile was not very natural, and Chen Gong looked even more embarrassed, so he said "see you tomorrow" in an attempt to end the atmosphere.

"Come on, I have something to tell you..." Zheng put the neatly stacked folders on the table in one hand, and the smooth paper slipped out, creating a mess again.He turned his head to look out of the window, and the light outside the window fell into his eyes: "Chen Gong..."

After Zheng Yi called this name, he didn't say anything more.

So Chen Gong waited for a long time.

It's been a long time, but in fact it was only a moment. Zheng Yi turned his head, shrugged his shoulders and smiled relaxedly: "See you tomorrow!"

After speaking, he walked out of the meeting room.

Chen Gong knew that what Zheng Yi wanted to say was not this nonsense.

But what Zheng Yi wanted to say, Chen Gong didn't know.