Pandora's Box

The two brothers looked at me together in a daze, the light that had been extinguished on Zhao Zichao's face flickered again frantically, his eyes sparkled, so bright that I was a little hard to resist for a while.

"Wow, are you so powerful?"

Zhao Ziyue stayed for a while, half smiled and half wryly said: "Hey, you are indeed from T City."

Although I wanted to give them more confidence, I was also afraid that they expected too much of me, so I could only tell the truth: "Of course, I just know each other, not very well. And I haven't been in touch with that friend for a while. Now, I'm not sure what his attitude will be. I have to talk to him first, and see how he responds, and we will make specific plans later."

Zhao Zichao nodded again and again, still excited.Even a slim hope is enough for him now.

Zhao Ziyue had a complicated expression on his face, he finally let out a long sigh when he met his younger brother's smiling face.

On the way back to the hotel by car, Zhao Zichao was very excited, twisting and turning on the seat, like a small animal about to come out of the cage grinding its claws.

After sitting for a long time and being dishonest, he leaned over mysteriously again, leaned close to my ear, and said in a low voice, "Hey, I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" It was as if there was some secret between us.

He whispered, "I'll call you boss from now on, okay?"

"..."

Zhao Ziyue smiled in front: "It sounds like you have a higher status than me."

When I got back, I turned on my phone, flipped through it silently, and stayed for a while.

At that time, Zhuo Wenyang probably thought that I might choose to take the path of professional e-sports, so he helped me connect with Gu Yin, the manager of the GLX team.

Gu Yin is not an ordinary team manager, he is also one of the founders of GLX.And when everyone asked out for dinner, he seemed gentle and completely unassuming. He didn't have the slightest hint of ridicule of "you're thinking about shit" for a player who is past his peak age like me, and he gave him a lot of patience and pertinence. suggestion.

Of course, I don't really think that I still have room to play professionally, so this matter naturally has no follow-up.But Gu Yin still generously expressed that if I am still interested in this circle, I can talk to him at any time.

Guyin is a good guy, and his character is well-known in the industry, but at that time, how much of his invitation to me was based on Zhuo Wenyang's face?

Now I have nothing to do with Zhuo Wenyang, and I can no longer enjoy his favor, so does the olive branch Gu Yin extended to me still count?

Naturally, my WeChat account has long been abandoned, but luckily I can still find my Weibo account.After much deliberation, I finally edited the wording and sent a private message to Gu Yin.

Guyin has been operating the account very seriously, as a window for the team's external public relations.So I know he'll be online a lot.

But I'm not sure if he will see it, and if he will reply to me.If I can't wait to hear back this weekend, I will have to find other ways to contact him.

Unexpectedly, I received a reply from Gu Yin that night.

Gu Yin was more straightforward than I expected: "Yes, if your time is convenient, you can directly bring him over for an interview with me."

While I am happy, I still have to make my words clear: "But his current record does not meet the requirements."

"It doesn't matter, I can trust your vision. People who you can admire and recommend them personally must have no problem with their strength."

I immediately called the brothers over.In order to prove that I am not a human trafficker who abducts young people, I directly showed them my conversation with Gu Yin - Gu Yin's officially certified account cannot be faked.

Zhao Zichao stared at the phone screen for a while, his face turned red quickly, his lips trembled slightly, but he couldn't speak, as if he was about to be out of breath.

Then he strangled me with his arms too.

"..." The young man's strength must have been too great.

"I'm going to GLX," he let go of me, and murmured to Zhao Ziyue, "I'm really going to GLX, wow..."

He jumped for joy and danced under the lamp.In the dim light, he looks like the happiest and freest person in the world.

I reminded him: "You have to understand that after you go, even if you can stay and enter the youth training camp, it is only the beginning. There you will face very hard training, and you will face other young and outstanding players. Maybe you can be better than them, maybe you can't. There is still a long, long way to go before you can really play in the league, and how far you can go depends on yourself."

Zhao Zichao nodded desperately: "I know, I know. Thank you, Boss, thank you, Boss."

"..." I told you not to call me that.

Zhao Ziyue didn't speak.I can understand his hesitation, although he gave up the prospect of a big city and returned to his hometown, which is considered an unusual path, and he is not a traditional person who would look forward to his younger brother Jackie Chan.But he clearly believes in keeping his feet on the ground.However, e-sports, where the fighting is fierce and the career is extremely short, will not be an ideal choice.

So I asked him, "What do you think?"

Zhao Ziyue sighed again, he sighed more in the past two days than before.

He said: "My opinion is not important, this is Zichao's life."

He looked at Zhao Zichao: "What do you think? Have you thought about it yet?"

And Zhao Zichao nodded vigorously like clockwork.

I can only say for him: "I thought about it. His class this semester is about to end, and the next year is actually just an internship. As soon as he is on vacation, I will take him to T City for an interview. If it goes well, he will Being able to start youth training immediately has little impact on studies and does not delay training. Even if things go wrong, the loss is limited.”

"Going this way, of course, has to pay a certain price, but compared to what he can get in touch with and improve, I think it is still worth it. While he is young, there is still the cost of trial and error. Since he is talented and willing to endure hardships, then If there is an opportunity, it should be seized.”

"As for T City, I will take care of him first. If the youth training is over and he can be picked up and stay in GLX, then before signing the contract, I will ask a lawyer for help, and I will also review it with you, so that he will not be confused. Stupidly sold."

Zhao Ziyue remained silent for a while, then sighed again, and said, "Why are you being so nice to him?"

"..."

He smiled wryly and said, "You are like this as an outsider, what position do I have to stop my brother from pursuing his dream?"

I don't know why I care so much about Zhao Zichao.Obviously this has nothing to do with me.

Probably, although I may still live for a long time, as far as I am concerned, my own life is almost over.

I have no pursuit, no hope.There is nothing I can fight for, want something.

But Zhao Zichao is different, his life has just begun.

I am glad that there are still people in this world who have dreams and opportunities.

And I was lucky enough to be able to help him.

GLX has another requirement for youth trainees: "to obtain the understanding and support of guardians."

This is also the most difficult one.

The three of us tacitly kept silent on this matter, and we were going to wait for Zhao Zi's overdue exam to end and go home from vacation before a showdown with Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao.

Summer vacation is coming soon.Originally, Zhao Zichao said that he would go home the next day, but when I was blowing air on the balcony this afternoon, I saw his figure appearing in the yard.

Zhao Zichao was carrying luggage with large and small bags on his back. It seemed that he had already packed all the things in the dormitory, and he still had a happy face.

Aunt Zhao was a little surprised: "Are you back so early? I thought you were going out with your classmates for two days."

Zhao Zichao grinned: "I won't go, I won't go."

"Grow up and be sensible." Aunt Zhao was also very happy. "Let's help out in the store during the summer vacation. There are many customers in the peak season, and your father and I are too busy."

Zhao Zichao was taken aback for a moment, and said in a low voice, "I don't want to stay in the store to work during the summer vacation..."

Uncle Zhao's face darkened, and he said, "If you don't want to help in the store, then what do you want to do? What can you do? You just want to go to work in a factory? Can you find you? After two years of learning You don’t know how to fix your uncle’s motorcycle, and you don’t feel ashamed. It’s the same as reading, you look at your cousin, and then look at yourself, I really want to open your brain to see what’s inside What the hell……"

Zhao Zichao was silent for a while.Amid Uncle Zhao's scolding, he suddenly said, "I don't want to stay here to work, I'm going to T City to become a professional e-sports player."

Uncle Zhao was taken aback by what he said, and asked, "What player? What do you mean?"

Before I could stop it, Zhao Zichao had already said it all: "He is a person who specializes in playing games and treats this as a job. Dad, I don't want to repair cars, I want to play games. I like playing games. No matter what I do, my brain There's only one thing in here. I have a talent, and I want to try it out."

I didn't even bother to put on my slippers, and rushed downstairs with bare feet.Uncle Zhao had already used a stick, and he was greeting Zhao Zichao with all his might.

Aunt Zhao shouted helplessly at the side: "Don't hit me, don't hit me..."

I went up to try to stop him, but I couldn't stop the furious old father at all.Seeing that the fight was getting more and more out of control, I could only stand in front of Zhao Zichao and bite the bullet and take two hits for him.

When the stick fell on me, Uncle Zhao was startled, and stopped immediately. He was a little at a loss, but he still said: "You are a guest, don't meddle in our family affairs, there is no father in the world who can't teach his son a lesson." .”

Temporarily unable to use his fists and feet, he changed to verbal output to Zhao Zichao: "Play games, play games! I'm a teenager, and I only know how to play games every day! Are you crazy? What did I do to give birth to such an iron trash? , raising you is better than raising a dog!"

Before Zhao Zichao was beaten, he remained stubbornly silent, but when he was scolded, his eye circles still turned red slowly.

He looked like this, like me when I was a child, who was always disliked and despised.

I said, "Uncle Zhao, I was actually the one who persuaded him to play professional e-sports."

All three looked at me for a moment.

"The path of e-sports is really difficult, but Zichao is really talented. I don't want to waste talent, so I recommend him to the team."

Uncle Zhao's anger, which had been subdued for accidentally hurting me, immediately came up again: "What do you mean? You stay here, have our whole family ever neglected you? What is my old Zhao family? What offended you, you want to play tricks on us behind the scenes? You..."

While speaking, the door was knocked open with a "bang", and Zhao Ziyue rushed in panting.

Most likely Aunt Zhao was afraid that her youngest son would be beaten to death, so she called him to come back to persuade him to fight.Zhao Ziyue sweated and said, "Dad, don't get excited."

Uncle Zhao roared: "Don't come here to make trouble!"

"It's none of Lin Jing's business," Zhao Ziyue said, "I wanted Zichao to play professionally, so I asked him for help."

"..." This pot became everyone scrambling to carry it.

Uncle Zhao became even more angry: "Why do you join forces with outsiders to harm your brother? They are the only ones who refuse to study hard, so they think about playing games every day. Are you also dizzy?"

I couldn't help but say: "I didn't study hard, I graduated from T University."

The room fell silent for a moment, and everyone looked at me together again.

Zhao Zichao also forgot his own sadness, and looked at me with wide eyes: "Wow, T is big, are you so good?"

"..."

Uncle Zhao said "I don't believe it" all over his face, and said, "Impossible. Is that school accessible to everyone? In our village for so many years, only one student has passed the exam."

"Really."

Uncle Zhao was very vigilant: "Don't try to deceive me with fake certificates."

"..." I said, "I actually didn't bring a certificate either."

Fortunately, there is still a backup of the old photo album in ICLOUD, so I turned on my phone and showed them the photos from the graduation ceremony.

That day at T University, teachers, classmates, Sunshine, Green Tree, Cheng Yichen, Zhuo Wenyang, and me who was all smiling.

They look at me, then at the photo, then at me.

And they said, "It's not like you."

"It's not like that."

I:"……"

I said, "Wait a minute."

I went to tidy myself up quickly, shaved my face clean, I couldn't cut my hair for the time being, so I simply combed it back and tied it at the back of my head. Although it looked bad, at least it was refreshing.

After I came out of the bathroom, Zhao Zichao looked at me with wide eyes: "Wow, so you look pretty."

"..."

Sorry to poke your eyes for a while.

I zoomed in on the photo on my phone again, put it on my face and gestured sincerely: "Look, this is really me! I really graduated from T University, I won't lie to you! Otherwise, I couldn't have done this Jing, did you invite extra actors?"

Uncle Zhao hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Why do you keep thinking about playing games when you can get into such a good university? I don't believe it."

"There are also high-achieving students in this circle." As a scumbag, I wanted to speak from the standpoint of fake high-achieving students. I couldn't help but feel a little guilty, so I could only vaguely say, "Top players are very smart. There is a conflict between career and school, it's not like you imagined that you are an Internet addicted teenager."

Uncle Zhao was still very suspicious: "It's because you didn't study hard in college, and didn't find a job after graduation?"

"..." I said, "Uncle, I have found a job, and it's a pretty good job."

It's that time of year again for old photos to come alive.So I showed them the passport photo of joining the company, the photo of wearing a suit in the company, and the group photo of completing the first project with Ke Luo...

At the beginning, I would keep these bright moments of beating workers. It was purely because someone else took pictures and sent them to me, so I just saved them. In fact, I didn't feel much.

Looking back now, the self at that time, beside Ke Luo and Zhuo Wenyang, looked like an elite.

Zhao Ziyue commented: "It's a big company."

Uncle Zhao looked at him: "How old is it? Can it be bigger than the company where Lao Li's son works?"

Zhao Ziyue nodded: "Yes, much bigger. His salary is also much higher for his position."

"..."

Uncle Zhao looked at me again, he still had a face of stubborn resistance and doubt, but I saw a slight shake in his eyes.

He stopped talking, bowed his head and smoked a cigarette.

"..."

I never thought that I would have the halo of being a top student and an elite in my life.

And this halo blessing is still so useful.