thousand cups

After going to the film festival, Tang Li came with several projects and gave Jiang Mo an ultimatum.There are two paths in front of him. The first one is to shoot a self-produced online drama on a certain platform with a decent production team, as an assistant director, and earn some money first.The second thing is to agree to the request of the previous investor over there, and let the investor decide the angle, and don't be ignorant of flattery.

The first way... Actually, it’s not impossible to shoot, the point is, it’s not that he can’t shoot well, it’s not that he doesn’t like it, it’s that he is not good at it, and he has a specialization in the art, so it is not his track, so why torture himself.The second way, nothing more.

After Jiang Mo listened, he pretended to have thought about it, and said to Tang Li: "Yeah, both ways are very good. So I will choose the third way and shoot by myself."

Tang Li was so angry that he threw the project materials on him, and cursed: "You really don't know what to do."

Jiang Mo always listens to others with an open mind, and continues to go his own way after listening, "Okay, you are not Shen Chaowen, so leave me alone."

Tang Li continued to scold him: "Nesting in my own world all day long, dreaming of Spring and Autumn, please wake up as soon as possible, do you think there is a way to survive if this continues, please stop dreaming?"

Jiang Mo answered him: "Dreams are my spiritual pillar, you actually made me give up dreaming?"

Tang Li said: "Sometimes I really feel that you have some serious illness."

Jiang Mo nodded: "It's probably not the first day you know something is wrong with me."

I can't keep arguing.

Jiang Mo raised his glass to touch him, and drank the half-sour but not bitter white wine.

This clink of glasses is somewhat meaningful.Tang Li looked at him and said disappointedly: "This is the last time I persuade you."

Jiang Mo sat for a while and drank the last sip of wine. He wanted to leave, but after thinking about it, he walked around to the front desk to find Sophia, ready to drink some more.

"Tang Li is really angry this time." She said slowly.

Jiang Mo said nonchalantly, "Is it great to be angry? I'm angry too."

After speaking, he looked up at the store.In the afternoon, no one was there.In recent years, the bar business has not been very good. Sophia is basically unable to make ends meet, but she still insists on opening the store. Most of the time, she only receives friends. It has to be barely, and this store will close down someday.

She was watching a live broadcast, and a middle-aged man was laughing and telling jokes.How does she look at this?At first, he was not interested, but after watching Jiang Mo for a while, he realized that the male anchor looked familiar, and asked, "Is this Zhou Manyun who filmed "Ripple" before?" He was a very popular actor in literary films in the past.

Sophia nodded: "Well, it's him. Didn't he suffer from depression after filming "Ripples", and his wife abused him at home... It's so miserable. He only came out to do some small jobs a while ago. You know that , "Ripple" was so popular back then, how many people were fascinated by his face...Look, I don't know why, it has become like this, I always feel that he is here now, a bit." Pointing to his head, "Come out now Live broadcast, everyone will see him as a joke."

"You take him as a joke too?"

"I see him as a tragedy."

Jiang Mo stared at the man on the screen for a while, then smiled.Sophia was surprised and asked him what he was laughing at.Jiang Mo said, maybe this is the highest state of comedy, what a clever magic realism.It's not a big deal, people will always change a little bit after looking at something.You think he is a joke, but I think he is detached and at ease.

Sophia sighed and asked, are you the same?

Jiang Mo didn't answer, paused, and asked her to bring out the wine she saved.Sophia frowned and asked him which bottle he wanted, Jiang Mo said, all of them.

In the end, they lined up in a row, red, white, foreign, beer, everything.He drank a bottle, and Sophia opened one for him.At first they were chatting.Sophia propped her head up to watch him drink a cup, thinking of something, and asked him if he knew the recent news that a certain real estate company evaded taxes, and the company whose boss was surnamed Sun was investigated.Jiang Mo said "Oh, I know, nine times out of ten it was Shen Chaowen who did it, and his tone was flat.Sophia asked, do you think Xiao Chaowen is a bit scary, he doesn't leave behind when he does things.Jiang Mo raised his glass and looked at her face through the liquor, it was so mottled.As a joke, Jiang Mo asked, guess, I am afraid of him, or he is afraid of me.Sophia fell silent, silent.For a moment, he seemed a little puzzled, and said, I have always been curious, what do you like about Chaowen?Also, I used to think you wouldn't like anyone.Jiang Mo laughed again.Looking carefully, Sophia felt that his smile was superficial.He said, I don't know what kind of like you are talking about.Sofia stared at him and said, you know.

Jiang Mo said, I can't escape him.Sophia sighed, saying that a person like you is actually very sad.Jiang Mo smiled and said, yes, I am so pitiful.Sophia said, it doesn't matter, at least there is another hit, pulling your kite.After listening, his eyes seemed to light up for a moment, just for a moment, like taking a puff of cigarettes, suddenly brightened for a moment, and then quietly dimmed.He said, this kind of thing is not always like this, anyway, it is so impartial, so coincidental, I met a person who accompanied me in the rain and also held an umbrella for me.It seems to happen by chance, but also like the inevitable result.The voice drifted away.Sophia sighed and said, Jiang Mo, stop drinking, you are drunk.

When Shen Chaowen rushed over, Jiang Mo had already drank most of the wine he had stored in Sophia's shop.Others probably lost their mind after drinking this amount, but the more he drank, the brighter his eyes became, and the more he drank, the more awake he became.Sophia felt that something was wrong with him today, and she couldn't stop him, so she could only quietly call Shen Chaowen.

As Shen Chaowen approached him step by step, he felt like traveling back in time, returning to the day when he first met him.He also drank like this that day, empty glasses piled up in front of him, and he looked at himself with his head propped up.

Shen Chaowen walked to his side.

Jiang Mo raised his head, just looking at his eyes, you can't even tell that he drank so much wine.He smiled and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Shen Chaowen looked at him and said, "I'm looking for Jiang Mo, is he there?"

Jiang Mo smiled and asked, "Why are you looking for him?"

Shen Chaowen cooperated with him and said, "I'll bring him something."

Sophia thought the two of them were funny, so she played a supporting role with them, and asked Shen Chaowen, "What do you give him?"

Shen Chaowen said: "I'll bring him food and drink."

Jiang Mo smiled and propped his head up with his hands: "Oh, he hasn't come yet, you sit down for a while. Are you his friend?"

Shen Chaowen nodded: "I'm his boyfriend."

Change the lines randomly.Jiang Mo said, "Why didn't I hear that he has a boyfriend."

Shen Chaowen was too lazy to act with him, so he walked over to pull him and said, "Let's go."

After getting into the car, Jiang Mo was very tired and unbuttoned two buttons.Shen Chaowen helped him fasten his seat belt, thought for a while, and asked him, "Will you go home with me today?" He was afraid that this person would be too drunk to take care of himself, so he wanted to take him back.Jiang Mo said yes.Shen Chaowen was still a little surprised, but he didn't ask any more questions, and drove on the road while scolding him for drinking so much.After driving out, Jiang Mo suddenly said: "Go back to the other house, the old house." Shen Chaowen was stunned, Jiang Mo saw that he was silent, and repeated it again, saying back, I have something to tell you.

Shen Chaowen drove all the way back, always feeling that Jiang Mo's expression was not right, something was about to happen.Jiang Mo hasn't been back since his family had an accident and they moved out.

At the door, Jiang Mo asked him to open the door.Shen Chaowen took out the key and opened the door, wanting to help him go inside, but Jiang Mo slapped his hand to help him, held him, and walked in slowly.

The whole house was empty and full of dust.Shen Chaowen accompanied him to the living room, and Jiang Mo looked around carefully.After reading it, he dragged him to the second and third floors without saying a word... and looked at every corner.Finally, it was his room. He dragged Shen Chaowen into it, said quietly, "I'm going to sell the house... or mortgage it, um, no more. Lack of money, take this house to gamble."

Shen Chaowen was stunned for a moment, his whole body froze.

Jiang Mo waited for a while before saying: "Don't you still scold me?"

Shen Chaowen took a step back.Jiang Mo raised his eyes to look at him, the figure was shaking.He saw Shen Chaowen took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, took a deep breath slowly, and restrained his emotions.

"I don't scold you, but I don't allow it." Shen Chaowen said, "I pretended you were drunk today, and I didn't hear you. Tomorrow, I will give you all the money left at home. If I don't have enough money, I will borrow it for you. Don't move this house, I won't allow you to move here."

Jiang defaulted to him sincerely: "I have already decided."

Shen Chaowen yelled loudly: "Is your brain confused by alcohol? Is this a place where you can gamble? This is your home!"

"The home is gone, the home is not a house."

"Then why don't you dare to come back? Answer me."

There was a few seconds of silence.

Shen Chaowen closed his eyes: "Anyway, I'll leave it here for you, so don't make up your mind here. I will take care of everything about this matter, Jiang Mo, don't forget, my godfather told me before he left ,you……"

Drunk with a headache.Jiang Mo interrupted him: "Shen Chaowen, don't mention my dad."

I thought it would be noisy, but Jiang Mo never thought that it would make people cry.To be honest, after all these years of acquaintance, he had never seen Shen Chaowen cry. It was a bit of a surprise, a spectacle.

Coincidentally, when he became drunk, he had no strength or mood to coax him. He felt very sad, and gradually began to be unable to hear Shen Chaowen's speech clearly. He just felt very, very tired.Slowly slide along the wall to the wooden floor, sit and watch him, laugh, and only laugh.He heard a few words, but most of them didn't catch his ears. Anyway, he could imagine what this person would scold him for.But there are a few sentences that are too harsh, as if to say——

I really hate you sometimes.

Jiang Mo, you know best how to stab me.

It's just a house, why are you crying.He seemed to ask this question, but Shen Chaowen didn't answer him.

Jiang Mo barely supported his head and watched him cry for a while... This man's tears are vicious, not pear blossoms and rain at all, he is so fierce that he looks like he is going to jump up and fight you.It's not worth watching, but it's disturbing to watch.Jiang Mo sighed softly, closed his eyes, lay back in the drunken stupor, and fell asleep without any worries.