thousand cups

The little prince doesn't know what taming is.

"It means 'to connect,'" Fox said.

"build connection?"

"Not bad."

……

"I sort of got it, there was a flower, I thought, and she tamed me."

"It is possible," said the fox.

Seeing this, he was patted on the shoulder by the person next to him.

Shen Chaowen turned his head, and Andre asked him across the aisle: "Do you want to come to my house for dinner tomorrow? My wife asked me to invite you."

Shen Chaowen closed the book and answered him: "Thank your wife for me, but I want to stay at home these few days."

A long night voyage.When they returned from Tokyo, the non-litigation lawyers of their team were sitting in the front, back, left, and right sides. Most of them were in suits and leather shoes, with tired expressions.

This business trip is because of a cross-border M&A case, and they have been out and about for a long time.Even after the end of the year, they still need to go on a business trip. There is no way, this is the largest project that Andre has taken over since the establishment of the law firm.In fact, after the establishment of the firm, Shen Chaowen became obsessed with fighting divorce cases, and did not touch non-litigation business. The main reason for coming this time was because the case was too difficult to handle. Several partners went to the battlefield in person. He could not refuse, but could only Come and participate.

Andre thought for a while, "Are you going back to accompany Director Jiang? Otherwise, invite him to my house. I have known you for so long, and I have never had dinner with him."

Shen Chaowen shook his head: "He's not at home, he's in Berlin."

As soon as the two chatted, the colleagues around them all pricked up their ears and began to eavesdrop.

These two partners are two famous icebergs in the institute. They used to be mentors and apprentices, but now they are friends.What they have in common is that they are indifferent and don't like to laugh, their work is professional and efficient, and they all have an iceberg face that should not be approached by strangers.

The gossip in the whole institute is basically about them. It is said that Bingshan No. [-] Andre loves extreme sports and sweets, and Bingshan No. [-] Shen Chaowen loves tattoos and snooker...

Everyone is very curious about what the two icebergs in the institute will talk about when they get together.

Andre asked: "Your Director Jiang is filming in Berlin?"

Shen Chaowen shook his head: "Go to the film festival and take the film competition."

Look, life is not all competitions, after all, it is all competitions.

Andre thought for a while and asked, "Why don't you fly to accompany him? You have a German visa, is it too late?"

In fact, I really wanted to go at first.

"He will feel pressure when he goes there, just wait for him to go home, we will not disturb each other's work."

Andre thought for a while, then nodded: "Alright, you go back and have a good rest, we will meet again next time." After a pause, "I wish him the prize."

"Well, thank you."

Andre didn't continue the topic, pointing to the book in his hand: "What are you reading?"

Shen Chaowen turned over the cover of the book and showed it to him: "The Little Prince."

Andre: "I see you watch this whenever you're bored."

Shen Chaowen: "Learn knowledge, always read and always new."

After the hard chat, the two icebergs stopped talking and started doing their own things.

After getting off the plane, Shen Chaowen bid farewell to his colleagues, took his suitcase and went home to sleep.

Wake up, hungry, he made himself a bowl of noodles to eat.While eating, I watched the daily limit of the stock market for a while, and it was red, not bad.

It was getting late after dinner, so he called Sophia, planning to find her to pick up the kitten that was fostered by her.

Sophia said on the phone: "I am in the store, and the kitten is also in the store, come directly."

Driving there, it was raining a little.There was no umbrella in the car, and the rain was not too heavy. Shen Chaowen braved the light rain and walked outside the store. He looked at the signboard of this store, the two words written by Jiang Mo.

Seems like many, many years have passed.

After stopping for a moment, he walked in and patted the raindrops on his shoulder.

There are a few tables scattered in the shop.Sophia was holding the cat nest at the front desk, and there was a confiscated set of tarot cards on the table.

The deck looks familiar.

He sat down, looked at the deck of cards, and asked, "Just finished it?"

Sophia nodded, "The Venus array made."

After thinking about it, Shen Chaowen said: "Many years ago, you seemed to have done it for me once."

"Haha, I forgot."

There was a moment of silence.

Shen Chaowen originally planned to pick up the cat and go home to wait, but after looking around, he suddenly didn't want to leave.

Seeing that he was going to sit for a while, Sophia got up to pour water, and asked him if he wanted iced or hot water.Shen Chaowen thought for a while and said, "I kind of want to drink Long Island iced tea."

Sophia was stunned, a little surprised, but didn't say anything, and still made him a glass.

Shen Chaowen took it and took a big sip, it was very cold.Sophia turned to play Liszt for him.

After listening to the nursery rhyme for a while, he drank the wine and pushed the glass to Sophia.The other party looked at him and mixed him another glass.

Seeing her mixing drinks, Shen Chaowen suddenly said: "I actually hate alcohol all the time."

Sophia nodded: "Then why do you want to drink today?"

why?

Because I was suddenly curious about what the world Jiang Mo saw when he was drunk.Is it wonderful?Why do you love drinking so much?

Shen Chaowen raised his hand to take off his glasses, rubbed his eyebrows, and said, "Sister Su Ya, I had a dream."

Dream?

Sophia looked into his eyes, feeling that he was looking at herself, and seemed to be looking at a further place through herself.

"What dream did you have?"

He said: "When I was in high school... there was a roof in our school's laboratory building. I had a strange hobby at the time. Sometimes I would go to the roof after class, climb to the steps, and walk along the edge. I am not afraid of heights. , Standing on it, I just feel very excited and have a strange sense of satisfaction. I don’t have the desire to jump down, I just think it’s interesting, exciting, challenging and fun to walk back and forth like that.”

Sophia nodded: "...um." This hobby seems a bit dangerous.

Shen Chaowen continued: "Today I dreamed that I fell from there, the sixth floor. It looks very high, but it took only an instant to fall."

Death, love, maybe it's just a moment.

He raised his glass and continued to drink, taking a long gulp.After drinking, he said slowly, "In my dream, I fell and finally fell on the bed in my brother's old house. It was amazing, my brother caught me." The voice was as low as a sigh, "He caught me. "

Sophia raised her forehead: "...Well, it's very touching, but don't show your affection in front of me!"

Shen Chaowen smiled: "Okay. Give me another drink, Sister Su Ya."

Sophia knew that he didn't drink well, so she shook her head: "Enough, drink again and be careful that you will be too drunk to go back later."

It would be better to stay drunk here, not going anywhere, and wait for the man to come back from Berlin to pick him up and go home.

Shen Chaowen smiled: "Then let me sleep here when I'm drunk, just treat me as helping you look after the store."

Sophia was surprised: "What's wrong with you today?" People who don't like to drink can't stop drinking one cup at a time.

Shen Chaowen thought for a while, and said frankly, "I just want to see the world he sees when he's drunk."

drunk?Sophia thought for a while: "To be honest, I don't think Jiang Mo has ever been very drunk. No matter how much he drinks, he is still conscious. The body is drunk, but the consciousness is not drunk. Probably this is the real drunk. I think, he The world you see when you're drunk will only be clearer."

Maybe.Shen Chaowen said: "Jiang Mo has one thing that is the best. After drinking, he won't make trouble with others, he won't get drunk, and he won't lose his composure."

Sophia nodded: "He only makes trouble with himself and goes crazy with himself." After a pause, "Actually, a person like him lives a more tiring life than others."

Shen Chaowen lowered his head and thought for a while: "Well, maybe few people can understand him, including me."

Sophia looked at him for a moment and asked, "Are you drunk?"

Are you drunk?Shen Chaowen didn't know what it meant to be drunk, he just felt a little excited in his brain.

He looked at the cup in front of him and thought for a few seconds, then asked, "What time is it?"

Sophia told him after checking the time, and said: "He should call you if there is news, just wait." After a pause, "Actually, being shortlisted is already very remarkable, this is the only one that was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival this year." For Chinese films, he is still a new director! He is really good. And this is just the beginning, and it will only get better and better in the future, so don’t worry too much.”

Don't worry.

Shen Chaowen looked at the red thread on his wrist, and slowly said: "If he wins the award, he will be very proud at home in the future, and his voice will become louder when he quarrels with me."

Sophia smiled: "Then do you want him to win the award?"

Shen Chaowen thought for a few seconds, then nodded: "Think about it, but I hope he won't be discouraged if he doesn't win the prize. It doesn't matter if he wins or not."

Sophia was surprised: "Don't you like to win?"

Shen Chaowen said: "I don't care about winning or losing with him, I just hope he is happy."

Liszt finished playing, and then Chopin.Nice to hear.

Shen Chaowen finished another glass of wine, and he asked Sophia to make another for himself.

While waiting, he subconsciously touched the red thread on his wrist, over and over again.The drunkenness gradually picked up, and he felt that his brain was getting more and more excited, and it was still a little hot.

Sophia made another glass of wine for him, and he took it, drank a piece of ice first, and chewed a few times expressionlessly.

Sophia suddenly said to him with emotion: "I always thought your brother was a strange person, anyway, I'm not surprised that this film was shortlisted."

"How to say."

"When I met Jiang Mo in junior high school, I thought he was very special, the kind that could be clearly distinguished from others. He learned everything very quickly and was very smart, but he didn't like to show off. He was different from the people around him."

"Too smart and easy to get tired, I wish he could live an easier life."

Sophia sighed: "Some people's brilliance cannot be concealed. If he has ideals, he cannot live easily."

The bar was quiet, there were not many customers, they were just chatting and waiting for a result.

While chatting, the phone on the table suddenly lit up.

Shen Chaowen picked up the phone while chewing on the piece of ice in his mouth.

Jiang Mo's voice carried a lazy smile: "Chaowen."

The background sound is a bit noisy, a bit chaotic, and noisy.

Drunk, a little dizzy.Shen Chaowen bit the piece of ice violently and regained consciousness.

He said to the phone: "Speak louder, I can't hear you clearly."

"What are you doing?"

"Drinking in Sophia's bar, a little drunk."

drunk? !Jiang Mo was silent for a second, and answered him: "To tell you the truth, I'm a little drunk too!" The voice was hearty.

"Did you drink at the award ceremony?"

"No? No one told me not to drink alcohol."

The ice in my mouth melted.

Shen Chaowen ate another piece of ice and asked him while chewing, "Did you eat well today?"

Jiang Mo said: "I ate, I was very full, and I drank half a bottle of whiskey."

Shen Chaowen supported his head and asked, "What exactly did you eat?"

Jiang Mo was silent for a while, "Why don't you ask me if I won an award?"

"I just want to know what you had for dinner."

Jiang Mo smiled: "I just ate a sandwich and an apple that Tang Li gave me, and I didn't have time to eat it well." This time his voice was very quiet, "Chaowen, I won the jury award this time, Silver Bear."

Shen Chaowen was still chewing on the piece of ice, and told him habitually: "Tomorrow I have to eat well, find a restaurant to sit down and eat something good."

Jiang Mo was a little speechless: "I said I won the jury award!!"

Shen Chaowen didn't hear it: "Also, remember to have breakfast. When are you coming back?"

What the hell reaction.

Jiang Mo said angrily: "Shen Chaowen, I said that I won the Grand Prize of the Jury!! The Grand Prize of the Jury!! Don't you understand?"

I really don't understand.Shen Chaowen's tone was still flat: "Yeah. Remember to eat well, drink less, and go home early."

After speaking, he quickly hung up the phone.

He also chewed the last piece of ice in the glass.

He looked at Sophia who looked expectant in front of him. After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slightly, "I won the prize."

Although it's just the beginning.

The future is still long.

Sophia jumped up from the stool and cheered.

The kitten in her arms jumped onto the bar for no reason. It looked at the two people, and finally chose to jump onto the lap of the second owner, Shen Chaowen.

Sophia said loudly to the very quiet bar: "All drinks are free tonight, the boss is happy, me! Please! Guest!"

Someone cheered and whistled twice, and the background sound suddenly became lively.

Shen Chaowen hugged Jiang Mo's cat, drunkenness swayed in his eyes, he lifted the cup with a smile, and touched it to the void.

He said softly, "Cheers."

--THAN--

The author says:

Thank you all, I hope this article has brought you even a moment of joy.