Strange Life of a Cat

Because of the stranger's incident, Ah Huang and the police chief stayed at home for a few days, and Fatty still kept his usual behavior of not coming out until he was called. As for Zheng Tan, he promised Xiao Guo to shoot a cat food advertisement, and was taken by Jiao's father and mother to the Obviously So pet center to take pictures for two days.

The first ad is not a video ad as Zheng Tan imagined, but a picture story.

Zheng Tan has been ignoring one thing before. At this moment, the development of online video is not as popular as it will be ten years later. Many people are not optimistic about the development of online video. They speculate that its prospects will not be optimistic. Some people even commented as hopeless.

However, Xiao Guo didn’t think so. When discussing the contract with Dad Jiao, he said, “The charm of the Internet lies in its ability to turn decay into magic due to technological updates.” This sentence made Zheng Tan look up to him again. As someone who has experienced it, Zheng Tan knows better than anyone else what the Internet will look like ten years from now.

Compared with the single advertisement images of other businesses, Xiao Guo’s own advertisements in the form of picture stories will be more attractive. Even people who don’t have pets at home will like to watch it, at least it can increase the brand’s popularity.

With Zheng Tan around, it didn’t take a lot of effort to take pictures of such a story, not even cat food, which made Xiao Guo very happy. It is difficult to make cats make ideal expressions, and the limitations of the times prevent businesses from spending too much energy on this form of advertising.

Such a picture story advertisement Xiao Guo will be posted in a pet forum on the Internet, and at the same time, it will also be published in the paper version of the magazine. This is another reason why Xiao Guo is so eager to let Zheng Tan go to shoot commercials. Some time ago, a friend of Xiao Guo’s started a new pet magazine, published once a month, and Xiao Guo was also happy to take this ride.

In fact, before Zheng Tan came to the pet center, Xiao Guo had tried other cats, and some of them were expensive cats, but the shooting process and effect were really... so angry that his stomach hurts.

However, after Zheng Tan came over, the filming went smoothly, every movement and every look didn't need to waste a lot of words, so Comrade Xiao Guo didn't have a stomachache anymore, and the cat food was saved, so he hurriedly got Papa Jiao to sign it. contract.

Because Beloved magazine is a monthly magazine, Zheng Tan only needs to shoot it once a month, which is nothing to Zheng Tan. In addition to making a little extra money for this advertisement, Zheng Tan also has a playful attitude . The funniest thing is that Actor: blackC is written in small characters at the end of the story map.

It is Xiao Guo's habit to mark the pet's name, and this black C is Jiao's father's idea, not directly reporting Zheng Tan's real cat name, which is also a kind of protection for Zheng Tan.

As for this blackC, Xiao Guo also asked the reason, Jiao's father's explanation is: black is black, and C represents carbon in the periodic table of elements, so...

For the first time to shoot a cat food advertisement, Xiao Guo put 1,000 yuan on the card, and Jiao's mother said it was much more than expected. One thousand yuan was really nothing to Zheng Tan in the past, but now it is a rare and large reward.

Jiao's father also applied for a bank card for Zheng Tan, which was specially used to save Zheng Tan's advertising expenses. In fact, it’s not just Zheng Tan, Jiao Yuan and Gu Youzi both have their own bank cards, where the New Year’s money is stored, the exam rewards are stored in, and the pocket money is deducted from it, but now the cards are held by Jiao’s father. in case they abuse it. This is Papa Jiao's unique way of education.

But what Zheng Tan has been puzzled about is why Papa Jiao would use such a method on a cat.

Sometimes Zheng Tan didn't understand what Associate Professor Jiao was thinking, but no matter what, after getting along for more than three months, Zheng Tan also had a certain understanding of Jiao's father, at least he could be sure that Jiao's father would not be harmful to him. I don't know if people who are engaged in scientific research are particularly receptive to some extraordinary events.

If people outside knew how Associate Professor Jiao got along with his cat, they would be surprised how many eyeballs they would drop. No one including Jiao Ma, Jiao Yuan, and Gu Youzi actually knew that Zheng Tan and Jiao Pa got along like this.

After filming the commercial, Zheng Tan was fine. After staying at home for two days, he still couldn't help but ran out for a walk. This time, he didn't find any suspicious person. He went to the big lawn to observe once. It was the same person last time, but I saw the guinea pig. A little girl not much older than Gu Youzi and her mother watched the ball-like guinea pig walking on the grass. Zheng Tan planned to stay away from that mother and daughter in the future, so as not to mess with that person again.

On this day, Zheng Tan came back from a walk outside, and felt a strange aura before entering the door.

have a guest?

The atmosphere in the living room was not good, it was too silent, Jiao Ma was cooking in the kitchen, but she was also a little absent-minded. Papa Jiao and that man sat on the sofa and smoked without talking.

The guest was about the same age as Jiao's father, and he looked not in a good state of mind, with a sense of decadence, and his eyes were bloodshot, as if he had been up for several nights. Jiao's father called that person Yuanzi, obviously the relationship is still good. But why the two of them are unusually silent now, even a little heavy, Zheng Tan doesn't quite understand.

There is a small table in Jiao Yuan's room, and Jiao's mother will move out the small wooden table with the Chinese chess pattern when there are guests and it is inconvenient for the two children to be present, so that Jiao Yuan and Gu Youzi can eat in the small room. . Adult topics are not suitable for children to hear.

So seeing this, Zheng Tan became even more curious, what topic is not suitable for the presence of the two children?

Zheng Tan jumped on his special chair, rested on his stomach, and learned about the situation by the way.

Regarding Zheng Tan's actions, Papa Jiao just looked up and didn't say anything, which was regarded as acquiescing.

Regardless of how silent he was before, after three glasses of wine, his tightly closed mouth opened.

During the conversation between the two big men with snot and tears, Zheng Tan got a general idea.

Professor Yuan, who was Jiao's father's master and doctoral supervisor during his postgraduate period, is also the father of this Yuanzi, who has stage 4 lung cancer, and his current physical condition is also very bad. It is estimated that there are still two months left.

When Papa Jiao graduated from Nanhua University, Professor Yuan went abroad. Since Mr. Yuan was away, Papa Jiao did not stay at Nanhua University, but returned to his hometown of Jinghan Province to teach in Chuhua.

Nanhua University is the leading university in the southern coast of China, and has the same status as Chuhua University in Central China.

Jiao's mother, Jiao's father and this Yuanzi had a good relationship when they were in Nanhua. Naturally, they also had a good relationship with Professor Yuan. They were both very sad to hear the news of Mr. Yuan today.

Yuanzi didn't inherit his father's mantle, he didn't care about research at all, or in other words, he didn't care about it when he was in school, just like Zheng Tan back then, he was a prodigal son.

Zheng Tan didn't know what this Yuanzi had experienced after graduation, and how much he had been hit by his father's illness. Judging from the conversation between the two, this Yuanzi had changed a lot. As Father Jiao said just now, The Prodigal Son Turns Back.

It is said that the prodigal son does not return money, but in many cases, the prodigal son would rather be a prodigal son forever, because the price of the prodigal son returning is huge, and he would rather exchange those prices with his never turning back.

So, if Fei Hang hadn't informed me that you came to Chuhua City, you were going to carry on by yourself? Are you going to hide it from everyone for the rest of your life?! Father Jiao's eyes were red, his voice was not high, but trembling, obviously already Can't control my emotions.

Jiao Ma didn't say a word, she sat beside her and wiped her tears alone.

Old man... he doesn't want too many people to know that he doesn't continue to receive various treatments now, so he just wants to close his eyes quietly in his hometown. Yuanzi sniffed and said.

Back then, Father Jiao was the trump card in Mr. Yuan's hands. Who in the School of Life Sciences of Nanhua University didn't envy Professor Yuan for having such a student? Coupled with his own son's inaction, Professor Yuan Jiao's father can be said to be like his own son. Jiao's father's current achievements are all brought out by Mr. Yuan. But since Yuan Lao went abroad, the two sides only communicated occasionally through chat software or emails, which was not frequent. It seemed that there were always various things on Yuan Lao's side. Last week, Dad Jiao received an email from the old man, saying that he would not touch the computer for a long time. Looking at it now, the old man is really planning not to tell others.

After being silent for a while, Papa Jiao calmed down and asked again: What is the reason you came to Chuhua City this time? Fei Hang said you came to investigate. What is the investigation? If you need help, just ask.

Mariko rubbed his face with the palm of his hand and said, I'm going to start a biological company. It's not a small business.

Dad Jiao nodded, Chuhua City is really good here. There are too many new companies along the southern coast, and companies established by various parties at home and abroad have risen one after another. Mingzhu City in East China has Southern Gene entrenched, Beijing has Huada Gene, and major bases are strong. Squat, has gradually formed an interest group, it is not impossible to get involved, but it will be very laborious, in comparison, the competitiveness of Central China is much smaller, and the progress of development is also fast, I can help here.

Zheng Tan didn't quite understand what Papa Jiao and Yuanzi were discussing, he didn't know what the company the two were discussing about was going to do, so he lay on his stomach and listened for a while, then went to Jiao Yuan's room.

A few days later, Zheng Tan was called into the room by Jiao's father, and was told that the four of Jiao's family were going to the northeast.

Professor Yuan's hometown is in the Northeast, and when something like that happened, Dad Jiao made this decision and Zheng Tan also understood it, but... In this way, he is the only one at home? !

Papa Jiao asked Zheng Tan for his opinion. If Zheng Tan wanted to go with him, Papa Jiao would borrow a car and drive to the Northeast. It would be more convenient to take Zheng Tan with him.

Zheng Tan thought for a while, then shook his head. If he was going to the south, he would definitely follow him. He really wanted to know if his other self still existed. But this time we are going to the north, so forget it.

Zheng Tan didn't want to be sent to a pet center, and he didn't want to spend the night at other people's homes, so Father Jiao left Zheng Tan with a key.

Before the family left, they took turns telling Zheng Tan, and the conclusion was: When you are alone at home, be obedient and don't open the door to strangers.

Zheng Tan: ... Do you really think I am a child?

Jiao Yuan and Gu Youzi left without looking back at each step. They took out all their snacks and piled them on the sofa, fearing that their cat would starve.

After the four members of the Jiao family left, Zheng Tan looked at the empty house and suddenly felt that the old house had become much bigger.

So fucking boring. ~

Zheng Tan rolled from one end to the other on the sofa in the living room, and then rolled back, and then hung upside down on the edge of the sofa, looking at the upside-down view.

In the end, Zheng Tan focused his attention on the wall calendar in the living room. Papa Jiao said that they would be away for a week, today is Wednesday, and we have to wait until next Wednesday...

Wednesday? !

Zheng Tan turned over.

Every Wednesday is the day when new products are available in Dongyuan Supermarket. The delivery vehicles will arrive at four or five in the afternoon and leave at six or seven in the evening.

It's four thirty in the afternoon.

Zheng Tan put the key left by Father Jiao around his neck and went out.

So, less than three hours after being told to be good at home, Zheng Tan decided to take a long trip as well.