Chapter 621
Eloquence Doesn't Work, Eloquence Does
After chatting, we realized that the way we celebrate the Lunar New Year is indeed very different in our hometowns.
It's not just about the Spring Festival Gala being treated differently.
Mai Mai's family cooks dumplings at midnight on New Year's Eve and puts a coin inside each dumpling. Whoever finds the coin in their dumpling will have good fortune in the coming year.
The New Year's Eve dinner is eaten only when the whole family gathers in the evening, with hot stews filling the table.
When wishing your grandparents a Happy New Year, you must kowtow.
The louder you knock, the more red envelopes you get, but the amount isn't large, with the largest being only a few dozen yuan.
Like Bailu, Chaoyue's family eats steamed fish on New Year's Eve. If they can't finish it, they save it for New Year's Day, hoping for abundance year after year.
Drunken crab and drunken shrimp are also commonly eaten.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, we eat dumplings, and on New Year's Eve, we eat more sesame glutinous rice balls. We start eating again at four o'clock in the afternoon, and we can visit relatives before it gets dark.
Ruonan's hometown doesn't eat dumplings or glutinous rice balls, but they still eat them early in the afternoon.
When offering New Year's greetings, people don't kowtow; instead, they say auspicious phrases like "Happy New Year" and "Good Health."
Red envelopes are called "year-end money," and the amount is larger than in the north. When visiting relatives for the New Year, one should not go empty-handed.
At Xiwei and Zhou Ye's home, they simply set up a nine-compartment hot pot for their New Year's Eve dinner.
Cured sausages, cured pork ribs, and cured pig's trotters are standard accompaniments.
Boil tripe and duck intestines, and the whole family gathers around the pot to eat.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, we eat black sesame glutinous rice balls.
Visiting relatives can last from the first day of the lunar month to the fifteenth, with feasts every day.
New Year's greetings usually involve playing cards or mahjong.
Those who win money give red envelopes to the children.
If you lose, just say you had bad luck and your luck will change next year, making a big fuss about it.
Tian Xi tidied herself up a bit. It was almost time to meet the class group, so she rode her mother's electric bike to Tongliang Middle School.
The sycamore trees at the school gate are lush and leafy.
The gatekeeper was still the same as always, sitting in the gatehouse.
Upon entering the gate, I found that the first and second year high school students were still in class.
The teaching building was filled with the sound of students reading aloud and teachers lecturing.
It floated out through the window, so familiar it was almost unreal.
Under the basketball hoop by the playground, boys are playing basketball during their physical education class.
He walked straight to her senior year classroom.
Some classrooms were set up as exam venues for the college entrance examination, but her class was not.
The door was ajar, and there was no one inside.
Several books that hadn't been taken were still piled on the desk.
I thought they were textbooks or study guides, but when I went inside, I found they were "Fireworks" and "Zhiyin Manke".
There's also a book called "Dragon Raja".
The countdown to the final mock exam was written on the blackboard.
The trash can in the corner was stuffed full of draft paper.
Tian Xiwei walked in, found her old seat and sat down, raising her hand to stroke the small "Go for it!" engraved on the table.
I used to think that the three years of high school were too hard to endure. Every day I got up early and stayed up late, practiced dancing, did a lot of practice problems, was nagged by teachers, and was troubled by grades. I looked forward to graduating as soon as possible and escaping.
But when it's really time to leave, I still feel a little nostalgic. In the end, it's because I can't bear to part with the version of myself that worked so hard.
Back then, the goal was simple: to get into a good university.
I'm tired every day, but it's also very fulfilling.
Their eyes shine with light, and their hearts hold hope.
Teachers always say that once you get through the three years of high school, things will be much easier.
They also said that if they can't even endure the hardship of studying, they'll have an even harder time in society.
But once she started making money and entered the entertainment industry, Tian Xiwei realized that the hardships of society were, in fact, more complicated than the hardships of studying.
It tests your mental fortitude.
What would happen if Jiang Yang weren't there?
Without the protection of teachers and the companionship of classmates, I have to rely on myself for everything.
Intrigue, gossip, and pressure are everywhere.
Fortunately, I followed the right person.
She always followed Jiang Yang forward. Jiang Yang took her to film movies and introduced her to resources, which saved her a lot of detours in this industry.
I made a lot of money and gained respect.
She took out her phone, opened her chat with Jiang Yang, and found a message she had sent him half an hour ago, which he hadn't replied to yet: ["Jiang Yang, are you free tonight? Let's go play at the hill behind the library."]
She then typed: ["Where is he?"]
There has still been no reply.
Tian Xiwei made a phone call and asked after the call was answered, "What are you doing?"
"She's playing team fights with Chaoyue and Ruth. I don't know what she was thinking, playing Arthur jungle, and starting with blue buff." Jiang Yang said unhappily.
I keep losing.
I'm in a really bad mood.
I mainly became depressed after being criticized by Ruth.
In the game, Yang Chaoyue typed: ["Mom, please stop farming my jungle camps. You're playing Hou Yi, you only need a red buff."]
Zhao Lushi replied instantly: ["But why is your wildness appearing on my screen?"]
Jiang Yang wanted to win, but he still surrendered instantly.
Hearing Tian Xiwei's voice through the speaker: "No wonder you haven't replied to me for so long, you've been playing King of Glory with the two of them." "I'm not chatting anymore, we're fighting for the Baron. Holy crap, Chaoyue used Smite first, what the hell is he playing? I can't even scold him, if I scold Chaoyue, Ruth will flame me. I'm really speechless."
"Jiang Yang, if you're having a bad time playing the game, why are you taking it out on me? How about we go to the hill behind the library tonight?"
"We'll talk about it later."
It was obvious from her voice that Tian Xiwei was getting emotional.
That's just how girls are.
You have to coax them.
There are a bunch of spoiled brats in the company, and each one corrupts the others.
Chaoyue and Ruth were his people, and he had to protect them, even in the game… Jiang Yang typed in the game chat: [“You guys hold their positions, I’ll AFK to get you a protection card.”]
Then he said to Tian Xiwei, "Xiwei, what did you just say?"
In the classroom.
Tian Xiwei's tone turned serious.
He spoke into the phone receiver:
"President Jiang, I've asked you so many times, are you doing this on purpose or pretending? If you don't want to go, just tell me directly. My sister and I will go. I don't necessarily want to hang out with you."
"Fine, I won't go."
Upon hearing Jiang Yang's answer, Tian Xi was slightly taken aback.
Immediately soften your tone: "Hey, go ahead~ go on."
"Xiwei, don't be like this, I'm a little scared. I'm more used to you being the way you are normally."
"Jiangyang, come on, come on~ I want to go~ I miss you, come on~"
"Okay, go, go, go."
After chatting with Tian Xi, I went back into the game and found that the crystal had already been destroyed.
Continue with three rows.
Start the next game quickly.
Zhao Lushi chose Luban, and Yang Chaoyue's voice immediately rang out in the team voice chat: "Mom, be careful with Luban, don't get farmed like a minion."
Jiang Yang put his phone aside.
I searched high and low but couldn't find Durex, so I have to go out and buy some.
I also sent a message to Youxuepai: ["I'll be home this afternoon, come over as soon as possible, I have something to do tonight."]
The other party replied instantly: ["Are you here to discuss business as well?"]
["Yes."]
A business worth hundreds of millions.
He and Xiwei went to the back of the library for a long talk, venting their anger over their losing streak in ranked matches today.
There's no comfort you can offer for this.
Xiwei wasn't as eloquent as Bailu.
Eloquence is useless; eloquence is useful.
……
Pengcheng.
Sitting in the passenger seat of the business vehicle, Youxuepai's business director was the person in charge of this endorsement negotiation. He held the final price and the authority to cooperate, and was the core of the team.
Looking at the chat history with Jiang Yang on her phone.
His eyebrows were furrowed into a deep frown.
He said to the brand planning manager behind him, "Go through Jiang Yang's information again."
"Mr. Zhang, everything is ready."
Are there any competitors?
"We don't know yet."
"There definitely is!"
Mr. Zhang said seriously, "This summer is the golden period for educational hardware. Our new learning machine is just waiting for a spokesperson to promote it. Jiang Yang is a rare resource. If we miss this opportunity, our promotion plan for the second half of the year will have to be completely scrapped and started over. I'm talking to Jiang Yang right now. He said he has another business deal tonight. I guess other brands are also trying to talk to him about endorsements."
The business assistant huddled in the back row.
The folder in his hand was crumpled from being squeezed so tightly.
Having only been with the company for six months, this was my first time participating in such an important endorsement negotiation: "Mr. Zhang, my flight was booked for 10:30 this morning, but there's traffic now, will we make it?"
I looked up and glanced out the window.
The traffic jam stretched as far as the eye could see.
"If you miss this bus, the next one won't be until 2 p.m., and you'll arrive in Chongqing in the evening."
Jiang Yang said he would be home in the afternoon. What if he had already finished talking to other brands by the time he arrived?
……
Foggy City.
Tongliang Middle School.
Tian Xiwei hung up the phone, a faint smile on her face.
Without Jiang Yang, given her background and qualifications, she might have only been able to climb the ladder step by step.
I hope Jiang Yang will get better and better and go further and further on the path he loves.
I also hope that I can get better and better, and live up to Jiang Yang's help and the hard work I put in.
To be fair, though, playing King of Glory by leaps and bounds is definitely a case of someone who's bad at the game but has a huge addiction to it.
Once, on set, she was playing a game with Chaoyue. She was playing a marksman and went to attack the red buff, but she couldn't do it no matter what she did. She thought it was a bug, but then she noticed that Chaoyue was laughing the whole time. After she came to her senses, she realized what was going on.
It was Chaoyue playing Zhang Fei, squatting there pretending to be a red buff.
Footsteps and laughter came from outside the classroom, and someone called out to her, "Tian Xiwei, you really came! Big star!"
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