Floating Perfume Shop

Long hair can be cut short, short but not long.Xiao Chongyun didn't like this hairstyle, but the matter had come to this point, and the uncooked rice had been cooked, so he had no choice but to call the culprit to vent his anger.

Zhou Tianhao finally answered the phone, casually, pretending to think for a long time: "Oh, what about your hairstyle? To be honest, I asked the hotel barber to come and shave you, so I asked him to trim your hair for you. It's free. Yes, no money. What, don’t you like it? I’m the project leader, and since you’re working with Lotus, you represent our company, and you’re my subordinate... Oh, I’m also considering the company’s image..."

After hanging up the phone, he turned to the computer, and Su Lan's face appeared beside the video dialog box.He drank coffee leisurely at the Shanghai headquarters and watched Zhou Tianhao answer the phone, and concluded: "You are cheating and cheating."

Zhou Tianhao was refreshed: "In short, as you can see, this project has been handed over to Xiao Chongyun. You don't need to refer to the list of previously selected partners."

"Are you sure he can take it down? Yashe's publicity is very high-profile on this matter. If you are too relaxed, something went wrong. Even if it is the second boss, you can't explain it, Tianhao. I just remind you that if Xiao Chongyun fails, he Liquidated damages must also be paid in accordance with the contract.”

"Who do you think he is, Su Lan? He is 'Xiao from the East'." Zhou Tianhao was silent for a moment, then whispered: "Besides, I have always kept a clear line between public and private, as you know."

Xiao Dongfang stood in front of the mirror very depressed.The barber cut it smoothly, and he cut the hairstyle he used when he was studying abroad in Grasse.The moment he looked in the mirror, he almost thought that the boy in Glass had returned.The young man with bright eyebrows and starry eyes gradually grew up in the lavender and rose manor in six years, full of vigor and prosperity.He was with his most capable classmates, talking about how to launch his new work and how to show the true beauty of Chinese incense when he returns to China in the future.He never doubted his own words, and never had a friend question his abilities.

Thinking about it now, it was really a wonderful time like a fairy tale.

Now he still receives emails from his friends asking him how he is doing in China.The letters are at the bottom of the inbox, unanswered and not deleted.

Xiao Chongyun doesn't like the feeling of going back in time.On winter mornings, the streets are filled with white mist.The mist poured into the small shop from the open door, and then poured into the studio from the shop, making Boss Xiao feel a headache.He circled around the mixing table uncomfortably, and finally leaned on the table next to Zhang Song, pressing his elbows against the glass countertop: "What are you looking at, what's good, huh? Come here and give Uncle a back kick. "

Xiao Chongyun thinks that this apprentice has another merit in that he can massage, although his complexion is not very good-looking.

The kid dragged the armchair for him, held Xiao Chongyun's hand first, warmed it up, and then threw a pair of gloves for him to put on.Only when the inspection gloves were put on did the kid beat his back with his hands.

Zhang Song is used to being trained by Xiao Chongyun, he knows where he hurts, where he feels uncomfortable, where he should hit hard, and where he should rub gently.The boy has good physical strength, and sometimes in sunny afternoons, Xiao Chongyun asked his apprentice to rub his shoulders and beat his back, and fell asleep comfortably. When he woke up, he found that the little ghost was still standing behind him, and he massaged him silently.It's just that sometimes the massage place changes from the neck to the shoulders that were exposed because of the bad sleeping posture, or the back is gradually rubbed to the waist.Boss Xiao felt guilty for overusing the children.

Today is a little different.The little ghost's kneading method is still the usual kneading method, which is as comfortable as the massage, but for some reason, the movements feel softer.It seems that today's Boss Xiao is an extraordinarily precious piece of porcelain, and it will be broken if he strikes hard.

What is this feeling called—yes, it’s called pity and pity.

Bah, bah, bah, you are the one who loves the fragrance and cherishes the jade!

He returned to his normal thinking, just in time to hear the little ghost ask: "Zhou Tianhao said that you used to learn perfumery at the French Jean-Fontin-Jolles Perfume School."

"That was a thing of the past."

"He said that people called you 'Shaw of the East'."

Xiao Chongyun pretended to check the ledger, but did not answer.

"Why are you the way you are now?"

Boss Xiao, whose scars were exposed, finally got angry, rolled up the magazine and knocked on the little devil's head: "If you don't ask a question, you will die?"

The little ghost was traumatized, and he worked silently in the studio all morning without speaking, but Xiao Chongyun could always feel the gaze from behind, which made his neck itch.But every time he turned around, the little ghost was busy with the work in hand.Boss Xiao was about to leave the store at noon and go home to change the borrowed clothes, but Zhang Song stopped him suddenly.

The kid hesitated for a long time before opening his mouth, his eyes seemed eager: "You look like Zhou Tianhao said today, Xiao Dongfang."

Xiao Chongyun didn't know how to answer.The genius in the small town of Grasse has long since disappeared in time, and what stands here is just a phantom.He finally smiled, stretched out his hand to rub the kid's head, and said in a brisk tone, "Don't look at me like this, I was also a new star of Ji Fangdan Ruole at the beginning, very powerful! You should feel the pressure and honor to have such a teacher .”

He took the opportunity to comment on Xiao Gui’s first rematch work: “You use too many ingredients. Don’t think that the ingredients provided to you on site are several times that of the store, and you can earn money by using one more. Time is limited. Instead of adding more Many spices are rich in aroma, it is better to think about how to make the aroma of your choice blend together naturally and smoothly in a limited time-this is why Zhou Tianhao said that your aroma is too abrupt. Mr. Zhou's vision is still reasonable . Hurry up and finish the game, we still have a new job."

The rematch of the rookie show is once a week, from the top 32 to the top four to compete for the championship and runner-up.Xiao Chongyun's goal for Zhang Song was to enter the semi-finals. Unexpectedly, the little ghost made it all the way to the quarterfinals.

In the end, Zhou Tianhao did not provide a venue, but directly transported a set of equipment from the Lotus studio in City C to Xiao Chongyun's perfume shop.On the day the equipment arrived, several perfumers who were interested in Zhang Song also came.Xiao Chongyun heard someone pointing at his back: "That's Zhang Song, the rookie show just entered the quarterfinals. It is said that he is fully responsible for the imitation of 'Melancholy'."

"No, I heard that the one who is fully responsible is the one who walked in front of him. What's his name...Xiao Chongyun?"

"Who is this? Aren't we competing with Yashe? There is so much publicity. The perfumer launched by Yashe is Cheng Yuan, who won the Paris Perfume Festival. Why do we invite such an unknown person here? ?”

Xiao Chongyun shrugged.He's a star falling before he's fully risen, and he doesn't expect to be known by everyone.The person in charge of contacting him was Zhou Tianhao's secretary Emma.Xiao Chongyun first asked to check the fragrance equipment one by one.

"Mr. Xiao, this is just the branch of Lotus in City C. Compared with the headquarters, the important equipment is slightly inferior. If you are not satisfied, we can specially deploy it for you..." In front of him is an important partner ordered by the boss, Emma observes the situation , dare not neglect.

Xiao Chongyun didn't speak, not because he was dissatisfied with the studio's equipment.On the contrary, what he expected here exceeded his expectations.In the past five years, he has only supported the small perfume shop with a dilapidated aroma analyzer and residual olfactory memory, and now everything in front of him is sold at the price of his studio. Ten times the equipment.Zhou Tianhao even brought a set of vacuum aroma extraction equipment, which can directly extract aroma components from flowers.

He's just missing, what it's like to be in a standard perfume room again.

Samples of "Melancholy" arrived quickly.The aristocratic silk yellow glass bottle, the cork is a hollow silver heart.After Xiao Chongyun took it, he didn't try the fragrance, but handed it to Zhang Song directly, and patted his shoulder: "Smell it until you remember its smell."

He sat down alone in front of the workbench, tore off a piece of paper from his notebook, and began to write Xiang Fang.

Rose, Neroli, Benzoin...

He concentrated for a moment, and began to write down the usage and dosage under each spice.Every time I write, I will go through a long period of painful thinking, as if forcing myself to recall, searching for every detail of this perfume in some past that I don’t want to remember.

Emma was very strange: "Mr. Xiao, don't you need to try the fragrance?"

Xiao Chongyun smiled: "No need."

First, even if he tried the fragrance, he would fail due to the interference of phantom smell.Second, he knew that the aroma of "melancholy", accompanied by the remaining image of his mother in his memory, had almost soaked his soul.

Xiao Chongyun smiled bitterly to himself: If there is no phantom smell, he will be the most suitable person to imitate this master's work.

Zhang Song is responsible for determining the similarity between the finished product and the original "Melancholy", as well as all the work that needs to use the nose.

Mr. Zhou Tianhao, who is "very busy with work recently", now has a reason to come to the store every day. He comes twice a day. The first time is to sign a formal contract, and the second time he brought the shirt and coat that were soiled while drinking.

Mr. Zhou reluctantly returned the clothes: "This style was very popular four years ago, dear."

Xiao Chongyun shook off his clothes to check, and ordered the kid to drive Boss Zhou out of the studio.After a while, Zhou Tianhao came back again, and asked seriously: "Honey, how is it?"

Xiao Chongyun didn't react.

"I mean clothes."

Boss Xiao pretended to pick it up and smell it, and praised, "Thank you, it's very clean and smells good."

Young Master Zhou watched Xiao Chongyun put on his coat with satisfaction, then suddenly stretched out his neck, took a breath on his exposed neck, and said with a smile, "Yes, the fragrance suits you very well."

Before Boss Xiao could react, he saw the person drifting away.

He thought that Zhou Tianhao was probably referring to the fragrance of laundry left on the freshly washed clothes.

Then the next day, Boss Xiao found that all the coats he had left in the store were gone.The little ghost told him with a blank face that Boss Zhou had come once and said that they were pickles and they were all washed.Xiao Chongyun asked the little ghost why he owed Zhou Tianhao this favor, and the little ghost relayed: "First, it is indeed pickled vegetables. Second, he said that he doesn't need money, and he can take it to Lotus for reimbursement."

For Xiao Chongyun, compared with the second boss of Lotus who can miraculously spare time to come to find trouble every day, there is another person he is more reluctant to meet.

It was an evening, and it had been snowing all day in City C.The heater was broken, and he sent the kid out to fix it, and he was thinking about the formula in the studio wearing thick gloves.

There was a sound of brakes outside the door.

Footsteps sounded through the shop and through the corridor, and the door of the fragrance room was pushed open.

Xiao Chongyun thought Zhang Song was back.

Suddenly, this real feeling of olfactory cells reactivating.

A burning aroma filled the air.

He felt dizzy, and the world seemed to be full of colors and spots of light.

Feeling of suffocation and weakness.

He suddenly understood who was leaning against the door, standing in the shadow of the setting sun.

He once thought that as long as he was careful, he would never have any interaction with this person again.Low-key, restraint, and living, these three points are enough.But this man came back.He ruined his life, expelled himself from the family domain, and then, like the panther, quietly reappeared beside him.

And specially, I sprayed this kind of perfume specially designed for myself.

Xiao Chongyun wanted to stand up, but he had no strength.

He knocked down the rattan chair, grabbed the window sill and tried to stand up straight, until the fragrance became stronger and stronger behind him, and one hand wrapped around his waist, supporting him vigorously.

Xiao Chongyun didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or tense his nerves from the relaxed feeling of being supported by a man, and the more painful and powerless fragrance he felt when he was forced to get close to him.

"If you don't get out now, I don't guarantee that I won't lose control and kill you."

The man held his waist from behind, and laughed softly, with a sense of humor: "I know that you still have the strength to threaten me, so I feel at ease."

He freed up one hand and picked up the formula sheet that Xiao Chongyun left on the table: "It's an honor to challenge you again, dear brother."