sunk into the earth

The company of Cheng Sheng and Frank quietly settled down in an office building in Zhongguancun.When the two were still in the United States, they discussed about doing online education. Frank cooperated with colleges and universities to get a famous name, which sounds bluffing.Cheng Sheng was even more busy here, buying a server to set up a website for anti-theft, and going through procedures outside the company.

The formalities are complete, but recruiting is a big problem. Cheng Sheng searched through the address book of his undergraduate classmates back then, and called them one by one, lobbying earnestly to poach them. But back then, the classmates had already had stable jobs, and some of them even had wives. How can a family of children take risks to join his entrepreneurial team?Cheng Sheng pulled in a circle of people, but in the end only a few people came in.

He had no choice but to call Qin Xiao. Qin Xiao opened a bar on Gulou East Street. He knew a lot of people of all kinds. Cheng Sheng begged him on the phone: "Do you know anyone who knows the user market better? It doesn't take too long Great, two or three years of experience is all it takes, I’m almost dying of anxiety here, I can’t find anyone, and when people hear that we are a start-up company, they run faster than Harmony.”

"You wait, I'll think about it."

Qin Xiao is getting more and more nourished now. Before he was thirty, he opened a bar for the elderly, soaked in drinks and bands every day and was nourished by art, and he became more relaxed and fatter. He thought about it on the phone for a long time, and suddenly slapped his head : "I think of a buddy who is still a graduate student in our school, and he is considered a half-time alumnus. He used to be in technology like you, and he switched to research in the past two years. If you pay enough money, he might I would like to come to you."

"All right, all right, how can I find him?"

"You come to my bar on Saturdays. That buddy has a band, and they come to my place to perform every Saturday night. After the end, a few of us go out to drink beer together. Then you two have a chat alone." Speaking of this, Qin Xiao was a little worried, "By the way, that buddy has a weird temper. Don't talk about money with him, and talk about money honestly. Maybe it will work."

Cheng Sheng asked again: "Is it reliable? I have a prejudice against those who engage in rock music, thinking that everyone is like me before."

Qin Xiao laughed loudly from the other side of the phone, "Reliable, very reliable, everything is fine except for the bad temper."

"How weird? Can I take it?"

This made Qin Xiao think for a long time, and then said: "It should be possible, the drummer in their band, you used to be so unreasonable, so the two of you have been working together for six or seven years, and they haven't broken up. You two really If you want to build it, [-]% of it also belongs to this hanging."

Cheng Sheng was not sure, but he really couldn't find anyone now, so he had to follow Qin Xiao. After a while, he suddenly thought of something, and asked about this person's current company. After hearing the name, he began to worry: "He is now in the company How old are you, can you come and start a business with me?"

"You try it, that buddy is floating in the wind, doesn't care about the future, can he still play in a band if he cares about the future?"

After chatting about the business, the two started gossiping. Cheng Sheng hadn't gone to the bar to see a show for many years, but he knew that the bands that could perform at this time on Saturday were either outstanding or popular. Are you introducing me to this person or a popular band? I can only see you on Saturday."

"You'll know when you come." Qin Xiao said a few times over there: "The drummer in their band is a girl, boys like to watch it, and the lead guitarist is the buddy I want to introduce to you. He is a handsome guy, girl. Love to watch, plus the song is good, doesn’t this make everyone love to watch?”

Qin Xiao is now a living dictionary in the rock circle, chatting gossip as quickly as giving out the name of a dish, he told Cheng Sheng on the other end of the phone about the person he would introduce to him: "Don't look at that buddy playing rock, why don't you He's really clean and self-sufficient, and never sleeps with Guoer. There is a Guoer who likes him crazy, but he can't hook him up, so he sleeps the bass player of their band first, and wants to use the opportunity to build a relationship. Guo'er later put a temporary synthesizer for them to sleep, but still couldn't hook it up."

Cheng Sheng gave a "fuck" sound, and seriously commented: "Dingli really looks like a technical worker."

He has recently been emotionally stable, living like an ordinary person, and his gossiping heart has been inexplicably ignited by a few words, and he asked a little curiously: "Does that buddy have a family? I am reasonably concerned about the marriage and relationship status of future employees. Married people can't do it. How can you start a business with your wife and children?"

"Without a family, I suspect he is a virgin." Qin Xiao murmured to him: "He has been acting with me for several years, and there is no one around him. No matter how you look at it, he looks like he has experienced many battles, but in the end he even sent him to my arms. Guoer didn't sleep, so I guess he will leave it to Guanyin Bodhisattva."

Both ends of the phone burst into laughter at the same time, and Cheng Sheng stopped after laughing enough: "Don't gossip about others, you will suffer retribution."

After the call ended, Cheng Sheng hung up the phone and suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked Qin Xiao what his name was.

On Saturday night, Cheng Sheng changed into a formal shirt and trousers in front of the mirror, but then he felt that he was too nervous to go to the bar in this outfit, so he went to the closet to pick out a T-shirt and shorts to change into.Standing in front of the mirror again, she was still dissatisfied, because this outfit really looked like a student who had just left school, not like a boss who started a reliable company.

In the end Cheng Sheng found a plaid shirt with short sleeves, at least he looked like a skilled person.

It was already dark when we arrived at the entrance of the bar. Cheng Sheng searched for a long time but couldn't find the right place. In the end, a girl who was also going to drink led him there.

The bar hadn't opened yet, and there was a loose line at the door. A few girls with heavy make-up squatted on the steps and smoked, their collars were parted above their chests, their fingernails were painted in various colors, and their mouths were almost all bright red.

Cheng Sheng looked at each of them one by one, regretting that he was dressed like he was going to work.

In the middle he called Qin Xiao, Qin Xiao immediately picked him up from the back door of the bar, and the two walked along the fire exit, Qin Xiao told him: "You stay with the band backstage for a while, they are very nice, I want Go to the front to confirm the drinks in the store today."

The backstage was a mess, almost completely occupied by musical instruments, audio wires were all over the floor, and some bar staff were joking with the band on stage with microphones: "We are preparing for Afluente, the first electronic rock band that came out of BLi."

Cheng Sheng found a foothold and stood there, listening to the boom of the microphone, thinking with his rock reserves ten years ago, the name of this band sounds like heavy, or pop punk, these are the mainstream in his concept, he did not expect that now Even electronic music was played at home on the weekend.He is indeed out of touch with this place. He has been so absorbed in his studies and work these years that he doesn't know what China was like in [-], nor what rock and roll was like in [-].People always have to wear off a layer of skin when they do one thing, but they always get rusty when they don’t do one thing. Cheng Sheng feels that he is just a rusty screwdriver at this moment. go.

Suddenly, a girl called him from behind with a loud voice: "The buddy standing in front, can you help me move the drum to the stage?" The girl stood under the overhead light and pointed to the stage in front of the bar. It seemed that he mistook Cheng Sheng for a staff member, and verbally made a request: "Move the kick drum over there first, and then move the other drums. Don't bump into me. Be careful!"

Cheng Sheng was taken aback for a moment, but when he realized that the girl was calling him, he laughed inwardly, because he wasn't angry at all for being so domineering to him.At the time when he was seventeen or eighteen, regardless of whether he was a man or a woman, he would fight if he dared to treat him like this, but this time he easily accepted that others recognized him as wrong, and even went to Diandang, intending to kill him alone. It moves to the front.

When he touched the drum skin again, a burst of electric current ran straight from Cheng Sheng's fingertips to his spine. He hadn't experienced this rough and primitive touch for many years. Cheng Sheng started to feel palpitations as soon as he touched it, and he didn't even notice that someone was slowly approaching him from behind. .

"Let me move it." The man behind him walked slowly to his side, bent down and dragged the bottom of the drum, and slowly explained to Cheng Sheng: "The girl just now was my drummer, she was stupid, stupid, didn't she? The staff can't tell. Look at the clothes, it looks like a friend brought by Boss Qin."

The voice was hazy and clear, and it had become deep after ten years. It was somewhat familiar, but most of it was still unfamiliar.Cheng Sheng thought he was in a dream. He thought of a vague person, but he didn't dare to think about it. In the chaos, he moved the drum with that person to the stage of the bar, and stepped on the electric thread on the floor several times in the middle. The sound is also unaware.

The two of them didn't know why, neither of them looked at the other's face, they just walked with their heads down in tacit understanding, and there was no communication along the way.

But God refused to allow them to do so. When they walked to the corner of the stage, they happened to be shot down by a beam of strong light for testing on the top.Cheng Sheng was stabbed suddenly, subconsciously raised his head, and his eyes fell on the face of the person opposite.

The strong light shone down, and the whole face was clearly illuminated.The man had narrow and long eyes, thin eyelids, and even blue capillaries could be seen clearly, and there was a silver stud on his nose.

Cheng Sheng stopped, his heart contracted violently, his legs and feet trembled unconsciously, and a tingling electric current ran up his spine.

The person on the opposite side seemed to sense something was wrong with him, and inadvertently raised his eyes once in the strong light, and glanced at his face without any emotion, but was completely stunned when he saw his appearance clearly.

A girl's surprised voice came from behind: "Zhang Chen, why are you still helping people move the drums? Are they all tuned?"