suddenly tired

After the Spring Festival, many things have happened, and every moment indicates that this is not an ordinary autumn.But time is actually silent, making people feel that it went as usual for no reason. Only when I look back later do I know that during this time, Ji Sumian seemed to have attended a banquet, a very important one.

When Zhong Lei came back from China, he not only brought the new head chef of Su Ji Headquarters, but also Yan Mao, who successfully joined the board of directors and helped Su Hong open up a new business vision.Li Chengyan and Qi Kangyan became partners. Although the two of them are not together, they are cooperating to develop a new project. Li Chengyan also said that as long as he does not refuse, he still has a chance.

After the closure of the casino, the business of the resort plummeted. Ji Sumian handed over the land to Li Chengyan. He knocked down and rebuilt the former luxurious casino, returning it to its original nature, and turning it into a theme park for wildlife protection. The young entrepreneur felt that he could not make any money, so he told Zhong Lei that the resort was going bankrupt anyway, so it was treated as a charity project.

Zhong Lei flipped through the plan and read: "'Reduce the impact of human activities on wild animals and plants as little as possible', this seems so awkward, but in fact, you leave a piece of land there and do nothing. The impact on wildlife is minimal."

Ji Sumian smiled: "That's not okay, it always needs to be maintained. They left the previous villa area and changed it into a research institute. They are negotiating cooperation with several universities."

"Oh, that would be nice."

"Besides, the resort must always be profitable. In the final analysis, it is still a commercial activity. From the overall point of view, this project must make up for the low income from other sources."

Seeing Ji Sumian sitting in the study and talking about work, Zhong Lei always felt that although he didn't look like a boss, he had the air of strategizing behind his back. "You're almost a full-fledged business person by now."

"Please remove the word 'almost', I'm a little genius in business!"

After working together for a long time, Ji Sumian and Li Chengyan gradually became acquainted, and met many professional scientific researchers outside of the business field. The love and dedication of these people to their profession made him envious, and he also liked going to theme parks more and more. Talk to them and listen to them describe plants and animals, even if the technical terms are sometimes half-understood.

There is a large wetland in the park. Some unknown wildflowers will bloom in this season. The sun shines through the shadow of the trees. The wildflowers are well protected, with light but not too strong. Gradually sparse and approaching the end, suddenly another form rushed towards us, they looked wanton, ordinary but proud.

"It's so beautiful. After working here, I can't walk into those tall buildings in the city." He said.

Li Chengyan smiled and said: "That's because you have never experienced mosquitoes here. They are very fierce. Half of your arm is swollen after being bitten."

"That's because you have done a good job in environmental protection, I'm used to it!"

"So after you graduate, you will walk into one of the tall buildings in the city?"

Ji Sumian was silent.

He went on to say: "Actually, you also know that when I took over this project, I also gave up part of my interest, but I have no choice but to do it, not just to chase my girlfriend."

"I know, Junwei will eventually hand it over to you."

"So you have no choice like me?"

"It's not that the group operates like me without me, it's just—" he sighed softly, "I don't seem to have to learn management, but I don't know what to do, I always feel that I was pushed here by fate .”

"Being pushed by fate is natural but not necessarily the best choice. You must still have something you love."

Ji Sumian nodded.There is never a shortage of people who stay out of things in this world. Perhaps only by staying out of things and overlooking the world can we truly have unique insights.Like him watching a theme park, or Lee Seung Yeon watching his studies.

Later, he went on to do a master's degree in translation and intercultural communication, thanks to those nights in the library.Few people care about the Chinese books in the school library, and they are all brand new, which makes him feel that he has exclusive possession of these good things. Because they are too new, they often cause some small wounds on his hands. He said that this is the price of knowledge.Ji Sumian felt the beauty of Chinese and English in such uninterrupted scratches.

Zhong Lei also asked him why he chose this major, and he said: "I once chatted with my classmates about the most romantic things that each other's partners have done. Those who send gifts and travel are inferior. I said you wrote me Poetry, I wrote lyrics, they were very envious, asked what I wrote, I suddenly found that I couldn’t say it, the literal translation always lacked a little meaning, I was really frustrated at that time. Not long after, I saw a book in the library The poems translated by Mr. Xu Yuanchong are so beautiful, I think this is the guidance of God. But brother Lei, you may not make much money by learning this."

"Leave the money-making to me. You just need to focus on your interests. The purpose of accumulating wealth is to let you do whatever you want."

At this time, he will feel that he is like the wildflower in the park wetland, protected by Zhong Lei no less, just right.

There was a small church opposite the library. Jisumen had never entered it, but that did not prevent him from liking the steeple of that building.In summer in this city, the sunset is very late. Sometimes he comes out of the library after dinner and prepares to go home. It’s almost eight o’clock, and the sky is still bright. Standing at the exit of the library and looking up, the sunset is sometimes in the middle of the spire , the sun just passed through the stained glass, lighting a lamp belonging to God for this small church, sometimes on both sides of the spire, like the position of a person's shoulders, if you notice the change of daylight every day, look at it from this The person's right shoulder slowly moved to the left shoulder, and then moved back quietly, and time passed quickly.

He would drink his last two sips of coffee at sunset like this before cycling home.Once Zhong Lei came to pick him up and asked him what he was looking at, he said, watching the sunset melt gold, the evening clouds merge, you are waiting for me.Zhong Lei said that you are looking at the trajectory of time. ——No way, even after studying liberal arts, his Chinese level is still not as good as that of his brother Lei.

Ji Sumian said: "No, I am an English learner. You can't crush me with your literary attainments. It will make me feel depressed and lose my enthusiasm for learning."

Zhong Lei laughed: "Obviously you recited Li Qingzhao first."

In short, the twilight of the church became Jisumian’s sundial, like an ancient man, he didn’t need to look at the specific time, as long as this orange light penetrated through the shutters of the library, he was going home, and he was watching the time In the process of passing, I finished my undergraduate and master's degrees, and did another year of research before leaving school.

At this time, it has been nearly five years since they left the motherland and came to this island.

One year later, the Christmas dinner was the awards ceremony for outstanding Chinese entrepreneurs in Australia. The participants were all the founders, chairman of the board of directors, and CEOs of major groups. Zhong Lei won the award for the first time in the selection, because Su The main store of Suji has just been awarded Michelin three stars, and Suji's fast food chain has covered the whole of Australia.

In his acceptance speech he said:

"Suhong is a company controlled by my wife," my lover, he used the word "husband." At first, we just inherited the ancestral business and took over when Suhong was already very mature. In the past six years, we have abandoned what we originally looked like. The high-profit real estate and entertainment industries are not easy to be honest. Amidst the voices of opposition and contempt, he insisted on investing in the declining catering industry, and dabbled in biomedicine and software engineering, gradually developing Su Ji It is a well-known Chinese restaurant chain brand in Australia."

A reporter asked: "How much Mr. Ji has been involved in Su Hong's business, will there be any conflicts if you work for him?"

"He has given me great trust. He is my boss and my beloved. As I said just now, our initial stage was not smooth and we received a lot of criticism. At one time, shareholders thought he was incompetent. His family business will soon go bankrupt, but we have supported each other and persevered. In recent years, the entertainment and real estate markets have been changing, withering and declining. Facts have proved that his original decision was correct and very forward-looking. He was a sophomore at the time. Although he doesn’t directly manage the business now, he is still a talented businessman who is still consulted by Geoffrey and I, as well as the rest of the board, on major decisions. It is my honor to work for him, in fact, there is no one who is for whom, who helps whom, we are a family, a whole."

"I would like to ask whether this model of Suji Fast Food will gradually lose its market competitiveness due to the relatively fixed menu?"

"Suji's central kitchen system guarantees quality and quality, but it is not static. We will make city-limited dishes according to the seasons, the climate and geographical environment of Australia, because Chinese people's diet is about not eating from time to time. As Chinese food As the inheritor of the culture, Suji Club has always launched new products, and we have not given up on the food quality requirements because it is in the form of fast food, what we pursue is that ordinary people can bring Michelin-level fast food home.”

Someone asked again: "You just said that Mr. Ji didn't directly manage the company, so what kind of work is he mainly responsible for in Suhong?"

Zhong Lei didn't know what he thought of, the corners of his mouth raised, eyes filled with honey, but he suppressed it in a blink of an eye: "He once joked that the money we earned was squandered by him, because he basically has all the money in his hands. It is a charity and public welfare project, focusing on environmental protection and Sino-Australian cultural exchanges. We have just completed the exchange visit of Chinese medicine and are planning to open a group of Chinese medicine experience halls in Australia. The latest project is a cultural exhibition of textiles and handicrafts. The exhibits It is Suzhou embroidery, Kesi and Yunjin from China, and there are also on-site exhibitions by artists, which are very exciting. If you are interested, you can make an appointment on the company's official website and Wanyi Art Museum."

While Zhong Lei was being interviewed, Ji Sumian was busy receiving the heads of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, who showed up at the airport with exhibits.Originally, Ji Sumian didn't have to come forward to pick up the plane, but he found a familiar yet unfamiliar name in the list of participating artists: Liao Qiru.He confirmed the identity information of this person with the organizer, and waited at the airport early with anticipation.

The flight landed smoothly and the passengers filed out. He found the old man in the crowd and nodded from afar.They stared at each other, smiled, and there were tears in their eyes, it was Sister Liao, she stood in the sun again, the ice melted and the snow melted, and she broke out of the cocoon and became a butterfly.

Although Su Mian has not fully participated in the company's operations over the years, he has sent one or two projects from time to time, which he talked about in his daily social life, such as developing new energy for coral reef protection projects, or opening a Su Ji in Europe. and Zhong Lei is not a person who reports every detail, they are very tacit, and they only communicate with each other when they have almost reached a conclusion or preliminary results, so Su Mian said at that time, "Brother Lei, I want to give you A very big surprise", Zhong Lei's first reaction was: "Why did you cheat for another project?"

"No, I brought you someone."

"Are you pregnant? Let's say first that I want a daughter who is as sweet and obedient as you."

No matter how much he talked nonsense about Ji Sumian, he refused to say it, and insisted on asking him to see it for himself. When Zhong Lei returned home, he found that this was indeed a very big surprise.He seemed to still be able to smell the sour smell of the train station late at night that year. He was carrying a big bag, and Sister Liao followed behind with a suitcase missing a wheel. The train hadn't entered the station yet, and they waited silently.A non-stop train galloped by, and a wind of mixed metal and oil covered his face. Zhong Lei felt the tremor in his heart. When he thought that Sister Liao was about to be alone and re-enter another mixed and empty world, I feel tired for her sincerely, but the person standing in front of him at this time is wearing a white dress with dark patterns and an improved version of the cheongsam at the neckline, as elegant as a lily, smiling at him calmly but firmly.

He stepped forward to hug Sister Liao, and Sister Liao's voice was choked with sobs. He suddenly felt his eyes were a little wet, and he was embarrassed to shed tears. He turned his head and hugged Ji Sumian, and wiped it off on his shoulder with his head down.

Ji Sumian rubbed his lover's hair. At that moment, some fragments flashed in front of his eyes. It was dragging his suitcase late at night, met a dream man, and went home with him.In fact, without the colorful filters of living with Zhong Lei, the real Xingyuan is actually a bit unbearable. The house is small, the only public space is full of illegal buildings and sundries, and the sewer pipes are old. When it rains, the sewage will flow across the river, but these uncomfortable scenes can't conceal the bright light in his heart when he misses that time.

For Zhong Lei, Xingyuan became different because Ji Sumian fell from the sky.He didn't belong there at all, he lived in like a famous breed cat who stumbled into a stray dog's home by mistake, with a delicacy and simplicity that was incompatible with the environment, and people had to protect him well, even if he was found later It was actually a little fox, but his desire for protection and love was still deep. At that time, all he could do was take him away from there and change to a slightly better place.

Ji Sumian was glad that he persevered. He seemed to be a little grateful for these sudden accidents. Without these encounters, he would not have the life he is now.When he was having a drink with his old friend, he remembered Zhong Lei's song written for him, the second half:

"You should be glad,

Force life upon my weary heart;

Choose not to see through you and bother to deceive me.

You are on the other side of the sea,

Shore is dangerous, offshore is sin.

Knowing that you can't do it, you have to travel north and south,

Follow like fate. "

Finish.