Aesthetics of Violence [Entertainment]

"Going to eat now?"

Ge Qiao turned off the computer screen, stood up, stretched a long and silent stretch, and slowly turned his face to talk to Zhong Mingcan.He finally made it clear to his subordinates about all the things that had accumulated in his mind in the past few days before the meeting in the afternoon, and now he has time to care about the second person in the office. He didn't care about other things at all, and ended up leaving Zhong Mingcan out for a whole morning.

So, why did this person find an office?

Zhong Mingcan also stood up after hearing the words, and nodded.

"However," he went straight to the door, helped Ge Qiao take down the down jacket from the hanger behind the door, and smiled, "Can you listen to me for the arrangement at noon today?"

Ge Qiao's hand, which was tidying up the scattered documents on the desktop, suddenly paused, and looked up at Zhong Mingcan, with a puzzled expression on his face: "Do you have any special arrangements?"

"Are you still this busy this afternoon?"

"It's okay, it's almost done..."

"Then let's go." He shook the coat in his hand and smiled at Ge Qiao.Zhong Mingcan has been sitting here for five hours, so exhausted that he doesn't even want to play on his mobile phone. Except for the time to observe Ge Qiao, he only thinks about his plan to be alone at noon.

Naturally, Ge Qiao didn't know what little calculations Zhong Mingcan was planning, but he followed obediently.

The winter sun is particularly strong and dazzling, and everything that can be seen is coated with a light yellow layer, making the scene in front of you look extremely unreal.Perhaps it is because of the working day, there are not many people and vehicles on the street, sparse and lack of vitality.

Ge Qiao suddenly broke the silence: "Have you decided whether to sign into the company?"

"not yet."

"Why don't you want to sign?"

"I don't know if it's necessary."

"With your talent, you will definitely be famous, it's just a matter of time."

"Do you want me to sign it?" Zhong Mingcan turned his head and wanted to look directly at Ge Qiao, but Ge Qiao's eyes were fixed on the ground, so he could only stare at Ge Qiao's eyelashes that were shaking slightly due to the wind, and asked.

"Well, I think." Ge Qiao nodded without hesitation, "at least it will make your road smoother and less worrying."

"Is that the only reason you want me to sign?"

Otherwise why?

This business is really treacherous and changeable, and if Zhong Mingcan's future path can be paved under his nose, Ge Qiao's mission will be one less.

It's weird to use the word "mission", as if he regards himself as a hero, obviously he hates this kind of personality cult, but he can't find a suitable word to describe this unnecessary sense of responsibility .Ask yourself, his life is going smoothly, but he doesn't know when, his mind has become more and more serious, as if he is always afraid that the balance somewhere around him will be broken.

For Ge Qiao, there are not many people who can make him feel important, but he is still worried day and night, trying to take up the role of the keen defender, trying to kill them and all possible variables around him in his infancy, No mistakes, no failures.

He is obstinately keen to make himself the master behind the scenes of "controlling the overall situation", no matter whether it is work or life, he dare not relax for a moment.He felt that it was not because he wanted to gain a sense of accomplishment, but because he had become a habit of being with it day and night.

"Ge Qiao, do you want to play this?"

Zhong Mingcan was caught by surprise, and suddenly slipped to the side, and Ge Qiao walked in the direction he walked, and saw a row of colorful claw machines. These machines looked a bit old, with rust on the edges, and they were close to each other. Standing on the side of the street, there is no sound of starting music or colorful flashing lights. They are quiet and unobtrusive, just like broken machines that have been thrown on the side of the road.

"You know how to play this?" Ge Qiao has never played it before, but he has heard that it is the hottest game this year. There are often reports about this thing in the news, and children fall into the machine while playing. Well, after spending thousands of dollars, I still can't find a doll. I am obsessed with this game, so I bought two claw machines at home.Ge Qiao usually sees these news from time to time and just thinks he is too "playful", let alone let him try it himself.

But Zhong Mingcan is different. He often enjoyed it when he was in the United States. He basically played all the claw machines with a radius of eight hundred miles. The dormitory is full of dolls he picked up, which is cheaper. Now he has entered Broadway and became a roommate of a musical actor. Every time he goes out to date girls, he will grab a doll and give it away, making those little girls happy.

This is an extremely simple way of distraction, no need to communicate with people, no need to worry, simple operation, clear goals, it can be regarded as a very simple emotional catharsis.

"Try it?" Zhong Mingcan lowered his head and rummaged through his wallet, making the sound of tinkling and clanging coins, and asked.

"I can't, I've never played..."

"It doesn't matter if you can't catch it, it's just for fun anyway."

"Uh..." Ge Qiao didn't say what he really thought in his heart, "Isn't this a waste of money?" He also didn't want to spoil Zhong Mingcan's interest.

"Okay, then come and cheer me on, let me try!" Zhong Mingcan took off his jacket and handed it to Ge Qiao, rolled up his sleeves, clasped his hands and turned his wrists a few times, posing like an athlete going to the game serious look.

Ge Qiao hugged his coat and stood aside looking at him.Zhong Mingcan threw a few coins into the machine, then straightened up, staring intently at the dolls inside that had been messed up by the previous players, and suddenly turned around and asked Ge Qiao: "Which one do you want?"

Ge Qiao was amused by these words, and he followed to observe the mysterious doll in the machine: "So powerful? Where else can I point and hit?"

"Give me three chances, and if I catch the doll you chose, I will grant one of my wishes." Zhong Mingcan was full of confidence.

Ge Qiao didn't believe in this evil. Hearing this, he just felt that Zhong Mingcan had never experienced the dangers of society, so let him teach Zhong Mingcan how to be a man!

Without changing his face, he poked the glass cover of the machine with his finger: "Just the blue elephant, the one that was pressed down by the pink one."

Faced with this obvious intentional difficulty, Zhong Mingcan just nodded with a smile, then turned his eyes to continue to observe the positions of those dolls, there were only three chances, and the top pink elephant had to be caught before the blue one had a chance. Elephant caught out.

He held his breath, and Ge Qiao couldn't help pursing his mouth and holding his breath while watching. Is this game so exciting?Why are the people standing next to me so nervous?

When the game started, I saw Zhong Mingcan holding the joystick, pulling it to the right and pushing it forward. There was no need to adjust the position of the clip hanging above his head, and he slapped the clip button with a "snap", showing the victorious momentum. Clean and neat, very chic.

Ge Qiao watched helplessly as the pink elephant was strangled by the huge clamp and thrown out of the machine.

"Three chances, one wish, don't forget." Zhong Mingcan didn't look back, but moved his wrist again, casually reminding the stunned person behind him.

Ge Qiao didn't speak, his mind was full of exclamation marks at this moment, is this game so simple?Then why are so many people crazy about it?People who can't get one for thousands of dollars... Is there something wrong?

Second attempt.

Zhong Mingcan still pulled and pushed, moved the clip to the top of the blue elephant's head, paused, and suddenly changed the route, driving towards the brown brown bear on the other side, Ge Qiao couldn't help but let out a "hey" , thinking that he made a sudden mistake.

"I just wanted to help you get this, you two have very similar personalities." It was as if he knew this bear.

Ge Qiao watched anxiously from the side, the clip hadn't fallen off yet, his heart was dangling in mid-air with the clip, and when Zhong Mingcan heard it, he started talking nonsense, and quietly flipped behind his back A blank stare.

He even forgot that if Zhong Mingcan managed to pinch out the blue elephant, he would have to fulfill one of his wishes.He cared more about Zhong Mingcan's winning or losing than losing money in the bet.

"Give me that blue elephant first, and catch him later."

Zhong Mingcan was very obedient, before he could say "Okay", his hand started to move, and he moved the clip back to the top of Lan Xiang's head, and suddenly stopped moving. Is this addictive?

Ge Qiao's petulant temper can't be tolerated anymore, if he continues like this, he will have a heart attack.He rushed forward, squeezed in front of Zhong Mingcan, stretched out his hand and patted down the clip button, the stasis in his chest was relieved, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

Zhong Mingcan was full of smiles, and was a little surprised. He nodded slightly and lowered his eyes, staring at Ge Qiao's profile who suddenly slammed into his "arms" proactively. His bright eyes were slightly curved, shining with tenderness and complacency.

"I want to ask you, if you only need two chances to complete the task, can you add another wish?"

Ge Qiao didn't seem to hear it, and followed the blue elephant's whereabouts without blinking, watching it tremblingly clamped, and then being carried around precariously. The weight of the blue elephant seemed to be the same as that of the elephant. The pink one just now was different, the trap was almost unbearable, Ge Qiao's heart was almost in his throat after several crashes, and the blue elephant finally got out of the trap near the exit. slip down.

At this time, Ge Qiao was more devoted than Zhong Mingcan. It would be a pity if he got stuck near the exit, and he couldn't help but let out a soft breath.

At this time, Zhong Mingcan suddenly slapped the console of the claw machine with force, and the body trembled immediately, and even the clip inside shook. At the moment when Lan Xiang was about to get out of the clip, he was suddenly caught The inertia released by the clip shifted forward at a slight angle, and the poor blue elephant fell powerlessly, was blocked by the partition at the exit, then turned half a circle, and fell staggeringly into the black exit .

"I'll go, you...where did you learn how to play tricks?"

"Dream Come True Fist, the Zhong family's unique martial art, do you want to learn it?"

Oh, just kidding, he is very famous, but he was the one who bought a pair of AJs for less than ten dollars under the watchful eyes of a crowd of black, white and yellow people!

He was originally an expert at holding dolls hidden in the city!

Ge Qiao was blinded by this wave of Tianxiu's operation, and turned to look at the doll "Xiuer" Zhong Mingcan with his round eyes.He was reckless just now, and unknowingly squeezed in front of Zhong Mingcan, with the tip of his nose stuck to the transparent glass, causing the distance between the two of them to be the standard chest to back, with almost no gap.He turned his head suddenly, and his figure suddenly fell into the opponent's pupil.

Both of them were frightened by the beauty that only existed for a second.

It was Ge Qiao who was the first to react. He hurriedly turned his head and squatted down, took out the two dolls he had just caught from the machine, and held them in his arms, one on the left and the other on the right.

"One more chance, I want that brown bear, the one you just said is very similar to my personality." He said while picking out a few one-dollar coins from his wallet, tucked his elbows and lowered his head, clumsily Insert the coin into the coin slot of the machine.

"You try it yourself?" Zhong Mingcan also came back to his senses, and took out the two dolls and the coat from Ge Qiao's arms and took them in his own hands, so as not to hinder his movements.He leaned sideways on another claw machine next to him, folded his arms in front of his chest, and put his head against the glass cover of the machine. He regained his composure and tilted his head to ask Ge Qiao.

"Okay, then watch it for me, let me try it!" Ge Qiao accidentally licked the corner of his mouth, eager to try, he seemed to have found a little bit of fun in this game from the sidelines just now.

"A little bit to the left..."

"Further to the left..."

"Come forward a little..."

"No no, I mean a little bit in the direction we are..."

"Click it, it's here."

The huge clamp just grabbed the brown bear's honest big head so cruelly, and pulled out its head without a trace of suspense, and threw it vertically into the big exit hole without a trace of suspense.

"How on earth did you do this?" Ge Qiao continued to be in a daze.

"The more you play, the more you will become proficient."

"You like to play this when you're free?"

"This is the joy of life for mortals. Has Qiao Tianxian finally felt the joy of the world?"

Ge Qiao used to think that this game was neither meaningful nor fun. He was arrogant and indifferent when he denied others, but now he was slapped in the face, and Zhong Mingcan's tone was obviously teasing himself for "not eating fireworks" and not understanding life. Zizi felt so ashamed that he didn't dare to look into Zhong Mingcan's eyes anymore and just nodded vigorously quietly.

"Let's go, you owe me two wishes, I'll go to you when I think about it." She turned around and walked forward.

"What the hell? Didn't you just say that there is only one wish?"

"I asked you again later, if I only have two chances to catch this blue one, can you grant me one more wish?"

"...When did you ask?"

"Look, you didn't hear clearly. Anyway, I asked, and if you didn't refuse, then you agreed."

"Tsk," Ge Qiao couldn't find anything wrong with this logic, so he had to admit it, "Okay, just two." After he followed Zhong Mingcan for half a step, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. , Hastily asked: "Where are we going?"

"central square."

The central square is not close to the Hertz company, and it takes more than ten minutes to get there even by car.

"Huh? Why go so far away?"

"Okay, let's listen to my arrangement today, don't ask too much."

"How can I do that, I'm afraid you'll sell me out." Ge Qiao's cheap mouth just wanted to take advantage of it before giving up.

Zhong Mingcan glanced at him indifferently, and laughed softly. If he continued to hold Ge Qiao's appetite like this, he would probably turn around and leave. He couldn't hide it, so he had to ask: "I want to take you to a picnic."

"...Ah?" Ge Qiao thought he heard it wrong, even if he is indeed the kind of person who disdains to enjoy life, but he is not so repulsive, but the way of enjoying that Zhong Mingcan said is too nonsensical, scary He was directly nailed to the spot, "It's winter?"

"Ah."

Zhong Mingcan also stopped in time, turned around and nodded seriously.In fact, why didn't he want to wait for a warm weather, when everything would recover and be full of energy, he would take Ge Qiao to find a clean and comfortable green grassland, where they could chat and eat leisurely, but, there were still three or four months before the beginning of spring, and he waited again Not so long: "It's okay, just eat more hot things later."

He was very calm, walked around behind Ge Qiao, stretched out his hand to help him put on the hood on the down jacket, and patted the top of his head lightly through the fabric, with a cheerful tone: "Put on the hat, it won't be so cold."

Ge Qiao was blinded by the sudden black shadow, and was stunned for a few seconds before continuing to take another step.