Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

"It's time, Mom, we're going to see a play tonight, don't lock the door too early!"

Halfway through dinner that day, the second brother urged his second sister-in-law to eat quickly and get ready to leave, and said something to the nanny. The nanny shook her head and said, "You guys should bring your own keys. It will take at least several hours for you to come back and forth. I don't know when you will be back. How can I wait for you?"

"It won't take several hours. We have experience. It will only take an hour at most!" The second sister-in-law took a few mouthfuls of rice and said, "As soon as we saw the old man die, we left the stage and came back, because the teacher said that the scene of the old man's death was the highlight of the play. After watching it, it can be regarded as an explanation to the teacher."

Kang Qirui couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this. It would be better not to watch it. As they said, the second brother and his wife finished watching the show and returned to Kang's house before 9 o'clock in the evening. When they came back, they bought a few DVDs to watch at home, saying that they wanted to change their taste and refresh their eyes.

As a result, Teacher Wang came to the Kang family the next day. "Hello, I'm here for a home visit today." She explained her purpose as soon as she entered the door. The second brother quickly invited Teacher Wang to sit in the living room, while the second sister-in-law went to make tea to greet Teacher Wang.

"Teacher Wang, has our Tianxiu done something wrong again?" Second sister-in-law asked cautiously after making tea.

"It's okay, it's okay. I came here today mainly to communicate with the parents." Teacher Wang waved his hand and smiled. The second brother and his wife were relieved. After Teacher Wang briefly chatted with them about Xiu's situation at school, he finally showed his true colors: "By the way, did you finish watching the play last night?"

"I've finished watching it, it's very exciting!" said the second sister-in-law, nodding.

The second brother also praised: "I just learned what art is last night, it's amazing! It's much better than the movies made by our A-Zu. He shouldn't be the box office champion. Teacher Wang, if your husband's play was shown in the cinema, it would be the real box office champion."

"Yes, yes, I cried so hard when the old man died in the play that I wet two packs of tissues." The second sister-in-law also said exaggeratedly.

"Really? It seems like you guys are my husband's soulmates." Teacher Wang was very happy to hear that. She smiled and asked, "Then what do you think about the death of the male protagonist's wife?"

This question confused the second brother and his wife. They looked at each other. They left the scene without even watching that part and had no idea: "The hero's wife died too?"

Teacher Wang said with certainty: "He's dead. It was a heart attack. Didn't you know?"

"Heart attack?" The second sister-in-law's eyes moved, and she forced a story: "I know, I know, of course I know. Right, husband?"

"Yeah, yeah, some details are a bit fuzzy. Because I'm old now, and I can't remember clearly after a night." The second brother said as he saw the eldest brother coming back, so he said, "My eldest brother is the worst. He always does inappropriate things at inappropriate times. Yesterday our sewer was clogged and he asked me to come back to clear it."

As soon as the big boss walked in, he heard the second boss throwing the blame at him, and asked speechlessly: "Did I call you last night?"

"Of course you called me!" Er Lao fiercely glanced at Da Lao Guang, but Da Lao Guang seemed not to receive it. "Then tell me when did I call you?"

"It's a little after seven o'clock." said the second brother.

Teacher Wang understood everything this time. She stood up and snorted, "It's past seven o'clock and the play hasn't started yet." Then she left.

The second brother and his wife's brains were overloaded this time. They could have just said when the eldest brother called them at that time when they came back, but they had to say it was after 7 o'clock, making it impossible for them to continue making up stories.

They had completely offended Teacher Wang. They could only hope that Teacher Wang could distinguish between public and private matters. Otherwise, Tianxiu would have a hard time at school. It was unknown whether Tianxiu would have a good time. Everyone knew that he would have a hard time by looking at Ayao's dark face when he came home from get off work. Kang Qirui asked curiously, "Asan, what's wrong? Why do you look like that?"

"Don't you think it's outrageous?" A Yao got angry immediately. "Aunt Zhang from our department said she was setting up a dance troupe and insisted that I help her look at a script. I looked at it and it was not a script. I had to say I would go home and look at it carefully for her. I don't know how to tell her tomorrow."

Kang Qirui shook his head. These days, he has seen many subordinates who don't know how to face their superiors, but this is the first time he has seen a superior who doesn't know how to face his subordinates. He smiled and said, "What script is so outrageous? Bring it to me and have a look."

A Yao suddenly became excited. He excitedly took out a script from his briefcase and handed it to Kang Qirui. His respectful attitude was as if he had found a savior. "Professor, you have worked so hard this time. Please help me take a look and give me some suggestions."

Kang Qirui took it and frowned after reading two pages. When he read one-third of it, he understood why A Yao was so embarrassed. After reading it, he, a professor of Chinese, was speechless. How could he give any comments? There was no way to give any comments because it was full of problems and there was no need to revise it. Kang Qirui's suggestion was to throw it in the trash and find someone to write a new script.

Seeing the two brothers struggling, the boss said speechlessly, "I really don't know what you read so many books for. Are you reading shitty movies?" Then he looked at Kang Qirui and mocked him, "You're still a professor? How can you teach students if you can't even give suggestions? Giving suggestions is easy."

He took the script from Kang Qirui and continued, "Let me tell you, first check if there are any typos, then check if the sentences are fluent, and finally check if there are any punctuation marks used incorrectly."

Kang Qirui thought that the boss was going to say some great truths, but this is all he got? He snorted and said, "Boss, this is a script. The first thing you should look at for a script is its central idea and structure. Why are you looking at typos and punctuation marks? Do you think you're checking elementary school students' homework?"

Ah Yao also said: "That's right. The script must first make it clear how this scene is related to that scene, and secondly, how to arrange the props and background on the stage, as well as how to arrange the lighting. That's what matters."

Big Boss Guang wasn't completely clueless. Seeing A Yao talking so eloquently, he said, "Now that you know everything, go and give your colleague some advice. You're so capable, you'll definitely be able to come up with some good suggestions!"

A Yao looked constipated when he heard that. Hahahaha Kang Qirui couldn't hold back his laughter. A Yao complained speechlessly, "To be honest, those women are really unnecessary. Why would they write scripts when they have nothing to do? Wouldn't it be better to just scratch their itch? They also said they were going to perform abroad. They would giggle if someone in Guangzhou watched them."

"Then just ignore her." Kang Qirui said.

But A Yao was unwilling again, "That's what she said, but Aunt Zhang handed the script to me and said, Director Kang, please take a look at it and give me some suggestions. Hey, I'm a deputy director, and she said so, how can I ignore her?"

"How can it be so difficult?" The boss just saw a problem, but he just didn't have a chance to say it. "Look at this, the red character in 'Dongfanghong' shouldn't be the red character, it should be the heroic character."

A Yao and Kang Qirui looked at Lao Guang in shock, "Big Brother, have you watched too much of "The Mystical Swords of Legends"? Dongfang Xiong? I'm Zhuo Bufan." A Yao picked up the script and walked into the room, "Forget it, I'll tell Aunt Zhang tomorrow that I have no objection, the script is perfect!"

The next day, when he returned to the office and told Aunt Zhang about this, Aunt Zhang did not think he was perfunctory. Instead, she said happily, "You really don't have any objections? Since you say you have no objections, I feel even better. Then, I'll give you a few tickets. You must come and see it when the time comes."

“Tickets?” A Yao was stunned. Wasn’t this script just written?

"Yes, we are performing this weekend in the small auditorium in our community. We wrote the script ourselves and there will be no problem rehearsing for a few days. Then you can invite your parents, brothers and sisters to come and watch it." Aunt Zhang took out a stack of tickets and handed them to A Yao.

After A Yao accepted it, Aunt Zhang gave tickets to other people in the department, but no one took them. They all said they had something to do that day and couldn't go. A Yao got angry when he heard this. He said angrily, "They are old people. They are old. It's rare for them to have a good time. They should just go and show their support as colleagues." (End of this chapter)