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Chapter 206 Come on! Newbies!
Beijing, CCTV, director's office.

"Yicheng, I took a huge risk by promoting you to deputy director of the editorial department!
Although you have the highest academic qualifications at CCTV and your abilities are outstanding, you are still too young and inexperienced!"

"Master, thank you! I will definitely not let you down!"

"Yes! I have great confidence in you too!

"When you get to the editorial department, try to be low-key and high-profile. Don't be as impulsive as you were in the program department!" The station director, who was about to retire, had to give Qiao Yicheng an advice.

"What you need now is no longer achievements, but years of accumulation and experience!"

"Master, don't worry! I understand what you mean!"

"Also, you are now a senior leader of CCTV!
It's not appropriate to ride that motorcycle of yours anymore!"

"Harley!"

"Yes! That's the name. Foreign things are always difficult to remember!" The director really dislikes Harley motorcycles.

"I know! I'll buy a new car tomorrow!"

"You little bastard, I know you're rich! But why are you showing off?
I just told you to be more discreet! You can’t remember it again! "

"Huh? Then I take the bus to get off work?"

"That's not necessary! The company will provide you with a car!

Just drive the company car to and from work!"

"And there's a car? That's great!"

Qiao Yicheng was really surprised. The coolest sports car nowadays could not compare to the company's car, which was a symbol of status.

"One percent, I'll be retiring in the second half of the year!

From now on, it will depend on your own efforts!"

"Director, don't worry! I will definitely stick with CCTV!"

"Well! Go out and mind your own business!"

"Master, goodbye!"

Looking at Qiao Yicheng's leaving back, the director became more and more satisfied. Originally, around 1983, he was going to retire to the second line.

But it was precisely because of Qiao Yicheng's outstanding abilities that the director managed to stay in this position for another three years. How could the director not be happy and respect him?

Qiao Yicheng's success in his career still cannot cover up his failure in love. The fact that he has never had a girlfriend has gradually caused his colleagues to secretly talk about him, and they all speculate that Qiao Yicheng must like men.

Of course, Qiao Yicheng also heard this secret rumor, but he was helpless. After all, he couldn't explain this to others, and he couldn't just find a woman to prove himself, so he could only passively let it go.

In the 1980s, people did not talk about love casually like in later generations. They really had to take responsibility for themselves. Being responsible was what Qiao Yicheng was most worried about, so he simply stopped disturbing other people's lives.

"Xiao Li, have you heard? Our Section Chief Qiao has been promoted again!"

"Yeah! He seems to be the deputy director of the editorial department!

A 24-year-old deputy director, the only one in the country!"

"Do you think our Director Qiao really likes men?

Such a young and promising young man actually doesn’t have a girlfriend!
What a waste of Director Qiao's excellent genes!"

“Who could know that?

After all, he is only twenty-four years old this year!
Maybe you haven't met the right one yet?"

In the second half of 1986, the director really retired completely, and when he arranged for Qiao Yi to become the deputy director of the editorial department, the director really put a lot of thought into it.

Although Qiao Yicheng is also the director, the word "deputy" in front of his title will not attract too much attention. In addition, Qiao Yicheng has been low-key in recent days, so the impact of the change of leadership will be the least on Qiao Yicheng.

As society gradually opens up, CCTV has slowly become the most popular unit, with a large number of graduates coming here for internships and further studies every year.

"Wang Lei, have you prepared the data I asked you to collect last time?"

"Director Qiao, it's already prepared! I was just about to send it to you!"

"Well! Give it to me first!"

"Director Qiao, please wait a moment!" Colleague Wang Lei quickly ran over to get the information.

At this moment, Qiao Yicheng noticed many unfamiliar faces standing nearby. He knew without asking that they were new interns. Taking the information Wang Lei handed over, Qiao Yicheng smiled and asked, "Do we have new people in our department?"

"Yes! Director Qiao! These are the new interns!

Why don't you give a speech to these newcomers!"

"If you worked this hard, you would have been promoted long ago!"

"Hehe! I'm just being clever, but I can't compare to you, Director Qiao!"

"Alright! Go get busy!"

Qiao Yicheng shook his head speechlessly and went straight back to his office. As his status improved, he received more and more compliments from people around him, but Qiao Yicheng did not lose himself.

The achievements in public institutions are not comparable to those in the business world. You will see more shady tactics here, and you must learn to fight for and compromise. Doing things is more about relying on your own means.

Qiao Yicheng is now a deputy director, so it is impossible for him to pay too much attention to the intern. At most, he would just ask casually.

"Team Leader Wang, who is this leader?" the interns couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"This is Qiao Yicheng, CCTV's only PhD candidate and the youngest deputy director of the Editorial Department!"

"Wow, so he is the famous Qiao Yicheng!

It turns out he really is that young!"

"Yes! The Harry Potter written by Director Qiao has been with me throughout my youth, and he has always been my idol!

I never thought I’d be able to work with my idol!”

Hearing the interns' surprise and sighs, Wang Lei laughed out loud, "Alright! You newcomers, stop sighing here!"
Director Qiao is the goal that all of us at CCTV strive for.

Come on! Newbies! "

In the corner of this group of new interns, there were three newcomers, one man and two women. When they heard Wang Lei's introduction, they also showed surprised expressions.

"Song Qingyuan, so he is the legendary Qiao Yicheng from Nanjing University?"

"Hmm! Director Qiao is really young!
Liu Xiaomeng, you're not attracted to the young and promising Director Qiao, are you?

"Song Qingyuan, go to hell!

Do you think I am a fickle woman?"

"Hey, that's hard to say!"

"you"

"Alright! Song Qingyuan, Liu Xiaomeng, stop bickering!

If Team Leader Wang finds out, it will be so embarrassing for everyone!" Another girl, who had been silent the whole time, quickly stopped Song Qingyuan and Liu Xiaomeng from bickering.

After hearing the girl's words of dissuasion, Song Qingyuan and Liu Xiaomeng stopped talking. If Qiao Yicheng saw this strange combination of three people, he would definitely be shocked and his eyes would widen.

Because the three of them are Song Qingyuan, Liu Xiaomeng and Ye Xiaolang, whom Qiao Yicheng has been avoiding. There is no doubt that this is definitely another deliberate arrangement by the system.

Qiao Yicheng put down the documents in his hand and suddenly felt thirsty, but his cup was out of water, so he got up and went to the tea room to pour some water.

As soon as I walked into the tea room, I saw a familiar female colleague waiting there. Upon seeing Qiao Yicheng coming in, she quickly said politely, "Director Qiao, you're pouring the water yourself? You go first!"

"Huh? It's okay! I'm not in a hurry! You should go first!"

"Thank you, Director Qiao! You're so kind!"

Seeing that he was given a "good guy card" like this, Qiao Yicheng looked at this female colleague in surprise. However, he didn't know until he saw it. He was shocked to find that the person in front of him was Ye Xiaolang, who was impossible to appear in CCTV.

Seeing Qiao Yicheng staring at him with eyes wide open, Ye Xiaolang thought that Qiao Yicheng was surprised to see that he was pretty.

"Director Qiao, I'm the new trainee reporter Ye Xiaolang!

I used to be an intern at Nanjing Daily!"

"Oh? Hello, Ye Xiaolang! Welcome to CCTV!"

After hearing Ye Xiaolang's self-introduction, Qiao Yicheng couldn't stand the system's weird operation any more. The system was really terrible. It was arranging troubles around him!
After casually dealing with the dizzy Ye Xiaolang, Qiao Yicheng quickly poured some hot water and fled this strange tea room. Thinking that this was all a deliberate arrangement by the system, Qiao Yicheng felt helpless. He had finally gotten rid of Wen Ju'an, but now this had brought him even greater trouble.

Ye Xiaolang is indeed very beautiful, but she is too scheming and is not something Qiao Yicheng can control. Faced with such a stunning beauty, Qiao Yicheng has no confidence that he can refuse her, so he has been trying to avoid Nanjing, mostly because of Ye Xiaolang.

Qiao Yicheng had a very strange feeling towards Ye Xiaolang. Unlike the indifferent feeling he had towards Wen Ju'an, he felt that Ye Xiaolang was his nemesis and could find his weak spot. This might be because she was the most scheming among his three women.

In the following days, Qiao Yicheng met his good friend Song Qingyuan and Song Qingyuan's ambiguous "female companion" Liu Xiaomeng, which gave Qiao Yicheng a new understanding of the system's integrity.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Qiao Yicheng tried his best to avoid Ye Xiaolang and the other two. Even though he was looking forward to his "good friend" Song Qingyuan, Qiao Yicheng had to stay away from them.

Sometimes things are just very strange. The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. Coupled with the system that keeps cheating without any moral integrity, it is difficult for Qiao Yicheng to continue to be free and easy.

After get off work, Qiao Yicheng drove his own car on the way home, and on the way he had to pick up Qiao Qiqi from school.

Thinking of his eleven-year-old brother Qiao Qiqi, Qiao Yicheng couldn't help but smile. Qiao Qiqi had been raised by him since childhood, and they got along best with each other.

Qiao Qiqi, who is already a little adult, has started to worry about the marriage of her eldest brother. If she finds a beautiful single female teacher in school, Qiao Qiqi will turn into a "matchmaker" to matchmake for Qiao Yicheng, causing many hilarious jokes.

As Qiao Yicheng was driving around a corner, he spotted a bus stop in front of him, where a familiar figure was waiting.

Qiao Yicheng sighed helplessly. She was indeed the most scheming woman. It seemed that she had inquired about his affairs a lot during this period of time, and she knew that she was waiting for him on the road he had to take.

Qiao Yicheng realized that simply hiding would not solve the problem, so he parked the car next to Ye Xiaolang and pretended to meet him by chance.

Watching Qiao Yicheng's car slowly stop, Ye Xiaolang suppressed his inner ecstasy and said in feigned surprise, "Director Qiao, what a coincidence!

I can meet you here!"

"Haha, yes! What a coincidence!
Where are you going? Get in the car, I'll take you there! "

"Thank you, Director Qiao!" Ye Xiaolang quickly opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat, as if Qiao Yicheng would regret it if he was a step slower.

Looking at the beautiful figure sitting in the passenger seat and breathing in the faint scent of perfume on Ye Xiaolang, Qiao Yicheng was really a little confused and infatuated.

Qiao Yicheng glanced at Ye Xiaolang's light makeup and couldn't help but admire Ye Xiaolang's scheming and means. He even found out that the girl he liked wore light makeup.

"Where?"

"Eh? Big fence!"

"Going shopping? Your bestie isn't coming with you?"

“Yeah! I want to go buy some clothes!

Liu Xiaomeng and Song Qingyuan are out on a date, and I'm too lazy to be their "light bulb"!

"Oh? Song Qingyuan and Liu Xiaomeng are boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Huh? Really? I'm not sure about the details!" The scheming girl would think too much when she heard any question. Ye Xiaolang thought that Qiao Yicheng was interested in Liu Xiaomeng.

Next, Qiao Yicheng went directly to the elementary school to pick up Qiao Qiqi. Seeing that Ye Xiaolang did not show any surprise, he guessed that she must have known her family information in advance.

"Brother, are you finally willing to have a girlfriend?"

"Don't talk nonsense! She is my new colleague, her name is Ye Xiaolang!"

"Oh, a new colleague," Qiao Qiqi teased in a deliberately funny way.

Qiao Yicheng ignored Qiao Qiqi's antics and just focused on driving. Ye Xiaolang didn't say anything either, but lowered his head and deliberately made a shy expression.

"Sister Xiaolang, you are so beautiful! Much prettier than our female teachers!"

"Qiqi, thank you for the compliment!"

"Sister Xiaolang, I'm going to tell you a secret.

This is the first time my brother has let a girl sit in the passenger seat!" Qiao Qiqi deliberately stood up and whispered mysteriously into Ye Xiaolang's ear.

After hearing Qiao Qiqi's explanation, Ye Xiaolang felt even happier, as if she had really become Qiao Yicheng's girlfriend.

Qiao Yicheng did not take Ye Xiaolang to Dazhalan, but came to a more upscale department store. When the car slowly stopped, Ye Xiaolang realized that this was a department store.

"Director Qiao, are you coming to the department store to do some business?"

"Aren't you going to buy clothes? The clothes in the department store are of better quality!"

"Huh? But the clothes here are more expensive, right?"

"It's okay! Just buy it! I'll consider it a gift from you!"

"Ah?" Ye Xiaolang was really surprised.

After getting Qiao Yicheng's promise, Ye Xiaolang happily went shopping in the department store. Perhaps to show off in front of Qiao Yicheng, he only bought two sets of professional suits, which showed that he was very satisfied.

Qiao Yicheng saw through almost all of Ye Xiaolang's tricks, but he was not prepared to expose them. After all, seeing through things without saying them out loud is what makes good friends.

"Director Qiao, thank you for buying clothes for me today!
Can I treat you and Qiqi to dinner?
How about we go eat Beijing Roast Duck?

“Haha, forget it!

Your salary is not high!
I'll treat you!"

"This"

Without giving Ye Xiaolang any chance to act, Qiao Yicheng drove her and Qiao Qiqi directly to the nearby "Fengze Garden".

Qiao Yicheng knew that Ye Xiaolang appeared weak on the surface, but was actually very domineering and selfish in her heart. He would not be led by her. Whether going to the department store or coming to "Fengze Garden" now, it was all a way for Qiao Yicheng to tame her.

After entering the private room of "Fengze Garden", Qiao Yicheng ordered a few signature dishes. After the waiter left, Qiao Yicheng looked at Ye Xiaolang with a smile.

"Ye Xiaolang, when you come to Beijing, you can't just know about the "Beijing Roast Duck". The Shandong cuisine of "Fengze Garden" is even more famous!"

"Oh! So that's how it is! Thank you, Director Qiao, for broadening my horizons!"

Qiao Yicheng had a delicious dinner in "Fengze Garden", then he first sent Qiao Qiqi back to the courtyard, and finally drove Ye Xiaolang back to the dormitory.

"Director Qiao, I've made you spend a lot of money today!"

"Haha! You're welcome! I heard you've been applying to study abroad?"

"Ah? Yes, yes!" Ye Xiaolang's expression changed because this was the biggest secret in her heart.

“Studying abroad is a good thing!

There's no need to hide anything!
But do you know what you need to prepare before studying abroad?

"Learn English and take the TOEFL?"

“It’s not just about the TOEFL, but more importantly, money!
Ye Xiaolang, are you really rich?

"Ah?" Ye Xiaolang shook his head in surprise.

Just at this moment, the car arrived downstairs of CCTV staff dormitory. Qiao Yicheng parked the car and looked at Ye Xiaolang in the passenger seat.

"Ye Xiaolang, I have a game here, would you like to play it?"

"Huh? What?"

“I can meet your needs and give you $10,000 a year!
I just need you to satisfy my requirements!"

"Ah?" Ye Xiaolang's face turned pale. She could tell that Qiao Yicheng just wanted to make a deal with her.

“This is a game, or you can think of it as a transaction!
I gave you the tuition you needed to study abroad, and you gave me the companionship I wanted!"

Qiao Yicheng's voice was like a heavy hammer, hitting her heart hard. This result was something she had never expected.

Looking at the stunned Ye Xiaolang, Qiao Yicheng whispered in Ye Xiaolang's ear, "I'll give you three days to think about it!

If you’ve thought it over, just wait for me at the same bus stop as today!”

Ye Xiaolang got out of the car in a daze. Only when she watched Qiao Yicheng drive away did she come to her senses.

She had no good intentions in approaching Qiao Yicheng, but she was the "hunter" and Qiao Yicheng was the "prey". But now, suddenly, she herself became Qiao Yicheng's "prey", which made Ye Xiaolang difficult to accept for a while.

Ye Xiaolang knew that $10,000 a year could solve all the problems she faced, and she would almost never have to worry about money after studying abroad.

Although she only needs to accompany Qiao Yicheng for three years to receive a reward of 30,000 US dollars, Ye Xiaolang, who has always been very scheming, finds it difficult to accept this deal.

She prefers to control everything and achieve her goals by taking advantage of other people's weaknesses. In the end, the other party will be grateful to her from the bottom of their hearts.

Now Qiao Yicheng's unconventional behavior has completely disrupted Ye Xiaolang's plan, so he is in a state of confusion.

(End of this chapter)