Beijing, after all, has nothing to do with me

Chapter 13 Emergency (2)
"Okay, don't talk about this anymore, the more you talk, the more nervous you become, how about something more relaxed?" Mai Zhiqiang said with a smile.

"Okay!" Tao Jie also laughed.

"Tomorrow's class has a set of questions, and I'll test you first."

Tao Jie listened with interest.

"If there is a fairy standing in front of you now, and he can help you realize three wishes, then what wish do you wish to realize first?"

Tao Jie stared at Mai Zhiqiang, who was holding a coffee cup and asking serious questions. He couldn't connect him with the word "immortal", so he lowered his head and giggled.

"Don't laugh, answer carefully." Mai Zhiqiang looked at her with a grin.

"Hmm..." Tao Jie could only hold back a smile, looked up at the bright and quiet starry sky, and thought carefully, "The first wish...then...I hope to have a house of my own!"

"Close your eyes and imagine how big it is? How many rooms are there?" Mai Zhiqiang's low, magnetic voice carried mysterious magic like a hypnotist in the night, "What do you want in the house? ?”

Tao Jie closed her eyes, and tried her best to describe the unfounded house, "I hope it will be at least 150 square meters, but it seems impossible?" She opened her eyes a little discouraged.

"Don't be constrained by the real conditions, just express your own wishes now, don't worry too much." Mai Zhiqiang instructed her.

"Okay then." Tao Jie closed her eyes again, "If it has more than 100 square meters, three rooms are definitely no problem, two are used as bedrooms and one is used as a study. If it is a duplex , naturally there are more rooms. I really like the room on the top floor with a sloping roof. It looks very warm after installing beautiful curtains! Oh, by the way, there are also two terraces, one of which can be planted with flowers and plants , and the other must be large enough..."

Tao Jie was completely immersed in her own imagination. Unknowingly, her description became more and more clear and realistic. When she woke up, she realized that the blueprint she had drawn was only based on her home in M ​​City. It's just reprocessing.

"If I had such a beautiful house in Beijing," she said finally, "then I would die without regret."

After she finished speaking, she slowly opened her eyes, and Mai Zhiqiang was staring at her with a smile.

"I'm done thinking about it," Tao Jie shrugged, "What is your purpose for asking this?"

"Do you feel satisfied?"

"No, on the contrary," Tao Jie smiled wryly, "I feel even more depressed, because I'm afraid I can't afford such a house here."

Mai Zhiqiang smiled and turned the coffee cup in his palm, and said slowly: "It's just a matter of time. As long as you work hard and save money, you will be able to afford it one day. When I came to Beijing ten years ago, I didn't even think about it." One day I will have my own house here." He cast a thoughtful glance at Tao Jie's young face, "At any time, it's easier to worry about money than about other things."

Tao Jie was puzzled, "I don't understand, what can trouble people more than being poor."

"Hehe, you are still too young." Mai Zhiqiang laughed, "There are many things that are much more troublesome and complicated than money."

His deep eyes projected into the darkness in the distance, Tao Jie stared at his eyes in bewilderment, for a moment, she found that his eyes seemed to be the reflection of that dark light, bottomless.

"You..." She asked cautiously, summoning up her courage, "Are you troubled by something?" Before that, when she seldom mentioned his personal affairs, she always had an inexplicable worry—her As long as the tentacles touch his privacy, it will be bounced back strongly.

However, she obviously worried too much. Hearing this, Mai Zhiqiang smiled kindly at her, "Yes, a lot." He pondered for a while, "For example, what is the meaning of living? Do you want to continue working in BR like this for the rest of your life?" His tone showed obvious and strong burnout.

Tao Jie stared at him in surprise, it was hard for her to imagine that a "successful person" like Mai Zhiqiang would not enjoy his current achievements and status at all.

"You, don't you think it's not good to be like this now?" Tao Jie asked eagerly, "You don't know how many people in the company admire you."

Mai Zhiqiang snorted and didn't answer her, just raised his head and drank the coffee in the cup, and then said: "If someone really regards me as an idol, it's only because of my achievements in the sales department in the past few years. He took a deep breath, "However, people cannot be in a state of excitement forever, just like a string, it will relax after being stretched for a long time."

Perhaps because he realized that he had talked too much, and Tao Jie's wide-open eyes showed incomprehensible confusion, he turned around and said: "What is the purpose of this question you asked me just now, its purpose is actually— —It is used to remind yourself not to get lost in the process of traveling, not to be misled by the temptations around you, and not to forget the most primitive and instinctive desire in your heart, that is, what is your original intention in doing something.”

Tao Jie was stunned when she heard that, she suddenly thought, no, she didn't come to Beijing to buy a house, but to reunite with Li Yaoming and live a good life, but what are the two of them doing now?I am too busy to speak a few words every day, always thinking about what to do to make the money in the account a little more, and a little more.

Will they lose themselves in such a hasty process?

Just when he was restless, Mai Zhiqiang's voice rang in his ears again, "It's getting late, let's go. Even at night, it's hot enough outside."

With such a reminder, Tao Jie also felt that the thin clothes on her body seemed to be sticky with fine sweat, and it was a little uncomfortable to stick to her skin. She looked down at the cup in her hand, and it was already empty.

Mai Zhiqiang still needs to prepare half of the course content, so he did not keep Tao Jie as his companion, and insisted on letting her go back to his room to sleep.

"Even if you can't sleep, it's good to lie in bed and rest up."

Tao Jie couldn't resist him, and secretly thought that it was not right for a man, a widow, and a cat to be in the same room, so he followed his arrangement and went back to his room.

Lying back on the bed again, she no longer forced herself to fall asleep, and went through the details of what she would do tomorrow day in her mind. Gradually, sleepiness hit her, and she fell asleep unconsciously...

This time she fell into a deep sleep, but fortunately the alarm clock rang long enough to drag Tao Jie out of her sleep.When she struggled to open her eyes, she felt as if her body had been tortured, her eyelids were heavy, and the back of her head was painful.But thinking that it was an extremely difficult day, she still didn't dare to procrastinate, and got up from the bed in one go.

She dressed and washed with her eyes closed, until the cool water splashed on her face, and she was completely freed from the muddled state.

After going out, she didn't go to the restaurant first, but ran to the door of Mai Zhiqiang's room upstairs, knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered, and saw that there was no "Do Not Disturb" written on the doorknob, guessing it might be It was time to have breakfast, so she turned around and ran to the restaurant again.

Sure enough, I saw Mai Zhiqiang in the restaurant where there were a lot of wine and wine. He was waiting for the fried eggs. He looked good and didn't show any signs of staying up late. He greeted Tao Jie happily, "How did you sleep?"

Tao Jie smiled sweetly, "Very good." She didn't tell him that she went to see him just now, lest he be overwhelmed, and it seemed that he was much more professional than herself.

There were a lot of people in the restaurant, and half of them were BR students. When Tao Jie and Mai Zhiqiang sat facing each other for breakfast, people kept coming to say hello to them.

Mai Zhiqiang's breakfast is very simple, except for two slices of bread, an fried egg, and a cup of coffee, there is nothing else. On the contrary, Tao Jie's plate is full, and he also ordered a bowl of white rice porridge And a bowl of bean curd, the breakfast in this hotel is not only rich, but also delicious.

"You eat so little, be careful that you will be hungry soon." Tao Jie reminded Mai Zhiqiang worriedly, "I have to teach for a day!"

Mai Zhiqiang said: "It is because of the lectures that I have to eat less, otherwise it would be too damaging to hiccup in front of so many people. Besides, eating too much can make you sleepy and mentally unhealthy."

Tao Jie pursed her lips and smiled, "So there are so many reasons, so what should you do if you are really hungry?"

"Hold on." Mai Zhiqiang poured the last sip of coffee into his stomach, picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, and said to Tao Jie, "Eat slowly, I won't wait for you, go to the classroom first."

When Tao Jie heard this, her expression became serious again, and she nodded solemnly, "Okay, I'll go over as soon as I finish eating."

Mai Zhiqiang smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have already been to the classroom just now, there is nothing to prepare in the morning, you should eat well and be full."

Tao Jie looked at his back as he walked out, and really didn't know what to say, how many things he did during the three hours he slept!
In addition to being grateful to him, she was also grateful to him, it was almost like flooding Jinshan!
Tao Jie realized that her worries were unnecessary when she sat in the classroom seriously. Mai Zhiqiang is a person who can control the situation very well. Also, he has been the director for three or four years, and he has never seen anything.

Mai Zhiqiang first explained the reasons for Betty's sudden absence and his temporary role as a lecturer in very official language. Although everyone already knew about it yesterday, they obviously still have some ideas about today's arrangement. There are several places below. The voice of whispering, Tao Jie looked over nervously, faintly sweating for Mai Zhiqiang, after all, Betty has been teaching the contents of the courses to be described next for several years, and it can be said that he has rich experience, so Mai Zhiqiang took over After a few hours, it is still unknown what can be done and whether the students will be satisfied. This day is definitely not something that can be prevaricated by a few words or a few fashionable jokes.

Tao Jie has also heard some of Betty's classes. In the class, Betty gave the impression of a very emotional and passionate professional woman. She is good at instigating people's emotions. Some people even listened to her class Tears fell, and Tao Jie privately positioned her as an expert in "bitter drama".

When it came to Mai Zhiqiang, he was completely turned upside down. During his lectures, the atmosphere was relaxed and his witty remarks made everyone burst into laughter.

Tao Jie was a little dumbfounded in private. The same truth and content, one can make people cry, but the other can continue to win applause and laughter, how unbelievable!

All of this is of course due to the different examples cited by the two lecturers. The examples Betty found were mostly about the hardships in her life, which are quite inspirational; Explain how to deal with intractable diseases skillfully.

As Tao Jie listened, her thoughts drifted away again. Does such a completely different lecture effect have a direct relationship with each person's personality?Is it possible to look at the world from a different perspective, so that tragedy can also become comedy?

Perhaps there is no so-called "sorrow and joy" in the world, and it all depends on personal concepts.

During recess, Mai Zhiqiang walked up to Tao Jie and asked with a smile, "Are you still worried?"

"No, no." Tao Jie said sincerely, "You speak really well."

A morning passed in a tense and orderly process. Mai Zhiqiang was very devoted to the lecture, but the cake Tao Jie sneaked out to buy for him was useless.

"Once your nerves are aroused, you won't feel hungry." He explained to Tao Jie with a smile, and at the same time warned her: "Keep it for me, I may be hungry in the afternoon, so don't steal it."

Tao Jie felt that he was getting more and more funny.

In the afternoon is the consultant's class, so Mai Zhiqiang can take a short break and prepare for tomorrow morning's class.During lunch, Tao Jie and Mai Zhiqiang naturally stayed together. After the accident of the previous day, she felt that she and him had become comrades-in-arms fighting side by side, and Mai Zhiqiang seemed to be quite happy to get along with her.

"You have to sleep in the afternoon?" Tao Jie asked, looking at Mai Zhiqiang's red eyes.

"Yeah." He didn't deny that, after he relaxed, he did feel very tired.

He looked at Tao Jie who was eating deliciously and had a happy expression on his face, smiled and said, "You and last night are almost like two people."

"Ah? Really?" Tao Jie stopped the chopsticks in surprise, touched her face, and asked a little nervously, "Do you have dark circles?"

Mai Zhiqiang said cheerfully, "I'm not talking about that. You were too nervous last night, and you looked like you were in a daze, but now you're showing off your spirits again."

Tao Jie shrugged and smiled, "That's how I am, if I give it some sunshine, it will shine!"

After half a meal, Mai Zhiqiang's phone calls kept coming in. He had to put down his chopsticks to answer the phone frequently. There were calls from the boss, subordinates, customers, etc. Tao Jie listened to him patiently. He explained to everyone on the phone why he was staying in Suzhou, but he always had a calm and indifferent expression on his face, without the slightest bit of irritability, and he admired him even more.

When he picked up his chopsticks again, he smiled helplessly at Tao Jie: "So many calls come in after turning off the phone for a while in the morning, don't these people need to eat?"

Tao Jie couldn't help but apologize and thank.

"You've said it many times." Mai Zhiqiang frowned.

"I'm short of words!" Tao Jie giggled.

Mai Zhiqiang glanced at her, "Actually, people with this type of work are the same wherever they work. They just make phone calls and send emails. Sometimes they are so busy that they don't know what they are doing."

Tao Jie listened to his self-deprecating tone, and suddenly remembered the fatigue he inadvertently showed when the two of them had coffee last night, but the man in front of him was not the same as last night, at least, his eyes were not the same now. So deep and confused, these are definitely a pair of elite eyes, no matter what happens, they can't knock him down.

Tao Jie thought to herself, maybe his momentary expression last night was just out of his own imagination, people usually have all kinds of weird thoughts at night.

Thinking about it this way, she felt much more comfortable in her heart.

"If you say that, then a little guy like me doesn't know what value there is in existence." She retorted him jokingly.

Mai Zhiqiang shook his head, "No, you are a real worker, and your existence value is very obvious. As for me, what I do every day is nothing more than sending emails, holding meetings, making phone calls, meeting guests, and that's all. Even if these things are not done, the company will still operate, but if it is done, it may become a factor that disrupts normality in which links, who knows!"

Now Tao Jie completely thought that he was teasing herself, and approached him cheekily, "It sounds boring, oh, if you don't mind, can I change it with you?"

Mai Zhiqiang was stunned for two seconds, then burst into a burst of cheerful laughter, Tao Jie also laughed along with him, she seemed to have never heard him laugh so happily, was it because of herself?She was secretly a little happy, but also a little proud.

Continuing to eat, Tao Jie suddenly raised his head and said: "Actually, the phenomenon you just mentioned is quite a bit like Lao Tzu's 'ruling by doing nothing'. As a member of an organization, even if you don't do anything, organize yourself It will continue to run. On the contrary, when you want to do something, it may cause a lot of trouble."

Mai Zhiqiang was very surprised. He thought she was just a naughty little girl just now, but he didn't expect to sum things up in a coherent way. "Have you ever read 'Lao Tzu'?"

"My major in university is Chinese, and I have read some classical books, so I can only say 'understand'," Tao Jie smiled shyly, "But I have almost forgotten it by now, leaving only a vague impression."

"So, do you advocate 'governance by doing nothing'?" Mai Zhiqiang asked her with a smile, with some new colors in his eyes.

Tao Jie blinked her eyes, "Well, I haven't thought about it carefully, but I think that everything can't be forced, and we can only let nature take its course. Sometimes I think too much, but I just look for trouble."

"That's right." Mai Zhiqiang smiled and gave her a thumbs up.

This familiar movement evoked a memory in Tao Jie's subconscious mind. She suddenly remembered that she had seen a picture of him doing this movement in a certain issue of the company's journal. At that time, he should be the leader of the sales department. The wording seems to mention that several outstanding sales representatives who drove BR sales that year were all his subordinates.

In the photo, Mai Zhiqiang had a bright smile on his face when he made this gesture, and his face was full of satisfaction and pride, which left a deep impression on her.

She never thought that she would get this honor today.It's just that his smile now should have nothing to do with performance, it's light and melodious.

Is that kind of smile really coming from his heart?Tao Jie was lost in thought for a moment.

In the afternoon class, Tao Jie deeply regretted that she didn't take Mai Zhiqiang's remarks to heart. She was too full and drowsy, and couldn't cheer up.

Fortunately, the consultant didn't have high requirements for her. After all, she was charged, and the other party consciously prepared many things. Tao Jie sat in the venue, purely as an emergency role to prevent problems.

The lecturer's cadence of speech gave her a sense of security. Although she tried her best to remind herself and even secretly pinched her own flesh, she still failed to save the tragic fate. She actually fell asleep in the advanced training class under the watchful eyes of everyone... …

It wasn't until someone called her name to wake her up and asked her to help check a flight back to Hubei the day after tomorrow that she regained her senses, and then became extremely embarrassed.

That student was quite understanding, "Teacher Yuan has really worked hard these past few days." The nickname is used to it, and no one can change it.

Fortunately, except for this oolong, Tao Jie did not make any other fools in the past two days. In view of the fact that her nerves were obviously relaxed that night, after sleeping with a quality and quantity of sleep, her spirit was much better the next day. All went well.

After seeing that there was no obvious gap in the course evaluation scores submitted, Tao Jie's heart was completely put back in place.

(End of this chapter)