Moonshine & Valentine: His Excellency’s First Love (Love Knot) - Chapter 2

Guan Pipi felt that Director Zhang’s attitude was understandable. Yesterday when he got off work, he repeatedly told Pippi to be there on time, but he knew it. Pippi felt very wrong, and quickly took out the recorder and notepad from his bag, nodded apologizing to the director, and flew into the meeting room.

Everyone is smoking.

The huge air conditioner is heating, and the heating and the smoke are mixed together, and Pippi seems to be sitting in the chimney.

The meeting has just started. The president talked about the key reports of this month. Various departments reported on key topics and new columns, and the advertising department reported on revenue and expenditure.

“Last week, a student of C University killed his mother due to a family conflict. We plan to send a reporter to investigate the psychological pressure of college students. In addition, in order to participate in the selection of the “Top Ten Good News in Culture” by the Ministry of Culture at the end of the year We have drafted five topics and interviews to promote traditional culture, and they are under discussion.” Xie Huang, director of the Department of Political Affairs and Culture, looked at his notebook and said blankly.

After pondering for a moment, the president said: “The investigation of psychological stress will be delayed for a while, and then look at the conclusions of the judiciary. If it is a mental illness, it is an accidental event, everything is forbidden. Or you should do an investigation of psychological stress, don’t mention it. The choice of cultural good news should be determined quickly, and I will try to report it this weekend.”

“Ok.”

The president turned his attention to the Ministry of Industry and Communications.

Director Fang Nanhui said immediately: “The V3 railway is about to be completed. The reporters who follow up the report are all in the mountains, and it is hard. Can the agency consider giving a special subsidy? Also, Xiaowei is pregnant for three months and has a lot of vomiting. Very bad, the mountain conditions are too bad, in my opinion, it is better to transfer her back to the Ministry of Political Affairs and Culture.”

The president nodded: “The subsidy is okay, but the share has to be discussed with the vice presidents. Xiaowei’s business will be handled immediately, and you can notify her to return to the city today.”

“She had a pregnancy test today and has already come back.”

“Then inform her that she doesn’t have to go back to the construction site.”

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Regular meetings are particularly long. Every mouth was talking non-stop, while spitting smoke endlessly.

Pippi was recording and taking shorthand, waiting dizzyly for the meeting to end.

After two and a half hours, the president finally said: “I’m here for today. Xiaoguan, you go get the meeting minutes, and send it to each department as a brief.”

Guan Pipi promised, with a sudden disgust in his chest, he covered his mouth and went straight to the toilet in full view.

There was a hepatitis A epidemic in City C last month, and it is said that it started from an early stall. People in City C have the habit of having breakfast outside. Although they are disposable dishes, hepatitis A is still popular. Guan Pippi suspected that he had eaten the meat buns bought from outside in the morning, which was not clean. I also suspect that there is a problem with the cup of soy milk. In short, she did not stop vomiting. She vomited until she saw gold stars and her face turned green, then she covered her belly, leaned on the wall, and went back to the editor-in-chief’s office step by step.

Unexpectedly, at the door of the office, she ran into her immediate boss, Du Wenguang, the director of the editor-in-chief.

“What? Are you uncomfortable?” The editor-in-chief is in charge of reporters. The reporters were all rebellious, and only those who were more unruly than them could stand it. Therefore, Du Wenguang Suri’s style is composed and unsmiling. When asked by the unsmiling person, Pipitton felt flattered: “It’s okay, maybe it’s something bad.”

The director’s tone became more concerned: “Then go home and rest, I will ask the office to send you a car.”

“No, no, it’s really okay. The president wants to get a summary of the meeting. I’ll ask for leave when I’m done.”

Seeing her resolute attitude, Du Wenguang didn’t say much, nodded: “Well, if it doesn’t work, I’ll hand it in tomorrow. Or you can write a draft first, and I will let the subtotal revise it and send it out.”

The subtotaler is also the secretary of the editor-in-chief’s office. He is notoriously unreliable in doing things because he has a backstage and can’t get away. Otherwise, the editor-in-chief’s office is not big, so why do you need two secretaries?

Pippi shook his head firmly: “Subtotal is also very busy today. I have to organize the files. I’ll do it, and I can’t ask her for help.”

Suffocating the spasms in his stomach, Pipi bit his scalp to write a summary. Until I finished writing the draft, the symptoms did not alleviate, but the contents in my stomach had already been vomited up, so I could not vomit. Pippi felt that it would be a heroic sacrifice if he survived, so he entrusted the draft to the subtotal for revision. Holding a handful of plastic bags, I was embarrassed to trouble the public to send a car, but also reluctant to take a taxi, went out of the gate and went straight to the subway station.

At the same time, the phone rang suddenly.

“Hi, Pippi.” A muffled voice came from the other end of the phone, the line rustled, and there was a specious echo. However, she could hear Tao Jialin’s voice no matter how it changed.

“Jia Lin.” Pippi agreed weakly.

“Have you bought the book?”

“Bought it.”

“Can you drop by when you are off work? I’m in a hurry to use it.”

“Okay.” Pippi wanted to tell him that he was unwell today. Then think about it, maybe it’s only temporary, it’ll be fine in the afternoon, so let’s go. It’s rare that Jia Lin begged her to do something, and there are not a few times in Pippi’s memory.

“What time does it come? I am waiting for you in the bedroom.”

“About half past five.”

“Okay, see you later.”

“Okay—” Pippi wanted to say something, but it was already hanging over there.

I don’t know why, every call is so short, there is no greeting.

Maybe it’s too familiar. I am familiar with a brow and a wink.

This is Pippi and Jialin. They have been neighbors since they were young, and they knew each other in kindergarten. They share a class in elementary school and middle school. High school is divided into liberal arts and sciences, but also in the same school.

The same postal code has been used since childhood.

The only difference is that after entering high school, Pippi’s grades plummeted, while Jia Lin was the unbeatable number one in grade. In addition to being tall and handsome, he is still the captain of the basketball and has become the idol of countless girls.

But Pippi didn’t think Jialin was so good-looking. At least not to the point where the students say “cool” or “handsome”. Pippi has seen Jialin who has a runny nose, Jialin who changes her baby teeth to talk and leaks, and Jialin who is hospitalized with jaundice. Not to mention the slender limbs and big head of Jialin in the period of smoking, and he looked like a big mushroom and a Martian from a distance. Later, there was another layer of fine black hair on Jia Lin’s lips, and his throat was rolling up and down between his neck. Pippi was not used to it for a while, so he didn’t dare to look at his face.

Of course, people who have been to kindergarten together since childhood are naturally closer than others.

One day in the first year of high school, Jialin who had lunch suddenly appeared next to Pippi’s seat and whispered to go shopping.

“What to buy?” Pippi was startled. Because generally speaking, boys in the class never take the initiative to talk to girls. Especially people like Jialin. First grade, high above, you have to drag.

“buying clothes.”

They agreed to meet at the school gate. After a few suspicious glances, Pippi followed Jia Lin out of the east gate. On the right is the clothing market, a long street full of merchants coming from the countryside to buy goods.

Jia Lin asked: “What size pants do you wear?”

“Give me… buy pants?”

“Ok.”

“Why, why?” Pippi blushed and stammered.

“Hmm—” Jia Lin said several times without speaking. Only said to the owner of the clothing store: “I want this one, black, yes, wear it. Boss, you are a tailor, you must know the number.”

At that time, Pipi and Jialin both wore light gray school uniforms. School uniforms are usually two sets for one person. But Pippi was poor and only bought one set, which he wears almost every day. Fortunately, it was in the style of spring clothes, with a round-necked shirt underneath, and it was not particularly dirty to wash and change frequently.

The two were not good at bargaining. When the boss’s mouth rose slightly when paying the money, Pippi felt that Jia Lin must have suffered.

Passing by the public toilet by the side of the road, Jia Lin stuffed her pants: “Go and try to see if it fits.”

The female toilet was not very clean, and Pippi was unwilling, and said awkwardly, “Do you have to try it now?”

Jia Lin lowered his head and looked at his toes: “Yeah. It’s better to try now.”

Pippi went in and took off his pants to realize that even though he bought an extra-long sanitary napkin with wings, the pants were still soaked in a large area. The red ball was particularly conspicuous. There was such a long line in the cafeteria just now, and everyone must have seen it.

Really embarrassed home.

Blushing, she changed her clothes and came out. Seeing Jialin was still waiting for her outside the door, Pippi quickly took out two yuan and took him to the cold drink shop: “I’ll buy you a popsicle.”

Jia Lin accepted it generously. When Pippi was about to buy one for herself, Jia Lin stopped her and said to the cold drink shop, “Do you have hot Guozhen?”

——This is one of Pippi’s favorite memories of the past. When he closed his eyes, Jia Lin came out of his mind as he looked down at his toes.

After taking antiemetics and lying in bed for two hours, Pippi felt much better. Thinking of the unfinished minutes, she carried her bag and took the subway back to the newspaper office despite her grandma’s dissuasion.

In the elevator, she met Xiao Wei, Wei Qingtan, a female reporter from the Ministry of Political Science and Culture.

“Ah, Sister Qingtan, are you back?”

“Thank you for the organization’s care. I have been transferred back to the Ministry of Political Affairs and Culture. Pippi, I’m asking you for help. Can you come and sit in my office?”

In addition to envious of the profession of journalists, Pippi also envied the lifestyle of journalists: no need to work. Pippi felt that being a reporter was an ideal job. She is naturally curious and likes stories, but it’s not that you can hear interesting stories with curiosity. People will not tell you easily unless you are a reporter.

“Okay!”

Wei Qingtan is 1.79 meters tall and very big. People who don’t know think she is playing basketball. However, Wei Qingtan, who has always been healthy, was pregnant and her face turned green, but she was in good spirits: “Pipi, this is for you!”

She took out a small box from her bag and handed it to her. Pippi opened it to see that it was a beautiful turquoise bracelet.

“Oh…this, how embarrassed? It’s expensive?” Although Qingtan and Pipi have the best relationship among the reporters, Qingtan always runs outside, and there are not many opportunities for dealing with them, and they are not close enough. For the sake of giving each other gifts.

“Of course it is free. I have several. Remember the last time I wrote a report saying that there is a turquoise processing plant and there is a good gemstone mine nearby, but it is not capable of processing?”

“Remember.”

“The province attaches great importance to the report, and allocated several million loans to the factory.”

“Oh, bribery?” Pippi said with a smile.

“Souvenirs given before leaving. Things from the place of origin are not expensive, but they are doubled at the jeweler.”

“Something to ask me?”

“Didn’t you say you want to be a reporter?”

“Yes!” Pippi was immediately excited when he smelled the signs.

“That’s it. Recently, isn’t the central government promoting traditional culture? I have an interviewee and I plan to make a special edition. But this person is very mysterious. I heard that he has never seen reporters and refused any interviews. I have friends who also publish in other newspapers. After his ideas, they all ate behind closed doors.”

“Can you do a peripheral interview first? For example, interviewing his colleagues, classmates, friends, family members, etc.” Pippi remembered the journalism homework last week and was very happy that he could say a few professional vocabulary.

“I’ve done some peripheral interviews.” Wei Qingtan took out a folder from the desk with a few thin sheets of paper and a roll of audio tape. “He has very little information.”

“Why?” Pippi asked, “He is Qian Zhongshu?” As far as she knows, celebrities have always had a lot of information, gossips, gossips, gossips, gossips, gossips on the Internet, and fan clubs can burst out some inside stories .

“He is not Qian Zhongshu, but his teacher Song Qi has the same status as Qian Zhongshu in the cultural relic world, and is known as the’Jade Master’. After Song Qi’s death, this person was considered a rising star in the jade world. To some extent, what he said is as authoritative as Song Qi.”

Cultural relics? Jade? ——This is very different from Pippi’s knowledge.

“His name is Helan Jingting. Ancient jade expert, connoisseur, and collector. This person is a simple man with only one title: senior consultant of C City Museum.”

Pippi smiled and said: “C City Museum? Isn’t the C City Museum nearby? I pretend to visit, so I can take a photo of him coldly.”

“Pippi, it is illegal to publish photos without my consent. Do you remember that there was a prosperous C City Business Daily six months ago? He was accused of posting a profile of Helan Jingting Go to the court. He invited the best lawyer in the country, went online, pursued it, and punished the newspaper to a mess and almost went bankrupt.”

How can the poor dare to mess with Guan Si these days? Pippi stuck his tongue out: “You dare to interview such a person? Are you afraid of getting into trouble?”

“So I let you go. Firstly, your target is small, you can mix with the crowd and observe him secretly; secondly, you can try to soften him first, and the softening is almost the same, then I will send out. How about? My recent pregnancy The reaction was very serious. I vomit every day and I really can’t run. We signed this report together, wrote it carefully, and then went to participate in this year’s “Top Ten Cultural Good News” competition of the Ministry of Culture. If you win the prize, you can report to the president. , Let him transfer you to the weekend edition, or the entertainment edition, so you won’t be a reporter?”

Pippi said excitedly: “Really? Can it really be like this? Can I really become a reporter?”

As the saying goes, every other line is like a mountain. Pippi is the secretary of the news unit. Although the word “news” is also stained, the nature and salary of his job are far from those of reporters.

“Why not? It’s not without precedent. What’s more, aren’t you also taking a bachelor’s degree in journalism now? You have all your academic qualifications, of course you can transfer. Then, take my camera and look forward to it. This is Nikon. Professional cameras and lenses are all tens of thousands of dollars. You have to keep them. I will go to Du Wenguang and ask him to issue you an intern press card. I just said that I am not in good health and need you to help me in my spare time. , He will definitely agree. Do you not do it? If you do not do it, I have to find a subordinate.”

“Go! Go!”

“Okay, you look at the information first. All I know is there. Sorry, did you use perfume? I have to vomit… Damn, it’s been three months, and I still vomit every day. It’s a boss.” Wei Qingtan covered her mouth and rushed outside the door.