297. The counterattack of the old people 9
297. The counterattack of the old people 9
"Classmates, look who this is."
Jiang Chao notified Yan Chu of the location of the class reunion. Perhaps because the number of attendees at this class reunion was relatively complete, the location of the gathering was set in a well-known hotel in the city. It can be seen from the splendid hall decoration. , the cost of this class reunion will not be too low.
However, my original grades were very good, and the high school I went to was one of the best in the city. Basically, those who could go to that school had either good grades or a good family background. Now, it has been many years since graduation, and everyone is doing well. , can fully afford the expenses of this class reunion.
Yan Chu was welcomed in by Jiang Chao. There were already many people in the box at that time. After he opened his mouth, the classmates who were originally talking looked at Yan Chu. His appearance was the same as before, and they naturally recognized the person.
"Isn't this our university tycoon, the great talent Yan Chu? I haven't heard anything from you in these years. Why, you probably have too much aura as a university tyrant and you went to study abroad, right?"
The news that Yan Chu has been squatting at home these years is actually known to all his classmates. Saying this now can be said to be pretending to be stupid, or it can also be said to be indirect ridicule.
No one likes other people's children, especially after so many years in society, people have become a lot more realistic. When you see a man who used to stand above you, you suddenly find that he also has the qualifications to belittle you and crush you. The urge to seek a sense of accomplishment from a weakling like you will inevitably arise.
Just like the man just now, he regretted it as soon as he said the words.
Because when he was a student, he had no friendship with Yan Chu, and he was not offended by others, so there was no need to go to Yan Chu's trouble.
Although in his eyes Yan Chu was no longer qualified to do anything to him, it was always good to have one less enemy.
"Hahaha, we old classmates haven't gotten together for a long time. Today we will just drink and eat. We will forget about work, family and children."
The man changed his words with a smile, stepped forward, and patted Yan Chu's shoulder enthusiastically, as if the two brothers were in good company.
"do not."
Jiang Chao saw the class beauty he had a crush on, a beautiful woman who had already married someone else. The moment Yan Chu came in, Jiang Chao never took his eyes away from Yan Chu. He couldn't help but feel jealous and decided to ridicule him today. Pan Yanchu, let him know that he is now the mud in the ground, and clearly let the other party understand the gap between him and himself.
Also, he wanted Banhua to see clearly what kind of trash she once liked, and to make her regret and feel disgusted by the way she looked at him.
"Our Yan Xueba is such a great person. His current achievements are definitely beyond our reach. I can't do it anymore. I will spend the rest of my life working in a tobacco company, but that doesn't stop me from paying homage to us." What a brilliant resume.”
Jiang Chao seemed to be talking cheerfully, but none of the people present knew what he was really thinking. They couldn't help but turn their eyes to Yan Chu, who had not spoken since he entered the door.
To be honest, they are also curious about what Yan Chu is doing now. Is it true that he has been squatting at home after graduating from college, as rumored?
There is also a rumor that is not widely circulated, saying that he has never even graduated from college, but there is no second classmate studying at Jiaotong University among them, so the authenticity of this rumor cannot be verified.
"I'm not as good as you think. In the past few years, I have just been writing novels at home."
When he came to attend the class reunion today, Yan Chuhai dressed up specially. He looked no longer weak and tired when he first took over this body. He looked much more energetic and had some of the vigor he once had.
"What kind of novel are you writing? Is it like Han Han's, or some messy Internet novel with no cultural content?" Jiang Chao pressed forward step by step, but Duan Xi couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted Jiang Chao.
Duan Xi is the school beauty who once had a crush on Duan.
"Lao Ban's son is sick and cannot come to our class reunion today. Now that the classmates have almost arrived, why don't we let the waiter start serving the food."
Duan Xi glanced at the man who was much more mature than the young boy in high school, and suddenly felt relieved.
During her college years, she never let go of her attention to this man. Therefore, among so many classmates, she was the only one who was sure that he really did not get a diploma and could only be regarded as a high school education level. As for the rumors among her classmates, She didn't know who spread the rumors.
To be honest, she was really disappointed with Yan Chu. After all, he was so outstanding in high school, but later he was so inferior and incompetent.
After graduating from college, the other person not only did not try to repeat his studies, but returned to his hometown as if to escape and began a life of old age. This also made her completely let go of her obsession with the other person and start a new relationship.
In fact, now she has long lost the flutter she had towards Yan Chu, just because he is the man she once liked, so when she saw him being made things difficult for him, Duan Xi couldn't help but stand up. Come out and relieve him.
Jiang Chao saw the flash of disappointment in Ban Hua's eyes. He knew that his goal was achieved and he no longer wanted to continue to make things difficult for Yan Chu. He happily called the waiter in and started today's party.
Qiu Huo happened to be inspecting his family's hotel today. When he passed by the box where Yan Chu was sitting, when the waiter came in with the food, he saw Yan Chu sitting opposite the door, but the other party did not see him.
"Is that box occupied by someone today?"
Qiu Huo asked the manager beside him.
This hotel is owned by Qiujia. Today is a market economy. Qiujia has Qiujia Private Kitchen specifically for the high-end market, which has a very small audience. However, restaurants like this are facing a huge number of mid-range groups, and they can also serve a large number of people every year. Enemies bring a lot of profits.
This concept was also proposed by his father, which enabled Qiujia to seize the market when hotels first became popular. Now Qiujia's hotel chain has become the richest piece of cake in Qiujia's family business.
"Well, it seems to be a class reunion. Two tables have been set up. We have booked a banquet for 5,999 per table in our hotel." The manager is still very familiar with the booking situation of the private rooms, especially these days when the small boss is inspecting, in order to be able to He almost knew everything about the hotel's situation in the past few days by heart in front of his boss.
"oh."
Qiu Huo nodded, "Just charge the cost of that box to my account."
Half a month ago, the Qiu family had begun to try to promote some of Yan Chu's recipes in restaurants and private restaurants. The response was very good, especially in private restaurants, due to the emergence of these new dishes, the banquets booked have been scheduled for next year. Spring begins.
Even when the enemy was at its most prosperous, it had never achieved such an achievement.
You must know that Qiujia's private restaurant caters to a group of people who are either rich or noble. When such a big shot comes to eat at Qiujia, it will not only bring rich financial rewards to Qiujia, but also a group of connections that are within easy reach.
After the enemy already had a profitable chain of restaurants, he still regarded the enemy's private kitchen as the foundation of the enemy's family, just for the sake of these connections that others could not reach.
Because of this, Qiu Huo was certainly not stingy about his friendship with Yan Chu, and wished he could worship him as the God of Wealth.
Now it's just two tables of dishes with a total price of over ten thousand, and the cost may only be two or three thousand, so of course he won't care.
The general manager nodded. He had been paying attention to the little boss just now. Naturally, he knew who the person he was looking at was. I am afraid that the young man sitting opposite the door is their friend. He will pay the bill after they finish their meal. When the time comes, he has to go there in person.
"Yan, Yan Chu, we are all old classmates. Since you have written a novel, why not tell us your name, so that we, our old classmates, can support you."
Despite the unhappiness at the beginning, during the whole meal, everyone was having a good time recalling interesting things from high school. However, when the party was about to end, Jiang Chao finally couldn't help it, and stabbed him again because he was drunk and confused. Yan Chu.
In his opinion, Yan Chu was so depressed that even if he wrote novels, he would definitely write about things that were not popular and no one would read them.
Originally he didn't want to say anything to him, but who made the other party vain? During the class reunion, he actually had the nerve to put money on his face and create the illusion of being a "writer". Jiang Chao didn't want to tolerate this anymore.
Dingtian is just a little transparent person on the Internet. He still works in a tobacco company. Do you think he is proud?
Jiang Chacai would not admit it. Every time he held a class reunion, he would inadvertently bring up his job as a tobacco company employee, and he would bring it up no less than ten times.
"You may not like what I write, but if it is made into a movie one day, I will inform everyone."
Yan Chu put down his chopsticks and said when he was full.
Perhaps it was because in the minds of these classmates that he was not a friend worth making. After a party, no one came to persuade him to drink. When most of the male classmates were drunk, his sober appearance seemed a little... Special.
"Pfft——"
Jiang Chao couldn't help but laugh out loud. What kind of daydream was the other party doing? He patted Yan Chu's shoulder and said with a big tongue: "Okay, if you are ambitious, my old classmate will wait for your novel to be published on the big screen." The day of the curtain.”
I don't know if he can wait for the next life.
In fact, just last week, Yan Chu got a reply from Qiu Huo. Director Li was very interested in his novel. Not long ago, he had a video communication with Director Li to talk about his thoughts on the film and television adaptation of the novel. Afterwards, they had a very happy meeting, and selling the copyright was almost a certainty.
Yan Chu told the truth, but no one in the audience believed it. Most people were just like Jiang Chao, they just hid their emotions better and congratulated Yan Chu in a perfunctory way.
"I'll treat you to this meal."
Perhaps because he had ridiculed his former love rival, Jiang Chao was in a good mood. He endured the pain and generously changed the originally planned class reunion to a treat.
The banquet they ordered was not of the highest quality. Including drinks, it only cost 12,300 yuan at most. Jiang Chao could still afford this amount of money.
"Hello, sir, our boss has given you a free meal for this meal."
The general manager who saw off the little boss came in and said very politely.
"Free of charge, why free of charge?" This chain restaurant is well-known all over the country. The owner of the restaurant waived their order for no reason. Obviously something was wrong. Could it be that one of them had nothing to do with the owner of this restaurant? There are relationships?
The originally drunk man had sobered up for the most part, looking at a bunch of classmates who looked confused and confused. He couldn't figure out which one of them had such a hidden network, but he couldn't bear to say it because of others.
He paused for a moment when his eyes turned to Yan Chu. After all, the look from confusion to understanding on the other person's face was too conspicuous. But how could this man who had lived in the countryside for four years have such a friend? Jiang Chao did it without even thinking about it. The other party's suspicion was eliminated.
"This gentleman is a friend of our boss." The manager looked at Yan Chu respectfully and said. Now, the person who originally looked down on him had a green or white face, and his expression suddenly became weird.
The seemingly harmonious class meeting ended in a strange way. Many students were curious about why Yan Chu knew the owner of this hotel chain, but they couldn't bear to ask. However, their feelings towards Yan Chu quietly changed in their hearts. view.
If he can make friends with such a billionaire, how could he be the kind of old man he is rumored to be? Maybe the rumors are just wrong.
This change of concept is both realistic and ridiculous. Yan Chu, who was originally looked down upon by everyone, suddenly had an earth-shaking change in his image in everyone's mind just because he had a rich friend.
Only Jiang Chao refused to accept this fact and emphasized in his heart that even if the other party had a rich friend, so what, he himself was still a useless waste and he would never be able to catch up with him in this life.
*****
Ten months later, all the classmates who had participated in this class reunion received an email from Yan Chu. The content of the email was two electronic movie tickets. The movie was Director Li's latest masterpiece "Food". "Four" is said to be a movie of the same name adapted from a popular novel.
It is said that Director Li originally planned to adapt this novel into a TV series. After all, his achievements in movies over the years have not been very good, but in the end, for unknown reasons, he decided to adapt this novel into a movie.
The response from previous test screenings was very good, and many film critics praised it. This may be director Li's revenge.
Many of these students had originally planned to watch this movie that had received a lot of praise. Now that they had received Yan Chu’s movie tickets, almost all of them brought their wives, husbands or children to watch this movie. A movie for everyone.
At the end of the film, when they saw the two words "Yan Chu" at the front of the screenwriter's column, they understood the meaning of the movie ticket given to them.
It turns out that what the other party said at the class reunion that day was all true.
But after that time, Yan Chu never came to attend the class reunion again. They also knew that their behavior at the time severely hurt this old classmate's heart. They had pushed away such a promising classmate from afar. opened.
*****
eight years later
"Yiyi is still a child. There is no naughty child, so don't scold her. You see, the child is frightened by you."
As soon as Yan Chu entered the entrance hall, he heard a fucking voice.
"It's just, isn't it just a cup? If it breaks, it will break. Let's know our mistake one by one, right? One by one, apologize to your mother quickly and say that you won't dare to do it again."
This was his father's voice. Yan Chu knew what was going on without even thinking about it.
Sure enough, when he put on his shoes and walked to the restaurant, he saw two old people protecting a five or six-year-old girl behind them. The other was about thirty, well-maintained, and looked like she was twenty-six or seven years old. The woman stood on the opposite side of the three men and glared at the little girl behind the old man.
This woman is Yan Chu's wife in this world, and she is also Lin Landuo, the blind date his mother arranged for him.
Their blind date was at a movie theater, and the movie they watched was the movie "Restaurant" adapted from Yan Chu's novel of the same name. Yan Chu also learned from his communication with her that this girl was actually his loyal fan, and she still occupied He dominates the loyal readers who rank third in the voting list.
Such a fate was unexpected by Yan Chu. When he listened to the other party recommending the novel he wrote to him like a nagging voice, and making him, the author, so popular, Yan Chu couldn't help but want to laugh.
Maybe this is how fate started. Originally they were just perfunctorily completing the tasks of the elders of both parties, but in the end, they got along well, and realized that the two of them were compatible in their respective hobbies, and they really fell in love, especially when Lin Landuo knew about Yan Chu After being the author of "Eating House", he stepped up his offensive and made Yan Chu call for surrender.
In this way, when Yan Chu was twenty-six years old, after dating for a year, they entered the wedding hall, and in the second year, they had the crystallization of love, that is, the one who was protected by the old couple. Little girl, Yan Weiwei.
Now they are ready to have a second child, but because they want to give their only love to this child, the couple gave this baby girl such a name.
It is said that they are two generations apart. The most doting children in the family are Yan Yuanjiang and Gu Aihong. Every time the child makes a mistake, Lin Landuo, the mother, wants to teach the child a lesson, and is the first to stop her. These are the grandparents.
"Achu, you're back."
When Yan Yuanjiang saw his son coming back, he quickly pushed his wife and asked her to enter the house with her little granddaughter who had just made a mistake.
The son who treats the granddaughter the most in this family is the son. On one side is the beloved son, and on the other side is the beloved granddaughter. Yan Yuanjiang feels bad for whoever scolds Yan Yuanjiang on both sides, so every time his granddaughter makes a mistake, his son wants to scold her. , he would choose to separate the two until the son forgets that his granddaughter made a mistake.
Although his strategy has never succeeded, Yan Yuanjiang still enjoys it.
"Wait, what happened to the broken bowl?"
As expected, Yan Chu did not easily let his mother take the child back to the house. Instead, he pointed at the broken bowl on the ground and the gruel spilled on the ground and asked.
"It's not that I'm picky about food. I don't want to eat the carrots in the porridge. I looked around while eating, wondering what little idea I was thinking of, and ended up accidentally breaking the bowl."
Lin Landuo spoke helplessly from the side.
Her parents-in-law are considerate, her husband is loving, and her daughter is smart. This kind of life is the envy of almost everyone. Even when she thinks about it sometimes, she feels that she is too lucky. It was just a chance blind date, and she met her idol and completed the dream. The highest achievement of marrying an idol.
But life will never be smooth sailing. There will inevitably be some bumps and bumps, such as the unconditional indulgence of her parents-in-law towards her daughter, which often makes Lin Landuo feel a little powerless in disciplining her daughter.
Fortunately, the husband is able to withstand the pressure from his parents-in-law and educate his daughter who makes mistakes.
But apart from the differences between Lin Landuo and her parents-in-law on her daughter's education, in other aspects of life, she couldn't be more satisfied with her parents-in-law. They don't interfere in the way they get along as a young couple, and they won't treat her They are dictating all kinds of behaviors and are almost the model of model parents-in-law.
In return, Lin Landuo was very filial to them.
"Isn't it just a bowl? Yiyi didn't do it on purpose, right? Besides, when the bowl fell on the ground, we Yiyi were shocked."
Gu Aihong protected her little granddaughter behind her and whispered flattering words to her son.
"Mom, this is not about a bowl."
Yan Chu was helpless. The pampering and pampering he had experienced seemed to be repeated to his daughter. Fortunately, he was still watching from the side, otherwise he, his daughter, would be so clever with hitting snakes and hitting them with sticks. Despite the courage of the two old men, I don't know if they will fly to the sky.
In a few years, I'm afraid he will be raised as a little devil.
"Why is it not just a matter of a bowl? Yiyi, tell your parents that you are sorry. Once you say sorry, this matter will be over."
Gu Aihong knelt down and hugged her little granddaughter lovingly. The bowl dropped on the floor just now made such a loud noise. Don't scare away the child's soul. You will have to worship the Stove God to calm it down.
"sorry."
Yan Weiwei rolled his big grape-like eyes, met his father's eyes, lowered his head guiltily, pouted and pointed at his fingers, and said with a slight guilt.
Looking at her performance, Yan Chu probably understood that his daughter probably broke the bowl intentionally because she didn't want to eat the carrots.
He left home and went to the set for half a month, and his daughter's temper was brought to the wrong side. His parents definitely contributed to this.
"Dad, Mom, I want to talk to you."
Yan Chu put down his briefcase, glanced at his guilty daughter with unclear meaning, and then said to his parents.
"what did you say?"
Gu Aihong and Yan Yuanjiang looked at their son's serious expression and became inexplicably nervous.
Weren't you just talking about your granddaughter? Why did you suddenly have something to talk to them about?
Gu Aihong and Yan Yuanjiang looked at each other and followed their son to the study.
The author has something to say: Some little angels may feel that the emotional line of this world is a bit fast, mainly because the main plot of this story is about the parents, and this short story will be completed tomorrow.
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