Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Not to mention how Wu Zemin and Zhao Meifen beat their little ones in private, but Cao Zhiqiang and Wu Qinghong didn't stay for long after lunch, and soon left the courtyard in Houhai under the pretext of being busy with work.

It is true that he is busy with work, but there is another reason, that is, Cao Zhiqiang can't stand Wu Qinghong's enthusiasm.

I don't know if it's because of Xiao Biesheng's new marriage. After Wu Qinghong came back this time, she felt more attached to Cao Zhiqiang, and once there were no outsiders, she became even more unscrupulous. She always wanted to play poker with Cao Zhiqiang openly and secretly.

If there is nothing else to do in the afternoon, Cao Zhiqiang certainly doesn't mind playing poker with the opponent.

But Cao Zhiqiang has a lot of things to do in the afternoon, and he always keeps in mind what the old Chinese doctor said, that is, his body is too weak and weak in all aspects, so he must minimize the difference between men and women before he is recuperated. thing.

I didn't say no, just said to minimize it, which is already a great way to save face.

In fact, according to what the old Chinese doctor said, it is best to abstain from sexual intercourse for a period of time.

It's a pity that Cao Zhiqiang really can't do abstinence, so he can only minimize those things and take medicine on time by the way.

Of course, if Cao Zhiqiang didn't have so many women like other ordinary people, there would be no problem.

But before Cao Zhiqiang picked up Qinghong, he had already fought fiercely with Hao Shuwen all night, so when he picked up Wu Qinghong today, he lacked momentum.

But after all, he is still young, if he keeps hanging out with Qinghong, he will sooner or later be unable to bear it.

So, just leave after eating, get absorbed in work, and divert your attention, so as not to continue to be distracted.

After parting from Qinghong, Cao Zhiqiang went straight back to his room at the Peking Hotel, where he took a nap.

Well, Cao Zhiqiang gave up the executive room in Peking Hotel to Yu Yuanyuan before, but Yu Yuanyuan only stayed for two days and then left, so this became Cao Zhiqiang's long-term residence again.

The reason why I live here for a long time is that it is so comfortable to live here.

No need to cook, no need to clean up, the environment is not bad, and the safety is guaranteed. For now, is there a better place to live than here?

Apart from being a bit more expensive and not being his own house, Cao Zhiqiang really didn't think there was anything unsatisfactory about the Peking Hotel.

Originally, Cao Zhiqiang wanted to have a good sleep here, and wake up naturally after sleeping.

Unfortunately, not long after he fell asleep, he was woken up by a phone call.

When I answered the phone, I found out that it was from the publishing house, saying that there were two female students who had made an appointment with him for an interview.

Only then did Cao Zhiqiang remember that yesterday he agreed to interview Xiang Dongfang and talk to her about formal employment at two o'clock this afternoon.

Frowning, Cao Zhiqiang subconsciously wanted someone to come over out of laziness.

But thinking about it again, it seems that this doesn't respect the other party too much, and the less people know about the hotel room I live in, the better.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang said to the phone: "Invite them to my office, get some tea, melon seeds, etc., tell them to wait for me there for a while, I'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, Cao Zhiqiang forced himself to get up, washed up a bit, and made another cup of Geisha coffee. Then he put on a neat Chinese tunic suit, asked the hotel to call a Crown sedan, and took him back to Hongguang Publishing House. …

After returning to his office all the way, he happened to see two young girls sitting on the sofa chatting, one of them was Xiang Dongfang, and the other was unknown.

Seeing Cao Zhiqiang enter the door, the two young girls were taken aback for a moment, but they quickly stood up together.

"President Cao." Xiang Dongfang first smiled and nodded, "Excuse me."

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "That's right, I should be late and keep you waiting for a long time."

"No." Before Xiang Dongfang could speak, the very capable and refreshing girl next to him smiled and said, "We have just arrived, and you have a lot of work to do, so we should wait for you."

"You can really talk." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded to the strange girl, then looked at Xiang Dongfang, "This is the classmate you mentioned?"

"Ah, yes." Xiang Dongfang nodded quickly, "Let me introduce first, this is my junior, named Xu Jingli."

"Hi, President Cao." Xu Jingli stretched out her right hand and said with a generous smile, "I've admired your name for a long time. My name is Xu Jingli. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Oh." Cao Zhiqiang subconsciously shook hands with the other party, "Where is it, it's just a false name."

"You are not in vain." Xu Jingli said with a smile, "You know, many people in our class like your poems, even our teacher is full of praise for your masterpiece, and even talked about your poems class."

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "Yeah, that's really ridiculous. I'm a person who hasn't graduated from high school. How can I let university teachers give lectures on my works?"

Xu Jingli said with a smile: "Education is not the most important thing, the key is whether you have real talents and real learning.

President Cao, although you did not go to college, you are famous all over the world at a young age, and you have even become the president of a publishing house. Such achievements cannot be matched by the flattery of us college students.

What's more, I also heard that you took the pre-examination for the college entrance examination in Beiping this year, and you also got the No. 20 sixth place in the city. If there is no accident, it is certain that you will be admitted to the university.

So, President Cao, you don't have to belittle yourself, because your achievements have left us far behind.

Excessive modesty is pride and hypocrisy. You must not be a proud and hypocritical person, right? "

"Youyouyou." Cao Zhiqiang looked at Xiang Dongfang, "Where did you find the treasure, you can tell."

Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly: "Xu Jing was excellent in both moral character and academics, and she was also the school beauty of their class. Not only did she study well, but she also actively participated in school activities. She is an active member of the student union and is quite famous.

To be honest, it was she who took the initiative to ask me this time and begged me several times before I had to bring her to see you. "

"That's right." Xu Jingli said, "Counselor Xiang..."

"Wait! Counselor Xiang?" Cao Zhiqiang was taken aback, "You mean, this Teacher Xiang is the counselor of your school?"

"Yes." Xu Jingli nodded, "She has been our counselor since I entered university for three years, don't you know?"

"I really don't know." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and shook his head.

"President Cao." Xiang Dongfang said hastily, "Actually, I..."

"Don't worry!" Cao Zhiqiang smiled and waved his hands, "Since we know each other, don't stand up and talk, sit down, sit down."

After everyone was seated, Xiang Dongfang took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Cao Zhiqiang: "President Cao, you drink tea."

"Thank you." After Cao Zhiqiang thanked him, he took a sip,
After drinking half a cup of tea in a leisurely manner, Cao Zhiqiang put down the teacup and smiled at Xiang Dongfang: "Mr. Xiang, since you have already stayed in school as a counselor, why do you still want to come to my small temple?"

Xiang Dongfang was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Actually, I didn't intend to hide it, but now that I've said this, I'll tell the truth.

In fact, after I graduated that year, although I stayed at the school as a counselor, I only signed a three-year contract with the school.

Originally, it was agreed back then that after the three-year probationary period, if there are no major problems, you can become a full-time teacher.

But in reality, it seems that three years are about to pass, and the transfer of staff is far away.

Later I inquired and found out that the school has no plan to increase its staff recently, especially for foreigners like me, it is basically difficult to stay in school as a teacher.

Although when I was a counselor, I also applied for graduate students in the foreign language department, but the graduate majors in the foreign language department of our school are just set up. Although the academic qualifications are higher than ordinary undergraduates, they are similar in nature to ordinary undergraduates.

That is to say, if I graduate from graduate school, I still have to obey the regulations and return to work in Nanjing with a dispatch certificate. Basically, I will not be able to stay in the capital.

Unless I can find an official unit in the capital to receive it.

I originally wanted to stay in school, but now it seems that if I want to stay in the university as a teacher, my qualifications are not enough at all, so I can only find another way.

I didn't have much connections at first, but after getting to know you, I realized that the nobleman is by my side, and your publishing house fully meets all the conditions for taking me in.

So, that's why I take the liberty to ask you, can you keep me, so that I can stay in the capital. "

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "I see."

After rubbing his chin and thinking for a while, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly looked at Xu Jingli, who was silent beside him, and smiled slightly: "Student Xu Jingli, please go out and wait for a while, I have something private to tell your counselor, is that okay?"

"Yes!" Xu Jingli quickly stood up, "You guys chat, I'll wait outside, call me anytime after chatting."

After finishing speaking, Xu Jingli took the initiative to leave, and closed the door after leaving, very well-behaved and sensible.

After Xu Jingli left, Cao Zhiqiang asked Xiang Dongfang: "Teacher Xiang..."

"Don't dare." Xiang Dongfang said hastily, "You can call me Xiao Xiang."

"How can I do that?" Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "You are older than me, and you haven't officially become my employee yet. I'll call you Mr. Xiang. It won't be too late to change your name after you become my employee."

Xiang Dongfang smiled, nodded, and accepted the statement.

Only then did Cao Zhiqiang seriously say: "Mr. Xiang, I've already made it clear why you came here to apply for a job.

To be honest, if you are an ordinary worker or an ordinary rural child, I am not surprised that you do this. …

After all, for the children of ordinary people, it is of course best to stay in the capital.

But the problem is, I heard that your father is Changwei Changwei of Jiangnan Province, and he is also a minister with real power, which means that you are actually a son of a high-ranking cadre with real power.

That being the case, why do you insist on staying in the capital instead of returning to Nanjing to develop?

Given your father's status in the local area, isn't it better for you to go back to your hometown to develop than in the capital?
And even if you want to stay in the capital and not go back to your hometown, with your father's energy and contacts, there is no reason why you can't stay? "

Upon hearing this, Xiang Dongfang immediately frowned: "President Cao, who did you listen to about my father?"

"Don't worry about it." Cao Zhiqiang said calmly, "Anyway, someone told me."

Well, well, it was actually Hao Shuwen who told Cao Zhiqiang that Xiang Dongfang's father was awesome.

The reason, of course, is that Hao Shuwen found out that Cao Zhiqiang's two younger sisters suddenly had a young and beautiful live-in tutor, so she went to someone to investigate for some reason.

For ordinary people, it is difficult to find out Xiang Dongfang's family situation, but for someone like Hao Shuwen, it is not difficult.

Hao Shuwen didn't even need to look for her parents, but just went to some of her uncles and aunts who worked in the security department, so she could find out Xiang Dongfang's situation clearly.

It was also through Hao Shuwen that Cao Zhiqiang discovered that Xiang Dongfang, who turned out to be an inconspicuous person, was actually the son of a high-ranking cadre.

But it was also because of this that when he heard that Xiang Dongfang wanted to stay in the capital through Cao Zhiqiang's relationship that day, he didn't immediately agree. Instead, he made an appointment to meet here formally, in order to avoid his two younger sisters and ask them formally. Ask about the situation.

If there is no problem, Cao Zhiqiang is of course willing to have a talented subordinate.

But if there is any trouble, Cao Zhiqiang is not willing to wade into the muddy water.

Seeing that Xiang Dongfang stopped talking, Cao Zhiqiang said again: "Teacher Xiang, I have no other intentions, but I must find out your real intention.

Otherwise, don't look at me now, it's all superficial, and it's not worth mentioning in the eyes of big shots.

In case you stay through my relationship and cause your father to be dissatisfied with me and want to get mad at me, I can't compete with a local official like your father.

My small arms and legs can't beat him. "

Upon hearing this, Xiang Dongfang chuckled, then shook his head and said, "Well, since you have such concerns, then I will tell the truth."

After a short pause and sorting out his thoughts, Xiang Dongfang said seriously: "That's right, my father... is indeed that one, there's nothing wrong with that, it's just..."

After another pause, Xiang Dongfang continued: "It's just that my father's current wife is not my biological mother, and my younger brothers and sisters are not the same mother as me. I say that, do you understand?"

"Ah, that's it." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly: "Don't think too much, in fact, no matter my father, my stepmother, or my younger brothers and sisters, they have always been very good to me.

It's just that when I was very young, I thought differently from other people.

Because when I was very young, I learned things very quickly, so everyone liked me and called me a child prodigy. …

But I don't like people praising me as a prodigy, and I don't like that kind of family, and I don't want to rely on the power of my parents to help me get something.

Ever since I knew that I was different from other people, that others were not as good at learning as I was, and after hearing people call me a child prodigy, I began to hide my clumsiness and deliberately stopped being so superhuman.

Every time I take a test, I deliberately do a few wrong questions to control my score, which causes my academic performance to start to decline and remain above the middle level.

Sure enough, as I no longer stood out and was no longer dazzling, everyone's praise for me gradually decreased, and they gradually treated me like an ordinary person, and said that I was Hu Zhongyong.

But I am very happy, because I enjoy the life of ordinary people and the feeling that they are kept in the dark by me.

I can't say why, but I just don't like being called a child prodigy, I don't like other people's envious and jealous eyes, and I don't like being different.

Also, I don't like that family that treats me very well. I want it for nothing but simply don't like it and don't want to get involved with that family. "

After shaking his head, Xiang Dongfang continued: "I don't know why this happened, and I have repeatedly said to myself, but I just hate that family, and I just don't want to get involved with that family.

Since I was very young, I wanted to stay away from that family, and I didn't want people to know that I had any relationship with anyone in their family.

For this reason, even if I don't have my father's help, I can only live as an ordinary person, and I can live a more difficult life.

I feel that life without them is the life I want. "

Cao Zhiqiang frowned: "You hate your father?"

"I don't hate it." Xiang Dongfang shook his head, "My father has always been very kind to me, better than everyone else."

"Then you hate your stepmother?" Cao Zhiqiang asked again.

Xiang Dongfang smiled: "My stepmother is also very good to me, she treats me like her own child, and even treats me better than her own children."

"Then your younger siblings?"

"My younger brothers and sisters have respected me since childhood and have never treated me badly."

"That's strange." Cao Zhiqiang scratched his head, "Then why do you want to stay away from a high-ranking family who treats you well?"

"I don't know either." Xiang Dongfang smiled and stroked the ends of his hair beside his ears, "Sometimes when I think about it carefully, I also feel weird and hypocritical, but this is what I really think in my heart.

I really want to escape from that family, I really want to break up with that family, I don't want to get involved with any of them, of course I know it's hard, but I just can't help thinking this way, can't help doing this. "

After sighing, Xiang Dongfang said: "So, I really want to stay on my own.

I took the entrance examination for this university by myself, and I also applied for staying in the university. Even with your help, it was through myself.

I don't do anything else, I just want to rely more on my own strength, stay far away from that family, and stay away if I can, that's all. "

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully: "That's right. Although I don't quite understand why you did this, I probably know what you think."

After thinking about it, Cao Zhiqiang said: "If that's the case, then of course I'd be happy for you to stay, after all, people like you are rare.  …

How about this, I can find someone to say hello to your school later, and leave your relationship with our publishing house, and everything will be treated as a formal intern cadre, so what to do.

As for your specific job... By the way, you are from the Department of Foreign Languages. How about English and Japanese? "

Xiang Dongfang smiled slightly: "I major in English and Japanese."

Cao Zhiqiang immediately said in Japanese: "In this case, can you speak Japanese and English proficiently? Please speak in Japanese."

Xiang Dongfang was taken aback, but still nodded, and replied in Japanese: "No problem, I can write daily conversations."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, and then chatted with Xiang Dongfang in Japanese and English for a while.

After confirming that Xiang Dongfang is really proficient in Japanese and English, but his oral proficiency is slightly inferior to his own, Cao Zhiqiang is very satisfied.

"Very good!" Cao Zhiqiang, who has regained his Chinese, nodded, "In this case, then you can be my private secretary first, just right, I will go to Japan after a while, and you can practice Japanese more during this period Spoken language will come in handy over there."

Xiang Dongfang nodded: "Yes, I understand, thank you very much."

"Thank you." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand with a smile, "Actually, at present, a person like you who is proficient in two foreign languages ​​and has a postgraduate degree from a prestigious university is normally not available to me. It's rare that you are willing to take the initiative to come. If you come to me, as long as there are no major problems, of course I can’t wait to ask for it.”

"Then please take care of me." Xiang Dongfang said with a smile, "Also, you really surprised me today. I didn't expect your English and Japanese to be so good, even better than mine. You, you really are Did you drop out of high school?"

"Yes, I really am." Cao Zhiqiang blinked.

"But who said that a high school dropout cannot be proficient in two foreign languages?

I can not only speak English and Japanese, but also Korean.

Of course, this matter may be incredible to others, but since you are a child prodigy, you should understand me. "

Xiang Dongfang was taken aback for a moment, then smiled: "So you are also a child prodigy! Besides, you have been hiding your clumsiness since you were a child?"

"That's right, I'm also a child prodigy, and I've been hiding my clumsiness since I was a child." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Don't tell me, I don't tell ordinary people, it's because you are the same kind, so I will tell you the truth."

Xiang Dongfang smiled: "Actually, even if you don't say that you are a child prodigy, I am afraid that everyone will assume that you are a genius.

Because of what you are doing now, ordinary people can't do it at all, at least, they can't write those good poems that are well-known! "

Cao Zhiqiang shrugged: "At first, I wanted to keep hiding my clumsiness, but the environment doesn't allow it! In order to survive, I can only expose my strength as a genius."

After hearing Cao Zhiqiang's words, Xiang Dongfang nodded very seriously: "Indeed, I have heard about your past, and you broke out when your mother passed away as a last resort.

From this point of view, you and I are indeed the same kind of person. "