After becoming an editor, my work has become a lot easier. At least I don’t have to stare at hot spots every day and run interviews day and night. Most of the time, I only need to review the topics and manuscripts submitted by reporters.
The only exception is that I must personally write articles about Cheng Hua. At first, this was Cheng Hua's request, but gradually it became a common name in the department. The reporters in our entertainment department usually wink when Cheng Hua has news. He said to me, "Xiao Dongdong, I don't care about tomorrow's edition, and Cheng Hua's new film will be released, you know!"
As a result, my dissatisfaction with Cheng Hua really broke away from the original low-level interests for a time, and it was no longer just the childish grudge at first, but had a clear direction. If he can calm down and release less news, I can sit in the office steadily without rushing to write.
What’s the point of making editorial pictures? It’s just to save energy. If I have to rush to the agency to sign and print on time while running around, I really don’t know where the advantages of editing are for reporters. You know, in the field of newspapers and media, the income of ordinary editors is basically the same as that of reporters, the difference is that one can work as a white-collar worker in the office with one hand coffee and one hand mouse; Drenched on the road, his face was so disgraceful that even if he was in the construction workers team, he might not be able to get rid of it. As for me, I managed to join the ranks of pure white-collar workers, but because of Cheng Hua, I always had to return to experience life periodically.
However, complaints are complaints after all. I was able to become an editor because of Cheng Hua's credit, so it would be really unkind to meddle with me now. Besides, how can my depression prevent Cheng Hua from coming out? What about the news? Of course, we have to admire Miss Wei's skills. In just two years, Cheng Hua's film, television, and music business has been thriving, and now she has become an award-winning professional. What is the best actor today, what is the best newcomer tomorrow, and there are awards for best male singer, best single, best record, etc. Cheng Hua won the award and got soft, and I, running Run until your feet are soft.
In fact, I am lazy when I say it. In the entertainment industry, being invited by the organizers to these mainstream award shows is also a status symbol. That is to say, not just anyone can attend all kinds of events in person. awards ceremony. The girls and boys in the same department saw me in Shanghai today, Hong Kong tomorrow, and bravely went abroad the day after tomorrow, and they were so envious that I didn't know what to say. However, who am I going to tell the pain of being exhausted in all kinds of awards ceremonies that are similar to each other? A media person like me who does not work hard and lacks the ability to dance well, is actually extremely troubled by frequent business trips and entertainment. However, I can't complain, otherwise it will appear that I don't know what is good and what is good, and I have got cheap and good-looking. of.
During the several months when various award presentations were held, the days when I was able to stay in the newspaper office and write manuscripts were really few and far between, so there was only a little progress in the relationship between me and Liu Tao, and it was stagnant because of this. before. This is probably part of the reason why I hate this kind of busyness. After all, we have not yet entered the stage of actual love with real knives and real guns. It is unlikely that Liu Tao and I will often communicate on the phone. At most, we can only interact once in a while on Weibo, but Liu Tao is not a Weibo-loving person. People, therefore, we have very few opportunities to directly express our feelings through various channels.
However, the relationship between Cheng Hua and I has improved a lot during this period. Although he is the culprit who made me busy, first, I have to admit that because of his relationship, my career has made great progress. Second, during the time I was away from home, without his care, I think I must have had a harder time.
Reporters are also divided into ranks. The reporters of the first-line mainstream media are arrogant and glorious everywhere. Whether it is the reception of the organizer or the priority of interviews, ordinary media cannot match. And although we are a newspaper published nationwide, we are also a regional paper media after all, and our influence is certainly not as timely and effective as TV media, and our audience range is not as wide as that of Internet media. Compared with national media, our local traditional Paper media can be found everywhere in the country, and they still have some appeal locally, but once the national media get together, our newspapers are really nothing.
When I participated in the awards show of that TV work in Shanghai, I experienced this kind of differential treatment for the first time. Although I stayed in the same hotel, our small media were all thrown aside after receiving the room card. For venue badges and interview arrangements, you have to go to the organizing committee to find someone to apply for, let alone other reception dinners and event arrangements.
In the past few years as a reporter, I had very few opportunities to go out. It was the first time I went out of town by myself, and I didn’t even have acquaintances around me. No one picked me up when I got off the plane. I asked about the hotel I went to. The taxi driver deceitfully detoured half of the city before arriving at the hotel, took the room card and put down the luggage. In order to catch up with the press conference, I didn't have time to eat lunch. After returning to the hotel, I received a notice, an admission pass and an interview pass. The application must be completed on the same day, and the expiration date will not wait. But I was busy all the way until five o'clock, and I was still empty-handed.
If Wei Jie and Cheng Hua weren't there, the breakfast on the plane would probably be the only thing I ate in a day.
I admit that I am indeed somewhat imbecile. In the past, I went to university locally, and because the school was close to my home, I was basically a day student. I rarely lived on campus, and the days when I was away from home never exceeded a week. When traveling, whether with parents, relatives or classmates, the places I have been to alone will never exceed the radius of 100 kilometers with my home as the center. Now I am in a place where I have never been before, and I still come with a mission. I am nervous, anxious and helpless. In particular, most of the other entertainment journalists are old fritters who are used to seeing big scenes. I am a ignorant person who doesn't know anything. If I ask too many questions, it will be annoying. If I don't ask too many questions, I really can't find a way out.
Therefore, Cheng Hua's appearance at this time really seemed like a Prince Charming who came with colorful auspicious clouds.
When I was so hungry that I was about to throw up, but I hadn’t finished my interview pass yet, and angrily explained to the organizing committee that my invitation letter had already been handed in when I applied for my pass, Cheng Hua called. "Momo, are you here? I'm researching what to eat? Is there any restaurant you want to eat? I'll ask my assistant to buy it. Come over and eat together."
I held the phone with a sore nose, feeling like I was about to cry. They are both human beings, Cheng Hua can calmly wait in the hotel and think about what to have for dinner at this time, but I am like a mentally handicapped person, communicating with the host's reception staff here and again and not understanding the most important thing. simple question.
After I choked up and expressed the predicament I encountered, within 20 minutes, Cheng Hua's assistant came over and took me to the hotel where Cheng Hua was staying, and I enjoyed a meal with Cheng Hua and sister Wei The dinner ordered by the famous hotel, when I am full of wine and tea, my admission card, interview card and the subsequent interview arrangements have all been arranged in an orderly manner by the assistant sent by sister Wei.
To be honest, when I got all the documents that I had worked so hard to get in, I was really moved to the point of crying, especially when I saw Cheng Hua sitting leisurely across from me, smiling warmly. When he looked at me, I almost had the urge to go over to him and give him a hug.
"Cheng Hua, thank you." When I said this thank you, I was extremely unnatural. You must know that I haven't said this kind of sincere thanks to him for more than ten years. I almost forgot the last word. Once in elementary school or junior high school.
Cheng Hua just smiled at me indifferently and said, "Momo, why are you always so polite to me? In your heart, do you always treat me as an outsider?"
I bit my lip and was a little speechless. I have always had a clear distinction between grievances and grievances, especially at this moment. Putting aside the old and new grudges, even if Cheng Hua was holding back some bad things and wanted to make me happy, in the end it was He, let me eat and drink enough to burp without any worries at this moment, instead of running around and looking at people, this is enough to make me grateful to him. However, after all, I still can't see him as an "insider". Years of defensive psychology have made me instinctively exclude him from my own circle, so his words hit the nail on the head. When outsiders come.
Seeing that I didn't speak, Cheng Hua sighed. "Momo, I always think that I can be different to you, do you understand what I mean?" After sighing, he suddenly said this sentence without thinking.
I instinctively said, "You have always been different."
However, it was obvious that we had a slight misunderstanding of the word "different". Cheng Hua's face instantly burst into an expression that could almost be called ecstasy. I was a little lost in his bright smile. Can't find North.
Just when the four eyes were relatively silent, Miss Wei came out from another room in the suite, glanced at us casually and said: "I'm going out to meet some friends, you can talk by yourself, but be careful, don't be too excited. Haha, Momo will leave early in a while, there are many paparazzi lurking around here. If you plan to spend the night here today, Momo, the news will be big tomorrow."
I choked and stood up quickly. When did I say I was going to spend the night here? Although Cheng Hua's room is much warmer and more comfortable than mine, I have never wanted to stay here.
"Miss Wei, I'll go with you." I immediately stated my position, stood up and followed behind Miss Wei.
Sister Wei looked at me quite surprised and said, "Don't be so anxious, even if someone sees you at Cheng Hua's place, you are still a reporter after all, and you are friends. You can do an interview and have a meal. There won't be any scandals when I was young."
I dare not say, it's not that I'm afraid of giving Cheng Hua any gossip, but in this situation, I don't know why, I don't dare to be alone with Cheng Hua. When I hate him, although I don't like being alone with him We get along, but I don't feel afraid, but now because of the touch in my heart, when I face Cheng Hua again, I always feel a little uncomfortable and at a loss. Instead, I don't know how to control my expression and attitude.
Miss Wei looked at me, finally nodded and said, "Okay, just be careful, I just happened to take you back to the hotel."
Cheng Hua didn't say anything from the beginning to the end, but when I turned around to say goodbye to him, I saw him staring at me with twinkling eyes, as if he had something to say, but in the end he just said goodbye to me softly. .
I followed Weijie into the car with a messy heart. After driving for a while, Weijie suddenly said: "Momo, I didn't tell Xiao Huazi about your date with that young man last time. Young people have emotional problems. It is inevitable that there will be times when you desert, I understand. You don’t have to worry about this, I’m not such a busy person.”