205. Application
I didn't expect that Gu Xiao, who persuaded him not to take Bai Rui to heart, would do such a thing behind his back... But this also proves that Gu Xiao is really nervous about himself and doesn't want him to be influenced by Bai Rui again, right
Zhang Siyi warmed his heart and asked Tao Fei directly in front of Bai Rui: "Then what did you find out? What is he trying to do?"
Tao Fei forked a piece of pre-dinner fruit just brought by the waiter, and without giving Bai Rui any face, he shrugged and said, "I feel like he's just too busy!"
Bai Rui: "… "
Zhang Siyi twitched the corners of his mouth, so idle that he had to do so many tricks to attract their attention
Bai Rui's expression couldn't tell whether it was helpless or depressed: "Didn't I say everything, I just want to make friends with you. Search: \(¨¨¨¨¨)Read fine literature for free"
Tao Fei raised his eyebrows and pointed him with a small fork: "You are the sa! Don't act so purposeful if you just want to make friends? If Zhang Siyi and my senior brother weren't so strong in their relationship, maybe they would really be caught by you. If you move the corner, how will you end? If you show an innocent face, you will be called a scheming boy, you are stupid."
Bai Rui was so scolded by Tao Fei that he couldn't say a word, opened his mouth, and finally held back all the rebuttals in his heart.
Zhang Siyi looked at him and wanted to laugh. He didn't know if it was his previous perception of Bai Rui or if Tao Fei was too powerful. After only half a month of hard work, Bai Rui was like a rooster that was only defeated, withered. The high-spirited appearance in front of Ren Mengxuan was completely different.
Bai Rui looked at Zhang Siyi and reiterated: "I swear I really have no special purpose, I have told you about my experience before, why do you never believe me?" He paused and said frankly, "The same is true. You are gay, compared to your own experience, you and your boyfriend have a really good relationship, maybe it is because of envy, because of curiosity, so you want to get close and understand you."
Tao Fei interrupted him, "I'm not gay!"
Bai Rui gave Tao Fei a deep look, with a hint of melancholy in his eyes.
Tao Fei was stunned, turned his head subconsciously, and said, "Okay, it's not my fault for lying to you before." Although he apologized, Tao Fei's chin was still raised high, like a proud peacock.
Bai Rui didn't care, but asked Zhang Siyi, "So, that director is your boyfriend?"
Zhang Siyi nodded. At this moment, he really let down his guard against the person in front of him.
Bai Rui smiled wryly: "I didn't expect that the same person would be in the hands of the same person several times. I'm really curious about what kind of person your director is." He raised his hand to check the time, and said, "It's not too late, why don't you call me? Come and have a meal with him, please."
Tao Fei has always liked to watch the fun, and immediately agreed: "Okay, okay, it's time to take credit with my senior brother, hee hee.
Bai Rui: "… "
Zhang Siyi called Gu Xiao to explain the situation, and Bai Rui recruited another waiter to come and order a few dishes. After about fifteen minutes, Gu Xiao appeared. He didn't look sideways, walked with wind, and came to them under the guidance of the waiter.
The four handsome guys sat together at a table, attracting countless gazes around them. Bai Rui took the initiative, shook hands with Gu Xiao, and said with a smile, "After going around for a month, I finally see the righteous master. Mr. Gu is really good at playing."
Gu Xiao smiled calmly: "Where."
After the meal came, the four of them talked about what happened this month as a joke.
It turns out that Bai Rui was indeed the two of them at first, but it turned out that Zhang Siyi was more responsive to him sending Tao Fei roses, and Tao Fei seemed more familiar when facing him, so he tacitly agreed that Tao Fei was Zhang Siyi's man. friend.
As for the reason for moving to Wujing Upstairs, it is purely coincidental. At the beginning, Bai Rui's company was looking for office space. He came to deliver cake to Zhang Siyi that day. When he saw that CBD had space for rent and the rent was affordable, he immediately went back to find out. Looking at the surrounding environment and location, I felt it was suitable and rented it.
Zhang Siyi was on a business trip for half a month, and Bai Rui found an opportunity to invite Tao Fei to dinner. Once there was a second and third time, but the topics they usually exchanged were mostly art and architecture, and occasionally they talked about the relationship between Tao Fei and Zhang Siyi. Bai Rui was just curious about how they met, what they would do together in the process of getting along with each other, and their plans for the future, etc. But Tao Fei didn't know, he could only talk nonsense with him!
Speaking of this while eating, Bai Rui gave another wry smile.
However, Zhang Siyi had to admit that Bai Rui's self-discipline was indeed good, and it must have exploded in such an embarrassing situation for ordinary people. He was able to maintain his demeanor, neither angry nor turning his face, and he laughed at himself from time to time.
The atmosphere at the banquet was unprecedentedly harmonious. After all, from the perspective of educational background and personal conditions, Bai Rui, Gu Xiao and Tao Fei were all of the same type.
After the meal, Bai Rui settled the bill, and the four of them went back together.
Tao Fei and Bai Rui walked in the front, Zhang Siyi and Gu Xiao walked in the back, Zhang Siyi heard Bai Rui ask Tao Fei if he would like to go to see a modern painting exhibition held by a friend in his circle together on the weekend.
Tao Fei naturally turned his head and asked them, "Are you going?"
Zhang Siyi has to hurry to prepare the application materials. The application for a master's degree in the UK usually ends in December of the year before admission. He must have no time, so he can only find an excuse to push it. And if he doesn't go, Gu Xiao naturally won't go either.
Tao Fei pointed to himself in frustration: "Just me?"
Bai Rui tilted his head to look at him and said, "Anyway, you're single now, so what if you go with me? There's no way your 'boyfriend' will jump out and be jealous, right?"
Tao Fei shouted with a thick neck: "Again, I'm not gay!"
Bai Rui nodded: "Oh, then are you going? The exhibition is on the top floor of the Haicheng International Trade Building. There will be a free high-end buffet after the end. There will be many modern artists coming, including... "
Tao Fei's face twisted for a few seconds, then he gritted his teeth and said, "Go!"
Zhang Siyi sighed, the big trouble was taken over by the big demon, and his world was really quiet.
With only 20 days left to apply, Zhang Siyi could not relax during the day, work overtime until 8 o'clock in the evening before going home, and prepare application materials, Zhang Siyi fell into an unprecedented period of suffering.
After writing an application letter, preparing a portfolio of personal works, and completing a year and a half of work experience in pedr*, Zhang Siyi's daily sleep time has been compressed to four hours, which is more than any stage of the college entrance examination, IELTS test, and graduation period. The pressure is great.
The only thing fortunate is that Gu Xiao is by his side. Not only is he a boss and a boyfriend, but Gu Xiao is also an independent licensed architect. He gave Zhang Siyi the green light to record the process of pedr, and even a letter of recommendation can easily be obtained. .
During this process, Zhang Siyi seemed to realize the pleasure of Yu Rui's step by step finding a boyfriend. (=_=)
Of course, they are different. At least Gu Xiao's comments on Zhang Siyi on pedr and the recommendation letter he wrote for him are all based on the ability of others, seeking truth from facts, except for necessary modifiers and recommendation words, no exaggeration.
Because there is no benefit to exaggerating, British universities have wide admission and strict exit, especially the part 2 colleges that Zhang Siyi chose. Even if they enter, they will be immediately wiped out by fishing in troubled waters and their unrealistic abilities. The majors that earn tuition are very different.
And Zhang Siyi has indeed improved a lot by his own efforts in the past year and a half. As long as he prepares the application materials step by step, there will be at least one of the three abc universities.
As for the a major that he wants to try his luck, if he is fully prepared and still fails to apply, it means that the academy does not think that he can keep up with the academic progress with his current ability, then even if he squeezes in, it will just be a waste of tuition fees. That's all, Zhang Siyi's mentality in this regard is very good.
However, when making the portfolio for the application, Zhang Siyi encountered another problem - the three universities he chose, especially the A University, paid special attention to the designers' deliberation and thinking process during design. I have participated in a lot of projects, but most of the projects are domestically economical, with little investment, short cycle, and not very good-looking. The most fatal thing is that there is no profound process.
Zhang Siyi searched for a long time, but he did not find a few works that could represent the depth of his current thinking, but he did not have the time to make a new work.
After discussing with Gu Xiao, Gu Xiao suggested that in addition to preparing a portfolio, he should simply write a detailed personal statement to explain his reflections on architectural design in this year's work.
Writing articles is Zhang Siyi's weakness. He is good at designing now, and he has read a lot of books under the guidance of Gu Xiao, but writing is still the most troublesome thing. When he was studying before, some courses involved writing papers. It's all holding him back.
Under the distress, Zhang Siyi immediately thought of Su Yuan. Su Yuan is a veteran in writing this kind of article. Why not ask her for advice
Su Yuan said before that he wanted to invite him and Gu Xiao to dinner, but Zhang Siyi went on a business trip soon, and he was too busy to leave after returning. The other party sent WeChat several times, but Zhang Siyi had no time, and now he had to ask for help, finally chance to meet.
After making a phone call, Zhang Siyi asked Su Yuan to meet in the city center the next night, mentioned his request by the way, and asked her if she was free to help.
Su Yuan said, "Are you still being so polite to me? It's just a matter of a word!"
After get off work the next day, Zhang Siyi took Gu Xiao to an appointment. When he saw Su Yuan again, he saw that the other party had light makeup on his face and new haircut. Different.
Su Yuan Luoluo shook hands with Gu Xiao generously, thanked him, and after taking his seat, he explained what happened in the past two months.
It turned out that after Gu Xiao recommended her to Liang Xueying, Liang Xueying also called Su Yuan immediately and warmly invited her to their company.
Su Yuan has been struggling in the domestic construction industry for a year and a half, and has been struggling at the bottom. She only feels that the outside world is similar to her environment. treatment
She was so moved that she handed over her resignation to the original company without a word, took a week off, moved to the vicinity of the new company, and started a new job.
Just like what Zhang Siyi promised on the phone, Liang Xueying's office not only does not need to work endless overtime, because of its small scale, harmony and friendship among colleagues, the boss and subordinates are integrated, which is completely different from Su Yuan's previous environment.
After that, she took the initiative to contact the editor of the magazine recommended by Gu Xiao. The other party also said that she had received a greeting from Gu Xiao and quickly gave her the job of translation.
Now, Su Yuan has been working in the new company for a month, and she works with ease during the day. Liang Xueying sees that she has a good temperament, and often takes her out to meet Party A and customers. In the evening, she came home from get off work to translate the translated manuscript. On weekends, she even had time to go shopping with Ren Mengxuan or a new colleague, and her life was completely transformed and completely new.
Speaking of his changes during this period, Su Yuan's face was filled with undisguised happiness.
"I sometimes regret it, why didn't I jump out of the original company earlier, I knew the treatment was unfair, I knew it wouldn't go on like this, but I kept dragging it day after day..." Su Yuan shook his head reproachfully. He raised his head to look at Zhang Siyi and Gu Xiao again, his face full of gratitude, "But thanks to you guys, otherwise I might not have had such a good opportunity."
Gu Xiao said: "You are being humble. Not long ago, Liang Gong also called me once, saying that you are hardworking, have strong learning ability, and are a very good talent. He also thanked me for recommending such a good person to him."
Su Yuan looked happy, but also a little embarrassed.
Gu Xiao comforted her as an elder: "The previous experience is not a bad thing. If you have experienced difficulties and suffering, you will have a stronger psychological quality to easily control the current environment."
Su Yuan said gratefully, "Thank you."
Gu Xiao smiled: "You don't need to thank me, thank Zhang Siyi. He insisted that you are very powerful and excellent, and he would make trouble with me if I didn't help you."
Zhang Siyi's face is hot... Damn, don't say such things in front of my classmates!
Su Yuan looked at them suspiciously, always feeling that the atmosphere between the two was a bit ambiguous, and Zhang Siyi was actually making trouble with the director? They have such a good relationship
Putting away his scrutiny expression, Su Yuan teased Zhang Siyi and said, "Hey, Xiaoyi, you never said that your director was so kind to you, why did we always think he was a mean and mean Zhou Papi?"
Gu Xiao's eyebrows jumped and he looked at Zhang Siyi: "Huh?"
Zhang Siyi hurriedly explained: "Uh, it's just that during that time you asked me to paint the bathroom every day, and I was a little embarrassed, so..."
Gu Xiao narrowed his eyes: "Just call me Zhou Papi?"
Zhang Siyi: "No! I was wronged!"
Su Yuan pointed at him and said with a smile: "What's wrong, didn't the heart-broken man even help you and tell you to kill his cactus?"
Gu Xiao's eyes were slightly opened, and his face was incredulous.
Zhang Siyi is about to cry while holding his forehead, Sister Yuan, it makes sense for me to help you so much that you are still cheating on me! !
Su Yuan received Zhang Siyi's sad eyes, smiled heartily, and said with emotion: "Everyone is joking in private, and it's quite interesting to say... You see, people who are strict with you are not necessarily bad people, and a seemingly beautiful environment is not necessarily a bad person. Flowers will definitely be born. If I had known this truth at the time, I would not have persuaded you to change the company. It is very narrow to think about it now. In fact, everyone has their own way, whether it is good or bad, time will give. Our answer."
Zhang Siyi breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in approval. After a few people had eaten something, Zhang Siyi thought about it again and asked, "How is Ren Mengxuan?"
Su Yuan: "What can she do? I can't accept being dumped and crying for a while, I feel that I am the worst in the world, and she is a spoiled girl, just coax her for a few days. already."
Zhang Siyi: "…"
"By the way, it is said that Bai Rui also gave her a 60,000 yuan Chanel bag as a parting gift. Half a month ago, she got angry and told me that she would sell it for 50,000 yuan and invite me to go on a trip to the Maldives. Tell me that Bai Rui is quite pitiful... You know, that guy is gay!" Su Yuan shrugged and sighed, "Hey, I guess the two of them should develop their relationship with girlfriends in the future."
Zhang Siyi: "Uh..."
Su Yuan waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about her. I guarantee that she will go to a nightclub in a few days to find a new partner. It's you who told me to apply for a master's degree on the phone. What do you want me to do?"
Zhang Siyi immediately explained the specific situation, and Su Yuan also agreed with Gu Xiao asking Zhang Siyi to write a detailed personal statement: "This is much simpler than writing a thesis, so don't worry too much. You can send me your portfolio when you go back. Tell me about the harvest you have made after each design, I will help you take a good look at your ideas, make an outline, you can write it stage by stage, and I will help you go through it again."
Seeing that Su Yuan was so confident, Zhang Siyi was relieved a lot, and decided to go back tonight and start construction.
After saying goodbye after dinner, Zhang Siyi watched Su Yuan leave first on the street. Seeing her regain her confident appearance, she felt even more dazzling than before.
Yes, there are good times and bad times in life, there are peaks and valleys, but as long as you continue to be full of hope in life and move forward unswervingly, you will always come out of the haze and become stronger, more beautiful and calmer than ever.
"Go back." Gu Xiao called a taxi and urged Zhang Siyi.
Getting in the car, Gu Xiaocai pursued the words on the dining table just now: "Your classmate who is nicknamed the Heartbreaker once told you to kill my cactus?"
Zhang Siyi: "Just kidding, how dare I!"
Gu Xiao remained calm, but Zhang Siyi thought that he was done with it. Unexpectedly, when he returned home, Gu Xiao saw the town house flicking his tail begging for food, so he told Zhang Siyi coolly, "Hungry his son tonight, and he is not allowed to feed him."
Zhang Siyi: "..." Damn, are you a three-year-old child? (= dish=)
Town House: "… "Wang Woo~(ˊ_ˋ)
The author has something to say: [Note] pedr: short for architecture professional experience development record, translated as architectural professional experience development record, this experience record is a necessary part of applying for the riba (Royal Institute of British Architects) architect license, and it is required to practice in architecture From the first year of work, the participants record the projects and experiences they have participated in, and require licensed architects to give summaries and comments (usually with their own boss). gd1806102