A few days later, Tan Yiming finally received a formal interview notice from the HR company of Torrential Rain.
The email clearly stated the time and place of the audition. Since the "Q" project is a work with a confidentiality level of S+, all candidates must go to the headquarters of Rainstorm Games in person, where they will be fully enclosed for three days and two nights. assessment.
The problem is that Tan Yiming is located in New York on the east coast, and the headquarters of Rainstorm is located in Silicon Valley on the west coast. It takes at least six hours by plane; the interview is scheduled for Tuesday to Thursday, considering the delay on the road, Tan Yiming He had to leave on Monday at the latest and could return on Friday—that is, he had to take at least a week off.
Thinking of this, Tan Yiming paused for a few seconds with his fingers.
He was an intern in an investment bank. At the beginning, he passed five hurdles and defeated hundreds of competitors before stepping into the gate of that investment bank. The working hours of investment banks have always been terrifying, leaving get off work at 10 o'clock in the evening is considered "early", and it is even more invisible on Saturdays and Sundays.
Every time Tan Yiming goes to the recording studio to record on weekends, he has to bring his computer with him. Every time he had a break, he would immediately turn on the computer and report to the leader, or do those esoteric digital reports.
George simply suspects that he is iron, otherwise how can he have the energy to juggle two jobs
But Tan Yiming not only persevered, but even did both tasks extremely well.
The investment bank's assessment indicators for interns are extremely strict, and the elimination rate is also amazing. After the internship period, there are only ten new people who can really stay in the company. Everyone sharpens their heads and tries to get into the front office and become the next one. The trader who turned his hands for the clouds and covered his hands for the rain.
Tan Yiming is about to graduate, and now only he and another girl are left in their group to compete for the final spot.
The girl, like him, went to a prestigious school, had a graduate degree, majored in finance, and was a foreigner—they were all eager to get a work permit to stay here, to stay on this wealth-filled Wall Street.
But... He has to ask for leave at this juncture, and he has to ask for a whole week...
The next day was a working day, so Tan Yiming took advantage of the opportunity to have lunch with his boss at noon and asked for a vacation.
The boss didn't agree.
"Vacation? Impossible." The black female boss put down the salad in her hand with an unpleasant expression: "Tan, I have enough preference for you, so that you can not come to the company on weekends and work from home. In the entire department, there is no second The intern has your honor."
"Thank you for your love." Tan Yiming was full of apology. Since the day he joined her, she has been working under her; she is a selfless leader, and even tens of millions of projects, she is willing to take him as an intern to do it . Thinking of this, Tan Yiming felt more guilty. "But I do have reasons for having to take time off, I..."
"Why do you have to fly to Silicon Valley?" The boss snorted and interrupted him, "Is it a vacation? Or... for an interview?"
Tan Yiming was stunned: "..."
The boss said: "Are you surprised? Talk, let me teach you one last lesson: never check any private emails in the company, because you don't know how many colleagues walking past you are waiting to catch you. ."
Tan Yiming understood.
The whistleblower was the girl, the intern who competed with him.
The boss also said: "You are an intern I am very optimistic about. I have been looking forward to becoming a formal colleague with you in the future. I don't know what position the company that sent you the interview notice can offer you, but if you want to continue working in Keep doing this, and Wall Street can give you more.”
A pair of scales was placed there, in front of Tan Yiming.
On the one hand, there is a bright future. As long as he works hard, in two months, he will have a job on Wall Street that everyone envies; The seniors competed with him, and it is very likely that when he got there, he found out that he was running with him...
The answer is very clear, as long as Tan Yiming's rationality remains, it is impossible to choose the wrong one.
"..." His lips moved, and there was no confusion in those deep pupils, only firmness for the future, "Thank you for your cultivation during this time—"
He paused for a few seconds and said the last words: "—I quit."
He thought he must be crazy.
…
George shouted: "Tan Yiming, I think you are crazy!!!"
On Friday night, Tan Yiming ended the last day and returned to the school dormitory from the company with a cardboard box full of sundries.
George's eyes darkened, and his fat body fell on the sofa.
"Old Tan, do you know what you gave up?" he screamed, "Who said: 'I want to make money, I want to study finance, I only regard voice acting as a hobby'!!"
Tan Yiming lowered his eyes and sorted things out: "It's me."
George asked: "Who said: 'Investment banking is the job that can make a lot of money, and the hard and tiring business matching is just a part-time job'!!"
Tan Yiming replied, "It's me."
George asked again, "Who is that..."
"It's me, it's all me." Tan Yiming put down the things in his hand and turned to look at his friend, "I'm not crazy. But the current situation is that I have to choose between dreams and bread."
Commercial dubbing and investment banking work are two completely conflicting careers. They both require too much time to polish and too much energy to put in. He used to think too ideally, thinking that he could take care of both sides, but there is no such thing as the best of both worlds in this world. Even if he doesn't choose now, he will face the same problem in the future.
He just moved the time of the decision forward.
If someone told him half a year ago that he would give up the major he had studied for six years, give up the annual salary of one million, and invest in the field of business distribution with an uncertain future, he must have thought that the other party was joking.
But when he came to this day, when the two roads were really at his feet, he hardly hesitated and embarked on that rugged, narrow journey with a little bit of starlight.
Because his dream hangs in the distance and will always illuminate his direction.
An adult, still dreaming - is this ridiculous
It's not funny.
The most heart-wrenching story in the world is to see an adult, overcoming obstacles, facing the wind and rain, breaking all existing or non-existing walls and realizing his childhood dream.
"I want to try it out," Tan Yiming said. "If I don't have bread, can I live by my dreams—or simply turn my dreams into bread."
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A week later, Tan Yiming set off for Silicon Valley.
The plane he took landed in the evening, and a strong red curtain swept the sky. He stepped out of the airport on the afterglow of the sunset.
The rainstorm company sent people to pick up the plane. They wore T-shirts with the company's LOGO and held a big sign in their hands. Tan Yiming walked over to sign in, and the staff told him that because some candidates arrived one after another, they would have to wait another hour before taking the bus to the hotel.
Tan Yiming has no objection.
He stood on the side of the road carrying simple luggage, picked up his mobile phone and took pictures of the sky, and shared it on Weibo.
@cv Wang Qingyun: The sky is very good [smiley]
He deliberately avoided buildings when taking pictures, and only took pictures of colorful clouds in the sky. He is a person who pays great attention to privacy. To put it a little bit harshly, he is too wary.
But even so careful, he could not escape the eyes of the famous detective Little Swan.
guess: [goose mazing].jpg
guess: Great God! Shouldn't it be night over there, why did the sun just go down
Yiming Qingyun: I think you are very talented, you shouldn't learn ballet, you should learn detective.
guess: _(:з"∠)_
Bright Cloud: I flew to the West Coast for an interview.
There is a three-hour time difference between the east and west coasts of the United States, it is already night in New York, and the sun has just set on the Silicon Valley side.
guess:! ! Is it the audition of the very powerful company I mentioned last time
Yiming Qingyun: Hmm.
Except for the second boss who knew which company Tan Yiming went to for an interview, Tan Yiming never mentioned it to other two-dimensional friends.
But guess is an exception—
Even though Tan Yiming deliberately obscures key information every time he chats with Guess, he has already revealed too many things to his little swan that should not be revealed.
How strange. Tan Yiming thought that he had only known Guess for more than half a year, how could he feel like he could talk about everything.
One of a kind: The company specially sent people to pick up our interviewees at the airport.
Yiming Qingyun: Now there are two Japanese voice actors who have arrived. Another one, the accent seems to be Spanish.
guess: There are Russians!
Boom: Yes, but several candidates from Russia arrived yesterday and are now in the hotel.
Yiming Qingyun: What's the matter
guess: [goose mazing].jpg
guess: Hehehe, I can speak a little Russian!
Yiming Qingyun: So powerful
guess: I was sent by the school to Vaganova for a month to communicate~
Xiang Guess proudly sent an emoji of a swan with sunglasses, a gold chain, and a cigar in his mouth.
Yi Mingqingyun: Then teach me a few words of Russian.
guess: Make it clear in advance that I don't speak swear words in Russian.
One of a kind: …why should I learn swearing in Russian
A bright cloud: [black swan question mark face].jpg
guess: Well, because a lot of people are like that.
guess: For the first time in contact with a foreign language or dialect, in addition to hello, thank you, goodbye, you must learn swear words and "I love you".
Tan Yiming laughed out loud.
He smiled, and the Spanish seiyuu standing next to him immediately looked over.
The Spanish voice actor is a man with black curly hair, deep brown eyes, and a Mediterranean passion.
"Are you Chinese?" he asked in English.
Tan Yiming said yes.
The Spanish seiyuu brightened up and said, "I can speak chinese!!"
Tan Yiming looked at him encouragingly.
Spanish voice actors: "nihao, zaijian, xiexie!"
Tan Yiming was overjoyed: "Hello, goodbye, thank you."
Spanish voice actor: "wo cao!"
Tan Yiming: "...???"
The Spanish seiyuu was even more excited: "I will say... Let me think about it, by the way, wo ai ni!!"
Tan Yiming: "…"
…
Yiming Qingyun: You teach me.
guess: What do you want to learn
A rising star: Hello in Russian, goodbye, thank you.
Yiming Qingyun: Also, I love you.
The author has something to say: I wrote it before: woo woo woo Tan Yiming, you would rather give up bread for your dreams, you are really a man!
I wrote it later: Tan Yiming, you flirt and run, what kind of man! !