[Zhizu Changle: If you really want to go to northern Shanxi, there will be a game exhibition there next week. You can go and see if there are any projects worth doing that we can control.]
[Be contented:/shake hands/hold fists]
In order to encourage him to change his mobile phone, Huo Zhendong even at his old age specially registered an APP, which was used exclusively to send him messages. Unless there was an emergency, he would never call or text him.
From this point, it can be seen that he must be Huo Zhendong's biological son.
Huo Ran, who had been suffering from homosexual harassment recently and regretted not going to the Jinbei City project, complained to Huo Zhendong from time to time. It wasn't that he cared much about the project, he just wanted to escape from here in a legitimate way and go on a business trip anywhere.
Seeing Huo Zhendong say this, Huo Ran's eyes immediately lit up.
Dr. Tao is in Jinbei City, and Huo Ran also knows his work address, Jinbei City Seventh Mental Hospital.
Yesterday, under the guidance of Dr. Tao, he successfully scared away Xia Xingxi, who had been pestering him for more than half a month. From now on, at least he doesn't have to worry about someone knocking on the door in the middle of the night. It is reasonable for him to go to the hospital to thank Dr. Tao in person. He is not a formal patient and does not pay any fees, so what should he do to show his gratitude
In his wandering thoughts, he was even considering what to write on the banner to be given to Dr. Tao.
Huo Ran stared at the "Type in Progress" button at the top of the dialog box and held his breath unconsciously.
If Dr. Tao is not averse to meeting netizens, he would like to treat Dr. Tao to a meal.
It was not until five minutes later that the message that Dr. Tao had spent half a day typing finally arrived.
[Tao: The weather in northern Shanxi is very good now, it will be very comfortable to come here. You can also go shopping after work, there are many snacks.]
[Tao: But I’m not familiar with this place, so I can’t recommend you good places to eat, drink and have fun. I remember there is a recommendation post in the travel section of Sky Forum, you can take a look.]
The two replies were not long, but Huo Ran read them over and over again, feeling a subtle sense of loss in his heart.
Huo Ran was sure that Dr. Tao knew what he was going to say next, so he took a step ahead and tactfully rejected the unspoken request for a meeting.
Huo Ran, who was trapped in depression, thought again. He and Dr. Tao had only known each other for a few days. Someone who valued privacy as much as Dr. Tao would definitely not want to meet a stranger rashly.
So Huo Ran decided to make up for his loss.
[hr: OK, thank you Dr. Tao.]
[hr: It’s a pity that my schedule is too busy this time, otherwise I would definitely come to thank Dr. Tao in person! ]
This time Dr. Tao replied very quickly.
[Tao: You’re welcome~]
[Tao: puppet bear dancing.gif]
Looking at the silly teddy bear in the center of the screen, Huo Ran skillfully clicked the right button to add it to the expression and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Fortunately, Dr. Tao didn't mind his abruptness.
It was now Dr. Tao's working hours, so Huo Ran did not continue to disturb him. He stared at Dr. Tao's system default avatar and couldn't help but become curious about Dr. Tao's life.
Dr. Tao has a regular schedule and loves his work. He is cautious but helpful. He has many cute emoticons but uses a simple original avatar. He likes to browse all kinds of posts online, but is not familiar with the city where he lives. What is the life of such a seemingly contradictory young man like
Huo Ran originally wanted to open Dr. Tao's personal space directly, but five or six years ago, when he suspected his sister Huo Sihan of being in a premature love relationship and secretly looked through her space to look for clues, Huo Sihan turned around and asked him why he was spying on her, which scared the guilty Huo Ran.
Not wanting Dr. Tao to have a bad impression of him, Huo Ran opened the All Updates page and scrolled through all his friends' updates.
However, his eyes were dazzled after looking through the posts until three months ago, but he did not see any message from Dr. Tao.
Huo Ran was a little disappointed and glanced at the status that Huo Sihan had just posted a few minutes ago.
[Dynamic] Your dad: It suddenly rained heavily on the island last night, and I was forced to work hard on my newly sprouted vegetable seedlings. I didn’t expect to miss the wild replies and exposure from the big guys. Cha Xing personally deleted the posts and banned the account. Woohoo, please give me some wonderful screenshots from the sisters on the list.
After what happened last night, Huo Ran became very sensitive to the word "tea". Although he did not fully understand the second half of his sister's words, he still made two comments.
[Comment] hr: You need to put up the shed in time, idiot.
[Comment] hr: Does Tea Star refer to green tea
Huo Sihan sent a message at the speed of light.
[Your father: ? Himself?]
[Your father: Do you finally understand the meaning of green tea?]
[Your father: I am not dreaming.jpg]
Huo Ran pondered for a moment, and a strange desire to win arose in his heart.
[hr: So my brother is so stupid in your eyes?]
[hr: I don’t want to either, but I didn’t have the opportunity to learn these things before. I will work hard to learn them in the future.]
[hr: Sihan, don’t dislike your brother. It will make your brother feel bad.]
[Your father: … ]
[Your father: Okay, stop it, I was wrong, I just had breakfast, forgive me.]
[hr:/cute]
After seeing Huo Ran's tea art, Huo Sihan immediately sent a screenshot.
[Your father: This is a star. You definitely don’t know him because he can do nothing but perform tea art. He rose to fame through all the way from the black market, so everyone mockingly calls him the Tea Star.]
Huo Ran clicked on it and saw that it was a screenshot of Xia Xingxi's Weibo. He was stunned. Then he looked at his sister's words "You definitely don't know her", and Huo Ran silently felt guilty.
More than knowing him, this tea-scented scarf seems to be talking about him...
Huo Ran never reads entertainment news, nor does he watch TV dramas or movies, and he knows almost nothing about domestic celebrities other than the top-tier ones.
Although Huo's group had a very famous entertainment company, Huo Ran had no intention of taking over this business, so he gave up exploring this unfamiliar field with a huge amount of information.
Therefore, on the day of the cocktail party a month ago, when Xia Xingxi, who was wearing a tuxedo like a proud peacock, bumped into him with a wine glass in hand, Huo Ran, whose chest was stained red, had no idea that this was a star. He thought it was just a clumsy waiter, so he gently said it was okay.
He lowered his head to wipe the red wine stains on his chest and didn't even notice the flash of light in Xia Xingxi's eyes. As a result, he was forced to start a nightmare that lasted for more than half a month.
Xia Xingxi actually knew him. In a small circle that tried to exchange their bodies for resources, photos of the lists of senior executives of several major entertainment companies and their parent companies were widely circulated. Huo Ran, the future heir of the Huo family, who had a good appearance and age and was said to have never even been in a relationship, was listed in the top tier - if one could become someone close to Huo Ran, it would be a "business" that made a lot of money without any investment.
Huo Ran didn't know about all these twists and turns, but after Dr. Tao's advice, he didn't think Xia Xingxi really liked him, so naturally he had no tolerance for him.
Huo Ran had originally forgotten about Xia Xingxi, but now he unexpectedly saw his green tea remarks that alluded to his identity. Huo Ran couldn't help but feel a little angry, and immediately blocked him on PP.
However, in front of his shrewd and perceptive sister, Huo Ran knew that too much talk would lead to mistakes, so he planned to fool her.
[hr: I don’t know him, but he speaks very well.]
[hr: cat giggles.jpg]
[Your dad: Who did you save these emoticons from?]
[Your father: I sent you so many, but you didn’t use any of them! ! ! ]
[hr: Oh, your emoticon is so ugly, not cute at all. ]
[hr: Mine is so cute.]
[hr: puppet bear dancing.gif]
Huo Ran, who originally wanted to skip work to catch up on some sleep, had no choice but to get up and go to the company obediently.
Yesterday he visited Dr. Tao's island in the game and found that Dr. Tao had not been online for a long time. The island was deserted. Looking at the small hedgehog holding a hoe, Huo Ran immediately volunteered to help.
The two animals, one big and one small, worked hard until twelve o'clock and finally restored the island to its former vitality.
Huo Ran had only been playing this game for a short time and was immersed in the joy of single-player infrastructure construction. He even added only Huo Sihan as his friend.
This was the first time for him to build an island with others. The big brown bear was swinging an axe to chop trees, and his strength was almost running out. He was about to put down the axe to find something to eat, when the little hedgehog brought him some fruit to increase his strength.
It was a strange feeling, and Huo Ran suddenly understood why the group mode of this game attracted players.
So after Dr. Tao went offline and went to sleep, Huo Ran, who was still interested, dug out the Weibo post that made Animal Island popular a while ago. Huo Sihan had sent him the link when she was trying to get him into the game.
There are tens of thousands of comments under the Weibo post, and many of the top-rated comments are about things that happened to the users when they were playing Animal Island. Some are humorous, but more are full of warmth.
Huo Ran was fascinated by the story and followed the recommendations in the comments to visit the creative section of the Animal Island official forum, which contained various forms of derivative works, which were wonderful. Huo Ran stared at the screen intently and clicked on new web pages one after another.
When he came to his senses, he looked at the time in the upper right corner of the computer and it was already four o'clock in the morning.
Huo Ran, who seldom stayed up late, quickly turned off his computer and went to bed. In a daze, he was still thinking about the forum post that he had not finished reading.
The next day, he entered the company with dark circles under his eyes, calmly ignored the roses that were delivered on time, calmly accepted the enthusiastic care of his assistant Xiao Jiang, then followed behind Huo Zhendong and chatted and laughed with several uncles, humbly listening to the sighs of the young people.
After only three hours of sleep, Huo Ran felt like a warrior of life.
After the tour, Huo Zhendong took his old friend to continue his next trip, and Huo Ran finally relaxed.
Since we are here, we might as well hold a few more meetings.
After reading many gamer's feedback in one go in the middle of the night, Huo Ran realized how great the charm of the virtual game world is. He didn't know much about it before and thought playing games was just a pastime when he was bored.
But from Dr. Tao to many other players, they are fully immersed in the game, will establish many new interpersonal relationships, and will learn knowledge and skills that seem useless in reality. Some people have made friends, lovers, and even life partners because of it, while others have developed new interests and gained unexpected opportunities.
Those who are addicted to a certain game should not be simply classified as Internet addicts. Many times, they are looking for a second life in another world.
At a certain time, they will bid farewell to this virtual world for various reasons, but they will never forget the traces they left here, which may change their real lives.
If one-way flowing movies are the art of dreaming, then Huo Ran feels that games with interaction as the core should be the art of entering dreams.
So Huo Ran called the newly formed game development department in the group, hoping to catch up on some lessons and listen to professionals talk about games before leaving for northern Shanxi.
Previously, Huo Zhendong asked people to invest in emerging game companies everywhere in order to quickly enter this blue ocean industry which has great potential in the future as technology develops.
When they walked into the conference room, many people saw this parachuted vice president for the first time. Before they had time to observe the second generation of a wealthy family who was said to be born with a silver spoon in his mouth, their thoughts were quickly taken away by Huo Ran's rapid-fire questions.
When the meeting, which lasted a whole afternoon, was over, the group of people seemed to be drained dry. They could no longer remember the subtle envy and contempt they had at the beginning. There was only one thought left in their minds: He is worthy of being Huo Zhendong's son.
On the way to the airport, Huo Ran's brain was excited as he took in many unfamiliar concepts all at once. He was still not sleepy at all while sitting in the stretched limousine specially arranged by his assistant.
A lot of exciting ideas and plans floated in his mind, and as they floated, he began to lose focus.
…Is the lop-eared rabbit poster in that post last night actually together with her neighbor the titmouse
I didn't finish reading the post, I'm so anxious.
Huo Ran struggled for a while, took out an antique keypad phone from his pocket that was out of tune with everything around him, and tried to log into the official forum of Animal Island.
The system of this keypad machine is really outdated. The product has been out of production for many years, and even the original manufacturer has gone bankrupt. The system has not been updated for a long time, so the built-in browser does not support many of the commonly used web page formats now.
The forum could not be refreshed at all, and the jump page was blank, which made Huo Ran even more curious, and he felt like a hundred cat paws were scratching his heart.
Jiang Nansheng, who was sitting opposite him and secretly glancing at him, immediately handed over his phone, "Boss Huo, do you need to use mine?"
Huo Ran glanced at his face, which was still of normal color, and cautiously refused: "No, I'll just take a look."
Jiang Nansheng felt a little regretful, but still tried to fight for it: "Mr. Huo, don't you want to change your phone? Your phone is too old and very inconvenient. If you need a new model, I will have someone send it to the airport right away."
Huo Ran was silent for a moment and did not answer him directly: "I'll close my eyes and rest for a while. Call me when you get there."
He is not mentally prepared yet.
Although to others, it might seem strange that he was hesitating and entangled in such an ordinary matter.
But for him, this is not just a change of mobile phone. It is a habit he has maintained for ten years and his most persistent resistance to his father Huo Zhendong, who was busy with his career and neglected his family.
Later, Huo Zhendong did change. He would take time to communicate with his two children and no longer control and preach to them in a simple and rough manner.
Those tough and rigid words may sound like concern, but in fact they are the most perfunctory actions that require little thought, and are often accompanied by chronic harm.
At that time, Huo Ran and Huo Sihan were still young and thought that their father was careless and strict. However, his wife, who spent more time with Huo Zhendong, could no longer tolerate it. The love between the couple was exhausted, and they divorced as soon as Huo Ran became an adult.
That’s why Huo Ran hasn’t changed his mobile phone yet. This outdated old phone is like a symbol of the past years, and he can’t find an opportunity to erase it.
The plane landed at eight o'clock in the evening.
Huo Ran took a nap on the plane and felt much better, with the dark circles under his eyes gone.
He rolled down the window and looked at the night scene in northern Shanxi. The lights were bright, the streets were full of bustling food stalls, the atmosphere was rich in the hustle and bustle of the city, and the aroma of barbecue fried rice flowed domineeringly into the wind.
Huo Ran has been to many cities at home and abroad, but this is his first time in northern Shanxi.
This time, Jiang Nansheng was sitting in the passenger seat, looking down at his phone, when he suddenly turned his head in surprise.
"Boss Huo, Boss Huo actually posted an update!" Jiang Nansheng handed over the phone and exclaimed, "I thought Boss Huo only used this to send messages."
Huo Ran took the phone very carefully, being very careful not to touch his hand, so as to avoid giving the other party any opportunity to blush.
[Dynamic] Contentment brings happiness: Friends come from afar! [Picture][Picture]
The pictures showed a sumptuous dinner, as well as a group photo of Huo Zhendong and several uncles standing in a row with their arms around each other's shoulders. All of them were drunk with red faces, and Huo Zhendong, with half-white hair, smiled so hard that wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes.
Most pp users are young people, while middle-aged and elderly people usually use another instant messaging software with simpler functions.
Jiang Nansheng continued, "No wonder Mr. Huo is so successful. He always cares about the lives of young people and keeps in touch with new things. My parents refuse to use PP. They don't even try and say it's too difficult and they don't know how to use it."
Probably no one could guess that the reason why Huo Zhendong used pp was that he actually wanted his son to change his mobile phone.
Looking at Jiang Nansheng's admiring expression, Huo Ran thought silently in his heart.
After arriving at the hotel, Huo Ran turned on his computer as soon as he entered the room. He had been thinking about the posts about lop-eared rabbits and tits for a long time, and he didn't have time to chat with Dr. Tao all day today. He wondered if his mood had improved.
He logged into the pp and sent a message to Dr. Tao while waiting for the browser to jump.
[hr: Doctor Tao, I have arrived in northern Shanxi. I just entered the hotel room. The climate here is really comfortable.]
The moment the message was sent, new message from Dr. Tao popped up.
[Tao: I brought snacks that I made to my colleagues today. Tomorrow I will take a new step at work. It takes courage to step out of your comfort zone. I also doubt whether it is right to do so. But after stepping out, I feel that I have become happier. I think this is right.]
[Tao: Thank you for what you said to me yesterday^-^]
After a brief chat, Dr. Tao went to bed quickly, but Huo Ran stared at the conversation for a long time without taking his eyes off it.
Although he didn't know what Dr. Tao looked like or what kind of life he led, Huo Ran always felt that Dr. Tao was a brave and decisive person since the day he met him.
Sure enough, even Dr. Tao would feel confused and distressed, but as long as he received a little bit of strength from the outside world, he would cheer up and try the things he had been avoiding.
Huo Ran's eyes flickered as he looked at the color-screen keypad phone that had accompanied him for ten years. It was lying quietly on the table, and the paint color had long since faded.
This is the most stubborn label in his life, but not only he, but also Huo Zhendong, can't forget it for a long time.
Huo Ran took a deep breath, without hesitation, he called the hotel concierge.
Twenty minutes later, he inserted the SIM card into the new phone, turned it on, and downloaded the app.
While waiting for the app to download, Huo Ran successfully opened the Animal Island Forum on his mobile phone.
In the latest post, the lop-eared rabbit posted a photo of the new tree house she and the titmouse had built. She didn't add any text, but everyone saw the two small nests made of hay in the tree house. One small nest was filled with carrots, and the other was supported by thick branches.
Huo Ran scrolled down the screen and looked at the responses, all of which were howling, and he couldn't help but smile.
Dr. Tao was right. Huo Ran felt that he seemed to have become happier.
After opening the pp, Huo Ran entered the space dynamic page and gave a like to Zhizuchangle's dynamic.
Huo Zhendong was actually not asleep and sent a message a few minutes later.
[Be contented and happy: Have we arrived at the hotel?]
[hr: It'll be a while.]
[hr: You are still awake so late after drinking.]
[Be contented: If you drink too much, take a walk and get some fresh air!]
[hr: Guess what I'm using to chat with you?]
Huo Ran saw that Huo Zhendong had been typing for a long time, probably deleting and revising it several times, and finally sent a lonely emoticon.
[Be contented: /Like]
This is very similar to Huo Zhendong's style of not being able to speak, so Huo Ran followed suit.
[hr:/handshake]
[Be contented and happy:/Hold fist]
Looking at the screen full of silly default expressions, Huo Ran suddenly had an idea.
[hr: Dad, I have set an example myself, shouldn’t you also keep up with the trend of the times?]
[Be contented: What's the trend?]
[hr: Nowadays young people like to use emoticons. If you use them, you will appear fashionable and friendly.]
[hr: You can long press on the picture to add it to the emoticon, then click the heart icon, and then you can select the emoticon package to send.]
[hr: Give you flowers.jpg]
[hr: You see, if you praise me with such a cute expression, it looks much more sincere than that thumbs-up, and I will be happier.]
[Contentment is the key: Oh, the fancy stuff!]
Having failed to deceive his old-fashioned father, Huo Ran put down his new phone in disappointment and got up to take a shower.
Don’t play too much. You have to get up early tomorrow to do your work.
After a while, Huo Ran came out after drying his hair, feeling tired. Before going to bed, he took his new phone aside to charge it.
The screen lit up and Huo Zhendong sent a message five minutes ago.
[Being contented is always happy: giving you flowers.jpg]
After getting off the bus, Tao Zhiyue looked around and walked into a noodle shop next to him and ordered a bowl of simple and refreshing beef ramen. He was a little tired of eating rice and stir-fried vegetables every day and wanted to change his taste.
He took the number tag handed to him by the girl who took our order and replied to the message.
[Tao: Remember, did he come to your house again?]
[hr: He didn’t come, but he sent me a message.]
[hr: I don’t usually read messages, and I don’t necessarily reply, but he said he had a bracelet that he couldn’t find, and it might have been left at my house. After I saw the message, I looked for it, but couldn’t find it, so I replied to him: I didn’t see it. ]
[hr: In the end, he seemed to be waiting for my reply, and immediately said that he would look for it again, and then apologized to me, saying that he was too impulsive last night, and he would be more careful in the future and would not embarrass me. He hoped that I would not hate him, and that he just liked me too much... ]
[hr: I had no choice but to reply that it was okay. He sent me another voice message and seemed to be crying. His voice sounded particularly aggrieved. Should I comfort him?]
[hr:/tears]
Tao Zhiyue's eyes widened. He never expected that the old-fashioned HR brother would meet a pursuer who was a pure green tea.
[Tao: ... the tea tastes very strong.]
He was thinking about what advice to give when the HR responded immediately.
[hr: Is Dr. Tao drinking tea? ]
[hr: Don’t drink if it’s too strong. You’ll have insomnia at night.]
Tao Zhiyue was stunned until the waiter brought the steaming noodles to him, then he reacted.
He almost forgot that this was a middle-aged man who had little access to the Internet.
[Tao: I am not talking about tea for drinking. These are popular terms on the Internet. Green tea and strong tea flavor are all used to describe people.]
[hr: Ah, I seem to have heard my sister mention green tea, what does it mean? ]
[Tao: I don’t know how to describe it exactly. I think it’s probably that on the surface, she appears to be innocent and pitiful, but in reality, she is very scheming.]