The air in the private room seemed to be frozen, with only the slight crackling sound of the tobacco being smoked.
Director Xia sat up and exhaled a puff of smoke.
"Xiao Yang, you should know that once you establish a cooperative relationship with the college, you will be the first choice for cooperation in the school's annual celebrations and other activities."
At this point, he patted Lai Yang on the shoulder again: "As for the point that Brother Hu Zi told me, I have no problem with it, but all this will only be meaningful after it is realized, otherwise it will all be empty talk!"
"Director Xia..."
Lai Yang took a deep breath, looked at him and said, "Just... can't we just develop the club?"
Director Xia paused with his hand on Lai Yang's shoulder, withdrew it after a few seconds, leaned back in the chair, took a sip from the wine cup, and grinned.
"Then you don't have to come to me. You can go to school and find students to do it yourself."
Director Xia's face looked obviously unhappy.
"But let me tell you, student clubs are all approved by the leadership, and they are all non-profit. Let's not talk about whether you can get it done, and how much time and energy you have to spend running around from one club to another. Even if you can, if the club wants to go out of school and make a profit in the future, the school will immediately stop it. If you don't believe me, try it."
These words left Lai Yang speechless.
He couldn't imagine the school's attitude for the time being, but simply looking for students to set up a club, or to gather a group of people to learn talk show, was indeed not an easy task.
After all, for them, there are many people who act on impulse, but there are very few people who are capable of organizing. Yuan Shengda also reminded them of this.
Director Xia left with his men, and Lai Yang, Hu Zi and Li Dian personally saw them off.
At this time, the rain on the street looked like black silk, and it was extremely difficult for people and cars to pass through the silk.
Lai Yang also felt his nose becoming sticky when he breathed in, not to mention his heart.
The feeling is like using a lighter that has run out of gas. You finally light the flame, but the wind blows and it goes out.
It was not until the Audi's taillights disappeared that Hu Zi looked at his phone and shouted.
"Laiyang, what's the matter? He sent a message saying that if you are so timid, you won't cooperate. I'll give you a week to think about it. Now people are lining up to find him to set up school-enterprise cooperation."
"Okay, I'll think about it."
…
Lai Yang took a taxi to Li Dian's house, and a damp and musty smell hit him as he entered the door.
"Wow~ buddy, what happened to your house? Was it flooded?"
"The landlord's old furniture is all piled up here, and it smells like this when the sky is cloudy... Let's get down to business, Laiyang, what do you think?"
Li Dian poured Lai Yang a glass of boiled water. He drank a sip, lit a cigarette, looked at the dark window, thought for a long time and said.
"Is our box office starting to lose momentum again?"
Li Dian hummed, took the pillow off the sofa, and Ge You lay down and said, "Well, 76 tickets have been sold tonight. Recently... the tickets for Tudou Comedy on the platform have been sold out."
"That's a serious problem. The fame gained from the thousand-person show has been taken away by other labels."
Laiyang flicked the ash from his cigarette, "Or maybe we didn't make good follow-up efforts, and the team couldn't keep up. If we continue like this, it's like a war of attrition, which will never end. It's like sailing against the current. If we don't move forward, we will fall behind."
Lai Yang glanced at Li Dian, and he didn't say anything more about the potential risks within the team.
"So, you're planning to take a gamble?"
"Well, didn't the bet win in the 1,000-person field?"
"But this is different. The initiative was always in our hands during the Thousand Man Arena. This time it's someone else's turn, and the cost is so high. I'm afraid if something goes wrong, we won't be able to turn things around!"
Li Dian’s last sentence was a bit harsh.
But... Gu Qian also said this, but her original words were, if I continue to be mediocre like this, when will I be able to make a comeback in Shanghai
She hopes to break the status quo, while Li Dian is worried about breaking it, and they say the same thing.
The musty smell in the room made Lai Yang sneeze. He rubbed his nose and became a little irritable.
"You are right. Sometimes people like us cannot recover if we make a mistake. But can we recover if we do nothing?"
"Laiyang, I think you are a bit radical..."
"It's not that I'm radical, it's that I have no choice! I think this is an opportunity, but I have a headache with the money. I also need to learn more about whether what Xia said is true or not. I just..."
Lai Yang's hand holding the cigarette was shaking a little. After Li Dian took a look, he also lit up a cigarette, took a deep puff, and said.
"Laiyang, you have really changed. You used to be inferior, but now... Tell me the truth, the reason you dare to gamble like this is that you also want to make achievements quickly and shorten the status gap between you and Tianjing?"
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After a few moments, Li Dian really saw through him.
He nodded, Li Dian put out the cigarette and said in a firm voice.
"If that's the case, I really don't agree with you doing this! I think you have countless ways to pursue President Tian, but the only thing you can't do is to pursue her too much in terms of material things and shorten the distance with her. If you shorten the distance, will she be moved by you? Will she like you? If that's the case, then she won't pay any attention to you at all now!"
Li Dian's voice also sounded a little excited.
"Besides, aren't you tired of caring so much about the gap between you two? Yun Bin is the result of the efforts of two generations. How long do you want to take to catch up with him? Three to five years? Or a lifetime?"
Lai Yang's eyes were dull and he didn't even notice that the cigarette in his hand had burned to the end.
What Li Dian said is right... and also wrong!
Tianjing doesn't care, but I care!
When they are not together, two people can simply talk about a dreamy love. A bottle of mineral water or a piece of dry tissue can ignite sweetness.
But after being together for real, when the woman you love is in crisis, can you only stare at her and say a few nice words
Just like what happened to Yun Bin this time.
After thinking for a moment, Lai Yang looked up at Li Dian and said.
"Dude, why did you come to Shanghai? Just to live in a moldy house like this and wake up to peeling and cramped walls every day?"
Laiyang looked around the room, clenched his fist and punched the sofa.
"What the hell am I doing this for? This place is thousands of kilometers away from Xi'an. I lost my love and ambition here! I just want to get back what I lost and keep the person I love by my side. I don't want to retreat all my life!"
Li Dian was so shocked that when Lai Yang went out, he was like a stone statue, motionless.
The rain was getting heavier, the rumbling thunder in the sky and the crackling sound of rain mixed together, and when it hit the umbrella, it condensed into lines and fell along the corners of the umbrella.
The water on the street was enchanting under the light and shadow of the street lamps. Lai Yang lowered his head and stepped on his own shadow, walking forward with a rustling sound.
When he arrived at the crossroads, he took out his cell phone to hail a taxi, but the moment the phone lit up, he saw the WeChat message Li Rouhe sent half an hour ago.
After reading this message, he almost stumbled and fell to the ground!
At the same time, a loud thunder resounded through the night sky.