Chapter 35: A Long Talk with Cao Jinfei
I only sang 12 songs in this small concert, so it didn't last long. After all, this was not a planned performance, and I was not a professional singer, so it was difficult to keep my state for a long time. The torn singing style has already made my voice very uncomfortable.
When I was about to collect the guitar, someone suddenly suggested in the crowd that I could not watch my performance in vain, nor could I eat and drink the drinks and food I provided to them for free. Based on the spirit of only having to pay, they began to take out coins from their wallets and put them in my piano box. In just a moment, there were already paper money with different face value. One of the assistant and Le Yao stood outside the coffee shop, and the other in the coffee shop, recording this precious scene with a camera.
The crowd had gradually dissipated, and the assistant came to me with a box of banknotes in his hand and asked, "Mr. Zhao, how to deal with this money?"
I thought for a moment and replied, "Let's stay at Mochou Coffee Shop as a bonus for the employees."
The assistant nodded and began to count the amount of the banknotes. I opened the door and entered the coffee shop and sat down opposite Le Yao and Cao Jinfei. The bodyguards they brought were still very imposingly guarding the door of the coffee shop. In fact, as long as Le Yao appeared in public, there was almost no freedom at all.
Cao Jinfei said to me with emotion: "Zhaoyang, I always couldn't understand what you idealistic young people are pursuing. Today I have experienced it myself. This kind of tacit understanding and mutual trust between people is really rare in this material society. I just paid attention to Le Yao. The audience who are willing to pay for your performance actually has about 70% of the proportion... This is a spontaneous payment!"
"Actually, I was quite surprised that this happened!"
While looking back at the pictures I just took on my phone, Le Yao answered the conversation: "We always question whether this world will be better? So living in our own small world, we are unwilling to contribute to this big world anymore. Everyone is becoming more and more indifferent and tired of the relationship between people. The emergence of the literary and artistic road is like a quick-acting heart-saving pill, changing our mood for the world, rebuilding the enthusiasm between people, and allowing people to dare to get and give. Therefore, the emergence of this phenomenon today is the inevitable result of Zhaoyang's efforts... Zhaoyang, we all really agree that you are doing something very in-depth!"
Cao Jinfei said: "However, this literary and artistic path has been built through two investors and spent hundreds of millions of dollars. In the end, the realization of idealism is based on realism... Only entrepreneurs with social responsibility and conscience are interested and qualified to do it. It is still too difficult for ordinary people to talk about idealism..."
Le Yao glared at Cao Jinfei and said dissatisfiedly: "Is it interesting to pour cold water on you like this?"
Cao Jinfei has never liked to have verbal disputes with Le Yao. He just smiled. This time I took the conversation and said with a serious expression: "Mr. Cao said nothing wrong. This path is ultimately burned with money and various resources. Without your influence and strong publicity, even if you have money to invest, I am afraid that there will be no results in the present... But I am not depressed. Although we cannot change the law of money supremacy in this world, we can use this law to guide everyone to accept more diversified values. After all, no one wants to live in a world with extreme tendencies! Isn't it?"
This time, Le Yao and Cao Jinfei finally had a tacit understanding like a husband and wife, nodded at the same time, and then ended the topic.
After drinking a cup of coffee, I suggested to the two of them to drink some wine. Leyao refused because her aunt was not suitable for drinking, and then she went back to the hotel first, which also prompted Cao Jinfei, the famous young man in the capital, to have the opportunity to drink a wine face to face for the first time with only two people.
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At this time, lobsters were on the market, so drinking some beer and eating some crayfish became the most enjoyable thing in summer. I invited Cao Jinfei to a lobster restaurant next to Mochou Road, ordered a pot of lobster and some cold dishes, and started drinking it.
Although Cao Jinfei is famous, he does not have many airs and can accept such popular small restaurants. Our communication does not seem awkward due to the differences in class.
After we got a bottle of beer, we talked more and more. After we found each other's actual age, we began to call each other brothers. In fact, Cao Jinfei and I were the same age as us, but I was born more than 10 days earlier than him, but this was also a great fate.
Cao Jinfei seemed to have bitterness to pour it down. After taking a big sip of beer, he said to me: "Zhaoyang, we are all men, I won't hold some words in my stomach. Do you think this marriage between Le Yao is interesting?"
Although I have never talked about this topic with Cao Jinfei, I have some knowledge of his and Le Yao's marital status, so I replied after a while of silence: "It depends on how you treat this marriage... In fact, in the eyes of outsiders, everyone knows that your union is due to the needs of family interests. However, you all show so affection in public, so everyone is unwilling to say anything more!"
Cao Jinfei drank another glass of beer, looked up at me, and said for a long time: "The days I have lived with Le Yao are not short. I know she looks shaky, but she is quite persistent in her bones. So... She has liked you for so many years. Am I, Cao Jinfei, really stupid? Everything she has done for you over the years has long surpassed the relationship between friends, but I have nothing to say. Anyway, she and I have such a tacit understanding, and no one interferes in the other person's private life, but is this state always going to last forever?..."
Cao Jin and I didn't have many opportunities to contact each other, and this was the first time he mentioned the relationship between me and Le Yao that was difficult to explain clearly. Due to the sensitive relationship between the three of us, I didn't know how to answer for a while, so I picked up the beer and took a sip, and gave myself some time to think.
I finally said to him, "I can hear that you have had enough of this state. I'm afraid this is the real purpose of you coming to me today, right?"
"That's right, actually I've always wanted to find an opportunity to talk to you. I really don't know what Le Yao is thinking. She seems to be very repulsive of her current life and devotes all her energy to the film and television career. This makes me embarrassed. My parents don't like her doing these things!...Do you understand what I mean?"
Of course I understand what Cao Jinfei means, because Le Yao's film and television company did not participate in the investment, but just gave Le Yao some money. This just shows how difficult it is to get between Le Yao and her parents, and the topic between us has become heavier. I don't want to say too many scenes that have nothing to do with the theme, so I asked directly: "Before I answer you, can you tell me, what kind of feelings do you have for Le Yao? Is it just the relationship between a famous couple?"
"I..." Cao Jinfei looked a little confused, then picked up the wine glass and drank the remaining beer, and then said: "I can't give real feelings to a woman who is not completely concerned about me..."
"Is that true? If Le Yao also thinks like you, then there is a huge misunderstanding between you, because you don't trust each other, and you all feel that the other party has not given their sincerity, so you just wander outside of marriage and look for emotional sustenance, but you live more and more empty!"
Cao Jinfei's face looked a little ugly, obviously touched by my words. He asked half-believingly: "Did Le Yao really let go of her feelings for you for so many years?...If she let go, why would she come to you whenever she has time? She never thought of leaving her private time for me, a legitimate husband!"
"Because every time she has time, Mr. Cao doesn't know which woman you are in. How do you ask her to leave her private time for you? She just wants me to be invisible and someone can say a few upset words..." At this point, I slowed down again and said to him sincerely: "You really should know more and understand Le Yao. Although she came from a wealthy family like you, she has been living independently since her parents divorced. She has lived in a city life and was busy with livelihoods, so she does not have any wealthy temperament. In fact, like most women, what she desires is not the prominent family, but the security of a family, and a man who can help her with the wind and rain. So she hates your unregulated private life, not that she really has no feelings for you... She once told me that when you can spend some time with her, she will also feel happy!"
Cao Jinfei fell into silence... He seemed to be reflecting on himself!
I asked again: "Tell me, do you love Leyao? It's just out of the possessiveness of a man. Although she is fickle outside, she wants to ask Leyao to treat you wholeheartedly! ...If you really fulfill your husband's responsibilities, I believe Leyao will face your marriage, after all, she is not a stupid woman!"
"I... love her, I'm afraid I will never forget it in my life. A few months ago, she washed my clothes and made breakfast. I was really happy for the whole day and felt that I was a family man... I also tried to communicate with her and cultivate common hobbies with her..." Cao Jinfei smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I know she likes to play games, and I learn to play games as if I were pleased. In the end, she focused on making movies. I was addicted to the game myself and couldn't extricate myself. Finally, I got the reputation of a game master!"
After hearing Cao Jinfei's complaint, I immediately felt amused and laughed. Indeed, Le Yao was an absolute game expert before she became famous. Not only did she help some games shoot promotional posters, but she also lurked in the game day and night, using this method to vent the oppression of reality on her. However, Cao Jinfei, a rich young master, has the intention of giving her what she likes, which is enough to prove that he loves Le Yao. However, these two people are too proud and too paranoid, and no one wants to really lower his head in front of each other. He still lets this relationship be strangled before it can sprout!
Cao Jinfei's emotions were ignited, and he began to drink wine as if he was venting, but I had already figured out the crux of the matter between him and Le Yao. After all, it was two people who didn't have to worry about food and clothing, and they were what they were like now. Fortunately, Cao Jinfei had the intention to change this state. He hoped that I could convey these ideas to Le Yao for him, but I hope that he could take the initiative to talk to Le Yao, at least he had to make a sincere promise first, and he would not sleep with other women's beds in the future... and then stage a story of a prodigal son turning back and not changing his gold!
As for Le Yao and me... some things and emotions should have long been submerged in the river of time and should not have been brought out to talk about it!
In fact, Cao Jinfei still has some misunderstandings about us. She said that Le Yao has done a lot of things for me beyond my friends' scope. Cole Yao is also worried about Robben, a man who likes to cause trouble. I am not an exception! It is conceivable that if Robben was in China, Le Yao would not come to me so frequently.
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That night, I easily poured Cao Jinfei too much. I held him back to the hotel. Le Yao was waiting at the elevator entrance. When she saw this scene, she was so angry that she said, "Did you give him a ecstasy soup? How did you drink it to this virtue?"
I helped Cao Jinfei into the elevator before replying, "I'm holding my mind, how can I not drink too much?"
Le Yao listened to me and cursed, "Zhaoyang, you are just an immoral person. Anyway, he has drunk too much, and it's me who is troubled at night, not you... I don't care. If you take him back to your room to sleep tonight, I won't serve such an alcoholic!"
Although she said that, she still opened the door of the hotel room and worked hard to help Cao Jinfei on the bed with me, and then sat on the sofa while drinking hot water and gasping...
I also poured myself a cup of hot water, and only said to Le Yao after I finished drinking it: "Do you know? In order to share the same language with you, Cao Jinfei also regarded playing games privately as a hobby. Really, your husband, the bad reputation of the game master is entirely due to love!"
"Is this happening?"
"He told me in person when he was drinking, but later you went to tinker with the movie and his plan was ruined...!"
Le Yao looked at Cao Jinfei and said with some doubts: "Zhaoyang, you can't just talk nonsense just because you want to resolve the conflict for us! ...You said he was playing games for me, so tell me which game is he playing?"
"Uh, we really haven't talked about this so much... Just ask him when he wakes up."
Le Yao did not delve into it anymore, but instead cared about my game company. She asked again: "By the way, when will the mobile game developed by your company be launched? I can't wait to try it out!"
I said jokingly: "Are you a RMB player? Our game only welcomes RMB players!"
Le Yao replied with a sneer: "Sister, since I played the game, it is difficult to calculate the RMB I spent with numbers. You have to polish your own eyes and please me quickly, because there is a super player standing in front of you!"
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After chatting with Le Yao for a while, I returned to my room and planned to find an opportunity to let her communicate with Cao Jinfei well. After all, they have to live together for the rest of their lives. I really hope that they are like normal couples, with love and love, and a heart that stays together until old age. Le Yao, a woman who has not truly experienced much happiness, really needs a husband who loves her wholeheartedly!
Chapter completed!