Chapter 48: Long time no see, friend
# Chapter 47: Long time no see, friend
After losing his job, Qiao Shuyan's time became like the clouds in the clear summer sky, visible everywhere.
Liang Yu is still busy, but Qiao Shuyan doesn't want to go to work for the time being, so she calls herself a freelancer at home, or more specifically, she runs her own media.
In the two weeks before leaving his job, Qiao Shuyan thought of a way out for himself and made some preparations for it. The field of self-media is very wide, the competition is very fierce, and the people who can survive in this industry are rare. But Qiao Shuyan still thinks he should have some competitiveness, for no other reason than that he thinks he looks OK. In this age where people make a living by their looks, as long as they have good looks and some professional skills, they should be able to have a basic livelihood.
The sub-track that Qiao Shuyan chose was food.
He watched a lot of videos shared by food bloggers on various platforms, learned and summarized their experiences, and taught himself skills related to video editing. Finally, half a month after resigning, he edited his first food video. He shared the video with Liang Yu, who praised him highly after watching it.
Qiao Shuyan said somewhat embarrassedly: You just know how to coax me.
Liang Yu replied: I really think you cooked well, and the dish tastes very good.
This dish was made a few days ago. I made it for Liang Yu for dinner and asked him to taste it. In fact, it is not a rare or special dish, but just an ordinary home-cooked dish. But Qiao Shuyan took it very seriously, from the ingredients to the preparation, from the seasoning to the presentation. After the dish was ready, he tasted it himself and asked Liang Yu to taste it. After receiving positive comments, he edited the video and recipe.
Qiao Shuyan found that most of the bloggers who share food online rarely show their faces. Of course, food videos focus on food, and people are just supporting roles, so there is really no need for them to show their faces. However, appearance is one of the cards he wants to play, so there are many shots of Qiao Shuyan showing his face in his videos.
The boy in the video is fair and handsome, with a pair of clean, bright eyes and long eyelashes. He holds up various ingredients to show them to the audience and explains the processing methods and functions of each ingredient.
While cutting vegetables, he also gave a close-up of his hands. His slender hands like green onions were holding a sharp kitchen knife. His knife skills were smooth and the vegetables he cut were all of uniform size, which was a delight to the eyes.
The close-up of the operation and the time spent explaining to the camera with a smile on his face are almost half and half.
This dish is not difficult to make. Qiao Shuyan’s first video was about five minutes long and was uploaded to several popular platforms.
However, the effect was not as good as he imagined.
After all, in this era, traffic is king, and as a newly registered unknown person, his exposure is very limited. However, big data helped him find many people he knows in real life, some of whom liked and forwarded his video after seeing it. The first video received hundreds of likes in just two days.
Qiao Shuyan was a little anxious. He swiped his phone and refreshed it continuously to see if there were any new likes or comments.
Just when he was feeling depressed, a private message came from a certain platform. When he clicked it, he found that the other party had sent a question: Qiao Shuyan?
Qiao Shuyan did not use his real name as his ID on any platform, so the people who could call him by his name should be people who knew him in real life. However, Qiao Shuyan did not know who the person with the profile picture of a blue sky and white clouds was, so he replied: I am, who are you?
The other party quickly replied: I am Tang Ze!
Qiao Shuyan: Tang Ze! Long time no see!
Tang Ze was Qiao Shuyan's roommate in the same dormitory at university. Since they were both from City B, they had a good relationship during school. However, Tang Ze went abroad for graduate school, while Qiao Shuyan was still studying for a master's degree at University A. When Tang Ze first went abroad, he often contacted Qiao Shuyan. Later, perhaps because of their busy studies, their life paths did not overlap, so they contacted less.
Tang Ze: I've been looking for you.
Qiao Shuyan: Looking for me?
Tang Ze: Well, I lost my cell phone before, and since I haven't been back home, I can't contact my friends here. But, I recently returned to China, and I couldn't find you when I wanted to.
Qiao Shuyan: I was wondering why you didn’t contact me later. I sent you a message during the holidays but you didn’t reply. It turns out that you lost your account [covering face.jpg]
Tang Ze: Oh, I have a hard time explaining myself here too!
Tang Ze: Where are you now?
Qiao Shuyan: I returned to City B after graduation.
Tang Ze: I'm in City B too. Are you free? Let's talk.
Qiao Shuyan thought about it and realized that he hadn't seen Tang Ze for a long time, and he was now half-unemployed and had nothing to do, so he agreed.
The Karasawa family also lived nearby, so the two of them made an appointment to meet at a cafe in the shopping mall next door.
When Qiao Shuyan arrived at the cafe, Tang Ze had already arrived and was sitting in the corner by the window, looking at his mobile phone.
It has been four or five years since the two of them last saw each other. Tang Ze was wearing a pair of blue-black cropped pants with an off-white T-shirt. He looked very loose and a bit more mature than when he was in school, but his appearance hadn't changed much.
Qiao Shuyan greeted him and sat down on the sofa opposite him.
"Xiao Qiao, you haven't changed at all in these years!" Tang Ze said, taking out his phone to scan the code, and asked while looking at the phone: "Iced lemon tea?"
Qiao Shuyan nodded and couldn't help but joked, "Are you trying to say that I'm still as childish as before?"
"I mean, you're still as handsome as ever!" Tang Ze put down his phone after placing his order and rolled his eyes helplessly, then asked, "Are you making short videos?"
Qiao Shuyan shrugged, "I'm unemployed and trying to find a way to support myself."
Tang Ze was surprised, "Unemployed?"
Qiao Shuyan nodded, and just then the waiter brought the lemon tea up. He raised the cup and took a sip.
"What's going on?"
So Qiao Shuyan gave Tang Ze a brief account of what had happened some time ago. When Tang Ze heard the content of the video, he looked at Qiao Shuyan in surprise and didn't say anything for a long time.
The matter was not complicated, and Qiao Shuyan finished speaking quickly, but Tang Ze did not respond and just looked at him with disdain.
"Tang Ze?" Qiao Shuyan couldn't help but shout.
Tang Ze finally came to his senses and asked, "You... have a boyfriend?"
Qiao Shuyan nodded.
Tang Ze stared at him blankly for a long time, then smiled bitterly, "You like men?"
Qiao Shuyan thought Tang Ze's reaction was a little strange, and frowned, but still replied: "I don't think I should like men, but I do like Liang Yu."
Tang Ze didn't say anything after hearing that. He was silent for a while, as if he had figured something out. He smiled again as he did when they first met and said, "Do you want to work in my company?"
"Your company?" Qiao Shuyan was surprised.
Tang Ze nodded and briefly explained the situation of his company to him.
It turns out that Tang Ze's family is also in business, mainly real estate. In the past two years, due to market reasons, they have also been transforming towards a light asset direction. Several companies have been established under the group company. A few years ago, a company specializing in online shopping apps was established. At the beginning of last year, they started to do MCN, and the company also signed contracts with several internet celebrities with good traffic.
It just so happened that Qiao Shuyan wanted to develop his own media. If he could sign a contract with Tang Ze's company, Tang Ze would be willing to allocate resources to him.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Shuyan was stunned and said, "I need to think about this." He had just started his own media and had no idea about these Internet celebrities, MCN companies, etc., so he did not easily agree to Tang Ze.
Tang Ze was not in a hurry and showed a brilliant smile, "Okay, come back to me when you have made up your mind."
The two have exchanged contact information today and can contact each other at any time. This matter will affect Qiao Shuyan's future, so there is no rush to make a decision.
After the two finished their drinks, Tang Ze asked Qiao Shuyan if there was anything wrong afterwards.
Qiao Shuyan said, "I just need to be home before five o'clock."
"What? Is your husband still checking on you?" Tang Ze joked.
Qiao Shuyan said: "That's not the case. He gets off work at six o'clock and I have to go back to cook for him."
Tang Ze frowned, "You are not his hired nanny, why do you care about his food?"
Qiao Shuyan smiled and said, "I live in his house for free, and I cook for him, and I won't eat it. You are overthinking it."
Tang Ze snorted coldly, "Aren't you two a couple? What's the point of asking for money?"
Qiao Shuyan explained: "No, he didn't mention it. I just felt it was not good to live in his house for free. Besides, I also like to cook for him."
"..." Tang Ze stopped talking, and after a moment's pause, he whispered something, but Qiao Shuyan didn't hear it clearly.
Tang Ze glanced at the time and said, "It's still early, shall we go watch a movie?"
“Are there any good movies?”
Tang Ze checked it on his phone, handed it to him, and said, "You should like this."
The screen of his mobile phone showed a recently released crime action movie, which Qiao Shuyan really liked. He checked the time and saw that it was still early, so he agreed.
The cinema was on the second floor of the shopping mall. Tang Ze took Qiao Shuyan to the cinema, exchanged the tickets and bought a movie package, and handed Qiao Shuyan a cup of ice cola.
Qiao Shuyan took the Coke and felt as if someone was watching him. However, when he looked around, he did not see any suspicious figures.
"What's wrong?" Tang Ze asked.
"It's okay, it might be my illusion." After saying that, the two checked their tickets and entered the cinema.
At the same time, Liang Yu received a photo.
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