Chapter 34 Sun Ziyi, let’s do something exciting.
After deciding to start social practice, Sun Ziyi began to try various things.
She set a three-month internship at the factory, so every Sunday when the factory was closed, Sun Ziyi would go home to help her mother sell phones, trying to interact with as many people as possible and listen to how people bargained when buying and selling things. She often found herself talking for two hours, her mouth dry, but ultimately buying nothing. Or she'd add someone on WeChat and say she'd check again, only to have them block her while she watched them get into the elevator.
The more social practice Sun Ziyi gained, the more she realized that content creators do need more real experience. The heroines in romance dramas mostly work in cafes, bookstores, and art galleries, but in real life, non-essential consumption still accounts for a minority nationwide; away from the first- and second-tier cities, most girls are still struggling in essential consumption industries, and essential consumption jobs often represent the "decent" threshold in a less refined worldview, and they also have to face countless difficult things.
On Sundays, there were a lot of people in the wholesale market. Sun Ziyi's mother's counter was at the corner of the fourth floor, facing a large staircase. Sun's mother made a pot of health tea for Sun Ziyi and asked her to drink it while it was hot. Then she told her that this counter was 8,000 yuan more expensive than other counters because of its good location and could get more work.
Just as a father and son came up the stairs, Sun's mother immediately called out, "What phone do you want to see?"
Sun Ziyi looked at the other person and her own counter in a bit of confusion. They were at least twenty meters apart. She thought her mother would definitely not be able to pull her over successfully, but the other person heard the shouting and came over just in time.
So Sun's mother pushed Sun Ziyi's waist and whispered, "Go and sell it. If you don't understand, I will teach you."
Sun Ziyi had no choice but to go ahead, but he couldn't explain anything clearly, so someone behind him had to add a sentence for every one he said.
The other party was getting a little impatient, so Sun's mother said cheerfully, "I'm sorry, my daughter is a screenwriter. She came to practice in society to gain experience for the script."
The other party immediately became less impatient. The children around him immediately asked Sun Ziyi what fun it was to write scripts and whether he could meet big stars. Sun Ziyi patiently answered them one by one. In the end, the two of them chose a domestic mobile phone and left. Sun Ziyi also generously recommended the drama whose signature had been snatched away to the other party.
After the sale, Sun Ziyi happily tidied up the glass counter and placed the sample machines that customers had looked at one by one.
Sun's mother looked at Sun Ziyi from behind and said with a smile, "I've actually wanted you to spend more time with us for a long time. You started living on campus in high school and later went to college. Although home is close after college, you don't come back often. I feel that we communicate too little. When you don't post on WeChat Moments for a few days, I think you are unhappy."
Sun Ziyi's hand froze, but she didn't turn around and said, "Mom, I'm living well in Beijing."
Sun's mother hummed, "My daughter, as long as you are good, as long as you are good, I don't know what script you want to write before starting social practice. But no matter what you want to do, as long as it makes you happy and makes you feel valuable, go for it, and I will support you."
Sun Ziyi's tears have already flowed. As a screenwriter, her heart has not been turbulent for a long time. Watching movies and TV shows is like a doctor consulting a patient, always looking for people's illnesses.
Sun Ziyi's tears flowed silently. She turned her back to her mother and faced the grand staircase. When she looked up again, she found that another person had come up the stairs.
That’s right, it was Xu Zecheng who was jumping around in her world as if nothing had happened.
Xu Zecheng was stunned when he saw her crying, then he smiled and shouted behind her, "Auntie Sun, long time no see!"
Mother Sun was a little excited and looked at Xu Zecheng. While they were waving, Sun Ziyi wiped the tears from her face.
Xu Zecheng walked up to the counter and said, "Auntie Sun, I've missed you so much after not seeing you for so many years."
Sun's mother reached out and took Xu Zecheng's hand. "You've grown up so much, Xiaocheng. The last time I saw you was when you were in high school. You're thinner and taller now than you were then."
Xu Zecheng smiled and said, "But Aunt Sun hasn't changed. She's still so young."
Sun's mother covered her mouth with her hands while laughing and said, "You have been able to speak since you were a child."
Sun's mother thought Xu Zecheng and Sun Ziyi had no contact, so she immediately pulled Sun Ziyi over and said to Xu Zecheng, "My Yiyi, don't you remember when you were little and you used to play house together? She always wore the clothes your mother bought for her."
Xu Zecheng sat down on the bar stool in front of the counter. The chair was very high, making him look much taller when he sat down. Then Xu Zecheng put his elbows on the counter, supported his cheek and said with a smile, "I remember, Yiyi was like a big fat boy when he was young."
Sun Ziyi rolled his eyes so that only Xu Zecheng could see.
Sun's mother asked again, "Does Xiaocheng have a partner now? Our Yiyi is very picky and is still single. This girl has high standards and only likes handsome guys."
Sun Ziyi turned around and asked her mother with a dark face, "Mom, when did I start liking handsome guys?"
Xu Zecheng said, "Yes, she has liked handsome guys since she was a child."
Sun Ziyi was actually very afraid that Xu Zecheng would expose their affair, but it was obvious that Xu Zecheng still knew his limits. He didn't say anything and just chatted with Sun's mother with a smile.
Xu Zecheng came to distribute posters. Their company was the Tianjin agent for a domestic brand, so every time a new model poster was released, their employees were needed to distribute it and find staff from the mall to replace them. When the new model information came from above, Xu Zecheng happened to be in Cheng's mother's office, so she took over the work in this area. Cheng's mother still didn't trust her a little and felt that Xu Zecheng could not do it well.
But Xu Zecheng really couldn't do it right. He hadn't been here for nearly ten years after his mother left the wholesale market. He thought that putting up posters only required copying the content on his phone to the manager of the wholesale market and then using an LED screen built into a light stand. When he asked Sun's mother to find the mall manager, Sun's mother chuckled and pointed at the old man sitting next to him spitting out tea leaves and said, "Mall manager? LED screen? We only have an old worker and a blank wall. Besides, this is not a mall, it's just a wholesale market. There are no light boxes. When your employees came here before, they all relied on hand-pasted posters."
Xu Zecheng's face gradually stiffened, and then Sun's mother asked, "Chengcheng, did you bring the poster?"
Xu Zecheng said a little embarrassedly, I only brought the electronic version.
Sun's mother got excited and said, "Isn't that good?"
Sun's mother turned around and pointed at the white wall behind her. On it was the yellowed, worn poster from last time. She said, "Could you please size it up this time? There's a hole next to the wall. I don't know who scratched it, but sometimes it lets in when the north wind blows. Last time, your employee came and insisted that the boss had a rule that said you can only size it up if you want, and he wouldn't allow it to be bigger because he was afraid of getting reported. I said, what's there to report? Who's going to pick on a wholesale market to find fault with it?"
Xu Zecheng nodded, walked over and compared the size of the original poster with his mobile phone, and then told Aunt Sun that he would increase the size.
When Xu Zecheng was about to leave, he glanced at Sun Ziyi, and their eyes met.
Xu Zecheng said, "Auntie Sun, I can't find the printing house."
Sun Ziyi immediately raised his hand and said, "I know the place. I'll take you there."
Sun's mother was overjoyed and wished that Sun Ziyi would marry Xu Zecheng right there.
As the two of them walked up the stairs, one after the other, Sun Ziyi asked, "Did you come here on purpose?"
Xu Zecheng's expression was matter-of-fact. "What else? Why would I come here if I didn't come to see you?"
Sun Ziyi put his hands in his pockets and asked Xu Zecheng, "I'm hungry. What do boyfriends usually eat with their girlfriends?"
Xu Zecheng said, "With your boyfriend's financial resources, he can take you to eat anything, but given the current situation, we can only go downstairs and have knife-cut noodles."
Sun Ziyi thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I want to eat pancakes with fermented bean curd."
Xu Zecheng said, OK, I saw it when I went upstairs.
The two men found an advertising agency, and then went to a knife-cut noodle shop, where Xu Zecheng ate noodles and Sun Ziyi ate pancakes.
Sun Ziyi was a little curious: "Why don't you tell my mom that we're a couple?"
Xu Zecheng said, "Of course I know my limits, but why are you selling phones again?"
Sun Ziyi suddenly held up his face and asked Xu Zecheng, "Xu Zecheng, do I look good?"
She didn't wear any makeup, just applied sunscreen before going out. Xu Zecheng then put down his chopsticks seriously, pretending to look at her intently, and asked Sun Ziyi to adjust the angle left and right.
Then Xu Zecheng shook his head seriously. "Better than the average person, but still far from beautiful. But in this wholesale market, you are definitely a flower."
Sun Ziyi was originally waiting for his praise with a smile, but after hearing the answer, his face turned dark and he remained silent.
Xu Zecheng: "You haven't answered me yet."
Sun Ziyi said bitterly, "I originally wanted to say that I could attract clients for my mother with my charm, but since you answered like that, what else can I say?"
Xu Zecheng chuckled.
The posters took a long time to print. It was already afternoon when Xu Zecheng arrived, and by the time they were finished, it was already dark. The wholesale market closed at five o'clock, so when they got downstairs with the posters, they found the building locked.
Sun Ziyi said, "Then post it on Tieba tomorrow."
Xu Zecheng turned to look at Sun Ziyi. "You told me you came back to Tianjin to experience life, right?"
Sun Ziyi nodded and said, "Yes, for my script writing."
While Xu Zecheng was speaking, he was still looking at the building in front of him.
"Yiyi, I've always envied you since I was little, because you always knew what you wanted, but I didn't. I only knew how to spend money. When I was little, I helped my mom sell mobile phones, and when I grew up, I helped my dad drive a golf cart. After I met you, I've been all around you. You always asked me why I didn't go back to Beijing, because whether I went back or not, everything would be running smoothly there, and I was like a vacuum."
Sun Ziyi's eyes were a little moved. After thinking for a while, he began to comfort him, "But you..."
Sun Ziyi thought about it, didn't know what to say, stuttered a few words, and then said "You are happy..."
Xu Zecheng smiled, a little helplessly, and then pointed to the iron stairs outside the wholesale market building.
Xu Zecheng asked, "Do you remember when we were little? We always went in through that staircase. But we're not allowed to use the stairs anymore these past two years."
Sun Ziyi said, "Of course I remember. When you were a kid, you would stand on those stairs and pee to see how far you could pee."
Xu Zecheng said, "Just pick some good memories."
Sun Ziyi asked again, "So? What do you want to do?"
Xu Zecheng said, "I want to go back to my childhood."
Sun Ziyi frowned, not understanding what he meant.
Xu Zecheng said, "Let's go. Since we want to challenge life, why don't we do something exciting?"
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