The Contest of Top Scholars

The project has been carried out for half a year, and it is coming to an end, and there will be more handover and communication with customers.

The customer's contact person is a mature man in his 30s, gentle and refined, a typical state-owned enterprise elite, especially good at speaking.I don’t know if it’s because I’m too satisfied with the project or something, but I’m very enthusiastic about them every communication meeting, especially to Xie Lianhang, who shook hands with each other and said “Thanks for your hard work”, “It’s troublesome”, and “Let’s eat together”, let’s participate in the meeting together Xiao Jiang and the others all have the illusion that they are Party A and the other party is Party B.

Just like that day after the communication meeting, the other party asked to invite them to dinner again, because this time it was a meeting at the other party's company, the other party pestered them and refused to let them go, Xie Lianhang couldn't shirk it, so he had to agree.

After the meal, the personnel from both sides greeted each other politely and dispersed one after another.Xiaojiang walked out of the shopping mall and looked at the pouring rain, only to realize that he hadn't taken his umbrella. He told other colleagues in the same business, and went back to the dining room upstairs alone to look for an umbrella.

Because it was close to the closing time of the shopping mall, there were a lot of people waiting for the elevator after spending money in nearby restaurants and shops. Xiao Jiang looked at the time and decided to run down the stairs to catch the subway.

As soon as he pushed open the door of the stair passage, he heard vague conversations coming from inside.

Xiao Jiang didn't care, and pushed the door a little further in. As soon as he walked halfway, he saw two people standing at the corner under the stairs, one with his back to him, and the other facing him but was blocked by the stairs. Only feet can be seen.

"Manager Xie, you see I've been nagging for a long time, I'm thirsty, let's go to LENCO and talk slowly while having a drink."

Hearing this voice, Xiao Jiang didn't go any further, because the pretendingly familiar voice was too familiar, and he had been listening to it all day today.

"I understand what Manager Cao means. You can summarize your opinions and bring them up in the next communication meeting or directly communicate with our colleagues in the product department, and we will make unified arrangements to resolve them."

The voice Xiao Jiang was more familiar with was Xie Lianhang.Where are their two cats?

"Hehe... Thank you, Manager, it's too difficult to buy you a drink!"

Manager Cao's smile was particularly meaningful in the empty stairwell, which made Xiao Jiang feel very uncomfortable. Only four words came to his mind: "bad intentions".

"..." Xie Lianhang didn't answer.

"Manager Xie, this project is not over yet. I think we should maintain good communication. Otherwise, problems of one kind or another may arise at any time. Even if we have a good personal relationship, we may not be able to help you. Don't you think so?"

No matter how slow Xiao Jiang is to the world, he can understand the meaning. Manager Cao wants Xie Lianhang to accompany him for a drink?Fuck me!Even if Xie Lianhang looks pretty good, he doesn't need to please the client for the sake of the project, just accompany him for dinner, but now he even wants to accompany him for a drink! ?wrong!Looking good is not the point!

An unknown flame burned in Xiao Jiang's mind.

"I can tell that Manager Xie is the same as me. Can't we just make friends if we don't talk about the project?" Seeing that Xie Lianhang was still unmoved, the other party softened his tone again.

Who the hell is like you!Who wants to make friends with you!It's so disgusting that I want to vomit!Xiaojiang opened his eyes today. He only heard that colleagues in the sales and marketing department often encountered this situation, but he didn't expect it to happen to the technical department. He was also drunk. What kind of taste is this person.

"Sorry, I'm not interested." Xie Lianhang refused bluntly, which relieved Xiao Jiang who was eavesdropping on the door.

"Manager Xie, you've made me more interested. We're all adults. Sometimes you can try it if you need it..."

Taste your numbness!

"Boss! You are here! I have been looking for you for a long time, and everyone is waiting for us at the subway entrance!" Xiao Jiang couldn't bear it anymore, pushed open the door and rushed in, yelling down the stairs.

The man surnamed Cao was obviously taken aback, and turned around abruptly with an ugly expression.Xie Lianhang had the same wooden face as before, but the slightly raised corners of his lips and the brighter gaze made him come alive, but at this time the other two people had no time to take care of his changes.

"Manager Cao is here too? I won't disturb your rest at this late hour. I have to send our boss back safely as soon as possible, so I won't send you off! You should also pay attention to safety on the road, now there is no distinction between men and women in robbery and robbery." Xiao Jiang acting It's too bad, and he was very polite to the fake surname Cao.

Manager Cao's face changed from red to green to black several times, it was extremely difficult to see.

"Goodbye, Manager Cao." Xie Lianhang didn't even look at the person surnamed Cao, and walked up the stairs, only to be pushed open by Xiao Jiang, and walked out.

Xiao Jiang raised his chin condescendingly, showing empress Hancock's contemptuous expression, let out a "hehe", turned around and went out, and the stairway door closed with a "bang".

"Fuck! Who is this!" Xiao Jiang followed behind Xie Lianhang, cursing as soon as he got out of the shopping mall: "I forgot to take a video or record just now, otherwise I will upload it to the Internet tomorrow to report him! What are these people doing now? Well, even men are not spared. It's so fucking disgusting!"

"Disgusting?" Xie Lianhang, who was walking in front, stopped suddenly, turned around and looked at Xiao Jiang steadily.The face that had rarely shown a happy expression sank again.

"Eh?" Xiao Jiang was taken aback, but didn't stop the car. His umbrella hit Xie Lianhang's umbrella, splashing a splash of water, which wet both of their coats.Xiao Jiang looked down at his sports jacket, and then at the high-end suit of the other party. There was a bang of spring thunder above his head, Xiao Jiang secretly called out, and explained quickly: "No, no, I didn't mean you are disgusting, I It means that the grandson surnamed Cao, I didn’t expect him to be gay!”

"Homosexuals are disgusting?" Xie Lianhang asked again with a cold face.

"Ah?" Xiao Jiang blinked, not understanding why Xie Lianhang kept using the word disgusting, but seeing his serious face, he realized that his words were indeed somewhat biased, so he scratched his nose and answered honestly: "I'm not targeting homosexuals either. , Xiaoguang also... No, I mean, I respect homosexuality, but I think someone surnamed Cao who uses his work to hook up with people to take advantage of it, no matter whether he is gay or not, is disgusting!"

Xie Lianhang stared at him silently, making Xiaojiang feel uncomfortable all over his body. The feeling of the two confronting each other in the KTV a few months ago seemed to come back again. The two stood on the road late at night, only the torrential rain was left around them. The sound of heavy rain hitting the umbrella.

Xiao Jiang thought to himself that maybe Xie Lianhang was also disgusted by the surnamed Cao, so he was angry, and he was too busy scolding others and forgot to take into account his feelings. Just as he was about to say a few more words of comfort, the person in front of him turned around and said without saying a word. Walking to the side of the road, I hailed a taxi that just happened to see a passenger here, got in the taxi and left...

Xiao Jiang looked at the taillights of the taxi in the distance, a little dumbfounded.

Hey!Lao Tzu is a hero who saves the beauty and saves the wrong one?No, the person surnamed Cao just now said that Xie Lianhang was the same as him, no way...Xiao Jiang shivered severely in the pouring spring rain, but he clearly had Ning Meng...

Regarding Xie Lianhang's sexual orientation, Xiao Jiang was entangled for a while. When he returned home and saw Wang Shiguang, he was no longer entangled, because there was one in front of him, and he lived with him every day. It was nothing special. As for The person surnamed Cao is a matter of character. Whether Xie Lianhang is gay or heterosexual, at least he has clearly rejected the person surnamed Cao. As long as he does not mess around, he will not discriminate.Even if he messes around, he doesn't seem to care...

The subway project ended successfully, and the subsequent after-sales maintenance was handed over to the third technical department, and there was no intersection with the person surnamed Cao.Their department soon received a new project. This time it was not a state-owned enterprise, but a project of a foreign company in Shanghai. The contact person was a foreigner from the United States, named Dustin.

Proposal and communication, Andy and Xie Lianhang communicate with each other in English. Xiao Jiang can understand the more daily and technical parts, but can't keep up with the business level. Later, seeing that the communication between the two parties was smooth, he secretly opened Started a desertion.

After several contacts to confirm the cooperation, Andy invited the two parties to have dinner at a high-end Chinese restaurant in Xintiandi. After that, Andy handed over the task of entertaining customers to Xie Lianhang, who did not refuse.Afterwards, only Xie Lianhang, Xiao Jiang, Dustin and his assistant and translator were left, and the group of four changed to an industrial-style but elegant and quiet bar nearby.

It was only then that Xiao Jiang found out that Xie Lianhang and Dustin had known each other in the United States. The two were once competitors, but unexpectedly they became a cooperative relationship in China.But if you entertain old acquaintances, you can entertain them, why did you keep him? The three of them chattered about the old days, and Xiao Jiang sat aside, feeling embarrassed.

Andy asked Xiaojiang to take Xie Lianhang home for a while. He couldn't even drink alcohol, and his mobile phone was not convenient to play in front of customers. It was too boring. He almost fell asleep while sitting. Naturally, he didn't notice that Dustin and his assistant looked at him from time to time. His probing gaze, not to mention the difference in the quiet surroundings.

After staying up for more than an hour, this social interaction finally came to an end.Just standing at the door of the bar to say goodbye, Dustin shook hands with him, but smiled meaningfully: "Jon? Oh, Ikownyou, hehe..."

Xiao Jiang was confused, so he could only giggle along with hehe.

The other party's assistant sent Dustin back to his residence, Xiao Jiang and Xie Lianhang stood side by side at a quiet intersection in the dead of night, waiting for the special car to pick them up.

On the small road diagonally opposite, there is a quiet residential area, but there is a blue fluorescent signboard on the bottom of the building next to the outer road, with simple handwritten English letters on it - "LENCO".

"Lan Kou?" Xiao Jiang pronounced the signboard softly according to his intuition, feeling a little familiar, and suddenly the person surnamed Cao said that he wanted to invite Xie Lian Hang to some "Lan Kou" for a drink, Xiao Jiang stared at this The blue signboard and the inconspicuous small wooden door below are fascinated.

Suddenly, Xiao Jiang's eyes widened, "Damn! That's not... that's not..." Xiao Jiang turned his head to look at Xie Lianhang in disbelief, and pointed to the opposite street corner, hoping to get his confirmation.

"Manager Shen from the Finance Department." Xie Lianhang glanced at Xiao Jiang's hand and replied, not surprised at all.

Shen Du didn't come out of the small wooden door alone, a fashionable boy followed him out, and then the bodies of the two touched each other, and the boy held Shen Du's arm.

Xiao Jiang's heart sank, and he continued to ask: "That bar, the one named Cao..."

"Well, LENCO is a gay bar, as is the Arc-en-ciel just now. Manager Shen is gay, he often comes to that bar, and every time he takes a male partner away." Xie Lianhang said in a voice without any ups and downs, It seems to be saying that this isotropic function will configure different variables every time. The academic discussion is rigid and rigorous.

"..." Xiao Jiang was terrified, he could no longer care about the bar attribute, he jumped up and turned around to stare at Xie Lianhang: "How do you know!?"

Xie Lianhang also turned around, his eyes fixed on Xiao Jiang's pale face which was still visible under the dim street light, the faint blue fluorescence was printed in his eyes, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he said, "Because I am too."

The author has something to say: --------------------

LENCO is Allen's Bar. Arc-en-ciel: French - rainbow.There are quite a lot of gay bars in Shanghai, and there are all kinds of styles. Of course, these two in the article are all fictional.