"Shanshan, are you really not going to eat roasted whole lamb with us?"
"Yes, let's go together. It's a rare treat for Azhi and her boyfriend!"
"Although it's in the name of friendship, our main purpose is to eat roasted whole lamb. If we don't like it, no one will force us!"
"I think it doesn't matter. It doesn't hurt to go and have a look. Maybe there will be a handsome guy there!"
When Zhang Shanshan came back from the library, the other little sisters in the dormitory were actively persuading her and wanted to drag her to participate in social activities.
Don't get me wrong, it's just a dormitory party between boys and girls. It's a normal campus dinner event. The boys don't have any bad ideas, and neither do Zhang Shanshan's roommates.
Of course, if there were some ordinary small activities, they would not drag Zhang Shanshan to participate in them. They knew that Zhang Shanshan could be regarded as a little star, and she was very busy studying and singing.
But recently, Zhang Shanshan's mood seems to be a little low. They don't know the specific reason, and Zhang Shanshan refuses to say. Therefore, everyone actively invites her to participate in activities, and also has the idea of taking her out of the slump and cheering her up again.
"Over there at my company"
Zhang Shanshan subconsciously wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that the company did not have strict requirements in this regard.
Qianyu Media requires its artists not to enter places where good and bad people are mixed, and not to do anything illegal or disciplinary, but a shop where you eat roasted whole lamb should not be considered a place where good and bad people are mixed, and it is not illegal to have a social gathering with classmates.
Disciplinary matters.
In addition, the management of Qianyu Media is relatively loose.
It doesn't matter if you are in love, just report it to the company to prevent the company from being too passive in handling public opinion.
"Does your company still care about having dinner with classmates?"
"No matter, you said it before."
"Yes, isn't it said online that Teacher Yang's management is more humane?"
The roommates seemed to understand better, and they all blocked her words.
Zhang Shanshan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Just when she was about to agree, her cell phone suddenly rang.
"Wait a minute, I'm taking a call. It's from our manager!"
Zhang Shanshan took one look, hurriedly shushed, turned around and walked out with her phone in hand.
The call was indeed from Wu Lan, but Wu Lan didn't say what she wanted to do on the phone. She just asked Zhang Shanshan to come over to their house for dinner.
"Okay, you can just go and eat the whole roasted lamb by yourself! I'm completely unavailable this time. My manager called me just now and asked me to come to her house for dinner."
After Zhang Shanshan returned to the dormitory, she spread her hands helplessly and talked to her roommates.
The roommates looked at each other, their eyes flashing with gossip. Of course, they were Zhang Shanshan's good friends, so they still blamed her.
"The manager asked you to go to his house for dinner?"
"Why don't you eat out instead of eating at his house?"
"Bao, are you stupid? Can't you understand such an obvious situation?"
"One moment I'm eating, and the next I'm eating you!"
Look at each of them as if they were living treasures. The two girls were still hugging each other, pretending to be nibbling on each other's faces, and laughing and joking.
"What are you talking about? My manager is a woman, and she drove me back before. At that time, you also said she was a man. She is a woman, and she gave birth to a baby at the beginning of the year."
Zhang Shanshan was stunned for a moment before she realized that they had misunderstood.
"Is it a woman?"
It seemed that they had no chance to see the bloody plot, and they even showed expressions of regret.
"Please give me some advice. When I go to the home of a leader who has a newborn baby, what kind of gift would be better to bring?"
Zhang Shanshan scratched their creaky nests in confusion.
"What else can I buy? Diapers?"
"Buying toys?"
"Do you know if it's a boy or a girl? You can buy some small clothes and pants."
The roommates gave her advice one after another.
Zhang Shanshan had been to Wu Lan's home once before, when Wu Lan and Dong Wenlei got married.
They still live in the apartment provided by the company to Wu Lan!
It is worth mentioning that they did not live there because they did not have to pay rent for the apartment. Wu Lan and Dong Wenlei moved back from Dong Wenlei's clean and sunny rental house because Wu Lan was pregnant.
And it was also because of their children that they did not move to the newly bought house - they had already bought a new house. Dong Wenlei had made money from selling the house, and Wu Lan had a high salary and enough savings - Yang Qian and Dai
Yu Ni used her own experience to tell them that time should be allowed for the odor to disperse when a new house is decorated. For the health of the children, it is best not to move into a newly renovated house prematurely.
To go a long way, because she knew where Wu Lan's family lived, Zhang Shanshan didn't need Wu Lan, who had a child who was inconvenient, to come out to pick her up. She called a car and went downstairs to the apartment.
"Sister Lan, where is the little stone?"
Although Zhang Shanshan came to their home for the first time after Wu Lan gave birth to her child, it was not the first time she saw Wu Lan's child. During the previous full moon, Wu Lan served full moon wine in the hotel, and Zhang Shanshan even hugged the little one.
Wu Lan and Dong Wenlei’s son is nicknamed Little Shitou because Dong Wenlei’s name has three characters for stone. After all, they have such a child because they are older. They also hope that the little guy can thrive and be as strong as a stone.
of.
"It's nap time for him right now, and he's sleeping in his room! Come in, come in, you said you're coming, why are you bringing anything?"
Wu Lan welcomed Zhang Shanshan in, saw her holding diapers and children's toys, and couldn't help but criticize her.
"Actually, I should ask you to eat out, because what I want to talk to you about today is business. But it's not convenient for me to be outside now. Yesterday, I watched Xiaoqing's musical with Teacher Yang and they had to run in and out in the middle.
Several times. So I can only invite you to my home, let’s eat hot pot and talk while we eat.”
Wu Lan waited until she finished watching the little stone and then explained to her with a smile.
It is indeed inconvenient, Wu Lan has not yet finished her maternity leave, her son is less than two months old, and her body has not fully recovered, so she has to start working from home again, and even helps Yang Qian to run around.
Of course, this is not the fault of Yang Qian, the boss. Yang Qian did not ask Wu Lan to come back to work so soon. Even without Wu Lan's help, the company would not be paralyzed - it can only be said to be "muddling through", because Yin Juan did not
She cannot replace Wu Lan, and Yin Juan does not handle many matters to Yang Qian's satisfaction.
Wu Lan feels that the company needs her, but at the same time she also has a sense of crisis. Women in the workplace, especially women in high positions like her, are worried that they will lose the position they have worked so hard for because of pregnancy and childbirth.
Therefore, even if Yang Qian didn't tell her or beg her, knowing that her boss needed it, Wu Lan still actively nurtured her children while devoting part of her energy to work with the support of her husband and family.
"Sister Lan, thank you for your hard work. In fact, if you have anything to say to me on the phone, or ask me to come over and listen to you, there is no need to go to such trouble to treat me to hot pot. Auntie, thank you for your hard work too. Buy
So many dishes.”
Zhang Shanshan sat down at the round table, but quickly stood up again, took the bowls and chopsticks, and nodded gratefully to Wu Lan's mother.
"I don't have anything to do. It's very convenient to buy groceries here. There's a big vegetable market in front of the stairs. And these meatballs are from the supermarket, which is also very close."
Mother Wu said with a smile.
"Xiao Zhang, do you want Coke or something else?"
After Dong Wenlei came out of the study, he also entertained the guests grandly.
"No, Brother Lei, I don't want to drink anything. Just drink some water."
Zhang Shanshan said quickly.
"She followed Yang Qian in that she was very particular about her diet and did not drink soda or alcohol."
Wu Lan also sat down and said with a smile.
"I can't compete with Teacher Yang. I still eat spicy food every day. I can't change this."
Zhang Shanshan smiled sheepishly.
I can’t change my habit of eating spicy food. After all, I’m from Qin Province and I’m famous for eating spicy food.
Everyone sat down and started eating dinner while talking and laughing in front of the steaming hot pot. When they were almost three-thirds full, Wu Lan got down to business with Zhang Shanshan.
"Shanshan, I called you here today, mainly to tell you about yesterday's musical. You had class yesterday and didn't come, but you should have seen Xiaoqing and the others rehearsing in the company before, right?"
Wu Lan said.
"Yes, I have seen it."
Zhang Shanshan was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Wu Lan didn't notice that Zhang Shanshan was always in a very low mood about the performance she was talking about - as mentioned several times before, Zhang Shanshan didn't have the energy to continue the conversation.
The reason is not complicated at all. Zhang Shanshan just saw that Ouyang Xiaoqing was leading her step by step, going abroad, winning the American Talent Show, and having the opportunity to perform in a very important musical, so her mentality was a little unbalanced!
It's hard not to be unbalanced.
Although Ouyang Xiaoqing is one year older than her and entered university earlier, they both started out in similar situations. They were both trainees of Qianyu Media and two formal students in Yang Qian's live class.
They were both the opening singers on Yang Qian's concert stage, and they also appeared together on Mango Channel's "Happy Everyday".
Zhang Shanshan would not blame Qianyu Media for not allowing her to become a star prematurely, nor would she care about the few announcements the company arranged for her. She would not blame Yang Qian for writing her only a few songs, which were not enough to release an EP.
Because she knew that the company's arrangement was to cultivate her into a powerful singer who could be active in the music scene for a long time, instead of treating her as a cash cow and throwing it away like those idol stars.
What's more, there is Yang Qian in the company who is setting an example for everyone. Yang Qian, the big boss, and the big stars are all working hard to review for the postgraduate entrance exams. How can they, the trainees, not get involved?
This balance of mentality allows her to switch back and forth between the roles of singer and student very calmly. It seems that this state is quite good. Zhang Shanshan also enjoys the courses arranged for her by the company every week.
But the balance began to be broken when Ouyang Xiaoqing suddenly won the championship in the United States.
This situation is just like everyone is silently reviewing for the college entrance examination, and suddenly a classmate in the class suddenly jumps out and announces that he has been admitted to a top foreign school!
Zhang Shanshan looks enviously at the hot topics on her phone about Ouyang Xiaoqing winning the championship every day, and watches videos of Ouyang Xiaoqing singing abroad.
Only then did she realize that she had been left behind by her peers!
Others are already standing on that extremely dazzling stage, singing like a queen, but I am still walking slowly in place.
How can one maintain a stable mentality under such circumstances?
It's just that she is sad and depressed, and is not jealous beyond recognition. Zhang Shanshan is already a very good child!
Wu Lan didn't notice this.
In the past, she could definitely notice that Wu Lan would consider these issues without even seeing Zhang Shanshan. But now she doesn't have so much energy, and there is a baby at home - when her son cries, her attention can't help but
Was attracted to it.
So, how can we cover everything?
Fortunately, Wu Lan called Zhang Shanshan over today and told her that Yang Qian was dissatisfied with Catherine's singing skills and wanted to let Zhang Shanshan sing "Let it go".
"Teacher Yang thinks that your voice condition is more suitable for singing this song. I mentioned to him that your English is not very good, will you not be able to sing well? But Teacher Yang insisted on you singing and said that he believed in you.
A month of intensive tutoring to strengthen the word pronunciation, sentence pauses, etc. of this song should be no problem. Shanshan, do you have confidence in yourself? Are you willing to give it a try? Because I know that learning English well is important to you.
That said, it will be a relatively big challenge.”
Wu Lan did not take credit for herself, nor did she shy away from saying that she was not optimistic about Zhang Shanshan. She was now ensuring that Zhang Shanshan would have enough pressure.
Outbursts occur because of pressure. It takes a month to sing the correct English pronunciation of a song from scratch, which is really not easy, especially for a scumbag like Zhang Shanshan.
Zhang Shanshan had stayed where she was, her open mouth trembling slightly, and anyone could see her inner excitement at this moment.
Of course, Zhang Shanshan's mood should be more complicated.
She will also doubt whether she can seize this opportunity, and worry about whether she will disappoint Yang Qian.
Even Zhang Shanshan would feel unwilling and helpless because of Wu Lan's judgment on her. She was unwilling because she didn't want others to look down on her like this, but helpless because she realized that her English was indeed bad. No wonder Wu Lan commented like this.
But the more emotions are still exciting!
Because just when she was feeling disappointed and despairing that she could not catch up with Ouyang Xiaoqing, the dawn of hope suddenly appeared in front of her eyes!
Can I sing English songs well?
Zhang Shanshan suddenly remembered a novel she had picked up in the library before. She had forgotten the title of the novel, but the sentence that left a deep impression on her was:
"When an opportunity comes to you, don't hesitate whether you can do it. The only thing you can do is to grab it firmly and try your best to grasp it!"
Perhaps, I have one and only one chance to catch up!
"Sister Lan, I do!"
Zhang Shanshan came to her senses and blurted out an affirmative answer.
Thanks to fatfox911, Autumn God Light for the reward!! (づ￣ 3￣)づ