Chapter 453: Not Good at Playing

After the publication of Brothers, Yu Hua confronted people everywhere, and this incident itself was criticized by many people, especially some of his peers.

Zhou Yan paid attention to the content of the confrontation at that time. The main force was the pioneer writer Can Xue of the same generation, and Chen Xiwo, who later re-raised the banner of pioneers.

Zhou Yan was deeply impressed by the words of another writer Chen Cun. He said that a writer should shut up after writing a work. It was wrong for Yu Hua to confront people. He also mentioned Han Shaogong and praised Han Shaogong, saying that Han Shaogong had finished writing a work, and when the media interviewed Han Shaogong, Han Shaogong did not say a word.

The reason why Zhou Yan was deeply impressed by Chen Cun's words was because the part about Han Shaogong was difficult for Zhou Yan to understand.

Han Shaogong may not have said much in front of the media, but he actually sued the people who scolded him. It was a bit ridiculous for Chen Cun to use him to criticize Yu Hua.

In addition, Zhou Yan could not understand Chen Cun in one aspect.

Chen Cun is a writer himself, so he should understand that writers are no different from ordinary people, and they have all kinds of emotions. It's no big deal for Yu Hua to defend himself.

Many people have fundamental misunderstandings about writers, and there are two different extremes.

Some people think too highly of writers, while others think too badly of them.

If readers don't like a book, they can regard the writer as an unforgivable villain. If they like a book, they can regard the writer as a saint who is detached from the world.

Obviously, both situations are undesirable.

According to Zhou Yan's experience, there are no more or fewer bad writers than in other groups.

Apart from their works, they are no different from ordinary people.

It is completely impossible to understand the personality traits of the writer through literary works.

After chatting for a while, Yu Hua felt that it was boring to chat, so he suggested playing cards.

Others seconded the proposal, and finally formed a two-on-one game, with Han Shaogong, Yu Hua and Su Tong on the field, and Zhou Yan and Shi Tiesheng watching from the side.

Zhou Yan originally thought that Yu Hua's cards were bad enough, but Han Shaogong's cards were even worse. This guy took a while to sort out the cards after he got them.

After sorting out the cards, he had to scratch his forehead for a while.

Zhou Yan had reason to suspect that Han Shaogong's hairline was lost because of playing cards.

Before they started playing, Zhou Yan mistakenly thought that Han Shaogong was very good at playing cards, because he took the initiative to bring some bets.

If you dare to take the initiative to bring bets, you should have some support.

Now it seems that Han Shaogong is just a bad player who likes to play.

Their bets are not big, only one dollar per game.

But even if it was only one dollar per game, by the time of dinner, Han Shaogong had lost more than 20 dollars, and it only took more than an hour.

Han Shaogong was two-on-one most of the time, and basically lost every time.

If he got good cards, Han Shaogong could still resist for a while, but if he got bad cards, he had no power to resist and was quickly defeated.

Finally, Zhou Yan reminded them that it was time to eat. Han Shaogong was still reluctant to leave and said that he would fight again after eating.

On the way to the cafeteria, Han Shaogong thought it was just a simple meal, but when he arrived at the cafeteria, he found that Zhou Yan's cafeteria actually had private rooms, and the private rooms were well-made.

When he saw the bottles of Moutai on the table, Han Shaogong was surprised and said, "This standard is a bit high."

This year, the price of Moutai has increased again. The retail price outside ranges from 160 to 190 yuan. There are four bottles on the table, which adds up to at least more than 600 yuan, which is almost equal to Han Shaogong's monthly salary.

"These are all new wines this year." Zhou Yan smiled, "I usually drink less and don't know much about wine, so I took this wine, at least I won't make mistakes."

"You are too modest, I usually don't want to drink this wine. In fact, when we eat together, we don't need to pay attention to the pomp. If you must drink, ordinary Erguotou is fine."

"It's just the first time you come, I'll give you some good wine. Next time you come, I won't have good wine to entertain you."

"If you take this wine every time, I really don't dare to come again."

Yu Hua laughed beside him, "Don't say so much, it's so cold today, drink two glasses quickly to warm up your body."

After that, he took the initiative to open the bottle of wine, and then took the responsibility of pouring the wine.

...

Except Shi Tiesheng, the other four people all drank wine.

They didn't drink too much, they all stopped at the right time, and the four of them shared two bottles of wine.

After dinner, Han Shaogong took Yu Hua and the others to the office to play cards. Zhou Yan and the driver sent Shi Tiesheng home first. With Shi Tiesheng's physical condition, he definitely couldn't stay up late.

It was a bit late to get home now.

The temporary dormitory at the studio was not ready, otherwise Zhou Yan would not have bothered and let Shi Tiesheng live here directly.

When sending Shi Tiesheng back to the studio, Zhou Yan saw that the light at the door of the No. 2 recording studio was on, and he felt a little strange.

It was already half past ten. Who was still working in the recording studio? I didn't hear about any urgent work today.

After getting off the car, Zhou Yan did not return to his office immediately, but went to the No. 2 recording studio first.

The sign outside showed the words "Recording". Zhou Yan stretched his head and looked inside through the small window, but the window was very small, and he could only see the monitoring room, and there was no one.

With curiosity, he pushed the door and walked in, and then saw Akina Nakamori standing inside.

Seeing Akina Nakamori, Zhou Yan was a little surprised. Why did she come?

Akina Nakamori also saw Zhou Yan, and several expressions flashed across her face in an instant. Finally, she forced out a smile and waved to Zhou Yan through the glass as a greeting.

Zhou Yan just nodded. Through the glass, Akina Nakamori couldn't hear what he said.

After that, Akina Nakamori fell into a state of confusion. She stood inside, wearing headphones, and kept looking down at the music score in front of her.

No one knew what she was looking for. The music score was turned over and over again.

Zhou Yan walked over, picked up the headphones, and then turned on the microphone and asked, "Ms. Nakamori, what are you recording?"

After saying that, Zhou Yan suddenly realized that he was a little stupid. He forgot that Akina Nakamori didn't know Chinese very well.

But what surprised Zhou Yan was that Akina Nakamori actually understood what he said and answered him in Chinese, "I'm practicing a song that is adapted from Japanese to Chinese."

Akina Nakamori's pronunciation is not very good, but Zhou Yan can already understand her. During this period, Akina Nakamori's Chinese level has improved a lot.

But it's true. They haven't seen each other for a long time. If Akina Nakamori studies hard, it's normal for her to make progress.

In fact, Akina Nakamori has spent a long time in China in the past few months.

After the release of "Snow Flower", Akina Nakamori's popularity not only recovered a lot in Japan, but her popularity in China has also soared.

In the past few months, she has participated in many activities in China, running back and forth between several first-tier cities.

Staying in China for a long time also provided conditions for her improvement in Chinese.

When learning a foreign language, the language environment is particularly important. Akina Nakamori has made much more progress during this period than before, especially in spoken English.

"Why are you alone? Where is your assistant?" Zhou Yan asked.

"I asked her to go back first."

Zhou Yan frowned. This assistant was too incompetent. Akina Nakamori asked her to go back, and she really went back, leaving Akina Nakamori in the studio late at night.

"How are you going to go back later?"

"Chengzi said she would drive to pick me up."

"Iida Chengzi?"

This was the name she translated, and Zhou Yan remembered it.

"Yes, yes."

"Does she have a Chinese driver's license?"

"Yes, I've got it. She's been picking me up all this time."

Zhou Yan was surprised, "You've been in the studio all this time?"

During this time, Zhou Yan himself has been in the studio all the time, but he hasn't seen Akina Nakamori once, so he was so surprised.

"Yes, the new song is about to be recorded, I have to hurry up and practice."

Zhou Yan looked at his watch and asked, "When are you going to go back?"

"Maybe, in a while."

Zhou Yan nodded and didn't say anything else. He could see that Akina Nakamori didn't seem to want to talk to him.

This is understandable, after all, they had encountered such embarrassing things before.

"Go back early in the evening."

After saying this, Zhou Yan turned around and left the recording studio.

Akina Nakamori stared at the door of the recording studio for a long time, and then focused on the score again and started practicing again.

She came to the studio many times during this period, but she always came when there were not many people, just to avoid Zhou Yan.

There were one or two times when she even saw Zhou Yan and almost ran away.

She still couldn't forget what happened that night.

...

After Zhou Yan left the recording studio, he went to the office.

The office was filled with smoke, and three cigarettes were smoking, causing the visibility in the office to plummet.

Zhou Yan walked over and opened the window, and took a breath of fresh air to recover.

"Don't you feel choked?"

"One to three." Yu Hua called the cards, and then laughed, "Have you ever seen a fish drowned in water?"

Hearing Yu Hua's analogy, Zhou Yan was speechless for a while. It turned out that in Yu Hua's eyes, water to fish is like cigarettes to them.

"How is your battle?" Zhou Yan asked.

Yu Hua boasted, "Tomorrow's meal money is now available."

Zhou Yan glanced at the card table. It was obvious that Han Shaogong lost again, and Su Tong and Yu Hua won.

Hearing Yu Hua say this, Han Shaogong was very unconvinced, "The last laugh is the victory. Winning money now does not mean that you can win money in the end."

"That's right, now I just won tomorrow's meal money. When the card game is over, it will be at least three days of meal money."

Han Shaogong pulled the corner of his mouth and wanted to refute it again, but he didn't know how to refute it. After all, the current situation is that he is the only one who lost badly.

And reason tells him that if nothing unexpected happens, he will not be able to make a profit tonight.

In this situation, if he can stop losing money later, he will do well.

Although it was late, Zhou Yan did not mention the end of the game. The key is that although Han Shaogong lost, he was very interested and didn't seem to want to rest.

In the end, Su Tong couldn't bear it anymore and asked to end it at a little after one o'clock.

Although Han Shaogong was a little reluctant, he still agreed.

But even if he agreed, he still dragged his feet until two o'clock to end the card game.

When the three of them settled the accounts, Su Tong was the big winner, winning more than 50 yuan, and Yu Hua was also good, winning more than 40 yuan.

Only Han Shaogong took all the losses, losing a total of nearly 100 yuan.

Zhou Yan didn't expect that Han Shaogong could lose 100 yuan in a 2-on-1 game with 1 yuan per round. This card is really bad.

Of course, this money is nothing to Han Shaogong, but no one wants to lose money, and it doesn't matter how much.

So when the poker game ended, he was quite frustrated. After all, when the poker game didn't start, he was also ambitious and wanted to win money.

People who like playing cards, even if they lose many times, still firmly believe that they can win next time.

When they were leaving, Yu Hua gave Han Shaogong a wound. He patted Han Shaogong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Chairman Han, you came just as you asked, and you're so polite."

These words made Han Shaogong so angry that his teeth itched, but there was nothing he could do about Yu Hua.

In the end, he could only squeeze out one sentence, "Just wait, we will fight again tonight."

Yu Hua bared her big teeth and said with a smile, "You can't be so polite tonight. I also want to be embarrassed."

Han Shaogong rolled his eyes and walked away.

After seeing the three of them off, Zhou Yan returned home. After a brief wash, he went to bed.

Early the next morning, Zhou Yan heard some movement in a daze. When he opened his eyes, he saw Wang Zuxian sitting by the bed, holding his head and staring at him.

"Third brother, you're awake."

Zhou Yan sat up and asked, "Xiaoxian, when did you come?"

"Just arrived." Wang Zuxian looked at his watch, "less than a minute."

"Didn't you say you would arrive in the afternoon?"

"I wanted to see you, so I changed my flight."

"You should tell me and let me pick you up." Zhou Yan reached out and grabbed Wang Zuxian's hand, and then felt a cold feeling in his palm.

Wang Zuxian had indeed just arrived, and her hands were cold.

Zhou Yan quickly pulled her hand under the quilt, "Your hands are so cold, come in and warm them up."

"It's okay, there is heating in the house, it will be fine in a moment."

Although Wang Zuxian said so, he still let Zhou Yan hold her hand and put it under the quilt.

Zhou Yan put her hand on her chest, and she could clearly feel the steam coming from Zhou Yan's chest.

"The flight is too early. There is no need to delay your rest. I can just come by myself."

Seeing Wang Zuxian's blushing face, Zhou Yan stretched out a hand to smooth the hair beside her ear and asked softly, "Have you had breakfast?"

Wang Zuxian shook his head, "No."

"Then you go to sleep for a while, and I'll make you breakfast."

"Forget it about sleeping, but I need to take a shower. I feel like I'm all shabby after coming all the way here."

"No way, isn't it still fair and pure?" Zhou Yan smiled and kissed her on the forehead, "Then I'll give you some water."

"Um."

Zhou Yan rolled over and got up, first put some water for Wang Zuxian, then simply washed up and went to give her breakfast. (End of chapter)