Chapter 3 Past and Present
Chapter 3 Past and Present
Although Ye Fan can't talk about the so-called successful career, but due to some reasons and experience, he has some capital in his hand. He happened to buy a Mercedes-Benz not long ago, and the price is higher than that of Liu Yunzhi's Toyota, but if Judging his status based on this, he felt quite vulgar.
Ten minutes later, Ye Fan drove to the meeting place - Mingyue City on the Sea.
This is a super entertainment city integrating catering and leisure. It is located in a prime location and is very prosperous around. The main body of consumption can be seen from the various medium and high-end cars in its parking lot.
Just three years after graduating from university, most of the classmates were not yet successful in their careers. Ye Fan felt that choosing such a meeting place was somewhat extravagant.
When he walked out of the parking lot and came to Mingyue City on the Sea, he soon saw several familiar figures, all of whom were classmates who had come to the party, some of whom had not seen each other for three years.
"Ye Fan!" At this time, a handsome and gentle young man found him, greeted him with a smile on his face, and said, "It's your fault, as the landlord of this city, but it's late to show up, it should be you who initiated it. That's the right thing to do with organizing this party."
This gentle-faced young man is named Wang Ziwen. He is one of the organizers and initiators of this gathering. He was a very active figure in college. It is said that he has developed very smoothly in another city in the past three years, and his assets have been quite large. .
Several other people also greeted them. Although they have not seen each other for a long time, the crowd is very warm.
It was obvious that Wang Ziwen was waiting for someone here, and there were only two or three people who could let him stand in front of Mingyue City on the sea, so it was easy to guess.
Wang Ziwen is a smart person, he did not continue to stay here and wait for others, but led the way while talking and laughing, and accompanied everyone into Mingyue City on the sea. There is a small business center on the fifth floor, which can accommodate thirty to fifty people for meetings, which has been contracted.
At this moment, it was already dark outside, and the classmates who came to the party were almost there.
The arrival of several people immediately made the atmosphere of the scene lively, and many people greeted them, and being able to get together again felt like the passage of time and the dislocation of space, which coincided with some scenes in college in a trance.
Three years after graduation, everyone is already twenty-five or six-year-old, a few of them are married, and two of them have become little mothers.
Everyone has their own different life trajectories, but in general, most of the students are ordinary people. The ideals and ambitions of the past have been polished by time and are about to disappear completely, and they are ordinary in the ordinary life.
The dream is gone, and most people are soberly aware that they are just an ordinary person.
Ye Fan was taken to the other side by Wang Ziwen. After careful observation, he found that the classmates here were either successful in their careers or people with some background at home.
"Ye Fan, you came so late, you must be fined three cups."
"Three cups are too few, and you underestimate Ye Fan's drinking capacity." Lin Jia also sat here, Danfeng squinting, slender, graceful curves, and sexy.
"Which beauty wants to punish me?" Ye Fan also classified several male classmates into the ranks of beauties.
"I took advantage of us when I first came here, fine, I must punish you severely!" The men and women unanimously began to sharpen their knives.
Liu Yunzhi has a certain background in the city, and is naturally in this small group. He said casually: "I thought you would be delayed for a while waiting for a taxi."
As soon as these words came out, it was a little cold. Everyone present knew about Liu Yunzhi's grievance with Ye Fan when he was in college. Now he is developing very smoothly in this city, and at this moment, he accidentally pointed out that Ye Fan came by taxi, which is really obvious.
The other students also noticed the situation here and looked here, but Ye Fan just smiled indifferently and didn't say anything.
"I'll pick up Zhou Yi outside." Wang Ziwen changed the subject, then turned and left.
Lin Jia and two female classmates talked about cosmetics and several famous brand clothes. Others also talked about some interesting things from the past. The brief cold scene just now was revealed, and it became enthusiastic for a while.
However, after what happened just now, the atmosphere was somewhat subtle. No one asked to punish Ye Fan again, but there were more words surrounding Liu Yunzhi.
Although Ye Fan was an influential figure in college, after he left the campus, everything was of no importance. Now whether he has a successful career or not is the most important thing.
From time to time, there are eyes around, it seems to be a special small circle, and all the students here are currently developing well, but at this moment, Ye Fan has a tendency to be marginalized.
In this regard, Ye Fan has always been very calm, but in the end he stood up and left here and sat down with some other classmates. He didn't want to be marked as a special group by other classmates.
Cosmetics and designer clothing are always the favorite topics of female students, while male students have a wide range of topics from football to news and current affairs.
Half an hour later, twenty-five people who came to the party arrived. There are 33 students in the class, three of them are studying abroad, and the other five are unable to arrive due to some special reasons.
Several initiators and organizers of this gathering delivered speeches one after another, and the atmosphere was very warm, and then everyone divided into several small circles and chatted freely.
It's been a long time since everyone left the small business center and it's time to raise a glass to celebrate the reunion. There was no deliberate arrangement, and the dignity of each table was revealed.
Ye Fan did not sit with the small group of Lin Jia, Liu Yunzhi and others, but sat at another table naturally.
After another speech, it was very casual. Some people were toasting between the various wine tables, and some people were surrounded by the wine table, it was difficult to move a step, and they were toasted again and again.
A lot has happened in three years, and everyone has changed a lot. Perhaps because of the stimulation of alcohol, many classmates talked about their own lives, some were proud and some were disappointed.
Some people hate their bosses for being so harsh, always demanding overtime, and being paid very little.
A female classmate said that her boyfriend was the department manager of a famous company, another classmate said that her husband had been promoted to the vice president of the company, and another said that her fiancee was the niece of a bank executive.
And more people are silent after listening, and many people's lives are not very satisfactory.
One of the female classmates was particularly haggard. Some people said that she married someone she didn’t like and that she was not happy after the marriage. Her husband was drinking heavily all day. When a classmate passed by her city to visit her, she saw her There were bruises on his body.
"If you need any help, feel free to come to me..." Ye Fan felt sympathy for this haggard female classmate, remembering her shy and innocent appearance in college, standing outside the football field and waving her hands to cheer him on .
Seeing that her life was really unsatisfactory, she nodded sadly and gratefully, and whispered thank you.
"Ye Fan, you should change yourself first..." The female classmate who said that her husband had been promoted to the vice president of the company said a little rudely, using the effect of alcohol: "Look at how smoothly Liu Yunzhi is developing now. "
The classmates at this table all looked at Ye Fan at the same time, and then looked at the table where Liu Yunzhi was not far away. There were all the classmates who were developing very well now.
"I'm not telling you Ye Fan. You were indeed a person when you were in college, but everything will change after you leave the campus. You can't do it if you don't work hard." At this table, the male classmate who said that his fiancee was the niece of a bank executive also A preaching look.
When it comes to the people at Liu Yunzhi's table, some of the classmates here sighed, saying that some people were far inferior to them when they were in school, but now they can't compare.
There are also people who are cynical, very extreme, and intoxicated, saying that those people are returning home and showing off their wealth.
More female classmates joked with Ye Fan, saying that it was fortunate that they only secretly liked him when they were in school, but now they regret rejecting Liu Yunzhi's pursuit.
It's still the same city and the same people, but the mood of everyone is very different after they meet again.