Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

When Ye Fan heard his son say "very stylish", he couldn't help but think of all the stylish advertisements he had taken in the past six months.

"Dabao, you have such a high standard, there are not many industries left for you." Ye Fan reminded his son, "Now you can see your advertisements in big shopping malls. In two years, you won't see them anymore. Will you feel disappointed?"

Dabao shook his head: "No. Because I don't have much freedom left."

Ye Fan was very relieved: "It's OK as long as you know it."

"Mom, what is your company's main business? I went to the company last weekend, and it felt like you were doing everything."

Ye Fan: "Computer."

“But there is a software development team?”

Ye Fan said: "Don't computers need work software? We will install our own in the future. It would be best if the system is our own. However, at this stage, we have few people and no factory of our own. We have to rely on others in all aspects. Some employees sometimes have nothing to do. But if the company wants to continue, it cannot make ends meet, so we will take on some software and pay them their own wages as before."

Dabao: "You have the money, why don't you build a factory yourself?"

"You have to eat one bite at a time. If you take too big a step, you'll probably get ripped off." Ye Fan hesitated for a few seconds, but still told her son that she was almost ripped off by the mold factory. She then continued, "They dared to delay again and again because they took advantage of my lack of knowledge of mold processing. If I hadn't changed to another factory to repair the mold later, I wouldn't have known that the roughness of the sample was due to lack of polishing. If he had made molds before, he definitely wouldn't have dared to rip me off. Besides, it's easy to find general workers these days, but it's hard to find skilled workers. In two years, I'll have some understanding of all walks of life, and it won't be too late to open a factory again."

Dabao suddenly thought of a question: "You are in charge of the company, you have to set up a factory, and you have to ship goods to the north. Can you handle it?"

"I'm too busy." Ye Fan said honestly, "It's too hard to ship goods to the north. Jianshe, Xiaoming and I have discussed that we will quit after one more year. Dong Ying needs to focus on her little daughter's studies, and Jianshe is planning to have a child. Even if we find a nanny, his father can help. He also has a store, and Qian Xiaoru won't be able to handle it when he's not at home."

The reason why we had dinner late today was because Yu Wentao wanted to roll noodles. After hearing Ye Fan's words, she stopped rolling the noodles: "It's better not to do it. I heard from Erbao that you guys really make money like you risk your life. It's not like you don't have money, so you don't have to work so hard."

Dabao nodded: "Once Uncle Chang's factory is established, we can get dividends every quarter in the future. Uncle Chang will also get a share of the company. If the company has no money, we can use the dividends from the garment factory."

Yu Wentao: "The money you, Xiaoming and Jianshe make from the store is enough for our family to use."

Dabao wanted to laugh: "Grandma, this is small money. The money I made from the commercials recently is enough for our family to support for ten years."

Yu Wentao was shocked: "So many? Isn't it only tens of thousands?"

"That's Sister Huihui." Dabao stood up. "But Sister Huihui has taken a lot of jobs and is now a wealthy woman. She has winter and summer vacations. If she has a chance during the summer vacation, she can take on a supporting role to expand her popularity and increase her endorsement fee."

Yu Wentao and Ye Fan looked at each other. Neither of them expected Huihui to take on the role.

Ye Fan asked: "Did Yan Weining agree to Huihui going out to film?"

Dabao was puzzled and looked like "what does it have to do with him": "Why do you ask me, mom?"

"First, tell me why you think mom shouldn't ask this question?"

Dabao: "You and Dad are husband and wife. Dad has no right to stop you from traveling around. He is just Sister Huihui's boyfriend."

Ye Fan said, "You can't say that. I worked at the supply and marketing cooperative before your dad and I got married. Your dad knew that I didn't like to stay at home, and he didn't have time to accompany me, so I traveled all over the world, and he couldn't control me, nor did he dare to control me. Yan Weining and your sister Huihui should also negotiate in advance. If both think that the other party can take a step back and put this issue aside without solving it, they will definitely have no contact with each other in the future. There is no need to make a big deal about a relationship."

Dabao: "That's easy, just remind Sister Huihui to talk to him."

Yu Wentao: "Your mother and I are afraid that she is the same as your aunt. Tell me, she usually looks smart and sensible, but how come she becomes a different person when she falls in love?"

"I'll go." Dabao put down the water cup and went to the backyard to find his cousin.

Geng Huihui's workplace is close to home. Since Ye Fan's family moved in, Geng Huihui has to stay at school only when it rains or snows. At this moment, she and Erbao are playing shuttlecock in the backyard. As soon as Dabao comes over, Erbao kicks the shuttlecock to him. Geng Huihui wants to say "your brother can't catch it", but Dabao catches the shuttlecock steadily and kicks it to her.

Geng Huihui couldn't help but ask: "Have you ever played with Erbao?"

Dabao nodded: "You live on campus at university, and there are only a few of us left at home. Benben doesn't like to play football, so she came to me when she couldn't find anyone."

Geng Huihui thought, no wonder Erbao likes to stick to her brother as soon as Dabao comes home.

Erbao has time to come back today, and he finishes school early in the afternoon, so he doesn't have to go to class early tomorrow. "Brother, is the meal ready?"

"Grandma hasn't cut the noodles yet." Dabao then asked his cousin, "Has any crew contacted you?"

Geng Huihui shook her head: "My pager has never rung since I bought it."

Dabao raised his eyebrows and asked naturally, "Yan Weining didn't look for you either?"

"He always calls me at home," Geng Huihui said. "I'm usually busy with work, so either he doesn't have time or I'm in class. If he calls me, I don't have time to return the call."

Dabao: "Does he know that you're filming during the summer and winter vacations?"

Geng Huihui nodded: "I know."

"Did you tell him?"

Geng Huihui thought about it carefully: "On the day I went on a blind date with him, he asked me if I planned to quit my job and become an actor. I was looking for a marriage partner, not just a casual date, so I told him the truth and told him not to look for a big star if he wanted to. I only act to make money. But I'm not short of money, so I don't plan to quit my job to act."

Dabao: “What did he say?”

"I felt like he was testing me. But it's normal to try things out when meeting someone for a blind date." Geng Huihui said, "He said if he wanted me to play the female lead, the script was good, the pay was high, and I had to take leave from school, how would I choose?"

Dabao said: "It's really hard to choose in this situation. He really knows how to ask. What did you say?"

"What can I say? I never thought of quitting." Geng Huihui said: "During the few months of internship at the publishing house, I also met people from the film and television industry. At that time, someone asked me if I wanted to make a movie. If I really wanted to be a big star, I might have been famous a long time ago. But you can't say for sure. My aunt said that success depends on luck. Maybe I don't have that luck, and I have remained unknown until now."

Erbao: "No. Even if you had entered the industry earlier and remained unknown, Uncle Chang would have asked you to star in "Glorious Class 8". The audience would find you familiar, and with this drama, you would definitely be more famous than you are now."

Dabao shook his head slightly: "Erbao, I've read the comments about Sister Huihui in the newspaper, saying that the crew is very rigorous, and they hire students who are students and teachers who are teachers. Sister Huihui became famous because she is a teacher. If she had been an actress for a few years and her temperament didn't look like a teacher, the audience might have watched her and forgotten her."

Geng Huihui had never thought about this. Sometimes, after hearing too many compliments, Geng Huihui also thought that if she had entered the industry a few years earlier, she would have become a household name.

Because of Dabao's words, Geng Huihui felt reassured and no longer wavered in her heart: "Dabao is right."

Dabao asked: "Will Yan Weining think you are not making progress?"

"No. He thinks it's good for me to study hard during the weekdays and take a well-paid job during the winter and summer vacations. But he doesn't want me to leave the capital."

Erbao: "Actually, he doesn't want you to take the role because you two just started dating and he's embarrassed to say it directly, right?"

"No. What he meant was that since the money is in front of him, he has the time, and it doesn't involve breaking the law, why not?" Geng Huihui said, "Actually, I didn't expect him to say that. Based on my stereotype of the system, his parents should be strongly opposed. Don't his parents know that I plan to work part-time during the winter and summer vacations?"

Dabao said, "You think too much. He can't possibly lie to his parents for you. People like him are more picky about finding a partner than ours. His parents must have told him early on that whoever can find who can forget about marrying him."

"Then his parents are quite open-minded."

Dabao: “They have requests too.”

Geng Huihui said: "I also have demands on his family. I can take a step back, and they can forget about interfering in my affairs."

Erbao asked: "Sister, have you ever thought that there are not many dramas in the winter and summer vacations, and you are not allowed to leave the capital. You can't get any dramas, so naturally you can't make extra money."

Dabao pulled his sister's ponytail and said, "Erbao, don't think too badly of him. Yan Weining may not want anything to happen to Sister Huihui. If he says it directly, Sister Huihui might think he is timid and cowardly."

Geng Huihui: "In fact, I heard from an old actor in the crew that they went to a place for a performance two years ago and almost couldn't come back because they met a few people from the same industry. My aunt also said that the train was chaotic, so every time we went south, at least three people went together, and we went to familiar places. I was afraid that something might happen if I had to stay in an unfamiliar place with a group of people for several days, or even a month or two."

Erbao: "What if I just don't want you to film?"

Dabao said, "No. Erbao, I can assure you that Huihui will have plenty of roles in the next two years, and nine out of ten times she'll be playing a teacher."

The two sisters looked at Dabao at the same time, with an expression of "how did you know?"

Dabao: "When I was shooting the commercial, I heard the director chatting with Uncle Chang's friends. In recent years, the dramas have been either martial arts palace costume dramas or modern family dramas. No one expected that a student drama produced by a grass-roots team would be so popular. When people in the industry saw that this kind of drama could be produced, the mainland market was almost blank, so they planned to produce a few more. However, there are no novels for this kind of drama, so we can only look up information and write the script now. The script should be out by now."

Erbao asked, "Are Uncle Chang's friends going to take photos too?"

Dabao shook his head, "He is planning to shoot it. The director just said that he knows of two companies that are producing campus dramas. If he gets involved, he might be able to give it to the TV station for free by the end of the year, but the TV station won't want it unless he can guarantee that it's a quality product. Uncle Chang's friend has only been in the industry for a few years and doesn't know how to shoot a drama. So he said that instead of following the trend, he might as well find a way to arrange the company's actors in it so that he can make a little money. In fact, if he can promote one, the commission from the endorsement fee for a year can support the entire company."

"No wonder you asked if any crew had contacted me." Geng Huihui asked, "Is it because the crew is about to start casting?"

Dabao nodded: "In just over a month, all primary and secondary schools in the city will be on holiday. We should select the roles and set the start time before the holiday. The crew will go in as soon as the school is on holiday, and we can finish filming before school starts. Otherwise, it will be troublesome."

Geng Huihui: "Then I have to carry a pager with me recently." Dabao remembered something: "Sister, I have always wanted to ask, how did grandpa's old comrade know that you don't have a partner?"

Since Dabao's grandfather passed away, Geng's father's old comrades-in-arms have never come to Geng's house, and they rarely bring their younger generations over during festivals. Only a few families are still in contact, one of which is Cheng Zhenhua. If Cheng Zhenhua helps Geng Huihui introduce someone, she will not be surprised.

Geng Huihui was equally curious, so she asked Yan Weining if his family was familiar with her grandfather's comrades-in-arms.

Geng Huihui was surprised by Yan Weining's answer.

Geng Huihui whispered, "In fact, he didn't know my last name was Geng at first. He really thought my last name was Chu."

The brother and sister widened their eyes, what the hell?

Geng Huihui blushed slightly and said embarrassedly: "He said he liked me as soon as he saw me. I don't believe it!"

Dabao thought, why are you blushing if you don't believe me? "I don't believe it either. He is the same age as you. You were too busy with school to date, but he has been out of school for four or five years. It's impossible that he has never dated someone. Maybe even more than one. How could he fall in love with you at first sight across the screen?"

Geng Huihui frowned: "Don't I know? Why do you have to say it out loud?"

"You're so old and you're still deceiving yourself." Dabao shook his head, "No wonder grandma is worried that you'll be fooled and forget who you are."

Geng Huihui: "I'm not your aunt. Besides, it's enough to just keep it to yourself. There's no need to make it public. It's not too late to make it public when we encounter issues of principle."

Dabao thought, I’m afraid that if too many small things accumulate, you will think that he is good in every way and will help him make up for it when he encounters big things in the future, and then choose to forgive: "Forget it, since you know it, just pretend I didn’t say anything."

"You already said it."

Dabao: "Then you ask time to go back, and I take back what I said."

"You—" Geng Huihui couldn't argue with him, "Don't talk nonsense in front of Yan Weining."

Dabao raised his eyebrows: "I only speak the truth."

"I'm just afraid that you'll tell the truth." Geng Huihui was anxious, "Do you know what a white lie is? Do you know what it means to be strict with yourself and lenient with others?"

Dabao shook his head: "I only know that one should be honest, tolerant to oneself and strict to others, so as not to be wronged or bullied!"

Geng Huihui suddenly didn't want to talk to him: "When you have a girlfriend in the future, you should ask yourself and your partner to do the same."

"We'll talk about it later." Dabao asked, "How did he know your last name was Geng?"

Geng Huihui was stunned for a moment and didn't want to answer. Dabao looked at her with a half-smile. Geng Huihui was really worried that he would be sarcastic to Yan Weining, so she confessed honestly: "He asked people about it just like those people who gave me gifts. He originally thought I was an actor. Later, when he heard that I was a teacher, he thought I was vain and planned to switch to acting. Later, when he heard that I returned to school to substitute for a class, he also thought that I could no longer get used to the routine work in the school."

Dabao was surprised: "You are quite self-righteous."

"People didn't understand me at the time, so it's normal to think that way."

Dabao thought, no wonder grandma always said girls are extroverts. I thought she was old-fashioned. I hope her sister won't be so outgoing when she falls in love.

"So he found an opportunity to meet you on a blind date because he knew you were famous and could work diligently?"

Geng Huihui nodded: "Yes. Steady, right?"

Dabao: “Be careful.”

Erbao nodded: "Sister, it must be tiring to be with someone like this, right?"

"I'm not stupid either."

Dabao: "But you are not as smart as him. Besides, how many officials are simple?"

"Leilei is not simple?"

Dabao said, "Brother Leilei lived in a city that was not as prosperous as the towns near the capital when he was a child. It's not an exaggeration to say that it was a remote and poor place. He couldn't see anything, and there were aunts watching him. It would be strange if he wasn't simple. Yan Weining was born and raised in the capital. He has eaten and played more than you know."

Ning Ning next door knew she was going to marry Da Bao when she was ten years old. Ye Fan, the receptionist at the company, was from the countryside. She is eighteen this year and still thinks she can have a baby by kissing. This was said by Yu Yinxing. She is the daughter of Yu Yinxing's aunt. Geng Huihui was not so sure at once: "How about I tell him some other day that we are not suitable for each other?"

Erbao was so surprised that his mouth opened slightly.

Dabao was tongue-tied: "No, no, you two just started dating, and you like her a lot? Do you want to take another look?"

"A short pain is worse than a long one." Geng Huihui imagined that facing her father-in-law in the future would be like facing her school principal, and she would feel completely exhausted. If she had to endure it for decades, she could not help but shudder. Why bother? Yan Weining was not the only man in the capital.

Dabao was speechless: "Sister, think twice before you act on such a big matter."

Geng Huihui thought about it and said, "Yes! There are still a few days until the weekend. I'll think about it."

Dabao breathed a sigh of relief, and he really didn't dare to say anything more. So he just said, "It's time to cook dinner."

The three of them went to the front and Geng Sen Sen came back.

Ye Fan was about to ask him to call them. Dabao came up to Geng Sensen and asked, "Why are you off work so late?"

Geng Sensen: "Don't mention it. I've been having a lot of shit lately. My boss comes to me for everything. Maybe it's because I didn't give him face before, so I didn't like any of the people he introduced to me. Aunt, I can't hold on any longer."

Ye Fan: "How long can you hold on?"

"At most half a year!"

Ye Fan nodded: "Okay. Submit your resignation on the last day of the solar calendar year. The school won't be closed by then. You can go to the University of Finance and Economics to recruit a few senior students. I'll ask someone to help you get a few computers and organize your office."

Geng Sensen asked hurriedly: "I'm the financial director?"

"are you happy?"

Geng Sensen was unsure. "I, why don't I hold on until the end of the year? I'll be busy at work at the end of the year and can learn a lot. I, I'll learn from others."

Ye Fan: "You decide for yourself. Don't feel bad about your year-end bonus. My company, Chang Guangrong's factory, and Xiao Ming's company will all need your help with the accounting at the end of the year. The hard work fee they give will definitely be more than your year-end bonus."

Geng Sensen knew what was going on: "If the leader deliberately makes things difficult for me, will I just quit the job?"

"That's fine. Let's go to Chang Guangrong's factory first. He has a large shipment volume in the past six months and has many workers. Jin Dazhi can't handle it all by himself, so he often needs Chang Guangrong to run errands for him. Come to my company in the new year."

Geng Sensen: "Should we ask Uncle Chang?"

"No need. I went to his house this afternoon, and he said he went to your alma mater to look for someone a few days ago. When they heard that he was the boss of Rongguang, they were quite happy. But when they heard that his company's address was almost in the countryside, they thought it was too far. If he can't recruit anyone from undergraduate colleges next year, he will go to technical secondary schools and junior colleges to recruit two people to run errands for Jin Dazhi."

Dabao stopped wiping his hands and asked, "Uncle Chang, are you in such a hurry?"

Ye Fan: "One of his friends is in charge of production, while Chang Guangrong goes to the south to get fabrics, zippers and other accessories. Anything related to money is handled by Jin Dazhi. There are security guards, cleaners, canteen workers, and warehouse management. There are 70 to 80 people, and he can't handle it all by himself."

"I know someone who is not a rookie who knows nothing. He has been interning for more than half a year. If nothing goes wrong, he will be able to get a full-time job in July and can get started in Uncle Chang's factory. I'm just afraid that he will not be willing." Dabao said and looked at the expressions of several people.

Ye Fan said seriously: "The factory can't be compared with state-owned enterprises, but the working atmosphere is good. Chang Guangrong and Jin Dazhi are not troublesome people. He works honestly and goes to sleep after work, and they don't care. State-owned enterprises definitely can't do this."

Erbao asked curiously, "Brother, did you know him when you were shooting a commercial?"

Dabao glanced again, as if no one had guessed it, he was very surprised: "Guangming's childhood friend."

Several people couldn't help but ask: "Who?"

"It's not the one who goes to Union University. It's the one who is in the same courtyard as Guangming. He has been to our house. I thought you would guess it as soon as I opened my mouth." Dabao looked at his mother, "You really didn't expect it to be him?"

Ye Fan opened his mouth, not knowing how to explain for a moment: "I, I didn't know he was an accountant like Sen Sen."

"He chose accounting, unlike Sen Sen who chose this major." Dabao said, "Even if we forgot to tell you, you would have guessed it. His father is so old-fashioned, how could he agree to let him choose an unpopular major. It must be teaching, doctor, or accounting. But doctors and teachers are more popular than accounting, and he is worried about being rejected, so only accounting is left."

Ye Fan: "If you knew he quit the job assigned by the school to work for Chang Guangrong's private company, his dad would be furious."

(End of this chapter)