Five years of marriage, always separated [1970s]

Geng Zhiye didn't think about anything, he was just excited that Ye Fan's small company could actually afford to hire a singer to warm up the show.

"There's one thing about those rumors out there that aren't rumors."

Ye Fan leaned against the pillow, confused: "Which point?"

"You are rich!" Geng Zhiye exclaimed.

Ye Fan was speechless but wanted to laugh: "I don't have the money to buy you a watch, it costs tens of thousands."

Geng Zhiye nodded in agreement, and then asked tentatively, "Do I look like the gigolo they say on TV?"

Ye Fan paused for a moment and pushed him on the forehead. Geng Zhiye fell on the bed unexpectedly. Ye Fan turned off the light, "What are you thinking about all day long? How do you look like a gigolo?"

Geng Zhiye lay down and said, "It's nothing like him at all."

"Why are you asking?" Ye Fan asked, turning to him, "You don't doubt that I think so, do you?"

Geng Zhiye's body tensed up, and Ye Fan clearly felt it. He hit him on the leg and said, "You are free."

"Don't be angry if it's just a temporary brain injury." Geng Zhiye held her hand and raised his leg to clamp her calf. "Who told you to be so rich?"

Ye Fan asked unhappily, "My fault?"

"My fault!"

Ye Fan punched him with his free hand: "I never thought that if it weren't for your support, my company would have been schemed out long ago."

"Isn't it because of my father-in-law?" Geng Zhiye didn't think those old thieves in the business world would give him face. He was neither the commander nor the deputy commander of the capital, but only the deputy commander of the first army. There were not too many officers of this level in the capital.

Ye Fan: "My dad has been retired for many years. He was very useful in the first few years, but now who remembers who he is?"

Geng Zhiye sat up instinctively upon hearing this: "You——"

"Lie down!" Ye Fan pulled him down. "Your rank is indeed not high enough to protect my company, but those who are higher than you look down on my small company. In the past few years, the state-owned enterprise reform has focused on state-owned enterprises. Besides, if they want to deal with me, my family will be destroyed. But when their followers see how ugly they are, who will follow them in the future? Besides, it's not enough to deal with one company, we have to include the Chang family and the research institute. It's not a deep hatred, it's not that serious."

"So no one touched you and it wasn't just me?"

Ye Fan had a headache and couldn't sleep late at night, worrying about nothing.

"You are not yourself. There must be a lot of people who want to get people into my company. If they want to join the R&D department, I can say that their major is not suitable. If they want to be a salesperson or a secretary for me, can I still say that their major is not suitable? My company's business is simple, and anyone with a secondary technical school degree can do the job."

Geng Zhiye's eyes lit up: "You should have said it earlier."

"Why are you still saying something so obvious?" Ye Fan hit him on the waist.

Geng Zhiye hugged her nonchalantly.

Ye Fan was forced to turn sideways and couldn't help complaining: "If Aunt Yu sees this, she'll have to tell Xiao Wang that you're going backwards as you get older."

"I have nothing to do! What couple sleeps with the Milky Way between them?" Geng Zhiye pulled the man into his arms. "I'm in the army every day, so I don't think too much about it at the moment."

Ye Fan: "You are so indifferent to me, and you think you are right"

Geng Zhiye immediately wanted to take back what he had just said. "You sound like you care about me. Do you know my unit number?"

Ye Fan rolled his eyes at the dark night: "What's the use of knowing? I can't talk to anyone when you're not at home. Besides, I'm afraid I'll go out accidentally."

"As expected of my wife, you have a high level of awareness."

Ye Fan was both angry and amused: "Don't you suspect that you're a gigolo?"

"It's good to be a gigolo." Ye Fan is very capable, and Geng Zhiye thinks he has high standards, and he fell in love with her at first sight. Geng Zhiye is worried that Ye Fan also thinks so. He believes in Ye Fan's feelings for him, but one person can't dig her out, what if ten people try at the same time?

Then the saying will come true -

As long as the hoe is swung well, there is no corner to dig it down.

Geng Zhiye thought about why he had talked so much with Ye Fan: "Who did you hire for 200,000 yuan?"

"You want to hear the truth? I don't know, and you won't know me even if I tell you." In her previous life, Ye Fan lived in a place where it was difficult to get into college. In order to get out of the small town, she had no time to care about celebrities. When she got a job and had money and time, most of these celebrities were out of fashion or even disappeared.

Geng Zhiye only knew famous stars, and it was obvious that he couldn't hire them with 200,000 yuan. Besides, if he invited singers to warm up the audience, they would definitely sing pop songs. Geng Zhiye knew people from the military art troupe. It was impossible for Ye Fan to invite them to sing red songs at the annual party.

Geng Zhiye: "Two hundred thousand to hire a few people, they are also little stars, right?"

Ye Fan: "A second-tier singer, maybe."

"So cheap?" Geng Zhiye was shocked. "How much does one advertisement cost, Geng Dabao?"

Ye Fan laughed, "Professional singers from the mainland are cheaper. We can't even hire third-tier singers from Hong Kong at this price. Besides, Geng Dabao's advertising fee is so high because he has to endorse for one or two years. And Dabao is different from them. Dabao is an idol. Idols who have made it on their own are more expensive everywhere."

"What kind of talent does Geng Dabao have? He only appeared in one TV series in recent years, and his appearance lasted less than ten minutes."

Ye Fan had actually wondered before: "Success depends on luck, your son has the luck. Besides, appearance and temperament are also part of strength. If they only choose the major, why does the military art troupe have height and appearance requirements when selecting people?"

Geng Zhiye still didn't quite believe her words: "You don't know the person you invited?"

Ye Fan: "I asked my secretary to solicit opinions from employees, and it was my secretary who contacted Chang Guangrong's friend who runs a film and television company. He was the one who made the connection. But I also think that the 200,000 yuan is a discount for a few people."

Geng Zhiye didn't understand and waited for her to continue.

Ye Fan said, "His friend may have told those singers that the company they were going to work for was a private company, but the boss was not ordinary. He gave them a friendly price this year and might invite them again next year. It's impossible for my company's annual meeting to be held this time and not held again. Besides, at the end of the year, except for those who performed on the Spring Festival Gala, everyone else is free. It's hard to find such a good opportunity to earn tens of thousands of yuan a day."

"Don't you think tens of thousands of yuan is too low and doesn't match your reputation?"

Ye Fan: "They will complain if they can't finish the work because there is too much work to do. The key singers don't have much work. Besides, if they don't do it, someone else will do it. They are not irreplaceable superstars."

"I see." Geng Zhiye understood and felt relieved, "Go to sleep!"

Silent all night.

The next morning, the guard took Geng Zhiye to the army. When he arrived at the army, Geng Zhiye discussed the holiday with his colleagues.

In mid-June, Geng Zhiye accompanied Ye Fan to work on his first day of vacation.

Ye Fan was puzzled: "Why are you coming to the company if you don't want to go for a physical examination or rest at home?"

"See how things are developing here." The road was not good before, but now it is smooth from their home to the company gate, and there is a bus stop. If employees live in the city, it is convenient for them to go to and from get off work.

Geng Zhiye stood by the window and looked at the staff dormitory across the street. "I remember you said that the old employees all had houses. Now that it's convenient for commuting, have you all moved out?"

Ye Fan did not interfere with the private lives of employees, but also asked them not to cause trouble for the company. Because Ye Fan made a request, the employees took the opportunity to ask her to introduce a date. Ye Fan did not personally come forward, but handed the matter over to Yu Wentao's nephew, who is now the head of the sales team. Yu Wentao's nephew contacted Sun Laifu and Yu Hongwei, asking them if there were any single medical staff and teachers around them, preferably working in Xicheng. They actually contacted a few. These employees moved out when they liked each other.

Ye Fan: "Those who have partners have moved out."

“Are there many people who have a partner?”

Ye Fan shook his head: "30%."

Geng Zhiye was surprised: "Your company has such good benefits, the employees -" suddenly thought of a possibility, "Because the company treats them well, everyone feels that others are not worthy of them, right?"

"It's more than that." Ye Fan, the director of the R&D department, is her classmate. He is in his early thirties this year. He is not old, but he has graduated for ten years. He didn't want to date in the first few years. He has dated three people in recent years. One of them is good, but her brothers and sisters are too weird. He doesn't want to marry the whole family, so he can only break up with pain. He was attracted to another one because of her looks and figure. He can afford her with his salary and bonus, but the other party treated him as a sucker. A few years ago, he dated a girl who was six or seven years younger than him. His secretary even complained that men all like younger people. Unexpectedly, they broke up a few days ago.

Ye Fan said, "They don't care how much the woman earns because they have high salaries. They care more about other aspects, such as right and wrong and whether they have common topics. For example, the director of the R&D department, his ex-girlfriend was of average looks and height, and she was a graduate student who graduated this year. Unfortunately, she persuaded him to go abroad after being together for less than three months."

"What can your classmate do abroad when he reaches his age?"

Ye Fan: "He can do anything, but it will definitely be hard work. He is getting older and can't compete as hard as fresh graduates. It is unrealistic to go abroad to be a manager. He is not a top talent, and he may not be treated as well as the new employees in my company when he gets there."

"You didn't expect this when the woman is so educated?"

As a person who has been through it, Ye Fan understands the naive graduates: "Having not seen the cruelty of society, they think it is normal to have an annual salary of over 10,000 yuan. Little do they know that most people only have a monthly salary of 300 or 400 yuan, which does not include food and accommodation. Although computer talents are in high demand, it is incredible for fresh graduates who have not achieved much in school to have a monthly salary of 800 yuan."

"Given that she wants to find a date, her family probably doesn't have the money to support her. In this case, she can't find a classmate. Her classmates are just as poor as she is. Once they get there, they'll need money for everything and may not be able to support themselves. She should find a rich guy to go out with her."

Ye Fan: "The rich second generation are either studying abroad and younger than her, or they are back and waiting to take over the family business. If she wants to live a good life, she can only find someone older than her. Unfortunately, those who are older than her and have the money to go abroad have girlfriends even if they don't have wives."

"You can also put it together yourself." Geng Zhiye said.

Ye Fan flipped through the report sent by the factory and shook his head as he read it. "She does want to compete, but there are too many people in this industry who are better than her. Take the R&D department upstairs for example. They were all top three students in their grade in high school. Besides, foreign countries are ahead of us in computer technology. She can only be an ordinary employee when she goes abroad." He paused. "But with her personality, she is willing to do it. From what the director said, being a receptionist outside is more noble than joining the R&D team."

Geng Zhiye thought of his comrades and colleagues. One of them had embezzled a lot of money and was sent for investigation a few days ago. The reason was that his son wanted to go abroad and his salary could not support him. "What's wrong with the younger generation now? They are all trying their best to go abroad."

Ye Fan: "The younger generation was born around the 1970s, when our country had nothing. They became sensible in their teens and caught up with the reform and opening up. When they saw the elevators, toilets, milk and bread in foreign movies, they definitely thought that foreign countries were better. Dabao doesn't worship foreign things, partly because our family has good living conditions. The employees upstairs from me first ate chocolate when I brought it back from Hong Kong. Dabao had chocolate with liquor filling when he was a child. The employees had the opportunity to go to Hong Kong only when they worked with me. Erbao went there when he was still in high school and lived in Hong Kong for a while. He has seen good things and messy things, so naturally he doesn't think that everything in the mainland is inferior to outside."

Geng Zhiye asked, "Do you mean this phenomenon will continue for many years?"

Ye Fan: "Until the country becomes prosperous and strong, and the younger generation grows up in a prosperous era, they will see with their own eyes that our country is not inferior to other countries."

"That will take many years." Geng Zhiye sighed and pulled a chair to sit down.

Ye Fan wanted to say another twenty years, but twenty years was a long time. "Are you thirsty?"

Geng Zhiye got up late in the morning and didn't exercise, so he didn't have much appetite. He just drank a bowl of porridge, a meat bun and an egg: "I feel a little hungry."

Ye Fan opened the drawer and took out a box of snacks.

The snacks were all in small packages. Geng Zhiye opened one and looked at the shape of the snack: "Isn't this what you bought for Erbao?"

Ye Fan: "She said she was hungry from running around with her boss recently. I went to Gangcheng to bring her a few boxes and told her to put them in her bag. She only wanted chocolate. She said it made her choke. Your daughter has eaten too many good things."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Ye Fan said "Come in". The secretary pushed the door open, looked at Ye Fan, and turned to Geng Zhiye, "Brother-in-law, do you need some tea?"

Geng Zhiye looked at Ye Fan and asked, "Should I take it or not?"
When Ye Fan renovated the house, he added a tea room, and there is one upstairs. Previously, there were only Ye Fan and his secretary on this floor, and the secretary would go to the tea room upstairs, which had a lot of stuff. In the past two years, the Finance Department was added, and a few more secretaries were added. With more people, a tea room was set up.

Ye Fan said, "Black tea, please."

The secretary closed the door and went out.

Geng Zhiye looked at the purified water on the coffee table: "Isn't there water here?"

Ye Fan: "Drink hot."

Geng Zhiye wanted to refute, but just as he opened his mouth, a chocolate bean was stuffed into his mouth: "You——"

"Do you want some?" Ye Fan handed him a few more.

Geng Zhiye understood that this was a message for him to shut up, so he reached out to take you. He noticed that the packaging was different: "There are nuts on the wrapper, does this mean there are nuts inside the chocolate?"

Ye Fan nodded: "Hazelnut."

"Erbao is actually willing to leave a few for you." Geng Zhiye peeled another one and stuffed it into his mouth.

Ye Fan doesn't eat much, Er Bao knows this and naturally won't leave her a few. This was bought by an employee of the R&D department when he was on vacation. Ye Fan went there two days ago and saw a half box of it in the drawer of an employee of the R&D department. When he saw Ye Fan, he asked her to try it.

Ye Fan gave her two to give face to her employees. The employees thought that Ye Fan liked them, so they took an unopened box from home the next day and asked the secretary to pass it to her. Ye Fan opened it as soon as she received it, shared it with several secretaries, and kept half for herself.

Ye Fan was about to explain when her secretary knocked on the door, carrying a cup of brewed black tea. Two new secretaries followed her in, each holding a cup.

The three of them put down the teapot and teacups and looked at Geng Zhiye until they were behind him.

Geng Zhiye touched his face and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Ye Fan: "I finally understand why they would ask you if you want tea without asking you."

Geng Zhiye understood instantly: "Do you think I'm a foreigner?"

Ye Fan smiled and nodded: "Just wait. This is just the beginning."

Last time, Geng Zhiye came and left in a hurry, which aroused everyone's curiosity. Sure enough, not long after, the people above came down and asked Ye Fan some trivial matters, as if the team leader and director did not exist.

Geng Zhiye couldn't sit still, so he went to his nephew's office. However, there were two employees next to Geng Sensen's office. As soon as they saw Geng Zhiye, they stared at him.

Geng Zhiye was so upset that he went back to Ye Fan's office. There was a lounge in Ye Fan's office. Since it was hot now and she didn't want to go back, she would eat in the cafeteria and then take a nap in the lounge. That was her plan today. Seeing that Geng Zhiye was so popular, Ye Fan decided to go home for dinner.

Unexpectedly, something was waiting for her at home.

As soon as Ye Fan opened the car door, he heard crying. Geng Zhiye gently closed the door, handed the car keys to Ye Fan, and asked in a low voice: "Aunt Yu or Xiao Qin?"

Ye Fan: "Your sister's school hasn't closed yet, Lai Fu is busy lately, and he has a little one to take care of, so he doesn't have time to cry here. Aunt Yu is even less likely to do that, she's only afraid of big brother, and big brother is busy with all kinds of things, so he doesn't have time to make things difficult for her."

Geng Zhiye said: "I'll go in and take a look first."

When I opened the gate, I saw three people standing at the door of the nanny in the front yard, one squatting, one standing, and one sitting. The squatting and sitting couple looked to be in their fifties or sixties, and the nanny was the one standing and wiping tears.

Geng Zhiye nodded slightly to Ye Fan. Ye Fan went in. Geng Zhiye coughed lightly. The three of them turned to him. The babysitter Xiao Wang was stunned for a moment, then she came over and said, "Auntie——"

Geng Zhiye stretched out his hand to block it, fearing that she would make Ye Fan covered in snot and tears.

(End of this chapter)