Age of Legends

Chapter 149 Alone
At this moment, it wasn't just the three roommates in the second row who were gaping with their mouths wide open. Jiang Yan and several "committees" of her student union in the third row also had faces as pale as pig livers, but without the lights they couldn't be seen.

Her head was buzzing now! It made a sound as if it was filled with blood. The sounds around her became quieter, leaving only the humming sound of blood flowing. She felt like she was about to explode.

Jiang Rong! ?
A representative of the organizing committee of the International Digital Culture Festival? How did she become a representative? What did she do to become a representative of this official event in Rongcheng not long ago?

In the blink of an eye? Not long ago, I was struggling for an internship at a TV station, and now I have become a representative of the organizing committee! ?

What price would you pay to let the organizing committee let you be the representative? Money, body, or a big shot? And a really awesome big shot, right?

Thinking of her previous sarcasm towards Jiang Rong, at that moment, Jiang Yan's particularly uncomfortable jealousy expanded like a balloon, reached its extreme, crossed a certain limit, and suddenly died down.

Gong Hui was completely confused. He could only mutter to himself, "Jiang Rong..."

Among the media guests present at the scene, many were also quite surprised by this young woman.

Looking back, the Rongcheng International Digital Culture Festival may be the biggest event in Rongcheng this year, both in terms of its organization and the influence created by the rapid mobilization of resources.

In a short period of time, the authorities responded quickly, followed by many Fortune 500 companies participating in the exhibition, creating a very good window display effect for Rongcheng to the outside world.

This exhibition alone, when later analyzed, was considered to be too creative and too insightful, as if it had been planned for a long time, and the person behind it was very powerful.

First of all, it is in line with national policies.

At any time, it will never be wrong to respond as quickly as possible to national policies.

The spirit of western development, lightning approval by the Ministry of Culture, and rapid follow-up by all departments and links in Rongcheng.

It was a heavy punch with the force of thunder, and the whole process to the end was quite beautiful.

The creative idea of "Eat in Rongcheng, play in Rongcheng, and the future is in Rongcheng" immediately inspired many cities to learn from the exhibition industry.

After this cultural festival, many people flocked to Rongcheng, building relationships with all parties and imitating the exhibition projects that took place after the event.

There are many rumors outside now. Some say that the exhibition organizing committee is very powerful. Needless to say, they can mobilize the Ministry of Culture for approval in a short time. This is simply a strength that stands out among many Beijing offices. The so-called "running to the ministry to move forward", who would not be confused by this action power?
Secondly, being able to mobilize so many Fortune 500 and famous IT companies to set up booths in Rongcheng, is this something that ordinary people can do?
You have to know that although these Fortune 500 companies all care about the Chinese market, there is a general sense of arrogance.

Second-tier cities in the mainland, such as Rongcheng, are not as highly valued as first-tier cities.

These days, economic activity capability comes first. Sometimes, in the eyes of some people, no matter how happily your government jumps around or how loudly its slogans are shouted, if big companies just ignore you, what else can you do?
Only by reviewing the business environment and the investment promotion efforts in all aspects to determine whether they are in compliance with regulations, and the reputation reflected in all aspects, can the vitality of a place be determined.

You know, no matter how big the official event is, sometimes the influence is not enough to match the various effects brought by such large enterprises.

Back then, when a Starbucks opened, all the media in a city would publicize it, and the city’s economy would feel upgraded and the whole city would be proud of it. In fact, it is still the same now.

KFC and McDonald's, which are commonplace in later generations, opened on a street in the past, which represented that the economic level of the street had reached a certain level of "certification", and it was still common in that era.

Therefore, this cultural festival in Rongcheng has attracted so many leading IT industry game companies to attend. Many people even suspect that the manipulator behind this is a princeling who is an influential figure both at home and abroad.

In fact, even Rongcheng Communication University was kept in the dark. As a communication university, the School of Economics and Management invited the organizing committee of the cultural festival to attend with a try-it attitude, and it was handed to Wang Bowen.

Wang Bowen didn't want to go, because Zhang Chen was the mastermind behind this! But it was even more impossible for Zhang Chen to show up like this, otherwise it would be really shocking.

The planner of this international digital culture festival is actually a high school student! ?
If Zhang Chen still wants his high school life to be peaceful and to go through this period like an ordinary person, he must keep a low profile.

Otherwise, I won’t say much, not to mention the reporters who came to me. How much money did you make by planning all this?

You are just a high school student. Would someone take the risk of kidnapping you, demanding money and tearing up your ticket?
As someone who has been through this, Zhang Chen will definitely not take chances with this situation.

Teacher Yu was kidnapped and almost killed. Do you have the physical strength to withstand a few injections of veterinary anesthetic?

But it’s different when it comes to Jiang Rong. Everyone can see that she is a spokesperson with a good image and temperament, and she must be very influential.

And most importantly, she is a student of Communication University.

What is more important here, and what finally made Zhang Chen decide to hand it over to Jiang Rong, were the rumors against Jiang Rong that he had seen in the Communication University forum.

Although she didn't say anything and didn't seem to be affected, Zhang Chen thought it was a good idea to dispel those rumors in this way.

This doesn't mean that anything has been clarified, but when you are strong enough, those rumors about you will no longer have any meaning.

It's just like people will only feel jealous towards those who are in the same ecological environment and at the same level, but if you surpass them far, you may still get admiration from others. There is a saying that goes, when you succeed, everyone in the world is a good person.

When Jiang Rong made her grand return to school and appeared on the stage, no one could harm her in any way anymore. As for the possible speculations about how she got to this point, they were just rootless duckweed and ultimately could not withstand any scrutiny.

Jiang Rong's performance in the ceremony hall afterwards also made many people realize that she is not just a beautiful girl with good looks but no substance. Because the International Digital Culture Festival is very popular, everyone is paying close attention to it. To be frank, this may be the most anticipated event in Rongcheng's media industry recently.

Now someone comes forward to share technical details, and the industry leaders around them pale in comparison.

Jiang Rong was truthfully expressing her experience in exhibitions, saying that some cultural festivals involve multiple sections of on-site publicity, logistics, and communication and coordination among various performance teams.

I also talked about the planning and positioning of the cultural festival from a professional perspective, explored the connotations, and combined some small insights from my own experience.

Of course, it is also relevant to the current job-hunting season, and it is more from the perspective of college students looking for jobs, how to find opportunities at exhibitions, how to understand the boss's intentions, and how to better cooperate with planning to implement specific work... What she said is meaningful. She has participated in every link and has her own understanding. When she communicates these things at this time, they are very detailed and convincing.

Students like Jiang Yan, who hold some position in the student union at school and sound like they are high-ranking officials, can immediately feel the gap between them and Jiang Rong on the stage.

Yin Miaoyin and the other two roommates looked at Jiang Rong with admiration. If she had been like an orchid in a valley, alone and silent in school before, it seemed that she had been tempered and blossomed all of a sudden, shining with light.

So Jiang Rong's father Jiang Chenggeng, who was also standing in the aisle and watching her, had a look of relief in his eyes.

After the exchange meeting, Jiang Rong did not attend the guest dinner, which is consistent with the outside world's perception that their team's background is powerful and mysterious.

Jiang Rong became famous at Communication University of China. The vice president and college leaders exchanged mobile phone numbers with her and specifically stated that she was an outstanding graduate of Communication University of China and hoped that she would support the university's activities in the future.

How could Jiang Rong cope with this situation? She really wanted to tell her leaders that she was still a small role, but the bosses didn't want to show up. And because I was a college student, they pushed me out. The leaders really made things difficult for me!
But I couldn't show my weakness, so I could only deal with the school leaders one by one. I thought to myself that I should not attend such activities anymore, because if I did it too many times, I would be exposed! How could I, who was not good enough in the art, go back to give a lecture?

But what Jiang Rong didn't see at this time was that Gong Hui was sitting on the left side of the second row, staring at Jiang Rong blankly, his eyes full of disbelief. He knew Jiang Rong's situation, and even revealed her family's privacy. He knew exactly how this girl had become someone he couldn't handle in such a short time.

What happened during her internship?

Over there, counselor Gong Hui was called over by the department head, "Gong Hui, where is Gong Hui? Come here!"

Gong Hui stepped forward and smiled at the dean. He didn't dare look at Jiang Rong, fearing that under the gaze of this girl, he would feel even more ridiculous and clumsy about the text messages he had sent her and the threatening words he had said on the phone.

Under her gaze, I actually felt a little ashamed of myself.

"You too, are derelict in your duty. Our department has such an outstanding graduate who came as a guest today and you didn't even remind me. How do you usually work as a counselor? You are incompetent!"

The department head was caught off guard today. He had just sat in the guest seat. When Jiang Rong went up to the stage to share, some rumors entered his ears. The representative of the organizing committee was from his own school, not to mention from his own department! You know, the Department of Media is usually inferior to the Department of Communication and Economics. If the editor of the Strait Metropolis Daily was not an alumnus of their Department of Media among the invited guests, the Department of Economics and Management would not have brought them today. There will also be some internal competition between departments because of the alumni's affiliation.

Who knew that Jiang Rong was actually an intern in the department, doing such a thing during her internship? Why didn't anyone tell me? Gong Hui was the only one who took the blame!
In the end, Jiang Rong politely declined the dinner invitation from the school and guests, and got rid of all these interpersonal interactions. When she came out of the ceremony hall, she breathed a sigh of relief.

It's finally over. I can finally relax today.

But out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly saw the middle-aged man who had been waiting for her.

Jiang Rong couldn't help but tell her grandparents the news that she was going to the stage today. It was very likely that her father learned about her movements from the old people.

Jiang Chenggeng smiled widely, and he said, "How about we have a meal together?"

He and his father came to an exquisite Japanese restaurant outside. Jiang Chenggeng ordered a bowl of ramen and Jiang Rong ordered a bowl of udon noodles.

The two of them ate happily. Jiang Chenggeng kept praising Jiang Rong's performance and saying how happy he was.

Jiang Rong was fine. The interactions between her and Jiang Chenggeng were mostly like this. One of them kept talking while the other seemed much quieter, only responding occasionally.

Jiang Chenggeng tried his best but it seemed that he could not get any closer to his daughter. However, he did see more smiles on Jiang Rong's face today than usual.

Satisfied.

Jiang Chenggeng tried to test him, "Well, I looked at the passbook, and you didn't use the money your father gave you... I gave you another two thousand... Anyway, you can save it, and you can use it as a fund for dating or something like that."

Jiang Rong was stunned for a moment.

Jiang Chenggeng said quickly, "Then I will use it as a dowry. Of course, I will still buy you a dowry separately. I also plan to buy you a house... I don't know when I will meet this boy."

Jiang Rong shook her head. "Dad, what are you talking about? I'm not dating anyone... I'll buy a house for my grandparents and let them move in. I'll leave your money there, and you can ask me for it when you need it."

Jiang Chenggeng was stunned and a little hesitant for a moment. In the end, the conversation between the father and daughter did not break the ice. Of course, it did not develop from bad to worse. This was good news. After all, she had dinner with him.

When we left the restaurant, the lights were already on. Jiang Chenggeng's car was parked in a parking lot not far away, and he said, "Rongrong, Dad is gone."

Jiang Rong then looked at him for a few seconds and nodded.

Jiang Chenggeng sighed again, "Rongrong, we should all look forward, right? Life must go on, and this is what your mother wants to see."

Jiang Rong said softly, "Dad, you can move forward and take care of your own family. I have also been moving forward and growing up...but the home that belongs to me has forever remained in the past."

Jiang Chenggeng returned to the car and started the drive. He saw Jiang Rong watching him leave and waving to him.

Jiang Chenggeng, with red eyes, saw her appearance in the rearview mirror.

She was alone and lonely under the street lamp that was emitting warm yellow particles.

Maybe some people are not staying in the past, but are just trapped in the best time and don’t want to wake up.

……

After Jiang Chenggeng left, Jiang Rong, who had been standing there for a long time, heard her cell phone ring. She opened it and saw a message with two concise words: "Package."

what!
She woke up as if from a dream.

Hurry, that braised duck shop is about to close!

She rushed to the street in her fluttering white dress without caring about her image. People around her were a little surprised, not understanding why this pretty girl was suddenly in such a hurry.

Maybe this is why she doesn't want to wake up, reality is so annoying!

(End of this chapter)