Ye Lan has very strong mobility. The next day, she took Wang Zixu to the "base" she had found for the "Wenwen Club". Also changed into a pair of stockings.
The so-called "base" is a loft-style apartment building located on the outskirts of the city. The suburbs of Xihe are a big concept, and the location of this place, even in the suburbs, is the most remote.
Wang Zixu sat in the passenger seat of Ye Lan's Audi, and it took him 40 minutes to reach his destination. As soon as he got off the car, he felt the gritty wind blowing against his face. He stepped on a cement road that seemed to cut through the world. Both sides of the road were boundless loess, and the city in the distance shrank into a pile at the end of the field of vision. The high bucket of the crane becomes the only embellishment on the skyline.
On the left side of the highway, there is an unattended strawberry greenhouse. The greenhouse reflects pale white light and the plastic film trembles in the wind. It is now past the strawberry season, and there are only drooping grass stems on the field stems. Farther away, there was a lonely toilet that looked quite ordinary. On the dilapidated red brick wall, "male" and "female" were written in chalk.
And the apartment is hidden in such a deserted area. The elegant light green walls, Baroque columns, and very bourgeois courtyard make it look very classy and incompatible with the surrounding environment.
Ye Lan said: "This place is the product of failed investment. It was rumored that this area was going to be connected to the East China Sea and built into some kind of digital industrial park. Someone planned in advance and built such a thing here, but the plan was not approved, so it was smashed here. Come in."
Wang Zixu followed her into the house. The apartment is a pseudo-duplex structure, straight to the point. There are eight single rooms on the upper floor, and there is a large living room downstairs that can be used as an office. The decoration style is industrial and cold (like rough), but the soft furnishings are very sophisticated. The living room is fully equipped with sofas, coffee tables, and bookshelves, and there is even a widescreen TV hanging on the wall.
Wang Zixu was very satisfied.
"How is it?" Ye Lan asked, "The monthly rent here is only more than a thousand. It is a good deal for such a large area to move in, right? I also hired an aunt, three meals a day, including shopping for vegetables, cooking, washing dishes and mopping the floor, for only two thousand. It is just too far from the city center, and there is not even a 24-hour convenience store in the surrounding wilderness."
Wang Zixu said: "This is better. Without the glitz of the colorful world, it can reduce the messy desires in the heart, and more attention can be focused on literature."
Ye Lan said: "The main reason is that it is not convenient to go home."
Wang Zixu said: "I won't go home. I won't go home even when I come here. There is no time to go home in these 20 days. Otherwise, why would you ask for food and accommodation?"
Ye Lan was a little surprised: "You won't go home for 20 days? Does your wife have any objection?"
Wang Zixu said: "I told her that my company organized a group of people to go to Hongzhou to conduct a 20-day party training class. Generally, people who are about to be promoted have to study like this once. She happily agreed. My mother-in-law will go to my house to take care of her. I don't have to go home."
Ye Lan crossed her arms and disagreed with Wang Zixu's behavior of lying to his wife.
“I feel that the way you and your wife get along is a bit strange.”
Wang Zixu asked: “Is it strange?”
Ye Lan nodded: "It's better to just say no to this kind of thing. It's all about making money, and it's not disrespectful. Why hide it from her? Normal couples usually support each other, but it feels like you are just at war with each other."
Wang Zixu asked: "Are you married?"
He originally thought that Ye Lan was very insightful about marriage, so he subconsciously asked this question, but Ye Lan broke his guard instantly and stamped his feet and said:
"What's wrong with not being married? Can't I express my views on marriage if I'm not married? I also have friends who are married! I've seen many forms of marriage! Forget it, I won't tell you, let's go!"
Her defense-breaking style is very similar to a talented woman Wang Zixu knows. Ye Lan went out and came back after a while. This time his tone was calmer:
"By the way, there is something I forgot to mention. I contacted Cheng Xing."
Wang Zixu asked: "What did he say?"
Ye Lan rolled up his hair: "He said that he is very interested in this literary club you want to do. He wants to join."
Wang Zixu asked in surprise: "How can this work?"
Ye Lan's eyes were slightly Opening her eyes and widening her dark eyes:
"Why not? A high reading volume, strong writing skills, and an understanding of literature, don't they all meet your requirements? Authors who are engaged in physical publishing come to write literary scripts with you, what else are you dissatisfied with?"
She finished speaking with her fingers, and Wang Zixu was speechless. Ye Lan's words seemed impossible to refute, and he felt something was wrong.
Wang Zixu said: "I'm afraid we can't keep an author of his caliber, right? What I want is not just a momentary passion, I want a long-term waiting."
Ye Lan said: "Who is not someone's consumable? How can anyone stay together for life? As long as you can stay, as long as you stay, the output will be as long as you can."
Wang Zixu said: "I never thought you could say such philosophical words."
Ye Lan tossed her hair arrogantly: "What a fuss. That's because you don't understand me."
"Okay, okay."
Wang Zixu laughed from the bottom of his heart. After he finished laughing, he realized that he hadn't laughed like this for a long time.
Later, he suddenly realized that he had been like Watanabe in "Norwegian Wood" in the past few years. There are always many forces around him dragging him in the direction of "death". But luckily there are some people like Midori around me. Green child represents the power of "life". And after he emerged from the water, he could appreciate the beauty of "life" even more.
This is also the call of libido. It is the merit of literature.
Ye Lan said: "That's it. He has received a lot of business plans about you from him. People from all walks of life are squatting at the door of the traffic like dogs, trying to bite off a piece of meat. When he comes, you can discuss with him in person and see how to convert this wave of traffic into real money."
Wang Zixu nodded. He pointed at the bookshelf: "I still need your help to buy some books."
Ye Lan said: "Okay, you ask me to write, and I will find a pen."
Wang Zixu sat down on the sofa: "The complete works of Borges, "Long Talk in the Bar" by Llosa, Saramago "Blindness", Camus's Notes, the complete works of Zhang Ailing, Wang Zengqi's "Da Nao Chronicles", Zhang Xianliang's "Half of a Man is a Woman", Su Tong's "The Yellow Bird", Yan Lianke's "Them"..."
Ye Lan wrote these on the paper one by one, and asked Wang Zixu when he encountered words he didn't understand. After finishing writing, she asked: "Are these all books you have read?"
Wang Zixu struggled internally for a moment, and then decided to tell the truth: "These are all books I wanted to buy before, as well as books I couldn't afford."
Ye Lan looked up at him with difficulty: "You learned how to take advantage of the company as soon as you became a shareholder, right? ”
Wang Zixu said: “I will ask a huolala to transport all the books from my house. I will make a schedule and spend about half of the 20 days reading, so I need to prepare a lot of books.”
Ye Lan didn’t hold on to his woolly business. It wasn’t until the hustler that Wang Zixu mentioned came fiercely from the lonely road that Ye Lan realized how sincere Wang Zixu was - the warehouse of the small truck was almost filled with books alone. It took the driver half an hour to finish moving the books.
The entire wall of bookshelves is filled, and many books are placed on the floor. Ye Lan wondered how these books were piled up in Wang Zixu's home. Did he rob a library?
Wang Zixu didn’t feel that he had many books, but he knew that he had many books. He paid 70 yuan out of his own pocket for the driver to unload the goods, which already showed that he was well aware of the weight of these books.
During the half hour that the 70 yuan helped him get, he was adjusting the speakers in the living room and trying to use music software to play "Norwegian Wood" - the one by the Beatles, not the one by Wu Bai. Although there is also a song by Wu Bai in the playlist.
He did this clumsy thing because he remembered an anecdote - the original name of the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood" was actually "I Know She Would (Fuck Me)", but the record company thought it was too indecent, so they changed the name to a homophone, from "Knowing She Would" to "Norwegian wood", which suddenly became literary and artistic.
This matter is like a metaphor, a metaphor for a certain aspect of Wen Yan’s spiritual core. Wang Zixu thought it was very interesting in his heart, but Ye Lan probably wouldn't understand it when he said it.