The next night, Yu Dong went to the hotel with Su Tong.
The hotel Su Tong found this time was indeed not far away, just over a mile away from the "Zhongshan" magazine office.
It was just a slightly larger food stall. Su Tong must have eaten at this restaurant before. When he arrived, the boss greeted him familiarly: "The leader is here, please come inside. The other two have already arrived."
Knowing that Han Dong and the others had arrived, Su Tong nodded and led Yu Dong to one of the private rooms in a familiar manner.
When Yu Dong saw Han Dong and Gu Qian, they were playing cards in a hotel box.
There was just a deck of cards on the table, and each of them had a few cards in their hands. Yu Dong couldn't figure out how to play them.
The young Han Dong is not as thin as the Han Dong in Yu Dong's impression. The hair on the top of his head is still there, with a crew cut, but the hairline has begun to unceremoniously occupy the position on the top of the head. It will probably not be long before this position is lost.
It will also be lost.
Gu Qian looked a little older than several of them. He was wearing a black peaked cap. When Yu Dong entered, he saw two conspicuous nasolabial lines under the brim at first sight.
Seeing Su Tong and Yu Dong, Gu Qian laughed, and the two nasolabial lines on his face twitched. He looked rough and looked very honest when he smiled.
The two of them said hello to Su Tong, then looked at Yu Dong, waiting for Su Tong to introduce them.
Su Tong smiled and said, "My junior fellow student, Yu Dong, I'm sorry I didn't tell you before."
"Anyway, it's your treat. How can we have any opinions on who to bring?" Han Dong said with a smile, and suddenly seemed to remember something. He looked at Yu Dong seriously again, his eyes a little uncertain: "Shanghai
Did you write the article "Mending the Sky" in the first issue of "Zhongshan"?"
Yu Dong nodded, "It's me."
"I didn't expect you to be so young." Han Dong smiled and looked at Su Tong: "That's right, you are Junior Brother Su Tong, so it's not surprising."
Gu Qian on the side showed a surprised expression. He originally had no idea about the name Dong, but he remembered it after hearing Han Dong talk about "Mending the Sky".
"That's pretty awesome."
When Gu Qian said this, he felt a little disgusted in his heart.
It turned out that he, Han Dong and Su Tong had been hanging out together for a long time, and no one was much better than the other. Everyone was only thinking about creating and making money.
At that time, Han Dong was running a private magazine "Them" in Jinling, and both Gu Qian and Su Tong submitted articles to Han Dong. Later, his and Su Tong's articles were used in the novel column of the first issue, so they became acquainted.
At that time, all three of them were doing well, and they were considered to be of the same class - the poor class. Speaking of which, the one who was doing the best at that time was Han Dong, otherwise he would not have been able to run a private magazine.
When they were together, they thought about how to become famous and make money every day. In order to become famous, they even collaborated on a movie script together, but later the plan was aborted because Han Dong gave up.
Later, Su Tong became famous and rich first. Although they were happy for him, they were inevitably a little sour.
Although no one deliberately distanced themselves from the other, the changes in status naturally made the distance between them further and further apart.
Later, every time they met again, it was no longer the same as before. They could only be cautious, fearing to touch each other's sensitive nerves. But it happened that this kind of caution made each other more sensitive.
But the friendship that existed in the past actually existed, and neither of them had the ability to let go of it just because they wanted to, so they would always find time to get together.
Gu Qian probably guessed why Su Tong brought Yu Dong here. He probably didn't want to embarrass each other too much. But knowing that Yu Dong had published a novel like "Mending the Sky" on "Zhongshan" at such a young age, he felt sour in his heart.
The idea came to me again.
It's just that he was sour, but he also admitted that "Mending the Sky" was well written.
"Come and sit down. It's not interesting for the two of us to play cards. You're here just in time to join us at the table to play Landlord." Gu Qian greeted with a smile.
This time, Su Tong did not suggest playing egg-smashing. Instead, he followed the previous suggestion and they started playing Landlords.
Gu Qian is a veteran fan. In front of him, Yu Dong and the three of them can only be regarded as amateur players. Sometimes when others make mistakes, you can see that Gu Qian is holding back his anger and speaks. Although he doesn't bet on anything, he cares about winning or losing.
The difference between Han Dong and Gu Qian can be seen when playing cards. Han Dong will take the opportunity to talk about some non-current topics, such as how the literary world is doing recently and how international relations are doing. But when it comes to Gu Qian,
There is only one sentence: play cards, play cards.
Gu Qian prefers to focus on the present, or he thinks that what Han Dong said can be just kept in mind, and there is no need to discuss it with great effort.
Yu Dong originally felt strange about Su Tong's previous behavior, but now he understands it somewhat after watching the interaction between the three.
He secretly laughed again. The reason why his senior brother called him here was because he wanted to use him as a lubricant.
However, Yu Dong also has the consciousness of being a lubricant. When encountering an awkward situation, he will always take the initiative to start the conversation to prevent the atmosphere from being awkward.
Later, when they were drinking, Yu Dong was still thinking about whether he should persuade them to drink and liven up the atmosphere. Who knew that they would start drinking on their own without his persuasion.
Especially Gu Qian, he would drink silently before anyone else brought him a glass.
If he hadn't read Gu Qian's book, Yu Dong would never have imagined that the rough-faced man in front of him, who loved drinking and playing cards, and whose words were all about cards and wine, was a writer.
After drinking, Gu Qian was probably a little drunk. He held a cup and asked Yu Dong: "Brother Yu, one of us can do it. I am not as good as the two of them when it comes to creating, but they are definitely not as good as me when it comes to drinking. But I
Look at you, you still have a certain amount of energy, work harder, and in the future you will surpass the two of them in creation, and surpass me in drinking capacity..."
Yu Dong’s drinking capacity is average, but he can still cope with it because of his youth. He clinked glasses with Gu Qian and said with a smile: “It’s hard to tell the difference between different people when it comes to creation. I think Mr. Gu will take a different path in the future.
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"It's a different road." Gu Qian drank all the wine in the cup. He smacked his lips due to the spicy taste of the wine. He paused for a while and laughed at himself: "My, what kind of road is this? Come on, drink, drink."
He entered a state of escape again, from "playing cards, playing cards" to "drinking, drinking."
Han Dong next to him glanced at Yu Dong and laughed secretly, thinking that this Su Tong's junior student was different from Su Tong in that he was a coaxer.
Little did he know that Yu Dong was not coaxing Gu Qian at all, he really said this from the bottom of his heart.
Yu Dong was deeply impressed by Gu Qian's "Playing Cards". This novel is called Playing Cards, but what it really talks about is things other than playing cards. People with different identities experience various experiences in their lives outside the card table.
After all kinds of things, they finally gathered at the card table, looking for another life.
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Chapter completed!