Chapter X
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Rui Xiaodan booked a ticket to Hangzhou at 12:30, made simple travel preparations at home in the morning, and then went to the civil aviation ticket office to pick up the ticket. After getting the ticket, she saw that there was still some time, so she walked west along the street into a foreign bookstore. She was so impressed by Ding Yuanying's evaluation of the violin song "Song of the Wanderer" that although she had not yet purchased a stereo, she still wanted to buy these three records first.
The record selection section of the foreign bookstore was filled with CDs of all kinds, and she stopped in front of the display case of imported records, looking for the record she was buying. The service lady asked enthusiastically: "Excuse me, what record do you need, I will help you find it." ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "I want three records with violin playing 'Song of the Wanderer', and one each played by Mutter, Heifitz and Fredriman. ”
"Please wait." After the service lady finished speaking, she turned to look for the record.
At this time, Rui Xiaodan suddenly felt that someone had lightly touched her arm, and when she looked sideways, it turned out to be a young man with glasses standing beside her. The young man whispered to Rui Xiaodan: "Don't buy it, it's too expensive." ”
Rui Xiaodan looked at him suspiciously.
At this time, the service lady handed three records to Rui Xiaodan and said, "Look, are these three?" ”
Rui Xiaodan picked up the records and looked at them, and the price of each one was more than 140 yuan. She returned the record to the service lady and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'll think about it again." ”
"It's okay." The service lady said politely and went to receive other customers.
The young man whispered: "As soon as I heard the title of your report, I knew that it was on the road, you go 20 meters further west, there is a small shop called "Island Records", people who know how to buy it there, the same record can be dozens of dollars cheaper, there is really no way to buy it and then buy it here, we are all like this." ”
"Thank you." Rui Xiaodan said with a smile. This is the second time I have heard the name "Island Records", and this shop is not directed to her by young people, because it sells Ding Yuanying's records.
"No thanks, it's not easy for anyone to make some money this year." The young man said, and continued to pick out the record with his head down.
Rui Xiaodan thought to herself: It seems that the hearts of music enthusiasts are connected. She followed the young man's instructions to the small shop called "Island Records". Maybe it can't be called a "shop" at all, but in fact, I rented a shop window about 3 meters long outside a computer store, which was so small that it couldn't even fit a counter, and all the records were displayed on the wall.
The owner is a handsome, 30-year-old man with a meticulous suit, especially a large gold ring on the ring finger of his left hand.
Rui Xiaodan stepped forward and asked, "Is there a 'Song of the Wanderer' played by Mutt, Haifez and Frederian?" If there is, I'll ask for one each. ”
The shopkeeper asked, "Do you want the original imported or the original imported?" The original version is imported in stock. ”
Rui Xiaodan asked, "Is there a difference?" ”
The owner replied: "The original imported 20 yuan a piece, the original imported more than 100 yuan a piece, the price is different, the sound quality is not the same, the difference is big." ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "I want to import it originally." ”
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and replied, "There is no stock." If you sincerely want it, you have to pay a deposit of 50 yuan. ”
Rui Xiaodan nodded and asked, "How much cheaper can it be to buy from you than a foreign bookstore?" ”
The owner said: "Buy it from a foreign bookstore, you don't want to take these three records if you are 450 yuan less." Buy it from me, 100 yuan each, no bargaining. ”
Rui Xiaodan paid a deposit of 50 yuan.
The owner issued a deposit receipt for Rui Xiaodan and signed his name: Liu Bing. Then say: "You come back in three days, if it is out of stock, I will return the deposit to you." ”
Rui Xiaodan left the "Island Records" shop, returned to the parking place and drove the car directly to the airport.
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In just two hours of sailing, Rui Xiaodan is already in a gentle Jiangnan show, whether Hangzhou is scenery or people, there is less of the roughness of the north and more of the softness of the south of the river.
As soon as she left the airport, she saw a person holding a sign of "Rui Xiaodan" and quickly greeted her, and the person also walked towards her quickly, and without waiting for her to speak, she greeted first: "Miss, are you Rui Xiaodan?" Director Rui is filming an exterior scene, and he really can't walk away, so he specially asked me to pick you up. ”
Rui Xiaodan was a little puzzled and asked, "I haven't spoken yet, how can you be sure it's me?" ”
The person who came smiled and said: "Your father said, the most beautiful and temperamental one in twenty-five or six years old must be that you also walked towards me, that is you." ”
Rui Xiaodan followed the man with a faint smile, went to the parking lot and got into a Cherokee jeep with a "Jianghu" film crew sign behind the front windshield, and the man drove away from the airport.
The crew is filming a location scene by West Lake, probably because of the recording at the same time, the crowd of onlookers is quiet, only a man and a woman and two actors in ancient costumes are saying lines, and the cameraman, sound engineer and other staff next to them are also quietly busy. Rui Xiaodan saw her father sitting under the sun umbrella, one foot pedaling the prop box, the other holding a water cup, staring intently at the monitor, no different from the director's work scene seen on TV. She didn't bother him, standing far away and waiting.
Since she was a child, she only knew that her father was a film director and had seen films directed by her father, but this was the first time she had really seen her father filming live. She quietly observed her father, she felt that his father was much older, with a lot of white hair on his head, loose skin on his face, and a little fat body, but he was still in good spirits, wearing a red T-shirt and jeans, which looked younger than his actual age in his 50s.
After the filming of this scene, when the crew was packing up their things to prepare for the next scene, Rui Xiaodan stepped forward to greet his father and called out awkwardly and jerkily: "Dad." ”
Rui Weifeng looked at his daughter excitedly and unobtrusively, and said, "Sit down, your father will stay up this day." There is a restaurant in Hangzhou that the West Lake vinegar fish is really authentic, and Dad will take you to eat it at night. ”
With his father's words, Rui Xiaodan's tears almost fell, and he suddenly felt that his indifference to his father for so many years was a little too much, and a sense of guilt surged in his heart.
The crew knew that Rui Weifeng was talking to his daughter, and they consciously avoided it.
Rui Weifeng said regretfully: "You were born to be a good material for being an actor, and if you applied for film school, you should be a role now." The actor can do it again if he doesn't play it well, but if the criminal police do it again, he will be dead. ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "Dad, just say this when you meet." ”
Rui Weifeng took out a bottle of drink and opened it and handed it to his daughter, waiting for her daughter to take a sip before saying: "It's not a taste to worry about you all day, why didn't you disobey in the first place." ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "I also thought about this at the beginning, you are the director, how can I be stained with your light, there will be no myself." I now eat the food I earn, and my heart is steady. ”
Rui Weifeng asked, "Is the work good?" Can you make some money from that shop you and Ouyang opened? ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "It can be said that this time the use of money was accidental, and it happened suddenly. She then briefly recounted the reasons and consequences of this use of money to her father.
Rui Weifeng pondered for a moment after listening to it and said, "You are... In love. If it's a good thing, but..."
Rui Xiaodan said: "But whether people love me or not, this is called love, this is called shaving the head." ”
Rui Weifeng said: "You are not an ordinary girl, and the person who can make you fancy must not be simple. I'm not worried about you, I'm worried that you can control this kind of man? ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "Driving? I didn't think about it, I just wanted to hurt him. ”
Rui Weifeng nodded, paused for a moment and said, "Oh... This really doesn't make me feel good. You have ignored me since you were 6 years old, where did you get such an atmosphere? ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "If you would rather be single than live with my mother, is my mother so vulgar?" If you don't marry because you can have more women, what is the nature of that? Dad, I came this time to reach out to you for money with my face, even if you really have a sneaky horse, don't let me say it at this time. ”
Rui Weifeng was just about to speak, when a staff member shouted not far away: Director, all ready. Rui Weifeng stood up and also shouted: "Everyone, ready to shoot!" Then said to Rui Xiaodan: "I'll let you send you back to the hotel first, the room has been booked for you, let's talk again in the evening." ”
Rui Xiaodan watched her father hurriedly walk towards the actors.
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Rui Xiaodan stayed overnight in Hangzhou and returned to the ancient city on an 8 p.m. flight the next day.
The ancient city drizzled all night, and the sound of the rain seemed to contain an indispellable sorrow, so long and so desolate, like the sigh of a wanderer. Rui Xiaodan lay on the bed with the sound of rain thinking about things, the rain fell all night, she thought all night, she recalled every important word of Xiao Yawen in Frankfurt——
It can be a devil or a ghost, but it is not a person.
He is upside down from human thinking, not human thinking.
Once you move that mind, you open the gates of hell.
If it does happen, it is your own fault, don't blame me for not reminding you.
With my intelligence, I can't understand such people.
Rui Xiaodan thought to himself: Saying that the devil and the ghost are all expressions, the essence is that the logic and values of thinking are different from ordinary people, and the so-called gate of hell is nothing more than the mental pain caused by the conflict of values. If you are an enlightened being, I respect you and learn from you; If you are the devil, I will identify you and forsake you. Even if the values are different, is it really that scary?
It was dawn and the rain was still falling. She got up and freshened up, hurriedly ate a few bites of breakfast, put the rent that Ding Yuanying gave her and all the cash at home, as well as bank passbooks, documents needed for planning affairs, etc., into her bag, checked it, and then drove out, she did not go directly to the bank, but first went to the most reputable "honest housing agency" in the ancient city, asked about the house for rent, the summer day is as hot as a day, the priority is to change Ding Yuanying to an air-conditioned house as soon as possible.
She arrived a little early and waited a while at the door for the agency to open, which made her the first customer of the day. The female staff member who had received her immediately recognized her, smiled apologetically at her and said, "Hello, I'm really sorry, there is no suitable house for you yet, you can wait." ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "Wait a little longer, summer will pass." Is there a suitable one if rent is not considered? But it has to be fast, today must move, not wait. ”
The female staff thought for a while and said: "We can't move today, if you have to move today, we can provide you with an information, are 80 square meters to 160 square meters of new houses, each room has air conditioning, telephone, community environment and property management is very good, you can move in on the spot to complete the procedures on the spot, less than 300 meters near the community is a snack street, in short, all meet your requirements, you must be satisfied, but the rent is also expensive, are between 1400 yuan and 2500 yuan." If you rent, your agency fee here terminates. ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "Yes. ”
The female staff said: "You go to the Jiaheyuan community on the south of Hanghai East Road, next to the gate is the business department of Jiahe Real Estate Company, the rental department and the sales department are in a hall, see the house on the spot, as long as the rent is acceptable to you, you can move immediately." ”
Rui Xiaodan immediately drove to the Jiaheyuan community.
She first walked around the perimeter of the community, there is a computer city, a farmer's market, a large supermarket, and a good shopping environment. On the west side of the community, there is indeed a long snack street, lined with shops and rich varieties, and the small stalls in the non-Nancun community are comparable to each other, and it is very convenient to eat. After seeing the surrounding environment of the community, she came to the rental department of the business hall of Jiahe Real Estate Company, and after a few words with the staff, the staff introduced her to the alternative houses in the community model, she chose a set of 80 square meters of room No. 305 at the easternmost end of the third floor, and then followed the staff to see the house.
It is a newly built community and everything is new. Rui Xiaodan went from the standardized actions of the security guard on duty to the clean environment of the gardening inside the community, until he went upstairs and saw the newly renovated house, and he had already made a decision in his heart. The house is as stated by the agency, with air conditioning and telephone extensions in each room.
After some negotiation, the rent was reduced to 1260 yuan per month, Rui Xiaodan rented the house in her own name, signed an agreement at the moment, paid off the rent for one year at once, got the house key, and then immediately called the moving company, agreed to move to the Nancun community at two o'clock in the afternoon, and at the same time called Ding Yuanying's landlord to agree to check out at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Rui Xiaodan finished these things before going to the bank, filling out the withdrawal slip at the bank, handing over the passbook, entering the password, showing the ID card at the request of the staff, and waiting for the cash to be taken out for a while. Because it was a large withdrawal, she clicked the large amount of money while vigilantly observing the situation around her and put it in her bag. She withdrew 220,000 yuan this time, which is 20,000 yuan more than the guarantee money that Ding Yuanying actually needs.
Out of the bank, she drove to the "Island Records" store and stopped in front of the door.
Perhaps because of the rain, there were no customers in the store, the owner Liu Bing was leaning on the door frame to watch the rain, saw Rui Xiaodan coming over, hurriedly returned to the store to take out three records, obviously he still had an impression of this customer.
Rui Xiaodan took out the deposit receipt and handed it to Liu Bing.
Liu Bing handed the three records to Rui Xiaodan and said, "Let's see if it's these three first." ”
Rui Xiaodan picked up the record of Mutt's violin, tore off the plastic film outside, opened the box to check, and saw that there was a seal with the word "Yuanying" on the record, and the same seal on the back cover, this record was exactly the same as the record she saw in the audio store, and it could be determined that it was the same record.
Rui Xiaodan opened two more sheets, both of which had the same seal on them. She said quietly: "Boss, this is not a new record, the record has a private collection seal, and the outer plastic paper packaging is also handmade." ”
"Can a new record be at this price?" Liu Bing asked rhetorically and explained, "This is someone else's collection of records, and it is very well preserved. The new record costs 150 yuan, and I only sell it for 100 yuan here. ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "You take out all the records with the Yuanying seal, I'll take a look." ”
Liu Bing took out a cardboard box, picked out a dozen records from it, and took more than 20 records from the wall, and then put them all into a shoe box for Rui Xiaodan to choose.
Rui Xiaodan checked them one by one and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”
Liu Bing said: "That's all, you can pick it yourself." ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "These are 36 cards, plus those 3 cards for a total of 39 cards, I want them all." ”
"All wanted?" Liu Bing was stunned, but soon returned to normal, and was secretly surprised in his heart, this is not a small business. He quickly found a suitable box to fill in, afraid that the buyer would change his mind again.
After Liu Bing packed the record, sealed it with tape, put it in a black plastic bag, and said: "You want more at a time, I'll give you a discounted price, you take 3800 yuan." ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "Enthusiasts buy 80 yuan a piece, I will collect the bottom for you at one time, and you can open a price that can be sold." ”
Liu Bing was stunned again and asked, "Why don't I know you?" Seeing that Rui Xiaodan did not answer, he took the calculator to calculate, thought about it and said: "You take 3,000 yuan, drop it to 77 yuan a piece, no less." ”
Rui Xiaodan nodded in agreement, took the money from the bag and counted out 2950 yuan and handed it to Liu Bing along with the deposit receipt.
Liu Bing took the money and said, "You will come back in two days, there are many more." ”
Rui Xiaodan smiled politely and got into the car with the bag of records.
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Rui Xiaodan was already a little faster when she left "Island Records", she bought a bread on the side of the road and ate while driving, and drank a few sips of mineral water, which was considered a lunch. Came to the downstairs of Ding Yuanying in the Nancun community, she first called Ding Yuanying, and then carried the record upstairs with her bag.
Ding Yuanying is still the same set of etiquette, inviting guests into the house and taking a seat.
Rui Xiaodan put the bag containing the record next to the sofa, took out 200,000 yuan in cash from his bag and put it on the coffee table, and said: "Mr. Ding, this is just taken out of the bank, you count it." ”
Ding Yuanying said: "Do you think this is a mature move for adults? ”
Rui Xiaodan said: "Is your promise immature or am I immature in fulfilling my promise?" ”
Ding Yuanying was speechless, paused for a while, and handed the cigarette over.
Rui Xiaodan said: "Thank you, I quit." By the rules, you should give me an IOU. ”
Ding Yuanying lit the cigarette himself, smoked it slowly, went to the bedroom to get a pen and paper, wrote an IOU of 200,000 yuan in front of him and handed it to Rui Xiaodan, saying: "This is irrational, this is gambling." ”
Rui Xiaodan looked at the IOU, put it away, and said: "I noticed that your call to borrow money is a Beijing mobile phone number, and that person is the first person you can think of who can open your mouth to borrow money." I will go to Beijing tomorrow, I hope to meet this person, I hope you can arrange to meet me, I have booked a ticket to inform you of the train. The purpose is one, I want to know you, to know who you are. ”
Ding Yuanying was unexpectedly surprised by Rui Xiaodan's extraordinary move, instinctively hesitated for a moment, and considered the words and said: "This is not appropriate, at least it is not appropriate for you." ”
Rui Xiaodan smiled indifferently and said: "You are not polite enough to speak to creditors like this, I can have many ideas, but at least I as a creditor should understand the debtor's situation is a right that should be respected." After that, she opened the black plastic bag, put the cardboard box full of records on the coffee table, and used the car key to scratch the seal, revealing a box of records.
When Ding Yuanying saw the record, a hint of surprise crossed his face.
Rui Xiaodan said: "The records you sold in the 'Island Records' store, I have taken back the existing ones. In the future, if you want to sell the record directly to me, this is an advance payment of 10,000 yuan. Saying that, he put 10,000 yuan on the coffee table, and then asked: "How much do you sell to Liu Bing?" ５０？ Or 60? ”
Ding Yuanying did not answer.
Rui Xiaodan said: "I give out a hundred, don't say that the competition is unfair." She looked at her watch, the pointer was already pointing to two o'clock, took out the newly rented house key and put it on the coffee table, and said: "The house is rented, and the rent has been paid for a year." The moving company came to move at two o'clock, and I made an appointment with the landlord to hand over the house at three o'clock, so hurry up and clean up. ”
Before the words fell, there was a sound of the truck braking and stalling downstairs, Ding Yuanying went to the window to look downstairs, sure enough, the moving company's car came, and several people got out of the car and opened the compartment. He knew that it was obviously inappropriate to talk about the whereabouts of 10,000 yuan in cash and a box of records at this moment, and that it was not the time to solve the problem.
Ding Yuanying thought for a moment and said, "Miss Rui, I haven't pretended to be so pretentious that I can ignore what may happen, but what you see is not necessarily a thing, God knows, the earth knows, there will be no result." ”
Rui Xiaodan asked, "What won't be fruitful?" ”
Ding Yuanying was speechless.
Rui Xiaodan smiled and said: "Even if you want to say it, you can't say it, because it's wrong to say it, just like the law can't be convicted by reasoning alone, it has to allow an evolutionary process between possibility and fact." ”