Chapter 46: Annual Meeting (1/2)
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All around, there were many people milling about socializing. Even though many don’t know each other, seeing peers in the same industry with kind faces is reassuring. They have the same sympathetic views and the extroverts in the groups are already chatting together.
Zhang Siyi noticed Gu Yu was already at the meeting, chatting with a strange young man. The young man was about 30 or so. He was taller than Gu Yu, wearing a three-piece suit and dressed very formally. Gu Yu is also dressed formally in a black suit and black leather shoes. He looks quite elegant.
Looking at the two men, Zhang Siyi suddenly felt that his dress seemed a little out of place. He glanced down at his clothes; sweat pants and sneakers…… Damn it, who told me I could wear anything!?
Depressed, Zhang Siyi looked around in a circle, and saw that other colleagues were also dressed casually. He sighed in relief and walk towards them. There were a few of the girls in A Group together laughing back and forth. He didn’t know what they were talking about.
Zhang Siyi waved his hand to several people and called the name of one of his acquaintances. Everyone was startled and they turned toward Zhang Siyi to look over at him. One by one he sees mixed expressions both of sympathy and of funny ones.
By the looks of everyone’s expression, they do not appear to be teasing him, but in his heart, Zhang Siyi’s feels an ominous premonition. The feeling of being kept in the dark makes him particularly unhappy: “What are you doing?”
Following the people’s line of sight, he turned his face in the direction that everyone else was looking at. In front of the banquet the hall he saw a projection screen that was looping through the works submitted by the staff for the photo contest and the picture was just cut to a very serious plant photo. There was nothing suspicious.
Zhang Siyi became more agitated: “Is there something you are not telling me?”
Many in the crowd smirked and they didn’t deny it. Covering thier mouths’ to stifle thier laughs, one of the girls couldn’t bear it any longer and said: “You will know when you see it.”
Zhang Siyi turned to the screen without a word and waited for more than a minute. A picture suddenly flashed on the screen and Zhang Siyi was completely flabbergasted. A group of people around them followed with a burst of laughter: “HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!”
Zhang Siyi stared at the slide with a stunned look. He felt like he was struck by lightning. There on the big screen he saw it: Himself.
— Fucking mouth open! Drooling! Kinked neck! Looks like a zombie!
— What a fool! So stupid! In the photo, there is a group of people who are looking at him in deep sleep!
Zhang Siyi quickly remembered dozing off at the seminar a few weeks ago, and it was no wonder that when he woke up everyone looked at him with a sympathetic eye!
No wonder a photography competition was made into a public event and everyone looked at him with compassion! “Who took this!!” Infuriated, Zhang Siyi is going to explode!
Bending over in laughter many can’t contain themselves. The girl giggled and said: “G, Director Gu took it. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha….”
With a killing intent, Zhang wanted to strangle Gu Yu. He scanned to room and saw him standing with the young man from before. Covering their mouths in laughter, Gu Yu and the man were also watching the screen. The young man seems to have asked Gu Yu who the person was in the photo. Gu Yu looked quickly around the room and his gaze landed on Zhang Siyi. He pointed at him then winked.
Aah! aah! aah! aah! aah!…… It’s too much!!!
More than that, almost everyone who has yet to be seated in the hall is watching the slides, including the company next door. Peering into the hall to see the fun, they also saw many serious photos in a row and then Zhang Siyi’s funny one…. Everyone laughed like crazy.
Being bullied and teased, Zhang Siyi felt humiliated. What’s more, now he realizes the reason for Gu Yu promoting and encouraging participation in the photo content. Unacceptable!
With the appearance of the next photo, the room quieted down dramatically. In stark contrast, the image of Gu Yu, basked in soft sunlight, reading a book, is projected on the big screen. The charming portrait of him in the library clearly shows both his exquisite handsome face and his serious temperament. The visual impact is palpable.
Many gasps of breath from female audience members could be heard throughout the banquet hall; then quiet murmurs. After seeing the picture of a perfect specimen, many girls can’t help but excitedly ask about the man in the photo. They want to be embraced by him. Who is he? What does he do? Is he married? Does he have a girlfriend? This just makes Zhang Siyi more irritated.
Since Zhang Siyi didn’t show the photograph to anyone before handing it in, many were curious to know who took the photo. From across the room, only Gu Yu looked at Zhang Siyi with a thoughtful smile on his face.
The rest of the people are not stupid and can deduce the answer for themselves. Based on Gu Yu dress, and the fact Zhang Siyi had a SLR at work taking pictures, it wasn’t hard to guess.
Hey, these two people took photographs of one another without each of them knowing! Zhang Siyi has handed in the perfect homework; a picture-perfect portrait of Gu Yu. In contrast, Gu Yu unexpectedly entered a ridiculous and funny photo of Zhang Siyi. In such a happy and festive occasion, even though Zhang Siyi was so unlucky, no one was going to go comfort him.
On the same day, at the same place, in almost the same moment, Zhang Siyi and Gu Yu became famous together. It’s just that the two of them are so famous that they don’t get it!