Chapter 3 Chapter 3

Song Ran did not reverse the time difference, and he was still sleepy at three o'clock in the morning.

Outside the window, the night is endless and the rain is gurgling.

She sat by the wooden window, turned on the desk lamp, and sorted out the essay diary and sticker account of her stay outside under the lamp. She added the diary of the day on June 3: She took a plane from Gamma to Guangzhou that day, and then transferred back to Liangcheng. When she landed in Tianhe Airport, the people on the plane cheered.

She recorded the experience in flashbacks and stopped writing about the man named "azan".

In the quiet night, she looked up at the window.

The windows are old-fashioned wooden windows. The wooden edges cut the windows into neat small squares, and use white lime and nails to embed square glass.

At this moment, night rain hits the wooden window, leaving winding water marks on the glass.

She wanted to use some words to describe his appearance, but she wrote only one sentence:

"He has dark eyes."

She tried hard to recall and wanted to write something else for him, and the sound of a glass breaking came downstairs.

She went downstairs to see. After she got home, she opened the window for ventilation. Before the heavy rain came, the window leaked and it was not closed. The wind and rain fell down a cup of aquatic money grass by the window. She closed the window, took another bowl to collect water, threw the grass in, and cleaned up the end of the floor.

The months I was in the Eastern Kingdom were too dry. When I returned to Liangcheng, it happened to be the rainy season, and the air was as moist as if it was soaked in water.

Due to the reflux of moisture, the floors, walls, and furniture were wet everywhere.

Song Ran thought that after the rainy season, he had to find a decoration company to add moisture-proof layers to the old house.

This is a typical local characteristic old house in Liangcheng. It is a two-story building built with red bricks and cement. The exterior walls are exposed with red bricks; the interior walls are painted white, and green footprints are about one meter high in the corners; the white and green contrasting colors are clean and fresh. The house faces north and south, with large windows and doors, and ventilated front and back. The backyard has a stove house, and the front yard is full of flowers, plants and trees; the second floor has an open-air staircase and a large balcony that splits half the space.

This is my grandmother’s house. A few months ago, the old man passed away, and Song Ran moved here from her father’s house.

My father lives in the tube building of the unit, with two bedrooms and one living room, and the house is old and small. She and her half-sister Song Yang have been squeezed in a room of more than 10 square meters for more than 20 years.

Her family is from an ordinary family, and her father paid a salary to support the family of four. Later, when she was more affordable, Liangcheng's economy developed rapidly, housing prices rose, and the average price had exceeded 30,000, which was beyond the reach of ordinary families.

When Song Ran went to bed, the wind and rain outside the window became heavier. If this continues, the flowers in the yard will fall.

She slept until twelve o'clock the next day when she woke up. The sun was shining outside the window, and the orange leaves were washed by water, making her green. When she opened the window, the fragrance of the soil came to her face after the rain; but there was no rain stain on the treetops on the beams.

In a bluestone alley outside the wall, several women who had just gotten off work were chatting with vegetables. Children from nearby schools also got off school, and they lowered their heads and played mobile games while walking.

Song Ran leaned against the window and watched the news on mobile phones. The rebels of the Eastern Kingdom captured two-thirds of the area of ​​Haru City, and the government troops retreated and returned to the south of the city.

From the day before yesterday to now, 24,376 Chinese people have successfully returned to China through various channels of sea, land and air. The officers and soldiers responsible for evacuation of overseas Chinese will also return to their voyages in the near future.

She looked at the rows of camouflage uniforms in the news photos and sighed sadly.

The book says that encounters between people are one in seven billion fate.

I don’t know if she and him still have that subtle fate to meet again.

She had no intention of making lunch, so she made a bowl of instant noodles to fill her stomach, and went to the TV station.

After graduating from university, Song Ran joined Liangcheng Satellite TV's News Department as a reporter, and it has been two years in September this year.

She just came back from abroad, and logically speaking, she would have to rest until tomorrow. But now is a special period, and the Eastern Kingdoms War is the hot topic at the moment.

Liangcheng Satellite TV previously invested the largest number of reporters in the country, with timely reports and detailed content, covering a wide range of areas. At this moment, "The Frontline of War" jointly broadcast by TV and Internet Network won the first national viewership ratings during the working day during the working day.

In the studio, hosts, experts, guests, and reporters connected to the front, everyone will carry out their work in an orderly manner; behind the scenes, directors, editors, editors, and copywriting are busy.

As soon as Song Ran arrived at the stage, she was told that the program team needed to end the list of pre-war cities in the Eastern Kingdoms and asked her to provide information. This was not difficult. She quickly cut several short films from the material, about 20 seconds, and handed them over to the director for selection.

When I was cutting the material, I saw the scenery and faces passing by on the computer screen. The faint melancholy when I stood at the window that morning overlooking Aler City came to my heart again.

Many stories that exist in her computer are being destroyed and unknown to the world.

When get off work is about to get off work, the supervisor Liu Yufei convenes everyone for a meeting. The ratings and reputation of "The Frontline of War" continues to rise. The department wants to add an affiliated program to the program to attract ratings and advertisements.

If it weren't for a special period, Song Ran and his group of new reporters would not have the right to speak at the program planning level. Therefore, everyone attaches great importance to this opportunity.

Colleague Shen Bei suggested adding some predictions about future wars. She studied international relations, which is her strength. Shen Bei's father is the leader of the Provincial Propaganda Department. As soon as she spoke, no one at the same level spoke.

Although Liu Yufei thought it was good, he felt it was not enough. He asked: "Do you have any suggestions?"

Song Ran thought for a while and said, "I think I can tell you about the life of ordinary people in the Eastern Kingdom before the war."

Liu Yufei and Shen Bei both looked over.

Song Ran said: "Most people will feel that they are far away from us when they see war in the news. If they see the lives of ordinary people, they may get closer."

Liu Yufei thought her thoughts were even more interesting and said, "I'm afraid it will be too sad."

"It's not bitter, nor sensational. Just like a small documentary, it records their daily lives and laughter."

Colleague Xiaodong praised: "If this is the case, it will be very advanced."

Shen Bei said: "The requirements for materials are high, and they have to be in-depth interviews. The reports you made outside have been used in the early broadcast. You have to consider the freshness and perspective issues. It is difficult to meet the standards in the amount of materials."

Song Ran said: "I have 837 hours of video information here, including 269 hours of character interviews, more than 4,000 photos, and 70,000 to 80,000 words of text information."

All the people in the room were stuck.

Colleague Xiaoqiu: "God, Ranran, are you still human? You have been there for less than three months, right?"

Colleague Xiaoxia: "The nickname of 'Record Madman' is really not a big deal."

Liu Yufei smiled and said, "Okay, I'll discuss it with you."

When he packed his things and left the conference room, Shen Bei passed by her and said, "Congratulations."

Song Ran said: "The superior may not pass."

Chen Bei smiled and walked away with her high heels.

Colleague Xiaochun asked: "Hey, what if you don't have this new program, what should you do if you get these information?"

Song Ran smiled and said, "I plan to write it into a book and record it as a video. It will not be wasted."

Colleagues spring, summer, autumn and winter: “…”

This is the difference between true love and work.

After the results that night, Qiao Yufei informed her to write a detailed plan.

Song Ran was at her desk until late at night, and it started to rain again at night. The air was so humid that even the paper was soft. She wrote in detail the design ideas and opinions on the program settings, duration, style, and character stories, and listed a series of vivid stories of small characters, writing a full ten pages of paper. Finally, she added a title to the program on the planning plan: "The Ukiyo-E of the East".

The next afternoon, Song Ran was still wearing dark circles. The news came and her plan was approved. But the leader felt that the name "Eastern Kingdom Floating Century" was too literary and not intuitive enough, so he changed it to "Pre-War? Record of the East Kingdom".

Well, Song Ran thought to himself, it was indeed intuitive enough, not more intuitive.

Two weeks later, Liangcheng TV's "Pre-War? The Legend of the East" program was launched and was broadcast as an auxiliary program for "The Frontline of War". No one expected its popularity later, including Song Ran.

At that time, the Eastern Government Army announced the loss of two important central and northern cities, Su Rui City and Haru City. The Alle City was in danger. Once the anti-government forces occupied Allegiance, they would put all their territory into two parts, and the weak military areas in the north would be in danger.

News of civilian casualties in the war continued to spread, and countless refugees were wandering and leaving their hometowns. It was in this context that the TV news media across the country were bombing reports on the war in front of the Eastern Kingdoms. "Pre-War" released by Liangcheng Satellite TV became a clear stream-

The peaceful life of the Eastern Kingdom before the war, the surging undercurrents, the choices of small characters facing the future... A series of short stories attracted widespread attention and discussion. Less than two weeks after the broadcast, the number of views and reputation topics continued to rise.

The objective and calm narrative style similar to the documentary also received widespread praise.

Several of the short videos about street rattle artists and couples who are quarreling and barbecue are also on the hot search list of various forum websites.

Song Ran's name was also found in new media and accepted several interviews; even the best-selling book planner invited her.

But compared to the scenery at work, Song Ran is more concerned about the rain that has been raining all month in June. I don’t know if she has been feeling extremely depressed recently because of the long rainy season. She is still fine at work, but she can’t get up after work. Especially when she sits alone in front of the window at night, she can stare at the rain outside the window for a long time.

Fortunately, the popularity of the show has greatly increased the number of overtime work, and she doesn't have much time to manage the suffocating mood like plum rain.

A subsidiary derivative program brought such an effect to the main guest, "Song Ran" became a name frequently mentioned by the TV station leaders. The program was so successful that colleagues urged Song Ran to treat her to dinner.

Song Ran did not get any substantial benefits at work, but she still spent one splurge to invite everyone to eat spicy crayfish by the river.

It was past seven o'clock when I got off work, and ten colleagues squeezed into two cars.

Halfway through the car, it started to rain again. The beginning was dense, with raindrops as big as beans knocking on the roof.

Xiaodong is from the north and complained: "I'm convinced. There will be no rain this month. My clothes and quilts are all tide."

Xiaoqiu sighed: "The key is that the temperature does not drop, and it will kill people by the heat during the day."

There were a few complaints in the car at first, but then it disappeared. Because the rain was too strong, sitting in the car was like sitting in a tin box that was constantly being beaten, deafening and speechless.

Song Ran felt that such a world was very quiet, and even the harsh whistles of other vehicles were drowned by the sound of rain.

The car drove to an intersection and was blocked. The horn roared.

After being blocked for a long time, Song Ran lay on the steering wheel and watched the wiper sweep the rain back and forth. The windshield was densely rainy, and she was a fish kept in the aquarium.

As she looked, she suddenly remembered him.

She sat in the car, as if she was sinking to the bottom of the sea. For no reason, she was in a stagnant mood, dampness and difficulty breathing.

Very strange.

It was obviously not raining the day I met him.
Chapter completed!