Until there was only one cigarette left in the cigarette case, Lao Bai didn't wait for Xu Tongying.
He called Xu Tongying's cell phone, but no one answered. He probably didn't bring his cell phone.
After a ten-hour flight and not much rest after landing, he didn't eat well at noon and hadn't eaten dinner yet. Lao Bai, who had been blown away by BJ's enthusiastic north wind for a long time, finally couldn't hold on any longer and walked back to the building again.
Seeing Lao Bai go and come back, the security guard reluctantly moved out of the concierge, wrapped in a military coat with leaky cotton wool, and stared at Lao Bai with burning eyes.
It was too boring to wait for others, and after thinking about it, Lao Bai wanted to just go upstairs and see what was in this building. Xu Tongying would definitely not let him go to a meaningless place for no reason.
As soon as he stepped onto the first flight of stairs, he heard a shout from behind him: "Stop! What are you doing?"
Lao Bai ignored the security guard's inquiry and continued walking towards the second floor.
Seeing that Lao Bai was acting suspiciously, the security guard jumped from behind him in three steps and in front of him. At the same time, he subconsciously pulled Lao Bai's right arm back with his left hand. When Lao Bai stopped, he blocked it with his fat body. Lao Bai's way out.
"Who are you looking for?" the security guard asked, looking up and down at Lao Bai with his triangular eyes, as if trying to find the non-existent answer in Lao Bai's appearance, "Didn't you hear that?"
Lao Bai smiled faintly and pointed to the dark upstairs: "Take a look."
"What are you looking at?" The security guard was confused and looked suspicious.
"Looking at the house." Lao Bai took out the cigarette case with only one cigarette left and handed it over without looking at it. "Just take a look and leave. It won't take long. It's convenient, Master."
Although he doubted Lao Bai's words, a small fat hand took the entire cigarette case without hesitation, and stretched it out to Lao Bai in less than a second.
"ID card."
Lao Bai shook his head and smiled bitterly, took out his passport from his inner pocket and handed it to the other party.
The security guard was stunned when he saw the passport. He had never seen such a large ID card. After flipping through a few pages in confusion, he saw the words "Passport", "Issuing Authority", "Issuing Place" and other words. A pile of fancy foreign languages and stamps in foreign languages.
"What is this?" The security guard's tone suddenly softened, "This is not an ID card."
"This is my passport." Lao Bai explained, "It has my passport number on it. The passport number and the ID number have the same legal effect."
"Passport?" The security guard glanced at the personal photo in Lao Bai's passport, with a look of disbelief on his face, "Is this photo...is that of you?"
"It's guaranteed to be replaced if it's fake." Although Lao Bai was annoyed, he still had a slight smile on his face.
"But the people up here all have black hair, you..."
Although the security guard didn't finish what he said, how could Lao Bai not hear it: "Why don't we say that capitalist countries are not good? The people are being exploited..."
"You can't, right? I heard everything is good abroad." The security guard suddenly became interested for some reason, "What country are you from?"
[In view of the general environment,
"Germany."
"What are you here to see?"
"The German company I work for wants to find a place to set up a representative office in BJ. Today I happened to be working nearby. I just passed by and stopped by to take a look." Lao Bai didn't want to be pestered by the other party for too long, so he simply made up a tall lie. , and then casually unzipped the down jacket to reveal the suit and tie underneath.
Seeing that Lao Bai looked like an intellectual, had a cooperative attitude, spoke in a leisurely and gentle manner, and used such a set of rhetoric, and his legs seemed to be weak, the security guard's idea of continuing the interrogation gradually disappeared. After a few seconds of silence, he The passport was returned to Lao Bai.
"There are many companies in this building, but it's the Spring Festival soon, and everyone has gone home. If you come back after the New Year, (those companies) should be open by then, and you can chat with them. Our place is actually quite good. Yes, mainly because of the good location." The security guard unconsciously started the work of attracting investment for the office building. Who knows if the Germans will really take a fancy to this place? If more companies open offices here, maybe his salary can be increased even more.
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Thank you, I will pass your message on to the company. "Lao Bai asked with a smile, "Can I go up now?"
"Of course, of course." The security guard hurriedly stepped aside, lowered his head and glanced at Lao Bai's feet intentionally or unintentionally, and asked as if he was worried, "The lights are broken these days, do you need me to accompany you up? I have Flashlight".
"It's okay, I can do it myself. I'll be down in five minutes."
"No rush, no rush..." The security guard said with a happy face, "Then I'll be down there, take your time and watch. If anything happens, just call me."
Lao Bai waved his hand and walked upstairs.
The corridor was filled with an indescribable smell, like the pickles that Lao Bai had pickled when he was a child. After turning a corner, Lao Bai climbed up the stairs. The glass of the window on the side was broken. The light from the street shined through the empty window onto the stairs and mottled walls.
In the dim light, Lao Bai's eyes could see the various small advertisements and various graffiti stacked on top of each other on the walls.
It’s really broken, Lao Bai said to himself.
The doors on the second floor were all locked, so Lao Bai had no choice but to go to the third floor.
The doors on the third floor were also locked, except for one room's door that was wide open.
When Lao Bai entered the house, he saw that the window glass was shattered all over the floor. The next time he saw it, he noticed a black shadow on the ground rushing into a partition in the corner of the room.
Lao Bai listened intently, and there was a faint sound of dripping water coming from the partition. It seemed that the faucet was not tightened.
Before he could figure out whether to go into the partition to check, he heard voices coming from the lobby on the first floor.
He hurriedly took two steps, stood at the stairs of the third floor, and shouted down, "Is it Xu Tongying?"
Hearing Lao Bai's voice, the voices on the first floor stopped. After a few seconds, a female voice floated up: "Is it Mr. Bai?"
The voice did not belong to Xu Tongying. Lao Bai hurriedly walked back to the first floor holding the handrail.
In the lobby, the security guard was standing face to face with a woman.
Seeing Lao Bai coming down from upstairs, the security guard wisely said, "You guys can chat slowly," and then retreated back to the concierge who was like a hermit crab shell.
The woman is about forty years old and looks very ordinary. After taking off the hat, there is black, thick, and meticulously combed hair. Her speaking speed is neither fast nor slow, but every word can be heard clearly.
"Hello, Mr. Bai, my name is Li Yan, the Yan of Yanzi. I was introduced by Xu Tongying. From now on, I will be Lebai's accountant." The woman introduced herself straight to the point, "You can call me Li Yan or Accountant Li. OK."
"Hello, Sister Yan, don't call me Mr. Bai, just call me Bai Zhouyu or Lao Bai. I didn't know you would come over today, um... Will Xu Tongying come over soon?"
"Mr. Xu is still in a meeting. She asked me to come over and introduce the office to you first."
"Office?" Lao Bai was confused by what she said, "Here?"
