Dedicated to Brookes in every corner of the world *I
first met Brooke in the cold Beijing. It was the first Halloween after returning to China. It was obviously warmer than the East Coast. At the party, Brooke sat coldly in the corner and dressed effortlessly. Danfeng eyes and thick eyeliner outlined amorous features. This kind of beauty immediately attracted male friends from London. The talented person who was younger than 30 years and had a salary of more than 2 million came to ask "So Brooke, what do you do?" When she threw up a smoke ring. Looking through his alluring foreign eyes, he replied:
"Why the fuck you care?" The very
few rejected friends gave me a big "WTF" look, but the almost anti-social scene deeply attracted me.
Brooke lives in Shanghai, graduated from the best local high school and the best university in China, and then went to the United States for further studies and work in Hong Kong. Every sentence she said was full of the freedom of travellers around the world, and the arrogance of elites with no background at all. She doesn't envy anyone, she doesn't care about social embarrassment, she likes trance music the most and she searches trance clubs in every city. Although I have no interest in trance, I have to admit that all the air flowing around Brooke is more fashionable. Every time I go to the electronic music club with her is the fun.
27? 30? It's hard to tell how old she is, she is always hidden under full of vitality and confidence, and one or two fine lines just overflowing from the corners of her eyes also imply charm. Embracing freedom, she has already left the financial circle. For me, who is still beating in the investment bank, I have the aura of a prostitute watching another prostitute make money and redeem herself. At that time, she held a senior position in the fashion circle, wandering in high-end brands and magazine projects, besides supermodels and photographers, she also dated small male models born in the 90s. She occasionally appeared on TV shows and accepted magazine interviews. Straddling the threshold of celebrities. Immerse yourself in the beauty of the world.
A few years later, after I came ashore from the financial circle, I also came to Shanghai, so Brooke went from being an ordinary friend who meets occasionally to a friend who can meet frequently. Every meeting place with her is full of surprises: hot pot restaurants that are not at all fashionable, casual receptions full of diplomats, family dinners of famous photographers...Every time we meet is like a maze, Let you be willing to get lost in it.
Until one time at a close friend’s birthday party, it was discovered that she was also a close friend’s friend. It was a gathering of interesting people from all walks of life, and everyone enjoyed it harmoniously. Originally Brooke had a good time playing and drinking, but without warning, I suddenly cried. He complained like a woman of a close friend's short date with her and abandoning him. He piled the most unbearable words on him. Based on his knowledge of close friends, he never takes anyone seriously, nor does he bother to conceal this disrespect. Just an honest scumbag, a sane person would stay away. Brooke, who seemed to live so clearly, took this kind of people seriously, and did not hide his unbearableness, which really embarrassed the people present.
Afterwards, I learned that a close friend hadn't even dated her, and the few appointments that lasted only ended with a kiss. Such trauma is really unexpected.
She left the fashion industry shortly after, on the grounds that the people in the industry were really boring and did not match her IQ and experience. Then moved to the publishing industry. Mystery doesn't understand the sunset industry she wants to enter. As a friend, she can only support infinitely, but this step is slow. She has almost rested for a year and waited for the time to come. Every time she met, from the initial smugness to the subsequent tacit understanding, when almost everyone had forgotten her ambitions in the publishing industry, she finally entered a magazine as the management.
Brooke's new work partners have a very bad reputation in the industry, and they are notorious, but they are worried but can't say it. They can only learn about her sad situation in the magazine in one piece of bad news. The last time I heard about her career encounter was an emotional breakdown in a management meeting and crying. It is still hard to imagine that scene. A group of people who were promoted had admired her high mountain, but also left one after another because of her state. In the end, she herself was also dismissed during the half-year work period that was supposed to be a sweet period.
The last in-depth discussion has faded in time. Brooke plans to apply for an MBA from the top universities in Europe, because North America and Asia are already bored. Her cat has recovered from a serious illness, her little boyfriend proposes to break up, and her parents are trying their best to understand her future. She plans to return to China to open a charity, but she doesn't know where to start. As always, I am full of confidence to start and dance, and countless plans with myriad plans.
"But what she couldn't see most of all,
was that those people were nothing compared to her.
They were matches to her bonfire,
She was the last cowboy,
all romance and failure.
The world was changing,
and her kind didn' t have anywhere to go.
Being a beacon of hope for lesser people is a lonely business. "
There are too many people of all romance and success in this world,
but Brooke , who has all romance and failure,
makes everything interesting.
Compared with fun, what is success?
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