A busy and fulfilling day made Niu Xiaobai feel a little tired. He stretched out a lot, packed up the things on the table, took his computer bag and walked out of his office. It was already past seven o'clock in the evening.
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The days are getting shorter, and the winter nights in Hangzhong City are getting dark very quickly. The dark night sky is gloomy, without a trace of starlight. The street lights on both sides of the road are weakly illuminating the road with orange lights.
The winter cold wave comes one after another, and the temperature drops again. One or two passers-by who happen to pass by on the road wrap up their thick clothes to resist the cold, and hurriedly search for their own share of the warmth they deserve.
"Niu Xiaobai!" Niu Xiaobai, who had just walked out of the door of Fuma Company, heard a loud voice calling him. Following the voice, he looked over and saw a young man who looked about the same age as him standing not far away.
This man is about 1.8 meters tall, with a thin build, wearing a pair of white sneakers, a pair of dark blue jeans, and a long light gray down jacket. His hands are in the pockets of the down jacket.
Inside, he used the hat of his down jacket to completely cover his hair and most of his face, revealing only a pair of eyes wearing gold wire myopia glasses, a slightly red nose, and gray-white lips.
Looking at Niu Xiaobai's confused eyes, the other party smiled slightly and took off the hood of his down jacket. "Niu Xiaobai, we haven't seen each other for half a year, and you don't recognize me? Me! Cheng Tianpei from the College of Engineering and Technology!"
"Oh...it's you! You kid..." Niu Xiaobai finally realized that Cheng Tianpei was his alumnus at the same level. When they were studying at Xijiang University, the two of them often played basketball together.
, we occasionally meet up to have dinner together. So even though we are not close friends, we are still relatively familiar with each other.
Niu Xiaobai held Cheng Tianpei's hand affectionately with his right hand and patted his shoulder with his left hand: "Why are you here?"
Cheng Tianpei sighed and answered the question: "The weather is... so cold! Let's go find a warm place, sit down and chat slowly?"
"That's right! It's quite cold today. Come on! I'll take you to have a meal near the community where we live. I'll treat you."
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Niu Xiaobai took Cheng Tianpei into a small restaurant outside the community. The small restaurant was not large. There were only six or seven square tables and a few long stools. At this time, there were only two or three rare ones.
Guests dine inside.
After ordering a few home-cooked dishes, Niu Xiaobai sent a WeChat message to Dong Xiaoya: I just met an alumnus who was eating at a small restaurant outside the community. Do you want to come over with Sister Xiaolan? Received in 10 seconds
Then came her reply: Male or female? Okay, arriving soon!
"How have you been lately? Where can you find a job?" Niu Xiaobai poured a cup of hot tea for Cheng Tianpei.
The temperature inside the small restaurant was obviously much higher than outside. Cheng Tianpei pulled down the zipper of his down jacket and rubbed his hands, with a look of decadence on his face. "Hey! Xiaobai, don't mention this.
In the past six months, I can sum up my experience in two words: unlucky!"
"Oh? Tianpei, what's going on? Let me tell you. There are no outsiders here."
Cheng Tianpei covered the glass filled with hot tea with both hands, tilted his head slightly, and stared at a certain point on the ceiling. "Xiaobai, you know that I participated in several campus recruitments but never found the right fit.
Good companies didn’t want me, and I didn’t want to go to a bad company, haha... Later, I followed my classmates to Hangzhong City. When I was looking for a job in the job market, I saw something
There was an advertisement saying that the office of a foreign company in Hangzhong was recruiting mechanical design engineers at a high salary, so I decided to go to that company for an interview."
Chengtian Pei paused, looked at Niu Xiaobai and continued: "The office of that company is located in the most prosperous business district in the center of Hangzhong City. After I went to the site, I found that the decoration of their office was very high-end.
It gives people a feeling that they are not short of money. After some conversation, I learned that this mechanical design engineer’s salary is very good. Xiaobai, can you guess how much the monthly salary is?”
"Well... I don't have any idea about the market outside. Based on the situation of our company, as an engineer, 10,000 yuan a month should be about the same, right? After all, you were still a freshly graduated college student at that time." Niu Xiao
Bai replied.
"Haha, I thought so too at the time. As a result, people said that the starting price of this position is 20,000 yuan a month, with a fixed salary of thirteen at the end of each year, and there are about two months of floating performance bonuses..."
"Wow! The salary is so high?" Niu Xiaobai was surprised, "Then...Tianpei, did you get this job later?"
Cheng Tianpei smiled bitterly: "Xiaobai, please don't interrupt, just listen to what I have to say... My reaction was the same as yours, such a high salary! I am determined to get this position! After the first round of interviews,
They told me that I had passed and would be entering the second round of interviews. I was so excited that I couldn't calm down for a long time, and I didn't fall asleep that night... The second round of interviews would be held in about two days. For this reason, I was very busy and actively worked on it.
Make all kinds of preparations, including guessing how to answer the questions the other party may ask, what written materials may need to be submitted, whether your English speaking ability will be tested, so first memorize a few emergency paragraphs..."
"Haha! I can understand your mood. What happened next?"
"Later? The interviewer for the second round of interviews was a local from Hangzhong City. He just asked me a few symbolic questions, and then told me directly: I meet all the requirements for their position, but there is only one question.
, my mastery of 3D design software needs to be strengthened, and I need professional training before I can be hired.”
"Then do they plan to hire you and then arrange this kind of professional training for you? As far as I know, most companies have similar on-the-job training."
"They give me training? You think so! Looking at me anxiously wanting to join the job, this guy tactfully recommended me a training institution downstairs and verbally promised that as long as he passed the training assessment on 3D design software, he would
I will be given priority in admission. At that time, I hurried to the training institution downstairs to inquire about it, and after asking, I found out that the training fee for this kind of 3D design software is horribly expensive, the entire training costs 40,000 yuan!"
"Ah! Is it so expensive? Have you gone to training?"
"That's what I was thinking at the time. The salary in this company is so high. Isn't 40,000 yuan just two months' salary? Just do it! I gritted my teeth and signed up." Cheng Tianpei lowered his head and drank.
A sip of tea.
"40,000 yuan is a lot! Such a large training fee was paid by your parents, right?"
Cheng Tianpei smiled awkwardly, "I come from a rural area. Xiaobai, you may not know the financial situation of my family. They managed to support me through college, and my family had almost no money. They even borrowed money from relatives and friends.
It’s a lot of money. Besides, I’ve already graduated from college, so why bother asking them for so much money? I learned from the admissions teacher that this training institution cooperates with a financial institution and can provide installment loans.
It’s just that the interest rate is a bit high.”
"You can't, right? What do you think about borrowing so much money before you've made any money? Isn't it too stressful?"
"Oh! I felt a little obsessed at that time!" Cheng Tianpei let out a long sigh, "At that time, I was thinking about two sentences over and over again: One was what the interviewer said, Jews are good at borrowing money.
In business, he is good at borrowing other people's resources to serve himself, so he can make a living with nothing and expand his business; another sentence is what the admissions teacher of the training institution said, 40,000 yuan will be divided into 36 installments, plus
The monthly interest is not much, and it is nothing compared to a job that earns 20,000 yuan a month... Anyway, I don't care! At that time, I was only thinking about finishing the training, getting this job, and making money..."
After hearing this, Niu Xiaobai vaguely felt that something was wrong. At this time, the waiter of the small restaurant brought a plate of fried peanuts and a box of beer. Niu Xiaobai opened a few bottles of beer and placed them on the table.
, poured a glass each for himself and Cheng Tianpei.
Cheng Tianpei picked up the glass in front of him, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp. Because he drank too fast, some beer flowed out from the corners of his mouth, towards his neck, and finally into the collar below his neck. Liquid and body
The coldness of the contact made Cheng Tianpei shiver involuntarily.
"Don't just drink, let's eat some food first!" Niu Xiaobai said when he saw another plate of braised bream being served.
"Okay! Okay!" Cheng Tianpei smiled slightly, picked up the kuaizi, put a piece of bream into his mouth, moved his mouth and slowly enjoyed the satisfaction brought by the food. Someone once said that smiling does not necessarily mean happiness.
Sometimes, a smile only shows that the person is very strong. A certain chicken soup writer also said: The road you choose has to be completed on your knees, no matter whether you are smiling or crying.
Cheng Tianpei picked up the beer bottle and filled the glasses for himself and Niu Xiaobai. "Continue to tell my story? I remember that in those two months, I was really running at full capacity. I got up early every day and did some
After doing housework, I began to review the contents of the training class; I did not miss a lesson during the day and participated in the training of 3D design software wholeheartedly; in order to meet daily expenses and repay the loan, I did several jobs as a middle school student just like when I was studying in college.
I’m a tutor; when I finish my work for the day, it’s almost 11 o’clock in the evening when I return to the dormitory... I wash up in a hurry, and then fall asleep..."
Niu Xiaobai gave a thumbs up to Cheng Tianpei: "It's not easy! It's not easy! You are risking your life! But you have to pay attention: you can only play if you risk your life if you have your life; if your life is gone, you take it
What are you playing for? Haha! But then again, God is very fair. If you pay, you will be rewarded."
Cheng Tianpei smiled bitterly: "God is really fair? Is it fair like this? It allows you to celebrate Singles' Day, but it won't let you celebrate Valentine's Day! Don't think you have such a big face.