Amidst the crashing sound in the air, a Boeing passenger plane landed at the Beijing Airport. Sun Quan, who was in business class, calmly followed other passengers and stepped off the plane onto the ground of Beijing.
Beijing...
For him, this was a strange land. He had never been there before his rebirth. This was his first time here since his rebirth. When he was a boy, he had longed to visit the capital one day and watch the flag-raising ceremony.
, take a look at the Forbidden City and the Great Wall.
But as he grew older, his yearning for the capital gradually faded away.
Especially after hearing about the severe smog in the capital, his yearning for the capital completely faded away.
Before his rebirth, he never thought of coming to the capital to work.
Because reason told him that there were too many powerful, wealthy and powerful people here. He, a country boy who came to the capital, was destined to be at the bottom of society for the rest of his life, with little hope of getting ahead.
And he... doesn't like living at the bottom of society forever.
In fact, not only the capital, but before his rebirth, he didn't want to go to any of the major cities in the country. Whether it was because he had no ambition or because he was not confident enough to compete in big cities, he had no interest in going to those big cities anyway.
At most, he can travel occasionally to see and broaden his horizons. He has no interest in going to work and live in big cities.
He would rather live in a small county town and live a calm and ordinary life than go to those big cities.
In the final analysis, it's all because deep down he doesn't like the kind of life where there is no hope.
Just like he had been on the street for more than ten years before he was reborn, but he had never wanted to go to work, because he looked at the jobs that he could find and do. He could see at a glance what he would be in ten or twenty years.
Even when his hair is gray.
You only have one life, and after finally coming to this world, you can't even see the hope of rising. That kind of life... Just thinking about it, he felt that there was no hope for life.
Did you come to this world just to endure hardship?
Writing novels is different. In this line of work, he has seen too many colleagues who were struggling like him quickly change their destiny because of the success of one or two books, and live a life that he envies.
In this line of work, he can see the hope of success.
He comes from a very low background, has only a college education, and looks like that, but he is unwilling to be ordinary. The word hope is as precious as gold to him.
Already at the bottom of society, if there is still no hope of getting ahead, how miserable will this life be?
He had seen a lot of the hardships of his parents' lives since he was a child, and he never wanted his life to be as difficult as his parents'.
He could not forget that when he was a child, his father didn't have the money to buy a pack of cigarettes, so he had to ask his mother to go to a small store to pay someone on credit. In the most difficult time, the family didn't even have the money to buy a pack of salt.
He didn't want to live such a life.
He once couldn't understand why his parents worked so hard and were often exhausted and sweaty, and why they were so poor...
Why can some families in the village often eat fish and meat, wear new clothes, and eat fruits?
His IQ is not very high. He knew it when he was in school. Except in elementary school, he could find a sense of superiority in IQ. In the future, he would always find that someone's brain was better than his.
But he is good at thinking, and he likes to think about things that he should not think about at that age, such as: How can he do better than other peers in the future? Including those top students whose academic performance is far behind him.
As the old saying goes: A fool who thinks a lot will always find something.
Needless to say, he has thought about these issues a lot, and he has finally figured out some ways for him.
For example, finding a daughter from a wealthy family can save decades of hard work.
For example, look through ancient books to find the locations of some local ancient tombs, and then...
…
He has figured out a lot of similar paths since he was a child. However, life is sometimes so helpless. Even if you have thought of a path well, you will soon find that you can't follow this path.
For example, he soon discovered that he and the daughter of a wealthy family had nothing in common, and they were not interested in him either.
For example, since he had no ancient books at home, he was not even qualified to enter the library. Later, he even heard that digging ancient tombs was illegal.
What is the most despairing thing in life?
He had been in that desperate state for several years.
When it comes to study, he can't compete with many people; when it comes to family background, he can't compete with many people; when it comes to talent... does being able to do laundry, cooking, and fish and shrimp count?
I rack my brains and can't think of what I can do in the future to be as good as my peers.
In those few years, he felt very inferior and spoke less and less, until he came into contact with online novels, and then he finally saw a path of hope.
This thing is good!
Because almost everyone can’t find a master or any reference book... most authors can only rely on their own research and understanding.
Everyone has a similar starting point, but what they compete for is their ability to tell stories and their tenacity in writing.
yes!
Before his rebirth, he walked on this road with an ugly posture. He was always rushing to the street, and he often rushed to several books in a row before he could write a work with some success.
But at least before he was reborn, he had written a novel that could earn over 10,000 yuan a month.
yes!
That book was 404ed, but at least it can prove that he already has the ability of Yuewan, even if it is unstable, it is already a much brighter hope.
If he hadn't taken this path and done other jobs, would he have had a chance?
Even if the salary of a chef is relatively high, there is almost no possibility of earning over 10,000 yuan per month unless he reaches the position of head chef.
And if you want to be a chef... It's not difficult to be a chef in a small shop with three or two kittens, but the salary is not high, and a chef who can make 10,000 yuan... Based on his understanding of the chef industry, there is no one who has more than ten years of experience.
There is almost no hope for employment qualifications.
Many chefs will never be able to achieve that position in their lifetime.
Therefore, he understands the saying "men are afraid of getting into the wrong profession" very well.
…
On the way to the airport with his computer bag in hand, Sun Quan turned on his phone and found that there were indeed two new text messages in his text box.
It was all sent to him by Pan Yongqiang, the man Yuan Shuiqing sent to the capital to find a house.
Pan Yongqiang: "Mr. Sun, I have arrived at the airport. After you get off the plane, please contact me. I have booked the hotel for you and I will take you there then."
Pan Yongqiang: "Sun Quan, I'm waiting for you at the airport pick-up gate. I'm holding a card with your name written on it."
After reading these two text messages, Sun Quan smiled and did not call the other party immediately. Instead, he walked to the pick-up port with other passengers, scanning the crowd of people picking up the plane from a distance.
His eyesight was okay, and it didn't take him long to scan a card with his name on it, and then he walked over directly.
Pan Yongqiang, whom Sun Quan had never met before, was hired after Yuan Shuiqing took over the 99 Braised Chicken Company.
Today is the first time for Sun Quan to see this person.
He is wearing black trousers and a white shirt. He is fair and clean. He is wearing a pair of silver-framed glasses. He is about thirty years old.
Sun Quan walked over with a smile. Before he opened his mouth, Pan Yongqiang's eyes lit up and his face lit up. He quickly put down the cards and hurried forward to greet him, "Mr. Sun, you are here. I am Pan Yongqiang! You can call me Xiao Pan or Ah.
You can force it, can I help you with your luggage?"
As he said that, he reached out to take the computer bag in Sun Quan's hand.
Sun Quan smiled slightly.
Because the other party was obviously a few years older than him, and he was asked to call him Xiao Pan or A Qiang, and also because of the other party's enthusiastic attitude, he stretched out his hand to block Pan Yongqiang's stretched out hand, shook his head and said, "I can just take this myself.
The luggage is checked, let’s go pick it up!”
His computer bag is what he eats with, and he is not used to being carried by others.
Pan Yongqiang nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay! Let's go get it! Let's go get it!"
…
Soon.
After picking up their luggage, the two took a taxi and left the airport.
Pan Yongqiang was sitting in the passenger seat. There were three seats in the back seat, and only Sun Quan was sitting there.
Sun Quan, who was visiting the capital for the first time, lowered the car window next to him and looked at the scenery of the capital outside the window. There was indeed an atmosphere of an imperial city.
It's not the kind of invisible and intangible aura of domineering power written in novels.
It's the historical atmosphere revealed by the old houses.
This kind of atmosphere is not found in the small county town in his hometown, not in M City, and not in the magical city.
When Sun Quan saw the clothes and temperament of the people on the street, they did have a kind of confidence that was rare elsewhere. Is it the confidence unique to the people of the imperial city?
A sentence he had read on the Internet suddenly flashed through his mind: In the eyes of people in the capital, places outside the capital are all countryside...
I, a country bumpkin, went to town today?
He thought mockingly to himself.
Pan Yongqiang, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned sideways and introduced Sun Quan to the scenery along the road with a warm smile, telling him which road here was, what kind of building that building was... and so on.
A bit like a tour guide.
But when Sun Quan heard what he said, he suddenly took a deep breath of the air in the capital.
He squinted his eyes to feel the smell of the air, and then smiled.
The air here is indeed not very good. It cannot be compared with M City where he usually lives, and it is much worse than cities like Hangzhou.
As a result, he became more mentally balanced.
If he hadn't known that housing prices in Beijing would rise at an alarming rate in the future, it would have been impossible for him to consider buying a house here.
He doesn't work here, and he doesn't live here. It's not livable here, and housing prices are still high. Why should he buy a house here?
The capital was indeed the capital. Along the way, Sun Quan saw many luxury cars.
About an hour later, the taxi stopped in front of a hotel. The hotel was not very high, only five or six stories high.
Pan Yongqiang was paying the fare, but Sun Quan had already opened the door and got out of the car.
After slamming the car door, turning around and taking in the surrounding environment, Pan Yongqiang got out of the car, trotted to open the trunk of the car, and helped Sun Quan unload the suitcase.
"Mr. Sun! Let's go in, shall we? This is it!"
There was still a warm smile on his face.
Sun Quan nodded with a smile. At Pan Yongqiang's hand, Sun Quan strode into the hotel and looked around. It was his first time in the capital, so he naturally wanted to see more.