Meng Xiaobai dialed once but failed to get through. After more than ten minutes, the other party took the initiative to call back.
"I'm sorry, something happened just now. Meng Xiaobai, I haven't contacted you for a long time." Gan Huarong said. At this moment, he was standing outside an Internet company. Ten minutes ago, Gan Huarong had just gone through an interview, and the other party asked him to
Wait for notification.
Gan Huarong already had a premonition of the outcome and had little hope.
"Yes, it's been a long time." Meng Xiaobai said with emotion.
"How are you lately?" Gan Huarong asked.
"It's okay." The conversation between the two was dry.
Meng Xiaobai simply said directly: "I came to Yangcheng. I heard that you seem to be in Yangcheng too, so I gave you a call."
"You've come to Yangcheng too!" Gan Huarong immediately replied, "Okay, there are many opportunities in big cities. Although Jiangcheng is also a first-tier city, the salary level there is still not very high. How long have you been here?"
"Most of a month."
"I told you earlier!" Gan Huarong said, "I came to Yangcheng after graduation. I have been here for almost four years now and I am familiar with it. If you have any questions, you can come to me. By the way, if you have time, why don't we
Let’s have a meal! It’s been a long time since we last met.”
His attitude was still as enthusiastic as ever, and Meng Xiaobai did not refuse. The two set a time and agreed to meet and chat.
In a shared house in a community in Yangcheng, Gan Huarong returned to his home with heavy steps.
"How was the interview?" asked a woman about his age in the room. This was his live-in girlfriend, Zhang Tongtong.
"I don't know, let's wait for notification." Gan Huarong sat on a stool and wiped his sweat with a towel.
"Waiting for notification again?" Zhang Tongtong immediately showed a dissatisfied expression, "How many times have I waited for notification! There is no chance of being appointed!"
Gan Huarong was also a little dissatisfied. He was very tired after a day out, but he still said patiently: "There's nothing we can do about it. It's already difficult to find a job now. You didn't let me go to the job I was looking for before!"
"You can take any job!" Zhang Tongtong immediately retorted and said: "The monthly salary is 7,000 yuan, and there are no five insurances or one housing fund. Can this income support us? Without 20,000 yuan a month, what will happen in the future?
Buying a house in Yangcheng? You won’t be able to repay the loan for a hundred years!”
"How can a job with a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan be so easy to find! And it's impossible for people to give you such a high salary at the beginning!" Gan Huarong said, "In my previous jobs, my bosses said they would raise their salary, but you kept asking me
Resigned, are you okay now?"
"You mean to blame me?" Zhang Tongtong's tone changed.
"I'm not blaming you, I'm just explaining the reality!"
"You're just blaming me!"
"Stop, stop, stop arguing! I'm very tired!" Gan Huarong raised the no-fight card, but Zhang Tongtong didn't want to stop there.
"No, I have to finish it today!" Zhang Tongtong continued, "I showed your resume to my cousin, and he said there is a chance. If it is available there, you can go and work there! Their salary is pretty good!
"
"I said, let me find it myself." Gan Huarong felt a little embarrassed that he actually asked his girlfriend to help him find a job.
"You are still so macho!" Zhang Tongtong has long been used to it, "You have to, I have already told my cousin! He is a manager at Langya Information Technology Company! They are now recruiting a group of programmers.
, it’s just the right time for you to go!”
"Are you going?" Zhang Tongtong stared at him. After the two looked at each other for a few seconds, Gan Huarong had to compromise, "Okay, I'll go."
"That's right!" Zhang Tongtong sat on his lap, gave him a kiss, and warned: "Remember, respect my cousin, he is a very respectable person. You can say more nice things and point out
Maybe it will happen!”
"I know." After Gan Huarong compromised, he said rather embarrassedly: "Tongtong, um, I have a junior student who came to Yangcheng, and I said I would treat him to dinner. Look, is it..."
"It costs money again!" Zhang Tongtong was very dissatisfied when she mentioned this, "You are already unemployed, why are you asking for food?"
"He's an old friend. He just came to Yangcheng not long after graduation. I can't help him as much as I can," Gan Huarong said.
"There's really nothing we can do about you. You can't even protect yourself." Zhang Tongtong said, "I'll transfer it to you later. Don't spend too much. We all have to live frugally until you find a job."
"I know, my wife is so kind!"
…
One day later, Meng Xiaobai met Gan Huarong in a small restaurant.
"Senior, I haven't seen you in the past two years, your hairline is worrying!" Meng Xiaobai said jokingly.
Gan Huarong wiped his head, and his hairline had begun to push back. He said helplessly: "I can't help it. Maybe this is the fate of us programmers!"
"How is it? Are you used to coming to Yangcheng? Do you have a place to stay?" Gan Huarong asked.
"Fortunately, I rented a place to live." Meng Xiaobai briefly exchanged a few words with him and asked each other about their current situation.
"It's hard to find a job. In fact, it's okay for me to be alone. My girlfriend is urging me to get married and buy a car and a house. The financial pressure is quite high." Gan Huarong said with emotion.
"Have you found a job?" Gan Huarong asked.
"I...I'm still reading." Meng Xiaobai did not answer truthfully. He also wanted to get to know the other person. If possible, he could help.
"Hurry up. Don't be in a hurry now, you will be in a hurry in two years." Gan Huarong said, "Today is just right, I even invited someone to dinner. He is my wife's cousin, he is a manager at Langya Information Technology Company.
Their company is recruiting a group of programmers, and the salary is said to be very good. You can ask."
Gan Huarong had told Meng Xiaobai about this before. He was doing it to save money so that he could treat two people to one meal, but Meng Xiaobai didn't care.
"Okay, I want to ask too." Meng Xiaobai smiled, and Gan Huarong thought he was very happy to get this opportunity.
After waiting for more than half an hour, Gan Huarong's girlfriend's cousin, Zhang Jian, arrived.
He is a slightly fat middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, with his sleeves rolled up slightly, revealing his mechanical watch worth tens of thousands of yuan.
"I'm sorry, have you been waiting for a long time?" Zhang Jian raised his head, looked at his Longines mechanical watch, and said, "The road was so congested today that I couldn't even get a step forward after driving for a long time!"
"Understood!" Gan Huarong said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, cousin. Sit down."
"It's hard work!" Zhang Jian started to sigh as he sat down, "The company has been very busy recently and I have to work overtime. During this period, many people asked me to ask for a date and I turned them down. If it weren't for the fact that you are Tongtong's boyfriend, I would have
You may not be able to find the time!”
"Thank you, cousin." Gan Huarong was a little embarrassed. He was not very good at saying those polite words.
"By the way, who is this?" Zhang Jian noticed Meng Xiaobai.
"My surname is Meng, and Senior Gan and I are schoolmates." When Meng Xiaobai saw him asking, she knew that this person didn't know her.
"Oh, Xiao Meng." Zhang Jian nodded.
Gan Huarong said quickly: "He also studies computers and has just come to Yangcheng. Cousin, don't you have job opportunities there? If it is convenient, let him submit a resume and try it?"