In 2014, I graduated from college. Two years later, I, who came from a rural area, moved into the most luxurious apartment in City H, a first-tier city, and would have a household registration in City H.

In 2014, I originally planned to continue my undergraduate study, work hard to take the postgraduate entrance examination, and then return to my hometown, a fifth-tier town. Take the provincial examination and go ashore, and live a life that is enough to predict the future at a glance, but is extremely decent.

However, everything was broken by an accident. The truck his father bought with a loan had an accident and killed someone.

With no choice but to sell the garage and borrow some money from relatives and friends, the family was able to keep his father from going to jail.

The money is gone and can be earned again, but after this incident, the middle-aged man who was nearly fifty years old also collapsed.

It was in the afternoon of mid-May that I received a call from my mother asking me to drop out of school.

"Mom, you also know that in today's world, academic qualifications are the stepping stone. If I rely on this diploma, it will be very difficult for me to make a living in the future."

"Mom, the scholarship for last semester There is still some left. I won’t need a penny from my family to go to school, and I can work part-time for living expenses. In 2014, two years after I graduated from college, I moved to a first-tier city, H. The most luxurious apartment in the city, and will have an H City household registration.

It was broken by an accident. The truck his father bought with a loan crashed and killed someone.

In desperation. ,

In today’s world, academic qualifications are a stepping stone. If I rely on this diploma, it will be very difficult for me to make a living in the future.”

“Mom, last semester.

Apply for a student loan."

I was very determined at first, but when I heard my mother say, "Your father was completely stupid because of that incident, and now he is a useless person, so my mother can only point out. With you." I compromised.

The price is that I have to change my plans and even the trajectory of my entire life.

Graduation means unemployment, not to mention, I am just a junior college student, not someone who has learned a skill.

There are only a few jobs for me to choose from - various types of sales, office clerks, and hotel customer service.

There is no work experience, and the basic salary is only 2,000 yuan. This is particularly inconsistent with the status of the provincial capital being promoted to a new first-tier city.

Besides, I am also responsible for the life of the entire family.

So I had anxiety for the first time, which led to unrealistic fantasies.

I thought about one day walking into a bank wearing black stockings on my head and holding imitation weapons in my hands.

If you succeed, you will be Mr. Zhang. If you fail, you will become Mr. Zhang in the news. Then I would live in a place where my food and accommodation would be taken care of and I would not have to bear any pressure.

But after all, this can only be thought about.

Another evening of frustration. Under the disgusted eyes of the dormitory teacher, I walked back to my dormitory.

Plop down on the bed, and then light a cigarette that can not only fill your stomach, but also comfort your sorrow.

Take out your mobile phone, use the WiFi of the sophomore next door, and continue to post job information on various recruitment software.

It was also at this time that I received a WeChat message from Lao Si.

He asked me what I was doing and whether I was reviewing.

I'll just say, review is nothing, I'm looking for a job.

The fourth child was a little surprised and said, "You have a good chance of taking the exam. Why did you give up?" He also said things like "It's a pity" and then asked me what kind of job I was going to find.

"Whatever makes money," I said.

Maybe I thought WeChat was inconvenient, so Lao Si called me directly.

He said to me in a very excited tone: "Second brother, come to the capital! City H can definitely accommodate your soul and body. The most important thing is that there are many opportunities here. As long as you work hard and work hard, I can earn at least 10,000 yuan a month!”

His voice was like the poisonous snake that tempted Eve to eat the apple, full of temptation.

Ten thousand, this number is really tempting to me.

I can’t help but think that if I can earn 10,000 yuan a month, I can keep half of it and send half back home.

Five thousand yuan is enough for the two of them to live well in their hometown in the county.

But even so, I still endured the throbbing in my heart and asked the fourth child: "Ten thousand a month, what kind of job are you doing, let alone a pyramid scheme?"

"Second brother , I really admire your imagination. Real estate agents know that nationwide chain stores are absolutely reliable. Last month, a friend of mine made a profit of 30,000 yuan!"

"Holy shit! ”

“Look, you haven’t seen this before. Our team leader made 100,000 yuan last month! He is only four years older than us...”

The fourth child said with emotion in his voice: "When I reach his age and can earn so much money, I will have the confidence to stay here."

"Take your time, there will be opportunities. ”

“Second brother, don’t say that I don’t think about you. I didn’t tell you that you wanted to take the exam before, but now you don’t want to take the exam, so why not go out and make a career? We are still young. , if you stay in a place where there is neither comfort nor many opportunities, then it’s over. Come to City H. I have a quota now, and you can get in with a college degree. If you apply normally, you still need a bachelor’s degree, and you’re still a full-time student. That kind of thing."

"Okay, wait for me!"

It's time to give it a try while you're young!

I can support my family. I can make money.

This is all I could think about on the green train heading to the capital. Until the dim lights disappeared and the night faded. My feet have also stepped on the soil of City H.

The scorching sunshine scorched the earth, and the crowds seemed to be raised like ants, densely packed, coming and going.

After dialing Lao Si’s phone number and following his instructions, I saw him standing opposite the train station.

White short-sleeved shirt, black trousers, and polished leather shoes, just like the wax on his hair.

This is nothing like the sloppy old man I remember who didn’t even bother to wash his socks.

"Why are you so stunned?" The fourth child patted my shoulder very affectionately, and asked me proudly: "How am I doing now? Do I have a straightening up?"

"It has changed a lot."

"You can do it in a few days too. Second brother, I will take you to the rental house to put your luggage away, and then go to our store for an interview."< /p>

"Yes."

The bus transferred to the subway, and I followed Laosi all the way, listening to him introduce me to the buildings passing by. And the beautiful blueprint he described.

He said that most of the people we met were migrant workers or white-collar workers. There are not many locals, they are all dreamers who are unwilling to see the end of their lives like this.

This dream is called making money. A more advanced dream is to be able to take root here and live here.

I nodded ignorantly and told him that as long as I could earn 10,000 yuan a month, that would be fine.

The fourth child was a little disdainful of this, "Sooner or later, you will feel that ten thousand dollars is nothing more than that."

After an hour and a half like this, I was attracted by the fourth child. I got the so-called rental house, which was a colored steel house located on the edge of the Third Ring Road. There were many houses like this in the surrounding area.

They are located in a corner, and they seem to be two different worlds from the residential buildings I passed by before.

"Do you think you can't accept it?" The fourth child behaved at this time as if he was the second brother.

He put his arm around my shoulders and pointed to the colored steel houses in front of him and said, "This is already a good place to live. It is different from those low and cramped houses that cannot see the sun all day long, and are different from cockroaches." The battle of wits and courage in the basement is simply heaven."

I somewhat disagree with this. In my opinion, the community across the road not far away, which looks ordinary but has amazing prices, is paradise.

But I didn’t say it out loud. After all, I'm here to work, as long as I have a place to live. It doesn’t matter what the environment is.

The partition room is not big, about ten square meters, with two single beds, a square mirror, and a simple wardrobe, which are all the facilities in the room. My fourth child and I live together, and the rent is 1,600 per month, which we share.

As for water and electricity bills, they are shared equally among the aspiring young people living here.

Sitting on the stiff bed board, my nose filled with the smell of inferior hairspray and sweat, I smiled with satisfaction. The fourth child is right. You can see the sunshine here, which is much better than those in the basement.

There was still 4,000 yuan left in the scholarship, so I transferred 2,440 yuan to the fourth child in one lump sum as three months’ rent.

After doing these things, Lao Si took me to his store with a smile and met Brother Chen.

He is the person that the fourth child said made 100,000 yuan last month. He is only a few years older than us, but his eyes are full of shrewdness and accident.

Brother Chen took out a cigarette from the Chinese cigarette case on the table and lit it. "I heard from Xiao Yan that you just graduated too?"

"Yes." I lit it. nod.

"That is to say, you have no experience, and you still have a college degree, so..."

"Brother Chen, he is my classmate, we slept together Three years of bunk beds." The fourth child came over, stood between me and Brother Chen, and said in a flattering manner: "Please help me if you are tired, and talk to our store manager. This guy is very good, he will never do it. It's holding back our store."

"You will cause problems for Brother Chen." Brother Chen complained to the fourth child and then said to me: "Xiao Zhang, I'll give it to you. Xiao Yan, please give us a try first. The probation period is three months, and the basic salary is four thousand. If you can't make the payment within three months, don't blame me for being unkind. In fact, it's not just that. In our store, there are no idlers in the entire Forty-Nine City."

"Thank you, Brother Chen, I understand."

"Sure, then you have to pay six first. It’s a hundred yuan, and you’ll get work clothes and a work card.”

I was a little hesitant, but the fourth child quickly gave me a look. Seeing this, I had no choice but to transfer 600 yuan to Brother Chen. It’s like joining this real estate agency, which is known as a national chain.

The first half of the month is the training period, where you mainly learn some real estate business, such as running sales and sorting out housing; the skills and routines for renting and selling houses are also inevitable. The person who taught me the lesson was Brother Chen.

At the beginning, he only gave me a bunch of information and asked me to memorize it by rote, and then he didn’t want to say a word. It wasn't until I gritted my teeth and gave him a piece of hard Chinese that Brother Chen smiled a little and taught me something other than the information.

After half a month of training, I was penniless. I can only eat one meal a day, and I rely on my fourth child for help.

The feeling of money shortage quickly surrounded me. In addition, I got a call from home. My uncle and the others did not ask for the money, and they were very unhappy with the family. My mother asked me to think of ideas as soon as possible.

What ideas can I have? I am just a rookie who has just entered the society. I don’t even have enough food in my stomach. How can I solve the debt of 100,000 yuan?

My mother only said one thing about this, you are the only standing man in the family. If you don’t stand up, who will!

I compromised again.

Said that he would think of ideas and raise 100,000 yuan as soon as possible.

Brother Chen told me before that real estate agency is a formal business that makes money very quickly. You can make money without selling anything. Coupled with the development and policies of H City in recent years.

As long as you work hard and grasp the needs of customers, you can make a lot of money with your eyes closed.

However, the reality I saw was that for two months in a row, I was outside in the scorching sun, handing out leaflets from morning to night. After returning to the rental house, I have to publish the house information on 58.com like a wide net.

The extravagant hope in my heart is that a fish will get into the big net. As a result, there was not a single shrimp left.

How can a newcomer who has been working for two months successfully open a rental house, but I seem to be an anomaly. So naturally, I began to wonder if I was not suitable for this industry.

I came back late one night and told my fourth son about this doubt.

"Besides giving Brother Chen a cigarette, didn't you say anything else?"

"What else can you say? It's not like you don't know my situation. Without you, I would have starved to death!"

"Damn it." The fourth child cursed, looked at me helplessly and said, "Every place has its unspoken rules. "Just like when we were in school, if you didn't give the guidance to the instructor, could you choose to work, be evaluated, or get a scholarship?"

"I got these, but I didn't give anything as a gift?" ."

"Brother, let me give you an example. This is a society of favors! To be exaggerated, your life is in Brother Chen's hands. Don't give him any benefits.

How can he think about you when it's good for you? ”

“When he was good, did he miss anyone?”

“You!” After thinking for a long time, the fourth child finally said: “The only thing you have to do now is Stay and study other things later."

Stay.

You will lose your wallet.

I have to pay my rent in one month, and the money I have is only enough for me to eat pickles and rice, and I have to send half of my salary home. What is this thing called?

Hate returns to hate. I still choose to listen to the fourth child. Before getting off work the next day, I took out a soft Chinese cigarette that I bought when I was handing out flyers.

When Brother Chen saw this, he narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. He said why is this necessary, but he took the action in one go.

Within a few days, I opened the first order in my life. Brother Chen introduced it to me. Although we were renting a house, that girl paid half a year's rent at once, which also earned me a commission of three hundred.

Even if this is not enough to give Brother Chen half a carton of cigarettes, after this incident, I also understand a truth: I want to stay and get better and better. In addition to working hard, you must also work hard to please Brother Chen.

With the first order, I have mastered certain skills. Plus one piece of Soft China every month.

Not only did I stay in the store, but my performance also began to improve. Although I haven't sold the house yet, I have successfully managed to no longer live on a basic salary by relying on the amount of rent I pay each month.

While being able to give half of my salary to my family, I was finally able to eat takeout.

Three months passed in such a smooth and difficult manner, and I was approached by Brother Chen to talk to me. Because of the previous few cigarettes, he was quite friendly towards me.

"Xiao Zhang, you've been in our store for half a year in the blink of an eye, right?"

"It's not all thanks to Brother Chen's cultivation." I have already said this against my will. Extremely natural.

"Hey, it's mainly the result of your hard work. I gave others opportunities, but they all failed."

Brother Chen said politely and continued to say to me: "You When I joined the company, I forgot to tell you that the basic salary can only be paid for half a year. After this month, it means that you will no longer have a basic salary.”

I was stunned subconsciously, feeling like I was being cheated. It was a routine, and I resisted the urge to fall out. I asked Brother Chen what I should do.

Brother Chen said with a smile, don’t worry, you can try to contact the house selling business.

I said that I have also made sales, sent out orders, and posted a lot of online housing information, but how can I sell a house without customers.

Brother Chen said it doesn’t matter, he can teach me.

Teach. This word means that Brother Chen is no longer satisfied with my monthly soft Chinese offerings. I want to just walk away and no longer suffer from his country mentality.

But when I think about it, there are still two people waiting for me to support in my hometown, and there is a foreign debt of less than 100,000 yuan. I had to grit my teeth and swallow it.

I lowered my body and whispered to Brother Chen: "Brother, I will treat you to dinner after get off work tonight. I have to learn from you."

"Hahaha, "Xiao Zhang, you don't have to be so polite."

After saying that I was welcome, he still showed up at Haidilao's seat in the evening. This meal alone cost me more than four hundred. This is even when I haven’t eaten much.

At the dinner table, Brother Chen didn’t say anything nutritious. He just painted cakes for me, interspersed with his experiences in H City over the years.

I was a little anxious and asked him what I should do.

Brother Chen frowned displeased, "Xiao Zhang, it's so late, so you should go home and rest early. You have to go to work tomorrow, right?"

"Brother Chen , Come on, I heard from the fourth child that there is a foot bath shop nearby. It’s been a busy day, let’s go and massage your feet and relax.”

Hearing this, Brother Chen showed a look that a man would understand. He nodded with a smile, and he might also sigh in his heart, this kid is on the road; or he might say that I am stupid.

In the end, my credit card was overcharged by 4,000 yuan. I didn't enjoy anything, but looking at Brother Chen's unbroken smile, I knew that I could almost reach a higher level.

Sure enough, at the end of the month, Brother Chen gave me an account and asked me to use it to publish housing information.

In his words, the group that this account can reach has a much higher probability of buying a house than if I use my own account to post information.

He then told me that when you meet a potential client, you must not let go easily. Make sure to return visits every two days to make them feel urgent and supported at the same time.

I absorbed his words as much as possible and acted in this direction.

So my job became handing out flyers in the morning, scanning properties at noon, sending out housing information in the afternoon, and then answering customer calls.

Don’t mention it, those thousands of dollars were indeed not wasted. After having a "special" account, my customer service calls increased significantly.

Later I figured out that the account Brother Chen gave me was just a website membership, and I would get priority recommendations from the website. These can be done for a few hundred dollars a month, but no one will tell me.

We are colleagues, and we are also eels in the same fish basket.

Maybe it was good luck, or maybe my hard work paid off. In the middle of the month when I had no basic salary, I successfully opened a house sale order for the first time in my life.

The client is a middle-aged boss. He bought two apartments from me in order to arrange for a young girl who was either his wife or his mistress.

Full payment, no hesitation at all.

This is called a double-yolk egg in the store, and the person who places the order must be a treat.

Even if my credit card is exposed, I feel confident. After all, the commission I can earn from two apartments is quite considerable.

Brother Chen said that I have a talent for sales, and the fourth child said that I am unlucky. Most of the other colleagues smiled and didn't look at me with jealous eyes.

Probably, it has something to do with this meal.

I drank a lot, and in my drunken state of mind, I seemed to see my future in H City. It's almost time to get over it, I said to myself.

"Second brother, I was right, you can definitely make money if you come to H city!"

The fourth child is sitting next to me, with a posture of giving advice. . I am very grateful to him. After all, without his initial support, I might have left here.

"Thank you, Fourth Brother." I said to him sincerely.

"My brother, why are you so polite? Second brother, I wish you to place orders every month and treat guests every day."

"It's not that easy. I will take care of this order." I feel like God is giving me a favor."

"That's because you didn't find the right method." The fourth child pointed to a well-dressed and slightly enchanting person sitting not far from us with a mysterious look. The female agent said in a low voice: "Have you seen Qianqian? Do you know why she can get the best sales every month?"

Qianqian is the name of that woman, she is the Dinghai Shenzhen in the store. Even Brother Chen can't compare to his monthly performance.

"Why?"

"Yes." Lao Si muttered softly: "Brother Chen told me that this girl climbed up to the position of store manager in the first month of joining the job. The next day, I received an order for a house in the third ring road! "How much commission will this cost?" Open two or three big orders. The customers she receives are either coal bosses or senior executives of large companies. Why do those middle-aged and elderly men obey her and buy whatever they ask?"

The fourth child? , just like the jealous wife who lost her favor in the harem TV series.

I think he, Brother Chen to be exact, views Qianqian as too frivolous, which is unfair to her. But I had just placed an order, and it was now a critical time to establish a foothold in the store, so I didn’t say anything.

The more wine you drink, the more times you have to run to the toilet.

I just came out of the toilet this time and while washing my hands, I met Qianqian. I felt a little embarrassed thinking that I had told my fourth child about this.

"Sister Qianqian." I said hello bravely.

"What's your name, sister? We are of the same age."

"Oh."

"Congratulations, you made your first order in your life."

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"Hey, where are you now? You are far behind me. My goal is to catch up with you... Don't get me wrong, it's to catch up with your performance."

Hearing this, Qianqian smiled, her red lips curled up slightly, revealing her white teeth, "So what if you catch up with my performance? We are all the same, just grass carp."

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“Those customers are the big fish in the big river of H City. They can drive us away and play with us unscrupulously. When they want to eat us, we have nowhere to hide.” ”

So, is this the reason why she trades her body for performance?

I don’t understand.

A year has passed like this.

While supporting my parents in time, I have paid off more than half of the 100,000 yuan in foreign debt; I also moved out of the color steel house and moved into a residential building.

In the residential building, although it is still a partitioned room, it has an independent bathroom. I can take a hot shower when I come back from get off work every day. And I don’t have to worry about it leaking in the summer. Don’t even think about adding a few extra quilts in winter.

The roommate is not the fourth child. He switched jobs to another agency two months ago.

When he left, he and Brother Chen had a very unpleasant quarrel, and the two almost fought. Brother Chen said he was ungrateful, and he said Brother Chen was greedy.

I was sandwiched between the two of them and could only pretend that I didn’t see anything. At this time, if you make this choice, you are destined to part ways with one of them.

I am still staying in the store, and the fourth child has gone elsewhere. It is destined that our relationship will not be the same as when I first came to H City.

In ten months of this year, I have achieved results. The clients I have contacted include an old man preparing a wedding house for his son, a boss arranging a place for his mistress, and a Wenzhou businessman investing in real estate.

The one who impressed me the most was a female doctor.

The reason why I was impressed was because she gave me two months of performance. The second and third apartments were only three months apart.

Out of flattery and curiosity, I would always chat with her in my free time and say some personal words, hoping that she would come to me when her friends bought a house.

During the chat, I learned that she is eight years older than me, and her parents are retired cadres of state-owned enterprises. When she was in high school, she studied abroad until she graduated with a Ph.D. I returned to China and worked in a large factory, and I also had a side job.

I asked her why she wanted to buy three houses. She said that housing prices in City H would definitely continue to rise, so she would stock up on them and sell them for retirement when she gets old.

I envy such people, and I also know that there is a world of difference between myself and such people.

But, one evening in midsummer, she found me.

She said she wanted to marry me to stop her parents from urging us to get married.

I was surprised and asked her why it was me.

"You are very honest, and you are the only man who has been in contact with me during this period. In addition, you are a northern drifter, so you definitely want to stay here, but now the policies are getting stricter and stricter. The conditions for settling in City H are simply impossible to meet based on your ability and income.”

I admit that what she said is right, but they don’t convince me.

In more than a year, I am no longer that simple child.

"Okay, if you have to tell the truth, it's because you are easy to control. You are just a duckweed without roots here, and you can't make any waves. Even if one day you regret it and want to follow I'm divorced, and I can't get a share of my money."

H City account.

Aren’t these four words what many Beipiao pursue throughout their lives? What's more, if I can marry a female doctor with favorable conditions, even if I can't have any status and dignity, my children can!

My heart is moved.

She clearly saw my heartbeat, so she took out a contract from her bag, "We are in a physical marriage and cannot have sex. If you want to solve your physical problems, you can go out and find it, but Don't let me know.

Also, when you have been married for twenty years, you can file for divorce. It is estimated that my parents will be gone by then, and you will successfully have a household registration. ”

To be very ruthless and realistic, I suddenly thought of Qianqian, who was the same age as me but extremely successful.

After getting the certificate, getting married, and meeting her parents, her family was satisfied with my appearance and height. In front of her family, I played the role of a quiet, down-to-earth and handsome real estate company boss. I didn't dare to inform my parents, but I still gave my family thousands of dollars every month. I hope in my heart that if all this is true, it will be fine.

As agreed, I moved out of the partition room and moved into a spare bedroom in her house.

Other than these, my life seems to have not changed much. I am still working hard and making contributions to Brother Chen to ensure that I can keep him.

One night when I came home, she was watching a movie in the living room. I was about to lower my head and walk into the bedroom when I heard her say: "Would you like to watch it together? This movie is about real estate agents in the United States."

That night I told her a lot about real estate agencies in China and She seemed interested in the similarities and differences in the movie and opened a bottle of red wine.

So, the agreement of "nothing will happen" was broken by us. When I woke up in the morning, she was no longer beside me, but this is how human desires expand. Sometimes I would bring her some food after get off work. Sometimes she sends me messages and asks if I can stay with her in the evening. I would take a shower and then go to her bedroom.

One day half a year later.

When I dragged my tired body home, I heard a harsh sound.

She is with another man.

I don’t know what kind of emotions I had, but I kept sitting on the sofa until they were over and she came out to take a shower.

"You're back?"

"Is this appropriate for you?"

"Appropriate? Can't we talk about it?"

She laughed disdainfully, "For a man like you, if it weren't for me, you would never be able to live in this kind of house in your life, you know?"

"I said it when I got the certificate, We are just in a physical marriage. Why, you can’t stand seeing me sleeping with other men?”

I never thought that such vicious words would come from a highly educated returnee doctor. Speak up.

What I cannot deny is that every word she said is true.

In her disdainful eyes, I walked out of her house.

It rained in H City, and the heavy rain washed the whole city. It is not difficult to imagine that after the rain, the city remains pure.

And I am the country bumpkin who can even tolerate my wife sleeping with others.

I really want to ask why the world is so unfair to me, and everything can happen to me; but then I think about it, if it weren’t for these things, how could I have the chance to have what I dream of? Household registration?

The rain stopped.

The rising sun in the east is telling people that today will be a sunny day.

I just dragged my body that had been soaked in the rain and staggered back to the house that I couldn't afford in a few lifetimes.

No matter when she gets up early for a run, today is no exception. When I walked into the house, she was getting off the treadmill.

When she saw me, she was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Are you coming back to propose a divorce?"

"No, I want to talk to you."

She was a little surprised, "What are you talking about? Let's talk about it."

"We are a legal couple, you are calling this cheating. Don't think I don't know, you bought N apartments in the past six months . It was bought after marriage, so it is the property of the husband and wife."

"I'm not afraid if you sue, we have a contract."

" It can only be regarded as an agreement and has little legal effect."

"What do you want?" The female doctor's expression became serious, and in her seriousness, I saw a trace of panic.

"You have so many houses, don't bring other men to live here with me in the future."

"Is there any more?"

"If you want Divorce, give me a house."

Her expression was extremely shocked: "What if I don't give it?"

"If you don't want to give it, we should divorce and go through the legal process. , you may have to give me more house.”

After saying this, she really looked at me with admiration.

"Believe it or not, I can let you go back to your hometown penniless."

"If I go back to my hometown, I will still be me. But you will definitely not be you anymore."

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