Life is like a kaleidoscope that changes in an instant.

Sometimes, just by turning it lightly and flicking it, you can create a variety of colorful pictures.

Like Ning Weimin, that's the case.

Since he joined Pierre Karton, his life has changed dramatically.

Every morning, Ning Weimin would come to work in the most magnificent and tallest building on Chang'an Avenue.

In front of the clear glass revolving door, under the attention of the straight doorman, he walked into this famous hotel full of mystery and awe in the minds of ordinary Beijing citizens.

Exiting the elevator, the hallway leading to Pierre Caton is covered with a thick wool carpet.

The oncoming housekeeping attendants will greet Ning Weimin with a smile.

At this time, Ning Weimin would also make a gentlemanly gesture and nod frequently.

When he walked into the office, the first thing Ning Weimin saw were the two female employees in charge of the front desk of the company.

As the deputy manager, Ning Weimin deserved to be welcomed with a smile by two girls who were not beautiful, but very gentle.

And he also has the power to ask them to make coffee or tea for themselves.

Ning Weimin doesn't have his own office, but his desk is at the top of the window, and there is a simple partition to protect privacy.

When he stood in front of the glass window with a cup of fragrant tea and looked out of the window, the scene of Chang'an Avenue could be seen in full view.

And this widest road in China can often bring Ning Weimin a feeling of a big river.

The "other side of the river" is full of high and low office buildings of state ministries and commissions.

State Ocean Shipping, Textile Industry Bureau, Railway Public Security Bureau......

And in this "river", cars, bicycles, and tourists going to Wangfujing or Tiananmen Square.

It is indeed like a carp crossing the river, and the river flows endlessly......

As for the intensity of work, it is much easier than Ning Weimin imagined.

Since the company has just been established, many substantive businesses have not yet had time to be rolled out.

At present, I am working here, and it is more of a formal meaning.

It just shows that Pierre Caton has one foot in the world's largest market.

Therefore, the only ones who are really busy every day are actually the boss of Pierre Caton and the CEO of Song Huagui.

On the contrary, the employees are stress-free and fluttering.

It is not at all like Ning Weimin's imagination, everyone in the company is like a wound clockwork.

Basically, no one works overtime.

Everyone can enjoy a comfortable office environment and free coffee with an unhurried good mood.

The canteen is also good, Song Huagui was able to let the company's employees go to eat in the staff canteen of the Beijing Hotel.

The food there is better than that of ordinary national ministries and commissions.

Think about it, Ning Weimin earns a salary several times higher than that of the minister, but he is in such a working state, isn't it so cool!

Someone once said that the white-collar workers of foreign companies in the 90s were god-like beings.

It is conceivable that Ning Weimin lived this kind of divine life nearly ten years in advance, what a transcendent existence it is!

However, not all of the resulting changes are for the better.

As the saying goes, what you gain will also lose, and not everything is perfect.

For example, the "luxury wholesale" business that Ning Weimin and Zhang Shihui have been cooperating with will inevitably be affected.

Since you can no longer withdraw at any time, you can't be sure when you'll be free.

As the responsible supplier, Ning Weimin must buy some popular goods in advance and store them in case of emergency.

As a result, the model of not having to pressure goods at all in the past has completely changed, and he will definitely feel a certain amount of pressure on funds.

Fortunately, it is October, because of the National Day and the intense training.

Ning Weimin didn't go to the ghost market much, ran the cultural relics store, and didn't visit the painting shop much.

The money earned is basically kept in his hands.

At the end of the stamp market, because there are fewer and fewer fine stamps that can be eaten, you have to try your luck.

Ning Weimin has a high degree of control over the monkey ticket, and it is very easy to do the operation of high throwing and low sucking.

In fact, all in all, he made money in the mail market.

Finally, add the 1,000 foreign exchange coupons that Pierre Cotton's just given.

Ning Weimin also scraped together more than 10,000 foreign exchange coupons as the capital for stockpiling.

He bought seven imported color TVs, 12 boxes of Moutai and 4 boxes of Zhonghua and put them in the guest room of the Chongwenmen Hotel for Zhang Shihui to use at any time.

Needless to say, there are of course hidden dangers in the fact that so many goods are pressed in a hotel room.

Ning Weimin is not afraid that others will come to investigate him, and the crime of speculation can no longer involve him.

Because the room was rented in the name of Pierre Karton, he is now the assistant manager of operations at Pierre Karton.

Anyone who asks and learns about this will think that normal business is going on here.

So when it comes to what Ning Weimin is really afraid of, that is only one worry, that is, the problem of theft at night.

These things are undoubtedly like a huge treasure trove in this era, and they will inevitably attract the hearts of some restless people.

It's really not that Ning Weimin is too careful.

Because grocery stores like this time have to hire an old man to work the night shift.

Pastry theft is a common occurrence in unguarded grocery stores.

There was no way, in order to ensure the safety of the goods, every night, Ning Weimin even got a hotel room to sleep.

But this inevitably made Kangshude a little dissatisfied.

The old man thought that his apprentice was sick with wealth and nobility and was no longer used to living in a small bungalow.

The so-called having to watch the goods all day long is just an excuse and an excuse.

In addition, the suit of this year is still the signature clothing of foreigners, and few Chinese people will dress up like this.

Naning Weimin appeared in front of the old neighbors and old neighbors in a suit and leather shoes.

It also seems to have strengthened his ideological tendency to worship foreign flattery and greedy for pleasure.

Because of this, his reputation among the residents of Fan'er Hutong plummeted.

Just like Prince Gong back then, he was nicknamed a "fake foreign devil".

How unjust is this?

As for Ning Weimin's own feelings, of course, it is also painful to dress like this.

It's just that the source of the pain is not the gossip behind the backs of others, but the discomfort of wearing a suit and the practical difficulties faced in transportation.

First of all, Ning Weimin is used to wearing clothes with pure cotton texture and loose style in recent years.

Now I have to wear such a straight suit every day, decent is decent, but it's really awkward.

Secondly, there are no private cars at this time, and even the Beijing Metro Line 2 has not yet landed.

So even if Ning Weimin is dressed like five or six people, he still has to squeeze the bus to work.

But what are buses like these days?

During rush hour, drivers often have to jump out of the cab and push people in with their knees before they can close the door.

Think about it, after such a baptism, when Ning Weimin got out of the car, could he still look at the suit?

On the first day of work, Ning Weimin arrived at the Beijing Hotel, and finally squeezed it down, which was the pleats of the whole body.

Leather shoes also had to be stepped on several times, all of which were footprints.

There was no way to say about the embarrassment, he had to go to the lobby toilet first to clean up, and then he was embarrassed to report to the company on the second floor.

So the next day, he switched to cycling to work.

But as soon as he rides a bicycle, he also has the inconvenience of riding, and he finds that his whole body is uncomfortable.

I didn't dare to exert myself when I encountered a headwind, for fear that my pants would open.

And along the way, everyone else on the road looked at him as if they were looking at the Western scenery, probably wondering what kind of nationality he was.

makes him more eye-catching than a real foreign devil.

In addition, there is no place for him to store his bicycle when he arrives at the Beijing Hotel.

He had to ride his bicycle to the Wangfujing and find a place to store the car.

Good guy, such embarrassment and trouble, of course, Ning Weimin can't stand it.

So simply, he changed to "Route 11" and walked to work on two legs.

Thanks to the Chongwenmen Hotel, it is not far from the Jingcheng Hotel.

Walk from Chongwenmen to Dongdan, and then turn to Wangfujing, it is only three kilometers away, and it takes forty-five minutes to walk.

I'm tired, but I'm still exercising.

It wasn't until he had his leg for several days that he suddenly became clearer.

I think why should I learn from the people in the company who use wearing suits as a status symbol?

Store the suit in the office, and if you come and change it, it's called a "two".

I have to say that things in the world are still so interesting.

Don't look at the neighbors of Fan'er Hutong, they all regard Ning Weimin as a degenerate example of pursuing a bourgeois lifestyle.

Everyone can't get used to his foreign style.

can be adjusted, those colleagues in Pierre Caton's company still dislike Ning Weimin for being too rustic and too little knowledge.

It seems that he is not worthy of being an executive in such an international fashion company.

I don't know if it's because the salary is too high, or because the benefits of being a white-collar worker in a foreign company are too good.

Most of these people are a bit snobbish, quite grateful to the French bosses, and adore everything in the developed Western countries.

Especially for Paris, France, their yearning has reached the point of no return.

It is very much the roundest moon in Paris, and even the air is sweet.

If you don't take a look at it in this life, you will definitely regret it for the rest of your life.

So they secretly joked that Ning Weimin smoked cigarettes and didn't recognize foreign cigarettes, and only smoked peonies.

They also don't understand why Ning Weimin doesn't enjoy free coffee.

You have to spend your own money to buy flower tea and put it in the pantry.

Of course, in their eyes, Ning Weimin's habit of wearing ordinary clothes every day and then going to the bathroom to change into a suit is even more of a big joke.

Many people understand this as Ning Weimin is reluctant to wear it, for fear that he will have to spend money to buy it if it is worn out.

So secretly everyone began to discuss, I don't understand why the boss has to find such an unsociable person to be the deputy manager of the operation department.

Especially one day, when someone revealed that Ning Weimin had no academic qualifications and was a direct employee.

Then there is even more suspicion and speculation.

In the end, everyone's consensus is that Ning Weimin is not the son of a certain court official, and he is a character like Gao Yanei in "Water Margin".