Chapter Eighty-Five: Talk about the wine

The afternoon storm brought a refreshing breeze, the open-air bar was breezy and the railings around it were lit up with colorful lights, and the indoor bar was filled with powerful disco music. Please search () to see the most complete!

It is an all-night bar. When Lin Qiang and the others came to the open-air bar, it was already more than two o'clock in the morning, and there were not many customers at the bar, but it was very quiet. Everyone had already drunk a lot of wine in the song hall just now, so Lin Qiang and the others just asked for a dozen Cordon Bleu beers and a few snacks.

After the beer came, the commander showed his true colors again, picked up his glass and said to Lin Qiang: "Lin Qiang, thank you a lot for organizing this Guangzhou classmates meeting, so that our students from other places can also relive the old happy times after 20 years." Come, this cup is my special toast to you. ”

Lin Qiang hurriedly made a move, but he also picked up the wine glass, touched it with the military commander, and said, "The military commander is wrong with this. If I want to say thank you, on behalf of the students in Guangzhou, I would like to thank you for your enthusiastic participation and support for this gathering. Come, come, let's come together and ---- clink glasses for the friendship of our classmates. ”

He knew how much he had drunk, and he didn't dare to say "Cheers", and after he finished speaking, he took a big sip and wanted to put the glass down. The commander didn't comply, and said, "No, no." You've been in the north for a few years, and you've forgotten the rules of drinking?

Lin Qiang hurriedly said: "Alas, military elder, I am willing to bow down to the wind, right? As the saying goes, 'The wine is half full, the flowers are half blooming and half spitting; the sail is half open to avoid turning over, and the horse is half stable;'Let's just let it go.'" ”

The commander said, "You have a lot of reasoning. Fortunately, this was a small-scale gathering, and everyone didn't take Lin Qiang too seriously, so after clinking glasses with each other, they each took a big sip at will, and then put down their wine glasses.

Second Brother Guan also changed his previous playful style, and said with emotion: "Time is really in a hurry, more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and we have unconsciously broken into the ranks of young people." ”

Kanto's words made everyone feel the same way. Yes, the current society is changing with each passing day, everyone is busy with their own lives, and it is inevitable that they will always have to seek for Daoliang, and it is really rare for Lin Qiang, who is no longer young, to be able to sit around and talk about wine like now.

Everyone first briefly introduced their general experience in the past ten years after graduation, which is really wonderful and helpless. From the enthusiasm and longing when he first stepped into the society, to the current burnout and confusion, everyone is embarrassed.

The big-nosed guy raised his head and drained the wine in the cup, and said, "Lin Qiang, you are still chic, you are your own boss, and you are free, which really makes us envious." ”

"I'm ashamed to say that I had to resign at that time. Lin Qiang recalled that year, and his heart was still full of emotion, "At that time, I was young and vigorous, and I fired the squid of the unit without hesitation if I disagreed with the leaders in the unit." At that time, I was still alone, I didn't have any worries, I thought, I came out, I don't believe I can't support myself! This is the advantage of being young, I have the momentum, I dare to break through, I dare to fight. Not to mention, it was really chic when I first came out, but I wasn't happy for long, after all, shopping malls are different from the workplace, shopping malls are full of opportunities, but also full of traps, if you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss! ”

"Lin Qiang, I really want to know, what is the biggest feeling you have when you have been in the sea for so many years?" He Chiquan asked.

"My biggest feeling can be described by the very popular sentence nowadays: if you can't change the reality, try to adapt to the reality!" As a businessman, Lin Qiang has long been well versed in its unspoken rules, as the so-called no treachery is not a business, the shopping mall is deceitful, and all kinds of dark tricks are endless, no matter how simple and innocent you are at the beginning, rolling in this big dye vat, you will inevitably be impregnated, this is a reality that no one can change, Lin Qiang himself has already integrated into it, and has become a veritable "profiteer".

"Haha, Lin Qiang, your words remind me of another very interesting sentence: If you are powerless to resist, take being raped as a kind of enjoyment!" Second Brother Guan's playful style came again.

"However, Lin Qiang, after all, you are working for yourself, you have a clear goal, and you also have the direction and motivation to struggle, unlike those of us who are mixed in the workplace, always full of anxiety and don't know how to protect the future. Now that we are being restructured and laid off everywhere, we may become unemployed one day. He Chiquan said.

"Lao He Na can't say the same, there are always two sides to things. Luo Jinhong said: "When it comes to future security, I still think it's safer to stay in the unit, after all, there are various benefits in the unit, such as pension, medical care, pension, etc., but like Lin Qiang, they should carry everything by themselves, and the pressure is not small." ”

"Professor Luo, your unit is special, of course you said that. The military commander is now a senior manager of a well-known supermarket chain group in Shenzhen, a white-collar beauty that everyone envies, "We are different, in the final analysis, the relationship between us and the enterprise is just a transactional relationship - the enterprise pays salaries, and we provide labor or intelligence." We do things according to the standards of our positions, so that we are compensated accordingly, but this kind of remuneration is far from guaranteeing our future!"

"The commander is right!" He continued, "Most of us aim in life to live better – including the desire for wealth, social status, and the so-called 'self-fulfillment.'" But unfortunately, it is difficult to achieve these goals in most jobs, and no matter how hard you work, it is good to be able to achieve a well-off level. For most people, today's efforts are just a dedication to the company, at best, a 'training of oneself', but if this training does not make oneself the top of the industry, the fact that the future benefit is limited. Maybe one day the company will be dissolved, and all our previous efforts will come to an end. When it comes to the benefits in the unit, it can't be done accurately, I myself am the best example, I was a deputy factory director at the time, after the factory was disbanded, it wasn't tens of thousands of dollars to send you away?

Lin Qiang listened to their words thoughtfully, nodding slightly from time to time.

Yes, the students who have entered the new year obviously feel the pressure from life. At the age of 30 like them, they no longer have the freshness of the early days of work, and they have long been numb to the so-called "corporatization" and "corporate vision", and they are more concerned about their own future.

What makes them sad is that in the current country, the income of ordinary white-collar workers is far less than that of a small business owner! Therefore, in a society where social welfare security is still not yet complete, you need to live a good life, and you need the investment or efforts you make today to bring long-term benefits to your life.

Under the impact of the tide of market economy, the "iron rice bowl" that used to make everyone rush to it is no longer reliable, let alone popular. Wages are like eyebrows, prices are like beards, eyebrows are not long, beards are long, and for ordinary wage earners, the pressure of life is really getting heavier and heavier. On the other hand, the rapid development of the market economy has also created a large number of opportunities for those powerful people to accumulate wealth, and corruption phenomena of all sizes have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and "the temple is poor and the abbot is rich" can be seen everywhere!

It is no wonder that He Chiquan has long had the idea of starting his own business, although his current position and treatment are good, but there is always a feeling that his fate is controlled or controlled by others, and once the business is successful, he can not only re-control his own destiny, but also obtain security for the future!

Lin Qiang understood his mood very well, but he also told him frankly that there are reefs everywhere in the commercial sea, and there is a danger of capsizing at any time, and not all people who dare to go to sea can become tide makers. After all, it's not the time to be young, and you can't be impulsive, so you should still wait for the opportunity.

Lin Qiang is a person who has seen some storms in these old classmates, and he advocates that when everyone reaches this age, they should no longer do desperate things, and they don't have to go to the sea, but should explore and use the existing classmates to communicate with each other, maybe there will be unexpected gains.

Everyone chatted until four o'clock in the morning. Guan Gong and the others had to rush back to Fengcheng overnight, and the only classmates from other places were Zhou Jie and the military commander.

On the way back to the hotel, the military commander quietly asked Lin Qiang: "Lin Qiang, you really haven't seen us Zhou Zhou since you joined the work?"

Lin Qiang asked rhetorically, "Is it weird?"

The commander grimaced at him and smiled without saying a word-------

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Dear readers and friends, "Confucian Merchants" is the sequel to my other "Time Apocalypse" that is being serialized, if you want to have a deeper understanding of Lin Qiang, Cao Xu, Wen Jie, Qin Xiaohua, Zhou Jie and others' previous experiences, please read "Time Apocalypse" first, and please give more suggestions, send more comments, thank you!