I snapped my eyes open from the hospital bed, and it was as if I had slept for a long, long time, and I looked at everything around me that was unfamiliar, and a feeling of weakness came from my back, spreading to every inch of my body. I moved my arm, but I felt that my whole tendon was as if a hand was pulling.

How did I end up here, I remember I went to the publishing house to sign up and had a car accident on the way back.

My name is Zhao Miao, I am twenty-three years old this year, I once fantasized about making some achievements at the age of twenty-four, so I took the art examination despite the opposition of my family. I was admitted to a local art school in Northeast China, but I was so enthusiastic and proud that I discovered the sinister nature of this society immediately after graduation, and I didn't have a suitable job for my professional counterpart.

After graduating from university, I have been idle at home, because it is a local art college, so the environment of the university is not miserable, it can also be said that the miasma of black smoke, in addition to drinking and smoking, I have not learned any skills that can be around, but fortunately, the imagination is quite rich, and then at the suggestion of An Jin, I began to try to write a novel, wrote a novel of only a few hundred thousand words, I didn't expect that a publishing house found me by phone, said it would be published for me, originally I listened to it as a scam call, but then listened carefully to what he said, especially as long as the contract is successful, there will be a high manuscript fee, which is so high that it is difficult for me to refuseAs long as I have this manuscript fee, I can prove myself

I excitedly told An Jin that I was about to become famous, and it all started with her words. She asked me to go to her place in the evening to celebrate, I smiled, thinking that maybe it was she who brought back the dishes that others ordered too many unwanted dishes from the restaurant where she worked, but it didn't matter, because I knew that as long as I got this money, I could let her live a life of fine clothes and food, and finally I didn't have to endure the white eyes of the old man Jiang in the restaurant.

According to the agreed signing time, there are still a few days, I simply packed my luggage, and then with a few local hair Hu to eat and drink, I remember the night before leaving a few of us drunk, I got up the next day when I felt a headache, a look at the wall clock from the departure of only more than an hour, I took out a few painkillers from the drawer at the head of the bed and swallowed them, and then hurriedly took the luggage and took a taxi and went straight to the station, if I usually would not take a taxi, but I was relieved to think that I was going to get rich overnight。

If this goes well, a week can return, so no one came to see off, only I was alone with a heavy trolley box, but I just arrived at the station but found a serious problem, my ID card fell at home, although I live in the county is not big, but the railway station and my home are at both ends of the county, now there is only more than half an hour left from the departure of the train, if it is definitely too late to go back and forth, I had to go to the visa office to open a temporary certificate, and delayed some time.

After I got in the car, I leaned back in the seat to recuperate, the alcohol I drank last night is still paralyzing my brain, a little dizzy, I don't know when a man in a leather jacket has been sitting on the seat next to me, I am impressed because it is summer, although it is the northeast, but the temperature is still terrible, his thick leather jacket does not look like a summer dress, I laughed at him all the way in my heart.

Nearly 9 hours of turbulence from early morning to dusk sat in a daze, as soon as I arrived at the station I was excited, I looked at this strange high-rise buildings and the crowd of people, I knew that this is the destination, Chawa Chong City

I noticed that the man in the leather jacket walked out of the station, and then walked straight to a Santana sedan with a license plate of Tea A Five Seven parked outside the station. A man in a black tunic got out of the car, his chest was carved with a gilded yaozi, and the motorcycle waiting next to him seemed to be far away from the man, the man in the tunic bowed respectfully to the man, and then handed the key in his hand to the man, the man did not speak, straightened his scarf, and then got into the car, unscrewed the key door.

In the envious and jealous eyes of everyone, he walked away

I didn't expect this man to be a rich man, the rich man's dressing style is really incomprehensible, I shook my head, but I was thinking about whether to go back to the whole car, and when the time comes, I will stop at the door of the hotel in Lao Jiangtou, which is simply too good.

But seeing that I was looking left and right, countless motorcycles began to come up and compete for customers, one by one stretched their necks, their faces were red and red, and they saw that they began to pay back ten yuan, and then simply dropped to five yuan

Spent dozens of dollars to find a guest house that was okay, I just arrived in the tea city on the first night did not go out for a walk, but first in the hotel to sort out their own novel manuscripts, sorted out to more than two o'clock in the middle of the night, the restaurant outside has basically closed, I ordered a bucket of instant noodles at the front desk of the hotel, a bottle of beer, even if it is to deal with the past, although dizzy, but still want to drink a bottle, this is called thorough in our northeast, after eating noodles, I suddenly remembered that An Jin asked me to call her back.

I dialed the phone at the front desk of the guest house, but I heard a busy sound on the other end.

I thought that it was past two o'clock, and I might have fallen asleep, so I went to the public bathroom of the guest house and spent four dollars to take a shower and fall asleep.

Early the next morning, I deliberately got a haircut, put on a suit bought in advance, put on a satchel, and came to the company according to the agreed place and time, I waited there for three hours, and no one came to receive me, even the reception girl dressed at the front desk at the door has been changed batch after batch, but no matter how I change, I read something from their eyes, that is a kind of disdain, just lightly said that the editor-in-chief is not there, and began to talk about cosmetics and famous brands on the side, most of which are brands I have never heard of。

I glanced down at the clothes on my body, raised my sleeves and smelled it, I think it's right, after all, I'm still a country boy from other places, and the locals of Tea City have a sense of superiority in their hearts

I kept adjusting my sitting posture, fiddling with my hair, five hours passed, I don't know how many glasses of water I drank, the editor-in-chief still didn't show up, finally I couldn't sit still, I took out the editor-in-chief's phone and ran to the public phone booth downstairs to call, and the editor-in-chief's phone has been busy, I thought, maybe people are too busy, so I sat back on the sofa quietly, after all, I came to sign a contract, can't be too anxious.

At this time, I saw a novel called "The Final Weapon" on the table, that writer I have heard, it seems to be very popular recently, what is Bai Junmo. I was bored, so I picked up the novel and looked at it, the more I read it, the more I felt that it was wrong, the content of this novel seemed to be seen somewhere, and suddenly a thought rushed to my mind, I seemed to have been deceived, the content of this novel was almost the same as the novel I wrote except for the names of the characters...... I immediately understood what was going on, because I had sent the work to him in order to gain the trust of the editor-in-chief, but I didn't expect him to move so quickly, but I couldn't figure out why the author's name had become Bai Junmo.

A feeling of anger raced from the bottom of my feet to the top of my head, and if I had a knife in front of me, I would have rushed to the editor-in-chief's office.

I can't sit like that, I told myself, so I picked up the book and headed for the editor-in-chief's office.

Suddenly, the reception lady at the front desk stopped me and said, "I'm sorry, the editor-in-chief is not here, you can't go in." ”

I lowered my head, cast half of my face, and said softly, "Get out of the way."

She didn't look like she was out of the way, she directly blocked me and stretched out her arms to block my sight and said, "Sir, I have already said that the editor-in-chief is not here, and I will call the security guard if you do this again." ”

I pointed in the direction of the editor-in-chief's office and yelled, "You bastard! I know you're in there, get out of here!"

I felt as if I had lost my mind, and I could even feel the editor-in-chief in the office smiling at me, and I finally figured out the sympathy of the front desk lady, maybe this was not the first time they had seen this kind of thing......

I've been strong since I was a child, and I've never experienced this kind of wretchedness.

At this moment, I felt as if I was very close to my dream, but in an instant I fell into the abyss, this roller coaster like ups and downs stimulated the violent tendencies in my heart, I was about to rush in to teach the editor-in-chief to be a man to be trustworthy, suddenly I saw a few big men who were obviously taller than me walking in my direction......

I know, it seems that there is no benefit today, although I have been fighting with the two dogs next door since I was a child, but with my small body of 82 meters, I can't beat several of them anyway.

At this time, perhaps the security guard arrived, and the office door opened.

The fat-headed, big-eared editor-in-chief walked out of the office with a smile on his face, his huge lips moved, and he smiled: "Your novel is really well written, very talented young man." But we are also well-intentioned, you must know that in this year, even if a new writer writes well, no one will read it, we can only choose more famous writers to cooperate, if you feel unwilling, there are two thousand yuan in this, you can become the gunman of our publishing house, and your works will definitely be seen by more people."

What are you kidding, I want to send Lao Tzu away for two thousand yuan, am I such a person who is so short of money, this novel is almost my half-year effort, I feel as if there is a fire burning on my face, I want to refuse, but I just stood there, and took the money handed over by the fat editor-in-chief with trembling hands, and the editor-in-chief shook his head with a smile

"We said 100,000 yuan, why is it only 2,000!" I asked, looking at the bag in my hand

"Two thousand yuan is a lot, you go to work outside now and your salary is only a few hundred yuan a month, people have to learn to be content, it's not a good thing to be too ambitious......" The fat editor-in-chief grabbed my neck and smiled, "I've never seen so much money in my life, take this money, stop and go home, we can still cooperate with good works in the future......"

"You're lying to me!" I blushed and pointed at the fat editor-in-chief

"What is a lie, what evidence do you have to prove that this novel was written by you? This novel is now published by Bai Junmo first, even if you have an identical one, it is you who plagiarized, and now I just let the security guard blow you out, you can't get a penny, and you are not satisfied with giving you two thousand yuan?" The fat editor-in-chief frowned and said quite unhappily

"You ......" I really didn't expect this fat editor-in-chief to be so shameless, pointing at the fat editor-in-chief for a long time without saying a word, it seems that there is really no evidence to prove the infringement of the fat editor-in-chief, I can only blame me for believing him easily, thinking of the fat man's impassioned words on the phone before, it turned out to be all a lie, I was sad...... But it was not convincing at all, it seemed that it was destined to be a lesson, and I could even hear the voices of the people working in the publishing house, and imagine them laughing at me, and I felt the greatest insult to my dignity at this moment......

I watched the front desk lady staring at the stack of money, her eyes lit up, I don't know where the backbone came from, I threw the money directly on her face, and then gritted my teeth and said, "Yours."

Then one hand grabbed the neckline of the editor-in-chief and said coldly: "Give me 100,000 yuan, otherwise I will sue you for infringement."

The editor-in-chief looked disdainful, with an expression that I had seen too much like you, and I felt that the security guard behind me had taken another step forward

Seeing the eager security guard behind me, I put down the editor-in-chief, straightened his neckline, slapped the book on his chest, and said lightly: "This name is really ugly", and then ignored the stunned editor-in-chief and the front desk lady, pushed away the security guard, straightened his collar, and turned to leave.

The editor-in-chief may have felt a little unbearable on his face, and silently muttered a sentence, toasting and not eating and drinking.

The weather in midsummer is like this, maybe the sun is still hot a moment ago, and then it will be a torrential downpour, just a good weather actually rained, I was like a soulless body strolling on the streets of the tea city, just now I felt that there was a fire burning on my face, and now I regret it, why did I give the two thousand yuan to the front desk lady with a hot head, two thousand yuan can at least invite An Jin to have a meal, and I can also change a motorcycle for my father, I have a sour feeling in my heart, very aggrieved, and the tears do not fall.

When I think of An Jin, the corners of my mouth overflow with a wry smile, she is my hair small, and the only person who is willing to believe that I can succeed, we live in the same shanty area, grew up together, and my only female friend, she is a single parent, and my mother is seriously ill, but I have never seen a trace of complaint on her face, she is always so positive and optimistic, in comparison, I found that my tolerance is so poor.

I looked at the sky and didn't mean to clear, and walked directly to the guest house, those people were red again, but this time I ignored them, I didn't even bring an umbrella, I have never been in the habit of carrying an umbrella, maybe my whole body will be soaked, but only the feeling of rain hitting my body and passing through my clothes can make me feel that I am still alive.

As soon as I walked into the guest house, I heard the front desk call me, saying that there was a call to find me, I didn't want to know who it was, so I called An Jin directly, and An Jin's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Big writer, how is it going over there, is it going well?"

I just wanted to scold, but I held back, and said with a wry smile: "It's going well, wait for me to go back and invite you to a big meal."

"Then I'll wait to eat and drink spicy food with the big writer in the future......" An Jin's voice was full of laughter, and before she could finish speaking, she heard the noisy voice of Old Man Jiang scolding from the other end of the phone, and it seemed that it was a secret call during working hours

"Wait for me......" I suddenly thought that I didn't get a penny at all, and my nose was sore, but when I thought that An Jin was still on the other end of the phone, I said firmly, and I didn't know if she heard it, so I hung up the phone directly

I went back to the guest house to pack my things and returned the deposit directly to the train station

As soon as I walked out of the guest house, a bright light made my eyes hurt, and then a loud whistle sounded, and an ominous premonition hit my heart, and for a moment my hairs stood on end......

With a sharp sound of brakes, a sharp pain spread throughout my body......

My last impression was that a man in a leather jacket with a solemn black umbrella appeared in front of me, and I suddenly recognized him as the man sitting next to me on the train, because he was wearing that leather jacket!