The first time they met, Lan Xinyan saved Yuan Qiuhua.

Yuan Qiuhua went to Dongguan Yuhua Shoe Factory as a tram worker, did high cars, sewing machines, and manual work, and worked overtime, with a monthly salary of only five or six hundred yuan. Whether she is a general worker or a technician, she is not reconciled, and is always looking for a further way out. However, in Taiwan-funded factories, even the smallest level of management personnel, the team leader, is Taiwanese, and migrant workers from all over the country have few opportunities for internal promotion except for outstanding talents specially recruited by the president.

The factory implements two shifts, a rotation of fifteen days, Yuan Qiuhua either changes shifts with workers, she specializes in night shifts, does not rest after night shifts, and goes to various factories in various towns to apply for jobs during the day, or saves shifts, day and night shifts in a row, saves up for a few days, and goes to the talent market in Dongguan City to try her luck. Being a worker is not her ambition, but being a white-collar worker is her goal. However, whether she enters the factory or the company, the standard configuration of white-collar workers must be college degree or above, and she only has a high Chinese certificate, and she is still a night school for employees, and her resume cannot be submitted, and the interview cannot be passed, and she often returns home. However, she thinks that she still has a special talent, and all kinds of literary award certificates, works published in major newspapers and periodicals, and membership certificates issued by the Provincial Writers Association can prove that she is competent for literary desk work.

After saving three days off, she came to the Southern Talent Center Building in Guangzhou City, and spent 20 yuan to sell tickets to enter the recruitment venue, consulting and submitting resumes for newspapers, factory magazines, magazines, advertising companies, and publishing houses. In the evening, they will stay in a hive apartment for 20 yuan a night, or a private guest house underground.

Most of these private inns are rented by landlords with four bunk beds in each room, and each guest is charged 10 yuan for one night. The fee is not expensive, but because of its status as a "black shop", it often encounters all kinds of night checks, and the most frequent occurrence is that the real and false joint defense team raids the "temporary residence permit". Wearing army green camouflage uniforms, stepping on high-top army shoes, holding a strong flashlight in one hand and waving a baton in the other, they broke into the door, drank and ordered the guests to gather in the living room, squatted down with their heads in their hands, and then called the numbers in turn, asking the guests to get their ID cards and temporary residence permits to their respective luggage bags. If you don't have a temporary residence permit, you can be exempted from penalty for the first three days with a train ticket. If it exceeds three days, a fine of 100 shall be imposed. If they do not have an identity card, they will be sent to a shelter or a repatriation station when they are vagrants (blind streams). There are two licenses, but if you live in an illegal "black shop", the guest will be fined 50, and the owner will be fined 100.

Knowing that it is "black", I still want to stay, of course, just to save money. People are poor and thrifty, save if they can, and ignore risks. Unwilling to be punished for no reason, the shopkeeper spends money on "inside information", and as soon as they set off, the customers have been evacuated to the streets. They threw themselves into the air, turned to the streets and alleys, and checked the "two certificates" when they caught people with suspicious deeds.

That night, Yuan Qiuhua was wandering the streets when he was caught by four joint defense members. She obediently took out her temporary residence permit and ID card and handed them over. Unexpectedly, they said: The photo on the card is not like you, it must be an impostor.

Yuan Qiuhua made an application: If you are suspicious, you can call the PP machine of our factory supervisor to check my identity and verify my situation.

They flatly refused: Hey, little girl, you don't think there are too many things, I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic, right? For a few small dishes, do you want our director to contact your boss?

Yuan Qiuhua was speechless.

They opened their mouths and were fined two hundred. In this bustling big city, Yuan Qiuhua has no relatives, and in the face of hegemony, he can only obediently pay money and pay fines.

They took the money and put it in their pockets, without showing the ticket or leaving the receipt.

Yuan Qiuhua understood that he was hacked and slaughtered, but he was helpless.

They turned and walked away.

Yuan Qiuhua shouted: Wait, have you forgotten?

They laughed evilly: Sister love, come to chase after your brother! If you catch up, don't talk about the "two certificates", even the "anti-pornography certificate" and "drug addiction certificate" will be issued to you.

Yuan Qiuhua knew that he had encountered a "black-hearted person" in the fake joint defense. She didn't dare to chase it, nor did she dare to ask for a certificate, but instead accelerated her pace and walked towards the "black shop" where she was staying. Lonely and miserable, she has realized that "black shops" are safer than "black-hearted people".

But they returned and pursued Yuan Qiuhua.

Yuan Qiuhua ran away. Ran to the intersection, just at this time, a motorcycle met a red light and stopped beside her. She didn't have time to look at the rider, so she raised her leg and stepped into the back seat, crying and begging: Please, go quickly! I met a bad guy, help me!

They chased and shouted. One said, "Wife, don't run away!" I know it's wrong, and I won't beat you again when I drink in the future.

The other said: Sister-in-law, if my brother admits his mistake, you will be angry, okay?

Another said, "Don't run away, sister-in-law!" You run back to your mother's house, and we have to get you back, don't we?

The rider looked back at Yuan Qiuhua: What's the matter? Is the young couple fighting? I'll send you to the police office, how about it?

Yuan Qiuhua was angry and anxious, and burst into tears all of a sudden: Save me first! Believe me first! Please, go quickly!

The rider hesitated: "What a fool?" If you don't make it clear, how can I help?

Yuan Qiuhua's heart was horizontal, and his expression was abruptly awe-inspiring: If you don't save you when you see death, forget it! Fuck you! The old lady will die by hitting the wall, and she must not be ruined by them!

The rider smiled, picked up the camera, and took pictures at them: What a coincidence, I grabbed the news everywhere, but I didn't expect the news to be delivered to the door.

They stopped: "Who, don't be a dog and a mouse—nosy!

The rider laughed: No matter how hard your backstage is, please do good things for me, I generally don't cause trouble, once I do, it's not called trouble, it's called news.

They looked at each other and fled.

Yuan Qiuhua said: Are you a reporter?

The rider said, "You are so strange, don't thank me, check me." Say, where are you going? I'll send you!

Yuan Qiuhua said: I was deceived by them for my ID card and temporary residence permit, and I couldn't live in a hotel. Otherwise, you're going to ride thousands of miles and take me back to the factory? I'll pay you for gas.

The rider said, "Wow, you are the reincarnation of Guan Gong."

Yuan Qiuhua said: A good person will do it to the end, send the Buddha to heaven, I will rely on you.

The rider said: My home is nearby, do you dare to go to my house?

Yuan Qiuhua said: If you are not afraid that I am a liar, I am not afraid that you are a hooligan, if you dare, I will dare!

The rider, Lan Xinyan, brought Yuan Qiuhua back to his studio.

It was night, and Lan Xinyan slept in room 606. Yuan Qiuhua slept in room 608.