Chapter 1: Did I Cross Over?
It is another golden autumn harvest season, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Zhong came back from his hometown, and changed the joy before returning home, leaving only a tired face. Sitting on the sofa, his ears seemed to be haunting the questions of his family, do you have a partner, and when will you be promoted and raised? Li Zhong shook his head painfully, thinking back on this scene, he really had a little headache. It's been more than 8 years since I went to work in a blink of an eye, except for the weight gain, nothing has changed, Li Zhong smiled bitterly, the city is not big, the pace is not fast, and the price is not low.
In a small fourth-tier city, as a small clerk of a real estate company, Li Zhong does not seem to see much hope of soaring. Day by day, unhurried to work, the company's sales department is still scattered with visiting customers, how can there be the legendary feeling of gold nine and silver ten. But this season, the real estate in the news seems to be resurrected again, and people in first- and second-tier cities are crazy to buy houses before the purchase restriction order is introduced, as if there is no house after this policy comes out. There are only a few lines missing, and the difference is so big, Li Zhong is very depressed. When I think of the development process of the domestic super real estate companies I watched some time ago, I feel like building an empire, which makes people's blood boil, and it is hundreds of billions or trillions of enterprise scales at every turn. It's just amazing!
In the evening, a group of fox friends and dog friends meet to eat and drink together. I recall that I had just graduated and came to work here in 2005, when the company had just been established, and most of them were young people, many of whom were college graduates. Everyone doesn't have much to do, and after work at night, they go out to eat, drink, and sing K. Now that most of them are married, and everyone doesn't come out much, they are all at home with their children and wives, and there are only a few people left, and Li Zhong sighed with emotion halfway.
The autumn wind swept away the leaves, a little cold, Li Zhong shivered, the sun was still shining at noon, and it became so cold at this time, and he suddenly remembered that the weather forecast said that there were thundershowers today. Whatever, I took a taxi back after a while, comforted myself, and a few buddies were there chatting very well, and I drank a lot of wine unconsciously.
After eating, it was already raining outside, it wasn't raining too much, and there were occasionally a few lightning bolts, so Li Zhong decided to ride the electric car and hurry home. The not-so-bright streetlights pitifully illuminated the bustling four-lane road. Li Zhong rode the electric fast, recalling the hard experience in the real estate industry, from not knowing anything, to slowly becoming experienced, he also read a lot of related books, and learned about the hardships of many industry bigwigs. was distracted, a bolt of lightning fell from the sky, not crooked, not slanted just on Li Zhong's body, and the hurried pedestrians next to him were stunned, what is the situation, the plot in the movie. The point is that people disappear out of thin air. The electric rush went into the green belt in front of it. The pedestrians around stopped and began to take pictures, post on Weibo, and post on WeChat Moments.
Li Zhong felt like he had fallen into a deep, deep pool, he couldn't breathe, and the strength of the wine just now was all gone, leaving him with the feeling of suffocation. Is this what it feels like to be struck to death by lightning? Li Zhong slowly lost consciousness.
The sun shone on his face, warm, Li Zhong opened his eyes and took a look, and was ready to close his eyes and go back to sleep, but he no longer felt sleepy, could it be that he had a dream, and in the dream he went back to work? The scene in front of him seemed to be his hometown! This dream was too real! Let's sleep for a while, turned over, Li Zhong felt that something was wrong, why did his body become lighter? Now Li Zhong really couldn't sleep, turned over and got out of bed and went to the mirror, Li Zhong was completely stunned, he couldn't react for a long time, isn't this what he looked like in high school? Looking around, the furniture at home is also the same as it was a long time ago, what the hell is going on?
Li Zhong decided to go out to have a look, and as soon as he went out, he saw Aunt Chen coming out of the house, my, hell, did Aunt Chen die of cancer more than ten years ago? Could it be that now he is dreaming, and he has indeed returned to work in the unit, but now he is just in a dream? Li Zhong is facing his parents, very young parents! Li Zhong raised his hand and pinched his face fiercely, and a hot pain immediately came to his face, this is really not a dream? It's getting more and more wrong, I was obviously drinking with my friends yesterday, how can I go back to my hometown today.
"I can't cross over, right?" As a science fiction fan, Li Zhong has watched many science fiction movies, but he never dared to believe that such a thing would happen to him. Look carefully at how you have a virtue with your high school days. So how old is he now? What grade is high school?"There are still 7 days before the results come out, right?" Li Zhong's mother saw that Li Zhong had been in a daze, thinking that he was nervous about the college entrance examination results, "Don't think about it after the exam, just wait for the results to come out with peace of mind, if you can't take the exam, don't take the exam again, don't have a psychological burden, take a good rest" Li Zhong's brain buzzed, I was dizzy, I really crossed over!
However, Li Zhong quickly recognized this reality. Although it is difficult to accept, the plot in the novel movie really appears on me. And I just finished the college entrance examination, waiting for the results at home, I was reluctantly admitted to a second university after repeating, and now I let myself review for another year and take the college entrance examination, it must not work, I have long forgotten all about high school knowledge. This is simply torment, recalling that my studies used to be average, but now how to take the exam, how can I no longer have the level of the year in a year, let alone improve. I've been working for 8 or 9 years, and after I worked, I only cared about real estate and the Internet industry, so I couldn't get into a good university. No, you can't repeat your studies to take the college entrance examination, since you can't get into the good university of your choice, you don't have to go to it! If you don't have a good job after graduation, you might as well work hard while you're young, and maybe you can mix it up! Going to college doesn't necessarily lead to good development, and that's how you feel when you've been working for a few years, but will your family agree? It's really a little tangled.
That night, Li Zhong told his parents about this matter, indicating that if he couldn't pass the exam this year, he would no longer take the exam, and he also had a younger sister at home, and he was going to work outside to reduce the burden on the family. After talking for 3 hours, Li Zhong's attitude was very resolute in how his parents persuaded and reasoned. In the end, the honest father decided to respect Li Zhong's opinion.
Convincing his parents, Li Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, thinking about the future entrepreneurial path, a little unknown, a little confused, but as a person who came back from time travel, how could he not mix too badly, right?