In Sioux City in July, there's a restless air in the air.

Lin Dong felt a little out of breath, his chest was very tight, he pulled the tie around his neck, and looked up at the very low sky, there seemed to be a violent storm brewing above the dark clouds.

Unconsciously walked downstairs to the company, looked up at the company's signboard, and the words "Yuanhe Securities" came into view, only to feel that the stone pressed on the chest was even heavier.

Just about to enter the elevator and go upstairs, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang, and when he looked at the number, it was his roommate Li Tingsong from college. Lin Dong walked into the corridor next to the elevator, leaned on the railing, and connected Li Tingsong's phone.

"Hey, boss, how's it going?" Li Tingsong's excited voice came from the other end of the phone.

"That's it, fool." Lin Dong didn't want to answer this question, and he was most afraid to answer it. Lin Dong, who was in the limelight in the university with both character and learning, is no longer in the limelight, and he is almost down to the point where he can't pay the rent.

Li Tingsong and Lin Dong have a good relationship in school, so whenever there is any happy event, they will call him as soon as possible. Therefore, Lin Dong clearly knows when he first had a girlfriend and kissed a girl for the first time.

"Boss, I've been promoted, just now the leader of our unit found me and chatted with me, and it is estimated that the official notice will come out next week."

Hearing the good news of Li Tingsong's promotion, Lin Dong felt very complicated in his heart, some were happy, some were frustrated, and even a little angry!

As a good brother, Lin Dong is of course happy for Li Tingsong. But in his eyes, Li Tingsong is just a boy, like the flowers in the greenhouse, he has never suffered at all, and even in the exams in college, he relied on his help every time to avoid the bad luck of failing the course. But Li Tingsong's life is better than him, he has a father who is an official and a mother who is a businessman, the family is rich and powerful, and after graduation, he directly entered the political axe agency in Suzhou City.

"Third, do a good job, the boss is happy for you!"

Li Tingsong said on the phone, talking about the recent situation of some classmates. Lin Dong coped with another "uh-huh", and after more than ten minutes, he finally waited until Li Tingsong had nothing to say.

Hanging up the phone, Lin Dong took a deep breath, his mood fluctuated, and he recalled countless memories......

After graduating from university, Lin Dong did not return to his hometown of Huaicheng. He is accustomed to the prosperity of Sioux City, and dreams of one day being able to gain a foothold in the city with his own ability and fight for his own piece of the world. But the reality is cruel, a month after graduation, he submitted his resume everywhere to find a job, spent more than 300 yuan, and was so poor that he only had less than 500 yuan left in his pocket, and paid 300 yuan in rent, and the money for food was not enough, it was really to the point of exhaustion.

The situation is stronger than people, so he had to go to a company to work as a warehouse manager first, 1,500 a month, live in a warehouse, and don't spend money on three meals.

Half a year after graduation, Lin Dong received a call from his father, and the village chief returned the dowry to their family. Thinking of the situation four years ago, I sighed.

At that time, Lin Dong was admitted to the university and became the first person in Liulinzhuang to be admitted to the university. Liu Zhi'er, the daughter of the village head, and Lin Dong's childhood sweethearts, grew up together. That summer, Liu Dahai took the initiative to come to the door and decided the marriage of Lin Dong and Liu Zhi'er.

Liu Dahai thought that if he married his daughter to a college student, he would be able to follow him, but later when he learned about Lin Dong's current work and income, his intestines were repentant, and despite Liu Zhier's strong opposition, he proposed to the Lin family to regret the marriage.

Lin Dong's parents had no choice but to agree. Soon after, Liu Dahai found his in-laws again, and heard that the man's father was a cadre in the township. Later, he received a letter from Liu Zhi'er, the envelope contained a silk handkerchief, which was brought to her by Lin Dong from Suzhou City to her hometown during the winter vacation of his freshman year.

Ten fingers are connected to the heart, the blood flowing from the fingers comes from the heart, holding the handkerchief that has been soaked in willow branches' tears, Lin Dong, who never sheds tears, cried a lot, knowing that Liu Zhi'er loves him, but without money, they can't have a future.

Lin Dong fell seriously ill and lost fifteen pounds at once. After that, he woke up and realized the importance of money, so he resolutely quit his job as a warehouse keeper, and then went to an Internet café for a day, visited various recruitment websites, and submitted a lot of resumes.

Later, he received an interview call from a company, and the other party said the name of the company, Lin Dong immediately remembered, because when he was browsing the web, the company's recruitment advertisement was very attractive, "buy a car in one year and buy a house in two years". After a week of training, Lin Dong passed the examination with high scores and obtained the qualification for the securities industry.

After the official entry, I understood the company's assessment system, within half a year, the customer assets must reach 3 million, otherwise they will be eliminated. Lin Dong worked very hard, and he was very active in marketing every day when he was stationed in the bank, but the decline for four consecutive years has made many shareholders lose confidence, and most of them are short and do not do stocks.

Most of the colleagues who joined the company at the same time as him were locals, and some of them achieved 3 million customer assets in a month and completed the company's assessment by relying on their inherent connections. And he is not a Sioux City native, he has no customer resources, and can only accumulate step by step on his own, so the progress is very slow.

"Hey, Lin Dong, it's you, what are you doing here, hurry upstairs, there is a meeting at half past four!" Gao Qian's words interrupted Lin Dong's memories, and when Lin Dong looked up, what he saw was Gao Qian's plump buttocks. This Sioux native girl is warm and cheerful, some baby fat, and in order to burn fat, she has been walking up and down the stairs.

"Why are you taking the stairs today? Is it difficult to lose weight? Gao Qian has a lot of words, and she seems to be familiar with everyone.

Lin Dong couldn't tell her what was on his mind, so he lied and said, "I haven't exercised for a long time, and I can't climb the stairs to exercise." Hey, Gao Qian, you look very happy today, huh? ”

Gao Qian turned around and smiled at him, "Let me tell you quietly, I sold 100,000 yuan of task funds today, and I can get 1,200 yuan in commission." ”

Lin Dong squeezed out a smile, "Congratulations, Gao Qian." ”

The two chatted and chatted to the sixth floor, and each returned to the desk, where Xu Liren, a colleague who led the table, also entered the company at the same time as him, and was fighting the landlord on the computer. Xu Liren's family background is good, he has many rich relatives, and he has completed the assessment of 3 million after joining the company for a month.

In a result-oriented company like Yuanhe Securities, as long as the performance is good, let alone playing games during work hours, even if you go home and sleep, no one will care about you.

The company's regular meeting was held from half past four to half past five. After the regular meeting, Lin Dong received a call from his immediate boss Guo Kai, asking Lin Dong to go to his office. At this time, the company's colleagues began to go home from work one after another, and Lin Dong knocked on the door of Guo Kai's office.

"Manager Guo, you look for me."

Lin Dong entered Guo Kai's office, Guo Kai pointed to the chair opposite and motioned for him to sit down.

Guo Kai has been in the securities industry for almost five years, has experienced bear markets and bull markets, and once made a fortune in the bull market.

"Xiaolin, what problems have you encountered recently?" Guo Kai got straight to the point and asked directly.

Lin Dong shook his head, it's not that he doesn't have a problem, but that his problem has always existed and can't be solved.

"Xiaolin, you are the hardest working colleague in the company, not only me, but also the three CEOs. You also know that the company's system will not change because you are alone, so ......" Guo Kai said this, and didn't say any more, he really couldn't bear to hit this young man in front of him. Although Lin Dong has no background, Guo Kai has always been very optimistic about him, in his eyes, Lin Dong is a calm and calm employee, willing to work hard, such an employee is exactly what all companies lack.

Lin Dong understood what he meant, "I'm on the blacklist of elimination, I know what to do, and I will take the initiative to leave tomorrow." On the way back to the company, Lin Dong had received a group letter from the company, and his name Hao Ran was on the elimination list.

Guo Kai sighed, "Don't be in a hurry to resign, there is still half a month before you have been in the company for half a year." Lin Dong, I won't say much else, I hope you can stay! ”

After suffering the cold eyes of many colleagues in the company, Lin Dong's heart was very moved when he heard Guo Kai's words. Even if the ending is inevitable after half a month, he must persevere to the end, and until the last moment, he must not give up first.

It takes 50 minutes to take the bus from the company to Lin Dong's rented house, and it was already seven o'clock when Lin Dong got off the bus. The area where he lives is called Dafeng New Village, and as far as the eye can see, there are a series of low-rise bungalows, which is often referred to as an urban village, and those who live here are all from other places who come to Sioux City to work.

In order to save money, Lin Dong rented a bungalow of only eight square meters.

The wind was blowing, and Lin Dong suddenly felt much cooler. He is not in a hurry to go back, this moment is the most lively time in Dafeng New Village, there are vendors setting up stalls everywhere, and the smell of snacks from all over the world wafts in the air. Lin Dong spent three yuan to buy a piece of egg cake for dinner, and while nibbling on the egg cake, he walked towards the used book stall in front.

Squatting in front of the stall and flipping through the books for a while, or the books I had read before, I suddenly lost interest, and in a blink of an eye, there was a stall next to the old book stall, and there were some antique jade and other things, I had never seen this stall before, and I couldn't help but come to the antique stall and fiddle with the pile of copper plates that were born patina.

"What do you need, lad? I'm all good stuff. The stall owner was an old man of about seventy years old, playing with a purple sand teapot in his hand, squinting his eyes.

Lin Dong wondered in his heart, the nearby residents were all migrant workers who worked hard for their lives, and this old man actually came to the urban village to sell antiques, if he was not blind, he must be a liar who sold fake goods.

"Don't touch those copper-smelling things, it's too dirty. Come on, this one is for you. I didn't see how the old man made a move, and a jade piece-like thing fell in front of Lin Dong.

Lin Dong picked up the jade piece and looked at it carefully, the jade piece was about the same size as a playing card, and there was a small hole in the upper middle that could be worn with a lanyard, and the thickness was about five millimeters. He didn't understand jade, and he didn't know if it was real jade, but he felt that the hand holding the jade piece was cold and cold, and it was very comfortable.

"Young man, your bones are strange, and you are the best match for this ice and jade thing. Since you are destined to meet it, don't miss it. ”

Lin Dong didn't know why, he didn't want to think about it, so he blurted out and asked, "How much is this piece of jade?" ”

"Two hundred!" The old man squinted and held out two fingers.

Lin Dong couldn't afford this price at all, put down the jade piece, got up and prepared to go home. The old man suddenly opened his eyes, looked at him, and said with a smile: "Since there is fate, the price is easy to say." You make an offer. ”

Somehow, Lin Dong seemed to be fascinated by his mind, and his eyes couldn't leave the jade piece.

"A hundred." Lin Dong tentatively quoted the price.

"Okay, deal!" Unexpectedly, the old man agreed, and quickly wrapped the jade piece and handed it to Lin Dong, who reluctantly took out a red ticket from his trouser pocket and gave it to him.

Lin Dong returned to the rented house, took a bucket of cold water and took a shower, which was much cooler all of a sudden, and after more than ten minutes, he felt more bored in his chest. Lying on the bed, holding the jade piece in his hand, he suddenly came to his senses, regretting it, and didn't know how he could spend a hundred yuan to buy this thing. That's ten days' worth of food!

"What a fucking loser!" Lin Dong felt sorry for the hundred yuan and slapped himself twice.

Xia Yue's nights are always difficult, it is already more than ten o'clock in the evening, Lin Dong is lying on the bed, tossing and turning, there is no sleepiness at all, the room is too hot, even the wind blowing from the fan is hot. The jade piece was thrown aside by him, and in the darkness, there seemed to be a trickle surging inside the jade piece, emitting a faint clear glow.

Lin Dong turned over, his eyes were just aimed at the location of the jade piece, and suddenly he felt a cool air blowing on his face, and when he opened his eyes, in the dark, the jade piece was clear and radiant, exuding a cold aura.

He was startled, turned over and sat up, grabbed the jade piece, one hand suddenly cooled, and the cold and comfortable feeling spread all over the body, and when he looked closely, there was really a liquid flowing slowly in the jade piece, and the clear light on the surface seemed to be overflowing from the inside of the jade piece.

Lin Dong was surprised, and his heart was shocked, thinking that this jade piece was very strange, and it should not be an ordinary thing.

"Did I come and find a treasure on the stall?" Lin Dong was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his head was full of fantasies, and he decided to go to the jade shop tomorrow to find someone who understands jade to appraise it, maybe it is really a rare antique, then it will be developed.

In the dark, the jade piece lay quietly on Lin Dong's chest, the surface of the jade piece was wrapped in a ball of clear light, like an undercurrent slowly surging, and a trace of it seeped into his body through the pores, it felt very comfortable, just like swimming in the river behind his hometown on dog days.

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