I used to read those officialdom novels, and they were always talking about standing in line, standing in line.

I was thinking, what does it mean to stand in line?

Why take sides?

Now, when I really understand the meaning of the word, I realize that sometimes it is really a helpless thing to take sides. I belong to the old fox faction, and now this big tree has fallen with a bang, and my queue has also exploded. If I am still arrogant at this time, I will not take the newly appointed Shen Guoqiang in my eyes. Then the wealth and status that I have accumulated will disappear with my arrogance.

The only way out for me is to take sides.

Standing in Shen Guoqiang's team, learn to bow your head, and learn the humility that has been forgotten.

Bury your ambition in the ground, wait for the opportunity, and break through the ground.

But my heart is full of unwillingness.

……

Under the dark sky, passers-by hurried past the Public Security Bureau. No one noticed that I had just finished taking notes from the police station, so I took two steps forward and reached out to hail a taxi. However, I found that in the endless sea of cars, taxis passed by sporadically, and they were full of passengers. I put down my outstretched hand and froze in place, like an electric shock in my mind, and as if I was stunned for a moment.

Suddenly, a small pearl-white swift stopped in front of me. The windows rolled down, and a girl who looked like somen soup appeared in the cab. I frowned, and suddenly thought of the girl I had met on a flight from Cairo to Shanghai, Mu Mu. That's right, the girl in front of me is Mu Mu. How did she come to Shanghai? A question crossed my mind.

Mu Mu was a little surprised and said, "It turns out that it's really you, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I almost didn't recognize it." ”

I also felt a little surprised, and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, why did you come to Shanghai again?" Didn't you go to school in the United States? ”

Mu Mu sneered and said, "I can't go to school every day." ”

As soon as she said this, I realized that I had said the wrong thing, Mu Mu looked at me standing in place, looked at me and asked, "Are you waiting for the bus?" ”

I nodded, a little helpless, and said, "There are as few taxis in Shanghai as there are men in my daughter's country." ”

Mu Mu was amused by me, hugged the steering wheel and smiled, and said, "Get in the car, a man from my daughter's country." ”

I blushed and was a little embarrassed. It's the first time I've met such a lively, fresh and refined girl, and I've met three times in the vast sea of people, which is really a little embarrassing and emotional. Mu Mu is five years younger than me, I am already in my third year, and it has been several years since I graduated, but she is just a senior this year. Getting along with her, I really feel like I'm back in my student days.

"Where is your home?" Mu Mu asked me.

I reported to my family's community, and Mu Mu smiled and said, "I'll send you back, it's not easy to take a taxi at this point in the evening rush hour." ”

"Just drop by, don't delay your business." I scratched my head and said.

Mu Mu glanced at me and said, "What can you delay me, I'm a student, and I don't engage in finance, and I don't want to be a politician, so I don't have to fly around all day, don't worry, my time is not valuable, and you don't have to pay for it." ”

"You're so interesting." I was amused by her words again.

Mu Mu smiled innocently, and I asked her casually, "Why are you coming to Shanghai this time?" Looking at you like this, do you want to stay idle in Shanghai? ”

Mu Mu shook his head and said: "NO, wasn't it the 4.4 Qingming Festival a few days ago, I came back to worship my ancestors, stayed in Shaanxi for a few days, and stayed in Shandong for a few days, and now I will go back to class to play in Shanghai for a few more days." ”

I rubbed my chin, listened to her words, and playfully said: "Your family is definitely very rich, just a Qingming ancestor worship, you will come back from the United States thousands of miles away, a plane ticket is so expensive, okay." ”

When Mu Mu saw me say this, his eyes widened and he said, "Yes, our family is very rich and can buy the whole country, do you believe it or not?" ”

I rolled my eyes and asked her, "Your parents are in business?" In Shandong? ”

Mu Mu shook his head and said, "No, guess again." ”

I said, "What about Shaanxi?" ”

"That's not right, keep guessing."

"Official?"

"It's not."

"Business?"

"It's not."

"Stars?"

"It's a star, but it's definitely not."

I was completely helpless, grabbed my hair and said, "Anyway, you're a rich man, that's right." ”

Mu Mu grinned and said: "Our family is really poor, my father's salary is only more than 10,000 yuan per month, in the capital, is more than 10,000 yuan a monthly salary too much?" Really, compared to you, my monthly pocket money is good or small. ”

I tilted my head to look at her, and said helplessly: "It's shameful to tell lies, okay, if your father's salary is more than 10,000 yuan a month, can you study at Harvard?" ”

Mu Mu glanced at me with disdain, coughed lightly and said, "Don't use the IQ of your pig brain to measure the brilliance of my scholar." I went to Harvard and got a full scholarship. This girl has published her articles anonymously in international financial magazines many times, are you sure that I need to spend my own money to study abroad? ”

"Public expense?" I asked, a little shocked.

Mu Mu shrugged.

She dropped me off at the entrance of the compound, I said hello to her, and she drove away. I shook my head helplessly, and the depression in my heart eased a lot. It's really fun to talk to a cheerful person. I didn't know, but after the girl named Mumu drove the car out of a street, a middle-aged man in a black suit appeared on the street in front of her.

Mu Mu stopped the car, and the middle-aged man opened the car door and said to her, "Miss, you sit in the back." ”

Mu Mu smiled and said, "Uncle Cocoon, you let me open for a while, anyway, there is no one now, in Uncle Shen's territory, who dares to mess with us." ”

The man who was called Uncle Cocoon by Mu Mu looked left and right and said, "Miss, you know that driving is dangerous, and the driver's seat is even more dangerous, let you drive such a long way, if the boss knows, I will be punished." ”

"If I don't say it, if you don't say it, how will he know?" Mu Mu raised an innocent smile.

But the middle-aged man lowered his head and said, "Miss, please don't embarrass us. ”

Mu Mu yawned and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, you can drive." ”

After speaking, Mu Mu got up and got behind the swift, and Uncle Cocoon sat in the driver's seat and asked, "Miss, are you still going to see Uncle Shen?" ”

"No, go back to sleep, sleepy." As he spoke, Mu Mu fell behind the swift.

"Okay, I'll give him a call and tell him something." After Uncle Cocoon finished speaking, he made a phone call, and the voice on the other end of the phone was very small, and he was slightly disappointed that the girl did not go to see him. The phone hung up, and Swift drove forward, and soon arrived at a small European-style bungalow facing the river, which was built during the Republic of China. The owners of this house were originally a pair of gentlemen and ladies in England, and later the couple returned to China during the Anti-Japanese War, and the house has been idle. Later, during the civil war, high-ranking Kuomintang officials lived here. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the house was listed on the list of demolition projects many times, but it was always not demolished at the last minute. Later, the city developed rapidly, and this European-style villa located on the riverside was slowly forgotten in the city. It wasn't until the early nineties that the house was given a new lease of life.

In fact, it is often not the height that symbolizes power, but the longevity.

Reckless people come out of troubled times, and peaceful times enjoy prosperity.

In today's world, no matter how high a person stands, he can't compete with a family system with a long history and profound heritage. Standing by the window of this European-style villa, you can see the bright lights of the Pearl Tower in the distance. Mu Mu, who returned to his residence, looked at the lighthouse in the distance, and the corners of his eyes shimmered with a faint crystal light.

If you look closely, it's tears.

When we were parting from me, she saw a woman from a distance through the car window, holding a child across the road, watching us. The woman's eyes were a little surprised, but also a little relieved, under the light of the street lamp, the woman's figure looked a little thin, and her face was a little pale. And the child in the woman's hand has a pair of big watery eyes.