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The main plane is the capital of the Yanhuang Continent, Beijing.

This is the boundary of Beijing's Third Ring Road, and many residential communities have been built, each with many small six-story brick buildings made of red bricks. Most of them were built in the late 80s and early 90s of the 20th century, and by the end of 2013, most of the buildings were 25 years old. Although the Beijing Municipal Government has added spires and painted the exterior walls for the sake of aesthetics, it has become a modern style of white with five or six floors and red bricks below the fourth floor, but it is still difficult to stop the traces created by the years. However, this is Beijing, the capital of the country, even if it is an old house about 25 years old, the price of renting a two-bedroom and a living room with a second bedroom is between 1200~1500 yuan, and the price of a compartment (referring to a second bedroom disconnected with a partition and becoming 2 rooms) is about 700~800 yuan.

Therefore, after 2010, the cost of surviving (not living~~) in Beijing is about 2,500 yuan per month. However, this level exceeds the monthly income of some grassroots workers, so the cost of living is reduced, and many people have no choice but to live in an air-raid basement with a monthly rent of only 300 yuan.

The entrance to the air defense basement is distributed in many older buildings, which look very inconspicuous from the outside, and they are mostly a large dark green security door, which is covered with dense small advertisements, which are easy for pedestrians to miss when passing by. Push open the unsightly security door and go down about 20 flights of steps, and you'll find the real entrance to the basement of the bomb shelter: a heavy iron door. Because the iron gate is too heavy, it is open all year round. After entering, the first thing you see is the miserable white incandescent lamps and fluorescent lamps, illuminating the corridors, the walls of the corridors are painted waist-high, the bottom is light green, and the top is white pulp, probably because there are too many people and usually do not care much, footprints, black traces are more obvious and dense, it is difficult to have a trace of beauty.

There are small units arranged in sequence, and the area is not large, each room is only about 10~12 square meters. Residents throughout the basement, sharing public restrooms and sinks. Although there are white wall tiles in the area, it was renovated many years ago, so the smell of mold, yellow water, filth, and even stinking excrement is pervasive, which can be described as a rather poor living condition.

Under such conditions, many "ant clan" residents also moved the induction cooker to the corridor outside their respective rooms, connected the wiring board, and fried the dinner of the day. As for why not cook in the house? Choking people and without windows, the oil smoke that is difficult to fly away will encroach on the last peaceful habitat of the "ant tribe".

Ding Yuan is such a northern drifter ant clan. He is 28 years old and has been in Beijing with his girlfriend for three years. At the beginning, he was full of enthusiasm, as a graduate of animation design and computer science, his hometown is in Ding Yuan, a fourth-tier county in the west, and there is no suitable company and job for him in the local area. His parents wanted to entrust him to work in a small local business, but Ding Yuan, who had ideas and ambitions in his heart, didn't want to live such a boring life, so he hid from his parents and met with his girlfriend in college in Beijing to explore his own sky.

Three years after coming to Beijing, after bumps and bumps, two or three unpleasant moves, he and his girlfriend have a close relationship, although because of the relatively hard life, they usually inevitably quarrel, but the relationship between the two is still very sincere. They now rent an air-raid basement with a washroom at the other end of the wall, and people come and go more frequently, so the price is relatively low. But the two who love life have the joy of creating life in the midst of difficulties. They found some household furniture from the flea market around the Beijing Zoo, and found a second-hand desktop computer for sale on the Internet, which arranged the 10-square-meter basement quite warmly.

After entering Ding Yuan's house, the first thing you will see is the innermost part of the room, accounting for about one-third of the area of the bed, on the left side of the bed drawer is a single computer desk, there is an old-fashioned display tube screen computer, the right side of the bed drawer is the passage of the upper and lower bunks, and the passage is one meter away, there is a multi-functional small table, which is very rich, when Ding Yuan is studying, it is a desk, when his girlfriend Han Li is dressed, it is a dresser, when the meal is ready, it is a dining table, and when cooking, it is a kitchen table. Next to the small table is a double-door wardrobe, in which hang a few more expensive clothes for the two of them. Other summer clothes and cotton pants, such as those sold at the ground stalls, are stacked under the bed to save space.

"It's time to eat, Ding Yuan!" After cooking outside, Han Li, who entered the house, said.

"Okay!"

Han Li's meal today was simple and hearty, a large plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a cucumber for each person, and two white-flour steamed buns, which was all they had for dinner tonight. Because of their low income, the two of them are usually very economical, and they basically cook by themselves every day when they go home from work, although it takes more than an hour for Han Li and Ding Yuan to return home before they can come back from their respective companies.

"How's your work going today?" Han Li asked.

"It's not bad, a third of the dozens of characters I drew were adopted, and the effort was not in vain." Ding Yuan chewed on steamed buns and preached.

"When will the new company pay salaries, do you say?"

"What, there's not enough money?"

"Well, the 18th of this month is the expiration date of a credit card, and there is only 1600 left in our account, and there is still 500 left."

"I'll ask tomorrow, it should be just one or two days, by the way, is there a price increase in the price of things again?" Ding Yuan saw that the tomatoes and eggs in his bowl were almost finished, so he tore the remaining steamed buns into pieces, put them in the bowl, and poured boiled water as soup to drink.

"I just paid the rent for the next quarter this month, and I went to 900 yuan, and the electricity and water bills were collected together, plus the eggs and vegetables also rose a little, so it was not enough." Han Li, who has the financial power of the family, explained.

"Understood, I'll ask when I get to work tomorrow."

"Yes! Also," Han Li said here, her expression a little tangled.

"What's wrong?"

"I had a chat with a parent today." Han Li is a contract teacher hired by a private English early education center, who is billed by the hour and earns about 3,000 per month.

"It's nice to chat!"

"They asked me how many bedrooms I lived in, and I said I lived in the basement, and they had a hard time understanding it, and they were very emotional, which means how could I live in a basement when I was in such a bad condition. It's hard for these parents to imagine our lives. Their children charge as much as 150 yuan for one hour of class, which is higher than my salary in a day. It really feels like we and they are two worlds apart. Han Li said and choked up a little at the end.

"Bao, don't cry, you see, we are earning more and more every year, and it will only get better and better, believe me!"

"But prices have been rising again, and the monthly income is tight, just enough for our basic expenses in Beijing, and we haven't saved a penny for three years. All the money we earn is dedicated to all walks of life in Beijing. Ding Yuan, why do you think we came to Beijing? ”

"There are so many opportunities here."

"But there are more people waiting for the opportunity. What should we do in the future, we are both 28 people, one has no house, two cars, and three no money in Beijing, what the hell is going on~~"

"Bao, I know you've suffered with me in the past few years, especially since I'm doing original comics and computer character design. Sometimes there is no decent income at all. Are you waiting for me for a year? Just one year, the company I found this time attaches great importance to animation and originality, and the salary during the internship period is 6,000 yuan, and when I get the first salary, our life will be much better! ”

"Really?"

"Really, at least you can move out of the ground, rent a decent second bedroom on the ground, and live a normal life, I promise, just wait for me for another year, okay?"

"Yes!"

The next day, Ding Yuan, who got up early, washed his face and rinsed his mouth at the sink, took out the only suit in the wardrobe, dressed neatly, tied his tie carefully, and then carefully took care of his only pair of high-end leather shoes with a black shoe brush, polished the upper to a shiny shine, and then walked out of the house with a backpack.

Pinguan Building, near the Third Ring Road in the west of Beijing, was originally an office building built at the end of the 20th century and the 21st century, with a height of 22 floors, which was a very good commercial office building in Beijing at that time. But with the later, especially in 2013, various new landmark CBD have sprung up one after another, their novel style, perfect functions, beautiful and advanced elevator equipment, soon captured the hearts of various central enterprises, foreign enterprises and private enterprises, so that they have moved away from the Pinguan Building one after another. So in the first half of 2013, the overall occupancy rate of Pinguan Building was only about 40%.

After the establishment of the Beijing branch of Jinfan Company, I stumbled upon this place when looking for an office location, and felt that it was very in line with the company's "low-key and pragmatic, spacious area, and reasonable rent" building selection policy, so I took the initiative to contact the property here.

In fact, objectively speaking, Pinguan Building is not down, but because the appearance is not too foreign, so it is not popular, but its internal facilities such as elevator equipment, wall sanitation or maintenance is quite good. In addition, what is most in line with the company's mind is that due to its low occupancy rate, all 4 floors from the 19th floor to the 22nd floor are vacant at this time. Therefore, when negotiating the lease with the building property, the senior management of Jinfan Company revealed that they wanted to rent a total of four floors of 19~22 in one go, but said that they needed to carry out large-scale renovation, so that the company had a relatively large one-time investment, and it was necessary to sign a contract for at least 5 years before the cost could be shared. After hearing the building's property, of course, it was extremely happy, and after consulting the final boss, it gave a discount of 7.5% off the overall rent, and promised that the property must cooperate with the transformation of Jinfan Company in an all-round way. In this way, Jinfan Company's Beijing foothold has been decided.

After the lease came into effect, under the call of Yanhuang "RMB" and the supply of virgin timber processed by Wang Fan in large quantities, the Beijing branch of Jinfan Company changed its appearance at a speed of one sample a week and three weeks, and completed all the construction in only one and a half months.

After the completion of the Jinfan company, with bluestone brick color and log color as the main decorative color, at the main entrance of the company on the 19th floor, is a false wall made of bluestone bricks, there are all kinds of spotlights distributed in the meantime, the top is a starry lighting system, and the lamp is placed under the modern simple style of solid wood furniture, to the first time to come here for business, the first feeling is quite beautiful and charming.

Ding Yuan came to Jinfan Company early today, in addition to wanting to leave a good impression on the boss as soon as possible during the probation period, the comfortable environment here is far more comfortable than the basement is also the main reason that attracted him to come early. Here, he has his own workstation, computer, tired can go to the company lounge area to make a refreshing cup of coffee, or a cup of green tea with a faint aroma, and if he is hungry, there are several desserts (changing patterns every week), which is really comfortable at home. Therefore, Ding Yuan, who made up his mind to make up his mind, was determined to spell out 120% of his ability, but also to keep this job and realize his life value and his own Yanhuang dream!

"Ding Yuan, came so early today?" When Sister Tian from the finance department came in to make coffee, she saw him and said politely.

"Huh? Sister Tian, you're early! I woke up early today, so I came early. ”

"Hmmm! By the way, did you know that you have a 10%~20% elimination rate in the end? ”

"I know this, and when I signed the internship agreement, the HR manager made it clear."

"In this way, I don't know who made the policy to bully people~" Sister Tian muttered in a low voice, and then said: "Okay, Sister Tian won't talk about those unhappy things, there will be good news and unexpected surprises today!" ”

"You mean payroll, right?" Seeing that his predecessors sold Guanzi, Ding Yuan cooperated very much.

"Not all, hehe, sell it first, you'll know in the afternoon, hehe!"

So in anticipation and excitement, Ding Yuan finally waited for a notice at two o'clock in the afternoon to let them go upstairs to the finance office to receive their salaries.

"I'm stuffed!"

"It's finally here!"

"If you don't send money again, you really can't open the pot in the future~~"

One after another, Ding Yuan's colleague shouted loudly and exaggeratedly. And Ding Yuan himself walked to the finance room with his colleagues with a smile on his face.

Inside the Finance Office.

"Sister Tian, we're here!" Ding Yuan, who knew that his mouth was sweet and did not suffer, took the initiative to say hello.

"You're here, sign in order."

"Okay."

"The internship salary is 6,000 before tax, there is no provident fund, the monthly insurance personal burden is deducted, and the tax is subtracted, so each person gets 5,280 yuan."

"Great!"

"There is also good news~" Sister Tian, who likes to sell guanzi, said with a smile: "The chairman of the company called this morning and specially instructed that the company will issue a 1,000 yuan shopping card to everyone every month in the future, which is considered a daily benefit!" ”

"Wow!"

"The chairman is really a good person!"

"I'm going to faint with happiness!"

For a whole afternoon, the employees of Jinfan Company, especially those who were on probation, were all happy, looking forward to getting off work quickly and sharing their happiness and joy with their wives, girlfriends or family.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Ding Yuan, who didn't work much overtime, rushed back to his basement pigeon house. Because of his happy mood, he looked at the basement door much more pleasing today.

"Wife, I'm back!" As soon as he entered the house, Ding Yuan greeted him warmly.

"You're back!" Han Li was picking vegetables at their small multi-purpose table. He smiled and asked, "Why is it so much earlier than usual today?" ”

"Haha, I miss you."

"Phew! You know how to coax me with your mouth. ”

"Hehe, wife, I got my salary today."

"Really? How many? Is it really 6000 as it was said at the beginning? ”

"Ahem, there's not so much to get it, after deducting insurance and taxes, it's about 5300." After Ding Yuan finished speaking, he handed over a wad of money that was slightly thick.

"Wow! That's a lot! Seeing Han Li with such a generous salary for the first time, she was very happy, kissed Ding Yuan like lightning, and then happily counted the banknotes.

"Dear, and oh, Ding Ding Ding~~, look!" After speaking, Ding Yuan took out the supermarket card.

"What is this?"

"The welfare card issued by the company will be available every month in the future."

"I love you to death!" Han Li's face was a little rosy as she was stimulated by the succession of good news, and she began to become unrestrained.

A minute later, the two kissed the two.

"Ding Yuan~"

"Huh?"

"You must grasp this job!"

"I know it in my heart, don't worry." Ding Yuan replied with a serious expression, and then said with a smile: "Let's go out to eat today and celebrate, okay?" “

"Hmm!"