While waiting, Zhao Weiyang and Lao Zhang chatted, of course, the two talked about life in the provincial capital.

Because they often come to Ziyun Internet Cafe, the two are very familiar with each other, and Zhao Weiyang already has some understanding of Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang was also a student at a nearby university, but the employment path of his major was very narrow, and he belonged to the kind that people who went to the construction site to move bricks hated. In the four years of college, Lao Zhang took a similar path to most college students, skipping classes, going to Internet cafes to play games, going back to school to sleep, failing exams, and making up exams. Unfortunately, Lao Zhang's English level 4 test did not pass several times, and by the time he woke up and needed to find a gunman to help, it was too late, and his senior year had already reached the next semester and was about to graduate. did not get a degree certificate, in Lao Zhang's words, he himself was just a "half-finished product".

Lao Zhang, who felt the pressure of employment, no longer went to Internet cafes to fool around, and participated in dozens of job fairs in just half a year. Most of the time, Lao Zhang is in a daze in the face of harsh recruitment conditions, and often does not even have the opportunity to submit his resume. However, with the help of the whole family, he was provided with these "three books", and if he went home without a job, it would directly declare that the family was in trouble. During that time, Lao Zhang once lost his confidence in living, but his family called to comfort Lao Zhang to work hard in Quancheng. Before that, Lao Zhang lied to his family that he had found a good unit. The comfort of his family made Lao Zhang unable to be depressed. Often walking around Quancheng, Lao Zhang was thinking and looking for job opportunities, but he repeatedly missed opportunities.

Later, after a lot of hardships, Lao Zhang finally found a job as a copywriter in a small company in Changqing County, near Quancheng. Lao Zhang was ecstatic until he cried with joy, sang loudly "Wild Lilies Have Spring", and took out the remaining dozens of yuan of living expenses to eat a barbecue to celebrate. When he went to report to the company, Lao Zhang was full of ambition and looked forward to doing his best in order to be promoted and reused by the leader. Lao Zhang, who squeezed four or five hours of bus back and forth every day, only to realize that he was not valued by the leaders after doing chores for a month, and there was almost no one in the entire company who knew his name. That's what everyone called him: "Hey, new guy, go get a pot of boiling water!" Or "Who's going to take out the garbage in my office!" ”

Lao Zhang's contempt for colleagues, the tediousness of work, and the fatigue of commuting to and from work can be endured, but he has not been regularized, and he has been taking a meager salary of several hundred yuan during the probation period to let Lao Zhang live like a year. One morning, the company's leaders held a meeting to discuss the company's personnel issues, and Lao Zhang was serving tea and pouring water in the conference room, and couldn't help but interject: "Boss, discuss the issue of me becoming a regular." ”

The boss glanced at Lao Zhang, ignored him, and drank tea before saying to the others in the venue: "Young people now, too impetuous!" I think I was ...... when I was young."

Everyone present listened to the history of the boss for half an hour. In the end, the boss said to Lao Zhang: "Do you want to become a regular?" It's easy! Clean the women's toilet downstairs every day until the water in the toilet can be poured out directly. I'll give you a regular in a month! ”

Lao Zhang's face turned red with anger and said, "I'm very honest with you, I can't do it. ”

The boss said, "Can't do it? Then go out and get back to your job. Today's young people ......" said, shaking their heads and starting to talk about their family history again.

Lao Zhang got up and said "thank you" to everyone, and left the venue to go about his own business.

Lao Zhang's immediate boss usually ignores Lao Zhang, but after this meeting, he quickly sent a text message to Lao Zhang: "1. If there is a good place, hurry up; 2. If there is no good place, hurry up and find it; 3. If you can't find it, then study here first. Remember, don't talk nonsense in future meetings! ”

Lao Zhang replied with a text message: "Okay." ”

In the afternoon, Lao Zhang's immediate boss accompanied the leader out for a meeting, and sent a text message to Lao Zhang in the evening: "1. If there is a good place, hurry up; 2. If there is no good place, hurry up and find it; 3. If you can't find it, keep looking; 4. Ibid. Remember, you're already the one who is leaving! ”

was fired, this statement is too unpleasant, and in the end, there was no way, Lao Zhang had to resign, and in desperation, he committed himself to being a network manager in an Internet café.

Initially, Lao Zhang went to a black Internet café, the environment was very chaotic, the management was also very informal, and the most important thing was that there were great safety risks. After Lao Zhang worked for a month, another black Internet café next to him caught fire and killed him. Lao Zhang directly gave up his salary and chose to resign again. Later, he came to Ziyun Internet Cafe after a long time. Here, he saves money to eat, but he can also save some money to send home.

Lao Zhang said that his goal is to be admitted to the civil service and return to his hometown with a pride of pride. After coming to the Internet café, Lao Zhang spent all his spare time studying. He first studied for an undergraduate diploma in the adult college entrance examination, then reviewed the "Administrative Ability Test" and "Shen Lun", and spent all his savings to enroll in a high-priced tutoring class. However, last year, he took two public examinations and was not even shortlisted for the interview. Zhao Weiyang didn't know much about the public exam, but he also knew that it was even more difficult than the whole class passing the exam of the "Four Famous Catches".

During that period of time, Lao Zhang was a little depressed, and Yun Feifei often comforted and enlightened Lao Zhang. Of course, the comfort method of the No. 5 network manager is relatively simple, saying to work more, and you won't think much when you are tired. The way of enlightenment is also very direct, saying that if you don't want to be a network administrator, you can become a professional player, but it really doesn't work, and you can also go to the street to pick up drink bottles. Although it was a joke, Lao Zhang's eyes also had some brilliance. He understands that there is no endless road, and not becoming a civil servant does not mean that there is no hope in life. Lao Zhang is looking forward to staying in Quancheng, which is his biggest dream.

Because of his familiarity with Yun Feifei, Zhao Weiyang indirectly has a certain understanding of Lao Zhang's life, and also has a little friendship, and often plays games together in Internet cafes.

Network management, in Lao Zhang's own opinion, is a somewhat lowly profession, and people in society generally look down on this group. With black and white reversed and meager salaries, they are often disheveled, have unkempt hair, and do not have a very good image. Therefore, many people will mistakenly think that network administrators are lazy and do not do their jobs.

However, although the proprietress of Ziyun Internet Cafe is joking, she is a square person and treats these subordinates very well, and the work intensity here is the lowest among several Internet cafes nearby, but the treatment is not bad. The main thing is that as the network manager of this Internet café, you can get on the machine for free during off-duty hours. Lao Zhang is also a game fan, and he has a strong understanding of games, and he can get started with any game quickly, and he is a little famous in several Internet cafes in this neighborhood. Therefore, many students came to ask for advice, which promoted the business of Ziyun Internet Cafe to be more prosperous. When there is time, some students get off the dungeon and fight the boss, but they can't always pass the level, so they ask Lao Zhang for help, and Lao Zhang generally won't let them down. However, Lao Zhang is also clean and self-conscious in this situation, never flaunting himself, nor taking advantage of the students, and he pays great attention to clothing and conversation, which is very appreciated by some students.