In 1998, Yangcheng was exuding unprecedented vigor and vigor, and it was a thriving scene. Due to its proximity to the special economic zones on the southeast coast, this new city is attracting gold diggers from far and wide with its boundless vitality.

An Huaisheng is obviously one of them. Three years ago, at the instigation of a friend, he resolutely came to Yangcheng and started a clothing wholesale business. It's just that there are far more bitter ups and downs than he imagined. The friend who came with him worked for two years and couldn't hold on anymore because he ran out of funds, so he returned to Pujiang City at the beginning of the year to resume his old business. But An Huaisheng stubbornly refused to admit defeat. He vowed never to go back without a career. In this way, he persevered for another year, and now he has reached the point of exhaustion.

The development of Yangcheng is closely related to reform and opening up. Located in the coastal area, the transportation is developed, the transportation is convenient, and there are a large number of young and middle-aged labor force and a large area of cheap land resources in the surrounding area, many investors have taken a fancy to this treasure land, built a number of OEM factories, and accepted orders from internationally renowned clothing and luggage brands. When these manufacturers gradually gain a foothold, when the production line gradually stabilizes, when the upstream suppliers and downstream sellers have formed a complete industrial chain, they begin to develop and produce their own clothing and luggage brands, which in turn adds more business opportunities and crowds to the city.

With the influx of people, the former town of Yangcheng began to look crowded, with various public facilities overwhelmed and living conditions unable to meet the demand. Five years ago, the Yangcheng city government opened up a new piece of land in the southeast of the old city and built a new urban area. The new city and the old city face each other across the Yang River. One represents the past and the other symbolizes the future; One is simple and vicissitudes, and the other is graceful; One cleanses the years, and the other washes away the lead.

At present, the new city is still under construction and growing, and its scale has long exceeded that of the old city. Many of the people who come to run wholesale clothing and luggage businesses live in the new town. In order to facilitate businessmen to do business, and also to facilitate the management of public security in Yangcheng, decision-makers with business vision and management acumen have planned a commercial area dedicated to wholesale sales of clothing and bags on the bank of the Yanghe River in the new urban area. The core area is the central plaza surrounded by five six-storey buildings, as well as the various commercial buildings surrounding the five towers. All the businessmen who run the clothing and luggage business are concentrated here. As the popularity continues to rise, various restaurants, accommodations, banks, and other service establishments have gradually sprung up around the commodity wholesale center.

A few years ago it was a small town with no name, but now it has grown in size and administrative status, thanks to its thriving commerce and trade, and has become a prefecture-level city with enough fame and scale to rival the provincial capitals.

This year, Yangcheng seems to be exceptionally rainy, since mid-November, the continuous autumn rain has been falling for a week, and seeing that the lead clouds in the sky are still low, the rain shows no signs of stopping, as if God wants to vent the endless sorrow and sorrow continuously.

At about half past six in the morning, Li Jianguo, a security guard at the Yangcheng branch of Xinfa Bank, rode on Chaoyang Avenue in Xincheng with a tired face. It is a main road connecting the new town to the old town, with four lanes in both directions, and non-motorized lanes on both sides. Generally, people who go to wholesale centers to do business will take this path.

Li Jianguo is 40 years old this year, and his home is in the old city, and there is no one else in the family except for an elderly mother and a daughter who has just entered junior high school. After a big quarrel with him three years ago, his wife abandoned his family and children and ran away from home.

Since the Yangcheng branch of Xinfa Bank moved to Xincheng District five years ago, Li Jianguo has had to ride his bicycle for more than half an hour to reach his place of work every weekday.

In order to drive away the tiredness and keep a clear head, Li Jianguo whistled while riding. In the early morning, the road seems relatively empty, and occasionally a few vans will rush by, splashing all the way. At this time, Li Jianguo always had to scold because he was splashed all over his face by sewage.

After passing through the area around the busiest wholesale goods center in the new town, the surrounding scene began to change a little, and the height of the buildings began to drop and the buildings were no longer densely populated. At this time, the signboards of the Yangcheng Xincheng District Police Station and the Yangcheng Branch of the Xinfa Bank appeared in front of Li Jianguo's eyes. But he didn't stop riding, but continued to ride forward for another ten minutes, and then suddenly made a left turn and entered a small road called Yanfei Road. The road was apparently not built for a long time, and the trees planted on both sides of the pavement were only more than a man tall, and the branches were still very sparse. After riding four or five hundred meters on the small road, Li Jianguo made another right turn and entered another small road. After another distance of about two or three hundred meters, Li Jianguo rode his bicycle onto the sidewalk and stopped in front of a five-story gray building with a small courtyard. He glanced at the closed iron door, pushed his bicycle straight to the side door, and said hello to the old janitor in the duty room by the door when he stepped through the side door. After entering the small courtyard, he parked his bicycle under the base of the fence on the right, passed through the three white Jinbei vans parked in the small courtyard, and entered the first floor of the gray building.

Half an hour later, Li Jianguo came out of the building again, and there were two more people around him. The three of them walked towards one of the three white Jinbei vans parked in the small courtyard and got into the car one after another.

Li Jianguo was the last to get on the bus. As soon as he got into the car, he quickly closed the door of the van, and after pulling twice more to make sure the door was tightly closed, he sat down in the first row of seats by the door. As soon as he sat in the seat, Li Jianguo collapsed in his position like a puddle of mud, attracting the other two people in the car to look sideways. But he didn't care, and even comfortably lifted Erlang's legs, leaned his head back on the back of the chair, and began to close his eyes and recuperate.

The driver, Lao Wei, was making preparations before departure, and saw Li Jianguo's dying-alive appearance in the rearview mirror, the work in his hands did not stop, but he quipped: "What?" Went for a drink with friends again last night? ”

"Don't mention it, it's too unlucky." After Li Jianguo heard Lao Wei ask him a question, he opened his eyes slightly, and then sighed, "You said that this Xiao Wu is too careless, right?" How can you let the car be hit? I really know how to pick time, and when he crashes into the hospital, I have to change to take the shift. Originally, there were not enough manpower in the past few days, but he still came out with this moth at this time to add to the chaos, and the typical success is not enough and there is more than failure. I was thinking that I could take a vacation today, so I asked a few friends to have a drink last night. When I was happy, my daughter came to the store and said that the unit was calling me to inform me to work tomorrow morning. I was so angry that I almost threw up all the wine I had drunk, hey...... Why do you think I'm so unlucky? ”

Li Jianguo still complained to himself, and a young man with a ****** sitting behind him smacked his lips with dissatisfaction when he heard these words, and said: "Master Li, no matter what, since you know that you are going to work in the morning today, you should cheer up, what is the matter with your appearance of being a hanger and dying?" ”

Li Jianguo straightened up, turned his head to look at the young man, and saw that his thin face was full of grim looks, and his eyes covered by thick lenses were slightly lowered, staring closely at a metal box placed on his lap. Covering the top of the box were his hands, ten white fingers firmly gripping the box. The knuckles have turned white due to overexertion.

"I said Accountant Liu, why are you so nervous? It's not the first time to escort, isn't it? Li Jianguo sneered.

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years." Accountant Liu ignored Li Jianguo's ridicule at all, and replied solemnly, "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm just afraid of ......."

"What if?" Li Jianguo still looked indifferent, "Are you worried about what accidents will happen?" Car crash or murder for money? Seeing that Accountant Liu no longer cared about himself, Li Jianguo turned around curtly and continued to lean back in his chair, "Will anyone come to rob a cash truck this year?" What do you say, Old Wei? Do you think someone will come and rob us? ”

Lao Wei smiled, didn't answer his words, and instead instructed: "Sit down, I'm going to drive." ”

After Accountant Liu heard this, he moved his body slightly, and the hand on the metal box couldn't help but add two more strengths: "Old Wei, there is enough time, don't be in a hurry, drive steadily." Since yesterday, my eyelids have been jumping in turns, and I panicked for no reason, always feeling that something was going to happen. ”

"I've been driving for over 20 years and I've never had an accident." Lao Wei said with relief, "It's going to be fine, don't worry!" ”

Lao Wei stepped on the accelerator, and the white Jinbei van slowly drove out of the gate of the small courtyard.