Youth Rebellion

Chapter 45 City S: At the beginning of the workplace

After returning home from BJ, Ruochen took the medicine for two days, and found that the terrible cough was gradually getting better. I don't know if it was really because he was not used to the polluted air in BJ, or because he was homesick.After celebrating the New Year at home, I decided to go to the economic center of China—SH City, or S City for short.

At that time, Weiwei in Ruochen's dormitory had already gone to S city, because his boyfriend was studying there, so she followed her boyfriend.

Ruochen asked Weiwei to help her rent a house from the same landlord they lived in. When they arrived, they found out that the urban village in S City and the urban village in BJ were not the same. The urban village there was originally a villa style, and BJ The other is a very simple courtyard house, and I immediately understand why one is called the political center and the other is the economic center.

However, the people in City S obviously made Ruochen feel an economic atmosphere coming. Ruochen wondered if they all graduated from accounting majors. They care about every dime or even a penny. .

At home, the shameless haggling behavior of people in the north is normal here. They haggle over everything with outsiders, locals, and even their own relatives. In Ruochen's view, there is absolutely nothing wrong here. Discriminating against or smearing the consciousness of the people of City S is completely Ruochen's true feelings and portrayal.

At the beginning, Ruochen was not used to it, but then think about what other people’s ideology does to you, as long as you don’t owe them a penny or a drop of water, it’s fine, find a good job and support yourself first That's the right way.

So I started to search for a job every day. The recruitment in the gymnasium was crowded with people. Except for the salesmen who did not have a basic salary, many other companies only needed work experience and fresh graduates, and they also required extremely outstanding majors.

As mentioned earlier, Ruochen's professional class belongs to the kind of 'half the weight, one bottle is not full, and half the bottle is dangling'.

So even though I searched for it every day, half a month passed, and no company gave me an interview opportunity. At that moment, Ruochen was really depressed, no wonder she said that she was unemployed after graduation.

On the one hand, I feel helpless, and on the other hand, I regret that I wasted so much good time in college, but no matter how regretful I am, there is no medicine for regret in this world!Another week later, a foreign trade company gave an interview opportunity. Although it was in an extremely remote suburb, Ruochen was very happy and got there early. When talking, Ruochen really stuttered, obviously that sentence was on her lips, but she just didn't know how to express herself in English, at that moment she finally understood why the English learned by Chinese students is called exam-oriented English and dumb English, because she herself is an example. She was very good in the exam and spoke very little. When she really played, she didn't know how to express herself!As for the result of the interview, needless to say, Ruochen was really ashamed at that moment, and went back and vowed to practice oral English well.

At this time, Weiwei said to Ruochen after get off work one day: "Our company is looking for a front desk now, do you want to go?"

When Ruochen heard this, she was overjoyed. How could she be picky? As long as there is one job, it would be good, so she immediately said: "Okay, I will go, but I may not be able to apply for it."Weiwei said that if an insider recommends the company, they should consider it relatively, and there should be no problem. I will talk to our manager tomorrow.

Ruochen thanked Weiwei for her timely help, and anxiously waited for the results that Weiwei would bring back the next day.

The next day, Weiwei saw Ruochen after get off work and said, "I gave your resume to our manager. He said that since we are classmates, you should be fine. You can meet him tomorrow. If there is no accident, you can do it." Go to work."

Ruochen happily shouted 'Long live Weiwei'!The next day, Ruochen made some preparations and went to meet the manager Weiwei had mentioned. Ruochen was very worried that he would talk to herself in English, and she didn't know that there was still nothing to do.

Unexpectedly, after chatting for a while, the manager said that if there is no problem, you can come to work tomorrow, and you can ask Weiwei if you have anything to pay attention to.Ruochen said goodbye politely, then went out to find Weiwei, and then told her the result of the interview.

This company is a real estate company, but the community it serves is a high-end villa area. There are roughly three types of owners or tenants in this community: one is very rich, the other is very powerful, and the third is those foreigners who come to China from multinational companies. executives.

Because the rent of a house alone is hundreds of thousands, plus property fees, water, electricity, gas, various maintenance and so on, it will cost almost one million a year, which is not affordable for ordinary people.It was the first time that Ruochen knew that there was such a wealthy circle outside of her life circle. Before that, she only saw the residences of those dignitaries on TV.

After officially going to work, Weiwei took Ruochen with her, which made Ruochen a lot easier. At least she didn't have to be wronged by the so-called domineering seniors in the workplace in order to learn something.

After doing it for a few days, Ruochen felt that the most difficult things were two things, one was communicating with the Indians and Germans in the community, and the other was collecting property fees, utilities and gas.Originally, Ruochen's oral English is not very good, and it is still enough to deal with ordinary foreigners' daily communication, but Ruochen is really dumbfounded when encountering Indians and Germans with serious accents, and sometimes he can't understand what they are saying. Whether it is mother tongue or English, this makes Ruochen very crazy. When Weiwei is here, she will deal with it. One day, Weiwei is on vacation, and she is afraid of coming. The German has something to come to the property. Erhuzhili didn't understand what this buddy said, Ruochen touched the sweat on his forehead, and decided to call Weiwei to let her talk to the German.

After a while Weiwei answered the phone, Ruochen said as if he had found a savior: "Hurry up, this German is here, but I can't understand him, come and tell him." Ruochen put the phone on He gave it to the German buddy. He talked to Weiwei for a while and gave the phone to Ruochen. Weiwei told her what the German buddy wanted them to find a fitness trainer for.After Ruochen figured it out, he arranged things, and the German buddy left gratefully.

Ruochen really felt like an idiot at that time.She asked Weiwei why you could understand him but I couldn't?Weiwei smiled and said, I couldn't understand them at first, but after a while you will understand their accents, don't worry.Well, since Weiwei was like this back then, I won't feel so idiot.

Of course, there are many foreigners in the villa area who can speak Chinese very well. Among them is a woman in her thirties who speaks Mandarin better than many of us Chinese, at least up to the second grade!After a while, Ruochen could really understand some Indian English and German English, so he wouldn't be so nervous when he saw those two buddies.

What makes Ruochen feel awkward is the property fee every quarter. The property fee in the villa area is several thousand a quarter. If it is combined with the payment of water, electricity and gas fees, it is really confusing , Ruochen is a person who has bad grades in mathematics. It is really embarrassing for her to do accounts. The key is that the company stipulates that she must be responsible for the wrong accounts. This makes Ruochen Alexander, who only has more than 2000 yuan a month. , If something goes wrong, it is estimated that a year will be wasted!So Ruochen is very cautious and conscientious. This level of tension is comparable to that of the college entrance examination. Every time after this period, if there is nothing wrong, Ruochen will breathe a sigh of relief.

The front desk in the villa area works three days off and three days off. The three days of work are said to be 12 hours, but in fact it is equivalent to 24 hours. Because they will call the lounge at any time at night, so the service in the high-end area must be very considerate. .In fact, sometimes there is nothing important at night. It is nothing more than foreigners who like to party and ask for help to call taxis at night, and some owners dislike the neighbor’s dog who keeps barking and complaining. In short, it is almost these trivial things, etc. After Ruochen is done with it, she will not be able to fall asleep for a long time. She has a problem that she can't fall asleep very well, especially if she is disturbed at night, it is difficult to fall asleep again, so Ruochen can't sleep well when she is at work. , The spirit is not good.

After about half a year like this, one day Ruochen felt extremely uncomfortable when he went to work. He couldn't hold on so he asked for leave and went to the hospital. Unexpectedly, he was checked for acute cystitis and had to be given salt water every day for at least a week!Ruochen had no choice but to ask the manager for leave. Unexpectedly, the manager said that one week was too long and three days would work. Ruochen thought that although work is important, it is not as important as life!So I said no, I will have to see the situation after a week, and if the situation is not good, I will not be able to go to work.

The manager was not happy when he heard that, he said that the staff was tense now, and he had to consider the company's situation. Ruochen was a little angry when he heard that, and it was fine if the company didn't come to visit after he was like this. Ruochen felt that there was no human touch left, anyway, he really couldn't stand the situation of not being able to sleep well at night, so he told the manager on impulse that I quit, I resigned, you can hire more people!
Later I hung up the phone with some regret, not because I regretted losing the job, but because I felt that I was afraid that I would be sorry for Weiwei's recommendation if I said it so bluntly, which would make the manager think about Weiwei.But the water has been spilled, and there is no way to get it back, so be it.

During the few days when I was hanging water in the hospital, thanks to the care of a boy named Xiao Wang I met when I was looking for a job, he and Ruochen often kept in touch when they lived together for a long time. The change has moved to a place far away, and there is no way to take care of her.Xiao Wang is quite honest, he doesn't talk much, he feels so pure when he smiles, he looks like a simple boy without any heart.Because of his care, Ruochen felt much closer to him. When a person is alone, he would feel very grateful for a little warmth from others, let alone in a lonely foreign land.

After the body recovered, Ruochen wanted to use this little savings in his hand to travel. Ruochen thought, never mind, just spend it if you spend it, and spend it if you earn money. Fortunately, I don’t have to support my family now, so I don’t have to worry about saving money thing.

Where are you going?After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to go to Lijiang. It is said that Lijiang is a city of healing and also a city of sexual encounters. Maybe I find the right person there, and I may get married. Then I secretly fantasize and giggle there alone. .

(End of this chapter)