After that, I graduated at the age of 18. During that time, I relied on online interviews and eventually got several good offers thanks to my study abroad experience and good English skills.
The one that impressed me the most was that I was asked to go to Iraq to dig for oil, and to go in and out of the park in a bulletproof car - I was not very brave,
In the end I declined.
Finally, I was tempted by the high salary for an expatriate job and found a job at a large private company in the capital. I started my on-the-job training after graduation in July and was assigned to the East as a permanent resident in early August.
Because I am a permanent resident and can only return to China once every six months (in fact, due to the epidemic, I can only return once a year or so), so the income is still considerable.
To be honest, the English of black brothers is really hard to understand. It took me a month to get used to it after I went there.
And their body odor problem also exists, but fortunately, the black managers in my office often take a shower and then change into a strong perfume. I am also allergic to perfume, and I will have a headache if I smell it for a long time.
Because it was a joint venture branch with the local national television station, the rank of the Chinese there was almost one level higher than that of the local blacks. My job level at the time was manager, but for the blacks, it was probably considered a director, one level higher, and a small leader.
Another management trainee who worked in the same position as me when I was at Shunhefan was studying chemistry at Tsinghua University. I was in the marketing department and he was in the sales department. We lived in two rooms in the same house for half a year. Later, he went back to Tsinghua University to continue his postgraduate studies.
My later work was to be in charge of the GG part of the branch company, and to find others to place GG on our channel.
It's just that I didn't go in person to discuss the cooperation, but arranged for a local manager to go. Well, part of the reason was that I didn't know enough people, so I couldn't come to an agreement.
I have had many amazing experiences, such as being the client behind the scenes of a local talent show, going to the home of a local senior official to build relationships, having two wisdom teeth extracted in an African hospital, attending some large-scale event dinners, arranging press conferences, and helping the embassy contact multiple media for interviews...
Although it is tiring, life is actually quite exciting.
During those two years, I managed to earn some money, and I gave it all to my mother, asking her to talk to the bank about repaying the loan in installments, one by one.
It also allowed her, whose health, especially her waist, was in such bad condition, to finally stop working and have a good rest. In this way, the family's financial problems were basically solved - mostly, not completely.
It seems that everything is getting better and life is about to enter a new chapter.
It was also at that time that I met my girlfriend's parents. Although the meeting at the dinner was not pleasant, their disdain was almost written on their faces.
Thanks to my work at the time and my connection with football broadcasting, I was able to get a few genuine Dortmund jerseys for her father, bought her mother a massager endorsed by her favorite celebrity, and got a set of stamps issued in East Africa at the 1997 Stamp Exhibition. That meal cost more than a thousand...
Well, I actually prepared very carefully, but it's a pity that people look down on my family background. It's not surprising.
They prefer a guy from a well-off family to a self-made young man, except that her mother likes ABC very much, which makes me want to complain a little.
But as parents, they hope that their daughters will not suffer. I think it is understandable that they have such a view. I am not happy about it, but I can understand it.
Although I never intended to bring my suffering to anyone, in the past six years I never let her suffer with me, and it was I who was the one paying the price.
After staying in East Africa for two years, my girlfriend said she couldn't stand being in a foreign country and that only if we came back would we have a future.
I was a little shaken. I really didn't want our six-year relationship to end because of something like this. Plus, I was physically and mentally exhausted, so I submitted my resignation while I was back home on vacation.
Oh, and also because the company has been in arrears with my salary for two or three months, I’ve had enough.
The company deducted taxes from my salary but didn't pay them, so I didn't get a tax refund for three years.
Then I started to argue with the company and file a lawsuit regarding the provident fund issue. I have reported all of this, but am still waiting for any progress.
After that, less than half a year after I quit my job and wrote a book at home, my girlfriend broke up with me.
In her words, she saw no hope and her youth could not wait that long.
Although I really want to say "My youth is also youth!", "My life is also life!" and so on.
But things have come to this point, and it's hard to mend the broken mirror. In the end, there was no need to waste any more words, and they finally broke up peacefully on last year's Singles' Day.
Yes, being single again on Singles’ Day is a very subtle feeling.
After that, it has been exactly one year now. Apart from going out with friends to relax, I have been staying at home writing books.
Well, the road to writing a book is not smooth either...
The previous book's early performance was just starting to improve, but Qidian changed its recommendation system and introduced AI.
To evaluate the effect.
Halfway through the second round, after I had read enough, the book was recommended to me in advance because the title and description were not attractive enough.
Yes, that book didn't even make it through the second round of recommendations.
The Xianxia genre itself does not require a lot of follow-up reading, and I also have a certain reader base, so I can get four rounds of recommendations no matter how I think about it·—··—·
As a result, I was removed from the recommendation list because of such a ridiculous reason. The mechanism for removing recommendations halfway no longer exists. I am one of the very few victims.
Of course I was very unwilling at the time, but I didn't want the book to be wasted, so I continued writing anyway.
The book eventually reached 2 million words with an average subscription of 1,200.
I even persisted in writing 10,000 words a day for a month and got the "10,000 words a day" badge (a total of 2,160 works were awarded)!
Well, compared to the first book I wrote on Qidian, which had 1.5 million words with 1,000 readers, there has been some improvement in both the number of words and the performance.
I can only say that I am really stubborn.
After that, it was an endless cycle of thinking about new books, writing new books, having them rejected by editors, and then thinking about new books again - over and over again, a nightmare cycle.
After two months of wasting time, I finally felt like I was about to collapse.
Because of overeating, humans have evolved into super-fat people who are 1.84 meters tall but weigh more than 200 pounds!
I finally realized the seriousness of the problem and that I had to find my true self and write a Western fantasy to reward myself and maintain my spiritual pleasure.
Although Western fantasy is not very popular on Qidian now, far inferior to urban, fantasy, and fairy tales - but I still like it.
Also, I really have to write it down now. I’m really afraid that my mentality will explode.
I didn’t bother to torture the editor. I just wrote 6,000 words and asked him to sign it directly, thinking that it would be fine if it failed...
Finally, this book came into being.
The character setting is similar to the first book, with the protagonist having the attributes of a paladin on the outside, but with the charm of a succubus on the inside, evil but not lewd. I really like this setting!
I originally wanted to follow the old path of the book and drive around, hanging out with the monster girls - but due to some well-known reasons recently, I have to restrain myself again and again.
Iron Fist of Love: You are not allowed to be shy!
Me: Okay, okay, I’ll be honest!
To be on the safe side, I also published a previous Amber Flow Kill Kill Kill Waste Case, and I kept doing this with two sites and two accounts for a month.
In the end, I chose one of the two and kept this book, which I have been writing until now.
Call... ·
Before I knew it, I have talked so much about my life, which is somewhat wonderful but mostly boring and even miserable.
Ah, it’s free content anyway, so just let me talk about it--"
These are boring words, everyone, just take them as idle talk.
Believe it if you want to, and don’t worry if you think I’m playing the victim, I can understand.
Anyway, this is my life, there is nothing to hide.
The information is all true~
If I must say something, I actually omitted a lot of details and concealed some parts that might make people physically uncomfortable.
For example, there was a story about a man who killed fifty or so small cockroaches in a cheap rental house in the middle of the night in the late high school period.—··—
I can only say that it’s a good thing that we are in the Northeast, where cockroaches are much smaller than those in the South.
For example, when I was in Africa, the mosquito net was so annoying that I got up in the middle of the night and killed 40 mosquitoes with an electric mosquito swatter.
To be honest, I am not one of the best people, but my abilities are not bad either, and I can be considered to be able to earn a little money.
At the age of 25, two years after graduation, I had earned almost 50 yuan. Although I have paid off all my debts and am still in debt, I have earned a lot in my good years.
Maybe I don’t earn enough, and most of the time I just lack a little bit of luck.
I hope we can get out of trouble in the future.
I hope that day will come soon, grandma. When I become successful, I will write an autobiography and name it "How the Steel Was Tempered: My Struggle".
happy.
[End]
How about it
After reading this, do you think I’m pretty awesome
It’s hard to say anything else, but at least my ability to withstand pressure is at its maximum.
happy.
Having said all that, I'm not actually complaining, or emphasizing how pitiful it is.
Not really.
Because that doesn't make sense.
Sympathy doesn't make readers buy into your story.
This is a subscription site. Readers are already doing their best by giving a first order out of pity. If the writing is really too bad, no one will waste money subscribing to such crap.
People are willing to support me not because they feel sorry for me, but because they think the story is good and they don’t want it to end so abruptly.
Rather than feeling sorry for me, people are more likely to feel sorry for the books. I am fully aware of this and will not act recklessly by taking advantage of everyone's love for books.
I now truly feel like I'm walking on thin ice and I dare not be careless in any way.
I actually didn't have to say all this, but after much hesitation, I finally wrote it down.
The motive is not that complicated. It's just that I have kept these things to myself for too long and have no one to talk to.
I want someone to hear my story.
"That's not a dark history, that's how I came to be." Although it may sound a bit childish to say this, it is indeed true.
Looking back at every step I took, there were times when I felt despair, times when I almost collapsed, but I eventually made it out.
But when necessary, even the top-level pressure-resistant pressure cooker needs to be deflated, otherwise it will really explode.
Although my life so far can be described as full of setbacks and bad luck, it also has some bright spots that are not so embarrassing.
Is it worth a look
At least, apart from feeling a little sorry for myself, I haven't let anyone down.
I have done my best for everyone in the first half of my life. I have a clear conscience and am proud of it.
At seventeen I didn’t think my life was ruined, and at twenty-five I certainly don’t think so.
No matter how hard or difficult it is, I have come this far. Not only have I not been defeated, I am still doing things that seem to be inconsistent with such a destiny, such as pursuing my dreams.
He did not let his mother collapse, but pulled her back from the abyss and took on the responsibility of the family alone.
Still pretty cool, right
Looking back over the years, I increasingly agree with one point: as long as you keep living, everything will still turn around.
As the oldest joke in the world goes, no matter which direction you go, you are moving forward.
Lift your legs and move forward. As long as you walk, you are moving forward.
In fact, it can be seen from these words that although I have a miserable life, life has not left me with much negative energy.
In other words, I don't allow it to remain in my life.
Life itself is bitter enough, don’t torture yourself anymore, just smile.
I personally have almost no violent temper, never quarrel with anyone, and my emotions are always extremely stable.
Maybe it's innate, or maybe it's because I've been unlucky for a long time, but my mentality is generally peaceful and I tend not to write those emotions into books.
I am a person who has experienced suffering, so it is impossible for me to praise difficulties.
But I want to say to every friend who has been or is currently going through hard times:
"You are awesome! You are your own heroes! We are all the best!"
Finally, back to the topic, I have talked so much, but the core point I want to express is:
This book is really, really, really important to me now!
There is no way I can cut up a book!
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Trust me!