Wang Zixu walked briskly on the road, still immersed in the happiness of doing good deeds every day. He did not know that Director Mei had given him a verdict of "official fan".
If he knew, he would be very angry that his spiritual world had been misinterpreted. So it's a good thing he doesn't know. Because even if he knew, there was nothing he could do.
As mentioned before, Wang Zixu’s bad luck in life lies in the word “opportunity”. In fact, this is a more euphemistic way of saying it. He was simply tortured to death.
This started from 8 years ago. Eight years ago, Wang Zixu was admitted to the company as a civil servant, when he was 22 years old.
He graduated from a prestigious university, is high-spirited and handsome, and his leaders regard him as a future cadre for training. That was the golden age in Wang Zixu's life.
Half a year later, the local government launched institutional reforms. It was widely rumored that the nature of Wang Zixu’s unit would change, and the status of all current personnel would be converted into public institutions.
There is a huge gap between the business establishment and the administrative establishment. Not only the treatment is very different, but also the promotion. It was as if the living room of Wang Zixu's house had been struck by lightning. A hole exploded in the floor, and the whole family almost fell into it.
His father gave Prince Xu a big harvest, so he learned to smoke. The father and son squatted in the toilet and turned on the ventilation fan all night. Finally, the father said, I know an old classmate who works in administration, and maybe there is a way.
My father treated his old classmates to two meals. Use Daoxiangcun to make your old classmates happy. So the old classmate and his father regained their old friendship, hugged each other like brothers, and promised to help Wang Zixu solve the problem.
What the old classmate means is that the organizational reform has not yet been implemented, and the three-level plan has not been released. As long as Wang Zixu is transferred to another unit before the nature of the unit changes, he will not be converted into a business establishment.
So they began to make preparations in full swing. Under the guidance of their old classmates, they prepared cigarettes, alcohol, and shopping cards, and went up and down. They met many important people, made a lot of smiles, and vomited some beach. Finally, this matter was settled.
Everything was going smoothly at first, but somehow some god made a difference. Wang Zixu’s transfer document was kept pressed and was not released until the appointment document came out. By this time, he had been made a career editor, and even if he was transferred, he could not change back to his original identity.
The father and son went to find a new employer, but the new employer refused to change; they went to the original employer, but the original employer did not want to take charge. In the end, it was all over the place, and Wang Zixu still became a career editor.
My old classmate disappeared in an instant, and I couldn’t even get through on the phone. His father squatted at the door of his unit and finally caught him once. The man said impatiently, I can only guarantee that your son will be transferred, but I cannot guarantee when he will be transferred. Besides, even if something is agreed upon, it doesn't work out in the end, that's what happens in the world.
He added, you are always asking me to give you a guarantee. Remember, no one can give you a guarantee. What the superior can provide you is just an opportunity. Not all opportunities are guaranteed to succeed, but I at least give you a chance. Opportunities are something that you don’t want, but people strive for them. You can only choose to take it or leave it.
The wife could not accept the reality, but she refused to give up and had a big fight with Wang Zixu at home. He smashed tables and benches, scolded Wang Zixu for being unreliable, not knowing how to manage things properly, and lacking basic political skills. To this day, he still doesn’t know who he offended.
The prince was extremely aggrieved and asked me what political skills I could have? I just turned 22, and what’s the use of saying this now? What other political skills do business people need?
His wife cried bitterly and refused to give in. She asked him to kneel on the ground and swear that he must change his identity back to a civil servant during his lifetime. The person she married was a civil servant, not a career editor.
The transfer of Wang Zixu was put on hold because this operation gave the new leader of the unit a very bad impression of him, and he was criticized by name every now and then. All this made Wang Zixu extremely depressed, so he turned to his father to get angry.
He accused his father. You should also have some confidence in your heart. Since you are not on the same level as your old classmates, don't put too much faith in other people's claims of brotherhood. Why did I want to move up and down, but you slapped your chest and said no? Are you so confident that your face is too great? Who is the most educated person in this family? You always think that you are the most awesome. If you were really awesome, you wouldn't expect your son to be more promising than you.
Wang Zixu came here just to quarrel with his father and did not save him any face.
He has endured it for 22 years and has long been unhappy with his father's dualistic materialism. He has been brewing in his heart for more than ten years just to prepare for today. He wanted to confront him head-on, break the golden rope of the "pussy thing", break the jade lock of the "dick thing", and live his life in his own way.
Based on his understanding of his father, he was secretly ready to take action. In Wang Zixu's memory, his father was an extremely strong person. His neck was extremely stiff and he had never lowered his head in his life. He was arrogant and conceited. When Wang Zixu was six years old, he played backgammon with him. He cried all night after losing and he refused to give up a single game.
As a result, after Wang Zixu finished chatting, his father was silent for a long time, then his eyes turned red, he smiled haggardly, and whispered softly:
"I'm sorry, dad is old!"
Wang Zixu suddenly lost all fighting mood, and said in a hoarse voice that he wanted to go home.
His father asked him to wait, turned around shakily, and revealed a figure that was slightly unfamiliar to Wang Zixu - in his memory, his father's figure was taller than this, and his hair was not so white - he took out two cartons of milk from the house, with a very businesslike and sly smile on his face, and said, these two cartons of milk were originally intended for that person, but since things can't be done now, let that dick go. Son, please go back and drink.
Wang Zixu thought he was very hopeless. What day is it now, but he only thinks about letting his son drink milk. But he was in no mood to talk anymore, and his throat was swollen. He took two cartons of milk and went straight home. As I walked on the road, I realized that my face was full of tears, and I felt very uncomfortable because I was chilled by the wind.
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Wang Xiaobo said in "The Golden Age" that life is a slow process of being hammered. But Wang Zixu didn't think so. He felt as if his father had been hammered in an instant.
When was he hammered? Was it when you were scolded in front of your old classmates? Or when you are running for Wang Zixu's identity? Or was it earlier, when his mother divorced him, that he had already been beaten and turned into a man who only knew how to eat grass and work and had no temper?
When Wang Zixu was 22 years old, he realized two things clearly. One was that his father was no longer young; the other was that life was a huge whirlpool.
If he doesn’t work hard to climb out of the whirlpool of life, he will fall deeply into the whirlpool. Before drowning in life, he must try to grasp at every straw and fish himself up.
He tried every possible means not to be beaten by life. He doesn't want to wait until he is old to be helpless and say to his children, "I'm sorry, Dad is old." In a sense, like his father, he is also a man with a tough neck.