Chapter 26 The twenty-fifth ruler of desire

The small town where Jie Chen lives is not well-developed, and there are several enterprises in the town, but most of them are engaged in small-scale raw material processing and semi-finished product production. Because the scale is relatively small, the benefits are very average. Relatively speaking, there is a commercial enterprise in the town, and the benefits are not bad.A few years ago, two friends of Jiechen, Gu Shizhu and Hu Shizhu, both worked in it. Gu Shizhu once introduced their company to Jie Chen. He said that his company is mainly engaged in the trade of some local specialties, which is to buy special products from several nearby towns and sell them in the city.In the past few years, special products in mountainous areas have been quite popular, so they are more profitable than other enterprises in the town that rely solely on manual processing.

Other residents in the town were very envious when they mentioned Gu and Hu.A benefactor said that benefactor Gu and benefactor Hu not only have higher wages than others, but also have a large year-end bonus at the end of each year.Although the amount of this bonus is not fixed, and the specific figure is determined according to the trade volume completed in the year, it is considered a huge sum of money for employees of other companies. For things like bonuses, it is not clear how to calculate more or less.Originally, Chinese people used to be secretive when talking about money. Although people can’t help but talk about it, they will stop immediately when it comes to key points, such as the specific amount of money, not to mention the place where the discussion is in a temple. , The idea of ​​Buddhism is to look down on everything and everything, and the donors are too embarrassed to show too much desire for profit in front of the Buddha statue.

But later, Jie Chen discovered that even for the same company, the income can vary from high to low.One year, after receiving the year-end bonus, Gu benefactor encountered Jie Chen. He was in a very good mood. He said that he had received the bonus and planned to take a few days off to travel with his family. On the second day, Jie Chen happened to meet Hu benefactor again, but Hu benefactor was not in a good mood.He said that he originally planned to make a big purchase at the end of the year, but this year's bonuses are too small, so it is estimated that he can only make a small purchase at most.

That night, Jie Chen and Junior Brother Jie Ao talked about this matter, and Junior Brother Jie Ao said that it seems that the system of this company is quite fair.You must know that Hu's benefactor has a special status in the company. He is the nephew of the company's boss, but his bonus is so much less than that of Gu's benefactor. Speaking of which, the relationship between Jie Chen and Hu's benefactor is also good, and seeing Hu's benefactor looking depressed, he also wants to help him, but for things like bonuses, Jie Chen really can't help.Because according to Junior Brother Jie Ao, the only way to increase Hu's benefactor's income is to improve his sales performance, but Jie Chen can only think of two ways to help Hu benefactor to increase his sales performance.The first way is to ask Hu benefactor to consult Gu benefactor and learn the advanced experience of Gu benefactor, but according to Jie Chen's knowledge, the relationship between Hu benefactor and Gu benefactor is very bad, and they don't even talk much on weekdays.The second way is to ask Junior Brother Jieao to help give some advice, because Junior Brother Jieao usually has a lot of ideas, if he is allowed to participate, maybe he can really write a proposal.But Jie Chen later denied this idea, because from the perspective of identity, it is not suitable for Jie Ao to do such a thing. If a monk writes a cheat book for making money, if it is posted on the Internet, it will probably become a negative news for Buddhism. .

Just when Jie An was depressed because he couldn't think of a third way to help Hu benefactor, Jie An met Gu benefactor again.That day Jie Chen and Gu Benevolent suddenly talked about bonuses for some reason. Gu Benevolent said that his performance this year is very good, but he still looks forward to further progress next year. It would be great if he can become the sales champion in the unit. When Gu benefactor said this, Jie Chen was a little surprised, because Gu benefactor is usually very shrewd and capable, I really didn't expect that he is not the best sales performer in the unit.

Jie Chen asked Gu benefactor a little curiously, who is the colleague who is stronger than him?As a result, Gu's answer surprised Jie Chen even more. He said that the sales champion in the unit was Hu.Gu benefactor also sighed for a long time and said, who is Hu benefactor's nephew, so every time there are some better errands and opportunities, the boss will give priority to Hu benefactor. It was only then that Jie Chen realized that he had always had a misunderstanding. It turned out that Hu's benefactor's year-end bonus was not as small as Jie Chen imagined. He was actually the person with the most money in the entire unit.

Jie Chen suddenly thought, why is the Hu benefactor who received the most year-end awards dissatisfied with his income, but the Gu benefactor who is not the highest earner is elated? It turns out that whether a person is satisfied with his life is not directly equated with how much material he owns. There is another content that will more directly affect our happiness, which is our desire for life and our pursuit of life. When our desires are strong and unsatisfied, happiness becomes out of reach. We put in a lot of effort and get a lot of rewards, thinking that we will definitely get a lot of joy, but in fact such joy is often only short-lived, because the speed of desire regeneration is often unexpected to us.

If we don't know how to restrain our desires, then our efforts and progress will become meaningless.