Chapter 17 Chapter fifteen

I can't sit still and contribute to several newspaper columns, all of which are random essays.The only function of Shunzi's broken computer is to listen to music and type, and it doesn't even have a soft area, so I had to write it on paper, take it to the typing room outside the community to type it, and then submit it by email from there. The first draft was about the semantic change of the word "rogue". Taking Shu Yi, Bo Qi, Liangshan Heroes, the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest and other historical figures as examples, and looking back at their own fate, it was published in a national newspaper and cost only two thousand dollars. Words, the manuscript fee is exactly two hundred and five, and the manuscript fee will be published immediately.This is the first manuscript fee I earned in Beijing.I asked Qi Shunzi and Yanzi to have a good time outside.The second one is "The Purpose of Coming to Beijing", which describes the embarrassment of foreigners coming to Beijing for the first time.Grandma Liu regards the Grand View Garden as her home, but the people in the garden regard her as a joke.

Tianbao looked at me twice, looking at me like looking at a disabled young man. After reading the sample newspaper, he sighed: "Can you still calm down and write these things?" "I have to eat." I stretched my waist, "Life is like a penis, it can bend and stretch." He burst out laughing, repeatedly claiming to be wonderful.I discussed some column topics with him. He gave constructive suggestions and recommended me to write for a fashion magazine. The manuscript can be tens of thousands of words, and the manuscript fee is also considerable. It just so happens that an old classmate of his works part-time there.I was hesitant, how could the malnourished stranger in the cellar write about that kind of little bourgeois?It's almost the same as writing a wandering guide about physiological limits or animal husbandry knowledge.

"Don't look for objective reasons. Didn't you say that - can bend and stretch?" Tianbao smiled, "People who rely on writing for a living must also be able to bend and stretch their writing." I had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.Before leaving, Tianbao could not help but leave me a thousand yuan interest-free loan. Two days later, he brought me to meet his female classmate Qin Jingjing, and got me a feature article introducing the fashion movement.Submit within a week.For Tianbao's sake, the manuscript fee was raised to three thousand.Excited and cringing, Tianbao agreed for me.After leaving the house, he scolded me: "When you're in Beijing, you can never say no, you won't be told immediately that he will."

"What should I do now?" "That's what caught my eye." He said with a smile, "So you can only succeed and not fail. Crying children have milk, how fierce the competition is now! Don't forget, this is Beijing! Let me tell you so , here in Beijing, just look at the pimps guarding the elevator at the gate, they all have a way, if you don’t believe me, try it, you don’t have to be.” I have no doubts about it.For the 3,000 yuan, I started to go to Internet cafes to check the information, and passed it once after submitting the manuscript.After half a month, I got 3,000 yuan, and the more than 500 yuan deducted was the first tax I, a foreigner, dedicated to "Parisians".I immediately returned Tianbao's loan of one thousand yuan.

Since then, I have "peppered" the newspapers and periodicals and become a "freelance writer".This title, which the culturally illiterates use to comfort themselves, can barely maintain the humble life of a foreigner in Paris.When he was free, he played billiards and drank some wine with Tianbao, and occasionally met Li Hao and Yang Xingchen for a meal.Li Hao's life was the same as before, translating materials on the keyboard every day.Yang Xingchen was different, he had already squeezed into the small group of people who got rich first, and he was so busy that he had to make an appointment a week in advance to meet.Every foreigner is working hard, the city is too big, it is not easy to meet each other, more is to cherish heroes on the phone.

In fact, I can be like Li Hao, find a translation company or something, and live a small life with little white-collar workers, but I have never looked for it. Between dancing in shackles and walking with a heavy load, I always prefer The latter, masochists. Yang Tao was admitted to a good university in the United States and got a visa.The same goes for the others, even Guangzai, who nearly exploded after eating more than ten apples, got the offer.I am not surprised at all, as long as the brain is not too stupid, patient and thick-skinned, "New Oriental" students can usually successfully sneak out of the East and head to the West.

Fatty Niu successfully joined the "New Oriental" podium.When I read his cover letter in the nursery, I just laughed it off. Although suspicious monsters appeared frequently on the "New Oriental" podium, they were all standard parts of exam-oriented education after all.Just go to the "Lucky 250" site and ask someone, where does a gangster who didn't even finish high school end up, and nine out of ten will say construction sites, sand screening fields and so on. In this day when the poisonous sun is raging in the sky, eating hot pot does require some courage.

"I really caught a big fish, I would like to offer you a toast!" I sighed, "That letter must have played a role, right?" Fatty Niu made no secret of his complacency: "That letter is just a bait. Whether you can catch that big, old, treacherous and cunning fish depends on whether the hook is hard or the barbs are hard. See if you're a stickler. Hemingway's "Old Silver and the Sea"—you know?" "Why don't you ask me if I know "Xiao Erhei Gets Married"?" I giggled.Yang Tao toasted him: "High! You can't do porcelain work without diamonds, second child, I admire you little brother!"

Yang Tao gulped it down in one gulp, but Fatty Niu finally got to the bottom of it in three gulps under our supervision.Fatty Niu's drinking is nothing like his prestige when he speaks. After a few glasses of beer, he looks like a fucking licensed product waiting to be slaughtered.Hearing our flattery, Fatty Niu spoke up without shame: "Brother, I can do it at my fingertips. The founding silver of 'Intel'——" "Founder." I interrupted him. "I knew you would make trouble." Fatty Niu smiled and continued, "'Intel' founder Andy Grove said a famous saying: Only the paranoid can survive. (Only the paranoid can survive.) Do you know? Paranoid This word depends on how you understand it. If you say he is arrogant, he is arrogant. If you say he is confident, he is self-confident. If you say he is conceited and narcissistic, it is the same."

"And thick black." I added.Fatty Niu revealed his excitement: "You said he was too stubborn. Didn't the stupid boss take the Peking University exam three times?" Yang Tao looked suspicious: "Second brother, did you also try three times?" Fatty Niu's face turned from blood red to pig's liver, he hesitated, looked at our eager eyes for knowledge, and confessed with joy: "Indeed, I tried three times and escaped from death. During the trial lecture, facing so many big tails Wolves—they’re not as easy to fool as those idiots who engage in pyramid schemes, aren’t they? My brother’s mind is lost, and grandma’s is like a stripper’s debut. Incoherent, I don’t know what I’m talking about. Old fool Waiting for the big tailed wolf to sit down and cry, the 'senior old hooligans' gloated, and it was over. The second time, it was better, at least knowing what to show first, and what to show later, but it was not sensational enough, so it fell. Fortunately, Boss Yu Gave me a third chance. Dude——, it’s only three things. For the third time, dude, I’m going to go all out. A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. I can handle it by taking the big-tailed wolf next to me as an MLM trainee. Speaking of MLM training , buddy, who are you afraid of in China? Super performance, sensuality and taste, even I was surprised, guess what—”

I said, "Isn't that nonsense? If you pass, is there still food for today's meal?" "Come down for the third time, buddy—I barely passed. But it doesn't matter, my silver (person) is always the last to make silver (person)." Fatty Niu revealed forcefully, and half-covered his mouth, "Dude hired a few The famous women cheered vigorously, according to the consistent performance of those judges, can they not pass out?" Listening to Fatty Niu spout lotus flowers is like listening to a successful liar peddling his Nine Yin Manual.Yang Tao complimented: "Admiration, admiration! Now I can earn four figures in one class, and I don't have to live in a nursery." "Brother has changed to live in Saoziying." Fatty Niu waved his hand, "You underestimate brother too much, money is nothing!" "Have you ever seen a hypocrite?" I took off his fig leaf, "Who keeps saying that intellectuals need some money if they want to live with dignity?" The fat man chuckled: "It's not the purpose, it's the means. The purpose is to climb high and look far to guide the country to cure diseases and save all sentient beings." Eating and drinking reached a small climax, and we toasted Yang Tao.I said to Yang Tao: "Brother, don't worry about your studies. China's exam machines are roaring through, and there are no obstacles you can't pass. Wife, you have to pay close attention. When Chinese women go abroad, they follow the little nannies who come to Beijing from remote mountainous areas. The centrifugal force is strong. As for you, you are equivalent to a migrant worker in the same village as a babysitter." "It makes sense, brother, keep it in mind." Yang Tao raised his glass.Fatty Niu disagreed: "It's useless to be careful about this shit. It's going to rain and my mother wants money (people), so let her go. Churchill has a famous saying that there are two most difficult things in the world. One is to hold the fallen Your second wall is to hold back a woman who falls to someone else." I felt a sting like a scar being uncovered.They asked about the publication of the book, and I said that things are getting worse, and now is the most embarrassing day.Yang Tao said: "Being a writer requires a lot of hard work and experience. The second master worked as a migrant worker and stayed abroad, and the ruffian master even took the big one as a hawker." Fatty Niu added: "When Cao Xueqin was down and down, his family ate porridge and wine on credit, and was imprisoned; Wilde was also notorious for being homosexual, and was imprisoned; Hemingway..." "Don't literacy for me." I waved my hand.Fatty Niu said: "Why don't you come to 'New Oriental' to apply." "I can't go. First, I don't like to brainwash people, and others don't want to wash me. My brain is almost broken, and I'm basically brain-dead. It's useless to wash me." I smiled at Yang Tao, "Second, I I don’t have the courage to striptease in public three times in a row.” Fatty Niu smiled: "Do you have a problem with me today? Are you making money (people) to make fun of?" The dinner was coming to an end in a harmonious atmosphere of pinching each other. They competed to pay the bill, and Fatty Niu won.After dinner, we went to play billiards for two hours in the billiards city next to Gongti, and Yang Tao paid the bill because he won the third place.Went to Chaowai Street "Ma Le Di" and sang songs for two hours, drank a lot of wine, and still bled from big money.It wasn't until the middle of the night that we were mad and we wept farewell on the street. That night, Fatty Niu had an accident.He had a whim in Zhongguancun and wanted to take a walk home to welcome the first ray of dawn, so he got out of the taxi.Drunken and wandering alone in the quiet and empty midnight street, looking at your own reflection, chasing your own unreachable head, it's like connecting the past and the future, and it's really a wonderful thing to imagine. In the middle of the night, on the empty street, he was particularly conspicuous as he wobbled, and several defenses quietly attacked him.He shouted: "Stop! Come here! What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" "Let's take a walk." Fatty Niu contradicted. "Why take a walk in the middle of the night?" "Which law stipulates..." Fatty Niu is very legally conscious, "What's wrong with bullying Yin (people)?" As soon as they heard the Northeast accent of this drunk and rough man, the defense team became more alert. They quickly changed their formation and surrounded this fat man with a solid wall like a roundup of fugitives listed by the Ministry of Public Security.A boss asked him to show his ID card, Fatty Niu asked them to show it first, and the boss pointed to his uniform and red hoop.Fatty Niu spoke rudely: "Who are you? You don't have the power to enforce the law. You bully Yin (people) just by changing your vest?" Several joint defenses were gearing up, but were stopped by the boss.It is better to be careful with such a bold and unknown Siberian tiger. It will be troublesome if there are explosives or weapons on its body-they must have heard the story of the "two kings".After confronting for a while, Brother Niu was very reluctant to take out his ID card. "Sure enough, it's from the northeast." A defender muttered. "Temporary residence permit?" "No." "How long have you been in Beijing?" "It's been more than two years, what's the matter?" Fatty Niu asked provocatively, and the joint defense was like a treasure, shouting: "It's been more than two years and it's not done? It should be done in a week." "I didn't do it before, I haven't done it now, and I still won't do it in the future. I was born and raised in Bank of China, so why do I need to apply for a temporary residence permit in my own country? Only the Bank of Japan allows Bank of China to issue a certificate of good citizenship. I can't beat this certificate to death." If you don’t do it, what’s wrong?” Fatty Niu moved out of the Constitution and even the United Nations, “The Constitution stipulates that every bank has the right to move freely, according to the United Nations Convention on Bank Rights…” "Ah, are you going to class with us?" The boss sneered, and the defense pressed on every step of the way.Fatty Niu said: "Don't force me. If you are in a hurry, I won't stay here. I will immigrate." After a group of people laughed, the leader who was sure that Fatty Niu was not the bandit suddenly ordered: "Don't be so wordy, come with us!" Fatty Niu contradicted: "Why go with you, I'm going back to Saoziying now - don't escort me." "I've never seen such a fucker, take it away!" The boss roared angrily.Several defenders swarmed up, stretching their waists, twisting their arms, hugging their heads, hugging their thighs.Although Fatty Niu looks sturdy with big breasts, fat hips, big waist and round waist, after all, it is all subcutaneous fat pork belly stimulated by hormones.Fatty Niu was quickly thrown to the ground. The gang of strong defenders first pressed him tightly, and then searched him carefully. Fortunately, neither the murder weapon nor drugs were found, only an electronic English-Chinese dictionary and Two "Durex" brand condoms. "Haha, I'm still a prostitute!" The guards laughed obscenely.200 yuan for a person without a temporary residence permit, and 5,000 yuan for a prostitute!The obscene laughter of the defenders turned into the joy of harvest. "I'll whore your mother!" Fatty Niu roared in the middle of the struggle, "You know who I am, and you dare to grab the money of the stupid boss? Fuck you! (Fuck your mother!)" These migrant workers who have just put on their uniforms don't know who "New Oriental" and Boss Yu are, and they don't mind being fucked. They just want to take their prey back to claim the reward as soon as they catch a big fish.Fatty Niu fought bravely and was finally captured without any hesitation. The defenders happily carried Fatty Niu into the car as if they had hunted a big brown bear, only missing a big sack. When Fatty Niu was brought into a grassroots dictatorship, he got the chance to make a phone call.The Royal Police is different. They are well-informed. "New Orient" is well-known. It is a big taxpayer, and the government focuses on protecting enterprises. They cannot afford to be stabbed.But they didn't believe that the teacher of "New Oriental" was so tough and Yahao had the audacity to take a walk with a condom in his arms at midnight, but since he insisted that he was a fool, it's better to check it out. The call in the early morning woke up Lao Yu from his slumber, and he was very upset, but he answered it when he thought it might be from the mistress village in North America.Fatty Niu wept and respectfully reported to the principal, and he went in again.The old fool was very disappointed, and complained: "This happened early in the morning too? Xiao Chen just came out, and you went in again? What's wrong? Can't you take care of your lower body? Don't you have a girlfriend?" Fatty Niu snatched Bai and said, "Principal, why do you regard Yin as old Chen's silver? It's because of the temporary residence permit." The old fool didn't take it seriously: "Is it worth the two hundred yuan? It's less than half a class's wages! If you don't want to part with it, I'll reimburse you if you do it." "Principal, it's not a matter of hundreds of dollars. I told you last time why I didn't apply for a temporary residence permit even if I was beaten to death. This is a matter of principle." Fatty Niu said righteously, "I know a silver My strength is limited, but I have to persevere. Principal, I am also 'looking for temper in a wimp'. If everyone insists, this damn system will definitely die." Fatty Niu once again moved Lao Yu to Huyou, and Lao Yu immediately burst into tears: "Okay, you stay here, I will call their branch office immediately, if you can't get out in fifteen minutes, I am not Lao Yu. Beat the dog Depends on—uh, did they hit you?" Fatty Niu said: "It's just a few pushes and shoves. It's okay. It's not about the money, it's about the system. They're just messing around. I don't hate them." Lao Yu is Lao Yu, Fatty Niu soon came out swaggeringly with Durex in his arms. Fatty Niu asked me if I had a temporary residence permit, and I said shamelessly, "Yes, it's still a C permit, and I can't pretend to be a B." "Enough to lose money!" "Yes, this is also a rare blemish on my upright thirty years." Soon, Yang Tao's "couple" and all his roommates went abroad. Fatty Niu was popular among students in "New Oriental" with his teaching method of vulgar spoken language and profound truth.Li Hao, an old classmate, is immersed in translation work every day like a worker bee, while Yang Xingchen is busy raising his career to a new level.They all came to my "home" and said they saw their yesterday.As always, I lived in that moldy basement, writing small manuscripts, reading a pile of books sent by Tianbao and Chenge, or going shopping in streets, parks, bookstores, museums or small theaters. Life still has to move forward, even if it is boring.I began to have deep doubts about my talents and career, and felt deeply sad about my future.Climbing the grid or typing on the keyboard to play with words, in terms of input-output ratio, is probably the least economical business in the world.Unless you have nerves as tough as cowhide, incurable narcissism and self-masochism, and an unstoppable desire to talk, you should not play this high-risk industry regardless of life and death.In a vast country with 1.3 billion citizens, apart from "second wives" writers, there may not be hundreds of people who support themselves by climbing the grid.No wonder Tianbao sighed, you have arms and legs, why do you come to this job?As if this is the business of the handicapped.Many years ago, when my mother talked about "women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, men are afraid of entering the wrong profession", I didn't take it seriously, thinking that women can remarry and men can change careers. Who would hang themselves on a tree?But once the rope is around the neck, it is not so easy to retract it.All you can do is bite the bullet and stick your neck into the noose, and when the noose is getting tighter and tighter, try to die as fucking gracefully as possible.