Author: Shihanjie

The night breeze is blowing.

Wang Lin wiped his mouth and walked out of the corridor with satisfaction.

He and Li Wenxiu had lived in this small building for several years. Now that they came back again, they felt that it was so old and dilapidated.

I remember when they moved into their new home here, they were so happy and felt that they could spend the rest of their lives here!

The erosion of time is really terrible!

I moved into a new building just a few years ago, and now the walls look mottled and messy, with patches of black and gray mold everywhere.

Maybe people who live here every day don’t have this feeling of change!

They go in and out every day, up and down, and think it's all normal.

Just like when we watch our children grow up day by day, we don't realize how fast they grow, but when outsiders see them after a long time, they will be very surprised by their growth.

Uncle Zhong was waiting for Wang Lin by the car. When he saw him coming out, he opened the car door and respectfully invited Mr. Wang to get in the car.

Wang Lin was about to get into the car when he suddenly saw a familiar figure.

The man also saw Wang Lin, walked a few steps quickly, came to Wang Lin, nodded and smiled: "Oh, Chairman Wang! Hello!"

It's Zhao Weiguo.

Wang Lin was the squad leader when he worked in the machine repair class of Shenfang Factory.

"Weiguo!" Wang Lin smiled slightly, "Long time no see! What have you been busy with recently? Why don't you come to my house to sit for a while?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.

Wang Lin had long forgotten about those things in the past.

What's more, Zhao Weiguo also risked his life to save his son Wang Wen, and any knots in his heart have been resolved long ago.

The little money Zhao Weiguo owed Wang Lin had been paid off long ago.

I didn't see the couple for a long time after that.

Zhao Weiguo wiped his hands on his clothes cautiously but excitedly, then held Wang Lin's big hand tightly, and said with a flattered smile: "I don't dare to disturb you. You are from a wealthy family now! I know you have moved to People's Park.

We went to live nearby. One time we went to the park to play and saw your big villa. We just didn’t dare to disturb it!"

Wang Lindao: "Then you are too outspoken! Is everything okay? What are you busy with recently?"

Zhao Weiguo said: "It's nothing. Let's learn to do some small business, make a small living, and support our family."

Wang Lin asked: "Last time I went to the midnight snack street, I saw that your shop didn't do anything? No barbecue?"

Zhao Weiguo sighed and waved his right hand vigorously: "Business is like that, but those landlords are raising the rent like crazy! For several storefronts I rent, the monthly rent alone has risen to 3,000 yuan!

The rent is three thousand a month! Oh my God! I can’t make any more! Whoever wants to do it can do it!”

Wang Lindao: "It is inevitable that rents will rise. The city is expanding and the population of Shencheng is increasing. Wherever there are people, there is an urgent need for housing. Especially for people from other places, they cannot find regular jobs.

Most of them can only do small businesses to survive. When there are more business people, the rent will go up. It will be even higher in the future. In your street, even if it goes up to 30,000 a month, I wouldn't be surprised."

Zhao Weiguo said in astonishment: "Thirty thousand? Then we can only drink the northwest wind!"

Wang Lin laughed and said, "Business will be better then! What will you do now?"

Zhao Weiguo said: "Oh, business is hard to do now! It's not as easy as before. Now I open a small shop and earn some living expenses! I found that people should study more. People who don't study,

The way out is too narrow!”

The golden age of self-employment was the 1980s.

Throughout the 1980s, the most profitable occupations that individuals could engage in were concentrated in self-employed businesses, private contractors, small workshops and other industries. At that time, the highest definition of wealth, a household worth 10,000 yuan, was almost all concentrated in this field.

The top three most popular professions in the 1980s were taxi driver, self-employed and chef, followed by scientists, doctors and teachers.

In that era, taxi drivers really made money. When the per capita salary was less than 100 yuan, their monthly income was as high as more than 3,000 yuan!

What is this concept?

This is equivalent to when the per capita salary is 3,000 yuan, they can earn about 100,000 yuan!

Because self-employed people make so much money, it became a trend for all people to go to work in the sea. Even the director of the county department resigned and went to work in the sea.

Most of the emerging bosses have low academic qualifications and low knowledge. Because they are the first to eat crabs and have the largest number of participants, the theory that knowledge is useless has become popular.

In foreign countries, foreigners never believe in the theory that knowledge is useless. This is because they do not have the boss class that made fortunes in my country in the 1980s due to primary school culture.

In the 1980s, the most miserable intellectuals became the main force who went to work in the sea. After studying hard for more than ten years, they might as well have graduated from elementary school! After studying for a Ph.D., working on the atomic bomb was not as profitable as selling tea eggs.

This obviously unfair treatment has caused huge losses to practitioners in the technology field. As long as they resign and go overseas, anything they do is better than technology.

In order to reverse this situation, starting in the 1990s, my country's top leaders consciously comprehensively improved the treatment of intellectuals. After nearly 10 years of madness in the 1980s, the number of self-employed people has also been seriously saturated. my country's economy is developing rapidly. What is most urgently needed is no longer low-end manual workers, but technical talents.

The demand for technical talents is due to the large losses in the past decade, insufficient supply due to the weak higher education in our country, and the large number of companies that have emerged due to rapid economic development. This has led to a huge shortage of supply and driven the rapid rise of technical personnel wages.

Growth. Going to college and becoming a white-collar worker is synonymous with honoring your ancestors. Intellectuals are no longer looked down upon, and the college entrance examination has become a shortcut for a carp to leap over the dragon's gate.

The 1990s was an era of intellectual turnaround. On the one hand, a huge shortage of supply led to a rapid increase in the wages of technical personnel. On the other hand, foreign investment entered our country on a large scale in the 1990s, but there were too few talents who met the requirements of foreign companies. At the beginning, many people were interested in going to China.

Be skeptical about working in foreign companies.

Therefore, the income in foreign companies is significantly higher than other jobs, and many people are proud to work in foreign companies.

It can be inferred from the experience of the 1980s and 1990s that in a market economy environment, supply and demand are the most important factors in determining wages.

However, the world is constantly changing and developing.

The golden decade of intellectuals and technicians is about to pass.

In 2000, after my country's education reform, university enrollment expanded, and a large number of college students soon crowded various job fairs.

College students have become so worthless that they have to find their own wontons.

Not only is there no shortage of technical personnel, but they are soon saturated.

At this stage, there is no shortage of manual workers, no shortage of technical personnel, and even the wages of foreign companies are not advantageous. A large number of graduates are vying to take the civil service examination because this is the best career.

If you pass the civil service examination, you will get a job with an iron rice bowl, whether it is an employer or a state-owned enterprise, you can accept it. As long as you get in, in the worst case, you can get a decent salary and benefits. If you are lucky, you can get

If you have an official position and a part-time job, your life will be more nourishing.

Ten years seems to be a cycle and destiny.

Ten years later, after 2010, the IT industry and the financial industry rose and became popular.

The ten-year cycle is actually a talent training cycle, embodying the basic principle of balancing supply and demand.

After a ten-year golden period when demand exceeds supply, it enters a ten-year silver period when supply and demand are balanced, then a ten-year bronze period when supply exceeds demand, and finally enters the dark period of chicken feathers everywhere.

Let’s look at the all-powerful taxi drivers in the 1980s and the self-employed people selling tea eggs. Excessive income led to an influx of workers, and taxi licenses were sold to sky-high prices in the 1990s. It can even be said to have become an urban administrative monopoly.

industry, but this has not affected the rapid decline in the income of employees in this industry.

In the 1990s, taxi employees could be said to be doing well, and their income was no less than that of college students. I call it the Silver Age. After 2000, the income level of taxi drivers began to decline slowly. I call it the Bronze Age of Decline. In 2010

From now on, taxi drivers are completely synonymous with manual laborers. They work hard for a long time and earn several thousand yuan a month. I call it a heart-breaking dark period.

This is just a microcosm of the rise and fall of each industry, and it is also the inevitable result of historical development.

That's why there is an old saying, Thirty years to the east of the river, thirty years to the west of the river.

Changes are happening more rapidly now. It took ten years for Hedong and ten years for Hexi!

Wang Lin and Zhao Weiguo chatted, and they felt even more emotional about the changes in the world.

Zhao Weiguo acted very reserved in front of Wang Lin, like a primary school student standing in front of the principal.

The once high-spirited squad leader Zhao's waist has been bent a lot by the burden of time, and his high head has also lowered. His unruly temperament has been polished by society and has lost even its edges and corners.

Wang Lin looked at this slender middle-aged man and suddenly felt sad.

Because he once had such a difficult time.

In the face of reality, who can truly live a proud life?

Zhuangzi's freedom is destined to be the other side that we can learn from but cannot reach.

"Come to my house when you have time." Wang Lin said, "Wenxiu still talks about you all the time! Last time we were at the Chenghuang Temple, thank you for saving my family Wenwen!"

Zhao Weiguo chuckled and said: "Okay, okay, I will definitely visit Chairman Wang and his wife when I have time."

Wang Lin wanted to laugh, but couldn't.

He patted Zhao Weiguo's arm.

Zhao Weiguo's bones became a few ounces lighter, his waist became more bent, and he had a flattering smile on his face.

Team Leader Zhao, who was once so aloof, now just thinks Wang Lin is unattainable, right?

Wang Lin turned around and got into the car.

After the car drove out of the community gate, Zhao Weiguo was still watching, keeping his bent posture with a sincere smile on his face.

Once there is a great disparity in people's status, an insurmountable class will be formed between two people, like a chasm, which is difficult for people to cross.

When Wang Lin lived here before, Zhao Weiguo and his wife would visit from time to time.

Later, Wang Lin's business grew bigger and bigger, and Zhao Weiguo realized that he and Wang Lin were no longer in the same circle, so they stopped interacting with each other.

Uncle Zhong drove the car and suddenly said: "Dr. Wang, I have seen him. He is that Zhao Weiguo. When he opened a barbecue restaurant, he offended a bully on the ground. The bully asked someone to come forward and demolished Zhao Weiguo's shop.

.Zhao Weiguo had no choice but to leave the night snack street. In fact, making late night snacks is still very profitable!"

Wang Lin yelled: "Is this happening? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Uncle Zhong chuckled and said, "Dr. Wang, I forgot."

It's not that he forgot, he just felt that such a trivial matter as Zhao Weiguo was not worth reporting to Wang Lin as a serious matter.
Chapter completed!