Classic revival of infinite games

Chapter 1. Puppet disease
On a cold rainy night, the lights of the city are hazy in the swaying rain.

Three female college students who were about to graduate sat by the window to cook hot pot. The glass window was stained with a thin layer of mist, which separated the steaming warmth of the hot pot restaurant from the damp and cold outside the window.

This hot pot restaurant was recently discovered by Ye Man. She brought her college roommates Di Ke and Lin Xiaomei to dinner, and listened to them express their feelings about the recent situation.

A rich aroma rose from the hot pot, but Di Ke, a girl with short hair, became more and more worried.She was wearing a dress shirt, with her sleeves rolled up indiscriminately.Her suit jacket was messily scattered on the sofa seat beside her.

"It's not like I said, looking for a job is too complicated recently." Di Ke put a mouthful of meat in his mouth, chewing angrily, "I feel like I have already applied to hundreds of companies, and I haven't had an offer yet! Liberal arts people are too miserable."

"That's right. It's popular in companies now - two hours to go back and forth, one hour to wait there, and a 10-minute interview at the end." Lin Xiaomei, who was sitting opposite, sighed.She is thin and small, with a little student air.Her tone was very sad, "Thanks to our hard work for many years, we have survived the early eighth, military training, exam week, and papers. In the end, we didn't even have the qualifications to be taken a serious look."

The two of them wailed in turn about the current situation, only Ye Man in the middle of them was left to concentrate on cooking the beef, and put the cooked beef in their bowls.

Di Ke turned around and looked closely at Ye Man: "Hiss——Boss Ye...you don't know...you have an offer already?"

Ye Man nodded: "I have joined the job."

"No way!" Di Ke had a painful expression on his face, "Boss, are you so low-key? Let us know when you find a job."

"But it's normal for Ye Jiang to find it so quickly," Lin Xiaomei said.

"That's right," Di Ke sighed, "The god of learning who wins the national award every year is different from ordinary people like us. Boss, can you tell me a little bit about the company you work for?"

Lin Xiaomei held her breath, and was already planning to take out a small notebook to record Ye Man's experience.

I saw Ye Man raised his hand and pointed: "It's the bookstore opposite."

The air was suddenly silent.

The eyes of the three gathered outside the window, and they saw the bookstore between the convenience store and the coffee shop.The style of the signboard is the kind of backlit signboard printed in the early days. The facade looks narrow and narrow, even smaller than the convenience store next to it. Compared with the exquisite and elegantly decorated coffee shop next to it, it looks more rustic. People are not very interested in entering.

"Well, Mr. Ye, I don't mean part-time job, I mean, formal entry?" Di Ke asked cautiously.

"Yes, I will officially join that bookstore as a salesperson after graduation." Ye Man put down his chopsticks, his eyes were extremely serious, "The boss lives overseas all the year round, he works five days off and two days off, and his salary is [-], which is covered."

"Where do you live?"

"There's a small room in the shop."

The air was silent again.

"No, boss, although choosing a career is personal freedom, if you are serious about submitting your resume, a monthly income of more than [-] is definitely not a problem." Di Ke muttered, "I still count on rich women and sisters to take me to fly..."

"And this job is slightly more replaceable." Lin Xiaomei pushed her glasses to analyze, "Although Ye Jiang, as a freshman, has many advantages in her resume, but if you want to accumulate industry advantages in the next step, this position may not be the best choice."

Ye Man said lightly: "Anyway, I can live no matter what."

Di Ke was silent for a long while, and his tone became more profound: "I understand, Mr. Ye wants to accept some trials in life. You are indeed..."

Ye Man took a bite of the meat and remained silent.

She didn't quite understand that her own brain circuit was always going straight and forth, why people always thought she was inscrutable.

A job with a monthly income of more than 5000 yuan has to find a house hard. The nearby single-living apartment is at least [-] yuan, and there are only more than [-] yuan left.

Or live with other people, although you can save the rent, there will be scheming in the office during the day, if you don't get along with your roommate, you will have to fight at night.

As for the bookstore salesperson, it is not easy to cause shoulder, neck and lumbar problems when going back and forth every day. The bookstore sells classics, ancient books, and out-of-print magazines. There are not many customers, and most of the customers are scholars.When there is no one, you can still read books and integrate your spare time into work.

College freshmen appear in groups during the graduation season, and they are crushed in front of companies where overtime is prevalent. They have four to five rounds of interviews. Getting an offer is a combination of ability and luck, but they don't know that this is just the beginning of everything.

There are also open and secret fights between the grids, big cakes from the boss, endless overtime work, tight schedules and business trips that are upside down day and night...

Work is a large part of life, and the choice of work also determines the quality of life-whether it is just a golden jade, or a real fulfillment and joy.

In this city, most people think about a lot of money, more money, the most money.

What Ye Man thought about was choosing life itself, that's all.

Di Ke and Lin Xiaomei obviously don't understand the decision of Ye Man, a talented student, but Ye Man obviously has made up his mind.Thus, the topic hastily ended.

"Speaking of bookstores and books, do you feel that the trend of recommending classics is particularly hot recently?" Lin Xiaomei turned her head and thought of other topics, "In the past, marketing accounts were all about recommending online novels, but recently I read All kinds of articles are recommended classics."

"That's right. People around are talking about this. I thought I should read the classics too." Di Ke replied.

Di can read books, which is new.

"If I'm tested in the interview, I won't say it, others will say it, and I can't be dragged down by them."

It turned out to be the case.

"Ye Man recommends me a book! I want short stories and not long ones." Di Ke bit another piece of meat and said, "Don't want tragedies, I don't like to read."

She thought for a while: "It's better to reflect my current situation. I've hit too many walls recently. I want something like a life-saving one, so that I can regain hope."

"Love of Life." Ye Man took a sip of the juice and quickly recommended it, "Jack London's short stories meet the requirements and are not tiring to read."

"Okay." Di Ke said with a smile, "I will go to your bookstore to buy later. Let your sister Di create your first sales after graduation!"

Everyone laughed and finished eating, walked out of the hot pot restaurant, and walked into the cold rain.

Ye Man opened a big umbrella, and Di Ke and Lin Xiaomei hid under the umbrella, one on the left and one on the right, and went to the bookstore opposite.

Ye Man unlocked the store door, and replaced "rest" with "open".

The three of them entered and wiped off the water on the red mat at the door.

The door of the bookstore is small, but the inside is gradually getting wider.The outside of the store is obviously a little bit decadent, but the inside of the store is exceptionally elegant and clean.

Ye Man walked to the famous bookshelf familiarly, took out a copy of "Loving Life", walked to the cashier, paid the money and handed it to Di Ke.

Di Ke: "Ye Man, shouldn't I buy it? Your performance..."

"Okay, okay, I don't have any KPI indicators." Ye Man smiled, "When you find a job, come and create turnover for me."

Di can accept it with a smile, and the two bid farewell.

Ye Man locked the store door again and came to her small room.Although small, it is well-decorated.

She leaned on the small sofa and checked the news on her mobile phone for a while:

[Classical revival wave?Sales of classic literary masterpieces continued to rise. 】

[Middle school students are obsessed with reading books and behave strangely. Parents want to jointly report to the publishing house]

[Are you still asking about the horoscope when you meet on a date?You are out!The latest social question: Have you read the book? 】

[Ten urban legends, how many do you know?Are the people around you really themselves...]

...

Ye Man recalled that the number of customers in the bookstore had indeed increased recently.

It's really strange that someone like Lian Dike who hasn't read books for ten thousand years will buy books to read.

Ye Man put down his phone, and went to wash up without paying much attention to the news.

To Ye Man's surprise, he saw Di Ke in the store the next day.

It was still broad daylight on a working day, such a suitable time for interviews.

Di Ke's expression was a bit weird, she walked up to Ye Man, holding the book "Love of Life" in her hand.

Ye Man approached Di Ke and felt that something was wrong with her.

Di was not as bright and lively as usual, her eyes were extremely empty, as if she was in a daze.

"Dike, are you uncomfortable?" Ye Man frowned.

"Book..." she murmured softly, "Book..."

"What's wrong with the book? What's the problem?" Ye Man took the book suspiciously and opened it.

Just looking at it, Ye Man felt an overwhelming sense of dizziness, and her eyes went black.

In the bookstore at noon, the dull-eyed "Di Ke" and "Ye Man" looked at each other, smiled silently, and opened the corners of their mouths in an inhuman way.

(End of this chapter)