Chapter 1: The Way of Job Hunting (1)
Hailin City is not by the sea and is a standard inland city.
The city has only one university, Hailin University. In recent years, the economy of Hailin City has been booming and has become a model city for economic development in coastal areas and even nationwide. Hailin University has also risen to fame, becoming a dream school for countless students from outside the region.
The reputation of the sea is loud outside, but it has no influence on the inside. The local old and young people all look down on it. The predecessor of the sea was an unremarkable normal school, with a poor background, like a peasant who suddenly became rich, even if he had a lot of money, he couldn't shake off his rustic air. Moreover, Chinese people's pursuit of education is like tourism, they have a mentality of giving up what is near and seeking what is far away, emphasizing that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. The school is too close, it can only be read but not traveled, so it's not interesting. Over time, the status of the sea in the minds of local people has become shaky, just like the position of the Chinese men's football coach.
Xu Wei has a deep understanding of this. Xu Wei had a younger cousin, who was about the same age and took the college entrance exam in the same year. Xu Wei got into Haida (a university in Qingdao), while his cousin got into a university in Beijing. This university in Beijing is similar to Haida in terms of its background, as both were upgraded from teacher's colleges; however, it is actually weaker than Haida but has a better location (in the capital city) and a bigger name - Capital University of Economics and Business, which sounds like a top national university just by its name. In comparison, Haida can only feel ashamed. As a result, Xu Wei's cousin became a model student in their relatives' eyes. Xu Wei's parents were so disappointed that they never mentioned Haida again. However, as the saying goes, "no matter how careful you are, there is always something that will slip through the cracks." One time when they were visiting relatives outside of Qingdao, they accidentally let it slip and unexpectedly received a lot of praise from their relatives. This situation is not hard to understand - just like Chinese athletes who can't even make it into the national team but become hot commodities as soon as they go abroad.
Xu Wei is a thoroughbred Hailin person, from kindergarten to elementary school, junior high school, and high school, all completed in Hailin. If nothing unexpected happens, the next few days will also be spent here. He has been taking a mediocre path since childhood, with no special talents or defects. Getting into Shanghai Hailin University is already the result of his greatest efforts. Although he was slightly dissatisfied with Haidai due to his cousin's affair, he quickly adjusted and vowed to spend the next four years smoothly and easily, and then leave with a graduation certificate.
Hai Da's reputation, which had been wandering outside for many years, still had some effect. Although it didn't bring a sense of pride, it attracted beauties from all over the country. Xu Wei had a good eye and chose to apply to Hai Da University's Chinese Department, which was coveted by all male students in school. The department was filled with beautiful women, with a severe imbalance in the male-to-female ratio, reaching a strategic height of 1:9. Xu Wei lived among the beauties every day, and even if he didn't do anything, his life was still quite good.
But philosophers have said that happiness is always short-lived, while suffering is long-lasting.
Everyone who has attended university in China knows that as long as you don't suddenly decline in intelligence or set Bill Gates as your study goal, graduating smoothly is very easy. In contrast, finding a job after graduation is not so easy. In recent years, ordinary universities have been rapidly expanding enrollment, and the number of college students has been increasing rapidly; but the overall economic situation has been rapidly declining. The unique honor of being a "pride of heaven" for university graduates has been severely damaged by arguments such as "zero salary employment", " elite school students raising pigs theory", and "university students returning to vocational schools" that have appeared in newspapers like bamboo shoots after rain. Ideals are still at the top of Mount Tai, but their value is plummeting like the Luoshan waterfall, falling thousands of feet. Some economists even believe that China's greatest resource in the 21st century is talent, and its biggest challenge is a surplus of talent.
Facing the severe employment situation, university students are willing to lower their salary standards for their first job, and a monthly salary of 800 yuan is also acceptable, with the threat extending to the level of migrant workers.
Most graduates of Chinese departments are female, and the girls all love Qian Zhongshu. They have taken the great theory from "The Besieged City" - "Husband is a woman's profession, without a husband it is equivalent to unemployment" as their motto. As graduation approaches, the beauties have all taken advantage of their strengths, dressing up and planning to solve both career and love problems at the same time. From a statistical point of view, male students majoring in Chinese are scarce, so Xu Wei's chances of success on this path are much higher than those of his female classmates. However, he gave up this idea because he knew that the primary condition for becoming a "slipper man" is not being few in number, but rather being handsome.
