Chapter One Unemployment

Standing in the subway, Xiang Kun swayed slightly with the subway, staring blankly at the reflection in the glass in front of him.

He was a middle-aged man with glasses and sloppy clothes. His back was slightly rickety, his hair was obviously unkept, and he looked a little messy, and he showed a large forehead with worrying hair volume, and he had a tendency to develop a Mediterranean hairstyle.If you just ask a stranger in the subway next to you, you will probably think that he should be in his forties.

But in fact, he just passed his thirtieth birthday a few days ago.

Has he grown into this ghost?

No wonder the previous boss half-jokingly introduced a single female who had just been recruited by the administration department and was dating him. The other person looked at him with such embarrassment and disgust.

In the past few years, his energy has basically been devoted to work. He went to work at nine o'clock every day, and rushed home after the last subway train at ten o'clock in the evening. He worked overtime on Saturdays and sometimes worked on Sundays.Even when I'm not in the company, I often think about how to optimize the code, how to solve the bug, and how to improve the product.

Since starting to work after graduation and joining this company that was just starting at the time, Xiang Kun has been holding a sigh of relief, to prove himself, to establish a foothold in this city, and start a family.

In seven years, his annual salary has risen several times, and he has become the company’s technical backbone. He has considerable share options and even bought a house-although the house is in the outer ring, it is less than 70 square meters, and the down payment is still the help of his parents. Part of the subsidy, there is still a lot of mortgage to be repaid.

It seems that he should barely hold a foothold, but it is still far from the expectations and requirements he has in his heart. Therefore, he has not relaxed, and is still spinning, working hard to improve the project, help the company go public, and make his options become a giant. Amount of wealth.

But today, the boss told them that the company went bankrupt, but the money in the company's account was cleared, and it was not enough to pay them this month's salary, let alone severance pay and compensation.

As an Internet company, there are no physical assets, such as their work computers and office desks and chairs, and there are even a lot of debts that have not been settled.

As for the stock options in their hands, they are naturally no different from waste paper.

Although it should not be difficult to find another job with his work experience and skills, even if the salary is not as high as before, there should be no problem in making a living.

However, in the seven years of devoting himself and forgetting food and sleep, the investment that far exceeded the work intensity of 996 has become a joke.

Xiang Kun didn’t care about the salary and compensation around the boss like other colleagues. He knew that it didn’t make sense to do so. As for some people who moved the company’s things directly, when the company was about to declare bankruptcy, the office property owners didn’t. The most they can take away is their work notebook.

The subway door opened slowly, and the announcement of the stop sounded. Xiang Kun didn't want to think about work and the next thing for the time being. He got off the car one stop earlier, went to a food stall, and asked for a dozen beer and a few more. A side dish, drink alone to buy drunk.

Xiang Kun actually doesn't like drinking, and it can even be said that he hates alcoholic beverages, because he really doesn't like the kind of brain paralyzed by alcohol and unable to maintain a sober and rational state.

Of course, on the other hand, it is also because he is doing technical work. He is not good at socializing and socializing. Because he is too busy on weekdays, he does not have much time to hang out with friends.

If you don’t smoke or drink, the way to refresh yourself is to drink coffee, tea, Red Bull, and be with coffee.

Xiang Kun can't remember when the last time he drank alcohol, maybe in college, but he certainly didn't have more than a can of beer.

So he didn't know what his drinking capacity was.

However, when the third can of beer was down, Xiang Kun was already flushed, dizzy and dizzy.

It felt uncomfortable, and he didn't care about drinking to relieve his sorrow, so he directly returned the rest of the wine, settled the bill, and supported Didi to go back.

It's very close to his home from the food stall, and it's only a five-minute drive away.

Although the house he bought has been handed over, he did not move in. He continued to live in the single room he had rented, and rented out his new house.

One is because the house is too far away from his company. If you move there, the time spent on the journey will more than double. The other is that the rent from renting out the house is more than the money he rents. He lives alone and spends most of his time working overtime in the company. The high cost of living is a waste.

Xiang Kun supported his dizzy head and returned to his simple and cramped rented house. He didn't care about washing and taking off his clothes. He directly patted himself on the bed and fell asleep.

...

When Xiang Kun woke up, he first saw the sunlight shining into the house through the window, and his subconscious reaction was "I will be late for work"!

But when he bounced off the bed and found that he had slept all night wearing clothes and shoes, and there was his own vomit beside the bed, he immediately remembered what happened yesterday—the company was gone.

Xiang Kun rubbed his still numb and painful temples and sat down on the bed. He didn't expect that he would be so drunk with only three cans of 330ml beer before he had been drinking all night, and he was not suitable for drinking.

He took the phone thrown on the bed to check the time, but found that the phone was dead and turned off. It was a bit strange. He clearly remembered that before he left the company yesterday, the phone still had more than 80% battery power. He went to a food stall for a drink last night. Haven't used a mobile phone before and ran out of power in one night of standby?

It seems that this phone has been used for more than a year, and the battery has also deteriorated a lot.

Thinking about this, Xiang Kun charged his phone, then forced his body to get up and cleaned up the solidified filth that he vomited all over the floor, changed the sheets and duvets, and then went to wash and take a bath by himself.

When taking a shower, Xiang Kun found that his hair had fallen a lot, and his skin had become very rough. Like the frosted shell of a mobile phone, his teeth seemed to be loose.

After taking a shower, Xiang Kun stood in front of the bathroom mirror and wiped the mist off the mirror. He found that his eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes, and the dark circles under his eyes were heavy, and his cheeks seemed to be thinner. It looked like a few nights. The sky is too haggard.

"Drunk once and changed like this?" Xiang Kun secretly decided that no matter what difficulties he encountered in the future, he would never use alcohol to relieve his sorrow. The sorrow did not disappear and his body collapsed first.

After changing his clothes, Xiang Kun walked out of the bathroom and turned on his mobile phone with a 40% charge. He found that there were more than a dozen missed calls, including former colleagues, suspected advertisements, mothers, and a few others. Ten unread WeChat messages.

Seeing that his mother's missed call was 35 minutes ago, Xiang Kun quickly dialed: "Mom, what's the matter, are you looking for me?"

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that your dad sent you a message on WeChat and you didn't reply. It felt a little strange, so let me call you and ask."

"I was in a meeting just now, so the phone was turned on silent, and I didn't hear it. I was too busy before and didn't read WeChat much. I will check it later so that my dad will not worry."

Mother’s voice is a little concerned: "You have to work overtime even on Sunday now? You have to take care of yourself and take care of your health, otherwise it will be useless to make more money."

Sunday?

Xiang Kun was stunned, subconsciously want to say that today is not Friday?He clearly remembers that yesterday, that is, the day he left the company was Thursday?

After a pause, Xiang Kun returned to the desktop of his mobile phone and glanced at the date. It turned out to be Sunday!

In other words, after I came back drunk, I slept for two whole days?