I really didn’t want to be a warm man when I was reborn

Platinum Bay Mansion.

Xiao Qiao is sitting in front of the computer typing, but she is not writing a novel, but a graduation thesis.

She had been busy with postgraduate entrance examinations and had forgotten about her graduation thesis.

Today she logged into the official website of the Normal University and found that she had been admitted. She was so happy that she suddenly received a call from her tutor asking about her thesis.

Only then did she remember that she hadn't written her graduation thesis yet, so she started working on it.

"Why is this paper so difficult to write?"

Xiao Qiao stopped typing and scratched her head. She felt dizzy after writing a paper for a day.

"Let's wait until tomorrow to find some papers to copy... for reference."

It was only in 2009, that is, the year before, that undergraduate theses began to be checked for plagiarism, but undergraduate theses were rarely checked, and most students would refer to it when writing their papers.

Students will not be driven crazy by plagiarism checks like students will do 10 years later.

In the past two years, it even broke out that a master's thesis was copied entirely, except for the place name.

Xiao Qiao looked at the time and found that it was already past 9 o'clock in the evening. She stretched lazily and stood up from the computer.

Why hasn't Li Zhe come back? Is he still with the little vixen in the hospital?

She also wanted to share with him the good news that she was admitted.

This Xiao Qiao looks like sisters to Wang Zhining on the surface, but secretly she calls her a little vixen in her heart.

Really plastic sisters!

She came to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked out, and was stunned at the sight.

This apartment is in an excellent location, located in the core area of ​​the Bund, only 100 meters away from the Huangpu River. It has a first-line river view.

The view from Xiao Qiao's room is even better. Opposite is the Aurora International Building, the Citigroup Building, and the Oriental Pearl Tower and other Shanghai landmark buildings.

"Meeting you is my greatest luck... Ziyu, marry me!"

Xiao Qiao read the subtitles on the large LED screen, and the more she read, the more sour her tone became.

Fortunately, she was still thinking about this guy Li Zhe, so he actually went to propose to that Zhou Fox, and he made it so romantic.

She had already said that he was not allowed to be so romantic towards Zhou Huhu.

Humph, meeting Zhou Fox was his greatest luck, but what about her? What is she?

This big pig's hooves!

In the living room, Liu Kaiyue and Shen Xinyi stood in front of the window together, looking at the large LED screen on the other side. Their expressions were complicated, ranging from envy to unwillingness.

…

Entering June, it is the annual college graduation season.

The Normal College is full of graduates wearing bachelor's and master's uniforms, taking pictures together in small groups next to the landmark buildings on campus, leaving some beautiful memories for their college life.

The school has also posted many banners to send off graduates. Today I am proud of my alma mater, and tomorrow my alma mater will be proud of me. I wish the graduates a smooth journey and a bright future. Now that you have graduated, congratulations on standing at a new starting point in your life. Wait a minute.

Chen Xian and Lu Mingyang were walking side by side on campus holding a parasol. Lu Mingyang's eyes fell on a group of graduates taking group photos not far away.

"Graduation season is here. Senior Li Zhe must also come back to attend the graduation ceremony, right? It's been almost a year since I enrolled in school and I haven't seen my senior yet."

Li Zhe has basically not returned to school since his junior year, and has only come back once or twice a year. So far, he has not come back even once in his senior year.

Lu Mingyang and his new batch of freshmen had heard of Li Zhe's countless glorious deeds, but had never seen him before.

Chen Xian also glanced at the graduates who were taking pictures.

"Even if Senior comes back, he will probably come and go in a hurry. It will not be easy to see him."

"It's okay. On the day of the graduation ceremony, I will stay outside and I can always see the seniors from a distance." Lu Mingyang said with a smile.

Chen Xian also chuckled slightly, looking at Lu Mingyang, she seemed to see herself back then.

She was just a sophomore in college at that time. She was full of admiration and admiration for Li Zhe, and even impulsively kissed him in public.

Now that she thinks about it, she really feels that she was stupid, but she has never regretted it.

Lu Mingyang added: "Senior sister, you are about to be an intern in your senior year. Have you ever thought about whether you plan to be an anchor all the time in the future?"

"Well, I will continue to be the anchor for the time being. I will wait until I can no longer do it." Chen Xian's tone was filled with emotion.

The competition in the anchor industry is getting bigger and bigger. Many ordinary people have become rich overnight because of being anchors, which has caused more people to flood into the live broadcast industry. However, before the popularity of smartphones, due to the limitations of hardware conditions, PC-side live broadcasts The market is just that big.

As the largest live broadcast platform in China, Qudong Video has only 30 to 40 million daily active users.

This is completely incomparable to DY, which had more than 680 million daily active users 10 years later.

Of course, this data is very watery.

There are more anchors, but the market has not expanded much, so competition has naturally become fierce.

The content of short videos has also changed from the early beauty videos and film and television clips to a variety of themes such as humor, talent performances, life records, scientific revelations, and opinion discussions.

Since last year, more and more new anchors have emerged, which has put pressure on Chen Xian and other early beauty anchors.

In addition, with the advancement of beauty and makeup technology, many ordinary girls with average looks have transformed themselves into beautiful anchors under the camera. As a result, their appearance advantage has also begun to be lost.

Many people watch short videos and live broadcasts, but it doesn’t matter whether you are a real beauty or a fake beauty, as long as you look good and know how to flirt.

Chen Xian was still very popular last year, with nearly 10,000 people in her live broadcast every time. However, her popularity has plummeted since this year. Recently, there are only 2,000 or 3,000 people in her live broadcast.

His popularity plummeted, and his income also plummeted.

In the past, Chen Xian's monthly income was at least hundreds of thousands, sometimes as much as three or four hundred thousand, but now it is only fifty or sixty thousand per month.

The anchor industry is like this. It gets popular quickly and cools down quickly. The period of popularity can only last for one or two years.

Last year Chen Xian was still one of the top ten Internet celebrities on the Qudong platform, but this year she was surpassed by several newcomers.

Not only Chen Xian, but also early anchors such as Zhao Mingyao and Xu Yanni have seen their popularity decline to varying degrees.

Especially Xu Yanni, anchors like her who take the sexy route will get cold faster.

Last year, the platform forced her to be one of the top ten Internet celebrities. But this year, her popularity has plummeted and she has fallen out of the ranks of first-line Internet celebrities.

Only Sun Wanning, who specializes in game live streaming, has not only not seen a decline in popularity, but is still rising. The platform is planning to promote her to replace Zhao Mingyao and become the new top sister.

Sun Wanning's popularity has risen instead of falling, mainly due to the rapid development of the e-sports industry.

Last year, Quwan Technology established the first formal e-sports club in China and actively promoted the development of "League of Legends" e-sports events.

As the most popular "League of Legends" anchor, Sun Wanning has been surrounded by countless gamers.

Chen Xian also realizes that being an anchor is not a long-term solution. In two or three years, she may be completely cool.

But once you’re used to being an anchor, it’s not that easy to change careers.

Once you're used to earning tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands a month, it's hard for you to find a job and earn a salary of three to four thousand yuan.

The agent's advice to Chen Xian was to change her career to become an actor.

But it’s not easy to be an actor. Although Chen Xian is now a first-line anchor, if she wants to change her career as an actor, she can only start with small roles.

Chen Xian has already prepared for the worst. If it doesn't work out, she will save more money by working as an anchor for another two or three years, and then she will open a small shop, as long as she can maintain her livelihood.

However, she still has a large mortgage to repay every month, and it is impossible to have less money.

When Chen Xian and Lu Mingyang walked near the school's small shopping mall, they saw a crowd of people gathered in front of them. It was bustling, and some students stopped to watch.

"Isn't this Senior Yang Hao?" Lu Mingyang said a little surprised.

Chen Xian hummed slightly, and then looked back at Yang Hao, who was surrounded by classmates.

…

Yang Hao originally didn't plan to go back to school so early. He just wanted to attend a graduation ceremony.

As for taking graduation photos and having reunion dinner with his classmates, he is a big star, and he is destined to have no interaction with ordinary people like them in the future, so why should he talk to them again?

After Yang Hao participated in "Running Man", he became completely famous, and there were constant announcements. Although he was not a first-tier star, he was already a second-tier star.

The staff all call him Haoge, and no one calls him Haozi anymore.

This also made him more and more drifting.

Before his graduation thesis was due, he asked his assistant to write up a random paper, thinking that his tutor would definitely give him the face of such a big star.

But he didn't expect that his tutor didn't give him any face as a big star. He picked out a lot of mistakes and then sent the paper back and asked him to rewrite it.

He came back this time to work on his thesis.

What Yang Hao doesn't know is that he and Li Zhe are actually the same mentor.

Li Zhe, a billionaire, asked someone to write an excellent paper for him and submitted it to him. How could his tutor coddle him?

However, this kid Yang Hao, even though he was distracted in his heart and looked down on ordinary classmates, he behaved very kindly on the surface and didn't have the airs of a big star.

He patiently cooperated with the onlookers to sign autographs and take photos, which also made a good impression on the juniors and junior girls who knew nothing about him.

…

Building 7, 406.

In the dormitory, the old ceiling fan turned feebly, trying its best to dissipate the heat in the air.

Wang Zhiheng was sitting in front of the computer correcting his paper, and He Zhigang was also sitting in front of the computer, but he was not working on the paper, but looking at recruitment information.

He Zhigang and Ding Li still broke up.

The two people do not match in age, personality, and family background. When they first got together, they could make up for it with freshness and passion. However, as time goes by, as the freshness and passion gradually fade away, the conflicts between the two parties become more and more serious. It becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile.

Once, He Zhigang accidentally discovered that Ding Li had gone on a blind date behind his back and followed the family's arrangements. This incident became the last straw that broke their relationship.

After the two had a big fight, He Zhigang moved out of Ding Li's house.

Although he broke up with Ding Li, this relationship made He Zhigang grow a lot, his personality became more mature and calm, and he became more practical at work.

It can only be said that women are really a school for men to grow up.

He Zhigang has been an intern at Qudong Group for a year. Not long ago, He Zhigang received an admission offer. He only needs to pass the three-month probation period to become a full-time employee.

But he was a little hesitant about whether to stay in the Shanghai stock market for development.

If he stays in Shanghai and continues to work at Qudong Group, he should have a good development based on his relationship with Li Zhe as classmates.

But it is not easy to really stay in Shanghai. Housing prices in Shanghai are getting higher year by year, and now the average housing price is almost 25,000 square meters.

To buy a house with a slightly better location and about 70 square meters, it would cost 15.6 million.

With his salary level, he simply can't afford it, and the house price will only get higher and higher in a few years.

As for some experts saying that housing prices will fall, He Zhigang doesn't believe it at all.

He heard Li Zhe say that housing prices in first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai are unlikely to fall.

Compared with those unreliable experts, he certainly believes in Li Zhe, a billionaire.

As for waiting for the company to allocate rooms? Not to mention that it is difficult to get the qualification for housing allocation. Even if you get the qualification for housing allocation, it is not free, you still have to spend money to buy it, but the down payment is relatively low and the loan interest is also very low.

If you can't afford a house, you won't be able to stay in Shanghai, let alone find a girlfriend to get married.

After his relationship with Ding Li, He Zhigang became more aware of the importance of economic conditions.

It will be very difficult to get married in Shanghai without a house or money.

Soft rice is not that delicious either.

So He Zhigang had the idea of ​​returning to Quancheng, Shandong Province for development. It was closer to home and the housing prices were much cheaper.

But after reading a lot of recruitment information from Quancheng companies, he found that the salary was too low. The starting salary for undergraduates was only more than 2,000 points, and some were even as low as 1,500 points.

In Qudong Group, the starting salary for undergraduates is 3,600, and it will be 4,000 to 5,000 after becoming a full-time employee.

He Zhigang sighed in his heart. With a salary of two to three thousand and a house price of eight or nine thousand, he still couldn't afford to buy a house even if he returned to Quancheng.

It's better to stay in Qudong Group and look forward to promotion, salary increase and housing allocation. There is still some hope.

"Damn it!" Wang Zhiheng suddenly cursed and scratched his head hard.

"What's wrong?" He Zhigang turned to look at him.

"Then Teacher Bi is just looking for trouble with me. He basically just corrects other people's papers. I have corrected them three or four times and it still doesn't work."

The defense was about to begin, but the thesis had not yet been passed, so it was no wonder that Wang Zhiheng was anxious.

He Zhigang smiled and said: "You are unlucky to meet Lao Liang! He is like this. If you try harder, he will probably let you pass before you answer the defense."

The tutor, Wang Zhiheng, was famous in the school for being strict and picky, and he would inevitably be tortured when he encountered him.

"Hengzi, have you made arrangements at work and home?" He Zhigang took out a cigarette, handed one to Wang Zhiheng, lit it for him, and then lit one himself and took a long drag.

"Well, for a public institution, the money is only two to three thousand a month, but the work is easy and hassle-free, and the benefits are good." Wang Zhiheng said casually.

"It's good to have connections at home!" He Zhigang sighed.

His family's conditions were not very good and they couldn't give him any help.

When she was with Ding Li, she said that she wanted to help him arrange a public institution, which was more stable than a private enterprise, but He Zhigang refused.

Wang Zhiheng took a breath of cigarette and said with a smile: "You are not bad at all. Stay in Shanghai and follow Zhezi... No, it's Mr. Li. Are you afraid that you will have no future?"

He Zhigang smiled and did not answer.

After working as an intern at Qudong Group for nearly a year, he finally understood that Li Zhe was somewhat loyal and looked after him.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to get the offer.

But that's it. Whether he can get a promotion or a salary increase all depends on his work performance. Don't expect that Li Zhe will take special care of him if he has this kind of relationship as a classmate or roommate.

However, He Zhigang could also understand that even if Li Zhe was interested in him, people could not be greedy.

If he doesn't perform well at work in the future, he will resign on his own initiative without Li Zhe rushing him.

The dormitory door was suddenly pushed open, and Yang Hao walked in. Seeing He Zhigang and Wang Zhiheng, he smiled and said, "Brother Gang and Brother Wang, are you both here?"

Although he still called the two of them brothers as before, he did so in a teasing and joking tone.