Nearly thirty years old, established in science and technology

Chapter 1 Things turn out differently
Hezhou City, Galaxy Times Center office building.

"Ji Hong, have you been paying attention to Qi Wei recently?" Zhao Donghe, who was at the workstation next door, made a gesture to Ji Hong, gesturing for him to come closer, and said softly.

"What's wrong with Qiwei?"

"Last week, there were more than 1,200 people in the Qiwei address book. Now look at it. There are only more than 700 left. Didn't you notice?"

"Huh? So much less!"

“The company has been improving costs and increasing efficiency for some time, and the most direct way is to optimize personnel.

"The basic salary of the sales department is only 2200. This has been optimized so much. I heard that our technical department needs to be optimized by at least 20%. Calculating, it requires at least a dozen people. We are the most dangerous."

Ji Hong knew what danger Zhao Donghe meant. All employees who normally come into the company have at least a bachelor's degree or above from a key university.

As for the two of them, one has an ordinary undergraduate degree, and the other has even a junior college degree, and is not even a professional background. He studied civil engineering in college. He participated in the training of an organization a few years ago when the Internet industry was booming and then entered the industry.

Being able to join Chuangjie Technology Group was a coincidence, because a project was acquired.

Moreover, the products acquired later did not succeed and were cut in half. The colleagues in the original department are now left alone, and their position is already awkward.

If the group decides to optimize technical staff, they will of course be the first to bear the brunt.

"It's not easy to do. The industry is no longer what it was a few years ago. At that time, finding a job was really easy. Now, major Internet companies are constantly sending talents to the society, but there are very few recruiters.

"We are both almost thirty years old, and we have reached an age that no one wants. If we are laid off, it will be difficult to find a job. What do you think about starting a business?"

Zhao Donghe is already considering his options.

"Start a business? What are you doing?"

It’s hard to find a job, but it’s easy to start a business? Ji Hong thought about it several times, but he still didn't understand how to start a business without funds and projects.

Occasionally do some private work from the Internet? It was okay two years ago, but now there is no work at all, and even if there is, it has been "engaged" and cannot make much money.

"Have you not noticed that every night, there are more and more vendors setting up stalls in the alley downstairs? I asked around, they make a lot of money, if you can't afford it, it's not bad to buy a small truck to sell pancakes. I heard that you can even make it in a day Earn hundreds of dollars."

"Ah this..."

……

"Ji Hong, Zhao Donghe, you two come here." The two of them were muttering, and the manager called them. The two of them also followed step by step with a thump in their hearts.

"You two know the situation of the company, and I won't play riddles with you two. The task given to me by Human Resources is to optimize a quarter of the department, which is at least twelve people."

The manager got straight to the point and said earnestly: "This time is different from the past. According to human resources standards, whoever gets the higher salary will leave."

Zhao Donghe and Ji Hong didn't understand this. Their salary was not high, it could be said to be the lowest. In this situation, it shouldn't be their turn, and they also looked at him with doubts.

The manager continued: "You two are in a special situation and must be optimized. I applied. If you can take the initiative to reduce your salary, you might be able to stay."

"But our salary is only a few thousand yuan, how can we reduce the salary if we reduce it?" Ji Hong became anxious instantly.

"I have nothing to say about this. You can think about it carefully during these two days over the weekend and give me a reply on Monday."

……

Walking out of the office building, Ji Hong felt very heavy. There was definitely no way to reduce his salary. As a programmer who had worked for five years, a salary of 7,000 was already at the bottom of the class. If it were to be reduced further, he would be like an intern. A level up.

Is my level really that bad?
Because he became a monk halfway, Ji Hong was not confident in himself.

But if you think about it carefully, at least he didn't delay any work. In the project, he was not slower or worse than anyone else. He even often helped other colleagues solve problems that they couldn't solve.

I still remember that some time ago, the company had a project that had very complex and tedious data statistics requirements. He spent more than a month learning R language by himself and processing it. This project won the company's best technical innovation award at that time, and also I was given two thousand yuan.

"Then how come it must be me who is optimized?" Ji Hong felt a little sad, probably because of his academic qualifications and major. It will be the same when I go out to look for a job. I go to an ordinary school and don’t have the right major. It’s okay when the industry is hot. It doesn’t matter and I don’t care.

However, in this period when the supply of personnel far exceeds the demand, the candidates may be given up during resume screening and may not reach the technical interview stage.

Especially at this age, nearly thirty...

He kept sighing along the way, and unknowingly returned to the door of his residence. The moment he opened the door, he smiled when he thought of the person inside the door...

"Honey, Surprise!" A girl smiled at the door with a grimace: "This is for you."

The girl is, of course, Ji Hong's girlfriend Cheng Hui. She is three years younger than Ji Hong. The two met in school, a typical campus romance, and they have ended up today.

However, the two of them haven't gotten married yet, mainly because their families don't agree, but they don't have to force them to break up, so they decided not to get married before buying a house.

Cheng Hui himself was carefree and didn't care about anything. He told Ji Hong countless times: I won't leave you anyway, it doesn't matter whether I get married or not.

If you don't mind, we can secretly get the marriage certificate and our family won't know about it.

This is probably the only softness left in Ji Hong's heart. This is a girl who deserves to be treated sincerely.

"What is it?" Ji Hong recalled the past and let Cheng Hui hang something around his neck.

"This is the Jade Guanyin that I spent a lot of money to get from the temple and was blessed by the master." Cheng Hui emphasized: "You must take it with you. The master said that in 2024, the Year of the Dragon, we will be lucky. .”

"Well, okay, I'll take it with me." Ji Hong didn't believe this, but he didn't brush off his girlfriend's expectations.

"Don't believe it, look at you, you were very good in college, right? In the past few years of work, you have been studying big data, blockchain, artificial intelligence and so on. Although the university is not a related major, I think you Must be stronger than most people.

"At least, at your age, there are really not many people who work as hard as you, but why haven't you succeeded yet? This is almost bad luck!"

"Okay, okay, I will definitely keep it with me, always keep it with me!" Ji Hong reached out and touched the Jade Guanyin. It was cold, not to mention, quite comfortable.

"It's getting late, let's eat quickly. We need to go to bed early soon." With that, Cheng Hui went directly to the kitchen to serve the meal.

"Ouch." Ji Hong also responded. "Go to bed early" is not just a casual talk. It has basically become a code word that the two of them cannot say to outsiders.

……

"Husband, you are awesome today." In the middle of the night, the two of them were lying on the bed, and Cheng Hui looked at the ceiling with a confused expression.

[Recognized, physical recovery +1. 】

Ji Hong seemed to hear a voice coming from his ear, which was very clear.

"Huh? What's the sound?" Ji Hong was confused and tried: "Wife, what did you just say? Please repeat it so I can hear it?"

"I said hubby, you are awesome, hehe!"

Ji Hong shook his head, but there was no other sound in his ears. He just felt that he had hallucinated something.

However, Cheng Hui turned over and came over again: "You asked me to praise you again, then why don't you do it again?"

It is indeed a little difficult to put the past aside and try again, but today, for some reason, Ji Hong seems to be very energetic, so...

"Husband, what happened to you today? You are so strong!"

[Recognized, physical recovery +1. Continuous exercise, constitution +0.1. 】

That empty voice appeared again, and there was one more sentence!
Ji Hong sat up suddenly. This was a real fortune, not a lie.

He knows his own body well. He is about to turn thirty, and coupled with neglect of exercise, sometimes he does suffer from backache and back pain, and is unable to do what he wants.

Especially in the past few days, he had a "positive" episode of the new crown virus. He has not fully recovered in the past few days. He is still out of breath after climbing several floors. But at this moment, he seems to be back to the age of eighteen. There is absolutely endless energy!
(End of this chapter)