Reborn in 2015, I became a male god starting in high school.

Chapter 11 People Standing at the Forefront of the Storm

Zhou Ziyang's family background was actually not much better than Li Dongfeng's.

He's even a little worse than Li Dongfeng.

At least Li Dongfeng's family was relocated due to demolition, and the authorities provided him with a new house.

Zhou Ziyang, however, had to live with his mother in a cramped dormitory building that was thirty years old since he was a child.

Zhou Ziyang's father was considered quite capable in the small county town.

But no matter how capable he is, if he doesn't receive favors from Zhou Ziyang, it's the same whether he has a father or not.

In fact, Zhou Ziyang's father did not want a divorce at the time.

Unfortunately, the mother was a germaphobe and felt that the father was having affairs with other women, so the marriage had to be dissolved!
Leaders and colleagues from both units came to persuade them.

Every family has its own troubles.
It'll be over in a blink of an eye, won't it?

However, the more these leaders tried to persuade her, the more stubborn her mother became. In her words, a person can be without arrogance, but absolutely cannot be without pride!
She, Yang Lijuan, is a woman of unyielding integrity!

So Zhou Guowei decided to manipulate Zhou Ziyang's mother regarding child support payments.

Zhou Guowei thought to himself, "Do you think it's easy for you to raise a child alone?"
Once you've spent all your money, won't you still have to obediently remarry yourself?

When Yang Lijuan learned of Zhou Guowei's idea, she naturally sneered repeatedly. That's right, she didn't even want child support!

As the saying goes, a person can lack arrogance, but they absolutely cannot lack integrity!

She was very righteous at the time, saying that she would sell everything she owned to raise Zhou Ziyang!
But the burdens of life are too heavy for her to bear alone.

It's also because Zhou Ziyang is too useless.

The son I raised with such care only got into an ordinary second-tier university.

The mother persisted her whole life, but in the end she still sighed and said, "It's all my fault. If I had known, I wouldn't have divorced your father!"

When Zhou Ziyang returned to his hometown and met with his father.

The father simply remarked with emotion that he had actually intended to pay child support at the time.

He even relayed the message to the middleman.

As long as his son is willing to go over, call him "Dad," or have a meal at his house, he is genuinely willing to pay child support, and even cover Zhou Ziyang's tuition, food, clothing, and accommodation.

“Your mother is too stubborn. You are my only son, how could I not acknowledge you? Your mother just wants to use you to torment me.”

Zhou Ziyang could only remain silent in the face of such comments.

Zhou Ziyang couldn't comment on the grudges from his previous life.

When he was little, Zhou Ziyang always stood firmly on his mother's side.

However, as I've grown older and learned about the family matters of my friends, I've developed my own judgment.

However, no matter what, Zhou Ziyang was raised by his mother, and that cannot be changed.

So who is right and who is wrong is not important at all.

If I absolutely had to pinpoint right and wrong...

That means they are too poor.

There is only one disease in this world, and that is poverty.

This isn't just a casual remark, because poverty can truly seep into every aspect of your life.

When Zhou Ziyang's parents had just divorced, his friends advised his mother.

They said that it's not easy for single mothers to raise children; everything costs money.

Zhou's mother said that nothing was difficult!
"My son is more sensible than other children! There won't be any problem!"

"Son, our family may be poor, but we are not poor in spirit! We must live a life worthy of our station! Let them see what we're made of!"

Therefore, Zhou Ziyang was very sensible from a young age.

Knowing that his family was poor, Zhou Ziyang would not participate in school events such as ordering milk or getting his teeth cleaned.

Zhou Ziyang rarely fights with his classmates because breaking things would increase his mother's burden.

He caused a little trouble.

The homeroom teacher would talk to Zhou Ziyang and say, "How can you do this to live up to your mother's expectations of you?"

Zhou Ziyang's childhood was not happy.

Because they matured too early.

This is something my mother and friends can boast about.

She said her son is very well-behaved and never buys things indiscriminately.

She never cries or makes a scene in shopping malls.

Looking back on his childhood, Zhou Ziyang just finds it laughable.

Zhou Ziyang remembers wearing a pair of cheap sneakers when he was in elementary school. After wearing them for a while, the soles came unglued.

Zhou Ziyang could never join in the discussion about trendy brands with his classmates.

Being broke can really affect every aspect of life.

It's not something a mother can change just because of a few words of pride.

In the past, when relatives gathered at home, everyone else would come in groups of families, but Zhou Ziyang's family consisted of only an orphan and a widow.

With economic development, almost every household has acquired a car.

Zhou Ziyang is all alone, so there's no need for him to buy anything, nor does he have the money.

So when we go out to play or visit my grandmother's grave, we can only ride in other people's relatives' cars.

If there wasn't enough room in the car, they could only politely suggest that the mother and son take another car. Zhou Ziyang clearly remembered that his sister-in-law's family had some money, and his sister-in-law was not very old, so she would naturally act like a child and refused to let him and his mother ride in their car.

They even said they would get their car dirty.

My mother always talks about integrity.

But backbone is truly useless in life.

Because I went out to meet with relatives and have a meal during the Chinese New Year.

The family is well-organized; the man has a respectable job, and the women are harmonious with their sisters-in-law.

At the dinner table, people can only joke about their own family of orphans and widows.

Because if you make fun of this family, no man will stand up for you.

If you make a joke about someone else's family, what if they get upset and send the ghost back to you?
There were also some relatives who showed off their superiority.

Everyone is at the same level, so if you want to preach, you don't know who to talk to.

Among these relatives, the only ones who are not doing well are Zhou Ziyang and his mother.

Then they definitely need to give them a good lecture.

Do you know why your family is doing so poorly?
Because you have a bad personality.

You get angry just because I said a few words to you!
See? You're getting impatient again. Can't you even tell when someone's joking with you?

The question is, is this really a personality issue?

Or is it a joke?

Ultimately, it all comes down to poverty.

In the past, his mother often told Zhou Ziyang to study hard, and that as long as he studied well and got into a good university, all his problems would be solved.

At that time, Zhou Ziyang nodded silently, always feeling that once he got into university, he could solve everything.

He didn't find out until he actually started working.

It's not that easy.

Other people's parents have benefited from decades of development, and you think you can make a name for yourself with just your talent?
You only see this kind of thing in novels.

Even if your development is just average, you'll barely reach the passing grade of others, and at most you'll be treated as an equal. To think that you're superior to others is something that only happens in novels.

So, having been reborn, I decided to study diligently and steadily, and make a name for myself in four or five years.

Sorry, Zhou Ziyang can't do that.

Three months!

Zhou Ziyang is destined to achieve financial freedom.

The reason I was so busy helping Li Dongfeng find temporary workers at the factory was...

On one hand, it was indeed to help Li Dongfeng.

On the other hand, it is also to help oneself.

In his previous life, Zhou Ziyang often dealt with small business owners.

The small business owner, constrained by his natural status, also likes to boast and chat with himself.

They say the best years for making money started from 2015!

The state opened the floodgates to release water.

The factory has more orders than it can handle!
Back then, it felt like being in the right place at the right time! Even a pig could fly!

The internet boom led to a surge in real estate prices!
Even the Shanghai Composite Index is approaching 5,000 points!

Zhou Ziyang remembers a big boss telling him that around this time in 2015, his company received a huge overseas order. At that time, the machines never stopped running, even when people were resting!
They're hiring non-stop!
He used to hire directly from the factory, but at that time they really needed people, so he found a labor agency.

The highest wage offered was 28 yuan per hour for temporary workers.

I later found out that the labor service company paid the foreman 18 yuan per hour.

In the short time it took them to turn their heads, they earned ten yuan in an hour.

At that time, their factory was hiring directly and needed 200 temporary workers. Each temporary worker worked ten hours a day, and with 200 of them, the intermediary did nothing but make 20,000 yuan a day.

So the agents really do make money.

This week, Ziyang is a newcomer.

There are no other ways to make money.

He can write novels, but writing novels is too slow to produce results.

If you want to make quick money, you feel like you still need to do something.

He planned not to earn too much himself, but to have Li Dongfeng recruit fifty high school graduates who didn't want to study and wanted to work as temporary workers.

I can earn a difference of five yuan per hour.

Those fifty people can earn at least 70,000 yuan a month.

There are still five months left until I start university.

You could earn at least 350,000.

And you have to understand, this is April 2015.

The Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3,800 points.

In the following two months, the Shanghai Composite Index surged, once approaching 6,000 points!
This is truly being in the right place at the right time.

Zhou Ziyang should take advantage of these two months to achieve financial freedom.

Zhou Ziyang's rebirth was in vain!
(End of this chapter)