Wang Yan was woken up by his mother Zhang Xia.
I woke up and saw that it was only eight o'clock. I rubbed my face and got up to wash up.
We sat down at the table and started eating the dumplings left over from yesterday.
Wang Yan was about to pick up his chopsticks when Zhang Xia, who knew Wang Yan very well, looked at him strangely: "Huh?"
Attracted by her words, Wang Yan stopped and looked at his mother strangely.
Zhang Xia looked at Wang Yan carefully again: "You haven't lost weight. Why do I feel like you're a little different?"
This is not surprising. In the world of "Dying to Survive," Wang Yan, with his rich experience, accumulated knowledge, growing wealth and rising status, coupled with his management of a company with tens of thousands of employees and his high self-confidence, naturally develops an aura. We usually describe this as "temperament."
Speaking of temperament, it's truly mysterious. When we know someone's status, position, and wealth, we can feel a certain level of oppression when we face them. And when we're unaware of these things, they can also give us a sense of standing out from the crowd, a sense that they're not just ordinary people.
And Wang Yan is in this situation.
Wang Yan's heart trembled when he heard this: "After all, she is my biological mother. Her feeling is so accurate."
He explained, "Oh, your eyesight is blurry. Is it because you've been looking at your phone too much? I'm telling you, stop looking at that thing. Go get some glasses or something."
Hearing Wang Yan say this, Zhang Xia also began to doubt whether she was wrong. She stopped dwelling on it and scolded Wang Yan with a smile: "You little bastard, you are so bold that you dare to control me, your mother."
Wang Yan just giggled, didn't say anything, and continued to eat.
Then Zhang Xia started nagging Wang Yan.
It wasn't that Zhang Xia wanted to upset Wang Yan on the first day of the new year. They only saw each other a few times throughout the year. Now that she had the chance, she naturally gave him some advice.
There is no other reason for nagging except Wang Yan's lifelong event.
Wang Yan is 28 years old this year. Many of his friends are married and have children, not to mention Zhang Xia’s friends.
Zhang Xia was also eager to have a grandchild, so she arranged many blind dates, but she didn't find anyone she liked, which made her very worried.
Wang Yan's father, Wang Dong, was a great example of this. Although he also wanted to hold his grandson, he never said much. Wang Yan guessed that it was mainly because Zhang Xia was more capable in combat, and he felt inferior to her.
Compared with mother's love, father's love is not very obvious, but it is particularly heavy.
Wang Yan also grew up after graduation and gradually started talking more with his father. I believe that many people are like this. Only when you are truly mature can you understand your father's painstaking efforts.
As for why, Wang Yan and his friends had discussed it and felt it was just a fight, with no other special reason.
Nowadays, parents born in the 1980s and 1990s still mainly use preaching to teach their children, and they pay attention to combining education with entertainment. Therefore, many children have a good relationship with their parents, and most of them are like friends.
Wang Yan's father's generation was largely uneducated and uncouth. Beating was their primary method of education, leading Wang Yan to feel a certain fear of his father. Now that he's grown up, sensible, and understanding, he doesn't get beaten anymore. Wang Yan believes this is the beginning of his parents' aging.
Zhang Xia kept talking, saying that Wang Yan was very experienced in dealing with Zhang Xia, having practiced this since childhood. In this regard, Wang Yan's father was even more experienced, after all, they had been together for more than 30 years.
Wang Yan just responded with "hmm" and "ah", which went in one ear and out the other. Seeing that Wang Yan only nodded in response and didn't say anything, Zhang Xia talked for a while and then stopped talking, feeling unsatisfied.
Wang Yan did want to get married and have children, but the problem was that finding one was difficult.
Putting aside other things, Wang Yan's circumstances were clear: average looks, average income, and an average family. His parents were ordinary people, doing manual labor and earning a modest income. Wang Yan hadn't asked, but he estimated they had only about 200,000 or 300,000 yuan in savings. The only thing that reassured Wang Yan was that, while his parents had minor ailments from years of manual labor, they had never suffered a serious illness, which saved him a lot of worry.
For an average person like Wang Yan, getting married and having children is incredibly difficult. It's not something you can just say you want to get married.
Find an average one, not to mention past experience and character, the conditions she puts forward are usually not average. Find an extraordinary one, Wang Yan is average, not good enough for her.
Another point is that this trend has become popular in recent years, and girls nowadays are very ambitious.
Moreover, Wang Yan didn't want to spend all the money his parents had saved throughout their lives just to get married.
Wang Yan could only take it one step at a time and try it slowly.
After breakfast, I started to visit every relative to wish them a happy new year, and also called some distant relatives.
The whole day was spent with the sound of "Happy New Year".
Starting from the next day, Wang Yan started attending various parties.
All kinds of bad friends, monsters and demons, you open a table today and I will set up a game tomorrow.
This is the saddest day of the year. I drink from one meal to the next. I sleep after drinking too much, and drink again after waking up. There is no sober moment at all.
We worked until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, when everyone had to go out to make a living. That was the end of the work, and the Lunar New Year was completely over.
Accompanied by his parents' concern and reluctance, Wang Yan boarded the train to Lüda.
Wang Yan rents a three-bedroom apartment with a living room, kitchen, and bathroom in a residential complex not far from his workplace. He shares the second bedroom, which faces south. The room is about 10 square meters, which is plenty, as he only sleeps there and isn't often home. The rent is 1,300 yuan a month, mainly because his workplace is relatively busy, and he doesn't want to be too far away to work. A more ordinary place, 1,000 yuan, would be about right.
The other two roommates were both men, and I had no idea what they did. Wang Yan hadn't seen them much, and their schedules were quite different. In this fast-paced world, no one had the time to chat with an unrelated person, especially a man. Not all shared apartments are like Love Apartment.
Back at the rental house, it hadn't been occupied for quite some time. I opened the windows for ventilation and did some simple tidying.
Lying on the bed thinking about future plans.
Wang Yan has never thought about changing jobs. Before the system was installed, he was thinking about changing jobs, but now he likes his current job very much.
Besides, it would be too difficult for Wang Yan to find a job other than sales given his qualifications. His education alone would have been a barrier to entry. Although Wang Yan was no longer the same person he was before, he still needed a chance to show his abilities. You weren't even qualified for an interview, so what were you talking about?
His current job as a real estate salesperson offers freedom, unlike many other jobs. As long as the results are good, he can do whatever he wants, without having to sit in an office or have a boss who keeps nagging him all day long.
Let’s not talk about the lack of performance. How could Wang Yan have no performance at his current level?
After thinking about it, Wang Yan figured it out.
The first thing is to sell the house, make money, pay off the tens of thousands of dollars owed, and then talk about other things.
To make money, the first thing is to change cities and change companies.
As for why I changed companies, it’s because it’s the Internet age now, and selling houses has also started on the Internet.
The internet home-selling market is dominated by a single company, offering shared listings and franchise opportunities. Wang Yan previously worked for one of the leading companies, primarily because his skills were limited, while this company boasts a large platform, a strong reputation, and widespread recognition. While these factors have a certain impact on Wang Yan now, they are no longer the primary concern.
So Wang Yan planned to find a company that also offered franchisees with high commissions. While Wang Yan's current level might not be comparable to the various top sellers, he still managed to surpass the veteran salespeople. If his performance was good, the difference between the two would be more than just 20,000 or 30,000 yuan.
The next day at work, Wang Yan asked his manager for resignation. The manager tried to persuade him to stay with a symbolic request and then approved it. Wang Yan's performance was not much better in the past one or two months. He only sold one house in two or three months. It was just a token of his willingness to resign.
The next day I went to the head office and completed the procedures very smoothly.
I packed my things that day, contacted the landlord to check out, and bought a plane ticket to Beijing the next afternoon.
As for why Beijing? Is there any need to think about it? Housing prices are high. And with high housing prices, buyers naturally also have high incomes. We don't care about quality; high income doesn't necessarily mean high quality, but it's generally not bad, and these are the resources Wang Yan needs.
Apart from anything else, as Wang Yan sold more and more houses, he got to know more and more people, and most of these people were elites from all walks of life. If an elite wanted to buy a house in Beijing after reaching a certain age, then his family members would also be Wang Yan's target.
As Wang Yan gets to know more people and earns their approval, he'll be able to do more than just sell real estate. Of course, not everyone can maintain this relationship, and unless things go wrong, it's usually a one-time deal. But Wang Yan is confident he can achieve that.
That night, Wang Yan met up with some friends and said goodbye. The next day, he flew directly to Beijing.
Wang Yan didn't tell his parents. He was already an adult, why would he still worry about them? Wang Yan didn't even have to think about it. After telling his parents, they wouldn't sleep well until they were sure that Wang Yan had truly settled down.
After arriving in the capital, Wang Yan didn't rush to rent a house. He found a hotel and paid for three days' stay.
After a long search for a suitable company, Wang Yan found a store in Xicheng District two days later. It was a franchised company that had joined a store on the real estate website. In other words, the store's manager was the owner, Zhao, and he had full control over everything, giving him ample room for maneuver.
After a long talk with Boss Zhao, Wang Yan realized that after several years of experience, this boss was still inferior to Wang Yan in some other comprehensive aspects, not to mention sales ability. Therefore, the boss had a good impression of Wang Yan and the conversation was very harmonious.
The final agreement was that Wang Yan would pay his boss 5,000 yuan per month, which, after deducting the website's commission, he would receive the full amount. Furthermore, Wang Yan didn't have to punch a clock in and could work however he pleased. Five thousand yuan wasn't a bad amount; he'd inquired about other companies in Dalian before, and they'd paid 2,000 yuan. After factoring in operating costs, housing prices, and other factors, Wang Yan felt that five thousand yuan was fair.
There were no issues on both sides, everything was written into the contract, and they went straight to work.
After leaving, Wang Yan found a place farther away and rented a single room for 3,000 yuan a month, with a deposit of one and a third of the rent. The surroundings were nice, and the layout was the same as before, except this time they had a separate room partitioned off from the living room. Four people shared the apartment, and Wang Yan lived in the partitioned living room. It was on the top floor, facing the sun, and the room was bright, making it more comfortable.
The next day, Wang Yan set out on his search, focusing on West City. Regardless of whether it was new or pre-owned, he'd look wherever the prices were high. His high energy level proved beneficial once again; he could memorize more properties faster.
During this period, you should check various housing purchase policies, settlement policies, schooling policies, framed policies, etc. You should also understand in detail the pros and cons of various school districts, where they are good and where they are bad. Understand the customer groups of various real estate projects, what they do, etc.
Wang Yan was anxious because the cost of moving to a new city was high. His credit cards were maxed out, and if he didn't make any money, he'd have to test his friends. Wang Yan didn't want to do that. Whether it was sincere or not, being able to play together was fate, and he didn't want to test them casually.
It's not that he can't borrow it, but it would be a joke if he didn't have two real brothers. The main thing is that it's not that serious, so he can still hold on.
Wang Yan's life has become completely stable. Every day he gets up early to run and exercise, spends half a day looking at houses, makes harassing phone calls, exercises in the evening, reads and studies, and then goes to sleep.
Speaking of nuisance calls, Wang Yan hadn't found any other effective methods. He had opened an internet connection, but it was full of fake properties, and clients were scared off, so the results were minimal. He could only continue making nuisance calls, and then chat with anyone he found interesting. That was it.
This thing really depends on fate in the beginning. Even asking a sales champion to help is useless. Besides someone with advanced hypnotic skills, maybe someone involved in a pyramid scheme could also do it? Otherwise, no one can convince someone who doesn't want to buy a house to buy one, especially given the various national policy restrictions.
Wang Yan kept calling and making appointments to view houses.
Hard work pays off. Finally, after Wang Yan had worked hard for more than 20 days, his life came.