Doorway: the Days When I Was a Contractor
by Guo Xiaodun
About This Novel
[Industry Insider + Social Reality] Three hundred and sixty lines, there is a way to go. The engineering industry has the deepest connections and the most difficult connections. "Doorway" is a social reality novel that profoundly reveals the game between the ecology and human nature of the engineering industry. The story revolves around a highway construction project, with the turning point of fate of the contractor Tao Yueming as the main line, depicting the arduous journey of a small character struggling to break through in the reality where capital, power and desire are intertwined. On the one hand, Tao Yueming has to work hard to manage various relationships and win the "fat meat" in the project. He is eager to upgrade from a contractor to a project boss, but he is restricted by funds and rules. He walked between love and law, justice and profit, and had to use some inhumane means in exchange for a signature - this was both a realistic victory and an ideal defeat. On the other hand, construction projects are no longer what they used to be. Contractors are no longer superior. Migrant workers have become a scarce resource and their status has quietly reversed. Whoever wins people's hearts will control the lifeblood of engineering. This transformation from "managing people" to "getting people" reflects the essential changes in labor relations under the market economy. He has to use his emotions and skills to build and maintain a powerful team and do a good job. And this is just the beginning of a thorny road for a contractor. He will have to deal with various difficulties, solve various accidents, and pass through one level after another... This is not only a construction battlefield, but also a testing ground for human nature. Different roles form a complex social picture. Favors, hidden rules, transactions for position... Everyone's behavioral logic ultimately points to survival and interests. The novel reveals a reality: the real winner is not the person with the most capital, but the person who understands water nature best, makes good use of rules, and is well versed in "changing things into shapes".
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