
The Pentium Era - South to North
About This Novel
[Won the Special Prize of the Fifth Realistic Internet Literature Essay Contest] [List of 100 Chinese Internet Literature in the New Era in the Decade] ["Searchlight Good Books" Top Ten Chinese and Foreign Genre Novels in October 2022] (The physical book has been published by CITIC Publishing House, titled "South to North") This is the story of a generation. A group of familiar "strangers" in a not-so-distant era. Many of the stories that began in 1990 may seem vulgar, childish, or even ridiculous today, but they are the "underground" of this era. Friendship, love, family affection, wealth, success, struggle... Every common and familiar word has different interpretations in the dimension of time. When the tide of the times hits, it is not surprising to be knocked down. Those who can become the trendsetters are always those who can still stand up after being knocked down. QQ book club group: 887043905
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Official(155)Scraped 20d ago
Death of Xiao Zhao
FD is a disaster. We are helpless in the face of the ferocious disease. Xiao Zhao's presence in the later period is not high, but Hongmei has been very exciting since her appearance. I think the author has a strong impression of Hongmei, sympathizes with this beautiful, intelligent and capable woman, and believes that she and Zhang Chen can open a new chapter in the future. Although Xiao Zhao's death is very heart-wrenching to write, the novel still emphasizes the ups and downs, twists and turns. If it were really written as a pleasant book, it would be no different from other online articles. ------------- But I still wrote the above comment too early. I never fully understood why the author used a long paragraph to describe Meng Ping's death.
Hhh It's not wrong for the boss to tell Zhang Chen. After all, it's really the rich who are the boss. As long as you have money, no matter what kind of bowl you hold, you will have a golden job. But for Zhang Chen, career organization is very important to him.
top ten
One of the top realistic novels. Come on!
Live up to your youth and have the courage to forge ahead-Comments on the "Rampant Era-Going South and North"
First of all, the story of this book is very true. It tells the specific experiences of several young people who dared to leave their hometown and work in big cities in the early 1990s for the sake of their future. Although the process was difficult, it was also rewarding and joyful, and it was very inspirational. Secondly, the descriptions of each character's strengths, personality traits, and employment and work situations are very clear, and the emotional descriptions of the characters at each period are very delicate. Although it is a book, it is like going there in person and understanding the general environment, customs, food and other aspects of Hainan at that time. Among the three, Jin Lili was the first to find a job, and she was still in the industry. She relied not only on luck, but the most important thing was not being greedy. As the saying goes, a gentleman loves money and gets it wisely. This is why she defeated another competing girl and stayed to work officially. Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan were a little sad. They were hit repeatedly and failed in interviews, but they were not discouraged. They continued to draw experiences and lessons from their failures, and they continued to learn. Later in his work, Liu Ligan worked hard to attract advertisements like he was washing buildings. He was not afraid of hardships and still enjoyed it. Although his method was clumsy, the rewards were rich. People were willing to sign contracts with him because he was reliable and always considered and made suggestions for the interests of his clients! Zhang Chen also showed off his painting talent, started designing, and continued to learn relevant knowledge and materials for decoration, making himself more qualified for this profession and receiving high salary and benefits. They were still young, and they did not dominate that career system; they followed the trend of the times and boldly went to Hainan to dig for gold; although they encountered difficulties on the way and almost fell into trouble when they arrived in Hainan, sleeping on the streets and failing interviews many times, they did not lose heart and comforted and encouraged each other; after finding a job, they shared joy with each other and that indescribable sense of belonging; they helped each other after getting their first real salary and helped each other at work, which all show the sincerity and friendship of this generation, and their unyielding and down-to-earth spirit! It also warns us to take advantage of our youth and go out to see the world, and we will see different scenery!
Zhang Chen may prefer to stay in the troupe. Maybe he thinks that being a screenwriter is a serious job, so he doesn't want to lose this iron rice bowl. Although career screenwriting might not have been that easy at that time, it is indeed quite impressive now.
The first half of this novel is really good, but the writing has been a bit slow lately. Can it be written more compactly?
One sentence summary of this book
The man Zhang Chen belongs to, the bitch is pretentious!
After reading Chapter 40, I realized it was a divine book.
I used to like to read about the rebirth of making money, but it was completely unexpected that I read this book - a book shortage. Chapter 40 was very boring. I read it one after another for half a year. Even during the epidemic, I didn't have time to read it. Especially the first ten chapters, I couldn't even sort out their names. But around chapter 40, when the three protagonists are looking for jobs, it starts to get interesting.
It is the most readable book I have ever read on reform. Very deep
It covers a wide range of industries and has rich historical and industry knowledge!
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Official(155)Scraped 20d ago
Death of Xiao Zhao
FD is a disaster. We are helpless in the face of the ferocious disease. Xiao Zhao's presence in the later period is not high, but Hongmei has been very exciting since her appearance. I think the author has a strong impression of Hongmei, sympathizes with this beautiful, intelligent and capable woman, and believes that she and Zhang Chen can open a new chapter in the future. Although Xiao Zhao's death is very heart-wrenching to write, the novel still emphasizes the ups and downs, twists and turns. If it were really written as a pleasant book, it would be no different from other online articles. ------------- But I still wrote the above comment too early. I never fully understood why the author used a long paragraph to describe Meng Ping's death.
Hhh It's not wrong for the boss to tell Zhang Chen. After all, it's really the rich who are the boss. As long as you have money, no matter what kind of bowl you hold, you will have a golden job. But for Zhang Chen, career organization is very important to him.
top ten
One of the top realistic novels. Come on!
Live up to your youth and have the courage to forge ahead-Comments on the "Rampant Era-Going South and North"
First of all, the story of this book is very true. It tells the specific experiences of several young people who dared to leave their hometown and work in big cities in the early 1990s for the sake of their future. Although the process was difficult, it was also rewarding and joyful, and it was very inspirational. Secondly, the descriptions of each character's strengths, personality traits, and employment and work situations are very clear, and the emotional descriptions of the characters at each period are very delicate. Although it is a book, it is like going there in person and understanding the general environment, customs, food and other aspects of Hainan at that time. Among the three, Jin Lili was the first to find a job, and she was still in the industry. She relied not only on luck, but the most important thing was not being greedy. As the saying goes, a gentleman loves money and gets it wisely. This is why she defeated another competing girl and stayed to work officially. Zhang Chen and Liu Ligan were a little sad. They were hit repeatedly and failed in interviews, but they were not discouraged. They continued to draw experiences and lessons from their failures, and they continued to learn. Later in his work, Liu Ligan worked hard to attract advertisements like he was washing buildings. He was not afraid of hardships and still enjoyed it. Although his method was clumsy, the rewards were rich. People were willing to sign contracts with him because he was reliable and always considered and made suggestions for the interests of his clients! Zhang Chen also showed off his painting talent, started designing, and continued to learn relevant knowledge and materials for decoration, making himself more qualified for this profession and receiving high salary and benefits. They were still young, and they did not dominate that career system; they followed the trend of the times and boldly went to Hainan to dig for gold; although they encountered difficulties on the way and almost fell into trouble when they arrived in Hainan, sleeping on the streets and failing interviews many times, they did not lose heart and comforted and encouraged each other; after finding a job, they shared joy with each other and that indescribable sense of belonging; they helped each other after getting their first real salary and helped each other at work, which all show the sincerity and friendship of this generation, and their unyielding and down-to-earth spirit! It also warns us to take advantage of our youth and go out to see the world, and we will see different scenery!
Zhang Chen may prefer to stay in the troupe. Maybe he thinks that being a screenwriter is a serious job, so he doesn't want to lose this iron rice bowl. Although career screenwriting might not have been that easy at that time, it is indeed quite impressive now.
The first half of this novel is really good, but the writing has been a bit slow lately. Can it be written more compactly?
One sentence summary of this book
The man Zhang Chen belongs to, the bitch is pretentious!
After reading Chapter 40, I realized it was a divine book.
I used to like to read about the rebirth of making money, but it was completely unexpected that I read this book - a book shortage. Chapter 40 was very boring. I read it one after another for half a year. Even during the epidemic, I didn't have time to read it. Especially the first ten chapters, I couldn't even sort out their names. But around chapter 40, when the three protagonists are looking for jobs, it starts to get interesting.
It is the most readable book I have ever read on reform. Very deep
It covers a wide range of industries and has rich historical and industry knowledge!
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[Full book][Magnificent changes, various persistences] A masterpiece with realistic themes, worth reading more.




In fact, if the author simplifies the writing, I think it can be published as a physical book. The content covers a generation. He is good at describing group portraits. There are waves of the times in the ordinary, and there are different stories of struggle in the wave of reform.




I felt that I had found a treasure. If I hadn't seen it at the starting point, I would have thought that I was holding a copy of "Harvest" or "October". Every time I opened it, the memories of the southern country in the 1990s came to my face. It was really addictive. It was one of the few books that kept me up late in the past two years. It is called a "book"!




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