A true account of those who experienced it in the 1990s: My bloody world at the 'One Ant' market in Moscow." In 1998, at the age of 22, I was in debt on Yabao Road in Beijing.
Desperate, I climbed onto the K19 train bound for Moscow.
Six days and five nights, 10,000 kilometers.
The end point is a big market called "An Ant" - thirty degrees below zero, the ground is full of snow, and the ground is full of opportunities.
Gray customs clearance, blackmail by gangs, running away on credit, confrontation with guns...
This is not a cool article.
I exchanged my youth for it. The story is based on the author's real experience in an ant market in Moscow, Russia in the 1990s.
There is no golden finger, no halo of the protagonist, only the real years of a Chinese young man struggling to survive in a foreign country.
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Young Chinese people who are brave enough to venture into the world and dare to take risks. A simple and honest narrative.
This book is beautiful, written realistically, and full of useful information...
Young Chinese people who are brave enough to venture into the world and dare to take risks. A simple and honest narrative.
This book is beautiful, written realistically, and full of useful information...