Huang Wenwen, a graduate of a top-tier university, sent out 99 resumes and was rejected by every employer. Wang Jiajia had spent four years livestreaming herself sleeping and was down to three yuan. The vocational-school prodigy Wang Xiaohao was publicly humiliated by an HR representative: "You think someone from a vocational school is good enough?" The obedient Zhou Xiaomeng was pressured by her mother to go on blind dates, but all she wanted was to make pet cakes. And after being laid off, 35-year-old director Wang Jianguo secretly started driving for Didi. These five young people, each with nowhere left to turn, pushed open the door of the "Your Job Awaits" employment agency at the exact same moment and bumped heads. The owner, Old Zhou, slurped his instant noodles without looking up. "If you hit that hard, it's fate." They signed the "Losers' Alliance" pact and began a comeback that was as ridiculous as it was inspiring.
They brought down a five-billion-yuan training-loan scam, mounted a cross-border rescue of an undercover brother, and, after being blacklisted by a corporate giant, struck back by taking their company public. They helped a socially anxious programmer find confidence, helped a stay-at-home mom return to work, supported a 50-year-old man in becoming an internet personality, built a kindergarten for children left behind in their hometowns, and took the suicide note from a middle-aged man ready to jump, as well as the resume of a Tsinghua graduate who wanted to deliver food. From eating instant noodles in a basement to ringing the bell at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; from being pulled back from the edge of a bridge to standing there to pull someone else back.
Five years later, a sign reading "Those Who Made It" hung beside the "Losers' Alliance" plaque. Old Zhou went to Antarctica to see penguins, while the five friends each pursued their dreams: a PhD, a director, a CTO, a chain-store owner, and a happy grandfather. The door opened again, and a new generation of young people bumped into one another. Old Zhou's apprentice said, "Welcome to 'Your Job Awaits.' We specialize in helping people who refuse to give up."
