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It's Not Ai That's Going to Lay Off Me, It's Decency
Realistic Fiction裁掉我的不是AI，是体面
Writercuioxy
After ten years in Shanghai, Lin Mo, a top student from 985, has become the epitome of the heart-wrenching life of contemporary young people: with a monthly salary of 7,000, he squeezes into a humid partition room with a monthly rent of 2,500, commutes for three hours, eats instant noodles for takeout, and wears a pilling shirt to try to stay decent in an office building. He firmly believed that "reading can change your destiny", but at the age of thirty, his job as a clerk was replaced by AI, and even the dignity he had been able to survive was lost. The rent has skyrocketed, unemployment benefits are difficult to renew, and his grandfather is seriously ill. Lin Mo returns home in embarrassment with his savings, only to find that Wang Lei has already made a living in engineering - when he was eating instant noodles in Shanghai, Wang Lei's construction site job was already earning over 10,000 yuan a month. "You just came back because you can't make it, right?" "No matter how many books you read, it's still just cheating?" Neighbors gossiped and workers jeered like needles. His parents' opposition and obsession with his white-collar status made him struggle, but the comparison between the daily salary of 300 yuan and the 7,000 monthly salary in Shanghai finally made him put aside his status and become a construction site apprentice. Thick calluses formed on the smooth palms, shirts were replaced by work clothes, and the former "elites" sweated under the scorching sun. With ten years of real estate expertise, he cleared up project process bottlenecks and earned his first monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan. He finally understood that dignity is never found in neon lights, but in making a solid living. In the end, he joined forces with Wang Lei and took the renovation of Wutong Lane as an opportunity to live a stable life in his hometown. This is not only a personal counterattack, but also a question of "white-collar superiority": When a decent monthly salary of 7,000 yuan meets the security of 10,000 yuan, how should we choose the way out in life?
After ten years in Shanghai, Lin Mo, a top student from 985, has become the epitome of the heart-wrenching life of contemporary young people: with a monthly salary of 7,000, he squeezes into a humid partition room with a monthly rent of 2,500, commutes for three hours, eats instant noodles for takeout, and wears a pilling shirt to try to stay decent in an office building. He firmly believed that "reading can change your destiny", but at the age of thirty, his job as a clerk was replaced by AI, and even the dignity he had been able to survive was lost. The rent has skyrocketed, unemployment benefits are difficult to renew, and his grandfather is seriously ill. Lin Mo returns home in embarrassment with his savings, only to find that Wang Lei has already made a living in engineering - when he was eating instant noodles in Shanghai, Wang Lei's construction site job was already earning over 10,000 yuan a month. "You just came back because you can't make it, right?" "No matter how many books you read, it's still just cheating?" Neighbors gossiped and workers jeered like needles. His parents' opposition and obsession with his white-collar status made him struggle, but the comparison between the daily salary of 300 yuan and the 7,000 monthly salary in Shanghai finally made him put aside his status and become a construction site apprentice. Thick calluses formed on the smooth palms, shirts were replaced by work clothes, and the former "elites" sweated under the scorching sun. With ten years of real estate expertise, he cleared up project process bottlenecks and earned his first monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan. He finally understood that dignity is never found in neon lights, but in making a solid living. In the end, he joined forces with Wang Lei and took the renovation of Wutong Lane as an opportunity to live a stable life in his hometown. This is not only a personal counterattack, but also a question of "white-collar superiority": When a decent monthly salary of 7,000 yuan meets the security of 10,000 yuan, how should we choose the way out in life?