Back to the Era of Layoffs

This book is quite toxic. At the beginning, the author described the protagonist as an insignificant person who, after being reborn, couldn't bear to part with his past life but also didn't want to rekindle their romance. While his actions might seem petty, they were quite realistic. This explanation is acceptable.

Other stories are either just a cycle of self-aggrandizement and backstabbing, followed by flirtations with various girls and a smooth-sailing career—a picture of a chosen one. Only this book made me truly feel that the character was acting based on his own abilities. After 20 years of family and friends, the trivialities and hardships of life were only revealed later, after broadening his perspective, that what was forcing him wasn't an individual, but the life behind him.

It's so disgusting I can't stand it anymore. The protagonist is twisted, only seeing the bad in others. A lowly technician looking for the factory manager's daughter and acting all wronged? Always complaining about others, doesn't he ever look in the mirror? After being reborn, he still shamelessly goes back to his ex-wife.

I've tipped the author 10,000 points and just wanted to say a few words. I'm also a state-owned enterprise employee, and I'm very familiar with terms like "factory party committee," "factory director," and "branch factory." I understand what it's like to be a middle-aged person stuck in a mundane, unfulfilling position as a section chief.

Believe it or not, and regardless of whether I'm past the age of passionate fervor, seeing this still brought tears to my eyes...

I was once a laid-off worker from a state-owned enterprise, specifically a demobilized soldier. However, I wasn't laid off during the general wave of layoffs; it was around 2006. Back then, it wasn't called "layoff" anymore, because companies were required to buy out employees' years of service after being laid off, and to offer N+1 compensation for dismissal.

Although I didn't experience that era, I felt the author's writing was excellent, the emotions were portrayed very realistically, and the protagonist was an ordinary person with a bright heart, which made me feel very connected to the character. The foreshadowing was also perfectly placed, moving me to tears. I hope the author continues to write according to their own vision and isn't influenced by others.

The protagonist is insane! He insists on getting involved in the shady dealings of the machinery factory, taking hundreds of thousands of yuan in unpaid debt from the second branch factory as his first pot of gold. Even Zhang Nianfa didn't force him to pay it back, yet he insists on giving the second branch factory 1.6 Million yuan for free, even losing money to help with sales.

After reading 10 chapters, the author portrayed the protagonist so realistically. There are actually many people in society like the protagonist, but people are unwilling to admit it. Some might even be worse off than the protagonist. I know my limitations; if I can't make money, I'll remain a bachelor for life. I don't want to burden anyone, and I don't want to be looked down upon, especially by women.

I give up, everyone. You can continue. My cultivation at the Tribulation Transcending stage has been annihilated by this novel! Take care! The protagonist, a pathetic and narrow-minded character, is reborn and about to start a relationship with a young girl when another girl appears as his "main wife." Afterwards, his relationship with his previous girlfriend is ambiguous.