Most young people prefer to go to first-tier cities. Third-tier cities are synonymous with comfort and stability, which also means limited development space and slow progress. I want to talk about young people living in third-tier cities.
One,
Lifan is 29 years old. The first time I met him was in a circle activity. He is about 1.75 meters tall, with neat short hair, wearing a dark blue and light gray plaid shirt and a pair of round silver rimmed glasses. He is the general manager of an early education institution. He brought his team to our project to do parent-child activities. He is gentle, slow-tempered, and calm in appearance. I think it should be because he has been engaged in children's education. Then we cooperated many times. I gradually learned that he studied in Beijing when he was in college, and then he stayed in Beijing to work.
I have been engaged in the advertising industry, from assistant designer to design director. How many nights have I spent, how many shifts have I worked, and I have seen the sky at five o'clock in the morning in Wangjing countless times. This is a gray oil painting. When the first ray of sunshine falls slowly, the sky becomes vivid in an instant. A brand-new day has begun, and every day brings new challenges. Party A who can't finish the service can't finish the manuscript and plan.
I asked him why he came back from Beijing. He breathed a sigh of relief and gave various reasons. In fact, I was particularly reluctant to go back to Luoyang before. I chose to study in Beijing because there are more resources and opportunities there. I want to settle down there on my own. But it turned out to be too difficult. House prices are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and I'm a little scared. However, with the improvement of work year by year, there are friends around me who have the same three views and can talk, so I don't think so much. Let's join in the fun while I am still young.
Two years ago, Lisa (Lifan's wife) was pregnant. She's coming with me. Overtime work in this industry is inevitable. I wanted her to go back to rest early, but she insisted on working until the third trimester and came back to Luoyang to give birth to a baby. Then she was busy taking care of the baby and went back to Beijing. At that time, I was thinking, what have I always wanted most? Isn't it a happy life for yourself and your family?
Besides, my parents are retired, my father is in poor health, and Lisa and my mother are at home with the children. I called home once in the evening, but no one answered many times. I'm particularly anxious. Lisa didn't call back until the wee hours. She said that the children had a high fever and were now in the hospital. The doctor lost water. Now they are better. Let me not worry too much. At that time, I deeply blamed myself. I was not around when my family needed me.
After several days of ideological struggle, I made up my mind to come back. It took two weeks before and after I left my job and packed my bags. After returning home, the days passed slowly and warmly. The problem soon came, and I couldn't find a job, to be exact, I couldn't find a suitable job. Although I am psychologically prepared, the reality is far more cruel than this. There is no suitable position and salary at all, and I don't want to work six days a week. Besides, I just graduated with my current qualifications and have to work overtime unconditionally to get my salary.
Sometimes I wonder if it is too naive and hasty to choose to come back. However, after a period of confusion, I found my own direction. I have always liked children and have some experience in education. After many investigations, I finally decided to be a children's education industry.
At first, the pressure was particularly great, and I was always afraid that I could not recruit students. In addition, the monthly rent, water and electricity and teachers' salaries are not a small sum. After all, I am not engaged in the education industry. I make up lessons in various ways and constantly introduce new resources. In this way, after more than a year, I am also famous in Luoyang High-tech area. With the stability of students, another one was opened in Jianxi this year. Now my children are in kindergarten, Sally is taking care of our branch school, and there are more and more students.
I asked Lifan what he felt most in recent years.
Lifan said that when she got up in the morning, she ate sweet potato porridge and pickled radish strips made by her mother; Go home in the afternoon, take the children and their wives to the square for a walk, and teach the children to ride bicycles; Dad needs a driver and I can drive at any time; On weekends, the family went to the supermarket and watched movies. Living in rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea is getting more and more practical. In the past, my time belonged to the company, the leader and Party A, but now my time belongs to myself and my family.
Through Lifan's silver-rimmed glasses, I saw his black-and-white eyes as a mirror, and naturally thought of that sentence. I wish you leave the rest of your life and the teenager returns.
Second,
Up to seven years old, 28-year-old girl, whose home is Guyuan City, Ningxia. She got married last year and settled in Luoyang. Daqi is the planning director of a real estate agency. She is tough and cheerful, with rationality and self-discipline beyond her age. She leads a team of six people and is responsible for the planning of three projects. Her conscientious work and dedication have also been well received by everyone.
I asked Daqi, a girl from Ningxia, how did you come to Luoyang, Henan?
Daqi said that because of fate, LAM Raymond (Daqi's husband) and I have a special fate with Luoyang. LAM Raymond and I are both from Guyuan, Ningxia. Our university came to Zhengzhou, Henan. After graduation, LAM Raymond said that he wanted to work in Luoyang, because Luoyang is a city with a long history, fresh and clean environment and sunny weather all year round. He likes it there. So, I graduated without thinking, packed my luggage and came to Luoyang. LAM Raymond was two months late for graduation training.
First, I stayed in a seven-day hotel chain in the old city, and then I began to get familiar with the environment in front of Google Maps and submitted my resume to find a job. My first impression of Luoyang is that this is Luoyang, a shabby and decadent atmosphere. Later, I went to Xigong and Luolong and found that it was quite urban. I didn't expect to stay in this city for so many years.
Daqi has been in Luoyang for almost 6 years. I asked her, many people said that working in third-tier cities depends on relationships. How do you feel?
I am deeply touched by this,' she said. Small cities have fewer opportunities. When I just graduated and looked for a job, I interviewed for a position as a planning specialist. Last interview, there were two girls with me. At that time, the interviewer was very satisfied with me, but none of us joined the company. I heard that a boss's niece was arranged by a superior, which was particularly unfair competition. At that time, I was determined to make myself irreplaceable through my own efforts. When he said this, Daqi smiled shyly.
In fact, she did, and she has worked in this company for more than five years. Along the way, she paved a broad road for her future.
That day, she happily shared with me a design website made by her friend in Guangzhou. She said that her friend was excellent at school, and she dared to think and do it. She has been working in Guangzhou. She started leading the team two years ago, started her own business last year, and finally became the Internet company she always wanted to be.
After a pause, she added, I especially wanted to work in first-tier cities for a while, and all I saw were friends in first-tier cities, earning more money and living a colorful life. And I especially don't want to stay in the third-tier cities in the eyes of others for the elderly at such a young age. LAM Raymond advised me that everyone has their own choices. The key is not which city you are in, but who you are. What kind of life do you want?
Now I also like this city. Although the pace of life is not fast, it is also full of vitality. Every year, more and more college students join companies, and more young people choose to work hard in this city. I'm working on three projects now, and my daily work schedule is full, and my life is thriving. Why bother if I'm in a first-tier city?
I changed a comfortable four-bedroom apartment this year and plan to have a baby next year. I have been away from home for almost ten years, and I think my parents can come and live at any time.
Yes, with the efforts of Daqi and LAM Raymond, she bought two houses and a B-class car in five years. She goes to the gym with LAM Raymond on weekends, or goes to a book bar to study. Holiday travel; Go to Tokyo to see cherry blossoms; Go snorkeling in Elephant Island ...
Daqi said that a good life is not expensive and a good dream is not far away. As long as you are serious, hardworking and strong; With a clear goal and direction, you can actually live better in any city.
In Daqi, I saw full positive energy.
May she always be like this, wearing sunshine and not afraid of wind and frost, singing in fresh clothes, and always looking up with sunshine!
In fact, there are many active young people like Daqi and Lifan in third-tier cities. For example, in 1993, Sanxiong, a boy, followed his father to do things at home in Guangzhou in the first year of graduation. Later, he wanted to do what he was interested in, and then went back to his hometown to do AE in a promotion company. He knows nothing, but he has a heart for knowledge. He is not satisfied with only AE, but also wants to do copywriting and strategy.
So I spent all my time reading the plans of the company's various projects, bought the plans of FOURA advertising companies in various cities, and paid attention to the official WeChat of various brand housing enterprises. One of his most common words is that you can write if you study more and watch more. In fact, it has been a year since he changed from AE to copywriting, and he often participates in proposals. Three bears said that although their gap is still far away, as long as they find the right direction, everything will be in time.
Although third-tier cities are not as rich in opportunities and resources as first-and second-tier cities, they don't always earn 4k a month and always keep the same job. But as long as you are willing to work hard and pay, you can also get rising wages, see a bright future and live a better life.
Third-tier cities can also be places where dreams begin. Some people work here after graduation, riding electric cars, crowding buses, eating lunch boxes, staying up late and working overtime, day after day, just to live their favorite days one day.
Some people do their own business here after walking around. It's hard and hard to know. They get up early and get greedy for the dark, run around looking for goods, compare prices and talk about rent. Everything is worth worrying about, for the happiness of family life!
Although the city is small, there are many people's sweat, youth and dreams in this land. Although the city is small, it can accommodate dreams!
In the early morning of early winter, the sun is shallow and scattered all over the place, the crowds in the street are in a hurry, the traffic is endless, the beef soup shop is delicious, the oil-spinning cakes stand in line, Lifan sends the children to school, up to seven people listen to the traffic broadcast and other red lights, and three bears hold soy milk to squeeze the bus; A new day has begun, but every ordinary day is full of hope!