After rebirth, she first killed the book thief, and she was busy writing articles to save people

Chapter 319 Life is full of forks in the road

"The practice process will not be pleasant." Lin Xingran sighed, "It may be accompanied by the split between friends, marriage and divorce, divided property, children who can't be put back... and so on."

But only in this way can they find a path that belongs to them.

Because everything is so new.

So you can only keep trying and making mistakes, there is no other way. The same is true with life. Some people say to you: "This road is full of thorns and twists and turns, don't go." But you can't help but think: "Really? I don't believe it, let me try it and see."

When she said this, Dugu He and Jiang Baige understood.

But Dugu He had another question: "Have you ever thought about what you want to do after you graduate next year?"

This is a problem faced by everyone who chooses to keep reading.

Even if others don't ask, they will keep asking.

But Dugu He was a little different. She asked this question not to really get an answer, but to give Lin Xingran a choice.

"You know, I've made great progress in online publishing. People from other publishing houses have already approached me and offered generous compensation."

Lin Xingran didn’t know, but Jiang Baige knew.

"That's great." Lin Xingran said in confusion, although she had already understood what Dugu He meant.

"Actually, I haven't made up my mind yet. Because what I want most is to start my own business, rather than working for others..." Dugu He smiled bitterly, "But you know, book numbers... If I start my own business, it will be very troublesome. It's better for me to get a high position in a publishing house."

It is actually not that difficult to open a book company and find a publishing house to cooperate with.

But the fact that she still had to be controlled by others made her feel that it was unnecessary and adding extra workload. It would be more comfortable to just work on the book in peace.

So she hadn't really thought about it until the incident with Meng Ping, the cake man, and Chen came out.

And now, even if she doesn't want to leave, I'm afraid this place can't accommodate her.

What she had worked so hard for was only superficial peace, but the real conflict would break out sooner or later.

If it’s not Meng Ping, it could be Zhang Ping, Wang Ping, Li Ping...any Ping.

But leaving would not be pleasant.

The last deputy editor-in-chief who left the company, although he had always been in charge of the less profitable editorial department, was still almost exhausted when he changed jobs.

A non-compete agreement and a lawsuit.

He was unable to use any resources or topics from his previous company, yet still lost the case and paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation.

New job still has to start from scratch.

If we want to find a new publisher, we have to take all these into consideration... Jiang Baige seemed even more flustered than Lin Xingran: "Do I have to change the publisher of my novel again?"

Dugu He was amused by her, and his tension just now dissipated a little: "No. I don't want to leave now. I finally dealt with Meng Ping, I have to enjoy myself. Besides, it's the middle of the year now. If I leave, won't I lose my year-end bonus?"

She looked at Lin Xingran: "I mean, if you still want to do this after graduation. If you are not determined to work with your former company, maybe we can continue to cooperate?"

"of course."

Lin Xingran agreed readily.

"It's just that... I haven't figured out what I'm going to do after graduation. Although I still like making books, I also like exploring the world. I may take a gap year or two. I will probably go back to making books in the end, but I don't know when."

"GAP..."

Jiang Baige chewed on the word.

She remembered that the year she died, she had planned to find a job to support herself, but when writing her resume, she didn't know how to describe the gap in full-time writing.

Because if she really made a name for herself, she definitely wouldn't have to look for a job anymore.

And if she doesn't make any achievements in her writing and goes back to work, the employer will inevitably suspect: Is she here just to pay social security, not to work hard, and to run away at any time?

As she expected, such a "blank" resume, even with the name of Anjing University and a relatively good previous company, was useless.

The same applies to "GAP".

There is only one "critical period" in their lives - every year, starting from prenatal education in the womb, but there is no "blank period" or "rest period".

That's why Jiang Baige decided that she would not go to work again in the next two or three years after graduation.

The love of writing is only one aspect.

On the other hand, people hate being manipulated in their work and being alienated in such meaningless work.

Before resigning, she accidentally reread Kafka's "Metamorphosis", which strengthened her determination to quit her job - at that moment, her education was finally completed.

She was thinking: It would be great if one day I could write a work like this.

Let others, dozens, hundreds, or thousands of years later - if human beings are still alive, be able to read her novels and be touched by them.

But then she thought, forget it, being touched would mean that after dozens, hundreds, or thousands of years, human society would not get better at all, but would remain the same dead state, or even worse.

"You look like you don't agree with what I said?"

Lin Xingran looked at Jiang Baige.

Jiang Baige touched his face, not knowing that he had expressed his emotions directly: "No, I think your idea is very good. It's just that if you apply for a job in reality, you may be frustrated. But——"

she hastened to add.

"I think that if a person is really capable, he doesn't have to conform to the demands of society. Why can't he be more casual? Do we live these few short decades just to become someone else's cattle and horses, and the vessels of someone else's will, and suffer so much? Then I would rather suffer these hardships for myself."

Despite speaking such lofty words, Jiang Baige, who returned to Anjing from Gangcheng, had to face the reality that she could not resist: finding a house.

She couldn't be lazy because if she changed companies, she naturally had to rent a house in a different place.

This is what all graduates have to do.

The rental prices have also soared during this period.

But Jiang Baige is lucky. The location of the foreign company where she works is not so prime, and there is no need to punch in, so... even if it is a little remote, as long as the transportation is acceptable, it is not a big problem.

Okay, but the rent of a remote house with good transportation will be higher than that of a house with inconvenient transportation.

Damn the market economy.

Jiang Baige had to give up her sweet dream of renting a one-bedroom apartment to facilitate her writing and instead started looking for a roommate.

But her parents were worried about her sharing a house with a group of strangers.

Because they were worried and wanted to help Jiang Baige move, they came to Anjing specially, just in case Jiang Baige did something like "a general while away from military service, disobeying military orders."

Since there was no other way, Jiang Baige decided to post a question on the campus BBS.

Before posting, she first posted the edited content in the dormitory group, asking everyone to help her see if it was appropriate.

Xin Zhiping suddenly said, "You're looking for a roommate? Why don't you ask me first?"