It was from that time that this young supervisor, younger than Brother Baobao, began to enter his life and started to show some care within the scope of her supervisory powers. Of course, as the saying goes, "Familiarity makes one precious." During a conversation, the young supervisor said, "Baobao, since you have a postgraduate degree and a judicial certificate, working in a foreign trade company is simply a waste of your talents. You're being a fool, Brother Baobao..." It was on that afternoon that Brother Baobao told this girl about his experiences, his current situation, and his actual circumstances for the first time. And this conversation gave Brother Baobao the greatest turning point in his life. It was this young female administrative supervisor, younger than Brother Baobao, who became the greatest benefactor in his life to turn the situation around.
With each conversation, the young supervisor and Brother Baobao began to have meals alone and go to Starbucks for coffee alone. At that time, when he didn't have to pay the rent, Starbucks was the most luxurious place he could afford. I admit that Brother Baobao is a talent. Otherwise, how could he have been admitted to a postgraduate program? How could he have obtained a judicial certificate while in school? How could he have passed the civil service written examination? Gradually, Brother Baobao's hardworking attitude and his speech and manner made the young supervisor take more care of him. The two also often met privately, had meals, drank coffee, and went for outings.
Until one day, Brother Baobao received a call from the young supervisor in the staff dormitory, asking him to come down quickly. This time, the young supervisor brought such a message: A friend of the young supervisor's father is a partner in a good law firm. If Brother Baobao is willing, she can take him to meet this partner. That day, Brother Baobao followed the young supervisor to meet this partner. The friend of the young supervisor's father is from a very famous law firm in "Mingzhu". Of course, as the partner and a friend of the young supervisor's father, he can decide whether Brother Baobao can work there. That afternoon, the friend of the young supervisor's father observed Brother Baobao. Although he didn't say it explicitly, his words seemed to indicate that he was willing to accept Brother Baobao to work there. That afternoon, the young supervisor said a lot. In fact, Brother Baobao knew that if he could enter this law firm, at least his income would be largely guaranteed. However, the hardships of the past two and a half years still made him a bit reluctant to give up his job at the foreign trade company.
It was the day after that when the young supervisor rented a house and paid the rent for half a year, forcing Brother Baobao to move out of the staff dormitory. With a place to live, two-thirds of Brother Baobao's heart felt at ease. Then, naturally, he went to the law firm of the friend of the young supervisor's father and started working as a lawyer again with this friend. This time, it was completely different. It seemed as if there was a helping hand. Because of the introduction by the young supervisor, because he was following the partner, and because it was in a well-known law firm, everything seemed to start going smoothly. Brother Baobao's income began to increase, and of course, he cherished this opportunity even more. He worked more pragmatically and hardworking. Because of his hard work, Brother Baobao's salary sometimes doubled. Brother Baobao and the young supervisor also naturally established a romantic relationship, and she is now Brother Baobao's wife.
After Brother Baobao entered this well-known law firm, his excellence gradually emerged, and he was appreciated by the law firm partner who hired him. His income began to increase gradually. When it was time to propose to the young supervisor after a year of dating and when he went to her house to ask for her hand in marriage, it was this partner who, as a teacher, went with Brother Baobao to propose. Originally, he was a friend of Brother Baobao's father-in-law, so such a scene was naturally a happy occasion. Of course, at that time when Brother Baobao proposed, his monthly income had exceeded ten thousand yuan, and he felt that he was qualified to propose. As the parents of the young supervisor, they could naturally learn about Brother Baobao's character, ability, and income from the law firm partner. This became a happy and natural marriage. On the day when Brother Baobao's father-in-law and mother-in-law officially agreed to let him be their son-in-law, it turned out that Brother Baobao's parents-in-law even had an 80-square-meter house that could be used as the new house for Brother Baobao and his wife. Everything changed dramatically in half a year. Brother Baobao re-entered his profession, the legal profession, in a well-known law firm in "Mingzhu". He had a new girlfriend, a monthly income of over ten thousand yuan, and his girlfriend's family could even provide a wedding house. This is Brother Baobao's sixth year in "Mingzhu". Meeting his wife has brought about a tremendous change and transformation in Brother Baobao's fate.
After getting married, Brother Baobao has a wife who truly loves him and parents-in-law who care about him. He works even harder and more desperately. Because he got married and is indeed a good son-in-law, Brother Baobao is grateful to his father-in-law for giving him a good career and to his wife for changing his fate. Anyway, something like that. Brother Baobao is naturally excellent to his wife. I have also heard Brother Baobao's wife say that it's great to have found Brother Baobao in this life. This son-in-law is better to her parents than she is. The landlord knows why. Because Brother Baobao has been through hard times, he has been abandoned and was alone. Because of this girl, she gave him a home, helped him find a good job, allowed him to show his abilities, and made his life find a sense of value again, or rather, a rebirth.
After getting married, Brother Baobao continued to work hard as always. Because of the support and guidance of his father-in-law's friend and his law firm partner, Brother Baobao began to really get on the right track. In the legal profession, he has truly entered the door and made it through. Perhaps it is because God still wants to compensate him. His wife's uncle is a department-level cadre in the Foreign Trade Bureau of "Mingzhu". This uncle also hopes that his niece and nephew-in-law can live a better life. Of course, through his own ability and connections, he found a large number of case sources for Brother Baobao, allowing him to start widely contact high-quality litigation case sources. Thus, Brother Baobao's career began to develop rapidly and entered a virtuous cycle. This cycle continued until that time when the landlord asked Brother Baobao to help the landlord solve the lawsuit of the unit. After several years of hard work, Brother Baobao has also become a partner of this law firm. In the landlord's words, Brother Baobao's monthly income is even more impressive than that of our bank president. Naturally, with case sources and a high income, Brother Baobao is also becoming more and more successful in the legal field. Naturally, when the landlord found Brother Baobao, Brother Baobao was already capable of solving the landlord's problem in his own territory.
Life is beyond words and evaluation. This is Brother Baobao's story.
The Conversation about Life
After listening to Brother Baobao's experiences in "Mingzhu" over the years, the two of us began a conversation to explore life.
I asked Brother Baobao, "I said that all of this is also because you, Brother Baobao, have worked hard. If you were a good-for-nothing, you wouldn't have achieved what you have now."
Brother Baobao said to me, "That's what you think. What hard work? The reason I was able to turn my life around is your sister-in-law. She is the lucky star in my life. Who doesn't work hard? Among our batch of law school graduates, two-thirds have changed careers. Among the remaining one-third, except for a few who entered the courts and procuratorates and have relatively easy jobs, there are really not many who have become successful lawyers. If it weren't for your sister-in-law, I don't know what I would be like now."
At this time, there was a sanitation worker cleaning below the tea house where we were drinking tea. Brother Baobao pointed at the sanitation worker and said to me, "Brother, do you think there is anyone who works harder than the sanitation workers? Sometimes they have to get up at 3:30 in the morning for the early shift to clean the city, and for the late shift, they can't get off work until 11 or 12 at night. Is there anyone who works as hard as them regardless of the weather? But their income is the lowest in this city. As for the saying that hard work pays off, just look at these sanitation workers and you'll know that it simply doesn't hold true. It is simply a general and deceptive statement."
Yes, at that time, the landlord also realized that most people work hard from dawn to dusk for a salary or for their own small business when starting a business. But they really work hard and are really poor. Why is life still so difficult for them? The important thing is that people ignore that hard work requires a direction and guidance. If you are guided by a wrong thinking, perhaps your hard work will only in exchange a meager income that can barely make ends meet. How can you change your life? Does hard work really pay off? The prerequisite is that your efforts are the right efforts. Otherwise, no matter how hard you work, you are just a machine, a group of people who struggle to make a living by depleting their vitality day after day in exchange for a meager salary.
Brother Baobao said to the landlord, "Brother, who is responsible for my current situation? It is your sister-in-law and the face of my father-in-law that allowed me to enter the current law firm and gave me the opportunity to follow the partner and embark on the right path for a lawyer. Without this relationship, I would either be a small employee in a foreign trade company or struggling to make a living as a lawyer. How could we be sitting here today drinking 600-yuan-per-pot Da Hong Pao? How many lawyers work from home? How many lawyers distribute business cards everywhere? How many lawyers are struggling? Are these people not working hard? These people were also good students in school and worked hard after entering society. But why are they still living such a difficult life? Why? It is because they haven't followed the right people, haven't done the right things. We definitely cannot say that they don't work hard! Precisely because of this, the saying 'Hard work pays off' has become a deception. Because 'Hard work pays off' has a prerequisite. The prerequisite is to follow the right people, to be given opportunities, and to do the right things. If these prerequisites are ignored, hard work will not only not bring rewards, but it will make you go further in the wrong direction. The more you work hard, the more limited you become. Just like Napoleon's famous argument: 'A stupid and diligent person must never be employed.' What is a stupid person? If one were really stupid, one wouldn't be bothered. Napoleon's stupidity refers to those with the wrong thinking. They ignore the correct thinking from the beginning, stick to it, and keep working diligently in this direction. There is no other outcome except to make more mistakes."