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"That's just his luck!" I nearly shouted.
Li Xuemei gave a bitter smile. "He was able to seize the opportunity; that's a skill. And you? You've been laid off and can't find a job, your entrepreneurial venture failed—this is what studying has led to?"
I wanted to argue back, but the words caught in my throat. I realized I couldn't refute her statement.
That night, I lay awake, unable to sleep. In the darkness, I kept asking myself: Is studying really useless? Were all those years of effort in vain?
Outside, Zhi Qiang's house was brightly lit, filled with laughter and joy. Meanwhile, our home was engulfed in an unprecedented silence.
After the Spring Festival, I began frantically sending out resumes.
My first interview was at a private company for an administrative management position. I put on my best suit and arrived half an hour early.
The person who greeted me was a girl who looked no older than twenty-five or twenty-six, wearing a badge that read "HR Manager."
"Mr. Lin, right? Graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology?" She glanced at my resume. "But you're forty-two this year?"
"Yes, but I have extensive experience and strong learning abilities..."
"I'm sorry," she interrupted me. "Our company is quite youthful; we generally don't hire employees over thirty-five. At your age... to be honest, it's a bit awkward."
Awkward? My face turned red instantly.
The second interview was even more absurd. The HR from the '90s directly asked me, "Mr. Lin, you're over forty—why are you still looking for a job? Is it because you couldn't make it at your previous company?"
"I... I was affected by the restructuring..."
"Oh, so you were optimized out," she said with an understanding expression. "In this fast-changing era, middle-aged people like you are indeed more likely to be eliminated."
I almost lost my temper on the spot. Eliminated? Me, a graduate from a top university, being eliminated?
After interviewing with more than ten companies, the results were all the same. Either they thought I was too old, or they found my expectations too high, or I simply received no response at all.
A month passed; my savings were running low, the mortgage still needed to be paid, and my daughter's tuition was due.
"Zhi Yuan, you can't keep going like this!"
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