On a hilltop in a gully in the northeast rural area, in the cold winter months, the ten year old son was happily talking with his father when he looked at the smoke rising from the chimneys of several sparse families at the foot of the mountain.
"Dad, I want to be the chairman of a big group and a big entrepreneur".
"Good! I support you!"
"Dad, can you do whatever you want when you become the chairman of the board?"
"Ho ho, son, you can't do what you want when you become the chairman of the board of directors."
"Can I buy that mountain forest and give it to Grandpa to herd cattle?"
"If you have a lot of money, you can."
"Can I explore the dark place behind the mountain forest?"
"Son, remember that the road under the light is enough for you to walk in your whole life. Don't be curious to step in the dark and mysterious areas."
"Dad, I can't understand you."
"Hehe, son, you will understand when you grow up."
"After I become the chairman, can I find as many women as I want?"
"Then you must tighten your skin."
"Why?"
"You'll know when you get married."
"Don't worry, I won't marry my mother like that".
No
"Nothing?"
Your mother is the best woman in the world.
"At 11:30 last night, I saw her drive you out of the house with slippers."
"Young people should understand the essence of a problem and not always look at the surface. Your mother's value lies in... driving me out of the house at 11:00 at night and looking for me everywhere at 3:00 in the morning."
"That's not because my mother asked you to stay in a hotel. You sent a message to my mother saying that you hid it under the bridge, and met Aunt Wang who also ran away from home. The good thing was to hide, but my mother caught you as soon as she went."
"Hahaha, son, when you grow up, your father will teach you basic survival skills as a man."
"Bullying me without a wife."
"Ha ha ha... Yes! But son, if you want to be a big entrepreneur, you have to go to a big city. In our small place, you can't be a big entrepreneur"
"What a big city is that?"
"It's as big as Shanghai. My father once visited Shanghai when he was young. He told you that there is a feeling of gold everywhere in this place. If you want to go there, you can pick up gold and work hard to realize your dream."
"Oh, my future, I will turn to the brand of Shanghai."
In that year, his father took Zheng Bai to visit his grandfather's house in the northeast countryside, who lived by raising cattle.
Zheng Bai's family lives in a small county in the northeast. Zheng Bai's father had better job opportunities, but he volunteered to work as a poorly paid primary school teacher in the village where he was born and raised.
He said that it was not only convenient to take care of grandpa and grandma, but also could make a modest contribution to China's education. Big cities are not short of teachers like him, but the countryside is in great need of him. So when he was young, he had to ride a ten kilometer bike every day, crossing hills and dirt roads to work.
Zheng Baima opened a small hotel in a small county town. She managed her family economically and managed well, which has enriched the family's economy. Later, when the conditions were good, Zheng Bai's mother bought an electric bicycle for his father, which made him more deeply love his wife.
The conversation with his father that year was vivid. Twelve years later, Zheng Bai was twenty-two years old. After graduating from college, he never forgot his original intention. He resolutely took thousands of dollars with him and went to Shanghai alone.
At first, he really thought that there was gold waiting for him to pick up in Shanghai, but he gradually understood that there was no pie in the sky and no one could casually succeed.
