A nearly forty-year-old man walked out of the company building carrying his personal belongings. He looked back at the place where he had dedicated almost half his life. He felt reluctant, not angry, but also somewhat relieved.
Today, it was not until the company's human resources department notified Liu Jie to go through the resignation procedures that he realized that he had been eliminated by the company's reasonable and legal structural optimization, commonly known as being fired.
The company's announcement talks about the euphemistic name of delivering high-quality talents to society.
Liu Jie sneered in his heart, he was really being a bitch and building a memorial arch at the same time.
Now that the general environment is not good and the economy is in recession, he actually feels that the company may need to optimize a group of employees to reduce labor costs.
But Liu Jie thought that his performance had always been among the top 10% of employees in the department. He was still a middle-level leader in the company. In terms of performance and work ability, he had nothing to say. No matter how he optimized, he couldn't help himself?
Things went as he expected. The head office had already started laying off employees three months ago. At least more than half of the people in Liu Jie's department were laid off. He watched his colleagues who had worked with him for many years leave one by one, feeling panicked and worried.
In order to stabilize the military morale, the department leaders held repeated meetings to appease the remaining colleagues, claiming that they would never be laid off. You are all elites cultivated by the company, etc...
After the meeting, Liu Jie felt more or less at peace. He knew that with the current economic situation, he would not be better off looking for a job than he is now. He could only keep his current job first.
However, he never expected that the head office would cut off their entire department in order to survive, so Liu Jie was naturally forced to optimize the structure...
In fact, he also knows that at his current age, even if the economic environment is good, if he cannot get into the top management of the company, he will most likely be eliminated soon.
Thinking of this, Liu Jie sighed and walked to a chair at the bus stop to sit in a daze. After a while, he took out a cigarette and took a few puffs, but it did not relieve the worry in his heart at all. He has never been as anxious as he is today in the past many years. .
He took out his phone and looked at the contacts on it. He didn't know who to call? Turning to the column for ex-wife, he thought for a moment whether he wanted to call her or not.
Liu Jie secretly shook his head and thought, let's forget it. In order to work hard for his career, he spent more time together and separated more. His ex-wife divorced him long ago, and they have not had children for so many years.
Now that he is middle-aged and unemployed, his career is gone, and his family has long been gone. He doesn't know where to go now?
Liu Jie remembered that he started out as a problem solver in a small town, went to college on his own and worked his way up to the middle level of the company. He didn't expect that the result would be like this? Looking back, what is the meaning of so many years of hard work?
Liu Jie looked at the constant flow of traffic on the road in front of him, the people coming and going, and the city full of flowers. He felt a little confused in his heart, but he didn't know where the way forward was.
He stayed there for a while and thought about it. He still had some savings in his account and the company also gave him a large severance package. He shouldn't be so depressed before he reached the end of his rope. It was just that he was unemployed. Impermanence, what’s the big deal?
Over the years, Liu Jie has also accumulated some client resources. When the time comes, he should be able to open a studio and support himself alone. He thought about it and wanted to call his good brother and ask him to start a business together? If you are lucky, you may be able to start your own career and have a second life, but that may not be the case...
Thinking of this, Liu Jie's eyes also had some sparkle, eh! Just do it. As soon as he took out his mobile phone and made a call, he heard a sudden brake sound, boom! He lost consciousness...
When he regained consciousness again and looked at the bus stop that was hit by an out-of-control car in the distance, with the crowds of people running around and several people lying on the ground, he understood that something had happened, something serious.
Liu Jie shook his head, stood up slowly, and looked at his body nervously. Except that his clothes were a little messy, there seemed to be nothing serious.
Seeing this, he remarked, "It's bad luck! You really don't have a good eye when driving. How much did you drink? It's okay, it's okay. I survived the catastrophe, and I will be lucky in the future."
He subconsciously touched the cell phone on his body, but found nothing after groping for a long time. He looked at the damaged bus stop not far away. Maybe the cell phone had been left somewhere? I don’t know if it was broken…
Liu Jie stepped forward and tried to find his mobile phone. He had to call a friend to make sure he was safe. He ignored the panic around him and focused on looking for his mobile phone first.
Finally, his eyes lit up and he saw the mobile phone abandoned nearby with the screen broken, and he sighed inwardly, bad luck! I don't know if it was broken.
Liu Jie subconsciously reached out to pick it up. At this moment, something strange happened. His right hand passed through the phone like a ghost. He couldn't touch the phone at all?
He was stunned, and then stretched out his left hand to pick it up. The situation was still the same. He still couldn't touch his phone. He looked at his hands in confusion and muttered to himself, "What the hell is going on?..."
Just when he bent down and tried to pick up the phone, a shadow blocked him in time. Liu Jie felt a little uneasy and looked up.
He saw a strange man in black standing in front of him, about thirty years old. He had a kind face, holding a large and thick black book in his left hand, and wearing a suit of well-tailored black clothes, he stood there and read like this. Looking at him.
The mysterious man in black in front of him looks very strange in his attire. The style of his clothes is like a suit, but it also looks like a simple style combined with Chinese clothing. It gives people a sense of majesty and domineering.
Before Liu Jie could say anything, the man in black stepped forward and said in a friendly tone, "Hello, your name is Liu Jie, right? Born in 1985, now living in East Eighth District, divorced, no bad habits, no religious beliefs, just unemployed …”
Liu Jie felt wary when he heard that the man in black revealed all his personal information accurately as if he was giving out the name of a dish.
Liu Jie looked wary and asked, "Who are you?"
The man in black said, "I am the messenger, and I am waiting here for you."
Liu Jie asked in confusion, "Accepting the messenger? What does it mean?"
The man in black said, "The so-called messenger is the messenger who leads the souls of the dead to the other side."
After hearing this, Liu Jie was stunned for a long time. He looked at the man in black as if he were an idiot and said, "What international joke are you making? What about the undead? Are you haunted by ghosts? Please find a decent reason, okay? I have something else to do." I won’t delay you from gathering the souls of the dead, so I’ll take my leave.”
When Liu Jie saw that this tall man in black didn't seem to be easy to mess with, he thought he was a psycho and turned to leave.
At this moment, the man in black said, "Mr. Liu, do you want your cell phone?"
When Liu Jie heard this, he turned around and subconsciously went to pick up the cell phone in the hand of the man in black, but when he waved his hand, just like before, his right hand passed through the cell phone like a ghost and could not touch it at all!
Liu Jie's expression suddenly froze, and he asked the man in black one word at a time, "Why? Why is this?"
The guide said, "No reason, because you are a spirit body now and cannot touch everything in the real world. It's that simple..."
After that, the man in black put the phone back to its original place.
Liu Jie looked at his hands and murmured to himself, "Am I really dead? How is this possible? This is absolutely impossible? I can't accept it... This is absolutely impossible..."
He turned around and ran to an onlooker, waving his hands and shouting loudly, "Friend, I'm sorry, I need to borrow your cell phone for something urgent..."
Despite his shouting for a long time, these people were just talking among themselves and discussing something, as if they couldn't see him at all.
Liu Jie was extremely angry at their indifference and wanted to grab one of them, but his arm passed through the other person's body like a shadow without any accident. It was not until this moment that he realized that he might have really told the man in black Generally speaking, it is indeed different.
He knelt down on the ground slumped. He couldn't believe that he was really dead. He still had poetry and distance in his heart, as well as the seemingly unattainable ideal. He was only halfway through his life. How could he say it was gone? He really couldn't accept the reality in front of him.
At this time, the messenger came behind him, patted his shoulder gently and said, "Mr. Liu, please come with me."
The man in black pulled him through the crowd to the scene of the car accident. When Liu Jie saw his bloody and twisted body under the car, he realized that he might really be dead...
Liu Jie was stunned for a long time, and then shouted out of control, "No! This is not true... I don't believe it, how could this be possible? This must be an illusion, this is not true... No!"
He shouted for a long time, but to no avail. Gradually he calmed down and turned to the messenger and said, "Do I really have no hope of surviving?"
When the messenger heard this, he just nodded silently and said, "Life or death is determined by fate. You died the moment the car accident happened. Please accept the reality, Mr. Liu."
Liu Jie was silent for a long time, and seemed to have accepted the fact. He looked at the messenger and said doubtfully, "Isn't that right? I am a Chinese, shouldn't the one who greeted me be black and white? Why do you feel different when you look at it? ah?"
When the envoy heard this, he was slightly startled and said, "Black and white should also keep pace with the times. That is an ancient saying, but please rest assured that I am indeed a serious and well-organized Yinza."
After saying that, the messenger opened one page of the big book in his hand. The void slipped and a page flew into Liu Jie's hand and said, "Mr. Liu, this is the Book of the Dead. It records your merits and demerits in this life." Right or wrong, take a look, confirm it is correct, put your fingerprints on it, and then follow me to the afterlife."
As soon as Liu Jie's fingers touched the paper, a golden light flew out of the paper and poured into his mind. This short life passed through his mind clearly like a slide. Memories that were not clear before have long been forgotten. Memories came to mind one after another, and at this moment the memory became extremely clear.
After reading these memories, Liu Jie sighed and said, "I'm so damn unwilling! I'm going to die like this. I don't accept it..."
The messenger comforted him and said, "Mr. Liu, when you get to the other side, you still have seven days to return to your soul. By then, if you still have unfulfilled wishes in the world of the world, you can come back and take a look..."
Liu Jie said helplessly, "Yeah! Thank you. I don't think I, Mr. Liu, have done anything bad in this life, so why did I...hey!"
The messenger heard this and said, "Although you have done many good deeds and few evil deeds in this life, if you are really a heinous person, I will not be the one who comes to guide you."
Liu Jie heard this and asked curiously, "Then you mean, I can go to heaven?"
The messenger smiled slightly and said, "You will know it when you go to the other side. I am just the messenger. I will make my own judgment on your merits and demerits."
Liu Jie also knew that there was no way to save his life, and he was stunned for a long time. He seemed unwilling to accept the reality, but he had to accept the reality. After hesitating for a long time, he finally reached out and stamped his handprint on the page of the book.
The pages of the book flashed with golden light and flew back to the big book in the hand of the messenger.
Upon seeing this, the messenger closed the book and bowed slightly, saying, "Mr. Liu, the time has come. Let's get on our way."
Liu Jie looked back at the bustling world for the last time. No matter how reluctant he was to leave, he could only say goodbye silently in his heart...
At this time, Liu Jie felt his body light up and the two of them slowly flew into the sky. He couldn't help but look up at the sky, with a hint of shock in his eyes.
He saw a huge, slowly rotating golden ring in the clouds in the center of the sky. The rings were nested layer by layer. The golden ring in the middle emitted a soft light that attracted him, and at the same time, there was a faint sound in his ears. A burst of sweet fairy music.
He looked back at the messenger beside him and asked doubtfully, "What is this?"
The guide looked at the huge golden ring and said, "This is the ring of reincarnation. If you pass through it, you will go to the other side..."
After that, the two figures gradually disappeared into the golden light...
