The man walked out excitedly and did not calm down until he stood on the street.
The man rushed back to the company frantically, logged into his account, looked at the row of numbers, and finally confirmed that he was not dreaming. The man took a deep breath and decided not to stay overnight. He paid back the money first, so he worked in front of the computer for a while. After the last payment was transferred to the other party's designated account, the man finally breathed a sigh of relief and then looked at his account. , enter a number in it, and then light a cigarette: "This money is enough for my wife and children to use for a lifetime, even if I am no longer here."
At this time, the phone rang: "Husband, it's very late, are you back?" It was my wife's gentle voice on the other end of the phone.
"Be right back." The man hung up the phone and drove home. The child had already fallen asleep, and his wife was sitting on the sofa, the dark blue under her eyes getting worse. Seeing the man coming back, he stood up happily, walked into the kitchen and brought out a bowl of noodles: "You haven't eaten yet, so let's eat something. I'll make something good for you tomorrow."
The man glanced at his wife, touched her face distressedly, and started to eat hungrily: "Hire a nanny tomorrow, you are too tired."
"No, money is tight now." The wife shook her head, then looked at her mobile phone, surprised: "Why did you give me so much money."
"This project was very successful, I made a lot of money, and all the problems were solved. Here are these for you. Hire a nanny." The man put down the dishes. Hold your wife's hand.
The wife looked at the man gratefully. Nodding, the man looked at his wife who was sleeping soundly in his arms and smiled.
In that house, the shopkeeper looked at the contract on the table and smiled.
"Master, will he come again?" the old man said in a hoarse voice.
"The desires of human beings are beyond your imagination. As long as they can satisfy their desires, they will give everything. Don't worry, they will come again." The young shopkeeper handed the contract to the old man: "Keep it."
The old man took it and left. The young shopkeeper looked at the darkness outside and fell into deep thought.
Time goes by very quickly. The man once again fell into pain, wondering whether he was not suitable for business and why he always failed. The man took a long drag on his cigarette. He spent a lot of effort on the new bidding project, but was finally taken away by his opponent. The partner who betrayed him bribed a lawyer. Not only did he not win the lawsuit, he was bitten back. The technical staff he hired with high salary were actually bribed by his opponent to steal his technology. In this year, he suffered a complete defeat, even worse than the last time. Rather, the man looked at the document in front of him and screamed angrily.
The cigarette in his hand had burned his fingers. The man wanted to light another one, but found that there was no more. He started to rummage through the cabinets in frustration. From the bottom of the drawer, a black business card leaked out. Yes, that pawn shop.
The man stood up immediately and ran out in a hurry. When I came to that block, I walked in according to my memory from last time. It was still the same dilapidated door. The man knocked and the door opened. It was the same old man.
"Young man, you are here, come in." The old man held up the lantern and led the man into the main room. The young shopkeeper was already sitting behind the desk.
"What do you want this time?" The young shopkeeper looked at him with a smile.
"Shopkeeper, my life has been a failure. The business has not been going well over the years, and now it has failed completely. I am really useless..." The man told his failure and misfortune in pain.
The young shopkeeper listened quietly until the man finished speaking and nodded: "I think you need to succeed."
"Success is what I want. Can you help me?" The man looked at the young shopkeeper longingly.
"Of course, but the price is high. I want you to live for thirty years." The young shopkeeper said.
"Deal." The man pressed his fingerprints on the contract without hesitation. Then he looked at the shopkeeper suspiciously: "Will I succeed?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "3, 2, 1."
The man's cell phone rang: "Manager, where are you? The bidding company called and said it has something urgent to do with you." It was the secretary's voice on the phone.
"What are you doing with me?" the man wondered.
"The other party said that they would give this project to us. They said that the company that won the bid was suspected of fraud. Come back quickly. The other party will be here soon with the contract." The secretary's tone was very anxious.
The man left in a hurry and returned to the company without having time to say hello to the shopkeeper. The other party was already waiting for him in the conference room. After a simple meeting, the man signed a contract with the other party. The project fell into his hands like a pie. The other party left with satisfaction, but the man still held the information. I was stunned.
Take it down now? Are you dreaming? Before the man could react, a man walked in and knelt at his feet. He looked and saw that it was his technician.
The technician hugged his legs and cried. It took him a while to understand that the technician was deceived, but that was not the case at all.
He helped the technician up and said, "Just be fine when you get back."
The technician wiped away his tears: "This is for you, it is their core achievement. They lied to me to steal your secrets, and you also lied to me. You took me in regardless of past suspicions. I can't just come back empty-handed. Don't worry, I have mastered this core technology." , guaranteed to be your money pot.”
The man nodded.
It was late at night. When the man came home, his wife fell asleep on the dining table. When she heard him coming back, she hurriedly went to bring food. She squeezed his shoulders gently. The man looked at his wife and found that not only had she not lost her shape after giving birth, but she was even more beautiful.
In that house, the old man picked up the contract: "He is already thirty, and he has pawned it for another forty years. The remaining time is only twenty years."
"He will come again." The young shopkeeper smiled.
Up to this point, the man's life has been like cheating. His competitors were imprisoned for fraud, his partners who cheated him were forced to jump off the building for selling each other's trade secrets, and multinational companies that he was unable to reach took the initiative to seek cooperation with him. His company is booming. The child is also very healthy, and he cherishes his beautiful wife very much even in the years. In just three years, he has entered the circle of successful people. But the desire expanded again.
In the pawn shop, he pawned another twenty years of his life in exchange for his company becoming a Fortune 500 company.
He smiles wildly as he sits in his skyscraper office.
But when a person came in, his smile stopped abruptly. It was the old man. The old man smiled. The man looked at him, but before he could speak, his vision went dark and he fell down.
"Did you get it back?" The young shopkeeper in the house smiled.
The old man nodded and handed over a bottle. The young shopkeeper looked at the bottle and smiled again.
