When she saw the capital for the first time, Shui Wa understood one thing: you can only know what some things look like after seeing them, and you will never be able to imagine them. For example, the night in Beijing had appeared countless times in his imagination. At first, the lights in towns or mines were enlarged many times, and then the lights in provincial capitals were enlarged many times. When he and Lu Hai were on the bus, When he turned into Chang'an Street from the West Railway Station, he knew that even if the lights in the past were enlarged a thousand times, they would not be what they looked like at night in Beijing. Of course, the lights in Beijing will never be as numerous or as bright as those in a thousand provincial capitals, but there is something about Beijing that night that cannot be produced by superimposing the lights in that western city.
After Shui Wa and Lu Hai stayed in a cheap basement hotel for one night, they broke up the next morning. When leaving, Lu Hai wished Shui Wa good luck and said that if he had any difficulties in the future, he could contact him. However, when Shui Wa asked him to leave his phone number or address, he said that he had nothing now.
"Then how can I find you?" Shui Wa asked.
"After a while, watch TV or the newspapers and you'll know where I am."
Seeing Lu Hai's retreating figure, Shui Wa shook his head in confusion. What he said was really hard to understand: This man is now penniless. He can't even afford to stay in a hotel today. Shui Wa pays for breakfast, and even his sun Zao also paid the rent to the landlord before setting off. Now, he is a beggar with nothing but dreams.
After parting ways with Lu Hai, Shui Wa immediately went to find work, but the shock of the metropolis made him quickly forget his purpose. Throughout the day, he wandered aimlessly in the city, as if he was walking in the city. In Wonderland, I don’t feel tired at all.
In the evening, he stood in front of the 500-meter-high Reunification Building, one of the new symbols of the capital, completed last year, looking up at the glass cliff that reached into the clouds. Above, the sunset glow gradually darkened and the city lights soon turned on. The sea was performing a breathtaking show of light and shadow, and Shui Wa's neck ached from watching it. When he was about to walk away, the lights of the building itself also turned on. This spectacle seized Shui Wa's whole body and mind with greater power, and he continued to stare up at it.
"You've been looking at it for a long time and are you interested in this job?"
Shui Wa turned around and saw that the person speaking was a young man, dressed like a typical city dweller, but holding a yellow safety helmet in his hand. "What job?" Shui Wa asked confused.
"Then what were you looking at just now?" the man asked, pointing upward with the hand holding the helmet.
Shui Wa looked up and looked in the direction he pointed, and saw several people on the high glass cliff. From here, they were just a few small black dots. "What are they doing up there?" Shui Wa asked, looking carefully. He looked at it and said, "Cleaning the glass?"
The man nodded: "I am the personnel director of Blue Sky Construction Cleaning Company. Our company mainly undertakes cleaning projects for high-rise buildings. Are you willing to do this job?"
Shui Wa looked up again. The few ant-like black spots in the sky made her dizzy. "This... is too scary."
"If you are worried about safety, then don't worry. This job looks dangerous, which makes it difficult to recruit workers. We are short of manpower now. But I assure you that the safety measures are very complete. As long as the procedures are strictly followed, , there is absolutely no danger, and the salary is the highest among similar industries. You have a monthly salary of 1,500 yuan, lunch on weekdays, and the company buys life insurance on your behalf."
The amount of money surprised Shui Wa. He looked at the manager blankly. The latter misunderstood Shui Wa's meaning: "Okay, cancel the trial period and add another three hundred, one thousand and eighty per month, no more." In the past, the basic salary for this type of work was only four to five hundred, and if you had to do extra work every day, you would get an extra piece rate. Now it is a fixed monthly salary, which is quite good."
So Shui Wa became a high-altitude cleaner, whose English name was Spider-Man.
