The banquet living room on the third floor of the hotel has two European-style balconies. Song Baizhou's hand was naturally placed on Zhou Yuwen's shoulders, and he invited Zhou Yuwen to chat with him in a friendly manner. Zhou Yuwen naturally would not refuse, so the two of them arrived at the balcony.

One night when the moon was shining, the balcony was opposite the large garden behind the hotel, with a white fountain pool in the middle and a tall sycamore tree on both sides.

In the yard, insects and birds were chirping. Song Baizhou took Zhou Yuwen to the balcony, took out a white metal box from his top pocket, opened the flip, and it was a box of cigarettes. There was no extra logo, only cigarette butts and tails.

Song Baizhou pulled out one and looked at Zhou Yuwen inquiring: "Do you want it?"

Zhou Yuwen shook his head: "Don't smoke."

Song Baizhou smiled faintly, took a cigarette in his mouth, picked up the lighter and lit it, looked into the distance and said lightly: "A long time ago, I was a very inconspicuous little employee. I was unwilling to spend my life ordinary, so I ran to the south alone."

"I suffered a lot at that time, I was deceived by others, and sold pornographic videos next to the station. At that time, I had enthusiasm and ideals, but at that time, only enthusiasm and ideals were left." Song Baizhou said with a fierce breath of smoke rings.

Zhou Yuwen listened beside him, looking straight in the distance without saying anything, Song Baizhou said: "Your generation is happy, with material guarantees, and can freely pursue happiness, but we cannot."

"Every era has its own characteristics. Mr. Song, have you achieved success that others cannot achieve now?" Zhou Yuwen said.

Song Baizhou looked at Zhou Yuwen and asked, "Do you think I'm successful?"

"I think it's quite successful," Zhou Yuwen checked the assets of Baizhou Group online. He didn't pay attention to it in his previous life. He probably knew that it was an overseas company in this life, and he also knew that he had reached a strategic partner with OneDa. Baizhou Pictures could probably make a lot of money in later life.

Song Baizhou shook his head: "Success is not only in business, but also in many aspects. A man's success is reflected in two aspects, one is the power and wealth in his hands, and the other is in the family."

"Mr. Song, you are so rich. Could it be that there is something that bothers you?" Zhou Yuwen asked.

Song Baizhou shook his head, held a cigarette with his index finger and ring finger, reached over Zhou Yuwen's shoulder, let Zhou Yuwen look into the distance, and then slowly said: "People are selfish and look forward to the sky. Everyone is like this, but if people succeed in a certain aspect, they will have to give up a family."

"I used to have a woman who loves me very much, and I love her very much. By then, I would never give up my ideal because of her. This world is realistic. Many people were born in this world, but they were destined to be a sheep that could not be called. Their requirements were very low. Just lower their heads and eat grass. They were not willing to look up and look at the blue sky, nor would they care about someone cutting their wool. They felt that all this was taken for granted. I was different. I wanted to go outside and see how high the sky was. I saw what was outside the grassland."

Song Baizhou suddenly felt that he rarely talked about this to others because no one around him would listen to this. The people he came into contact with were either subordinates, women sleeping with them, or business partners, who would listen to him say this?

But he really wanted to tell, to talk about his life, and to tell others how lonely he is.

Song Baizhou and Zhou Yuwen told about their first half of their lives and everything. He said that he was born in a rural family in northern Jiangsu and passed the civil service exam with his own efforts.

"Mr. Song is also from northern Jiangsu?" Zhou Yuwen asked.

"Yes." Song Baizhou nodded and continued, he thought that he could achieve a perfect merit by passing the civil service exam, but later he found that this was not the case.

He studied hard for ten years, and his monthly salary was only more than ten yuan. However, the people in the village were not well-educated and moved south and had ten thousand yuan households.

This world is very unfair.

All we can do is find a path that suits us in this world.

Song Baizhou did not hide it from Zhou Yuwen. He said that he had already had a girlfriend who loved him at that time, and that he also loved him deeply.

But if you stay where you are, you may have to go from nine to five to work, drink tea and read newspapers for the rest of your life.

"My first love can be regarded as a local small official. I like this nine-to-five job. I feel that drought and flood are guaranteed. I love her very much, but I don't think we are suitable," Song Baizhou looked at the expression on Zhou Yuwen's face.

After thinking about it, I asked, "Yuwen, will you let your girlfriend affect your decision?"

"It's hard to say, it depends on how far we develop. If we talk about marriage, I think I have to consider her feelings." Zhou Yuwen thought of his mother.

Song Baizhou didn't know what to say for a moment: "I think even when we talk about marriage, as long as we have faith in our hearts, we should not be influenced by others."

"Then aren't you just irresponsible?" Zhou Yuwen asked.

"No, I thought at that time that I would stay there for three years. People in our village, without education, could become ten thousand households after only one year. I am an intellectual. I think I can give her a better life in three years." Song Baizhou defended.

"Then?"

"It's just that the south is more complicated than I think. In three years, I not only failed, but also lost all my wealth. During that time, I couldn't even make up the phone money of two cents," said Song Baizhou.

"In that case, I naturally don't have the face to see her. Can you understand me? Yuwen?" Song Baizhou said as he reached out to grab Zhou Yuwen.

Zhou Yuwen avoided it, but Zhou Yuwen didn't know what to say, looked at the garden in the distance, thought for a while and said, "Mr. Song, how do you say this? As a man, I can understand you, but I came from a single family. My father has disappeared since childhood. My mother and I depend on each other for life. We suffered too much, the rolling eyes of relatives, and the inferiority of the original family when I was studying. All of this is my childhood. To this day, I don't understand why my father left. I admit that I am not a good person. I have such one or two women around me, but I think it is understandable that a man is with a woman. At least the responsibility that should be borne must be borne. I can't say that because of my ideal, I will make my family suffer. I think this is wrong. What do you think, Mr. Song?"

The cigarettes in Song Baizhou's hand had burned out. Zhou Yuwen looked directly at Song Baizhou, making Song Baizhou embarrassed and didn't know what to say. He could only say: "Your father might... maybe he had the same difficulties as me?"
Chapter completed!