After Sending his son to the nursery as usual, Chris kissed her lovingly. For Chris, he first met his father when he was 28 years old, so since then he has vowed to take good care of his future children.
Chris divides his life into many parts, and this part is called taking the bus. He sat in the waiting hall with a large machine in his arms, while the homeless man next to him mistakenly thought it was a time machine and happily talked to himself. Chris ignored him because it wasn't a time machine, but a medical bone density scanner, and his job was to market the instrument. In fact, Chris bought a lot of such instruments and was ready to sell them to major hospitals, but in fact, although its accuracy was better than that of X-ray scanners, the price was twice as expensive, so many doctors were reluctant to buy them.
Chris also lived a more embarrassing life because of his own mistakes, he needed to sell two a month to pay the rent and kindergarten fees, and Chris had just taken a ticket, so this month he also had to sell more to fill the vacancy. But until now, Chris hasn't sold a single one. One day, Chris met a man who drove a Ferrari on his way to the sales pitch, and he said he wanted to ask the other person two questions, what do you do? How did you do it? The man said that he was a stockbroker and that he didn't need a college degree to do it, he just needed to be proficient in numbers and be able to do things for people. Chris looked at the people who came and went in front of the securities company and couldn't help but sigh, they look so happy, when will happiness come knocking on their doors.
The next day, Chris told his wife that he was going to go to a securities firm to look for a job. His wife laughed at him, pointing out that such a decision was not practical, so why not continue to sell the product well and make our lives less hard? It turned out that his wife had been carrying the burden of the family, and he worked two jobs part-time in the morning and evening, but still could not alleviate the problem. If they can't pay the rent next month, if they can't pay the bills, Chris's whole family will be swept out.
This was the second stupid thing in Chris's life, he was preparing to enter the securities company to apply, but because it was so inconvenient to hold the scanner, he spent a dollar, stored the scanner next to a guitarist on the street and repeatedly stressed that this thing was not valuable, but did not think that the guitarist still ran with the instrument. Chris ran wildly, but in the end he did not catch up with the other party. Such a night made Chris waste a day, and also made him lose half a month's source of income, and the problems of the securities company on the way home also plagued Chris. Their broker training courses only cost 20 people a year, and only one place is available to be employed. Chris thought of his high Chinese, no foundation, and couldn't sleep all night.
A few days later, Chris met the guitarist again on the street, the third part of his life story chase. Finally, Chris catches up with them and takes back everything he has.
About a month later, Chris approached the director of the personnel department of the securities company and asked him if he could get a reply to the internship application form he had submitted a month ago, but the director was in a hurry and was ready to leave the company immediately. Chris immediately lied that he had something to go out, so it was better to take a ride together. In this way, chris's approaching director of personnel was ready to sell himself to him, but the owner just looked down at himself and played the Rubik's Cube when he was sitting in the car, and he did not listen to a word of the other party. In the 90s, the Rubik's Cube was an emerging toy, and even fewer people could unravel it. But coincidentally, Chris also has a Rubik's Cube at home, and he is very good at it, so Chris simply took the master's Rubik's Cube and helped him complete the restoration. In just a few minutes, the owner was deeply impressed by the young man in front of him and also paved the way for Chris's future. After the owner got off the bus, Chris's happiness still could not hide his embarrassment, he had no money to pay the fare, had to hug his everything, get off the car to escape the order, all the way to the subway station, he desperately squeezed into the subway, but the scanner was unfortunately stuck outside the door. The subway began to run, and Chris had to let go, leaving everything behind and being picked up by a tramp.
Later, when it rained a little in the sky, Chris called his wife, hoping that he would be at home with his son and that he would be able to return immediately. But the wife said, he is leaving, he is going to take his son, away from this life, away from a father like you. In the pouring rain, Chrissy remembered the American Declaration of Independence, which stated that people needed the right to life, the right to liberty, and the right to pursue happiness.
When Chris rushed home, his wife and son had disappeared without a trace, and almost all of the family's belongings had been emptied. At this time, he received a call from the securities company, who brought good news and asked him to go to the interview in the near future. Chris wanted to write down the number so he could get in touch, but found that he didn't even have a pen in his home. He could only keep repeating the number, and before he forgot it, he ran to the store to write down the number.
The next day, Chris approached his wife and asked him why he had taken his son away from him, but the wife was tough and would not make any concessions on custody. Chris had to sneak his son away at night. That night, the landlord came to the door, and he asked Chris, who had been in arrears for two months, to move out early the next morning. Chris pleaded bitterly, saying that he had children to raise, and could he be lenient for a few more days. Eventually, the landlord was relieved, and he promised to give Chris another week, but only if he repainted the house.
Just the day before the interview, Chris was working in the room when he was approached by the police halfway through. It turned out that his illegal fine had been in arrears for a long time and had not been paid. The police warned him that he would have to stay in the detention center if he didn't pay it, and Chris had no choice but to sign a check, but it wasn't over, because the police needed to check with the bank tomorrow morning to see if he had enough money in his bank card to pay the ticket, so he had to stay here all night. Chris anxiously said he had a son to take care of and that there was an important interview tomorrow. But no matter what, the police still refused to let him go.
The next day, after Chris finished the formalities, he rushed to the scene, and everyone around the securities company was dressed properly, only Chris was dirty and wearing a set of clothes covered in paint. The interviewer was surprised to see such a candidate, but Chris did not make up a lie for himself, he laughed and said that he had always wanted to make up a story to explain the reason for the appearance of the dress, but in the end he decided to tell the truth.
The interviewer showed some appreciation and began to ask some questions, while Chris calmly completed the answers one by one. The interviewer asked, what would you think if I hired a candidate who didn't even wear a shirt? Chris said his pants must have been very well worn. The interviewers laughed, and Chris managed to pass the face. However, when Chris learned that the internship lasted six months and did not have a penny of salary in the middle, her happiness in the interview turned to hesitation.
That night, after sending her son back, the wife saw Chris for the last time, and she told her husband that she was leaving the house and heading to New York to make another living. At the time of separation, the wife reluctantly went into the room to see her son, and then said to Chris, you will take good care of your son, right? Chris was silent, afraid to make a sound, he did not know what his future would be like, whether he could take good care of his son and let him thrive. Chris did not dare to make a promise lightly, and his wife did not wait for him to reply and left disappointed.
Chris knew that now he had to make a desperate bet, and becoming a stockbroker was his last chance. Finally, she made up her mind to complete a six-month internship, and in the middle of this halfway living expenses, Chris thought that she could still rely on selling scanners to earn back. The next day, Chris moved to a cheaper motel with his son, and they went to the rooftop to play basketball. His son said he wanted to become a professional player in the future, but Chris denied it, saying that his son should not spend so much effort on basketball. The son didn't say anything after listening to it, but just loaded the ball in frustration. Chris, regretting what he had just said, told his son not to let anyone say you can't be talented, even if it's me. If you have a dream, try to defend it and ignore what the people who have achieved nothing will say.
Chris calls the next part of his life an internship, and his current job is mostly to call potential customers, and as long as there is enough performance, the higher the chances of eventual admission. In order to be able to make more phone calls, Chris did not rest, did not drink water, just to save precious minutes, but the superior always let him run errands and do something insignificant. This made Chris feel unappreciated, and it also cost him some customers who should have belonged to him.
One day, Chris met the beggar who had taken the instrument. He desperately chased after it, but was hit by a speeding car and hit the ground. This time he didn't follow closely, lost the instrument, and let himself lose a shoe. On the weekend, Chris was preparing to visit customers who had previously lost their appointments, and then go to sell them herself to make money. But the client was friendly, he kept the father and son behind and invited them to the ball game together. This was the first time Chris and his son had sat in a private room and watched rugby. Although the client eventually rejected his investment proposal, Chris felt the same joy for his son's happiness. In the months that followed, Riccis sold the remaining instruments and improved for himself and his son.
But one day, a letter of mandatory tax payment pulled their happiness into the abyss. Chris's wallet was only $20 left. Later, although he recovered the instrument from the tramp, the instrument was broken and could not be sold for money. That night, Chris was kicked out again because he didn't have money to pay rent and his son. Homeless, they have to hide in the subway station. Chris couldn't bear to let his son suffer together, he picked up the instrument and said, this is the time machine, and we just crossed back. In ancient times, it was a cave man on the top of the mountain, so find a cave to sleep in.
Long nights, there was a constant knock on the door outside the toilet. All Chris could do was cover his son's ears and press his feet against the door, tears of helplessness in his tired, bloodshot eyes.
The next day, they inquired about a certain church that offered free housing, but was so homeless that there was a long queue. Chris lost the opportunity to enter because he was cut in by the tramp, he yelled with a crying voice, he obviously came on time, why should he treat himself like this? Fortunately, the uncle on the side helped them identify the interloper, and Chris's father and son finally did not have to sleep on the street again.
A few days later, Chris ushered in the stockbroker exam, he calmly answered the question, and took his son to the church to queue, but today they were late. Chris was penniless, so he had to let his son eat dinner, and he was hungry. Later, he was forced to sell the blood, and through this money, he bought parts and repaired the instruments that had broken down before. The moment he pressed the switch, the machine started normally. The light shone into Chris's heart like hope. After selling the instruments, Chris and his son had four weeks to live on, and he was finally able to take his son to the hotel and sleep happily in a warm room.
Soon, the internship period ended, and Chris was called to the office by the leader, who congratulated him on standing out of 20 people and being able to come to work officially tomorrow. Chris wasn't too excited, his face was full of exhaustion, but he revealed a hard-won sense of happiness.
Chris walked down the street, unable to believe that this moment had actually come. After so many long and hard parts, Chris's life finally improved.
In fact, everyone's life is full of setbacks and suffering, sometimes even if you try to go to heaven, you have no time to take care of you, so many people are willing to be mediocre and no longer have the courage to chase their dreams, but when a person really tries to do their best, what happens later? Maybe it will fail again, but it is more likely that happiness will knock on your door. The teacher who taught the children to sing said that if you want to be noble before people, you will suffer after others.
In the game between dreams and reality, if you want to succeed, you always have to bear what ordinary people can't bear. You have to get up early and live a desperate life, you have to take care of everything, you need to take care of people who are worthy of your protection, no one wants a plausible life, even if the failure after the effort should be unforgettable. Maybe there are a lot of people with worse conditions than us who are already on the road, so do you want to come together?