Rebirth 2004: I can make money by writing.

"Wow, this is the Avenue of the Future. The surrounding scenery is really nice!"

Li Yuan was sitting in the monorail suspended tram, and his eyes were attracted by the beautiful scenery around him through the window.

The sunlight shines on the viaduct, casting a warm golden glow, and the city skyline in the distance looks particularly spectacular against the backdrop of the blue sky.

Future Avenue, this overpass, is a masterpiece independently invested and built by Future Technology Group.

The government provided the land, and Future Technology Group invested huge sums of money to build this transportation artery connecting Future City and Future Technology Group’s headquarters.

During peak commuting hours, the entrance is closed and only used by employees of Future Technology Group, ensuring their efficient passage.

During non-peak hours, this avenue and the railway are open to the public, allowing citizens to experience the convenience and comfort of this modern road.

"Damn, Future Technology Group is really rich. Building such a wide viaduct with six lanes in one direction and 15 kilometers long must have cost tens of billions of yuan." Li Yuan's friend exclaimed, his eyes full of envy and admiration.

"I heard from the media that tens of billions of yuan were invested. Hao Qiang is really willing to spend that much." Li Yuan responded with emotion.

Hao Qiang was her high school classmate. However, since Hao Qiang was admitted to university, the contact between him and his high school classmate has gradually decreased, as if washed away by the torrent of time.

I heard that the only person who interacted more with Hao Qiang was his deskmate Wu Hai.

Now, with the help of Hao Qiang, Wu Hai has opened two dental hospitals with sixty to seventy employees. It is said that his annual income is several million yuan.

It is true that when one person succeeds, everyone around him will benefit.

Of course, Hao Qiang also helped his high school classmates through Wu Hai. Every household opened a Future Electric Motorcycle Shop, and everyone's financial situation improved.

Li Yuan always wanted to thank Hao Qiang, but never had the chance.

Perhaps, these little people have probably been forgotten.

Li Yuan looked out the tram window again. The scenery of Future Avenue was completely different from other places in Pengcheng.

The architectural style here is novel and unique, full of futuristic technology.

The towering glass curtain wall building sparkles in the sun, and the streamlined design gives people a sense of avant-garde and innovation.

The streets are lined with green trees and there are many intelligent public facilities.

Since the Shenzhen government designated the area surrounding the Future Technology Group as a high-tech park, the area has undergone tremendous changes.

The government has tightened its requirements for settled enterprises, and enterprises that do not meet high-tech standards have moved out, replaced by a group of technology giants and innovative enterprises.

This area has gradually become a highland of scientific and technological innovation in Shenzhen and even the whole country, attracting the attention of countless top talents and capital.

However, with the rise of high-tech parks, housing prices have skyrocketed.

The housing prices in Nanshan and Futian were already unaffordable, with the average price reaching 25,000 yuan per square meter. The average price of new houses in the High-tech Park has exceeded this figure and is even continuing to rise.

For ordinary office workers, such housing prices are simply astronomical.

Oh my god, how can I afford it!

Li Yuan couldn't help but sigh that for an ordinary employee like her, with a monthly salary of only four or five thousand yuan, it was simply a pipe dream to want to settle down and buy a house here.

She was somewhat envious of the ordinary employees of Future Technology Group, who could buy company housing at extremely low prices.

Her company is a fairly large enterprise in Shenzhen, with three to four hundred employees.

However, except for the general manager and deputy general manager, the monthly salary of middle-level leaders does not reach 20,000 yuan.

Behind the prosperity and opportunities of this city lie the hardships and struggles of countless ordinary people.

Looking at the high housing prices, ordinary people can only despair.

In fact, Li Yuan’s idea was not wrong.

Even by 2024, except for comments on platforms like Douyin and some successful self-media practitioners, it will still be extremely difficult for ordinary people to earn 20,000 yuan a month by working.

The actual income distribution is far more cruel than the "average monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan" circulating on the Internet.

In counties and small towns in the central and western regions, it is common for ordinary factory workers to earn around 3,000 yuan per month.

If you want to earn a monthly salary of 5,000, you must master certain techniques or skills and become a technical backbone in the workshop.

In developed coastal cities, although the income of ordinary technical workers is relatively higher, the price is long hours of high-intensity labor.

They need to work overtime frequently, more than ten hours a day, and even sacrifice their weekend rest time. Having two days off a month is a luxury, in order to increase their monthly salary to more than 7,000 yuan.

For most workers, a monthly salary of 11,000 or 12,000 yuan is almost the ceiling.

If the wages are piece-rate, a very small number of skilled workers may be able to earn around 15,000 yuan in certain months, but this is an exception in the entire workshop.

Once the overall income level of workers rises, company bosses will often control costs by lowering unit prices, and it will never be possible for the average salary of workers to easily exceed 10,000 yuan.

Some experts say that "a mason can earn 500 yuan a day, work 50 days a month, and his monthly salary can reach 25,000 yuan, and his annual income can reach 300,000 yuan, which makes him a high-income earner."

Damn, only if you have done plastering and decoration work can you understand the actual situation.

It is true that you can earn five hundred yuan or even a thousand yuan a day, but how many days can you work in a month?

Even if there is work to do every day, my body can't take it.

In fact, it is not easy to earn 100,000 yuan a year, but you have to take care of your own food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the income is not as stable as that of a skilled worker in a factory.

Of course, in 2024, the overall starting salary of college students will increase, generally around 5,000 to 6,000 yuan.

If you are an undergraduate graduate from a 985 university, your starting salary can reach 8,000 yuan;

The annual salary of doctoral graduates from prestigious universities may even reach hundreds of thousands of yuan, and those in top majors may even reach one or two million yuan.

However, those who earn high incomes like PhDs from prestigious universities are a minority after all, and cannot represent the real situation of most ordinary workers.

Many students are full of fantasies about the workplace while they are in school, and often talk about monthly salaries exceeding ten thousand yuan. But in fact, they often have not truly experienced the cruelty of the workplace, nor do they understand the difficulty of salary growth.

By the time I actually get a job, I probably won’t be able to support myself.

Even in industries considered high-paying, such as finance and computer software, it is not easy to get a monthly salary of 20,000 yuan.

The salary standards of large companies cannot be used as a standard for the average social salary.

In the machinery manufacturing industry, for a company with a scale of 2,000 employees and an annual revenue of about 2 billion yuan, apart from the boss and shareholders, the annual income of the vice president is unlikely to exceed one million yuan. It all depends on whether the boss is generous.

The annual salary of senior management personnel such as the director of the head office, chief engineer, and general manager of subsidiaries is usually between 40 yuan and 70 yuan.

The annual income of middle-level managers at the manager and ministerial levels is between 25 yuan and 50 yuan.

Those numbers shrink further if the business is located in the Midwest or is struggling.

If it is a small company with only a few dozen employees, the general manager's annual salary may not even reach 300,000 yuan.

Therefore, in a company with 2,000 employees, the number of middle and senior leaders is usually only a few dozen, accounting for only about 3% of the company's total employees, and the organizational bloat is less than 5%.

In fact, these data can be found on major recruitment websites and clearly reflect the true distribution of income in the workplace.

As for individual business owners, their living conditions are even more difficult.

Being able to avoid losses is already a success. If we can achieve an annual net profit of 200,000 yuan per person, haha.

The remarks on the Internet that "annual salaries of hundreds of thousands are common" and "a monthly salary of 10,000 is easily obtainable" are not only seriously out of touch with reality, but also invisibly create social anxiety, making many ordinary people who are uninformed feel confused and stressed.

Of course, some professions are indeed very good, such as civil servants in funeral homes, tobacco companies, power companies, and coastal cities, whose annual income can easily reach 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.

If it were a decade ago, when there was still gray income, the actual income would be even more optimistic.

It can be said that it is very difficult for ordinary workers to buy a house in Shenzhen by working!

As the tram continued to move forward, Li Yuan's mood fluctuated with the scenery outside the window.

A few minutes later,

The monorail slowly drove into the terminal of Future Technology Group.

Li Yuan and her friend Meng Lili got off the car and walked more than 200 meters along a wide and clean road, and arrived at the south gate of Future Technology Group.

They could not enter the company and could only stand outside to visit, but just this magnificent gate was enough to make people feel the extraordinary style of this technology giant.

Li Yuan looked around and found that there was a constant stream of people coming here to visit, roughly estimating that there were two or three hundred people.

They either took photos or stopped to watch, their faces full of curiosity and yearning for this legendary company.

"Li Yuan, this is the Future Technology Group. There are so many tall buildings!" Meng Lili looked up at the rows of buildings before her, her eyes full of envy. "Oh my god, it would be so cool if I could work in there."

"Yes, this is my first time here too." Li Yuan nodded, his eyes involuntarily looking at the towering headquarters building, as if thinking about something.

The Future Technology Group office building has a single floor area of ​​2000 square meters and 38 floors above ground.

The building's exterior is designed with all-glass curtain walls, reflecting the blue sky and light white clouds, making it look particularly spectacular.

Her high school classmate Hao Qiang should be working upstairs.

Li Yuan's gaze turned to the west again, where stood a neat row of 20-story dormitory buildings.

Each building can accommodate 2000 employees, and there are more than twenty such dormitory buildings.

Of course, she couldn't see that much, as there were many other buildings besides the dormitory building.

She couldn't help but sigh that the scale of Future Technology Group was far beyond her imagination.

Looking at pictures online is not as intuitive and shocking as seeing it in person.

"I heard that Future Technology Group has seven or eight employee canteens alone. Is that true?" Meng Lili asked curiously.

"It should be true," Li Yuan replied, "It is said that there are tens of thousands of employees here, and the number is increasing rapidly every year.

If there is only one canteen, it will not be able to meet the demand.

The distances from the dormitories to the cafeteria, and then from the cafeteria to the workplaces, are not close, so they definitely need to be dispersed.”

"The factory is so big that they can ride bicycles," added Meng Lili.

"That should be the case. Ten or twenty thousand acres. If the work is far away, how long will it take to walk?" Li Yuan nodded. "I think the HR department of Future Technology Group has definitely considered this issue and will arrange for employees to live in dormitories closer to their workplaces."

"Well, that should be the case." Meng Lili agreed.

The two stood outside the Future Technology Group, feeling the company's majestic momentum.

Li Yuan's thoughts gradually drifted away. She imagined the scene of Hao Qiang working here: perhaps he was sitting in a spacious, bright and luxurious office, drinking tea and reading the news; perhaps he was discussing the group's strategy with senior executives; or perhaps he was standing in front of the bay window of the headquarters building, overlooking this vibrant technology city.