I am not Ximen Qing.

For some reason, the immortal beauty Zhao Ji always gave Zhang Sheng a kind of dreamlike illusion, that familiar feeling he loved most. Immortal beauty was indeed Zhang Sheng's Athena. Zhao Ji often brought Zhang Sheng unexpected surprises, leading him out of the maze of confusion. Immortal beauty Zhao Ji's beauty confused Zhang Sheng, but he only liked to admire her beauty. The world outside the window was the most beautiful world in Beijing, the most beautiful world, the alluring night of Sanlitun, the perfect world of art and love!

While admiring the allure of the Sanlitun nightscape, Zhang Sheng painted a portrait of immortal beauty, danced in a bar, and recited "Ulysses" and "A Portrait of the Artist" with foreign friends. Perhaps she had been suppressing herself for too long in her work, studies, and life. When she returned to her apartment, the sub-landlord of Yuanmingyuan Artist had a sudden pang of conscience. Yuanmingyuan Artist hadn't brought his lover downstairs, and the willow trees downstairs had already turned off their lights. Everything seemed to be a tacit agreement. She said that for the first time, a man was lusting after her body rather than wanting to make love. The power of love had turned into artistic love. The remaining weather was hot and humid. Whether it was day or night, her body exuded the fragrance of the moonlight and roses. Yes, she was Venus under the moonlight, rose beauty under the night. This was a collision of budding love and passion. After hesitating for more than a month, she went to work early. Her first experience of budding love lasted all night, a life-and-death struggle. She liked Zhang Sheng, who was full of youthful energy that could support her strong and beautiful body!

Zhang Sheng understood that Li Yu and Miss Shi had lost control of the situation, but that didn't necessarily mean Li Yu's morality was as vulgar as the two managers claimed! In fact, both the male manager's initial approach was rational—not calling Li Yu's family—and the female manager's assertion that this was no different from adultery. This was unfair to Caiyun; she had the right to know. Perhaps the "older woman, female boss" mentality had another layer of meaning. They conveniently dismissed Miss Shi, but Caiyun, in a way unique to Southern women, passed the buck back to the company. Women can indeed change a man's fate; it seemed her soul had gained a clear existence, logical and rational, neither arrogant nor humble. Zhang Sheng understood that this was truly an awkward situation beyond his control, more so than any other love affair!

"You're in a relationship, you're in a relationship, you're in a relationship, right? Can I meet you too?"

"Oh my god, he's in a relationship too!"

The male and female managers were working together, so why couldn't Zhang Sheng date women? Does working for the company mean he doesn't have the right to date women? What an unfair and domineering company! It's not like a woman is pregnant and giving birth, unable to create surplus value for the company.

"It must be Li Yu's wife's bad idea, right?"

"Li Yu's sister-in-law, well, I have nothing to say. That's really ruthless."

"Really? Is she Li Yu's sister-in-law? A great beauty from Suzhou?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing, it has nothing to do with women, I just want to start a business, that's all. It's nothing, I just want to prove myself. If you want to start a business, go to Zhongguancun. An employee who doesn't want to start a business isn't a good employee!"

How embarrassing! Even the right to love is being taken away? Think back to going home for Chinese New Year with only a few hundred yuan in his pocket – this is hard work in Zhongguancun! Even the beauty his uncle introduced him to couldn't resist him in this state. He admired Zhang Sheng's great ambition and dream of becoming a billionaire. Zhang Sheng's mind was filled with idols like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Initially, Zhang Sheng regretted starting his own business, but now he doesn't regret it at all. He's fighting for the independence of Zhongguancun's entrepreneurial culture! If you come to Zhongguancun without wanting to start a business, without wanting to strive, without wanting to pioneer, that's absolutely a mistake. Here, you'll find the spirit of free struggle and entrepreneurship everywhere, the academic spirit of Silicon Valley! At this time, no matter who you are, you'll be baptized and changed by Zhongguancun's open entrepreneurial spirit and free culture!

"Hey, if I'd known it was just about finding a girl, I would have introduced you to a pretty girl!"

"Stop, stop, stop! What are you trying to do? This is so despicable, it's infuriating! Are you still a successful entrepreneur in Zhongguancun? Are you still the legal representative of the company? Are you still the general manager of the company?"

"What's wrong? My dad is the legal representative. Can't he introduce someone to me? Can't he introduce someone to an employee?"

"Stop talking! You're being so despicable! Are you still the same courageous and determined person you were at the beginning? Have you let your ideals go to waste? Have you let your fighting spirit be devoured by wolves? Starting a business and making money isn't like running a marriage agency! I agree with starting a business! I agree with starting a business! This is the spirit of Zhongguancun! If there's no entrepreneurial spirit in Zhongguancun, it's a failure for our company!"

"Stop playing your chauvinistic game! Why should they ruin my youth, my money, and my career? I won't stand for it! They're all heartless bastards!"

"Go to the counter and hand over all the accounts to the company. Ignore her; she's crazy, a lunatic! Listen to my audit for a week, and now you're free."

The male manager decided to let Zhang Sheng resign and start his own business. He felt the company was in a mess and needed a swift and decisive solution. He wanted to make the talented new college graduate a key member of the team; it wasn't a question of keeping or rejecting people anymore. At the very least, the female manager's true intentions couldn't be exposed. The female manager seemed to have calmed down a bit; she had lost her rationality and wasn't acting according to company rules. She was a professional manager and had worked at Lenovo for a time; she should be more tolerant. Regarding Li Yu and his wife, since they wanted to start a business in Zhongguancun, there were rules about salaries, and Zhongguancun also had its unspoken rules. Zhang Sheng had feelings for the male manager; after all, he was a top student from Fudan University in Shanghai. Thinking back to his high school Chinese classmate Lu Shitou, they were from the same hometown. If he hadn't come to Zhongguancun to start his business, he could have done much better. A Fudan graduate could easily go to Dell, IBM, HP, Microsoft, Apple, or any other large multinational IT company like Cisco. He could be a senior executive at Sony, and the male manager enjoys playing sports, loves team life, and benefits from a comprehensive company package of food, drinks, and entertainment several times a week. He's very humane. He's a high-achieving graduate, but also possesses the shrewdness typical of Shanghainese. His letting go of Zhang Sheng is entirely without malice; it's almost entirely open-minded. It's a mutually tolerant entrepreneurial spirit—the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial spirit he developed while studying there. He harbors resentment towards Li Yu and his wife, but he's not as impulsive as the female manager! Southerners have their advantages; they're willing to do anything for their own benefit. The characteristic of northerners is actually a lack of independent entrepreneurial spirit. Li Yu's strength is the entrepreneurial spirit of southerners who independently defend their rights! This also inspired Zhang Sheng's entrepreneurial spirit. In Zhongguancun, there is no right or wrong, only the path of striving and starting a business. The spirit of Silicon Valley and the spirit of academia are flourishing here. Of course, the female managers and the counter staff all feel indignant on behalf of the female managers, saying things like, "She took away valuable customers. You can't take company customers with you after leaving the company." The reason why Zhongguancun is so vibrant is that it encourages entrepreneurship. The prevailing culture is that no company in the world can claim to have grown without benefiting from the influence of its predecessors. Even Microsoft grew by building upon the foundations laid by IBM and Apple. Entrepreneurs don't necessarily intend to take anything away; it's a will that drives everything. Zhongguancun wasn't built by one person's will, but by the will of a group—the will to strive and innovate! The high-tech cultural industry genes created by the matrix revolution have generated so many customers who love Zhongguancun's culture, experiencing a love-hate relationship. Even after being disappointed time and again, they return to Zhongguancun to continue purchasing from different companies. This is the irresistible allure of Zhongguancun from its inception—the allure of God's Garden of Eden!

Months later, when Zhang Sheng emerged from the Shuang'an Shopping Mall, he remembered their lingering affection for him. Damn it, they were so sexy, alluring, and beautiful, each possessing the captivating allure of lilies and roses. They were the perfect benchmarks, a source of sadness. Beautiful women, charming ladies, only they could soothe his restless soul. He kept thinking of her lying quietly on that large bed. Men are truly born voyeurs; her beauty was everywhere. Yet, this world is full of contradictions. Now, their goddess's allure had come at a price. What had happened? The price of freedom was this torn love—a flower that had forgotten love, a storm brewing under a grand feast, withered branches and fallen leaves. Love was too fragile. Living together in the courtyard, gathering to eat the most delicious home-cooked meals prepared by Ya Li Caiyun—the golden days were gone, including the vanished lover. This world offered no explanation, no way to distinguish between good and evil. The landlord destroyed Zhang Sheng's perfect plan for love, or perhaps it was for money. Why? This shameless artist, who dares to do anything, is now somewhat likable. At least he's an artist from the Yuanmingyuan, and his painting, "Yuanmingyuan Artist," is Zhang Sheng's inspiration. The painting artist is helping Zhang Sheng perfect his cutting plan, according to this shameless bastard. Gonegirl isn't your type. You have nothing, so don't be tempted, or you won't be allowed to exist here, understand? Little brother, these are the rules of Zhongguancun. You've tasted both gains and losses, and even free effort. You can't have your cake and eat it too. You know that, you're having a good time, but you must cut your losses, be clean and honest. What's yours to you in Zhongguancun, no one can take away. Seven days can change the world. Cut the money you earn in seven days, and then Zhongguancun will be your world!

Sometimes, thinking about Gone Girl, everything seems perfect. If it weren't for the artist from the Yuanmingyuan and the harassment from the sub-landlord, he would definitely have had a good time with one of them. This romantic night, going to the Temple of Venus to fully express his love and passion—how could they possibly refuse Zhang Sheng's passion and sweet words? The city's daytime emptiness and oppression, the night, the tranquility, the neon lights, the dazzling brilliance—all await this moment. The civilized people in the romantic city don't like the feeling of sunrise at all; instead, they admire the dust of sunset, the neon lights of night, the darkness under the feathered robes. The pleasure of a busy day is far more comfortable than getting up at dawn to brush your teeth, taking a car, driving, taking the subway, or squeezing onto a bus. This is part of the civilization of the big city. This magnificent and vast urban space should be used for construction—a truly magnificent world, a world of the Diamond Sutra, a world of three thousand great worlds, a world of perpetual life cycle. Entering and exiting, the city's transformation through a perpetual cycle, the turning of history, rise and fall—all are controlled by will. This will is not the element of the city as defined in Kant's books or by Warnett; everything is humanity submerged in an ocean of love, love coming and going, strolling through Haidian Huangzhuang. The streets and walkways near the Beijing Institute of Technology and the Huoshan subway station in Weigongzhuang are all reborn worlds, everywhere is rebirth and nirvana, a new era replacing the old world. The city's night lights, with the ghosts of witches and their fragrant souls, stir up the hormones of love. Roses and lilies, a mixture of effects, are the place of love's replacement. They are omnipresent, existing in the best way of dreamlike shadows, a flame that is both near and far. Will-o'-the-wisps—no one can remain conscious. Is it loss, depravity, or healing? Why was it so close before, so great? A day's busyness, the anxiety suppressed, can finally be relaxed under the cover of night. That shameless fellow, the painter of the Yuanmingyuan, has been here for three months. What is he so obsessed with? But then again, the sub-landlord's anger was understandable. He'd learned about the sub-landlord's "love palace"—the once-free space for many lovers—now an empty house, a shameless artist, a painter from the Yuanmingyuan. He pretended to suppress his anger, describing his repression, his disappointment, his pain, but was actually quite angry. This was fucking unfair! What right did they have to deprive him of the right to love, and even the right to start a business? Zhang Sheng knew he was a walking corpse, the mastermind behind everything, not to mention the bad guys. The sub-landlord, the artist, a painter from the Yuanmingyuan—artist, he could keep chasing after young, fresh women, but when it came to them fighting over a "dinosaur" girl, it was just a slip-up by Li Yu, no one was hurt. So all the unrelated people could use this as a pretext for their accusations. Hadn't they ever seen women before? They should have some morals! This was the company dormitory, not a place for promiscuity. Besides, Miss Shi was also an innocent girl, unmarried, without a boyfriend; she wasn't a promiscuous woman!