In mid-June 2019, I went to Longxing Sub-branch with Wang Xiaolong and Yu Dawei to see my former colleague Yu Hui. This branch was formerly a second-tier branch under the New Town Sub-Branch (a first-tier branch), and was transferred to another bank during the “key city bank reform” the year before, so the staff followed the unit, and the old colleague who had worked together for more than ten years immediately became a brother banker.
It was a weekend, and there was only one customer in the bright and spacious lobby for business. Yu Hui is bored back and forth with his hands behind his back, once he saw the three of us pushing in the door to feel friendly, and we shook hands warmly one by one. Yu Hui has reached 50 years old this year, taking advantage of the change of branch to retire from the position of director, at this time, “no official is light” he looks very good.
I was surprised that Wei, who I had not seen for many years, was also wearing a neat white shirt and a work number plate on duty in the lobby, and he came up to greet us with a slight hunch. Yu Hui was good, not even a few words, a glance at the watch and said: “Yoo-hoo, 11:30, you guys are premeditated stepping on the spot to let me buy dinner ah! Go let’s eat river fish to go!”
“The lobby manager ’empty post’ was caught by the mystery man can be stabbed yo.” I gave Yu Hui a reminder.
“I recently lost weight, do not eat lunch, the lobby I guarded.” Wei said smilingly.
Half an hour later, just sitting in the restaurant’s private room, I could not resist the doubt in my heart asked Yu Hui said, “How old Wei went to work?”
I am curious for a reason – Wei since 2011 to take long-term “sick leave” since, has not normal work for 8 years. Yu Hui is not in the least bit concerned: “He has been working for most of the year, just do not know how long it will last ……”
The dining table was soon filled with a large pot of fragrant stewed river fish, hooked to the population’s belly appetite.
“What are you waiting for? Move chopsticks ah!” Yu Hui urged. I picked up my chopsticks, but my thoughts involuntarily drifted to a distant memory.
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Wei’s first name is Wei Bu, born in 1966, graduated from a major provincial university in 1988 and joined a state-owned bank in the same year to work in the Silver Star branch.
In the era when college students were the pride of the earth, the first branch of more than 200 people could not carry three undergraduates. The then head of the Yinxing Sub-Branch, Governor Zhang attaches great importance to highly educated people, under his care, Wei Bu only did a year of teller to the organ finance department. Out of the barred window of the business office, contact with more people and things, the original material is excellent dry Ji Wei Bu’s eyes have gradually opened up, in the new position soon proved their ability to work.
In 1993, he was promoted to deputy section level cadre, and in 1997, he was promoted to full section level cadre, as director of the office of Yinxing Branch. In his early 30s, he got the title of “economist” and joined the Jiu San Society, becoming a rising star of hope in the city’s X-banking system.
Since 2000, private banks and urban commercial banks have been rapidly emerging in the northeastern cities, and new branches are everywhere. The big brother status of the four state-owned banks was severely challenged, and quality enterprises and institutions gradually stopped coming to the door to beg the bank to open an account. The accountants sitting at the “public window” on New Year’s Day could not receive fruits and drinks from customers, and the natural growth trend of deposits slowed down in all branches. The financial situation was forcing the state-owned banks to lose their original arrogance for transformation, and the senior leaders began to realize that they had to go out to seize market resources if they wanted to stay in the competition.
At this time, the provincial Bureau of Surveying and Mapping entered the “vision” of the leadership team of Silver Star Branch. As a ministry directly administered bureau, the provincial survey and mapping bureau covers an area of 500,000 square meters, under the jurisdiction of more than a dozen institutions and a high-tech industrial park, with thousands of employees, is a “lantern is hard to find” the source of quality customers. The benefits of “taking down” the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping are enough for all pedestrians to eat for several years.
The official position is not equal, it is difficult to see the director of the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, the head of the bank took Wei Bu, first visited the Director of Finance of the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping. But the marketing work did not go smoothly, the survey and mapping bureau has been another state-owned bank C bank to take, the bureau’s subordinate enterprise basic account are in that bank, due to payroll and other business bundle degree is very tight, want to “move the account” is much more difficult. Zhang had to bring out his official counterpart, the provincial governor of the banquet to invite the director of the survey and mapping bureau, the two leaders drank at the banquet to hug the waist, the other day the director only promised to “meet to study”, there is no further, after more than half a year, did not wait for a clear response.
A piece of fatty meat in front of the eyes, although the governor was not willing to wait so silly, but there is nothing good, and instructed Wei Bu every now and then to go to the Survey and Mapping Agency Finance Department to find out. Finance Sun is also a graduate of a prestigious university, the two of them drinking tea Kan “Ming history”, and slowly became good friends. Director Sun and Wei Bu handed over the bottom, said the Secretary will not agree to move the basic account to the Silver Star branch, because the basic account a cancel a build a cumbersome procedure, not to risk affecting business and delay thousands of employees to open the risk of wages.
As a matter of fact, Wei Bu’s original words were relayed to the leaders, but “give a solution, not just say no” is his working guideline, and he was not willing to give Zhang a disappointing news. Tossing and turning all night, he finally came up with an idea.
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“Our bank should build a savings office in the yard of the Survey and Mapping Bureau!” The next day’s business meeting, Silver Star Branch’s only college student middle-level cadres opened his mouth and startled the group.
“Director Wei, the savings office is not able to build a public account ……” the deputy head of the accounting reminded him that everyone knows that the Silver Star branch of the Survey and Mapping Bureau as a target customer, is aimed at the Bureau’s annual financial allocation of tens of millions of dollars into the public account.
Wei Bu naturally understood this reasoning and said without condescension: “I didn’t do a good job of moving the ‘basic account’, but came up with a remedy. The business world is like a battlefield, since the C line is dominant, our line lost the time, why not find another way. As far as I know, most of the financial allocations of the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping used to pay salaries, thousands of employees in the Bureau compound, per capita monthly salary of 1,000 yuan, then, the calculation can be deposited annually tens of millions of savings deposits.” He continued to confidently say: “in the hospital to build a savings office, play the ‘location’ card, improve the service, the staff will naturally move the deposit to us here ……”
The participants looked at each other, did not know how to take a stand, this is an avant-garde, bold idea – the new branch is not a trivial matter, need to prepare a feasibility report submitted to the head office for approval, and then run the People’s Bank of China, the Banking Regulatory Commission and other regulatory approvals, plus the site decoration, staffing, a lot of trouble. What’s more, if the performance does not meet expectations, not only to the provincial and municipal banks can not deliver, even the staff assigned to the branch will also complain about the branch leadership because of less income.
Surprisingly, Governor Zhang finally adopted Wei Bu’s whimsical proposal, and in a meeting a few days later he said to Wei Bu in front of all the attendees, “I just want to see what you, a famous university student, can actually toss out!”
Wei Bu logically became the actual head of the preparatory committee. After a whole year of running, Yinxing Branch auspicious savings was born in the survey and mapping bureau compound only 40 square meters of a cottage, than the next grocery store is also small several square.
For Wei Bu to play “location” this card, even the banker Zhang is not optimistic to half a year to have a miraculous effect – the original survey and mapping bureau compound from the basic account where the C bank, although only a few hundred meters away, but need to cross a road, and auspicious savings in the bureau compound The center of the bureau compound. Strange to say, people love to steal such a few steps of laziness, employees and family members saved a few months of salary from the C Bank to take out to the auspicious savings in exchange for a time deposit.
The auspicious savings bank deposit from zero, soon rose to 100 million yuan. At that time, most of the branch deposits in urban banks were around 20 to 30 million, deposits of over 100 million rare. Jixiang savings house pulled the deposit performance of Yinxing Branch skyrocketed, ranking first in the city for two consecutive years, the leadership team of Yinxing Branch was overjoyed.
The beginning of the new century is the booming development of computers and the Internet, the people’s handkerchiefs wrapped in layers of treasure – passbook, deposit slip – gradually become obsolete, the major banks of electronic banking business is emerging, bank cards have become a new carrier of business bundle, in the banks vigorously advocate “fold for card”, Wei Bu again see the way to earn performance: he applied for two ATM machines from the provincial bank, respectively, placed in the hall of the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping organs and the main building of the Industrial Park.
At that time, the ATM is a new thing, once a day to add money to the auspicious savings added a lot of work, the staff complained, but at the end of the season, it dawned on everyone: each machine daily average of more than 300 business volume (the year “query” is also considered a business) can be back from the city bank of tens of thousands of yuan of priced wages. At that time, the teller’s monthly salary of more than 800 yuan, a small savings office, a total of ten or so employees, ATM pricing alone, so that each person’s monthly income doubled.
“People Xiao Wei is worthy of the famous university out of the people, the brain just pull out an idea, is the guy who hit the thing ……” auspicious savings people praise Wei Bu. The staff earned more money, to welcome customers with a smile, good service attitude, mapping bureau people are more willing to do business, a whole year also received not a complaint. The auspicious savings office has become a branch that everyone wants to go to, and the director’s management has capital, forming a virtuous circle.
Since then, Wei Bu not only became a hit in Yinxing Branch, but also became a star figure in the system of X Bank in the province, and was named “advanced individual of the provincial bank”. At that time, the promotion of leadership cadres in higher-level banks had begun to focus on the proportion of highly educated talents, and college students were given priority in the competition for deputy division level. Such as Wei Bu full of 3 years of experience, but also has a bachelor’s degree in the cadres, in the city system as few as the morning star. Outstanding performance, good contacts and “natural” academic advantages, so he was nominated unanimously for the deputy branch-level reserve cadres, the future is bright.
However, just when everyone thought that Wei Bu would soon be hired as a deputy division-level cadre and become a state-owned bank executive, in early 2003, an incredible news came out: Wei Bu was ready to resign from his position as the office director of Yinxing Branch.
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In sharp contrast to Wei Bu’s smooth career path, few people in the unit knew that he had a heavy family burden.
Wei Bu’s wife works in Shanghai, the two have been living apart for several years and have a son who is in elementary school. Wei Bu is an only child, his father died early, his mother has been helping him take care of the children. 2000 began Wei Bu found that his mother went to the grocery store can not calculate to go to the hospital to check, the old man was suffering from “Alzheimer’s disease”. In the following years, Wei Bu’s career blossomed on this side, his mother slowly developed to the point where she could not take care of herself.
As the director of the office, Wei Bu was the head of the whole bank, busy during working hours, after work to accompany the leaders to maintain various relationships is the norm, he could only hire someone to take care of his sick mother. But the sick old man than children do not know what to do, experienced nannies are willing to be the sister-in-law reluctant to care for the elderly, once they heard that they also have to pick up shit and urine, the brow wrinkled into a big pimple. At that time, although Wei Bu is the director of the bank office, the surface is very beautiful, but only 1200 yuan a month of income, basically paid in full to the nanny as wages. Even so, the sick mother is still not worried, every day over and over again to Wei Bu call that the nanny to murder her, in this way, a month ran two nannies.
What broke Wei Bu’s psychological defenses was a chance event. After his mother was completely incapacitated, she needed to be turned over every day to avoid bed sores. It was a laborious job, like turning a boulder. That day the nanny used a little force and the old lady’s arm was broken.
The nanny was so frightened that she cried on the spot, and although Wei Bu expressed understanding afterwards, people said they would not do anything. Wei Bu remembered that the doctor had told him that he wanted to delay his mother’s condition, not only have to have life care, but also need to heart care, which requires a surprising amount of patience, not money to hire someone can do.
Wei Bu’s wife works in a private company and is also on the way up. Unlike state-owned banks, she took long-term leave of absence means resignation. Relatively speaking, at that time, the provincial bank personnel management regulations have “middle-level cadres resign from their positions to retain their rank”, let his wife sacrifice his career to take care of his own mother, Wei Bu could not open his mouth.
“Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to complete”, Wei Bu finally moved to resign from his post, even the bank president could not resist him. In a voice of regret, the city’s X bank deputy division level “the loudest” Wei Bu resigned from the office of the Silver Star branch director, hanging on the account manager position, completely marginalized, will devote all their energy to take care of their mother and elementary school son.
Time passed like a white horse, three years passed, and Wei Bu’s mother passed away.
The heavy pressure from the family disappeared and he applied to return to the front-line position. But in 2002, the People’s Bank of China issued the “Guidelines on Internal Control of Commercial Banks”, which required banks to implement a regular rotation system for important positions. The new president did not know Wei Bu well, but had heard some rumors about the former star college student. When the provincial branch recruited more than 200 fresh college students, each first-class branch were assigned to five or six, is the height of the human resources period, the branch organs overstaffed, it is impossible to give Wei Bu to vacate the post.
In that year, the deposit of the auspicious savings office had reached 200 million yuan, reaching the standard of upgrading “branch office”, the leadership team of Yinxing Branch decided to move the branch out of the survey and mapping bureau compound to the new building on the street, in order to expand the scope of business. Since we are ready to handle public business, we need to add an accounting window, who is not willing to go as a teller, it so happens that Wei Bu to report to the bank, the new head of the bank and Wei Bu to discuss, let him “first for a period of time”.
Wei Bu agreed. When he reported to the auspicious branch, he was originally second only to the three governors, ranked at the top of the middle-level cadres of “Wei Director”, suddenly became a teller “Wei brother”. Section-level cadres as a teller, is never before in the system, many of his old colleagues in the bank are fighting for him: “Once you made such a big contribution to the bank, how willing to be a teller ah?”
Wei Bu also just smiled and said: “That is the past to the Governor Zhang dry things, credit and new leadership can not speak. Besides, the president also promised me that next year, I will be replaced by new college students.”
In April 2007, before the new round of college students recruited by the provincial bank was in place, the city’s institutional reform was implemented first. The Jixiang branch office was transferred to the new city branch, the original head of the commitment will naturally lapse. Wei Bu sat at the counter for two years – until 2008 when Director Xiao rotated to the Jixiang branch to be the head.
Director Xiao is similar to Wei Bu in age and also has a bachelor’s degree from the university. When the new official arrived, she was surprised to find that the auspicious branch was the most complicated branch for public business in the city. Savings tellers on two off one, Wei Bu on five off two, the number of daily business strokes than others, more importantly, Wei Bu and mapping bureau to do business with each person can pull a couple of home, there are deposits in and out, accounting are first and he said hello. Since then, Wei Bu’s excellent work style has left a deep impression on Director Xiao.
In 2008, on the eve of the “standing competition” for all middle-level cadres in the new city branch, Director Xiao went to the head of the new city branch and asked for Wei Bu’s promotion. No matter how the head of the bank hinted that she was busy and that the matter would be discussed later, she pretended not to understand and stayed in the head of the bank’s office, saying that if Wei Bu could not be elected deputy director of the branch, she would resign immediately.
The results of the competition were announced, and Director Xiao won. Six years after resigning from the middle-level cadre position, Wei Bu once again at the level of the auspicious branch deputy director, back to the middle-level cadre status when he was 42 years old, when the young college student Xiao Wei fame has passed away, colleagues called him: Wei brother.
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My first contact with Wei was in 2009 when I was assigned to the branch as acting deputy director, and there was a time when the business system was upgraded and renovated, and each branch needed to keep people working overtime to test and rehearse. My branch and the auspicious branch office is the closest, every time is Wei first completed the task of rehearsal after riding a bicycle after work through our place, so come in to see.
“Why are you so slow? We’re not done yet!” When Wei came in, he teased our director Li.
When Director Li saw his voice was hoarse and his face looked tired, he was not shy to say, “Yo! Isn’t this Director Wei? How many days have you been on again?”
“It must be sixty to seventy days.” Wei replied smilingly, “Director Xiao rose to glory, we have to give people a good end, can not fall off the chain ah.”
Two months ago, Director Xiao, because of his high education and good performance, successfully competed for a deputy division-level cadres, went to a sister branch as vice president, Wei “to vice for the positive”, the only support network daily work. The branch is short of posts to compete for applications to the city bank, not to say that it can be engaged immediately. The network only has one positive and one deputy, and the management regulations require that the network must have middle-level cadres on duty every day, so Wei can not take a day off. Wei enthusiastically instructed the tellers a few new business processing methods, and nattered a bit of gossip, said goodbye to go out, riding the car disappeared in the evening rush hour traffic.
“Work a few months in a row, how exhausting it must be!” I said.
“People are originally a section level, the lack of a post, the private operation of the people must be a lot. The line does not send people to let Wei keep an eye on, it is estimated that for him to get back to the post of the main job to create a logical process.” Director Li said.
Wei Bu continuous shift for more than 3 months without rest, finally endured a new round of middle-level cadres selection, unexpectedly, presiding over the work of the majority of people is Wei Bu lost in the competition, the new city branch airborne a young organ cadres as the auspicious branch director, Wei is still the deputy director of the post does not move.
In 2010, Wei’s two-year term as deputy director of the auspicious branch office expired, according to the rules must be rotated. The bank decided to let me rotate with him to hand over. When I heard that Wei was leaving, I was worried about the director of the auspicious branch office at that time. We all know that Wei is an indispensable person for the auspicious branch office. As the creator of the network, from the deputy director of the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping to the measurement brigade accountants, all maintain a buddy-like relationship with Brother Wei. At that time, the auspicious branch has dug up a lot of public accounts, the two deposits of the network totaled more than 400 million yuan, more than 80% of the survey and mapping bureau to public accounts and personal savings of employees.
In the welcome to the dinner, the auspicious branch director showed worry, but also afraid to give the new arrival of my “questioning ability” impression, in a toast to Wei euphemistically expressed in the words. In fact, everyone, including me, did not care too much, but Wei took it as an important entrustment.
The net point director and deputy director every week on five off two, something to string a shift, relatively free. The first week after the handover, Wei in the new network will be their own time off strung to work days, using two days to lead me from the Director of Finance of the Survey and Mapping Bureau to the following accountants to pay surprise visits one by one. “The new deputy director of our branch office, Zhang, a young and talented college student!” Wei so introduced me and said, “Little brother character is not to say, how about me previously, how about him on ……”
With Wei’s pavement, I did not use much time to become familiar with the key parts of the Bureau of Surveying and Mapping.
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Wei gave me the magic formula tried and true, not only every time the governor asked for deposits on the number I can deliver a satisfactory answer, and even expanded other business. When the branch issued a fund sales plan, I called several captains and easily sold 10 million yuan of currency funds, completing 200% of the branch’s task, and was elected as the “advanced individual in fund sales” for the year. From the point of view of the head of the bank and even the director, the transfer of Wei did not affect the day-to-day work of the auspicious branch, the business indicators instead of climbing.
However, fate always seems to joke with Wei, in early 2011, I just received a commendation from the president of the bank, and got the annual commendation conference “marketing star” award, I heard the news that Wei had applied for resignation from the bank again.
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In the year Wei left the auspicious branch, his son had been admitted to a famous university in a southern city, which should normally be the easiest time to be a parent. But his son, who was studying at the university, gradually stopped going to class for no reason, had no interest in doing anything, and sometimes suddenly lashed out at himself in his dorm room, followed by tears, which scared his classmates.
Wei went to visit and came back saying that his son was afraid that he was suffering from severe depression, and that not only was he unable to continue his studies, but he was also at risk of suicide. He was ready to resign from his position as deputy director of the branch and go to the city where his son goes to school to look after him around the clock.
Wei transferred to the new city branch four years, although the reputation of good people, but after all, only stayed in two outlets, not many people familiar with him, but all those who have worked with him and understand his character, feel sorry for him, especially Xiao vice president has been transferred away. She also organized a meal, nominally invited the auspicious branch of the old and new employees to get together, in fact, the purpose is to let everyone together to persuade Wei.
If I have to say that Wei has any shortcomings, I think he is too rational and decisive. Wei’s knowledge is very broad, eloquent, and see things too thoroughly, the people at the table wear out their mouths can not persuade him.
“We work hard as parents for what, is not to give the child a good foundation, we have a son, if the child can’t think of death, when the big officials, earn more money and what is the use?”
Wei’s words are the right thing to say, can not be refuted, everyone quiet down for a while. Xiao, who is a senior executive, had a way to persuade him, “Why don’t you take a few months’ sick leave to observe the child’s condition before making plans? Do you still don’t know the environment of our bank? Even if you keep delaying for two or three years, the leaders will not dismiss you, and the child will be well by then.
Wei listened to shake his head: “I a middle-level cadres to the whole (care) children can not perform their duties properly, so that the director to work every day? People also have families and businesses, the old and the young, how can I feel sorry for it? Besides, I have been occupying the position of deputy director of the network blocking the way for young people to advance, is not to invite people to scold!
The purpose of the drinking game was not achieved. The bank president refused to accept Wei’s resignation report, he went to the bank president every week, and after a month of persistence, he was approved.
In the next six or seven years I seldom saw Wei, only occasionally saw him two or three times when the bank’s staff representative assembly was held.
In 2018 I went to preside over the branch, and on the third day of my appointment, just after the morning meeting, a figure came in from under the half-raised roll-up door.
“Sir, it’s not open yet, it’s open at 8:30, you can go to the ATM outside if you want to withdraw money,” I threw out a standard set of words.
“Zhang Lin, you’ve come to the branch!”
I was taken aback, and upon closer inspection, the visitor was Wei Bu. He was wearing a gray jacket with a brimmed hat on his head, and his exposed sideburns showed the color of flowers and white. I secretly calculate, Wei has 52 years old, has become a veritable old Wei.
It turns out that the city’s X-bank system has been implemented to brush the face attendance system, the old Wei came to the branch every week in the past few years to brush the face attendance, no one mentioned, because out of front-line positions seven or eight years of light, he has been forgotten by his colleagues in the new city branch.
“How is the child?” I asked.
“Much better, after graduating from university and studying abroad, now working in Denmark.” Lao Wei said.
“Your efforts are not in vain.” I lamented.
“Hey, at my age, what else do I want? The child can be good, the parents can be more difficult, give up more things also willing.” Lao Wei said.
A star director of the two semi-fall
I sent Lao Wei out, he gripped the bicycle handle with both hands, kicked the car support to the back, said goodbye to me after just riding out a few dozen meters, as if remembering something, came back around a corner and asked me: “Where do you live now ah?”
“Not changed, has been in the JinYuan district.” I replied.
“You have to come out early in the morning to work every day, right?” Lao Wei shook his head repeatedly and said, “None of our employees are close to the unit, which happens to be the first stop of the escort truck, and requires at least three employees to pick up the boxes and bags …… this way, I have nothing to do now, I will help pick up the money boxes every morning, you as the director will not have to come so early. .”
The old Wei said to do, from the next day onwards early to the network to pick up the bag, rain and snow without hindrance, every day after picking up the bag and leave.
I always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, let him have lunch before leaving. When the old Wei’s career was in the ascendant, ATM cash machines are rare objects, now the time has changed, the banking system upgraded several generations, the last two years the network hall are installed with intelligent counters, the old Wei has not quite understand the business. But in the network to stay for a long time, he surprisingly only with the eyes to learn a lot.
I began to have the idea of letting Lao Wei normal work, to ease the pressure of the network work. But the old Wei is already a virtual section level, no specific job salary, treatment and general staff, the bank president is unlikely to promote an employee who is over half a hundred years old and about to retire. No profit to let the former big brother every day to the little old brother to play, I really can not wipe the face.
In June 2018, the provincial bank launched the “key city bank reform”, all the city’s outlets by district re-planning, my outlets were planned to other branches. Suddenly no position, I am not willing to re-mix people in an unfamiliar environment, so I asked someone to transfer back to the new city branch, naturally, the intention of the old Wei to return to work will not be.
6
“Xiao Zhang ah, what are you flabbergasted ah? Catch up on progress, hand over the bottle!” Yu Hui interrupted my memories, copied the bottle and filled the cup in front of me and said.
I picked up the cup and drank it all and said, “You’re still great, how to convince Lao Wei to come to work?”
“I have nothing to do with it.” Yu Hui also cleanly dried a cup and said, “Our line of deposit in the past two years is good, the normal work of people than just come to brush face earn more than two thousand dollars!”
“Two thousand is really not less, the old Wei gave his son out safely, eliminated the heart disease, back to work is a good home.” I said.
“I think it’s hard enough, God is not long-eyed, caught a toad clutching out the urine.” Yu Hui suddenly sighed.
“His son’s depression has recurred?” I asked.
Yu Hui’s face suddenly became serious, lowered his voice and said: “I only learned of this in the past two months, we brothers do not spread the word ah! — Old Wei’s son is not simply depression, but a disease called ‘gender anxiety’!”
Yu Hui’s voice was not loud, but the others at the table could hear it, and the three of us couldn’t help but glance at each other, and we were all stunned.
“I don’t blame old Wei for lying, I am also a father’s man, this is difficult to say in anyone else’s body ah. So many years old Wei has been carrying, until a few months ago his son ‘forcing’, the pressure is too much top, only to my mouth the truth – his son in a foreign country met a U.S. boyfriend online, the two talked about a year. “
“That’s …… gay chant?” I asked cautiously.
“If pure homosexuality is still better!” Yu Hui will end up the glass of wine back on the table and said, “the American man let the old Wei’s son to do sex reassignment surgery, become a woman, and then go to Denmark to hold a wedding! His son has been going crazy for a while now, asking for 300,000 yuan every day for the sex change operation!”
“Dollars or RMB?” I was short-circuited for a while and came up with a sentence that I didn’t know any better.
“Also dollars? I can’t get that much money even if I smash Wei’s bones!” Yu Hui’s anger rose, “His family is working class, what money can they have? Old Wei’s daughter-in-law in Shanghai is to earn some money, all for her son to study abroad. The old Wei in the auspicious branch of those years the benefits are good, but more than said a total of more than 300,000 can be earned. Now let him all at once empty to do such a thing, alas, frankly money is not the main problem, we as parents, if the child does something else, to borrow, to ask can be, but this ……”
Yu Hui stopped his voice and shook his head repeatedly.
Listen to Yu Hui’s narrative, the three of us silent, for a time do not know what to say to good. In the bank work for more than a decade, I heard a lot of once a promising career, but later a rocky career, a sobering story. But most of them are caught in the cliché of “one wrong step, one wrong step”. Wei Bu resigned to take care of his sick mother and guard his son’s life for 20 years of experience, how can not say that his choice is wrong.
Silence in the room for a long time, Wang Xiaolong said: “This is not the fault of Wei’s son, I saw a science article before, saying that the human brain is also gender-specific, there is a man’s body with a woman’s brain may. Waiting for adulthood, the brain does not recognize the gender of the body, all will have such a tangle of things happen.”
“It’s pure fucking bullshit!” He Dawei nonchalantly interrupted him and said, “I think are spoiled out of the problem, I if the old Wei resolutely do not give him money, what do you like!”
“What about the real suicide?” I asked rhetorically.
“I think it’s worth a gamble, just like when you were a kid and rolled around to eat candy, determined not to spoil! Die, die, admit it!” David He said.
I shook my head: “The boy is working in the Nordic countries, wages are not less to where, sooner or later, one day by themselves can save enough money for surgery.”
“If you really dare to do the surgery, you will sever the father-son relationship!” He David’s attitude was as hard as iron.
I feel like there is something blocked in my chest, I can not help but silent. Wei Bu twice fell to the bottom of life, it was easy to climb back up, but fate grabbed his ankles again and again and dragged down, it is said that “every family has a difficult book”, the old Wei family this book seems to be a little difficult to read outrageous.
I took a deep breath to calm down and asked Yu Hui: “So what is Old Wei going to do now?”
A contemptuous answer is: always like a fire on their own fate to have the decision of Wei Bu, this time completely do not know how to be good.
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