Huang Guangming took a second look.

He was sure this was Lu Zhou.

Huang Guangming was about to turn around and leave but Lu Zhou grabbed his shoulder.

The f*ck? Why are you leaving

Huang Guangming stood there and sighed.

Im embarrassed to see myself like this, just let me go

Lu Zhou couldnt help but interrupt him.

No, screw that!

F*ck sake!

I havent seen this a*shole for years, and he treats me like this

Long gone was the cocky and obnoxious Guangming Lu Zhou felt a little distant now.

When did my brother become like this?

Especially that hairline

Lu Zhou nearly didnt recognize him.

After a moment of silence, Huang Guangming spoke.

You look like youre surprised, in a bad way.

Lu Zhou smiled and said, Of course not! Im just a little emotional. I havent seen you in six years, and youve changed a lot.

Huang Guangming sighed and said, Its been six years, and you still dont know when youre being offensive.

Wait.

Am I?

Lu Zhou thought about it and didnt know how he was being offensive.

Wang Peng closed the car door and walked over.

You know him?

Lu Zhou was in a good mood, and he responded, Yeah, an old friend of mine.

Huang Guangming looked at Wang Peng and said, And you are?

Lu Zhou was about to speak, but Wang Peng spoke first.

Wang Peng, driver.

Nice to meet you. Huang Guangming took off his safety hat and asked, Why do you have a male driver?

Faced with this weird question, Lu Zhou said, Have you ever seen a CEO with a female driver?

Huang Guangming thought for a second and said, I guess youre right.

Lu Zhou looked at the factory as he asked, Youre working at HiSilicon?

Yeah Huang Guangming awkwardly scratched his head and said, I switched majors. I was too embarrassed to say, but I didnt switch to finance; I switched to automation instead.

Why didnt you tell me? Lu Zhou sighed and said, I would have persuaded you otherwise.

Forget about it, bro. Huang Guangming sighed and said, Its in the past.

Automation workers received little pay and had to work harder than programmers.

Huang Guangming was doing pretty well for himself, and he had a pretty good masters supervisor. Even though his academic abilities were average, and his major wasnt popular, he was still given an opportunity to work at Huawei.

However, Huang Guangming was the type of person who was average at everything he did.

This was an advantage when he was doing his masters. His supervisor didnt ignore him, nor did his supervisor pay too much attention to him.

But that blabbering mouth

His friends might think it was funny, but his colleagues thought otherwise.

All in all, he earned a couple of grand in RMB per month, doing a highly stressful job. Even though he wasnt even in his thirties yet, his hairline was clearly receding.

Honestly, if I knew it was going to be this stressful, I wouldnt have changed majors.

Lu Zhou wanted to say mathematics wasnt easier either, but he still couldnt help but ask, Then why did you switch majors?

Huang Guangming sighed and said, My mom told me to. She said she has a cousin in a car factory. She heard that the factory workers have easy jobs, and they all majored in automation.

Huang Guangming went from an automation major to being a factory safety officer.

His mom didnt have the slightest clue what automation was, but Huang Guangming should have at least did some research himself.

By the way, why did you study mathematics in the first place?

My mom made me. Huang Guangming sighed and said, Remember? I had a cousin in accounting, and she studied mathematics, so my mom made me major in mathematics as well

Lu Zhou:

Okay then.

Everything makes sense now.

After all, this was Lu Zhous roommate, so he still wanted to help him.

Lu Zhou felt bad seeing him like this.

Lu Zhou went silent for a while and asked, Want to go back to school?

Forget about it, I know what youre going to say Huang Guangming shook his head and said, Im not smart enough to be in academia. Im just happy you still remember me. If I go back to school, Im going to do horribly, and people are going to blame you I cant do that to you.

Lu Zhou understood what Huang Guangming was thinking, so he nodded and said, No one will blame me. Youre overthinking this, but its your life, so I wont make your decisions for you. Its just that if you want to go back to school Tell me.

Huang Guangming was a little hesitant, but he soon smiled and said, Haha, thanks in advance then Want a smoke?

I dont smoke Youre allowed to smoke here? Lu Zhou looked around and tried to look for a non-smoking sign.

Not in the factory, but you can smoke outside. I came out here for a cigarette break and happened to bump into you. Huang Guangming took out a cigarette and said, Most people arent allowed inside. Theres even a 100,000 yuan reward for catching a corporate spy. But since youre an academician, you can probably visit. Do you want me to take you?

Lu Zhou was about to reject his offer when the factory door slowly opened. A group of people in suits walked out of the factory.

Huang Guangming looked back and immediately threw his cigarette on the ground.

The person leading the group was the head of the HiSilicon semiconductor industrial factory, Meng Zhongbiao.

Lu Zhou: Who is that?

Huang Guangming gulped and spoke.

Factory manager.

Being caught slacking off

I can forget about my salary bonus