July was graduation season in the mainland, a season when some rejoiced while others grieved. This was especially true for university graduates in a first-tier metropolis like the capital—when they received their job assignments, joy and sorrow came in equal measure.
There was no need to mention the children assigned to remote regions. At the capital's railway station in July, no one believed in tears.
Students like Xiao Zhiyu, who remained in the capital, were the lucky ones of this era.
This was 1987, after all, not the era decades later when "Beijing drifters" had to spend their youth struggling only to leave in silence. Once assigned a job, they could transfer their household registration, and even their children would have a certain advantage when taking university entrance exams in the future.
Of course, where there were lucky people, there were unlucky ones too.
After a detailed investigation by the investigators, student Lu Zixue was found to have serious character problems. After three years of hard study, he received only a certificate of incomplete study, and a job assignment was even further out of the question.
This disappointed certain people at the Light Vehicle Company greatly, and rumors began circulating through the workplace again, claiming that Li Ye had reported Lu Zixue to his school, which was why the school had come to investigate.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. I never thought Li Ye looked upright on the surface, but was actually so petty and vindictive, nursing every grievance. He has no tolerance for others and will never amount to much."
"Exactly! More than ten years of studying by the cold window—how hard was that? And now it's all gone, like drawing water with a bamboo basket. Too ruthless."
In these people's mouths, Li Ye seemed to have become an "evil tyrant"