Before experiencing the challenges, he felt every day in the factory was extraordinarily tormenting.
Anxiety and pressure created by modern society are omnipresent; he worried about becoming jobless once he resigned, consuming savings during unemployment, and feared disappointing his family and leaving a bad reputation among relatives.
The northern small town's economy is underdeveloped; besides livestock and not-so-famous tourism, there are basically no factories, meaning no suitable jobs for him.
Resumes sent out were like stones sinking into the ocean, with few responses; those who did reply claimed insufficient work experience and offered unattractive salaries.
Spent almost a year in such struggles; looking back now, Chen Zhou felt even without the challenge's opportunity, he might have submitted his resignation by year-end—
After all, he was still young, unburdened by marriage, so rather than staying stuck, better to return to fertile ground where he could thrive.
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