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Gu Qiao is the operations manager at Chengshi Co., Ltd., where he has worked for twenty-four years. An early promotion once led him to believe his future was smooth sailing, but he remained in the same position for a long time afterward. Starting with the father's first-person account and interspersed with another narrative perspective, the work presents his understanding of career and family. The different characters do not possess the same information, and the gaps in their understanding form the narrative thread of the story.
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