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1、lJl9NldMNVilnsUnAVWIINndlAllHOJNlllINVSnOHliSHVlANVU~3nDdH~1AuvnNVr'HZl,ooZ".Firstandforemost,awarningtothereader:Thispaperwillnotatallreflectin-depthsociologicalresearchofmodernChinesesociety,assuchataskispatentlyimpossible.AsChinesesocietyrushesatad
2、esperatepaceintothefuture,itisbeyondanyone'sabilitytokeepupwiththedailychangestakingplace.Rather,thisissimplygoingtobeanaccountoftheexperiencesthatIhavehadworkingatabarthroughoutthemonthofJanuary.This,ofcourse,seemsentirelylaughable,banal,awasteoftime
3、,andhardlyaworthytopicforacademia.Imakenoargumenttothecontrary,butinmydefense,IdobelievethatIhavelearnedafewinterestingthingsaboutworking,living,drinking,androckinginBeijing.TheCDCafewasoriginallyopenedbyamannamedLiuYuan(pronounced'Yuar,Iintheaccentof
4、thelocals)andenjoyedmoderatesuccessforseveralyears.LiuYuanwasmorethanmildlyfamousthroughoutChina,ashewasthesaxophonistforCuiJian,China'sfirstrockstar.Accordingtoanex-patcustomerwhocarneinonadesolateWednesdayevening,theCDCafewas,onceuponatime,oneoftheh
5、ippestspotstogoandchillinBeijing.However,forreasonssoontobeexplained,thefortunesofthisbarhavewanedoverthepastseveralyears,andtheCDCafehad~changedownershipundertwoweeksbeforeIstartedworkingthere.IhadheardthatthenewownerwasanotherfamousChinesemusician,a
6、ndlookedforwardverymuchtomeetinghim.However,whenIhadjustbegunworking,ZhaoMingyiandtherestoftheBlackPanthers(alas,neverdidgetthestorybehindtheband'sname)wereperformingfarawayinXinjiangprovince.Therefore,forthefirstweekorso,Iresolvedtogettoknowmyco-work
7、ers,andtrytoseehowtheyviewedtheiremployment.Onmyfirstnightofwork,IwasassignedtoworkwithamanbythenameofDaiTao,who,likemostoftheemployees,wasnotanativeofBeijing.However,unlikemostoftheemployees,hewasnotanativeofHeilongjiangprovinceeither.ZhaoMingyi,theo
8、wnerofCDCaf~isanativeofHeilongjiang,andhelpedoutsomeofhisoldfriendsfromhomewithsomejobsinthecity.TheChineseguanxisystemofconnections,prevalentthroughoutfeudalismandcommunism,isstillaliveandwellintoday's'onecountry,twosystems.IAsDaiTaowasnotano