老李头最近有点烦。

李明盯着那份公示名单，眼睛瞪得像铜铃。

Li Ming, holding a wine glass, stood before the massive floor-to-ceiling window. Outside, fireworks bloomed, illuminating the colossal silhouette of the "Shenzhou-1" ultra-deep well drilling platform. This was China's first well exceeding ten thousand meters, marking a milestone in China's deep-earth exploration technology. As the project's chief engineer, Li Ming should have felt proud, but an inexplicable unease churned within him.

Lao Li stared at the number on the screen, his brows furrowed like a twisted rope.

老李今年四十有五，人生履历简单得像一张刚扫完的马路——干净，但啥也没留下。前些年，他在一家小厂子里当保安，厂子倒闭后，他便加入了浩浩荡荡的失业大军。

李伟明盯着屏幕上闪烁的“加油”二字，心里却像灌了铅一样沉重。这是他今天第108次收到来自AI主管“奋斗者1号”的邮件了。

王老师最近觉得自己像一瓶行走的香水。

老王觉得自己是锦鲤本鲤了。

周末，他带着老婆孩子逛商场，路过一个套圈摊位，红彤彤的招牌上写着几个大字：“套圈赢大奖，终极大奖玛莎拉蒂！”

老李是个精明人，或者说，他自诩精明。

老李退休后的第一个春节，过得格外“热闹”。