The story revolves around a man who is struggling in his life, both personally and professionally. He is the president of a listed company, but business has been difficult, and his personal life is falling apart. His girlfriend, Qin Lan, leaves him for his boss, Wang Tianfeng, and announces that she is pregnant with Wang's child.
The man is left alone and heartbroken, but he tries to start anew by applying for a job at an advertising company called Olan. During the interview, he meets a young and cute interviewer, but just as things are going smoothly, the company's president, An Ran, walks in and recognizes the man as the one who attacked her and Wang Tianfeng at a hotel.
Despite this, the man is determined to prove himself and makes a bet with An Ran to come up with a plan to make a watermelon stall popular. If he succeeds, he will be allowed to join the company without a probation period, but if he fails, he will have to leave the city forever. The story ends with the man confidently accepting the challenge.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The narrator is the president of a listed company, but business has been difficult for the past two years.
2. The narrator meets a male client in a hotel to discuss a potential business deal.
3. The narrator gets into a fight with the male client and is intervened by hotel security.
4. The narrator returns home to find Qin Lan, his girlfriend, waiting for him with news that she is pregnant with another man's child.
5. Qin Lan reveals that the father of the child is Wang Tianfeng, her boss.
6. Qin Lan leaves the narrator and moves out of their rental house.
7. The narrator is left alone and feeling defeated.
8. The narrator decides to apply for jobs and receives a response from a company called Olan.
9. The narrator interviews with Olan and is offered a job as a planner.
10. The narrator meets the president of Olan, An Ran, who is revealed to be the woman he got into a fight with at the hotel.
11. An Ran is cold towards the narrator and makes it clear that she is targeting him.
12. The narrator is determined to prove himself and make a good impression at Olan.
13. The narrator receives a call from Qin Lan, who is now pregnant and living with Wang Tianfeng.
14. The narrator meets An Ran again and makes a bet with her to come up with a plan to make the watermelons from a street vendor popular.
15. The narrator is confident that he can win the bet and join Olan without a probation period.