★12 million people, including several million graduates, would join in the labor force every year in china. The competition is very severe. People can’t feel secured economically. Therefore job-hopping is very common under this circumstance. Few people would stay in one industry for the whole life.

★Unit refers to an enterprise controlled by the government. Company probably refers to a private enterprise. Chinese salary is paid monthly. For instance, you start to go to work today, and then you will get one-mouth salary 30 days later.

★The amount of income influences the degree of happiness absolutely. Therefore in china asking how about the income shows your care. However, generally people would ask“效益怎么样？” implicitly instead of the concrete amount of salary. You can tell the concrete amount or say “搞两个稀饭钱罢了”. One can’t starve to death with porridge. That means there is an opportunity to make money. This is a technique to avoid the topic. Meanwhile it is a humble saying.

★“搞”and“干”could both means doing something. “搞”is generally creative. For instance, people say “搞”invention instead of“干”invention. “搞”literature, “搞”history, “搞”music. One’s asking you“最近在搞什么”shows caring about you. You can reply that“瞎搞，有活就干” to show your humility. This reply implies the information that you need opportunities. And he would provide you with an opportunity when he gets one. Overall,“搞”is the same as“干”. “搞” involves relatively cultural trait and wisdom while“干”is likely to refer to action.

★A variety of ways to make money has to be acquired in order to survive. A Chinese rarely fix the career in one field. He would miss lots of chances of making money in this way. So your Chinese friend doing foreign trade today would probably be engaged in tourism.白道generally refers to officials. They are in possession of a great power and rich social resources. 黑道refers to those people who solve problems by violence or illegal ways. They are generally backed up by白道. Chinese successful businessmen have to be equipped with very highly EQ to handle this interpersonal relationship. You have to have acquaintance with a variety of people. The more the better. “黑道白道都认识”is a compliment of someone’s good skill at interpersonal relationship. Due to the complicated relations, people generally have some connections not willing to be known by others. Therefore Chinese believe that people can hardly find fault with you if you don’t make wrong remarks. And then you can make a big fortune with no voice.