One-Way Street

Name: One-Way Street
ISBN: 9787504465313

孙明一China Commercial Publishing House · ChinaApr 2026

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Word count: 165K words
Chapters: 35
ISBN: 9787504465313

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Summary

Two girls fresh out of university join the job market just as the financial crisis hits—how will they break through? They enter a car dealership and start selling vehicles, and society opens its doors to them. The small dealership is a society in miniature, where all sorts of characters take the stage and temptations keep coming... The increasingly complicated deals reflect the cruelty of human nature; in each seemingly ordinary transaction there is not only money, power and beauty, but also love constantly battered by reality. Their student dreams shine through the mottled light of time into reality, leading them to different choices: one marries and becomes a wealthy wife; the other summons the courage to stay on and keep moving forward on her own one-way career track. Yet the story is far from over...

Editor's review

This is a realistic novel centered on two freshly graduated girls who go to work in a car dealership selling vehicles. The work combines the pressure of job hunting, the backdrop of the financial crisis, and the dealership as a miniature workplace; through one transaction after another it brings out a range of characters and complex relationships, where money, power, beauty and love intertwine, and human calculation and persistence show themselves in the details of deals. Facing the crush of reality, the two protagonists make different choices: one marries and becomes a wealthy wife, the other stays on her one-way career track and keeps moving forward. This divergence makes “choice” the core tension of the book. Its value lies not in offering answers but in rendering concretely the hesitation, temptation and cost of those first entering society, making it suitable for readers who want a story close to contemporary employment and workplace experience. As you read, pay attention to the grounds on which the characters judge in transactions and relationships, and to how dreams are rewritten by reality. As a novel, its plot and characterization involve the author’s fictional arrangement; readers need not treat it as a workplace how-to guide.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Young readers who have just graduated or are about to enter the workplace and want stories of similar circumstances
Readers who enjoy realistic workplace novels and care about characters’ choices
General fiction readers interested in portrayals of the sales industry and interpersonal maneuvering
Readers who want to experience the gap between ideals and reality through story

Not a good fit for

Readers looking only for light, sweet romance or pure entertainment love stories
Readers hoping for systematic workplace skills and sales-method guidance
Genre-fiction readers who prefer grand historical or science-fiction settings

Reading tips

Read the two heroines’ choices in contrast, noting the differences in their judgment during key transactions and relationships.
When you reach a dealership transaction scene, pause to consider why the characters choose as they do, then continue to see how the consequences unfold.
Suited to segmented reading on the commute or before bed; after each stage, review how the characters’ circumstances have changed.

About the publisher

China Commercial Publishing House China · Founded in 1980

Founded in 1980, China Commercial Publishing House focuses on books in economic management and commerce and circulation, while also covering inspirational growth, biography and foreign literature. Representative titles available in the database include The Old Man and the Sea, The Family Letters of Zeng Guofan, The Nightingale and the Rose, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living and A Message to Garcia, as well as practical finance and management works such as Chen Boxian's Lectures on Family Trusts, Corporate Layoffs, Job Transfers and Dismissals: Scheme Design and Risk Prevention, and A Complete Practical Guide to Corporate Incentive Mechanism Design. Its authors range from foreign masters such as Ernest Hemingway, Oscar Wilde and Dale Carnegie to An Ran, Zhang Chi, Fang Ming, Chen Boxian and Ye Mao. Given limited public information, its publishing profile is best seen in a diverse mix of classics and inspirational reading alongside practical finance and management titles.

版权信息
引子
第一章新人准则：先做事，后做人
买车的胖男人
AA制的同事
你在为准工作
神秘的“00004”
第二章职场纷争：友情VS利益
只是同学
简宁宁的倔强：给我道歉
我是新人，但不是笨蛋
羡鱼不如羡渔
第三章共生共荣：公私永远一条线
降服自己：锋芒不可太露
娱乐有限时：人役钱，不是钱役人
倍增与递减：坚持的力量
第四章审时度势：职场VS情场
职场道德：好品质赢取客户
绝不言弃：生意跟爱情都需要坚持
女人难题：嫁得好VS干得好
第五章我本善良：做人的根本不能变
忍字万年用：忍一时，争千秋
懂得识时务
学会为人：多栽花，少栽刺
有时候，可以比对手晚一步
第六章成功不是偶然：眼泪VS微笑
洗洗牌，重新玩
误会来临：含泪播种的人一定能含笑收获
坚守好品质：路是对的，就不怕远
第七章厚积薄发：成功需要成本
年轻是资本吗
穷思变，富也思变
升职带来的变迁
只做九十分
向左向右：职业与事业转角处

FAQ

What is this book mainly about?

The novel tells of two girls just out of university who join the job market amid the financial crisis and go to work in a car dealership selling vehicles. The small dealership is like a microcosm of society, where all sorts of characters appear and transactions intertwine money, power, beauty and love. In the end the two make different choices: one marries and becomes a wealthy wife, the other stays on her one-way career track and keeps moving forward.

Can the workplace plot in the book be used as a sales guide?

It should not be treated as an operations guide. It is a novel, and the plot serves characterization and theme; the transactions and workplace conflicts involve fictional arrangement. Readers can sense the circumstances and choices of those first entering society, but specific sales methods and industry norms still require professional books and practical experience.

What do the two heroines’ different endings suggest?

The work sends the two down different paths: one marries and becomes a wealthy wife, the other stays in the workplace and keeps moving forward. This is more a presentation of the complexity and cost of choice itself than a judgment of which path is better. Readers can consider, through the characters’ judgment in transactions and relationships, how personal choice is shaped under the pressure of reality.

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孙明一 Author

Sun Mingyi is an author for whom limited public information is available; no confirmed details about nationality, dates of birth and death, or an English name can be verified. Judging from the eight works held in the collection, the writing centers mainly on the emotional and marital lives of urban men and women, with some military-themed works as well, and is commonly classified under social fiction, modern romance, and war and military fiction. Representative titles include One Person's Pre-Wedding Trip, After Buying a House, Before Getting Married, The Era of the Groom Moving In, A Lover Beyond Time's Reach, One-Way Street, Before Divorce: My Husband Suddenly Became Ambitious, Princess Girl vs. Mustard Man: Do You Love Me?, and Military Marriage Diary. These titles tend to approach marriage milestones, family relationships, and interactions between the sexes, showing a clear concern with real-life issues and an accessible storytelling style suited to readers interested in urban emotional themes.