Few students would dream of getting a job as a shoe shiner working along the street. College students, in their own eyes and in the eyes of the public, are expected to get at least a proper job, if not working in a high-income or white-collar position. Cai Yong's decision to work as a shoe shiner shocked not only his parents, who had high hopes for him, but also his girlfriend. "It is right for young graduates to be ambitious  . But they have to start in a solid and down-to-earth way," Cai said. Cai is not alone in making such a choice. The company has got 12 college students in all. "I come for the 800yuanmonthly pay," said Xiao Ji, who is a student from Nanjing University. "I have grown up and no longer live on my parents," he said. "Working as shoe shiners can mean a bright future," Cai said. Not everyone can accept this job choice. Cai's girlfriend left him because she felt ashamed to be with a shoe shiner, and Cai accepted the fact. "This is the price to be paid for a job," he said. A former shoe shiner, Zhong Haibo, from a medical college, believes it was a good training for the rest of his life. "There is nothing I can't do after working as a shoe shiner," Zhong said, meaning that such kind of experience in early life is helpful in a future job. Why did Cai's girlfriend leave him?
They didn't get along well with each other. Her parents didn't like him. She found it a shame to marry a shoe shiner. Cai had got a new girlfriend.