In this chapter, we learn that the protagonist is a wealthy businessman named Mr. Wang, who is a member of the "new generation of entrepreneurs" . He owns a hotel in a small town in China, where he is engaged in a series of activities. The protagonist plans to kill him in the middle of the night, but he is too drunk to do so. He goes to a nearby market to find a vacancy in the museum, but there is no one there. He decides to go there the next day.