The temperature has not yet warmed up, and there are some days before the beginning of spring, and now the old man's main energy is on the fishing grounds.

The manpower gap is relatively large, a small table is set up in a lively place in the town, and there is a billboard next to it to recruit people, the treatment can only be regarded as average, and the commission is not mentioned a word, Zhang Xiaokai's interview journey as HR began suddenly.

disappeared for so long just now, old Ronald just stirred up this matter, and after telling Zhang Xiaokai what to do, he disappeared again, saying that he was going to fish for Pacific cod and halibut.

Zhang Xiaokai didn't know much about the business model of fishing farms and pastures, and naively thought that with the enthusiasm of the old man, he seemed to be doing a good job.

However, he soon realized that he was thinking too much.

At first, many idlers who couldn't find a job and were unemployed at home came to ask him about his specific work, salary, and so on.

Before I knew it, there was a large circle of people around, and the start went better than expected.

But when Zhang Xiaokai told them that his place of work was not far away at the Cleveland Ranch, most of the people in the crowd showed strange or angry expressions.

One of the guys finished swearing and shouted, "It's the nasty old guy who won the lottery! We can't go even if the salary is doubled!"

"Yes, even if I go to dig coal underground, I won't go to work with him!"

"Damn, I didn't show up, I actually found a child to deceive us, and we were almost deceived!"

Huhula, the crowd that had just gathered suddenly left, and not even a single person was recruited.

Zhang Xiaokai was stunned, the same scene happened more than once, and when another group of people who came to try to apply shook their heads and left, he finally knew the impression of his grandfather in the minds of the townspeople.

Brookings is just a small town by the sea, with a population of just over 3,000 people, and the elder Ronald has lived here for more than 60 years, and has become a household name since winning the lottery, and almost all adults know him, even if they don't know him, they have heard stories about the old man.

An alcoholic, foul-mouthed, hot-tempered, vicious old man who no one wants to work under him, even though there aren't many jobs in Oregon, right on his doorstep.

It can be seen how bad his reputation has become, Zhang Xiaokai was a little surprised, but he also felt that it was reasonable, and the old man was indeed very difficult to get along with.

In this way, he was a little grateful, because the old man had a little affection for him.

is young, not deeply involved, and does not deeply appreciate the darkness of human nature.

In fact, there are a lot of malicious elements in those rumors, and the old man won the lottery and earned a huge prize that they can't earn even if it takes a lifetime, and these people are so envious that they must spit on the old man in order to make themselves psychologically balanced.

Old Ronald is indeed unmotivated and vicious, but he has never done anything that hurts heaven and reason, and even if it is not so hateful, it has become very hateful.

Not to mention how simple the people in the town are, there are indeed very simple ones, but more people are not literate enough, their mouths are idle and broken, and they can't look at the luck of others.

Zhang Xiaokai's grandfather was not paid attention to when he was not rich, and now he has become a celebrity who is not big or small, and his shortcomings have been magnified countless times......

A doomed recruitment.

In the evening, old Ronald drove over to pick up Zhang Xiaokai with a fishy smell, and by the way, he moved the table, chair and poster into the car, and when he learned that only two people were willing to come over and try it, he said: "You must not be serious, where did you go to play, right, did others ask how much money you can make, you didn't speak? Don't try to lie to me, I won't give you the twenty dollars." ”

“…… You should know better than me what your reputation is here, and there are a lot of people who come to ask, but when I hear that I work for you, they don't come.

The salary is also low, so it's better to go to a place where no one knows you and try again, because you won't be able to recruit enough people in Brookingstown, and some people say that you can barely do the work with a few people and twenty people. ”

Zhang Xiaokai rolled his eyes and said.

The old man was ridiculed by him, and couldn't help but put on an old face, but he wasn't really angry, he just knew that no one would come when he went to recruit, so he let Zhang Xiaokai be responsible for recruiting.

After listening to it, I thought that most of them had to go to other places to find someone, otherwise I would be exhausted to death.

Looking ahead, he told his grandson: "Then you get up early tomorrow, and I will send you to other towns to continue recruiting, as long as you are willing to come, the salary is ...... You can add two or three hundred dollars, and you need to find the kind of person who doesn't seem to talk much, but works hard. ”

stared at Zhang Xiaokai and added: "Send you to a place where there are more Chinese, as long as you can recruit enough people, I will give you benefits, Chinese people are famous for their ability to endure hardships, and it is best to have experience working in the ranch." ”

"I don't want anything else, I'll take me to San Francisco when you're done. ”

"I'm going to San Francisco in a few days, and I'm going to go to my daughter's funeral...... Friends, colleagues, they have to be there. ”

Hearing the funeral, Zhang Xiaokai suddenly felt lonely again, and didn't speak again until he went home.

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The next day, together with the old man, I went to the city of Goldbeach in the north, and began to hand out leaflets and introduce work in the morning.

If you do a good job, you can go back to San Francisco, so Zhang Xiaokai worked very hard, and said that he could give bonuses if he did a good job, including food and shelter, good scenery, etc., most men have a cowboy dream in their minds, but they would not think of the scene of piles of manure when cleaning the cowshed and sheepfold.

Almost no one here knows the old Ronald, plus the old man's kung fu is very good, and he began to have a kind smile on his face, and after just over an hour, more than 20 people were recruited, even if only half of them finally agreed, the problem of shortage of manpower can be solved in the short term, depending on how many people really report to the Cleveland Ranch in the end.

Gold Beach is just north of Brookingstown, and it doesn't take long to drive, and the trouble is that since you have food and shelter, you have to have a cook, and you have to build a few new cabins for them to live in.

Meals can be delivered to a restaurant every day, and the house can also be used to move the board room, and some people reported one after another in the afternoon, with clothes and daily necessities, after temporarily putting away the luggage, the old man went directly to the fishing boat to catch Dungeness crabs, and when he came back, he was so tired that he walked and floated.

Zhang Xiaokai felt from the bottom of his heart that these new employees would be very pitiful.

With the sea and its own fishing grounds, there is no need to worry about a shortage of seafood.

When the old man was busy, he let him get some food by himself, grilled crabs, boiled lobsters, etc., or fried eels, with bread, almost in a free-range state, and the old man could not be seen all day long.

After a few days of boredom, his father was brought in by car and installed to maintain his body, but he was still unconscious, and his broken leg was still wrapped in gauze.

Zhang Xiaokai couldn't bear to see him like this now.

When the hired nurse arrived, he offered to go out with the old man and go fishing.

A nurse and his father's medical bills were very expensive, and the boy naively thought that he would help the old man with more work, so that he could feel a little more at ease.

The medical insurance did not cover the cost of hiring a nurse, and the old man took the initiative to pay the money......