Chapter 22: An Hour for a Dollar
Because the Jade Rabbit Meimei said that it must be given voluntarily. The money picked up can only be dropped by others, and cannot be regarded as voluntarily given. Moreover, if you are guaranteed to be able to pick up a dollar within an hour, the risk factor is not ordinarily large.
Picking up money is entirely a matter of luck. If you're lucky, you might be able to pick up 180,000 of them. If you're unlucky, you won't necessarily pick up a dime if you walk on the side of the road for a day.
It seems that I have to go to the boss to find a way. The boss, as the name of the store says "Keijo Ma Bald Hot Pot", is a middle-aged man with a face full of hemp, who is already bald and in his fifties. As soon as Lin Xiaojin saw the horizontal flesh on his face, he knew that he was not a good talker. However, in order to complete this perverted task, Lin Xiaojin had to reluctantly come forward to talk.
It's really unfortunate that the owner of the hot pot restaurant is angry, and the hemp face looks even more hideous. He slapped the table and glared at the waiter under him, and scolded in his mouth: "It's all good, it's all good." The guests can't wait, hurry up and run!"
The waiters, men and women, shuttled from table to table with dishes, empty basins, or menus.
Lin Xiaojin knew that it would be boring to disturb the boss now, but in order to complete the assessment of the "God of Wealth Commissioner", he had to ask the boss. He smiled and scratched his head, and said embarrassedly to the boss behind the counter: "Boss, I ......"
"Oh, what do you need?" the bald boss immediately asked with a smile on his face, obviously, he regarded Lin Xiaojin as a guest.
Lin Xiaojin was even more embarrassed to speak, but he still stubbornly said, "Boss, I don't need anything." Excuse me, do you need anything?"
When the bald man heard this, he immediately said with a straight face: "Are you selling insurance, or are you engaged in pyramid schemes, go out, I don't have time to talk to you!"
Lin Xiaojin hurriedly explained: "Boss, are you recruiting people here?"
The bald man understood this time, looked Lin Xiaojin up and down, and then asked, "It seems that you are still a student, are you eighteen years old?"
Lin Xiaojin hurriedly said: "It's full, it's just full last month." Actually, he was only sixteen years old.
"I need a runner here. Look, my business here is so good, there's really not enough manpower. Today, the cash register broke down again, so I had to check out by hand...... Alas, have you ever done a running hall before?" the bald man's face gradually looked better.
Lin Xiaojin shook his head and said, "No." β
The bald man was a little disappointed. However, his store has been busy with business these days, so he was in a hurry to recruit people, so he continued to ask Lin Xiaojin: "Look at you like this, you are white and clean, and you are not the material for our business." However, if the salary is right...... How much do you want a month's salary? I only accept temporary workers here, and I don't pay 'three golds.'" β
At that time, the so-called "three golds" were endowment insurance, medical insurance and unemployment insurance. In the 90s, many private enterprises did not pay the "three golds" to their employees, so the employees were temporary workers.
"I don't want the 'three golds', I ...... I just need a dollar. Lin Xiaojin blurted out.
The bald man didn't understand. Lin Xiaojin stretched out a finger and repeated: "One dollar." β
The bald man still didn't understand too much, but he was quite clever and guessed, "One dollar? Do you mean one dollar for an hour?"
When Lin Xiaojin heard that there was a play, he nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, yes, yes, it's one dollar for an hour." Lin Xiaojin didn't expect it to go so smoothly.
In the 90s, many regular restaurant chains such as KFC and McDonald's often recruited some student workers, all of whom were temporary part-time workers and were paid according to the hour. The fashionable saying is "hourly wage".
According to Lin Xiaojin, if you pay one yuan an hour, 8 hours a day is 8 yuan, and you can do it for 30 days a month, 240 yuan, which is still relatively normal in second- and third-tier cities.
Therefore, the boss of the bald man felt that it was okay, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll find a waiter for you to take you." Whether you are hired or not depends on your performance today. If you don't do a good job today, not only will I not hire you, but I won't give you a day's salary today. β
"This ......" Lin Xiaojin's heart, which had been put down, suddenly lifted it up again. Where can he wait for his boss to see his performance now, he can't wait to get a dollar before working. So, he trembled and said openly: "Boss, I actually, I can't do it for long, I just want to do a short-term job." β
The bald man's face immediately sank, and he nagged: "You young people, you just don't have longevity. I knew you wouldn't be able to do it for long. If you don't do a good job, your heart is higher than the sky, and I really don't understand what you young people are thinking about all day long. β
Lin Xiaojin was robbed of the boss by the boss, and it was not easy to argue.
However, the manpower of the Ma Bald Hot Pot Restaurant is really tight, so the boss did not refuse Lin Xiaojin, but asked tentatively: "Then how long can you do it?" β
When the critical time came, Lin Xiaojin timidly stretched out a finger and didn't dare to speak.
The bald man guessed, "One year? β
Lin Xiaojin shook his head, and he didn't dare to speak.
"A month, you young people, you've only just entered the door in a month. Don't look at a running hall, there are a lot of doorways in it, and you can't learn it all in a month. The bald man was foaming at the mouth.
Lin Xiaojin still shook his head, his face flushed.
The bald man couldn't believe his ears: "You don't mean a week, are you? The bald man was already so angry that he almost told Lin Xiaojin to get out.
Lin Xiaojin swallowed hard, and said in a low voice like a mosquito: "One...... an hour. Actually, Lin Xiaojin can't say fifty minutes, because after removing the time to grind his lips just now, there are only fifty minutes left.
"Get out of ββ!" Ma Bald's face was blue with anger, and he pointed to the door with his hand. Now in front of the guests, he was embarrassed to do it. According to his usual fiery temper, he would have slapped Lin Xiaojin a long time ago. He roared: "You kid is full and has nothing to do, so you're here to entertain your uncle, aren't you?" I'm so busy that you're almost on all fours, and you dare to ...... Get the hell out of meβ"
The entire hot pot restaurant customers looked over to this side.
Lin Xiaojin's face was flushed with shame, and he quickly retreated outside the gate. He didn't blame the shopkeeper either. Because his own request is indeed strange. Where is an hour to work, and it is more than an hour for guests to eat hot pot. No wonder the boss thinks that Lin Xiaojin is deliberately making trouble.