While Wang Dacang led everyone to plant tea saplings, the engineering team also accelerated the construction progress. Seeing that the rainy season was approaching, the engineering team hoped to finish all outdoor work before the weather deteriorated, so as not to waste a lot of time.

Therefore, in recent days, the engineering team has been working almost day and night, working in two shifts, and working overtime until the early hours of the morning every day. The most immediate consequence of this is that the progress has been accelerated, the steps up the hill have been paved, and the irrigation system has been completed before all the tea seedlings have been planted.

Even the roasted tea room at the foot of the tea garden is about to be topped out, and the exterior structure will be completed in a few days. By the time the rainy season begins, the engineering team will be able to begin decorating the interior of the roasted tea room.

In the past few days, Xiao Ping's focus has been on the tea garden, and naturally he will not be idle and do nothing. Together with several subordinates from the personnel department, he attended a job fair held in Sioux City to recruit staff for the tea plantation.

A tea garden covering an area of more than ten acres usually needs several people to take care of it. And when picking and roasting tea in the spring, there is undoubtedly more manpower needed. So this time, Xiao Ping plans to recruit 20 workers, five of whom are responsible for managing the tea garden, and the other 15 will be responsible for a series of work such as picking and roasting tea.

Workers to manage tea plantations are easy to find, and there are many suitable candidates in Xiaozhou Village, while the workers in charge of picking and roasting tea are a little troublesome.

Xiao Ping required that the roasted tea workers should have at least a high school degree and should not be more than twenty-five years old. More importantly, they must have the talent to roast tea, not only to be extremely sensitive to temperature, but also to have a good ability to control tea. You can freely control the force of your hand when roasting tea. Of course, you have to endure hardship and loneliness. Willing to work in this industry for a long time and pass on this craft.

The reason why Xiao Ping has so many requirements for roasted tea workers. Of course, I want to pass on Mr. Qiao's craftsmanship. Don't look at his high requirements, but the salary he offers is not low. During the study period, the roasted tea worker has a basic salary of 2,005 per month, and after the teacher can independently complete a series of processes from tea picking to roasting tea, the salary will immediately rise to 5,000. In addition, according to the grade and quantity of fried dragon wells, a considerable performance award will be issued. In addition, if the roaster is considered qualified to be the teacher of the new roaster after the assessment, the salary will be significantly improved.

It's not easy to find a good job right now, and many college students are facing the dilemma of starting a career after graduation. So when Xiao Ping published all these conditions on the newspaper's job advertisement, it really attracted many people to apply. There are even quite a few college students who come to try their luck.

During the three-day recruitment period, more than 1,000 young people came to apply for the roasted tea workers. These people are both men and women, and nearly half of them have a university degree. There were so many people who applied enthusiastically, which also surprised Xiao Ping.

In order to ensure that the admitted person has the potential to become a qualified roasted tea worker, Xiao Ping personally interviewed each applicant. In addition to testing whether they have the talent to become a roasted tea master, it also depends on their personality and whether they can endure loneliness and become a qualified roasted tea master.

Under such strict requirements, Xiao Ping selected thirty out of more than 1,000 people, intending to let them begin their initial training in the art of roasting tea. Xiao Ping estimated that he would be in the basic skills training for half a year. At least half of the people had to be eliminated, and when there were fifteen qualified roasters left, he would be very satisfied.

After all, the craft of roasted tea has high requirements for the operator, and those who have no talent can work hard for a lifetime. I can't make a good tea. Therefore, Xiao Ping also adheres to the principle of preferring shortage to excess, and would rather eliminate more people than train many unqualified tea roasters. It ruined Old Man Qiao's reputation in vain.

Although Xiao Ping is very strict in the requirements for selecting roasted tea master students, he does not treat them badly in terms of treatment. All selected candidates can sign a contract with the company on the spot. And according to the job advertisement, he began to receive a basic salary of 2,005 per month. As long as they can become qualified roasted tea masters. Wages will naturally go up.

Of course, it is also clearly written in the contract that if you can't pass the roast exam, the employment contract will be automatically invalidated, and the applicant can only leave obediently.

The recruitment went well, but on the third day something unexpected happened. Perhaps it was the company's move to recruit a roasted tea chef with such a high salary that was somewhat newsworthy, and two reporters from Sioux TV came to the recruitment desk for an interview.

There is an old saying in China that "people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong", so Xiao Ping has always been relatively low-key in China, and he will never accept similar interviews, so this opportunity to show his face fell on the head of Zhou Hao, the head of the personnel department.

The handsome-looking female reporter took the microphone and asked Zhou Hao with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, how did your company come up with the idea of recruiting college students to be roasted tea masters? As far as I know, it is not easy to train a qualified roasted tea master, and it takes a lot of manpower and material resources. And with the development of the times, many tea farms now use machines to roast tea, which can not only increase production but also save costs.

Zhou Hao, who was in a suit and leather shoes, looked confident and talked eloquently to the camera: "In fact, of course we know that the machine is not only fast, but also has a low cost. However, the craft of roasted tea is also a cultural tradition of our country, and we are also very saddened to see that there are fewer and fewer roasted tea masters, and this craft is facing the point of being lost.

Although our Xianhu company is a private enterprise, we believe that we should also do our part to promote the traditional culture of the motherland. Therefore, we would rather lose money, but also spend a lot of effort to train roasted tea masters, which can be regarded as making some contributions to the inheritance and promotion of traditional culture. ”

Seeing that Zhou Hao said righteously, Xiao Ping couldn't help laughing. Seriously, he did this mainly to fulfill Old Man Qiao's wish, and as for preserving traditional culture or something, he really didn't think too much about it.

However, Zhou Hao's words were good, and they could be regarded as promoting the company's image from the side. Xiao Ping naturally didn't mean to interrupt, so he let him continue to play freely.

Seeing that the three-day job fair was coming to an end, and there were unlikely to be recruiters, Xiao Ping talked to the subordinates next to him and went back in advance. When he left the recruitment booth, Zhou Hao was still there to make a long speech.

That night, Zhou Hao appeared on the evening news in Suzhou City. Although the length of the news was limited, it was impossible to broadcast his tirade in its entirety, but his passage that "the company would rather lose money than inherit and promote traditional culture" was broadcast.

This news has attracted the attention of many people. A director of the Provincial Tea Industry Association called and said that they were willing to send a few teachers from time to time to teach young people who were learning to roast tea and impart some knowledge about tea.

With such a free teacher, Xiao Ping certainly won't miss it. Although young people mainly learn the art of roasted tea, other knowledge about tea should also be known, which will be more beneficial to their future development. So he immediately agreed, and invited the Provincial Tea Industry Association to visit the tea garden after it was officially built.

The deputy director also readily agreed, saying that he would definitely come to open his eyes when the time came.

While Xiao Ping was recruiting a roasted tea chef, the engineering team continued to rush to work, and finally completed all the outdoor work before the rainy season. Next is the interior decoration of the roasted tea room, and it is estimated that it will take another month at most for the construction of the tea garden to be completely completed.

Because the roasted tea room has not yet been completely completed, it is not possible to teach those young people the craft of roasting tea for the time being. However, of course, Xiao Ping will not let these people idle, but asks them to come to the tea garden every day and learn how to take care of the tea trees from the workers who are responsible for taking care of the tea plantation.

For these young people who have just graduated from college or high school, this is not an easy job. In addition, they all live in the city, and it is also an ordeal to travel two or three hours by car every day, going back and forth between the tea plantation and their homes.

Xiao Ping did this on purpose, he just wanted to learn more about the hearts of these young people, and see if they were really suitable to be roasters. If there are those that are not suitable for this industry, it is better to eliminate them as soon as possible, and save yourself from misleading others.

Before the completion of the tea garden, Xiao Ping went to Lion Rock to visit Mr. Qiao, and by the way, he told the old man about his plan to build a tea garden and recruit young people to train them to become tea masters.

Of course, Xiao Ping didn't do this to show merit in front of Old Man Qiao, but just wanted him to be happy after knowing the matter.

And that's exactly what happened. After hearing Xiao Ping say that he had recruited some young people and paid them to learn the art of roasting tea, a faint smile appeared on Old Man Qiao's old face, who had never had too many expressions.

It can be seen that the old man is in a good mood now, Xiao Ping made him a cup of tea fried by himself, and then deliberately pretended to be surprised and said: "Yo, old man, I didn't expect you to laugh!"

"Little bastard, don't make fun of me!" In addition to being happy, Old Man Qiao's words also increased. If Xiao Ping usually joked with him, the old man would definitely snort coldly, and then turn his head and ignore him.

Seeing that Old Man Qiao was in a good mood, Xiao Ping took the opportunity to make a request: "Old man, when my tea garden is all done, you will be a guest teacher, and when you have nothing to do, I will go to teach those students a lesson and teach them the art of roasting tea! I will send a car to pick you up, and I will ensure that I will not be tired of you." ”

Xiao Ping thought that Old Man Qiao wanted to pass on the art of roasting tea so much, and he would definitely nod his head without hesitation. But he didn't expect that the old man didn't think about it at all after listening to his words, but immediately shook his head and said, "Don't go!" (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )

PS: Thanks to the book friends "Xie Zhixiu", "Strawberry Xiaoguoguo", "Sea Garden Novel", and "Lonely, Jogging" for the rewards.