"Grandma Chang, your daughter-in-law Xingwang's boss is really rich. He's opening another branch soon. We've been neighbors for decades. Could you help me ask if they still need any staff?"
...
The neighbors crowded around Granny Chang, chattering away, each one enthusiastically recommending themselves or their children who had graduated but couldn't find jobs and were unemployed at home.
Grandma Chang initially didn't want to get involved; she couldn't interfere in her daughter-in-law's work, and she didn't want to cause trouble for others.
However, judging from the neighbors' comments about the recent grim employment situation, I couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
Once this started, everyone began to complain incessantly.
Neighborhood No. 1: "Our state-owned factory is finished! The factory manager and some new college graduates told me that goods from the south are of good quality and low price. Our products have no advantage and can't be sold at all! We haven't received payment for the goods yet!"
Neighborhood Resident #2: "You state-owned factories are doing well; even a starved camel is still better than a horse. If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up, at least you can still make a living! Our small factories under the neighborhood committee might close down in a few days! Are they even giving people a way to survive?! Is there no law in this world?! The work of generations is just gone like that!"
Neighborhood No. 3: "Not to mention your small factories, the garment factories have been making a huge fuss lately too..."
"The garment factory! Their profits were exceptionally good in the first half of the year, and the benefits were so generous it was enviable. If the garment factory also has problems, then all the factories in Beijing will be doomed. Don't listen to the nonsense from outsiders; we're not capitalist..."
The neighbors started arguing about whether the largest clothing factory in the capital would go bankrupt, leaving Granny Chang standing there for a while.
Granny Chang let things take their course and walked away from the main battlefield with her hands behind her back.
The situation is severe lately, and everyone is having a hard time. However, their family is doing alright, and even if they lose their jobs, they don't need to worry too much for the time being.
The Chen family.
When some of the relatives learned that the shop where Chen Zhaodi and her niece worked was going to open a branch, they came running over like cats that had smelled fish.
The Chen family's relatives were in far worse circumstances than their neighbors in Shuangdong Hutong, so their lives were even more difficult.
Throughout the day, Granny Chen sat at home listening to no fewer than ten tearful complaints, each one crying and shouting that if Chen Zhaodi refused to help, the family would not have anything to eat the next day.
Just take that with a grain of salt. We were poor before, and we still managed to survive.
Perhaps seeing the Chen family and Chen Lijuan's in-laws doing better and better among their relatives, she began to have different thoughts.
Granny Chen didn't care about anything; she listened to their complaints and then saw them off one by one.
Granny Zhou is absolutely not someone to be trifled with. Anyone can take this job if they want, but she's determined not to!
After seeing off the last person, voices came from the doorway again, and Granny Chen immediately showed an unhappy expression.
"Auntie, I heard that Zhao Di's place is short of people..."
Chen Zhaodi's cousin, Chen Yunyun, walked in through the door. Chen Yunyun was a saleswoman at the department store and often helped relatives who lacked coupons or money to buy things. She used to be the most respected among the relatives.
She actually came too!
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"Aunt Zhaodi, Aunt Zhaodi! Come here quickly!"
Chen Lijuan suddenly came over from the branch store, and Chen Zhaodi was pulled into a corner by her.
"Aunt Zhaodi, Aunt Yun has been fired!"
"Ah! You mean Chen Yunyun, the saleswoman at the department store!"
"It's her!"
Chen Zhaodi had a sudden inspiration, pulled Chen Lijuan's hand off her arm, and moved away.
She squinted, a hint of suspicion in her eyes: "Chen Lijuan, you don't mean you want me to find Chen Yunyun a job in front of the boss, do you?"
impossible!
Previously, Chen Yunyun and Chen Zhaodi lived similar lives, but their personalities clashed and they did not get along.
She also suffered from being ostracized by Chen Yunyun. When Chen Yunyun lost her job, she couldn't wait to set off some firecrackers to celebrate.
Chen Lijuan sighed, "Aunt Zhaodi, please help me out. My brother got into school because Aunt Yun helped us. Our family owes her a favor. I can't just ignore her situation. Please help me this once!"
Chen Lijuan was also helpless. If a family member was unable to work but still wanted to work in the store, she could refuse them without hesitation.
Chen Yunyun is different; she's a creditor who owes a debt of gratitude...
Chen Zhaodi snorted coldly, showing no intention of helping.
Chen Lijuan clasped her hands together and pleaded, "I owe you this favor. If you have any trouble at work in the future, leave it to me. And as for Aunt Yun, all you need to do is provide her with an interview opportunity!"
If every creditor who owes them a favor comes to them, they have to be offered a job, and the next day the boss will have to kick the aunt and niece out.
Having received the benefits, Chen Zhaodi reluctantly agreed.
"You know yourself that this is just an interview opportunity. Don't come up with nonsense and make a scene in front of me if you're not good enough and get rejected!"
"Don't worry, Aunt Zhaodi, this will definitely not happen!"
Soon, Chen Zhaodi told Zhou Hongyu about it. As for whether Chen Yunyun could come for the interview, Zhou Hongyu would have to find out more about the situation before making a decision.
Chen Zhaodi: "...Although my cousin was fired, she didn't do anything too wrong. It's just that when things were better in the past, she developed a habit of just getting by and not caring about anything. She didn't have any powerful connections, so when the department store downsized, she was immediately found to have done something wrong and fired!"
Zhou Hongyu thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll have her come to see me. If it's a good match, she can start work that day!"
She felt that her cousin Chen Zhaodi was a bit suspicious, but she could only make a final judgment after she met her.
She was very interested in Chen Yunyun's identity as a saleswoman at the department store. She wanted to verify one thing from Chen Yunyun: how long would it take for the clothing factory to go out of business!
How much time does she have to prepare money before the auction of her bankrupt and insolvent garment factory?
Chen Yunyun was on standby and rushed over immediately upon receiving the notification.
Zhou Hongyu stood in the lounge watching Chen Yunyun go straight into the store, clearly indicating that Chen Yunyun knew the store well.
A short while later, Chen Zhaodi led Chen Yunyun into the lounge.
"Yunyun, this is the junior manager sent by our boss. You can call him Boss Zhou like we do!"
It is now widely acknowledged that Zhou Hongyu has a powerful backer behind her.
A hint of disappointment flashed in Chen Yunyun's eyes. She thought that with the favor Chen Biandan's family owed her and Chen Lijuan's current location, she should have a chance to meet the big boss behind the scenes.
Unexpectedly, I only met Zhou Hongyu, who was one level above Chen Zhaodi.
This completely failed to meet her expectations.
With just a fleeting glance from Chen Yunyun, Zhou Hongyu gained a sense of certainty about the woman before her.
Okay, looks like he's not here to honestly make money for her!
Zhou Hongyu remained still, chatted with Chen Yunyun for a few minutes as usual, and then called Wang Qiang over to arrange for him to take Chen Yunyun to familiarize herself with the work.
A flash of disdain crossed Chen Yunyun's face, but it vanished in an instant.
Zhou Hongyu nodded to Wang Qiang beside her, and Wang Qiang understood immediately.
Immediately assign this new employee the most tiring work!
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