Volume 1 Chapter 38 New Ways to Make Money
When everyone found out, the way they looked at her changed. Sheng Wanyan had only been here for half a month, but she had already stole the spotlight twice.
Only one or two sentences from other people were selected, but she had four.
"Everyone should learn more from Comrade Sheng Wanyan. This is what young people should do. Think more and innovate more."
Director Li was very satisfied. The previous promotional slogans were always the same ones over and over again, without any novelty.
Look at Comrade Sheng Wanyan's quotations this time, how cultured they are, and how they are trying to deceive people...
Pooh!
Inspiring passion.
Sheng Wanyan wished she could find a hole to crawl into. Director Li was really good at making people hate her.
"Okay, everyone, split up and go put up the posters in the factory."
There are five propaganda boards in the factory, namely at the entrance of the canteen, the entrance of the technical department, the entrance of the factory director's office building, the factory entrance and the workshop entrance.
Sheng Wanyan went to post the propaganda board in the factory director's office building, which was filled with the leaders' offices and meeting rooms, with a total of two floors.
Sheng Wanyan pasted it quickly and neatly, making sure there were no mistakes, before leaving.
The leader of the cotton mill was passing by after get off work and saw the updated bulletin board. He stopped to look at it for a while and nodded with satisfaction.
Sheng Wanyan was riding her bicycle home from work and saw Wu Jiaxiu so she gave her a ride.
When they reached the fork in the road, Wu Jiaxiu got off the car and walked home. Although she and Sheng Wanyan lived in two different directions, the distance to the fork in the road was still ten minutes.
Sheng Wanyan drove her and they reached the fork in the road in less than three minutes. This saved her ten minutes so she could go home quickly to cook.
"Wanyan, how about we do business at this intersection from now on?"
Sheng Wanyan nodded. This place was much safer than near the factory, and she wouldn't be watched by Niu Fangli all the time.
"good."
"By the way, do you have any way to get some meat?"
Wu Jiaxiu is a greedy person. Sheng Wanyan has always felt comfortable doing business with her, and Wu Jiaxiu knows the rules.
"Sure. I have a classmate whose family works at a pig slaughterhouse."
"But the prices are based on the black market."
Wu Jiaxiu became excited after hearing this, looked around and asked her a few questions in a low voice.
"Can you help me get 2 pounds of meat?"
"My husband is going to have a birthday soon, and I want to give him some nourishment."
Sheng Wanyan nodded after hearing this. After all, Wu Jiaxiu and her husband were very loving and their newlywed days were very sweet.
"Shall I go and ask for you tomorrow?"
"Wanyan, thank you so much."
"Don't worry, only the two of us know about this, and we will never tell anyone else."
Wu Jiaxiu was naturally talking about Niu Fangli. Sheng Wanyan smiled and nodded. It was comfortable to cooperate with smart people.
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The day after tomorrow, Sheng Wanyan will go to the intersection to trade with Wu Jiaxiu early in the morning. She sells it on the black market, and those who want receipts will pay 1.5 yuan per catty.
"Sister Jiaxiu, two kilograms for 3 yuan, no ticket required."
As soon as Wu Jiaxiu heard it, she knew that she was giving her a favor, but she was not pretentious. She could just invite Sheng Wanyan to dinner at the state-owned restaurant next time.
“This is 3 dollars.”
"Let's go! Let's go have breakfast."
Wu Jiaxiu gave the meat to her husband to take home, and then took Sheng Wanyan to the state-owned restaurant.
Sheng Wanyan refused the offer to buy cloth last time, and this time she saved herself two meat coupons and two cents.
You have to know that the price of a pound of meat on the black market is 1.6 yuan, and 20 cents can buy a bag of salt, not to mention the two meat tickets.
She and her husband are only allocated two tickets a month, so they have to treat each other at least once.
Sheng Wanyan did not refuse. If she did, what if such a good trading partner ran away?
The two of them went to a state-owned restaurant for a meal. Sheng Wanyan was full after eating one meat bun. Nowadays, meat buns are big and have enough ingredients.
And the price is only one cent each, which is very cheap.
The food in this era was nothing like the food in later generations, which had issues with food safety. All the food was made with real ingredients.
Sheng Wanyan went out early today. There was malted milk in her kettle, which she drank before returning to the factory.
I’m afraid that everyone in the office will smell it and I won’t stand out too much.
Before entering the office, Sheng Wanyan went to the cafeteria to wash the kettle. In order to avoid arousing suspicion, Wu Jiaxiu left first.
Sheng Wanyan filled a cup of hot water before returning to the office. She had put up the notice board yesterday. It can be said that she has done basically nothing this month.
Sheng Wanyan wanted to make money, but she didn't want to rely too much on the black market. It was too risky, so she had to find other ways.
She now has only 157.6 yuan on her. Although it is a huge sum of money in that era, this 157 yuan will not be able to do much in a few years.
Sheng Wanyan saw Chen Kangming reading a newspaper in front of her, and her eyes lit up as she thought of something.
She can make money by translating!
Translators make a lot of money these days, and in today's situation, there are not many ordinary people who can speak foreign languages.
Even if they can, their vocabulary is not enough.
But in later life, she grew up in an aristocratic academy and learned foreign languages from elementary school to adulthood. She is proficient in eight foreign languages, so she can definitely be a translator!
Moreover, she has the convenience of space and time difference. She can translate for two hours before going to bed and earn a lot of money in a month.
The more Sheng Wanyan thought about it, the more she felt there was a way out. After get off work, she went to buy a newspaper and contact the newspaper office.
Or go to the bookstore in the city and ask. She has the memories of the original owner. There is a small bookstore in the city.
Although the world is not good nowadays, as long as there are no books that should not be in the bookstore, it can continue to operate.
Moreover, all open stores in this era were state-owned, and people wearing red armbands did not dare to go in and cause trouble.
However, Sheng Wanyan is more inclined to the newspaper in the capital, because that place is under the feet of the emperor and no one can reach out to it.
Sheng Wanyan made up her mind. She bought a newspaper as soon as she got off work and went to the post office to call the newspaper.
When the other party heard that she wanted to be a translator, he asked a few questions and then asked her to translate the latest newspaper into English and send it to him.
See if you can pass the assessment. Only after you pass can you start taking official jobs.
After hearing this, Sheng Wanyan understood what was going on and hung up the phone.
"Four cents."
Sheng Wanyan chatted for a while and took out money and gave it to the post office staff. He paused when he saw the stamps.
"Hello, please give me 2 sets of stamps and 20 envelopes."
Sheng Wanyan selected two editions. She knew their value and believed that these were the best for collection.
The post office staff didn't think much about it. After all, people nowadays buy the paper money and keep it at home, so they don't have to make a special trip to buy it again when they write a letter.
Moreover, the girl in front of him was dressed neatly without a single patch on her clothes, and she was willing to spend money to make a phone call.
It was obvious at first glance that he was a wealthy man, so he gave it to her readily.
"Stamps are eight cents each. Here are 30 of them. Envelopes are two cents each."
"The stamps add up to 2.4 yuan, and the envelope is 40 cents, so the total is 2.8 yuan."
After hearing this, Sheng Wanyan took out the money and handed it over, then went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy paper and pen.
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