When she saw the two children, An'an and Lele, Madam Xia was overjoyed and immediately took off the jade bracelet she was wearing and gave one to each of them.
Yang Qiaoqiao quickly stopped her, "Grandma Xia, they are still young. Your jade bracelet is too precious for them to wear. It would be a pity if they bumped or damaged it.
Upon hearing Yang Qiaoqiao's words, Madam Xia repeatedly said, "Qiaoqiao, what you said makes sense."
"Xiao Zhang, go to my room and get the box containing the jade bracelet." After giving the order, he thought for a moment and said, "This jade bracelet is suitable for An'an, a girl, but it's not quite suitable for Lele, a boy."
"Okay, Qiaoqiao, wait for me a moment, I'm going upstairs to get something for Lele."
Yang Qiaoqiao tried to stop the old lady, but it was too late.
When the old lady came down again, the nanny following behind her was carrying two antique and exquisite mahogany boxes.
One of them contained the pair of jade bracelets she had just intended to put on the two children.
The other one contained a jade Guanyin statue.
They are all top-quality imperial green with excellent color and clarity.
Even if such an item were taken to an auction house in Hong Kong or abroad now, it would fetch at least several hundred thousand or even millions of dollars.
In a few years, once the situation has completely stabilized, those numbers will increase exponentially.
Yang Qiaoqiao hurriedly tried to refuse on behalf of the two little ones, but An'an, that little money-grubber, had already happily grabbed a bracelet that Old Madam Xia had handed over to tease her.
But the little guy not only grabbed the bracelet, but also seemed to understand everything. He clasped his hands together and bowed to Madam Xia in gratitude, and even made "ooh ooh" sounds to Madam Xia.
Her expression made it clear to everyone that she was telling Old Madam Xia how much she liked the bracelet.
Grandma Xia was even happier, and gave An'an a finger to hold, "Oh my, our little An'an likes this, so good!"
Grandma has many more of these things. When our little An'an grows up, Grandma will give them all to him!
An'an grinned, her toothless little mouth radiating a smile even brighter than Lele's.
Yang Qiaoqiao: ...
So it turns out that An'an didn't smile much before because they didn't give her enough!
She found it both infuriating and hilarious.
She wondered how she and Huo Beixiao, though they both liked making money, could have such a money-grubbing daughter.
With Madam Xia and Lin Xiaohui taking care of An'an and Lele, Yang Qiaoqiao went to chat with Grandpa Xia about business matters with Huo Beixiao.
Yang Qiaoqiao mentioned that she wanted to find a few attractive and well-proportioned women to wear clothes from her factory for a showcase at the trade fair.
“Your clothing designs are all related to our traditional culture. When you are looking for models, you can’t just look for those who are pretty and have a good figure. You also need to look for those who have cultural knowledge.”
Xia Yuntao said.
Yang Qiaoqiao naturally agreed with this, but she only knew a limited number of people in Haicheng, so it would be difficult to find pretty girls to be models in such a short time.
Not to mention finding a cultured and beautiful girl.
However, Yang Qiaoqiao had already thought about this problem before she came. She planned to try her luck at the university first to see if she could find girls willing to do part-time work.
Currently, the government still provides college students with a monthly living allowance of 18-24 yuan. However, with the economic situation improving and prices rising after the reform and opening up, this amount is no longer enough to support a college student's normal monthly expenses.
However, most of those who can go to university now come from families with some financial resources, and their families also provide them with some subsidies.
In addition, many intellectuals today still hold rather high-minded views. They look down on even self-employed individuals, let alone accept their employment to do work that requires them to show their faces in public or pose provocatively.
Therefore, Yang Qiaoqiao felt that going to university was just a matter of luck.
But you definitely have to rely on luck.
The next day, she took Zhou Yang, Wu Xiaocao, and Luo Yingzi to a well-known university in Haicheng.
She prepared a poster stand in advance, wrote the recruitment notice on a large red paper, and even offered a high wage of eighteen yuan a day.
When they used poster stands to display their recruitment notices on the open space outside the university gate, it attracted the attention of many students.
Many young, beautiful female students were also attracted by the high daily wage of 18 yuan and came to inquire.
However, when they learned that she was self-employed and that the so-called models she recruited were the kind of people who dressed up in pretty clothes and posed provocatively to attract customers, many people showed disdain.
Some female students even whispered among themselves as they left: "What kind of model is she? Does she look like a prostitute in an ancient brothel?"
How could the school allow someone like that to recruit at the school gate? It's utterly disgraceful!
"Exactly! These speculators are shameless. They think that just because the national leaders have loosened the policies and let them make some dirty money, they can do whatever they want and recruit all sorts of filthy people from our university."
“We are all going to be pillars of the nation after graduation. For them to come here to recruit people to do this kind of shameless work is simply an insult to us!”
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The students grew increasingly angry as they talked, and in the end, they went to the school leaders to report the matter, filled with righteous indignation.
Luo Yingzi was furious when she heard their conversation.
"Who are these people! We're doing business honestly and hiring workers honestly, so why is it dirty and smelly?"
They are the ones with filthy thoughts, yet they're blaming others.
Zhou Yang was also a little angry, "That's right, they are college students with education! With this kind of ideological awareness, I think it's a waste for the country to spend so much money and effort to train them!"
Yang Qiaoqiao was not afraid at all that they would report her.
She dared to put the poster here because Grandpa Xia helped her; he had spoken to the school leaders beforehand.
When the school leaders learned that she was recruiting models for their school, they also thought it was a good thing.
Firstly, if their students could wear clothing with traditional Chinese elements to the trade fair, showcasing China's profound clothing culture to foreign merchants, it would be a way to promote traditional culture to the world.
Secondly, if their students can highlight the beauty and unique features of clothing, attracting more orders from foreign businesses, they can also earn more foreign exchange for the country.
The country has just begun its reform and opening up, and it is precisely at this time that it is short of foreign exchange.
Thirdly, this is also an experiment for their school.
It has been twelve years since the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) was reinstated. In these twelve years, universities across the country have provided a great deal of professional talent for various positions in the country.
The number of college graduates in state-owned enterprises and institutions is now approaching saturation.
It's already becoming increasingly difficult for the government and schools to arrange jobs for every college graduate as they used to.
Therefore, after hearing Yang Qiaoqiao talk about the recruitment plan, the school leaders also wanted to take this opportunity to see if they could let students work in private companies on their own, instead of relying entirely on the state and the school to arrange jobs for them.
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