Chapter 42 Accepting the Reality
Fang Mingche went back after agreeing to compete fairly.
Old Cheng was naturally not going to be polite. He saw that Fang Mingche and his wife could basically run a tea stall, and there was also an extra-staff water delivery worker.
He immediately divided the seven people in his team into two groups.
Three people on one side and four people on the other side. These were two tea stalls.
The things were basically divided equally. If there was not enough, everyone would try to go back and get it together. They were from the nearby street office. It was closer than where Fang Mingche rented a house.
There were four directions, and now there were still two directions without tea stalls.
Fang Mingche was not surprised. If you can't think of this, you are a fool.
His and Lin Yan's business today was inevitably affected by the two big bowl tea stalls led by Old Cheng. Tourists must follow the principle of proximity.
But they are still useful in attracting business, which offsets this effect to a certain extent.
Moreover, foreign tourists are indeed more generous in tipping.
So after counting today, they earned 18 yuan. Among them, tips accounted for two yuan.
After only two days of earning more than 20 yuan, the income has dropped. Lin Yan was somewhat frustrated.
"In the future, the flow of customers will increase, and everyone's business will be better. Moreover, you can go back and tell your father that some street offices arrange jobs for educated youth returning to the city to open big bowl tea stalls. 36 yuan a month for the same work."
Lin Yan was surprised, "You even found out their wages?"
"Yes. But they are guaranteed to make a profit regardless of the weather. As long as they don't go bankrupt, they will get paid."
Therefore, their enthusiasm is definitely not as high as theirs.
Lin Yan said: "If they estimate our income, will they be jealous?"
"Of course! But they will soon not just focus on our family. Moreover, they have three or four people in one stall, and we have two people. Their business is better, and the overall income is actually not much different. The main thing is that their profits belong to the street office."
In this way, there will definitely be an imbalance.
But the profits belong to the street office, and if the efficiency is good, some benefits will be issued. If a member gets sick, the medical expenses can be reimbursed according to a proportion.
But they are self-employed, so they have to bear everything themselves.
Big bowl tea stalls are simple and can absorb a lot of labor. It is estimated that there will be more of them in the square soon.
Even if they get rid of their family, they still can't monopolize.
Of course, as self-employed people, they will definitely be excluded by the collective industry.
But so what? Just don't let people know that he is an illegal resident.
Now Fang Mingche will not go to the piece of Xingfuli.
Lin Yan's neighbors all thought that he had taken his daughter back to the countryside. Going back to prepare for the college entrance examination, and also want to take the exam in BJ.
In this way, no one will want to introduce her to a partner.
BJ has a population of 9 million and is far away. The probability of meeting those people is very low.
And the probability of those neighbors reporting him is also low, and everyone has no direct conflict of interest.
In order to compete with the two tea stalls, Lin Yan greeted customers more enthusiastically. Especially for foreign guests, she secretly practiced several sets of greetings.
Basically, foreign tourists all go to their tea stall.
There are tea stalls in several directions. If they are not far away, they will easily go here when they see compatriots or foreign guests.
And Lao Cheng's two stalls rely on the power of numbers to compete with them.
However, it is true that there are many people in the square, and everyone can have good business.
There's no need to tear each other apart!
When Lin Yan returned home that day, she told her father that two more big bowl tea stalls from other street offices had opened in the square today.
Father Lin frowned, "Does the street office arrange this kind of work?"
"Yes. I asked around, and there are also arrangements to open snack stalls, car repair stalls, shoe repair stalls, and fruit and vegetable stalls. Oh, by the way, those with tricycles are also organized to solicit customers at the train station. These, there are individuals and groups. Nowadays, it's like this, with everyone showing their magical powers, and they are all in the industry of serving others. Doesn't the Party Constitution say that we serve the people! We are all the people's waiters and public servants. It's a new society, don't divide us into different classes. Otherwise, people will say that you have a problem with your thinking."
Father Lin was silent for a long time, "How does their collective business compare to yours?"
"They have more people, and tourists don't have to wait, so their business is better than ours. But on average per person, it must be worse than ours."
Father Lin said, "Tourists don't care whether it's a group or an individual, right?"
"Just drink a bowl of hot tea to warm yourself up, why think so much? What else can foreign tourists understand about the collective and the individual? Oh, Dad. Mingche can speak simple English and taught me. Most of the foreign tourists have been recruited by us. English is the universal language of the world!"
Lin Yan said this with a proud look on her face.
Father Lin raised his eyebrows, "He can speak English?"
"He can only speak a few simple sentences, but it's enough to attract foreign tourists!"
Father Lin nodded, "So, you have to study more."
For the first time, he had a real understanding of his ex-son-in-law's higher education than his daughter.
"Dad, then I will go to the street office and say that I don't need them to arrange it. The work is the same, and the income is not as good as it is now. And Mingche and I are just not going to live off our savings during the exam preparation period."
Father Lin sighed. Now, even cleaning the public toilets in the factory requires connections. The
people who clean the toilets in this area are all employees of their factory. This area is the dormitory of the factory.
But they are also organized by the state-owned large factory.
This establishment can provide labor insurance, half of the medical expenses, and retirement salary in the future.
Naturally, many people are vying for it!
But if it is just a transition, since the street office also arranges these jobs, it seems that setting up a tea stall is also okay.
The key is that if he does not retire early, he will not be able to arrange a job for his daughter.
If he retires early, it can only be after she fails the college entrance examination and does not take it again.
Otherwise, if she quits after a few months, it will not be cost-effective.
He finally stopped opposing Lin Yan to set up a tea stall. He
just asked her to go all out in preparation for the exam this time. After all, people still need a unit and an establishment.
A formal job is not only decent, but also a lifelong guarantee. It can also be passed on to children and grandchildren, and there will be guarantees for generations!
"Dad, don't worry, I will definitely go all out. I am going to junior college this year, and I will go even if I go to technical secondary school. It's better than having no place to go."
For Lin Yan. Since Fang Mingche is preparing for the exam very seriously, the chances of passing are not small.
If she fails this time, she must pass the exam next time.
Even if she doesn't have the pressure of household registration.
As Fang Mingche expected, two days later, several more big bowl tea stalls appeared around the square. They were all stalls run by nearby street offices or self-employed young people nearby.
There was also one more stall in the direction where Fang Mingche and Lin Yan set up their stalls every day. This directly affected their business.
(End of this chapter)
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