Chapter 1
June 29th was a cloudy Sunday, a good day for handing out flyers.
Jiang Qi decided to distribute flyers from 4 to 7 p.m. in several areas near the script-killing store. This area is the old city, there is no commercial center or large shopping mall, and the middle schools are on vacation, so it is not worth distributing flyers.
But there are many old residential buildings and alleys here. There are many small shops in the alleys and many young people come here to eat at night. There is also a night market nearby. Generally speaking, the flow of people is still acceptable.
If distributing flyers in this area is effective, Jiang Qi will go to more distant business districts to distribute flyers.
Anyway, these flyers are free.
By 4 p.m., only 5 of the 9 people who were originally scheduled to meet showed up, including 3 men and 2 women. It was the first time for the 2 girls to distribute flyers, and they did it just for fun, taking on this job during the few days between after the final exams and when they had to go home.
Jiang Qi first distributed 100 flyers to each person. Because there were 4 fewer people than expected, he had to delete 4 areas with low traffic. Each person was assigned to one area, and they could come back to get them after distributing them. They could drink as much beverage as they wanted on their way back.
When they heard that they could drink as much as they wanted, the five cheap workers seemed very excited.
After assigning the tasks, the five people went to their respective areas. Jiang Qi asked Huang Fugui to stay in the store to look after the store and the manual, and to notify him at any time if any customers came. He then took 200 flyers and went to the residential areas to canvass the buildings.
As soon as Jiang Qi went out, he ran into Liu Lan, whose mascara was not applied properly and there was a mess at the corners of her eyes.
"That's great. You haven't left yet. Which area should I distribute flyers to? Hey, where are the other people handing out flyers?" Liu Lan, who had obviously come in a hurry, asked while panting.
Jiang Qi:?
"Aren't you taking a day off today?"
Liu Lan's summer job is a basic salary of 1,000 yuan, with four days off per month. Since Jiang Qi took over the script store, Liu Lan has not had a day off.
Last night Liu Lan worked until about five in the morning. As soon as she finished, she sent a message to Jiang Qi who was sleeping, saying that she wanted a day off, and Jiang Qi agreed.
Why did this person who was taking a break come to work again?
"Didn't you see the message I sent you? I agreed." Jiang Qi asked.
"I see. It's true that I'm taking a day off today, but isn't the flyer distribution at 4pm? I must come to distribute flyers." Liu Lan looked as if there was nothing wrong with that.
Jiang Qi: ...
Taking a leave to distribute flyers, you are amazing.
Jiang Qi gave the flyer in his hand to Liu Lan and went in to get it himself.
Seeing that Huang Fugui was the only one in the store, Liu Lan asked, "Is Teacher John taking a break today?"
"right."
"Uncle Huang, which day of the week do you take a day off?" Liu Lan thought that Old John only took Sundays off.
"Me?" Huang Fugui raised his head. "I don't want to rest. There is no rest at work."
Liu Lan:?
More curvaceous than me?
"Let's go, Lanlan." While Jiang Qi was getting flyers for himself, he also took out two bottles of ice water and handed one to Liu Lan.
Jiang Qi didn't hear the conversation just now, nor did he pay much attention to Liu Lan's expression: "The two of us will go to the residential building."
In this way, Jiang Qi and his team started their career of distributing flyers.
On Monday afternoon, Qin Can, another summer worker at the store, started work on time.
Qin Can is Liu Lan's high school classmate, and lives about ten minutes' walk from here. As an excellent dancer, Qin Can performed a flying kick for his colleagues and boss on his first day at work at Liu Lan's instigation, winning warm applause from everyone and was assigned to distribute flyers.
After Qin Can joined, Jiang Qi set up a work group and even pulled Jiang Bing, who was far away abroad, into the group to make up the number of people. After all, in theory, Jiang Bing was the real boss of this store.
I don't know if Jiang Qi was lucky or if college students working part-time are generally hardworking and simple, but the five flyer distributors Jiang Qi hired randomly from the part-time group were all honest people. Even the two girls who came to experience life and only distributed flyers for three days and left were not lazy. They distributed flyers honestly every day and actively drank beverages.
Jiang Qi had distributed most of the 2,000 flyers on the first day, so he went home on Sunday night and printed more overnight.
By 7 p.m. on July 1, Jiang Qi had paid the wages to the five part-time workers distributing flyers. After the five people happily returned to school with the drinks that Jiang Qi had stuffed in their mouths, Jiang Qi asked Liu Lan to calculate the results of the flyer distribution over the past two days.
The results are very encouraging.
It may be because the flyers designed by Jiang Bing were too eye-catching and unforgettable, or it may be because the five college students hired by Jiang Qi to distribute flyers were honest people who distributed flyers diligently every day and never stole them. These flyers brought Jiang Qi two cars of individual customers and more than 40 potential customers who added WeChat.
The effect can be said to be quite good.
Jiang Qi asked Liu Lan to add him to the part-time job group, and he directly sent a message in the group to recruit more people to distribute flyers.
"Should we change the location tomorrow? I feel like I've distributed everything in the residential areas nearby in the past three days. Should we go somewhere farther away? The pedestrian street in the city center is nice. When I was in high school, I always liked to ask my classmates to go shopping on the pedestrian street." Liu Lan suggested.
"What do you think, Chan?"
Qin Can was craning his neck to look into the pot of noodles. He didn't listen to Liu Lan at all and nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, yes, I think it's great."
Then Qin Can asked Huang Fugui with anticipation: "Uncle Huang, when will this noodle be ready? Can I add an extra egg? I ate four bowls of noodles in one go last night and I was so full that I couldn't fall asleep until 2 a.m. If I eat like this every day, I will definitely be scolded by the teacher when school starts. I only ate one bowl today, can you put two eggs?"
Jiang Qi and his friends have been eating vegetable noodles for a few days and have become resistant to the temptation. They can eat a normal amount at each meal, but Qin Can is different.
She joined the company late, and was forced to distribute flyers as soon as she got to work yesterday. This kid is more honest than Liu Lan. Liu Lan always distributes flyers standing still at a place with a lot of traffic, but Qin Can thinks it's too slow, so she distributes them while walking, and she walked 20,000 WeChat steps in 3 hours.
Qin Can returned to the store tired and hungry. When he saw the fragrant vegetable noodles that Huang Fugui had just cooked, he couldn't control himself and ate four bowls in one breath.
This is one bowl more than Liu Lan’s original record of 3 bowls.
Huang Fugui was shocked by her appetite. On the way home from get off work, he sighed to Jiang Qi that Qin Can looked thin and small (dancers have slender bodies), but he didn't expect her to eat such a big amount. It really shows that you can't judge a person by his appearance.
Huang Fugui was a little worried when he heard that Qin Can, who had eaten 4 bowls of noodles yesterday, only ate 1 bowl today: "Qin girl, is 1 bowl enough?"
Qin Can hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded firmly: "Enough."
Anyway, you can eat it every day in the future. Qin Can asked Liu Lan quietly after eating noodles yesterday. This vegetable noodles is an employee benefit. As long as Huang Fugui is not busy, there will be it every day. She originally thought that the summer job salary of this store found by Liu Lan was a bit low, but now Qin Can just thinks that Liu Lan found a good summer job.
Liu Lan really is my good sister as she didn't forget to bring me along with her even though she had such a good job!
While Qin Can and Huang Fugui were talking, Liu Lan had already put the side dishes on the table. There were peanuts, dried bean curd, chili sauce, kimchi, pickles, dried radish, soybean paste, fermented bean curd, and candied garlic. They were lined up and filled up the front desk.
Jiang Qi had just been replying to the new flyer distributor in the part-time job group, and hadn't noticed who was talking just now. Liu Lan repeated the previous question and Jiang Qi heard it.
"Starting tomorrow, you don't have to distribute flyers anymore. I've found a dozen more people to distribute flyers. The new flyer distribution location is too far from the store. Everyone has worked hard over the past three days. You don't have to distribute flyers anymore in the future." Jiang Qi said.
He promoted the three honest and reliable boys who were originally handing out flyers to supervisors, paying them $15 an hour to supervise the new flyer handers. The people in the store were completely freed from the work and could focus on store business.
The peak season has arrived, but except for Liu Lan, no one else in the store has even finished reading the flyers. It would be a bit counterproductive to waste time on handing out flyers.
"Okay." Liu Lan was a little disappointed. Her extra income of 15 yuan an hour was gone.
"By the way, I have finished watching "Time Cinema". Tomorrow at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, there will be a carload of customers who have assembled to play the mystery book. Teacher John just finished reading and revising that book yesterday, so he can lead the class. The only one left is a young lady who just added the customer service number the day before yesterday and wants to play the emotion book at 8 o'clock in the evening. The only emotion book that can be opened in the store is "Mask Club". I will try to help her get enough people, but there is a high probability that I will not be able to get enough people. There will be no customers tomorrow night, so why don't we test "Time Cinema"?" Liu Lan suggested.
Jiang Qi had no objection: "Okay, are there enough people for the test?"
Liu Lan calculated: "I can just call my roommate and Wanwan. This book has no requirements for men and women."
Because Liu Lan had said before that he wanted to test the script, Jiang Qi resisted the urge to even watch "Time Cinema". Now, after hearing Liu Lan say that a romance script had no requirements for men and women, he became even more curious about this script.
Jiang Qi was just about to ask a few more questions when Huang Fugui's vegetable noodles were ready.
"The noodles are ready, let's eat!" Huang Fugui happily invited everyone to eat noodles and handed the vegetable noodles with two eggs to Qin Can.
"Thank you, Uncle Huang!" Qin Can took the bowl and went to the front desk to order some side dishes.
Old John also put down his book and came over to eat noodles.
"Teacher John, how about the book we are reading today?" Jiang Qi asked.
He saw that Old John didn't take any notes when he was reading the book today, so he thought there was nothing wrong with the book and it didn't need to be revised. He was surprised and asked casually.
"Not very good." Old John said very honestly, with a rare expression that was hard to describe.
Old John looked at Qin Can who had already started to wolf down his food, Liu Lan who was blowing the noodles, and Huang Fugui who was deciding whether to have the noodles with fermented bean curd, dried radish, or both. He hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help himself.
"The murderer suffocated the victim with a condom. How did he come up with this method? It's so outrageous that it can't be changed."
Jiang Qi: ...
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