Just as Lin Xiaoxiao agreed to make contact, a lot of old companies suddenly appeared.
There are factories selling everything from laundry detergent, soap, matches, paper, pens, notebooks, bicycles, watches, old-fashioned clothing factories, shoe factories, cookware and knives, and even old-fashioned furniture factories. It's a bewildering array of products, practically covering everything from food and clothing to housing and transportation.
Lin Xiaoxiao spends every day watching the monitor while selecting the first batch of manufacturers to be implanted, practically splitting herself in two.
To allow the participants in the park to experience the seven-day holiday brought by this special day, Lin Xiaoxiao generously arranged for movies to be shown in the village, commune, town, and county.
She was initially worried about finding those vintage movie projectors, but the veterans in the animation department gave her a big surprise.
The film studio that Lin Xiaoxiao took over actually had all that equipment, and even some well-preserved films, and some of the veteran filmmakers knew how to project them.
In her opinion, these master craftsmen were practically like Doraemon, with everything you could want in their little pockets.
And so, the contestants of "Who is the Ten Thousand Yuan Household" who were competing in the park had their most special movie experience.
"Young man, aren't you going to take a stool and stand up to watch?"
Qu Lixin didn't understand. Didn't the movie theater have chairs? When he arrived at the scene, he found out that it was an open-air movie! No wonder the NPCs all had chairs.
Although my legs were numb from standing for more than an hour, I couldn't help but feel excited. Since the start of the competition, I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep without my phone to help me fall asleep, but I've been sleeping very well. Every day has been fulfilling, both physically and mentally.
The factory was busy. He saw Ouyang Weidong, who had come to deliver goods in a big truck. He was surprised that the kid had gotten a good job and only spent 150 yuan.
You should know that during this period, because of the program team's rural trips, jobs in the city have been priced at seven or eight hundred. There are quite a few eligible NPCs, and the contestants have to compete with the NPCs. They were already less wealthy than the NPCs, so in the end, they could only go to the countryside.
However, some people negotiated with NPCs to pay in installments in order to get jobs.
Qu Lixin smiled as he thought about it. During this period, elderly men and women on the road were the main targets of the contestants' surveillance. There was even an old man who was "helped" to walk to the county, only to find that he was not going to the county and had to come back.
In the days before electronic devices, these little stories, when they reached your ears, were absolutely hilarious.
Where are you taking this stuff?
After Ouyang Weidong finished checking the goods and had Qu Lixin sign off on the transaction, he instructed, "Deliver these to the foreign guest hotel outside the county town."
Qu Lixin's eyes darted around, and he realized that there really was a hotel for foreign guests. He had thought that the factory workers were just bluffing them.
"Does that hotel for foreign guests really have any foreign guests?"
Ouyang Weidong chuckled, "I guess so."
Qu Lixin was somewhat puzzled, "If it exists, it exists; if it doesn't, it doesn't. What does it mean to count as having something?"
Ouyang Weidong leaned close to Qu Lixin and whispered, "That's a restaurant open to the public."
Qu Lixin pondered the word "foreign," then his eyes suddenly lit up. Could it be that it's open to tourists?!
Ouyang Weidong's eyes confirmed Qu Lixin's idea.
"There should be quite a few tourists, right? Our factory seems to be producing more lately, so we're probably preparing for a second round of hiring. Are you hiring there?"
Ouyang Weidong thought for a moment, seemingly not having seen the job posting, and said, "If I hear anything, I'll let you know."
"Okay, I'll pay you for the information later."
"No need, it's not important."
Qu Lixin felt as if he had been blinded by Ouyang Weidong's innocent grin. How could he be so blind? This man was no fool at all; he was a good comrade who repaid evil with kindness!
Qu Lixin gripped Ouyang Weidong's hand tightly. "How many jobs does your family need? I'll share them with you after I win the championship."
"Huh?! Just one? That's not good. I can try on my own."
Ouyang Weidong was surprised that Qu Lixin was so kind as to be willing to give him a job. However, Qu Lixin did not sign up for him. After the bus company was incorporated, his father became a bus driver. Although he was no longer responsible for his own profits and losses, the increase in private cars made the bus company less profitable, so the salary was not high.
To supplement the family income, his mother worked on a sewing machine to support him until he went to university. His mother's eyesight was failing, so when he saw an opportunity to offer a job, he thought that if he could win one, he could give it to his mother so she could have an easier life, and it could be inherited. Later, when his mother got older or didn't want to work anymore, he could take over.
As for more job opportunities, he felt he probably wouldn't be able to get them, since he didn't have much experience earning money, only working at a bubble tea shop.
Xie Chunmei and Wang Cuihua finally discovered that Sheng Xiuqin, who was making wild vegetable buns, was not an NPC, but a contestant.
There were a few minor hiccups along the way. Xie Chunmei did a lot of research before coming, even forcing herself to memorize recipes. Soap's life was pretty good; she could receive some defective products and saved some money by reselling them.
However, her experience in the countryside gave her a premonition that the program would definitely allow for individual business operations. Food, clothing, shelter, and transportation—it would definitely involve food.
So she wanted to work at a state-run restaurant to observe and learn.
Sheng Xiuqin and Xie Chunmei were of the same mind. While they were showing their faces at the state-run restaurant, Xie Chunmei discovered that Sheng Xiuqin was a contestant.
Ultimately, both parties reached a consensus that after the park opens, they will operate it jointly, with the two of them sharing the food business within the park.
While the factories in the city were thriving, Feiyang Shoe Factory had also successfully produced its first batch of canvas shoes, with designs also coming from the master craftsmen of Feiyang Entertainment Animation Department.
The two participants from the art academy also found jobs, drawing blackboards and painting posters on the streets. Although the wages were low, at least they didn't have to go to the countryside anymore.
[That's great. It feels like everyone's lives are getting better and better; it gives me a sense of satisfaction.]
Watching these people go from being out of place at the beginning to now being integrated into the group has given me the feeling of a sapling growing strong.
[With piglets arriving in the village, each family can also buy chicks, although each family can only raise three, but the little yellow chicks are so cute!]
[The five-man dung-carrying group finally stopped carrying dung and instead found a lot of mushrooms in the mountains. Watching them sneakily drying the mushrooms and keeping watch, they looked like they were running a multi-billion dollar business – it was hilarious.]
[Wang Guowei voluntarily went to the countryside with a large sum of money, even receiving subsidies. He arrived early, chose a nice dormitory, and even raised chickens—it looks so comforting! With money and ration coupons in his pocket, he could occasionally go to the city to buy things. It seems like such a life is really good, and he even gets to eat delicious meals cooked in a large pot. I'm so envious!]
[Same as above, I wonder if the park will open accommodations later! I hope it will, I really want to experience the rural life where you can hear the sounds of chickens and dogs!]
[I'd love to experience this with my 300-month-old baby!!!]
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