Chapter 494 Long-term job
Even adults who love to bargain have to admit that the price can't be any lower.
They looked at Xiao Jun on the screen and wanted to whisper to him in his ear to stop, otherwise if they missed this opportunity, they would miss it too.
However, the director gritted his teeth and said, "This price is too low, seventy-five?"
"Sixty. This is the most I can advance," Xiao Jun insisted.
"Let's both take a step back, seventy," the director was about to cry, "Uncle really wants to cooperate with you further. You can't buy such a new car anywhere else for seventy yuan, how about I take you to have a look?"
Xiao Jun stood up holding the heavy red paper and said, "No, Uncle Director, it's already very late. The uncles and aunts who came out with us from the village have all gone back early. If I don't leave now, I'm afraid I won't be able to find my way home."
"Okay, okay, sixty is sixty," the director sighed and said, "I haven't seen someone as stubborn as you in a long time. Let's go and take a look at the car."
Xiao Jun smiled and nodded, following him.
Walking from the back door of the supply and marketing cooperative to the yard shed, the director coughed uncomfortably: "Well, I just happened to ride his bike here today. Take a look, isn't it very new?
There's just a little friction here, where the basket hits the ground a little, but everything else is fine."
The audience was somewhat unable to accept that such a good car could be bought for only 60 yuan. How come they couldn't get it?
To no avail, they could only envy and jealously attribute this to the effect of the show.
Xiao Jun walked around the car and nodded, "Not bad, but Uncle Director, I don't have any money now, so I have to buy on credit first."
"I know," the director nodded.
The two also agreed on the time and place for the first batch of deliveries.
Xiao Jun tied the red paper on the back seat of the car, took out a flashlight from his bag and stuck it on the basket, waved to the director, and walked away with his long legs.
Fortunately, the cameraman and his assistant asked the villagers to inform their colleagues of the situation in advance.
At this moment, the four of them were riding two bicycles, struggling to chase Xiao Jun.
After returning home, Xiao Jun briefly told Gu's father and mother about his own affairs and then went to Gu's father and mother's room again.
He drew a lot of patterns on the notebook with a pen, asked for a basin of hot water, washed his hands, and went to bed.
Xiao Jun's hands had never experienced such high-intensity activities before. When he woke up the next day, his wrists were swollen and there were several blisters on the joints.
There was no sign of pain on his face, and he carried the things to Old Lady Gu's house.
Xiao Jun then had a smile on his face. He concentrated on cutting paper-cuts while talking about what happened yesterday.
After hearing this, the two elders of the Gu family nodded and praised him.
Old Man Gu took on the job of cutting paper, while Old Lady Gu learned a few simple patterns from Xiao Jun and helped out.
The paper was easy to cut. After Mr. Gu finished his work, he looked at the grandparents and grandchildren sitting cross-legged on the bed, grinned, and went to the village chief's house carrying the wine he had collected for many years.
When he came back, he bought two cents worth of peanuts and went home humming a little tune.
"Xiao Jun, I've helped you greet the village chief. Here, this is the letter of introduction. Just take this and the money and go directly to the school to register!"
Xiao Jun took it, read it carefully, and thanked him with a smile.
Old Man Gu waved his hands, sighed and said, "Our family is poor and we can't even support a student. It's you who has to work hard to earn money to go to school.
I'm just helping you run a few steps. I'm very happy about it!"
There are more than 430 pieces of red paper and more than 1,300 pairs of window decorations, which is quite a spectacular number.
Old Mrs. Gu called a few old sisters who were staying at home for the winter and were good at handyman work to help. These old ladies also called their own younger generations who were smart and skillful, and they actually managed to get the man out in a day and a half!
Xiao Jun took a bulging bag filled with window decorations and rode his bike to the town's supply and marketing agency to do some work. He was paid 500 pieces of red paper and 261 cents. Then he reported in with a letter of introduction before school was over.
The school leaders were quite easy to talk to. Students paid five yuan per semester. Xiao Jun was a transfer student so he only had to pay two yuan, but this did not include the cost of textbooks.
Although Xiao Jun didn't like studying and even rejected it, he finished the fourth grade Chinese and math test in less than an hour. Except for the two points deducted for the Chinese composition, he got all the rest right!
What? The audience was furious. Didn’t he say he didn’t like studying?
They thought about the grades of the children around them who didn't like to study, which fluctuated around the passing mark, and some even had single-digit grades.
It turns out that the children of the big courtyard are not something that ordinary people can figure out and understand.
Although Xiao Jun has the worst foster family conditions among the twelve young guests, he has a strong ability to adapt. After adjusting his mentality, he quickly started to complete the task.
In the beginning, he was the only one helping the supply and marketing cooperative with promotional activities. Later, he involved several families, and eventually, he was able to influence every household in the village.
The Gu family members also put their thoughts aside and concentrated on cutting window paper-cuts carefully.
Xiao Jun only needs to provide the template and red paper, and be responsible for sales.
His standards are very strict. No matter who it is, if the haircut is not good enough, they will be sent back for a re-cut, and the cost will be borne by the individual.
After doing it so many times, everyone no longer dared to be sloppy and worked 120% seriously.
As their proficiency improved, every household made some money. Although it was not much, the New Year's dinner was more sumptuous than usual.
However, this also means the end of the window paper-cut business.
When Xiao Jun was in class, he saw that every time the teacher used up the last bit of chalk, he wanted to smear it with his hands to avoid wasting even a little bit. He thought of his own teachers in Kyoto, who often broke off a piece of chalk and threw it at disobedient children.
Poverty and lack of resources are definitely the most important reasons. He thought about it for a long time, and during a live broadcast meeting in the evening, he specifically asked An Zhixia how to produce chalk.
As soon as he opened his mouth to speak, An Zhixia knew what he was thinking.
Xiao Jun wanted to find a long-term job for the hardworking, simple people in Xiangyang Village who were suffering from a lack of opportunities. However, this was a live show, and An Zhixia cleverly changed the subject.
If you want to get rich, you have to keep quiet. Otherwise, if the whole country learns how to make chalk, what hope will there be for Xiangyang Village?
The next day, An Zhixia specially asked someone to send a telegram to Xiao Jun, which wrote down the chalk-making process in detail.
After receiving it, Xiao Jun looked at it carefully and bought the materials.
He first experimented with the production process of chalk himself, figuring out the role of each step, the impact of the ratio, and so on.
Half a month later, he finished writing a detailed report and handed it to the village party secretary, along with his achievements over the past half month.
The village chief was so excited when he saw it that he took the report, took a look at it, looked up and sighed for a while, then walked around the house stupidly.
(End of this chapter)
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