"Many graduates from girls' schools can't find jobs. Managers can put up recruitment posters outside the girls' school, and many people will come looking for jobs."
"Oh," Huang Wanzhen's eyes lit up, "You're quite smart! Learn from Xiuzhu. If you perform well within three months, I can consider giving you a raise after that."
After hearing this, Hongying changed from smiling with her lips pursed to covering her mouth with her hands. "Hehehe..." laughter kept coming out of her mouth, which made Huang Wanzhen feel better.
Huang Wanzhen didn't need to hire anyone. She spent her own money to print 120 recruitment posters. Together with Chen Hanfeng and Hai Li, she posted them all over the concession, Nanshi and the county town in just one day. She focused on the outside of the girls' school, and also posted them at church schools and middle schools along the way, as well as at busy intersections and near large companies.
Huang Wanzhen told the two of them that if they could stick to it, they should stick to it, and if they couldn’t, they should leave. No matter what happened, their own safety should be the first priority.
When thinking about safety issues, Huang Wanzhen thought about buying a gun. When she bought a Browning in Beijing, she had to wait for more than three months. She didn't know if she would have to wait that long in Shanghai.
Following the principle of "first time is new, second time is familiar", Huang Wanzhen took the time to go to the "Heli Foreign Company". When the salesperson received her, he asked her if she had ever bought anything from their company.
Huang Wanzhen immediately said that she had bought it at the Heli Foreign Trade Store in Beijing. When the salesperson asked for the receipt, Huang Wanzhen was dumbfounded and said, "I didn't bring it with me."
The salesperson shook his head. "Without the documents, Ms. Huang will have to wait for approval. A new batch will arrive at the terminal at the end of August. As long as you pay the deposit in advance, I will help you register it."
Huang Wanzhen scratched her head in annoyance. Beiman Girls' High School would start classes at the end of August, and she had to go back to take the final exam before school started, so she wouldn't be able to get the gun. If she let Chen Hanfeng and the others take it, Huang Wanzhen was worried that they would use it without a gun license and be reported, which would cause another trouble.
Back at Jixiang Hall on Father Lao Road, Song Wenyin was there. Seeing Huang Wanzhen come in, she smiled and asked, "Why are you so sad?"
"Didn't we agree last time to hire two security guards and equip them with guns? I went to Heli Yanghang to ask about it. Now that I've paid the deposit, I have to wait until the end of next month to get it."
Song Wenyin hurriedly said, "Oh, I've been so busy lately that I forgot about this. Have you paid the deposit?"
Huang Wanzhen shook her head. "School will start at the end of next month. I've asked for the phone number of the Heli Foreign Trade Bank. I'll make a reservation before I come next time."
"No need. Let's go to the Shanghai Arsenal. The prices there are clearly marked. Browning pistols are thirty yuan each. The guns in the hands of the security guards at the Ruifeng Dyeing and Weaving Factory were all bought there."
Huang Wanzhen couldn't help but curse when she heard this. "Heli Foreign Company is so shady! Not only did they charge me a hundred dollars for my Browning, but they also made me wait for over three months! They're really ripping me off!"
Song Wenyin quickly pulled her back and said, "Don't scold me, don't scold me, let's go to the office and talk."
After entering the office, Song Wenyin locked the door. "The Browning subcompact pistols sold by Heli Foreign Trade Company are manufactured by Colt in the United States, but they are expensive! The Browning pistols sold by the Shanghai Arsenal are imitations, and their quality cannot be compared with those sold by foreign companies."
After hearing what Song Wenyin said, Huang Wanzhen stopped swearing.
Song Wenyin took on the job of buying guns, and Huang Wanzhen stayed in Jixiangtang to recruit people. For three consecutive days, she was able to recruit a female employee every day. Huang Wanzhen was very satisfied with these three people. One was a high school graduate who could speak some foreign languages and could entertain foreigners who came into the store. One was a junior high school graduate with particularly good skin and a sweet mouth. She could be placed in Linglong Pavilion to do makeup and beauty treatments for customers. Although the last one had never been to school outside, she could read and write and was very dexterous. She could not only sew clothes, but also embroider.
After recruiting three people, Huang Wanzhen didn't plan to recruit any more, but on the fourth day, a college student came!
"Hello, Manager. I'm Gao Zhixiang, a graduate of the School of Chemical Engineering at Jianghu University. Here's my information. Please review it."
Huang Wanzhen took it and looked at it. There were actually three resumes. The first one was written in English, the middle one was written in Japanese, and the last one was written in Chinese calligraphy. It was quite comprehensive.
Although she couldn't speak Japanese, Huang Wanzhen could speak English. To test his authenticity, she spoke English directly to him. Not to mention that his English was quite smooth and his pronunciation was also very good. Although it was very good, Huang Wanzhen still asked cautiously, "Why would a talent like you come here for an interview?"
Gao Zhixiang curled his lips and lowered his head in resignation. "I offended the family of the deputy director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and was fired by my previous company. I haven't worked for several months. I have an old mother to support at home. I saw that your company's headquarters is in Beijing, and I thought it must be a newly established company. Maybe..."
"Oh! It's reasonable for the manager not to accept me." After saying the last sentence, Gao Zhixiang stood up without waiting for Huang Wanzhen to say anything. He didn't even want the information and walked out with a depressed look on his face.
"Wait! Would you like to work for fifty dollars a month?"
Gao Zhixiang turned to look at Huang Wanzhen in disbelief and asked, "You want to take me in?"
Huang Wanzhen stood up, stretched out her right hand, and made a gesture of invitation, "Please sit down, let's sit down and talk."
Gao Zhixiang took a big step and walked directly back to his chair. He sat down hurriedly and said, "I can do anything. Even if I don't know how to do something, I can learn it. I learn things very quickly."
Huang Wanzhen stretched out her hand and pressed it down. "Well, I understand. I want to ask you if you mind going to Beijing to work."
"Go to Beijing?" Gao Zhixiang was stunned. He was born in Shanghai and didn't even leave Shanghai to go to college.
"Yes, if you agree to work in Beijing, it will be good for both you and me. The company's market there is mature, and it will be easier to get started," Huang Wanzhen said after thinking for a few seconds. "And I won't have to deal with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau in Shanghai. It's a win-win situation. Would you consider it?"
Huang Wanzhen said this openly, but in fact she had already made up her mind. If Gao Zhixiang didn't go to Beijing, she would not hire him. Although he was a talent, if the Industrial and Commercial Bureau came to cause trouble, it would bring great disaster to the shop.
Gao Zhixiang thought for a while and asked, "Can I think about it for two days?"
Huang Wanzhen smiled and said, "Of course. If you agree in two days, come to me and we'll sign the agreement. If you don't come, I'll assume you don't agree."
Gao Zhixiang nodded, agreed with Huang Wanzhen's statement, stood up and said goodbye.
Huang Wanzhen felt that Shanghai was truly a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery. There were even college students coming to their shop for interviews. You have to know that college students nowadays were not as abundant as they were in later generations.
After graduation, most people go to work for large companies such as foreign firms or banks, and rarely take an interest in a business of the scale of Jixiangtang.
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