MMB Chapter 272: Exercising a Privilege
Chapter 272: Exercising a Privilege
With the advice and help of Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi, Chen Zhe bought a new-style lane house with its own courtyard near Jing'an Temple. He arranged to meet Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi at his new home on the 20th of this month, and also asked them to bring their girlfriends.
"Bringing your girlfriend is fine, but aren't you, a single dog, afraid of being provoked by the two of us?" Ding Yi teased Chen Zhe, using a new phrase he had learned from Huang Xiaochuan.
After spending a few years together, Chen Zhe is no longer as shy and introverted as when he first came to Shanghai to study. Now, he is very cheerful when he is with Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi. However, he is focused on his studies and spends all his time buried in books. To prevent him from becoming a bookworm, Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi would occasionally take him out to change his environment.
So Chen Zhe planned to use this move as an excuse to treat his two good brothers to a big meal.
"Tch! You've only been single for a few days? And you're already showing off in front of me. If Xiao Chuan did that, I wouldn't say anything, but you? Go away!" Chen Zhe scorned Ding Yi without hesitation.
Ding Yi didn't care at all. Now that he had won the heart of his beauty, he was so happy he forgot all about home: "Now there are only three of us left in 222. If I don't care about you, who will? How about I help you make some arrangements?"
"I still want to do this myself. I don't need your help. With your skills in finding a girlfriend? Hmph!" Chen Zhe looked Ding Yi up and down with a disdainful gaze.
"Hey! Who did you learn this from? Xiao Chuan, this kid's gone astray." Ding Yi complained angrily, pointing repeatedly at Chen Zhe and Huang Xiao Chuan.
Instead of receiving Huang Xiaochuan's help, they were met with a barrage of verbal abuse from him.
"That's definitely your fault. Don't you realize that if Chen Zhe and I hadn't gone to such lengths to help you, would you be able to gloat like this now?"
"Bullshit, you two think you're so shameless? You didn't even show your faces, okay? You're wearing huge heads, who would recognize you? Damn it, I'm the one who's famous now, people point and whisper about me wherever I go."
"We need to make this clear. When I gave you this idea, didn't I tell you about the series of reactions that might happen afterward? You said you didn't care and wanted to try anything, even if it seemed hopeless."
"Ugh! I needed to go to the library to save a seat for my Qi Huan, and you two bastards almost made me miss it. I'll settle the score with you another day!"
Seeing that he couldn't gain any advantage and would even have his secrets exposed, Ding quickly made an excuse and slipped away.
Huang Xiaochuan and Chen Zhe then went to the study room together.
On the way, Huang Xiaochuan asked, "Old Chen, are you getting used to living with Qiu Xiaoguang, Che Jun, and Yue Hong?"
"It's good, but I won't be able to stay for more than a few days. I've submitted my application to Teacher Dai, and I'll move out once it's approved." Now that he has his own place, Chen Zhe doesn't want to live in the dormitory anymore. Besides, Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi don't live in the dormitory anymore, so he doesn't talk much with his three roommates who just moved in.
Huang Xiaochuan nodded, indicating that he understood Chen Zhe's actions.
The next day, Huang Xiaochuan asked Zhou Wei to drive him to the Times Supermarket No. 1 store, which was under renovation.
The location of Yihaodian was originally a restaurant owned by a catering service company under the Commerce Bureau. Due to poor management, it was sold to the public, and the original staff were also laid off by the catering service company. Times Supermarket Company then bought the property from the catering service company.
The building has three floors and a total area of over 3,400 square meters. Designed by professionals, the first floor is divided into two parts, with one half designated as a shopping street and the other half, along with the entire second floor, serving as a supermarket sales area. The third floor is used as a warehouse, office area, and staff rest area.
The store was completely surrounded by store staff, so the renovation progress inside couldn't be seen. However, judging from the sounds coming from inside, the renovation was in full swing.
Huang Xiaochuan didn't want to disturb anyone, so he just strolled around outside for a while and looked at the contents of the GG fence.
This was done based on Huang Xiaochuan's suggestion and referenced later examples of store decoration, which was quite rare at this time.
The background on the GG hoarding is some renderings of the supermarket interior. The main content is a recruitment notice for GG, which plans to recruit several cleaners, security guards, as well as various positions such as supermarket stockers, cashiers, and warehouse managers. The age limit for cleaners and security guards has been extended to fifty years old, and the age limit for other entry-level employees has been extended to forty-five years old.
Since the job posting was published, many people have been going to the temporary office behind Yihaodian every day to register for jobs. For those who meet the job requirements, the supermarket HR registers them one by one for screening.
Meanwhile, Jiang Bixing was flipping through job application forms in the temporary office, while the HR was busy distributing forms to each job seeker and instructing them on how to fill them out. Among the people filling out the forms, Jiang Bixing spotted a familiar face – the laid-off female worker he had met with Huang Xiaochuan at the noodle shop that night, who was eating only a bowl of three-delicacy noodles with her child.
She was holding a registration form and waiting for the person in front of her to fill it out so she could free up a pen to fill it out herself.
Chang Jing has been unemployed at home for a long time. Although there are many job opportunities outside, there are very few suitable jobs for her. She is not highly educated, so foreign companies are out of the question. She is also over thirty-five years old, so many private companies have rejected her. Therefore, with the help of the neighborhood committee, she has been doing some sewing and mending work at home, which is enough to make ends meet.
Hearing that a nearby supermarket was hiring, Chang Jing rushed over to see if she had any opportunities. However, seeing so many people applying for jobs made her a little nervous. But since she was already there, she decided to fill out a form and give it a try. What if she got hired?
After receiving the pen, she hesitated for a moment about which position to choose. She was afraid that if she filled it out wrong, she would lose this precious opportunity. Fortunately, there was a column on the registration form that said "accept internal job assignments within the company". After thinking it over, Chang Jing checked the box next to it.
After carefully checking the registration information to see if it was filled in correctly, Chang Jing handed the registration form to the supermarket staff.
After Chang Jing left, the form ended up in Jiang Bixing's hands. Without hesitation, Jiang Bixing exercised his privilege for the first time and hired Chang Jing directly. The HR would then notify her to complete the onboarding procedures. The position was tentatively set as cashier, with a monthly salary of 800 yuan during the training period and 960 yuan per month after the training.
January 23rd next year is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Most companies would not hire employees at this time because it would increase labor costs. However, Times Supermarket does not think so. It wants its employees to have a good New Year and will continue to pay New Year's benefits as usual. This is because it hires laid-off or laid-off employees from other companies, who are older and have difficulty finding jobs.
Although one store can't create many jobs in the short term, as more stores are opened, more and more jobs will be created. In Huang Xiaochuan's plan, it doesn't matter if he loses some money in the early stages, since he has many ways to make money.