Far away in Moscow

Chapter 60 060 Earn a Little Money
There was a sudden commotion in the kitchen, and everyone hurried forward to turn off the stove and help clean up.The head chef stared at the skinny guy who had a problem with a livid face: "Nonsense! What kind of spoon do you use for scrambled eggs with tomatoes?"

The young man suppressed a smile and stuck out his tongue, not daring to speak.The head chef reprimanded him a few words, and then looked at Li Baoqing meaningfully: "Have you really attended a chef training class?"

Li Baoqing looked frustrated, but he still refused to admit that he was lying, and said with tongue-tied words: "I did it, I did it...but... for a short time, and then I changed my school... I changed to electric welding."

The head chef stared into his eyes: "Have you cooked in other restaurants before? Which restaurant?"

"In...in..." Li Baoqing lowered his head: "Actually, I'm just a chopping board, occasionally...occasionally make some work meals."

The head chef shook his head and sighed, and quickly walked out of the kitchen with his hands behind his back.Li Baoqing was also embarrassed to say anything else, apologized to the people around him in a volume that he couldn't hear clearly, and left the hotel in despair as if fleeing.

He failed to apply for the job and caused a lot of trouble for others. He returned to the dormitory dejectedly, took off his dirty coat and threw it in the basin, and sat on the bed sullenly.

Hu Yi put down the "Swordsman" in his hand, turned his head to look at his appearance, and he already knew it in his heart, so he pretended to be excited and said: "How is it? Master Li, when can I have a good time with you?"

"It's over, the game is ruined." Li Baoqing briefly described the process of his embarrassment with a mournful face: "I thought I knew a lot, but I didn't expect it to be just superficial. Alas, I lost my old nose."

Hu Yi covered his stomach and laughed for a while, then took out three five hundred ruble bills from his pocket and shook them in his hands: "Hey, I'm more reliable here, right? In half a day, I got [-] rubles."

Li Baoqing lazily kicked off his shoes and lay on his side on the bed: "Yes, yes, you are the only one who is reliable."

"It's better to work with me, earn money and divide it equally, anyway, you are free." Hu Yi said: "After all, one person can only do one job at the same time. When the business scale expands in the future, I will definitely not be able to keep busy. .”

"Expansion of the business scale? It's like the world's top [-]. Isn't it just helping people with computers?" Li Baoqing had difficulty imagining the scene Hu Yi described: "How much can it expand? There are only so many Chinese in the school, and most of the old students are Now that you have a computer, how many of the rest are willing to pay you for help?"

"The demand in the school is indeed not that great, but it is precisely because of this that we have to act quickly and earn the money we can earn, otherwise it will be a waste of opportunities?" Hu Yi said with his hands behind his back complacently: "Wait for us to find the way Once I’m familiar with it, I’ll buy a mobile phone and advertise on Lu Xun to expand my business scope to the whole of Moscow.”

Li Baoqing felt that the second half of his sentence was a bit unrealistic, but the first half of it was quite reasonable, so he nodded and said: "That's right, it counts as much as you can earn. But... it's still the same sentence, I don't know computers, I can't just hang around with you all the time, can I?"

"You can learn if you don't understand! It's not complicated, just read it a few times with me and you'll understand." Hu Yi dug out a few copies of "Popular Software" that he brought from China last summer from the cupboard: "Here, let me first To teach you some basic knowledge, let’s start with the internal structure of the chassis and various mainstream hardware models.”

"Ah? No, no, I feel sleepy just looking at the things in the book." Li Baoqing waved his hands again and again, seeing Hu Yi's face with contempt, he had to groan and twist his body: "I'm hungry, please invite me to No. 10 Have something to eat in the restaurant upstairs, and I will learn from you when I come back."

"Virtue! It's so unpleasant to teach you how to make money, and there is a lot of shit and urine on the lazy donkey." Hu Yi laughed and scolded, picked up the wallet and stuffed it into his pocket: "Let's go!"

The ideal is barely full, but the reality is extraordinarily skinny.With the graduation of various preparatory departments one after another, most of the Chinese preparatory students set off to go back to China for the summer vacation, and many of the remaining people moved out of Building 6.After the small advertisement was posted, no one cared about it at all. Hu Yi was restless in the house, so he wrote several copies as it was and posted them downstairs in each dormitory.

In this way, some results were quickly seen. Within a week, several old students took the initiative to come to the door.They are older and went abroad earlier, and now most of them stay in Moscow as students to work and earn money.

These people had no need for computers and didn't know much about them. They just knew that they could use computers to chat online, watch movies, and play games.But assembling a computer is a profound and troublesome thing for them, so they never thought about it. It wasn't until they saw the small advertisement posted by Hu Yi downstairs that they became a little interested and came to consult.

Hu Yi was very excited. He took Li Baoqing to the computer market and various dormitories for several days in succession. He tried his best to show all his computer knowledge to the seniors, recommended computer configurations according to their needs, and taught them by hand after installation. They register QQ numbers, add friends to chat, and use audio-visual software to listen to songs and watch movies.

The old students also took care of the two elementary school boys, not only providing them with cigarettes and drinks when they were working, but also paying them quickly, never haggling, and stuffing two packs of Marlboro or Hongtashan before leaving.The service fee of [-] rubles was not expensive at all in their eyes, but Hu Yi and Li Baoqing felt joyful and encouraged every time they got the money in their hands.

But the good times didn't last long, just as Li Baoqing was worried, there were not many people in the school who were willing to pay them to help with computer configuration.The preparatory freshmen that Hu Yi is thinking about will not arrive until late August. Although the old students will occasionally introduce customers outside the school for them, it is still better than nothing.

Li Baoqing gradually became impatient when no one came to the door for many days.Now that the World Cup football match has entered the final stage, he went to Zhou Dali's house to watch the game at noon every day, leaving Hu Yi alone in the dormitory, staring at the door eagerly waiting for customers to appear.

It was another day of waiting alone, and Hu Yi sat alone until six o'clock in the afternoon. There were fewer and fewer residents in the building, and there was hardly anyone walking in the corridor from morning till night.He got up and stretched himself, planning to go out to bask in the sun.

Just after changing clothes, someone knocked lightly on the door a few times.Hu Yi was overjoyed and hurried over to open the door, only to see Yu Feifei standing outside the room with a smile on her face.

"Yo? Come, come." Hu Yi let her into the room: "I haven't seen you for a long time, what have you been up to lately?"

"Nothing busy, we just finished the exam a few days ago." Yu Feifei looked around, frowned slightly and said, "The room is quite messy, and you don't know how to tidy it up."

"Hey, is it messy? I think it's okay, your standards are too high." Hu Yi put the clothes on the back of the chair back on the bed: "Sit, why are you free to visit the humble house today?"

Yu Feifei pursed her lips and smiled: "I want to buy a computer. I came to you, a 'professional', for consultation. Can you give me a preferential price?"

"What kind of discount is not discounted, how can I collect your money? Free service, one-stop!" Hu Yi slapped his chest carelessly: "Tell me, what kind of channel do you want to match?"

Yu Feifei pondered: "Well... I don't really understand, but that kind of big desktop takes up too much space, I want to buy a laptop, what do you think?"

"Of course, there are many different configurations of notebooks. What do you plan to use them for?"

"I mainly use it to check information on the Internet, send and receive emails, and other things... just watch movies." Yu Feifei paused: "I also want to buy a printer, is it expensive?"

"Printer? There are cheap ones, but is it necessary?" Hu Yi asked curiously, "What do you want to print? Do you need to use it frequently?"

"It's hard to say." Yu Feifei pondered for a while: "My friend wants to introduce me to be a tour guide for domestic tour groups, and sometimes he will send me some information, which needs to be printed out."

"Oh. Alright, then I'll take you to the computer market tomorrow and pick the one you like." Hu Yi hesitated for a while and asked hesitantly, "Do you make a lot of money as a tour guide?"

Yu Feifei said: "It is said that it is quite considerable. In addition to the labor fee given by the travel agency, there is also a commission for taking guests to some places for shopping and consumption. Usually each group only spends three or four days in Moscow, and the whole journey can be taken for almost two days. Three hundred dollars in income."

"Really." Hu Yi murmured, "Are there any requirements for doing this? Can I do it?"

Yu Feifei blinked: "I don't know, but the itineraries of the guests are all arranged, and they are brought by the tour guides of domestic travel agencies. Our place should be regarded as a ground pick-up. We are mainly responsible for communicating with tourists and explaining the attractions in Chinese. , the Russian language requirements should not be high. It is nothing more than arranging hotel check-in, buying tickets for scenic spots, coordinating time and place with the driver, and dealing with emergencies. I think...you can do it too."

"I think so too." Hu Yi rubbed his hands excitedly: "If you have a chance, introduce me to try it!"

"No problem, I will find you if I have a chance." Yu Feifei smiled sweetly: "I'm leaving, don't forget to accompany me to the computer market tomorrow."

Hu Yi watched Yu Feifei go downstairs, and then went back to the house and walked around the table a few times, thinking that there would be a job that could earn several hundred dollars in three or four days, and his heart was filled with joy.

When you are in a good mood, you will get hungry easily.Just about to go downstairs to buy something to eat, Li Baoqing came back humming a little tune.Hu Yi looked at him with a smile and asked, "So happy? Who won?"

"Germany! They beat South Korea 1-0, and 90.00% of the finals will be against Brazil! That would be exciting!" Li Baoqing took off his jacket and threw it on the bed, and said excitedly, "Old Hu, I helped you with a single job." !"

"Oh? What work?"

"Do you still remember Dali's neighbor? A friend of his came to play with him today, and it happened that he also wanted a computer, so I'll get it for you by the way—a price of [-]!"

"Yo, you've done a good job!" Hu Yixi was overjoyed: "When shall we go?"

"Tomorrow, he lives far away, and I left his mobile phone number."

"Okay." Hu Yi thought about it for a while, and said, "You have almost figured out the computer thing, right? I'll leave it to you to practice with the computer installation tomorrow, and I will guide you by the side."

Li Baoqing hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no, I won't go tomorrow, you can do it yourself, the thousand rubles will be yours."

(End of this chapter)