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Chapter 4 The King's Job in the Part-Time Job World, Flyer Distribution
In the summer of 2012, in a certain city in the north.

After experiencing the first cooperation with Dingyuan Labor Service Company, the overall feeling between Lao Zhao and I is still very pleasant.The work is reliable, and the wages are not delayed or owed. This is what we imagined in our minds as a holiday worker. The second cooperation will continue naturally.

This day was the same as last time. Dingyuan Company called to ask if we were free the next day. This time it was a job of distributing leaflets.The job content is extremely simple, that is, to distribute leaflets to passers-by, which is a very normal job content for leaflets, but the work location is not in this city, but in a nearby city.The working time is only one afternoon, and there will be a bus to pick us up and drop us off. The salary is 60 yuan.

Lao Zhao and I agreed to the job separately without discussing it, because the two of us had talked before and wanted to try the job of distributing leaflets.This is the well-deserved "king of part-time jobs" in the part-time job world!When almost the vast majority of people mention part-time jobs, the first job that comes to mind is leaflet distribution, which can be called a must-have job for part-timers. If a person has worked part-time but has not If you have distributed leaflets, then this person's part-time job experience must be incomplete and soulless. What's more, this time he is not in the local area, but in a nearby mountain city.

This mountain city is very close to the original, and it can be regarded as a very popular tourist city in the province.Going to do a part-time job there can not only experience the work content but also take a look at the scenery of the mountain city. Although it may be just a rough and one-sided view, it is enough for us two students who just walked out of the high school campus. Little tour.

The labor service company notified us of the time and detailed location of the next day's assembly as last time, then hung up the phone.The assembly time is 11:30 noon the next day, and the working hours are from one o'clock in the afternoon until six o'clock.After the end, start from that city and go back. The drive between the two cities is about an hour. It is estimated that the time to return here at night is around [-] o'clock in the evening, and it is not completely dark at that time.

That night, Lao Zhao, Xiao Zhao and I played basketball together on the basketball court. Basketball is of great significance to most boys.When we chatted about part-time jobs after breaks, we were all full of yearning for going to the mountain city the next day.It was a wonderful time, full of energy and physical fitness.Sweat swayed on the court, and everywhere he went was filled with youthful breath.

As night fell, the three brothers looked up at the starry sky and drank drinks.The evening wind blows, bringing the unique, sultry coolness of summer.The night at that time was so beautiful, the drink was so sweet, and the word "tomorrow" was so full of hope.

I asked Xiao Zhao how his part-time job was. He said it was very good. It was easy and did not take up too much time. Although the salary was not very high, it was enough for his daily food and drink.Many high school graduates are envious of his part-time job, but not everyone has such an opportunity, Xiao Zhao is undoubtedly the lucky one.

After parting, I returned to my favorite grandma's house. I can't remember the details after returning home, but I can be sure that I was happy.It was really easy to fall asleep at night when I was a teenager. How can it be like this now, tossing and turning, and being unable to sleep at night has long become the norm for people.

The next day, Lao Zhao and I took the bus to the meeting point according to the planned time. The meeting place was the same building as last time. There were a lot of people gathered this time, and a bus stopped in front of the building. In an open-air parking space.The bus was very big, the kind used for intercity passenger transport. There was a temporary banner hanging on the front of the bus, with the city name of the mountain city and a few words about the meeting place for people to catch it at a glance.The cost of hiring this kind of car should be very high, it seems that the remuneration price offered by this event will not be very low.

It was noon, the weather was very hot, and sitting in a car that didn't start was even more sweaty.Lao Zhao and I found a slightly shady place to wait for the departure, and many people chose to wait here like us. Although it is not very cool here, at least we can avoid the scorching sun.

Just then, the two of us spotted a familiar figure in the crowd.A short man with a gold necklace kept shuttling through the crowd, calling one after another.He is the leader of the last event, the one everyone called him "action".

In fact, if you ask for his contact information, you can get more rewards if you contact him in private, but the "action" is only with the important people of the labor service company, and there is a clear division of labor between him and the labor service company, each performing its own duties.He only needs to report the content of the activities and the number of people needed to the labor service company, which saves him the trouble of recruiting himself, and he doesn't have to bear other responsibilities besides working.Just settle with the labor service company directly after the event is over, saving time and effort.The labor service company only needs to be responsible for recruiting manpower, and conveying the type of work and salary to the part-timers, plus the time and place.The seamless connection between the two parties does not give any opportunity to selfish part-timers.

After a while, just after hanging up the phone, "Action" called everyone to gather and sign in.Lao Zhao and I will naturally go there and wait in line to sign our name and the name of the company we introduced on the sign-in book. It can be seen that this time he is not just an important person from a labor service company in Dingyuan, but also has other cooperative labor service companies.

Some people don't know or don't remember the name of the labor service company they signed up for, which makes "action" a headache, so we have to ask such people to sign their names first and leave the company column empty before talking.

After the two of us signed, "Action" ordered the people who signed up to get on the bus. He told everyone not to crowd and grab seats. There are only a lot of seats on the bus.I took a look at the number of passengers written on the bus, which was more than 50 people, and the number of people who signed in was probably around [-] people. In addition to the "operation" itself, there must be enough seats.

Lao Zhao and I were just about to get in the car when "action" stopped us and two other young men.He took us aside and said to us: "The four of you have worked with me, and I will arrange for you near the activity party when you arrive at the place. You should be more flexible and diligent, and you can send people as soon as you see them. "His head was covered with sweat, and his tone of voice was a bit hasty. He has been busy living since the first time he saw him today, and he is exhausted from being so busy at this moment.

The four of us nodded and got on the bus.Lao Zhao and I sat down in a seat that was neither forward nor backward.The sun was very hot, and Lao Zhao who was by the window pulled up the curtains on the car glass, and adjusted the position of the air conditioner on the roof.Some came by themselves and sat alone, and when they met other solo travelers or those with three people, they went to fill the empty seats next to them.

"Action" took the sign-in booklet and clicked on the names one by one. The process of counting the names was not smooth, because there were always people who signed too messily to see what the words were, so they often stopped after reading two or three names. , and then asked "What is this called Zhang?" or "What is this called Bin?"

After someone answered, "action" would be rewritten on the side, and while writing, he shouted to the person: "Written neatly, at least people can see what the word is!"

After the names were called, "Action" asked loudly: "Are there any names that have not been called?"

No one answered.He reconfirmed, "If anyone on the bus is not named, hurry up and sign in with me. We are paid according to the list on the sign-in list. Don't work and you won't get paid when the time comes."

After speaking, he checked the number of people on the car, and then looked at the number of people in the sign-in book. The numbers he got were the same. Then he asked the driver to set off for the mountain city with confidence, and the happy journey between me and Lao Zhao ended here. here we go.

When the car started, some people were listening to music, some people were dozing off with their heads up on the back of the seat, and some people were looking at the scenery outside the window.And Lao Zhao and I were happily chatting about sports events and a computer game of Pro Evolution football, which is a classic version where two computers can play against each other online.The two of us were discussing which team has what kind of power, arguing which team we can use to beat each other.And decided to go to the Internet cafe to kill a few rounds after today's work is finished and the salary is paid!If you can't fight today, you have to make another day to fight again!
The happiness at that time was very simple. In the hot afternoon, a bottle of iced drink, a grilled cold noodle, a pack of cigarettes, and a smoky Internet bar could make for a comfortable and wonderful afternoon.

The car drove out of the city and onto the highway.The scenery outside the window is also replaced by a single green forest made of reinforced concrete.About an hour or so, I came to this famous mountain city in the province.After the car got off the highway intersection, it didn't take long to drive to the location of the event.This is a newly completed city square, named after the famous leaves of this mountain city.The area of ​​the square is very large, the facilities are very new, there are still a lot of floor tiles being laid and unfinished greening is in progress, I heard from the introduction that it just opened this year.

The organizer of this event is a real estate under construction here, just one street away from the square.The real estate features the slogans of "New City" and "New Square".From some well-built buildings, it can be seen that it does look better than ordinary real estate, and the park is relatively tidy.Of course, the price must be slightly higher than other ordinary real estate. Although there is no way to compare with the villas in the last event, the people who can afford to buy a house here are relatively upper-middle-income people in this city.

The leaflets we want to distribute are not traditional advertisements for real estate sales, but a promotional poster for a concert.It has to be said that the developer has really worked hard to create a distinctive advertising effect.

The concert was planned and paid for by the developer of this real estate, and it was held in an open-air square with a lot of people in the urban area of ​​Shancheng City, which integrates fitness and entertainment.The five singers printed on the flyer were invited, and there was a line of small characters next to each singer with their respective names and representative works.One of the hottest singers is the one printed in the center of the leaflet poster. This is an Internet singer who uses his stage name as his name. He once became popular five or six years ago with an Internet song However, his song occupied the advertising pages of stereos and cell phone ring tones in major pirate stores at that time.But it has gone downhill since then, and it has disappeared even in recent years.

The other singers are also online singers. Some singers have unfamiliar names that they have never heard of before, and some singers' masterpieces seem to have been heard somewhere, but they are not sure whether they are the songs they have heard.But what is certain is that although the price of inviting them is not expensive, it will not be cheap either. After all, they are all professional singers signed with an economic company.

In fact, there are not a few advertisements that use concerts and star effects.But at that time, when major social platforms were just emerging, especially for third-tier cities in the north like Shancheng, this was enough to attract people's attention.

I looked at the singer in the center of the flyer, just looking at his name, the song that was once popular echoed in my mind.I had only heard of his songs before, and this was the first time I saw him. I never thought that the first time I saw him was on a leaflet.

There are many leaflets, and everyone is assigned a different position, but they are all around here.

"Operation" called the four of us who he had called together before getting in the car together again, found one of them randomly, asked for his phone number and dialed, just hung up after dialing, so we stayed each other's phone numbers.

He told us that the four of us would not stay here, but go to a place in the city.Then I took a taxi and gave an address, and asked the taxi driver if he knew the location, and the driver nodded and said yes.He asked about the price there again, and then he left a ten-dollar bill because it was exactly what the driver said.

Before the car left, "Action" told us that there is a sales office of this real estate there. There is a big inflatable arch at the door of the sales office, which can be seen at a glance.We said no problem.

The taxi started, and I looked at the scenery of the mountain city passing by in the car.This is not the first time I have come to Shancheng. I have been here once when I was in elementary school.It's just that my memory of the time I came here has long since become blurred, and this time it can be called a real appreciation of the scenery.

After about 10 minutes, we arrived at our destination.The watch in the car showed eight yuan. The driver asked the person sitting in the passenger seat for two yuan. The person in the passenger seat got out of the car and suggested that the two yuan would be enough to buy four old popsicles. We are one by one.This proposal has of course won our unanimous approval.

The point of sale is really easy to find, just across the road from where we got off.It is a shop along the street, with a small front, but the outside is filled with the kind of flower baskets that the shop opened and an inflatable arch.

The four of us ate popsicles and walked in. When we learned that we were the people who came to distribute leaflets for this event, the staff took us into the warehouse.Although the front of this sales point is not big, the area inside is not too small.There is a table near the door. The table is covered with a silky red long cloth, with a few simple pastries and a water dispenser on it. There are disposable dinner plates, knives and forks and paper cups beside the water dispenser.The people in the store wanted to set up this table as a dining table, but the dining table was too simple and looked very shabby, and it was incomparable to the dining table set up in the last villa project.

The staff cut open a stack of unopened new leaflets wrapped in kraft paper and distributed them to us.While distributing, he asked the two of us to distribute at the door, and the two of us distributed across the road.Hand out leaflets when you see passers-by. If passers-by discard them, you should pick them up and continue to distribute them. If they are soiled, throw them into the trash can. There should be no leftover leaflets on the road.We nodded to show we got it.

Personally, I agree with this request.In fact, for those who have been sent leaflets, they don't have to, because everyone has the right to refuse.You can also hold it in your hand and look for opportunities to throw it into the trash can, but the only thing you should not do is throw it anywhere.For those who distribute leaflets, they need to pick up the discarded leaflet pages in time. No matter whether the leaflet continues to participate in the distribution, it is beneficial and harmless from the perspective of paper utilization and environmental protection. .

Before we left, the staff specifically asked us that if we meet customers who are interested in attending a concert or buying a house, we can guide them here for detailed consultation.

Lao Zhao and I came to the street opposite the sales office to start distributing.This position is a place that people in the store can see at a glance, so it is natural to work hard, even if it is pretending, you must put on a serious look.Since it is located in the center of the city, there is a lot of people coming and going.

There was a certain distance between Lao Zhao and I, and we distributed them to the passers-by in one direction.When facing the leaflet distributors, the quality and the most basic quality gap between people can be fully reflected.

The sun is shining in the summer afternoon. Some people waved their hands in annoyance while wiping their sweat. Some people still put their hands in their pockets when you passed the flyer and simply ignored you. He declined politely with a smile.Some people were embarrassed to shirk, so they still hesitated to accept the flyers, and a few people left a "thank you" after receiving the flyers.

I don’t know how long it took to distribute it, but a man came up to me and took the leaflet with a smile and asked me where the bus stop of a certain road was.He was in his early thirties, and sweat was running down his forehead.The white shirt was soaked with sweat, showing some skin color.I smiled embarrassedly and scratched my head and told him that I was not very clear.He smiled again, thanked me and went to ask others.

I looked back at Lao Zhao, who was holding out his hand to a passing couple.The girl shook her head with a look of disgust, and Lao Zhao had no choice but to withdraw the hand he just extended.But the boy beside the girl stopped suddenly, turned back to Lao Zhao and said, "Come on, give it to me."

Lao Zhao was slightly taken aback, handed him a leaflet and politely introduced a few words about the content of the concert, the boy listened carefully and nodded, he took the leaflet and walked back to the girl, walking Say to girls: "It's not easy for others!"

At that time, I thought this scene was very funny, and I kept covering my mouth and laughing there.But when I think about it now, my heart feels warm for no reason.Maybe that boy did a similar part-time job when he was young, and he also experienced the pain and sorrow in the part-time job, so when he sees young people doing part-time jobs, he will feel the same way and use his actions to bring more happiness to others. Much encouragement.This is the case with many things. If you have not experienced it, how will you know the difficulties.

After posting for a long time, we didn’t have many single pages left in our hands, so we went back to the other side of the road and took some in our hands. The staff who distributed the single pages told us that we could walk around again. Spread the range and crowd.

So, the two of us took some extra pages and started to walk around the intersections across the road.Lao Zhao and I also changed the words when handing out, because we found that when we only handed over a single page, most people's attitudes were rejection, but if we added a sentence of "concert tickets", people would Willing to reach out.Both Lao Zhao and I know in our hearts that this is actually no ticket, it is clearly just an ordinary leaflet.

It seems that all the work of distributing leaflets cannot escape one topic, that is laziness.I don't know how long we walked, but we came to an open community unknowingly, where there are many older aunts playing cards in the gazebo under the shade of the trees.

One of the aunts asked where are we promoting this time?We replied that it was a concert, and she immediately said that the concert was good, and wanted to ask us for some leaflets to read.The two of us readily handed over a few, only to see that the aunt frowned suddenly, expressing that there were too few.She wants us to give her everything, so we can relax and be happy.

We both laughed, and immediately understood that she just asked what she was promoting was just a polite way of saying it. To her, it doesn’t matter what the promotion is, because what she really wants is these single pages in our hands.We don't know whether it is used to sell waste products or why, in short, it is just to take advantage.

We both thought about it carefully and decided to keep a small part in our hands, and gave all the rest to her.That aunt was very happy!The aunts who played cards with her were also excited, and asked us if we had any more, and asked us to bring some for them.We both quickly replied that there was no more, that’s all.In fact, there are still a lot of this single page piled up in the warehouse, which is enough for these aunts to sell a few scraps back and forth.But after all, the developer spent money to print it, so we don’t want to disperse too much. Besides, it’s really hot and tiring this time around, so we won’t be so stupid as to go back to pick up leaflets for these aunts and give them away. come back.

After distributing the leaflets, the two of us took the only small stack of leaflets left in our hands and went to a convenience store to buy two bottles of drinks, and then went to the nearby gazebo to rest and enjoy the shade.The wind blows away the sweat on the face, and sits on the bench to relax the tired legs.Drinking drinks and chatting about unreasonable things.

The two of us kept talking about traveling, shopping, and making money. Where can we find such a life?How happy!This kind of happiness is not because of the thing itself, but because only doing that kind of thing at that age is happiness.

I remember that Lao Zhao and I traveled to many places around the store that afternoon, and saw many scenes in the mountain city.Before going back, we passed by a bank. The security guard of the bank was smoking a cigarette at the door. When he saw us coming with a leaflet in his hand, he asked what we were promoting. We handed him a leaflet. page, and echoed "Concert!"

He glanced at it and said excitedly: "I know! I know about this concert! I plan to go to the concert that day!"

He asked us for a few more leaflets, then ran back into the room to ask the other two security guards to read, and kept talking about going to read together.After seeing it, the two security guards also came out and asked about the specific situation of our concert.Seeing their happy faces, Lao Zhao and I couldn't help being happier. Whether we knew or didn't know my questions, we answered all the questions. The answers were all answered in accordance with their happy mood, and we also talked to them about interesting things. You can go to the sales office of the real estate to have a look. They agreed to go there after work.

The two of us walked for a while, and when the estimated time was almost up, we scattered the single page in our hands and turned around to walk back.

The other two were already in the house when we got back.The staff in the sales office are busy registering customers and selling houses, so naturally they didn't take much care of us this afternoon.The staff let the four of us move some things and do some chores.Although it was not time to get off work, they knew that we were recruited from other places, and they had to gather and take the bus back later, so they let us go in advance.

The person who had left the phone number of "Jiji" called "Jiji", and "Jiji" told him that we should take a taxi back to the meeting square, and he would pay the taxi fare when the car arrived.In this way, the four of us reached out to hail a taxi and returned to the gathering square.

Because we got off work early, when we arrived at the square, there were still many people who hadn't finished their work, and they were still distributing leaflets around the area without finishing their work.The bus will not start back until it is full of people.At this time, we sat on the side of the road near the square and waited quietly.

Lao Zhao chatted with one of them.The man's skin is a bit dark, and it looks like he is often exposed to the sun. His figure is very well-proportioned, and he looks like a person who often engages in sports.He said that he was a junior in the Physical Education College, and that he would be a senior when the school starts again after this summer.He will enter the internship phase immediately after the short remainder of the course.He often comes out to work part-time, and he has a good understanding of "action".From his mouth, Lao Zhao and I learned that the original name of "action" is really Xing Dong, but it is not the word we thought, but the surname Xing and Dongliang's Dong.Xing Dong is a part-time team leader who specializes in taking over large-scale temporary events in our city. He only recruits students or young part-timers in their early 20s.We are all praising him for being able to receive such a big cross-city event, which is really amazing.

Lao Zhao asked him what sports he majored in, and he replied that he majored in softball, which is a relatively unpopular sport in China, and he popularized some simple court knowledge and softball culture to us.When he learned that we were students who had just finished the college entrance examination, he just nodded and said "That's great", but these two short words were full of envy and exclamation.After many years, I finally realized the same envy and sigh deeply.

As for his upcoming internship, he said that he has not yet decided what to do, and the school will most likely not recommend an internship unit for them.

I still remember this person until now.He can leave a big impression on me because he is a confused person, his every move is so feeble, there is no light in his eyes when he speaks, he doesn't look like a young man who is about to walk out of the university campus with ambition as it should be.He always likes to talk about money and interests, but his tone is so helpless, as if he has no hope for his future life.In short, the word "vigor" is not reflected in him at all.This may be from the wealth gap between the classmates' families, or from the ability gap between people.Or maybe he was just a little tired that day, and it was all because I was thinking too much.

I don't know where he is now, what he is doing, whether he is still living in that city, whether he is still struggling in confusion.What I saw of him was just a passing moment in his long life.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, it was time to call it a day.Everyone is feeling very tired.But for me and Lao Zhao, the work this time was quite smooth.We traveled around many places in the urban area of ​​Shancheng, and we didn't meet anyone who was particularly excessive. Both the staff at the event and the people who distributed the leaflets were fairly friendly.

On the bus, Xing Dong clicked on the names on the signing list again to ensure that no one was left behind, and then the bus started.The assembly and roll call took some time, and when the bus departed, the clock in the bus showed that it was already [-]:[-].After an afternoon of distributing leaflets, the people leaned on their seats and fell asleep drowsily on the way back on the bus, and Lao Zhao and I did the same.

In a daze, I opened my eyes, the sky was already getting dark, and the car was about to reach our city, but after getting off the expressway, it happened to usher in the evening rush hour, and the journey that could be reached in 10 minutes in the past was full It was blocked for more than half an hour.

In the bus, the irritability of traffic jams surrounded everyone, and the car was almost full of complaints.A young man across the aisle seat turned his head and chatted with the two of us.He was smiling and relaxed when he spoke, and he was a very talkative person.He asked us where we lived, where we went to school, etc., question after question, topic after topic.Lao Zhao and I felt a little uncomfortable with his continuous chatting style. For a while, we couldn't keep up with his chatting rhythm.His starting point is good, breaking the predicament allows time to pass faster, but he seems to use the wrong environment.

The bus finally entered the road section around the assembly point, and Lao Zhao and I chose to get off at an intersection that was convenient for us to take the bus home.At this time, our stomachs were almost so hungry that our chests were pressed against our backs, and there was an eye-catching sign of a well-known fast food chain on the side of the street.Lao Zhao said that he was greedy for the hamburger at that fast food restaurant, and wanted to get a hamburger first to satisfy his stomach.At this time, I was too hungry.The two of us quickly walked into the fast food restaurant and ordered a hamburger, and then walked towards the bus stop, stuffing them into our mouths wolfishly.One is because I am really hungry, and the other is because I want to finish eating before the bus arrives, because eating on the bus will always bring olfactory trouble to other people, no matter what the taste is.

That night, the two of us did not go to the Internet cafe to have a few rounds of live football matches.Although it was very late when I got home, it made me experience a happy and fulfilling day, leaving an unforgettable memory.

(End of this chapter)