Back to 1988, in order to lay down liver skills

Chapter 290: Everyone is a good employee when shopping

The car from the Arts Department arrived a little late because they had a lot to move.

But it’s good to be here, there are more people and more strength, so there aren’t enough people to move even a few things.

From the wheat field at the entrance of the village to the original "main road", that is, the intersection to Xiaoli Bay, there are large stages for live performances.

Last year, because the equipment prepared by Mayor Yang on the bridge was relatively old, Yan Changqing was not very satisfied with the effect. This year, he specially purchased a batch of the latest music equipment for everyone's use.

The stage is also relatively high. After all, it’s open-air. It’s not high enough so people behind can’t see it.

We can hold a cultural performance here, it depends on the weather, it will only work if the weather is suitable.

If the weather is good for ice skating, forget it and just perform for a while while the sun is shining at noon. If the weather is warm, it is not impossible to hold a party at night.

Yan Changqing is quite happy recently, and everyone is very enthusiastic about the folk festival.

Probably because life has improved, people also need a channel to celebrate. Many people who are running outside see special programs elsewhere and call to see if they can do it at home. They are looking forward to this folk custom. Energy conservation is done well.

Let the people from the Literature and Art Department come over, firstly to get familiar with the stage, but because the weather has been fine these two days, we are going to shoot a promotional video on the stage.

The oil field's support for the folk festival will be shown when the time comes, and it will not be in vain.

Of course, Yan Changqing will also express his feelings towards the people from the Ministry of Literature and Art. He has known these people for several years and has a good relationship with them. He will never do anything that makes others busy.

In fact, everyone is quite happy to perform. Although Yan Changqing only knows four instruments on the surface, there is no doubt that he is a music master. No matter what instrument he is, he knows everything about it and can help give advice.

Now the rehearsal is not without an audience. The old and young in the village, as well as the women who are taking care of their babies at home, are all standing in the wheat field with great interest, waiting to watch the performance!

Yan Changqing could only helplessly say to everyone: "They are all idlers who want to participate in the show. They don't even know what they can get. They are asked to get a big-headed doll or something, and they are too disgusted to show their faces..."

Everyone is very happy, and Mr. Yan can really think of ideas. The big-headed doll just doesn't show his face!
Yan Changqing couldn't help it. The remaining people in the village really didn't know anything. They could only hold a big head and walk around casually. They couldn't do other programs!

No matter how capable Mr. Yan is, he has nothing to do when facing such a group of people.

……

The promotional video has been shot, and the school is on vacation after exams, which also means that the New Year is getting closer.

At this time, all preparations are basically ready. The hotel-trained waiters have already taken up their posts. Various staff members are checking the venue again and making various preparations - prepare early and check several times so as not to delay everyone. Celebrate New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day at home.

The two days of New Year's Eve and the first day of the Lunar New Year have a relatively important position in people's hearts, and we must try our best to let people go home to spend it.

People who went out to the village gradually came back to finish their business, which increased the number of people in the village, which also meant that there were more people who could help with the work.

Yan Changqing wanted to give the factory a holiday in advance. During the Chinese New Year, he would go home early to rest.

But Director Wan came back after a while and said: "Everyone thinks that the business is so good now, it's okay to go home and rest. Can we work for a few more days?"

The main workers are not far from home, and it’s not like they can’t go home on a regular basis. Once they earn money, they naturally don’t have to worry about preparing New Year’s goods at home. It doesn’t matter if they go home early – in fact, they still want to make more money.

Yan Changqing said to himself that the work was still not tiring, so he would ask them to work more overtime later.

……

Early that morning, Boss Yan was called by his mother to go shopping on the street.

Yan Changqing was very curious: "What else is missing at home?"

Li Xiuni glared: "There are a lot of things missing. It's the Chinese New Year. What should I prepare?"

"What are you preparing for?" Yan Changqing was called back and looked at the mountains of New Year's goods at home, a little speechless.

It's strange that his family is short of things. From melon seeds and candies to fish, meat and vegetables, people basically keep sending them. There are almost enough things for the whole village to celebrate the New Year together. Why do you want to buy them?

Li Xiuni didn't know where her dissatisfaction came from: "Go if you are told. How can you not buy anything at home during the Chinese New Year?"

Oh, Yan Changqing understood a little bit. There were probably too many people giving away things, which deprived me of the fun of shopping and going to the market.

Looking at the father behind my mother, it is obvious that he has been taken care of and is obedient. Now he does not say a word. It seems that he has made up his mind to just be a tool.

then go for it!

The family got into the car and parked it in front of the aunt's house. They took the aunt and the older cousins ​​with them and went to the market together.

Hei Pidan was the least happy, but Yan Changqing supported him - once he came, he wouldn't be the one being nagged.

During the Chinese New Year, many factories are still working overtime to catch up on work, and there is no talk of going home during the New Year holiday. The reason is that the workers are not far from home. They can leave whenever they want. Even if there are not enough cars, they can just ride on their bicycles. It won't take long to get home.

Hei Pidan was wearing a small suit and small leather shoes. As he walked, he muttered: "It's not warm even in this. You have to let me wear it. It's Chinese New Year. Why don't you let me wear leather clothes?"

"What does it have to do with me? Your mother said that your clothes are the same as those of fishermen. They are not festive." Auntie hugged the second child. She probably felt that after having the second child, she couldn't forget the boss, so she responded to every request of the black preserved egg recently.

Hei Pidan likes a leather jacket, but he doesn't have the size for a naughty boy like him, so his aunt specially had a leather jacket and leather trousers altered.

As a result, when I got home after wearing it, the old lady made a comment. She thought that someone who was celebrating the Chinese New Year could wear clothes that looked like fishing. They were dark and not good-looking at all.

The old lady in their family would not express an opinion easily. Usually when she said it, the old man responded first and did not directly ask her grandson to change. She just kept mumbling for three days that these clothes were not suitable for holding her younger brother and were too cold.

Said black-preserved egg was impatient and stopped wearing it himself.

He had no clothes to wear, but Hei Pi Dan was unhappy and started muttering as soon as he came out.

Yan Changqing supported him very much: "It's the Chinese New Year. You have to wear whatever you want and play whatever you want. If everything is under control during the Chinese New Year, how can you celebrate the Chinese New Year?"

Hei Pidan was convinced: "I'll put it on again when I get home."

"Yes, you must insist on being yourself." Yan Changqing strongly supported. "Go your own way and let others tell you!"

Before he finished talking, he felt his arm being pinched. He turned around and saw that his angry-eyed mother was obviously not happy with his support for his old cousin, so she immediately stopped talking.

……

There is really nothing to buy. The New Year’s goods on the street are not as diverse as the New Year’s goods at home.

It's just that Li Xiuni wanted to go to the market and join the family of three to have fun.

The streets have become wider, but the congestion has not improved.

There are still various stalls, but the gunpowder shop is gone. The gun ban has been announced for some time, and some civilian weapons are being collected one after another. Mayor Yang’s plan is to wait until the end of the New Year to hold a large-scale Inspect activities to ensure that every household no longer hides weapons.

The blacksmith shop is gone, and now there are small forges in the town. Many small family workshops have been turned into small processing plants. There are no big livestock when going to the market. On the contrary, there are more vehicles parked at the entrance of the town, including tractors. They range from cars to cars, and carts are almost extinct.

Li Xiuni walked around and then went to her nephew's restaurant. The factory was not on holiday and the restaurant was not closed. Boss Li was still very busy.

But finally someone came to appreciate his achievements for so long. Li Quanlang was quite proud: "Auntie, let me tell you, your nephew can make money now. When I come to your house during the Chinese New Year, I will cook a meal for you and let you try my cooking." , without bragging, now we are at the level of a special chef..."

It would be weird not to brag, he would drag him to heaven if he were to make a big pot of rice.

But she made Li Xiuni very happy: "Okay, okay, Quan Lang is very promising now, work hard and try to turn the hotel into a big hotel."

"That won't work." Li Quanlang waved his hand. "Gu, this is a fast food restaurant. It can't be turned into a big hotel. The most I can do is open a few more branches and start a chain..."

……

Yan Shuixing felt that his old cousin had really grown up and his understanding was quite clear.

Of course, it was also due to the environment. If it was a small town and he could open a restaurant, he would be satisfied.

But now everyone in the town wants to become bigger and stronger and create greater glory. Small business owners want to grow bigger, and the owners of small restaurants also think too much.

After walking around for a while, although Li Xiuni didn't buy anything, she still enjoyed the pleasure and satisfaction of shopping. She said with emotion: "If I hadn't come to the street so often, I wouldn't have believed that this is a market in our hometown. It's really different." !”

When I came out of Laobiao Hotel and returned to the street, I met Mayor Yang, who was leading a group of people pointing at the roadside.

Seeing Yan Changqing's family coming out, he greeted cheerfully: "Are you coming out to the market?"

Yan Dahai smiled: "Chief Yang is busy with big things. We have nothing to do, so we just go out for a walk."

"There's nothing big to do." Mayor Yang said politely. "We have quite a few shops here now, but there is no big shopping mall. I think Asia in the city is quite good and looks very grand. I want to build one similar to ours in our town. What do you two Mr. Yan think?"

Yan Dahai expressed his support: "The township is worried about the concerns of the villagers. Our township really lacks a big shopping mall now..."

Yan Changqing couldn't bear to listen to the polite words, but let them be polite anyway, since dad was following him, he didn't have to say anything.

In the end, Mayor Yang had to ask: "What is Changqing's opinion?"

"Support, support!" Yan Changqing will definitely not object. Although there is everything in the market and the roads are well built, everyone likes to go there when they need to buy things.

But as long as we find the right market positioning, shopping malls can definitely open.After all, there will be more and more lazy people. If there is one at your doorstep, the price is about the same, and it will be good to save two steps.

Then Lao Yang took Yan Changqing and discussed the folk festival, security force, staff configuration, etc., but he was afraid that there was not enough preparation.

However, Yan Changqing thinks there is no problem: "The people in the village still listen to you. If there is any problem then, just shout a few times from the loudspeaker. As long as the locals cooperate, the outsiders will also follow suit. No problem." What's the problem?"

After preparing for so long, if something goes wrong again, wouldn't it mean that everyone is too incompetent?

……

Then the family went to the new hotel.

The hotel receptionist is a newly recruited girl. She graduated from high school but did not go to college, but her English skills are excellent.

Zhou Jialing said that after learning English from her for a while, this little girl was already able to carry out simple daily conversations - her previous English was all mute English, and her listening class was only recent.

And Zhou Jialing is very happy to be able to recruit people who can understand English. Now she doesn't even need people brought by Xiangjiang for hotel management, except herself.

Because it is now [-], and the average annual salary in Shanghai this year is [-] yuan, and the salary of people in Xiangjiang, even those with a monthly salary of [-] yuan is nothing.

Zhou Jialing is very serious and responsible. She brought out several young girls in the hotel who spoke good English, and then gave them local high wages and signed contracts for several years, which saved costs to the extreme.

Even their assistants were replaced by little girls. Anyway, the work here is relatively simple. They only need to explain clearly and take records seriously and responsibly. They don't need to worry about other tasks at all.

Because this is Boss Yan's base camp, people who work here seldom fail to obey instructions, and there are no problems in managing people at work. All they need is a qualified and obedient microphone.

Even Yan Changqing had to admit that Zhou Jialing was a qualified capitalist... and a good employee.

Li Xiuni walked around the hotel and checked into a few guest rooms. She thought they were pretty good: "The sheets are really white and they make you feel comfortable. And this bed, is it Simmons?"

Yan Changqing smiled and said nothing, only nodded.

The local famous brand Simmons mattresses are cheap and of reliable quality. Taoshu Township's famous brand products are exported to surrounding provinces and are a cooperative merchant of Taoshu Township Market and BBK Hotel Chain.

After she came out, Li Xiuni murmured in a low voice: "This little Zhou is so generous in using people. How can a hotel use so many people?"

Zhou Jialing doesn't have Huang Peishan's ability to please her boss, she only does things coldly, and her status with Li Xiuni is not as good as Huang Peishan's.

However, as a good employee of a qualified capitalist, Zhou Jialing even used local famous brands for mattresses. She also cooperated with manufacturers and ordered a batch of mattresses with relatively high requirements to be shipped to hotels in Shenzhen.

How could such a person do something that wastes costs by using more people?
The hotel now has many more employees than expected. Firstly, it may have to receive foreign guests during the Chinese New Year. Secondly, the cost of training employees here is low enough and they can be transferred to other hotels in the future.

Those waiters recruited from remote areas are paid minimum wages and enjoy high-standard training. If they are qualified in the future and want to receive normal wages, they will have to sign a longer-term contract.

The wages paid by Boss Yan will never be wasted.

Yan Changqing couldn't tell her mother this, otherwise she would have a worse impression of Zhou Jialing - after all, in her mother's mind, she has always been a working people, and Zhou Jialing's cost-saving approach, I guess my mother won't like it.

But in fact, Zhou Jialing provides jobs. Even if she saves costs, it is a good thing for those employees and people in relatively remote areas nearby.

Just like those high school students, whose family conditions are not good, they can't go to college, and they have no chance to repeat high school. They can only stay at home and wait to get married, or go out to work.

With a high school degree and no professional skills, they speak English well, and still need some oral training to be able to get a job, how many people would give them a chance?

Now I am working in a hotel, or working with Zhou Jialing for a few years. When I get older, I want to go out to work and have a relatively bright resume, which is definitely a good thing.

Anyway, this is how Yan Changqing views Zhou Jialing, she is definitely a good assistant.

Of course, the other one is also pretty good. Among other things, he can manage the company well and make money for himself, and he can also coax his mother well - especially the latter point. Anyone with experience knows that it is very important.

Apart from anything else, if Huang Peishan were here, she would never have to do such boring things as shopping with her mother. Then Xiao Nizi would take the initiative to take on this important task, and do it better than if she accompanied her.

It's not like now, with two men, one big and one small, following me, listening to some irrelevant remarks while walking, and nodding frequently. It's wrong to nod slowly.

……

Here comes the point!

Halfway home, Li Xiuni sighed: "It seems that the preparations are very good. The folk festival will definitely be lively. It's a pity that our Cun Chunni and others also want to perform something, but they don't have the chance. Alas..."

Do you think so too?

The father and son understood immediately upon hearing this and looked at each other, what could she perform?

Braised winter melon?
These women in the key village really have no talent.

The young wives who have been married in the past two years are not bad, they are more or less educated, and their looks are not bad. Some of them can sing and dance. After all, the village has become rich, and the wives that young people are looking for are different. .

But the wives in the early years, to be honest, posed a big problem for Yan Changqing.

Just as he was thinking of Huang Peishan, Yan Changqing called her and assigned her a task: "If my mother and her friends in our village want to perform something, please find a way to do it."

The purpose of having assistants and subordinates is to solve difficult problems.

……

Huang Peishan arrived two days later, along with a large box of clothes.

Then he found the boss and started to introduce: "Mr. Yan specially told me that the traditional costumes are customized from Xiangjiang. These are the costumes used in costume movies and TV series. Everyone can wear them, and there is no need to perform anything. Take a walk and treat it like a traditional costume show!”

Li Xiuni and a group of women looked at the colorful clothes: "Can these be done?"

"It definitely works!" Huang Peishan introduced. "Look at these, they are the clothes from the most popular drama this year. Sister Xiuni, you will definitely look good in Xiao Longnu's clothes... I'm sorry, that's okay. Let's change to this one. Can the white-haired witch's clothes be okay? …”

"There are also Lotus Fighting for Hegemony, Yitian, Seven Heroes and Five Righteousnesses, and Yansuo Chonglou... You can choose a few more sets to try, switch with each other and see which one looks better... Don't be afraid of not looking good, I have a makeup artist with me to make sure everyone looks beautiful..."

"It's okay if you're not satisfied. I have a lot of renderings here. You can take a look. If you select them, you can have them done immediately. By the way, you don't have to bring them from Xiangjiang. I remember the clothing factory here. I can do anything, I’ll definitely make it in time, don’t worry…”

……

Yan Changqing was dumbfounded when he learned about it. This was cosplay!
I have watched so many videos, why didn’t I think of this?
Thinking about it again, it's not that I didn't think of it, but that I grew up in the village and am very familiar with the people in the village.

It's not a good thing to be too familiar with him. Anyway, I didn't expect to let these people in the village play roles.

Just like Yan Shuixing's daughter-in-law, the only impression he had of this aunt was that she was carrying a broom or a stick and chasing the second child all over the village.

How could you think of letting her put on the white lady's clothes and play the role of the gentle and lovely white lady?
Just thinking about it makes your eyes irritate, okay?
Otherwise, he just said something casually and asked everyone to pretend to be a big-headed doll - anyway, no one would know who it was since the skull was put on the head.

And my mother, she actually chose the costume of Lotus Fighting for Hegemony Bai Yuchuan. It was not because she thought it was fun to dress up as a man, but she chose the costume that was comparable to the Empress Dowager in the last appearance.

Not to mention, it looks pretty good after putting on makeup.

Thinking about it, my mother doesn't seem too old, so she looks quite suitable.

But collecting so many clothes, as well as costumes from TV dramas in Singapore, is probably a lot of money.

If it were Zhou Jialing who came here, she would definitely only need the renderings and go back to the clothing factory to discuss a cooperation with Manager Mao and customize the clothes. The price would definitely not be expensive.

But Huang Peishan just bought it directly and then checked it in. The price was probably many times more expensive.

But thinking of her efficiency, Mr. Yan was speechless.

Just think of spending money to buy peace and quiet. After all, this is a man who can get things done, so he can't ask for too much.

Anyway, she earned more, at least Zhou Jialing couldn't think of the time when she used music to stimulate the islanders to auction copyrights.

And this person at least has one advantage. He is not greedy for money. He spends all the money he spends on official matters, and he will not secretly poke and reimburse for corruption. This is what he can do when he independently runs a relatively small multinational company. Humans are as rare as penguins in the Arctic.

Thinking of this, Yan Changqing became more and more satisfied with the two assistants. He held up the camera and called to his mother: "Mom, look here, yes, yes, don't move. That's it. Let's take a picture first to keep as a souvenir..."

……

The next few days were quite lively in the village.

The men who came back from going out all had new topics to talk about. They no longer talked about business when they met, they only smiled knowingly.

Occasionally someone who is very familiar with her will quietly ask: "Who has your wife been pretending to be these past two days?"

Who would have thought that my yellow-faced woman would look like a different person when she dressed up in a suitable costume?
Having said that, I didn’t expect such a surprise before!
The main thing is that the stylists and makeup artists will do the work. Yan Changqing feels that the assistants are professional enough and can design styles and make-up according to each person's characteristics. No matter how ugly they are, they can still look beautiful.

Men who originally returned home only wanted their wives to be around and take care of them. Now, when their wives are not at home during the day, no one says anything. Everyone just looks forward to it.

Maybe he would be Li Mochou when he went out in the morning, and he would be Wang Baochuan when he came back at night...

Isn’t this little life so enjoyable?
　Thanks to the book friend "Canglan Confused" for the reward, thank you for your support!Many thanks!

　　
　
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