Rebirth of the Legend of the Red Age

Chapter 46, Wang Li’s Current Situation

Wang Li is just 18 years old this year and has graduated from high school for two years. He is considered a cultured person in this era. After all, in this era where even graduating from elementary school is considered to have some culture, he is certainly considered a cultured person.

The reason why he didn't go to college was not because he couldn't pass the entrance exam. On the contrary, Wang Li's grades were always among the best in the class. With the memory of his previous life and the all-round physical strengthening of practicing the Golden Body Sutra, it would be strange if he didn't study well.

The reason why he didn't go to university was that the learning atmosphere in today's universities is very strong, all students have a high level of awareness, and everyone studies hard, hoping to contribute to the country's construction.

Wang Li has been a lazy student from elementary school to high school. If he goes to college, he will stand out too much. This is not in line with his principle of keeping a low profile, nor is it in line with his goal of enjoying a happy life in this era.

Therefore, after discussing with his parents, he did not apply for university. With the help of Zhao Gang's father's connections, he was transferred to the Siheyuan Collection Station, where he worked as a scrap recycler under his father.

Speaking of work, Lai San was still his master. At that time, every newcomer entering the unit needed to be guided by an old person, and Lai San was the old person, and Wang Li was the newcomer.

Although neither Lai San nor Wang Li thought so, they did not do so.

However, Wang Li was still ridiculed by his father. The main reason was that his father did not agree with Wang Li graduating from high school and working at a scrap collection station, thinking that he had studied in vain for so many years.

According to the old people's concept at that time, the most glorious career should be to enter the government department. After all, Longguo is a country with an official-oriented system, and it has been like this for all dynasties.

But Wang Li didn't want to go. He told his father that his personality was not suitable for government work and, like his father, he didn't want to be controlled by others.

When my father heard this, he was speechless. It turned out that he was influenced by me.

It was mainly the latter part of the sentence that touched my father. He told my father: I can learn relevant knowledge at home and enrich myself. The most important thing is that by working here, I can continue to collect antiques.

He had talked with his father before: gold in troubled times and antiques in prosperous times. He believed that now was a peaceful time, and Longguo would sooner or later enter a peaceful and prosperous era, and then his collections would be very valuable.

With the gold that their family has privately stored, it will be enough for Wang Li to live on for the rest of his life even if he does nothing in the future.

Only then did his parents agree that he should not go to college or join the government department, but instead return to the Siheyuan collection station and work as a small scrap recycler.

It is worth mentioning that Lai San is now a formal employee of the waste collection station. He was hired two years ago when the government integrated the waste recycling industry in Kyoto City, and of course the Wang family also contributed.

In 1957, Kyoto City established the Kyoto Waste Company, which began to carry out waste recycling work as a city-level unit under the leadership of the Kyoto Supply and Marketing Cooperative system.

The Wang family's waste collection station did not undergo much change during the integration process. It just re-signed a lease contract with the newly established company for the original 30-year term, and even the rent did not change.

This was also done to protect the Wang family's ownership of the courtyard house. After all, after the big storm, no one knew whether someone would come to force the Wang family to distribute the house.

Letting others rent the property and earning two dollars per household per month will also cause disputes over the ownership and use rights of the property in the future, which will cause a lot of trouble.

Therefore, the Wang family tried their best to avoid these things, which led to some subsequent operations.

There is another thing worth being happy about. Wang Li finally ended his apprenticeship career and officially became a glorious waste recycler.

The provisional salary is 35 yuan, which is calculated based on the salary of a second-level worker, taking into account the fact that he is a high school graduate.

His apprentice Lai San is already a third-level worker due to his length of service and other reasons, and his current salary is 42 yuan. His father is a fourth-level worker and his salary is 4 yuan.

Although he didn't say it, he was very depressed in his heart. He was the person with the lowest salary and had wasted so many years as a student.

In fact, he was just complaining without any reason. It was all his own fault. When he graduated, his apprentice's father Zhang Lei, Li Hu and Zhao Qiang all wanted to arrange a better job for him.

But he, who was a layman, did not agree, saying that he wanted to take over his father's business, continue to engage in the great scrap purchasing business, and forge ahead to become the number one in the scrap industry.

In fact, he just wanted to continue collecting antiques under the guise of collecting waste.

Thanks for the recommendation, monthly ticket, and collection. I hope everyone can live a happy life, find their own happiness in books, and relieve the pressure of real life.

(End of this chapter)