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I have to say, this job is really easy.

Just arrive at the library before 9 o'clock every morning. There is no need to clock in. Sometimes it doesn't matter if you are a little late. The working time is 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Sometimes, if you are on duty, you may not get off work until around 8 o'clock.

I only work five days a week, with two days off, but they are not fixed days off, but rotating days off.

As for the night shift, that doesn't exist.

All in all, a day's working hours is only seven or eight hours.

Although the library has a lot of books and is quite large, in Zhou Chen's opinion, the number of people who come to the library to read is really not worth such a large library.

In short, there are not many people coming to read books. There are more people on weekends, but it is still relatively relaxed on weekdays.

Zhou Chen likes this situation very much. For him, the easier it is, the better. He will have more time to slack off, read books and drink tea at ease.

In other words, libraries are under state control, and if they were private, they would probably always be losing money.

Of course, even if it is a private library, most of them are probably not aiming for profit, because it is difficult for an institution like a library to make a lot of money.

As for the salary, it is really low, only 17.5 yuan a month, which is the salary of a factory apprentice.

Song Bo said that this is the minimum wage in the library. If you can get a regular position, there will be a big increase.

Zhou Chen didn’t have much idea about salary. Even if it was 75, if he wanted to make money, he had plenty of ways to do it.

Not to mention anything else, just the food coupons, meat coupons, industrial coupons and the like that were rewards from the previous world in his system backpack could be sold for a lot of money.

So, he is not short of money for the time being, well, it should be said that he is not short of a lot of money.

In this way, Zhou Chen started his slacking job in the library, going to and from get off work on time every day. During work, he spent most of his time reading books, drinking tea and reading newspapers.

With his good memory and hands-on ability, things like organizing books and helping customers find books are all easy tasks for him.

The work was not busy to begin with, and coupled with his strong abilities, it naturally became even easier and more comfortable.

When Zhou Chen came home from get off work that day, he saw Han Chunming sitting on the doorstep of his house.

"Chunming, why are you here?"

Han Chunming smiled and said, "I came here specifically to wait for you. I want to talk to you about something."

"What's the matter? Let's go in and talk."

"No, I'll leave after I finish speaking and won't go in."

"Okay, then you tell me."

Zhou Chen held the bicycle with both hands, waiting for Han Chunming to speak.

"It's like this. In a few days, my aunt from my hometown will bring some people to stay at our house for two days. You know, my house is so small. Once they come, our house will not be big enough, so."

"So, you just want to stay with me for a few days? That's it?"

Zhou Chen looked doubtful. Given this kid's thick skin, if he really wanted to stay here, he would definitely not say hello to him in advance.

"Yes and no."

"Don't talk nonsense. If you have something to say, just say it now. Aren't you tired of dilly-dallying?"

Han Chunming chuckled a few times, then said, "Do you have any spare money? Lend me some. You don't know, every time my aunt comes to our house, she comes empty-handed. My mother doesn't mind, but my brother and sister have objections. I want to borrow some money from you to buy some things for them and bring them to my house, so that they will look better when they come."

Zhou Chen was speechless after hearing this. My goodness, other relatives didn’t even think of bringing anything when they visited, but you, as a relative, are ready to help.

He remembered the TV series "Under the Zhengyang Gate". There seemed to be such a scene at the beginning. Thinking about Han Chunming's character as a good guy, he understood it.

"How much to borrow?"

"Ten dollars, Zhou Chen, don't worry, I'll return the money to you after I get my first month's salary when I find a job."

Zhou Chen blinked his eyes and asked tentatively: "How about I lend you twenty dollars, and you bring those old things in your collection to me for appreciation?"

Han Chunming immediately looked alert: "What do you want to do?"

Zhou Chen kicked him and cursed, "Look at you, you are such a coward. I just want to see what treasures you have collected. Do you think I am like you, even wanting to target my own friends?"

"Hehe, I'm used to it."

Han Chunming smiled shamelessly, "Ten dollars is enough. Next time I'll bring two babies to open your eyes. Okay?"

Zhou Chen took out a big unity banknote from his pocket and threw it to Han Chunming.

"Take the money and get out of here."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 643: Change of Position, the Story Begins

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Chen had been working in the library for more than a month and received his first salary of the month, 19.5 yuan.

Seventeen yuan and fifty cents of it was salary, and two yuan was subsidy. In addition to the money, some food coupons and meat coupons were also issued, but the quantity was relatively small.

Although the scale of the library cannot be compared with those factories with thousands or tens of thousands of employees, the treatment is still very good and the work is stable and easy. It is much more comfortable than being a front-line worker in a factory and being busy from morning to night.

Zhou Chen is very satisfied with this kind of life now. It seems that this job is tailor-made for him.

Today is Tuesday, not a holiday, so there are not many patrons in the library, and even fewer in the history book area.

People who come to the library to borrow and read books all have their own preferences. For example, the more boring and serious books like history are definitely not borrowed by as many people as those for literature and poetry books.

There were not many people around, so Zhou Chen picked up a book and started reading while leaning against the bookshelf.

As a library with hundreds of thousands of books, it is impossible that all the books are in Chinese. There are also English books, Russian books, French books, etc.

For example, the book Zhou Chen is reading now is about Leonardo da Vinci, a famous painter from the Italian Renaissance.

Although he was not very familiar with antiques, he was certainly familiar with Leonardo da Vinci. He was a remarkable man, and his paintings were considered treasures among treasures in later generations.

One of his most famous paintings, the Mona Lisa, has become almost a household name in later generations.

The reason why Zhou Chen read his deeds was also for his own mission, to do an experiment.

Leonardo da Vinci's paintings can definitely meet the system's evaluation requirements.

Although the system said that the antiques to be collected were from the five dynasties, it did not specify that they had to be domestic antiques.

Leonardo da Vinci lived from the 14th century to the early 15th century, which corresponds to the Ming Dynasty in China.

What he wants to experiment is to see if the valuable antiques from abroad can meet the requirements of the system. If they can, then that's the best.

Fortunately, this book introducing Leonardo da Vinci is in English. If it was in Italian, he would not be able to read it because he had not specifically learned Italian.

When Zhou Chen was reading seriously, Zhao Lijie came to the second floor. He thought of Zhou Chen, so he started looking for Zhou Chen along the bookshelf, wanting to see what Zhou Chen was doing.

He soon found Zhou Chen. When he saw Zhou Chen leaning against the bookshelf reading a book, he was not surprised, because Zhou Chen often did this when he had nothing to do.

He didn't say anything and walked towards Zhou Chen quietly.

Zhou Chen was quite alert. Although he was reading seriously, he still felt Zhao Lijie approaching him, so he immediately raised his head.

"Uncle Zhao, why are you here?"

Zhao Lijie asked with a smile: "Zhou Chen, read a book."

"Well, I was free anyway, so I read a book." Zhou Chen raised the book in his hand.

Zhao Lijie didn't care at first, but when he saw the book cover that Zhou Chen held up, he was stunned.

"Xiao Zhou, are you reading an English book?"

"Yes."

"You can understand?"

"It's OK. I can understand it."

Zhao Lijie's expression changed immediately. According to his understanding, Zhou Chen only graduated from junior high school and had not even attended high school. It would be good enough for him to speak a sentence or two in English.

But the problem is, Zhou Chen was actually reading an English book. This is not just a matter of speaking a few words in English. At least one needs to be proficient in English to be able to understand an English book, right?

So he couldn't help but doubt, but he saw it clearly just now that Zhou Chen was very serious when reading the book, and it didn't seem like he was pretending at all.

"Can you really understand it?"

Zhou Chen knew why Zhao Lijie was suspicious. If he told others that someone who couldn't even get into high school could suddenly read English books, no one would believe it.

But he said calmly: "Uncle Zhao, I can really understand it. Let me read a page to you."

“Blah blah…”

Listening to Zhou Chen reading English very smoothly, Zhao Lijie didn't dare to blink, his eyes full of disbelief.

Okay, he doesn't understand English, but he just feels powerful.

At this moment, Zhou Chen's image in their eyes changed drastically.

Zhou Chen was very fast and it only took him about a minute to read a page, but for Zhao Lijie, this minute seemed particularly long.

"Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao."

Zhou Chen's shout woke Zhao Lijie from his trance. He trembled and said quickly: "Okay, Xiao Zhou, you read it very well, but can you understand the meaning?"

He is not being unreasonable, but he thinks that some people can read English, but they may not necessarily understand its meaning.

But Zhou Chen's answer was very straightforward: "Of course."

Zhao Lijie's face immediately showed surprise. In today's country, people who can speak English are a minority among the minority. There are people in their library who can speak English, but to be honest, their level is not very high.

At least to Zhao Lijie, Zhou Chen's English was much fluent than that of the translator in their library.

"Xiao Zhou, can you translate English articles accurately?"

"can."

After answering, Zhou Chen was also surprised. Did Zhao Lijie want him to help translate English books?

He had done this kind of thing in his previous life, but at that time he was a college student, helping his classmates translate and earning some living expenses.

If Zhao Lijie has this plan, he will have extra income.

Just as he thought, Zhao Lijie was immediately moved after getting a positive answer.

"Xiao Zhou, if I ask you to translate this English book in your hand, to what extent can you translate it? And when can you finish it?"

"This one?"

Zhou Chen looked at the book in his hand and thought for a while before answering.

"Uncle Zhao, there is no problem with translation, but you also know that the Chinese language in our country is different from English in some ways of expression. If you want to translate it according to the original meaning, it is almost impossible. But if you let me translate it, I can reach about 90% of the standard."

"As for the time, for the whole book, it depends on the situation. If I translate it all the time and work seven or eight hours a day, it will take me about two weeks to finish it."

He didn't say too much. If he tried his best, he could definitely finish translating this book in less than a week.

You should know that his current mental state has reached an astonishing 28 points. The limit for ordinary people is only 10 points. He is far beyond ordinary people.

This makes his thinking logic, calculation ability, etc. far surpass that of ordinary people, and even more amazing than some so-called geniuses.

"Two weeks, are you sure?"

Zhao Lijie asked in disbelief.

The book in Zhou Chen's hand has about a hundred pages. If it is handed over to the translator in their library, it would be considered good if it can be translated in a month if they work hard. This is without guaranteeing the quality of the translation.

What’s even more incredible is that Zhou Chen said that he could actually translate about 90% of the standard English, which is really scary.

When they were translating in the library, they sometimes had to look up information when they came across unfamiliar English words, which made the translation even more difficult. It would be considered good if they could translate 70% of the words, let alone 90%.

That is why their translators cannot be foreign translators and can only work in their libraries. But even so, they have obtained a good position.

Zhou Chen nodded again. He saw a better future beckoning to him.

Zhao Lijie was overjoyed. He did not suspect that Zhou Chen was lying, because such things could be known at a glance. Moreover, Zhou Chen was the nephew of an old friend and they had a special relationship. He did not think that Zhou Chen would lie to him.

"Great, Xiao Zhou, come with me, I'll take you to see the curator."

Zhou Chen naturally would not refuse, so he followed Zhao Lijie straight to the third floor and went to the director's office.

The director of their library is an official within the system and his rank is not low. He retired to the second line because of his old age and came to the library to be the director.

The other person's name was Xue Yuguo, a very kind elder. He was very gentle even to the lower-level employees and was deeply loved by all the staff in the library.

Zhao Lijie and Xue Yuguo obviously have a very good relationship. After bringing Zhou Chen in, he didn't say a word and directly stated his purpose.

Xue Yuguo was also very surprised when he heard this. He was old and had been working since the founding of the People's Republic of China, so he had a wide range of experience.

Because there is little contact between China and the outside world, there are very few people in China who can understand English. It is really surprising that a young junior like Zhou Chen can have such a good level of English.