In the land of China, the whole country is celebrating and welcoming the New Year.
However, on the other side of the earth, people are spending this extremely long winter in suffering.
Thomas is an automotive engineer. With the advent of flying machines, he initially just stayed home with a salary, but later, as the automotive industry suffered a devastating blow, he lost his job.
People here never had to worry about unemployment in the past.
First of all, there is a complete labor union organization and law here. The company cannot fire any employee without reason. Even if he is fired, he can still get a large amount of compensation and receive generous unemployment benefits.
The amount of unemployment benefits is not even much less than the money I received after working hard for a month.
Therefore, Dego people have never been afraid of unemployment.
This country has developed industry, and it is basically engaged in industry, machinery manufacturing, automobile manufacturing, machine tool manufacturing, etc. It has developed industry, strong scientific and technological strength, and its economy is the mainstay of Europe.
But who knew that the wave of unemployment would come so quickly. Under the devastating blow to the automobile industry, tens of millions of people related to the automobile industry would first become unemployed. Then, with the decline and malaise of other industries, more and more people would become unemployed.
, and now more than half of the people are unemployed.
The consequences of a large number of people being unemployed are extremely serious.
Unemployment benefits are gone, and everyone can no longer receive unemployment benefits at all, because the government has no money to give everyone nothing to do.
Prices have also begun to skyrocket. The prices of bread, natural gas, vegetables, meat and other life-related things have been rising again and again, making the bad situation worse.
The thing that is hard to accept is that this winter seems to be extremely cold and long. Every day seems to be as long as a century, and the days are like years. This is the current situation.
Like countless unemployed people, Thomas walked numbly on the street, holding a sign in his hand that said I need a job. I am a qualified automotive engineer. I understand English, French and German.
People were demonstrating and marching with dissatisfaction. They had been repeating this kind of life for a long time. They had to walk on the streets every day. It seemed to have become a part of their daily life.
People's dissatisfaction continues to spread. From the initial calm wait, to now, people's emotions are getting more and more excited. Some people are already shouting slogans from World War II, threatening to let the world remember them again.
However, their demands have yielded no results, and the government is already having a huge headache because they can't come up with any solution now.
"The brewery is hiring porters. The brewery is hiring porters."
The long parade was moving forward. At this time, a man from the brewery held a sign recruiting workers and shouted. It attracted the attention of countless people, and in a blink of an eye, it was surrounded by people.
Thomas was an exception, and he hurried over to queue up in a hurry.
At this time, he no longer cares about so much, whether it is a brewery, a cleaner, or a repairman, as long as he can find a job, he needs a job, because the house is almost out of control.
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"All walks of life are not doing well, but why are breweries becoming more and more popular? This business seems to pay a lot more dividends than before. The last time the brewery was recruiting workers, was it a newly built brewery?"
Someone lined up and asked curiously.
Nowadays, all industries here are in depression, everything is closing down and people are losing their jobs. However, the business of this brewery is getting better and better. One brewery after another is constantly adding new breweries and recruiting workers.
"I have a friend who works in a brewery. I heard that their performance is now very good, mainly because the quality of our country's beer is world-renowned and has strict quality assurance, so Orientals especially like to drink our beer, so
Large quantities are sold to the East."
"If you think about this big country in the East with a population of 1.4 billion, they used to have average incomes and their consumption power has not been fully released."
"Now, their economic aggregate is already the largest in the world, and it accounts for half of the world. Their per capita GDP has also entered the top ten in the world, and their consumption power is extremely terrifying."
"Just the amount of beer we drink every day is an astronomical figure. Now that we have aircraft, travel is very convenient. There are many aircraft coming to the winery to transport wine every day. No matter how much beer we have, we can't sell it."
"This is why their brewery business is so booming. Breweries are opening one after another."
Someone also said quickly.
"So that's it~"
"I said the reason why the brewery can continue to open now is because Orientals love to drink our beer."
"Those hateful Easterners, if it weren't for them, how would we be unemployed?"
"We shouldn't sell beer to them so that they can't drink our high-quality beer. We should let them drink the rubbish beer they brewed themselves."
Someone said angrily.
"Even if we don't sell beer to them, someone will sell beer to them. If we make beer, at least we can solve part of the employment problem and let many people get jobs."
"Yes~ Although they are hateful, what can we do? All we can do is find a job to support our family in Hukou. My family can no longer afford a big meal at Christmas."
"Don't mention it. Even the natural gas at my house has been cut off. It's really too cold this winter."
"Yeah, it's too cold, it's too cold! I've never felt it was this cold in winter."
"The weather forecast said that this year's temperature will actually be higher than in previous years, but it just feels cold."
"That's because there is no heating in the house, so it's very cold."
Thomas quietly listened to the discussions of the people around him. Everyone, like him, was suffering in the cold winter.
Looking ahead, the recruitment of workers in the brewery is proceeding smoothly. One by one, people got the contracts and went back happily. Although everyone's salary seemed not high, only 2,000 euros. In the past, you might have seen such an income.
They don't even take a glance at it. Only immigrants from Eastern Europe and the Middle East do such low-wage jobs.
But now, I have to thank God for being able to get a job.
"It's full, it's full! No need to line up, no need to line up!"
While Thomas was waiting anxiously, the man from the brewery suddenly said something that made the people behind him despair, and the brewery was full of people.
"Sir, sir, I have a winemaker's certificate, could you consider me/consider me?"
"Winemaker's certificate?"
"No need, no need, we already have a lot of winemakers in the factory."
"Sir, I speak multiple languages and can help you sell beer?"
"Do you know Chinese? What we need most now is people who know Chinese."
"Uh, no."
"It's useless if you don't."
"Okay, okay, let's all leave."
The people from the brewery left, leaving everyone behind to continue suffering. Many people chased after them and continued to promote themselves, but it was useless. The brewery that was already full of people did not need so many employees.
At night, Thomas dragged his tired body back to his home. As soon as he got home, his wife began to complain.
"The price of food has increased again, and now our family can only eat mashed potatoes and corn."
"Mario wants to buy a new pair of sneakers and go to a football match."
"Jenny wants to eat fried chicken and hamburgers, but the family has no money at all. If we can't find a job again, we won't be able to afford food next month, and the prices of potatoes and cornmeal have also gone up.
few."
Thomas ate mashed potatoes and corn in silence, and listened quietly to his wife's nagging.
She was not like this before, but since both husband and wife lost their jobs and the money at home became less and less, she began to become nagging and save money.
"I'll find a job and everything will be fine."
After a long time, Thomas also spoke slowly.
"I believe in you, you have always been so good."
"I heard that Dongfang needs a lot of engineers now. Some people go to work in the aircraft manufacturing factories in Dongfang. How about you give it a try and see if you can also work in Dongfang?"
The wife smiled and said.
"But in that case, wouldn't our family be separated?"
Thomas heard this and said quickly.
"There is no way, there is no way to separate. Besides, aircraft are so advanced now. If we have money, we can buy an aircraft ourselves. This kind of communication will be very convenient."
"I heard that they have a lot of aircraft manufacturing plants and they need a lot of excellent engineers. If you go there now, you might be able to find a good job. It is said that the income is also very considerable."
The wife smiled and said.
"Well, I'll go and take a look later. Actually, I don't want to work for the Easterners. If it weren't for their aircraft, our country wouldn't be what it is now."
Thomas thought for a while and said.
"Yes, it has a lot to do with them, but we also have big problems ourselves. Why did they come up with this aircraft first, and why didn't we master the relevant technology?"
"I think maybe we should make some changes. Many people are unwilling to do some tiring, dirty and hard work, and it is difficult to accept everything now."
"Now all we can do is find ways to survive. It doesn't matter how the job is, where we work, whether we are tired or not."