The season is already early summer, and the temperature is rising. The early sunshine is bright and soft but not dazzling. The oriole raises its hand to look at the light spots shaking in the shade of the trees, and the excitement of the day begins.
A long table has been set up downstairs in the electromechanical building of Tianyang Yeyuan. The finance and legal departments of 'Shengguang Machinery' will work together today to sign contracts for third-line engineers recruited from all over the country.
When I was seconded before, 'Holy Light' promised that as long as I signed the contract, I would get the full settlement allowance of 5,000 yuan.
This is not a small amount of money. Many people have always remembered it, but they just couldn't ask. Today I finally started to send it.
There were many people crowded in front of the long table.
Oriole stepped forward with small steps, and dozens of pairs of eyes focused on her. She was outgoing, active, and enjoyed being noticed. Especially today, her lambskin coat made her look even more bright.
‘Buddha relies on gold clothing, people rely on clothing’.
In any era, appearance is all about appearance, and Zhou Qingfeng attaches great importance to the company's image.
As long as it has a good image, Coca-Cola can earn tens of billions of dollars in global revenue a year even if it sells drinks, and everyone knows about its so-called secret formula.
Several executives from the ‘Holy Light’ system are running around, and they are the company’s biggest image and face.
For this reason, Zhou Qingfeng took over the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the executives, striving to make their image bright and bright at all times and become the center of attention.
Oriole is the happiest about this.
She can get the latest clothes from Zhou Qingfeng every week. There are four or five women's suits, each of which uses the best fabrics and craftsmanship, making her charm shine.
In 1991, even neon lights were rare in domestic cities, and clothes were still mainly in gray tones. But at this time, young people liked strange clothes. Bat shirts, bell-bottoms and the like were not uncommon.
However, the domestic consumption power is there, and young people do not understand real fashion. For many people, having a piece of clothing made of "really good" fabric is considered good.
Therefore, the clothing styles that were popular in China in the 1990s were often outdated products that have been eliminated from Europe and the United States.
Zhou Qingfeng is different. He does whatever looks good. The goblins especially like to cut clothes and their craftsmanship is extremely exquisite.
Lin Wan's clothes are mainly in black and white, which highlights her cool temperament. Oriole's clothes are mainly in warm colors, which are fresh and beautiful. Wherever the two girls appear, they will definitely attract everyone's attention.
The crowd in front of the long table let out an uproar of surprise.
Everyone who meets Oriole, regardless of gender or age, is inevitably like this. However, the charm of the director of the legal department is still not worth the 5,000 yuan settlement fee. Everyone is queuing up, waiting to receive the money.
There are a lot of lay people in this world, and there are very few people who can't be moved by money. Xiao Jinlang went to the third line to recruit people. He can't say that he was 100% successful, but 99% of the people came.
If he can really recruit talents, Zhou Qingfeng thinks that the five thousand yuan settlement allowance is a very good deal.
Overseas, they use good treatment and environment to harvest high-quality people from underdeveloped countries. If they are able to find the right people, they can make huge profits.
But in China, a benefit of 5,000 yuan is unheard of. Those who engage in scientific research are also human beings, and they also have wives, children, and children, and they also have to face the trivial matters of life, so there is no need for money.
1991 was not far from the 1980s. In everyone's memory, earning five thousand yuan was enough for a person to work hard for ten years. The company sent out so much money at once, which made people feel like they were running into communism!
The signing scene was very lively. On the left, the signing was signed, in the middle, money was handed out, and on the right, bank tellers were collecting deposits on the spot.
Many people took the thick wad of money, rubbed it with their fingers, and reluctantly deposited it in the bank.
Now that prices are skyrocketing, bank deposit interest rates are quite high, regularly exceeding seven points a year. By 1993, when inflation was at its most severe, it could reach ten points.
Faced with high interest rates, people still habitually save their money.
Schweich slowly walked to the long table in the queue. The financial and legal affairs department of 'Holy Light Machinery' will give an employment contract, indicating that he will accept a one-year contract.
Regarding the contract, Schweic felt a little uncomfortable. This bustling and noisy scene seemed to be 'selling out' and 'selling out'. It made him, a senior intellectual, feel embarrassed.
but......
Schweic laughed at himself a few more times, feeling amused at the pretentiousness in his heart. He had been in Tianyang for a month and deeply felt the sincerity and strength of the 'Holy Light'.
Just eating and drinking well every day is something that no ordinary company can achieve.
The money spent in this process is like running water, and the daily food expenses are tens of thousands of yuan. Which company can do this now?
A middle-aged man in khaki overalls walked past Schweic. He had just received the money and counted it twice in front of the long table. But when he turned around, he started counting again.
The settlement allowance was one thousand dollars before, and the remaining four thousand dollars were also in a thick stack. I couldn't count them anymore. As I counted them, the corners of my eyes began to glow, and the more I counted, the more confused I became.
The middle-aged man in work clothes had dark, rough and cracked fingers. He must be a mechanic. He probably had never seen so much money in his life. He would cry and laugh at times.
Until someone shouted to him: "Stop counting, go save it quickly. Otherwise, you will cry to death if you don't count a few cards."
"No, no, we can't do it." The middle-aged man in work clothes smiled naively, but he still obeyed and went to the bank service point nearby to queue up to deposit money.
Skilled workers specially hired in ‘Holy Light’ can receive high incomes that are unparalleled elsewhere.
Zhou Qingfeng learned from the lessons of the next 20 to 30 years and paid high wages to technicians with low academic qualifications but solid skills, giving those who could not go to college another path to success through hard work and training.
For this "convenient service", both ICBC and China Construction Bank sent people.
As soon as I saw a 'fat sheep'...
wrong.
As soon as they saw people showing up with money, people from the two banks stood up and greeted them warmly.
"Brother, come on. Our bank's one-year regular interest rate is 7.56, which is unprecedented. It's higher than the bank next door."
"Brother, don't listen to those grandsons next door. We will give you an urban household registration if you deposit 50,000 yuan. Start saving today."
The two banks were noisy, and the engineering staff queuing up to sign the contract were all smiling happily. The bank is now a typical golden rice bowl, and it is a rare super VIP treatment for these people to take the initiative to shout.
It was Schweic's turn to sign the contract. He lowered his head on the table, glanced at the terms briefly, and then signed. The content of the contract was nothing more than that he was seconded to Tianyang Metallurgical Engineering Institute to participate in the cooperation project of 'Shengguang Machinery'.
After signing the contract and receiving the money, the couple received a total of 8,000 yuan. The couple didn't feel anything when they saw others taking the money, until they held the money in their hands, they felt it was heavy and their hearts seemed to be filled with happiness.
"Save it?" Switch said.
My lover nodded, "Keep it for your children, they will need it for college and marriage. With this money, you will have less worries."
The troubles in the 1980s and 1990s were no less than those 30 years later.
Thirty years later, housing is the biggest headache for young people. But thirty years ago, there were too many headaches.
Just looking for a job can make many people lose their legs. To do something, you need to get countless official seals, and asking for help forces people to bow their heads. The problem of housing becomes less prominent.
Going to the Holy Light saves a lot of things.
After taking the money, Schweic felt relieved and said to his lover: "I have to go and get busy. The company is going to develop information-based offices. I don't have much experience and I'm still figuring it out."
My lover nodded, "Go, go, take a rest by yourself when you are tired.
The company doesn’t spend so much money just to put us in the hospital because the capitalists want to squeeze every last drop of money out of the proletariat.”
Schweich was happy, "If all capitalists were so generous, I, the proletariat, would rather be squeezed. I don't know how many people have squeezed their heads and been squeezed multiple times."
This was said in a loud voice, and everyone laughed when they heard it.