Rebirth: Outstanding

Chapter 4 Finding a Job

"I'm also from Chaofeng, everybody, if there is anything you need help, just ask, take you in and find a place to sit, what kind of tea to drink, I ask. The latest and fastest update" This waiter heard Song Tianyao's words After that, he immediately changed the Chaofeng dialect and said enthusiastically to Song Tianyao.

While speaking, he led Song Tianyao to a quiet place, and helped Song Tianyao make a pot of ordinary black tea, and then sat opposite Song Tianyao:

"I think brother, you will not just come to drink tea. Tell me if you have any problems. My name is Wu Jinliang. I have been working in this teahouse for seven years. Very familiar, as long as you speak, I will definitely be able to help you."

This is the reason why Song Tianyao came to Lu Yu's tea house. He heard from the people in the wooden house area that there is a waiter in Lu Yu's tea house who is a Chaofeng person, named Wu Jinliang, who is loyal and likes to help his fellow villagers solve problems, and he will not reap benefits beforehand. It must be done properly before accepting the gift, and never overcharge.

But even if the people in the wooden house area come to the teahouse to look for Wu Jinliang to do errands, they are nothing more than looking for a job, finding a place to live, or looking for missing relatives, etc., and give thanks afterwards. The maximum is only one or two yuan, which can give you five yuan. Thank you, it is already a huge number for the poor.

It was people like Song Tianyao who really made Wu Jinliang's money at this time. At least on the surface, he was not a poor person who came out of the wooden house or fled. He was well-educated at first glance. In Wu Jinliang’s heart, this Regardless of whether it is achieved or not, it is indispensable for such a person to do things for himself.

"I have also heard of your name, Brother Liang. In Chaofeng, every villager treats you as the omnipotent Tathagata Buddha. Many Chaofeng villagers who come to Hong Kong have been taken care of by you." Song Tianyao said to Wu Jinliang.

After that, she waved to the cigarette seller who was walking between the seats on the first floor: "A box of three to five, thank you."

The cigarette seller walked over holding a wooden box containing cigarettes. Song Tianyao put the five yuan note in the box, took a box of 35 cigarettes, and put in fifty cents of zero coins and smiled at the cigarette seller:

"This is a tip. The latest and fastest update, free of charge"

"Thank you boss." The cigarette seller gently squatted and bowed, thanked her well and walked away.

The five-yuan imported three-to-five cigarettes are definitely considered high-end cigarettes in Hong Kong in the 1950s. Many people can’t make ten packs of cigarettes in a month of exhaustion. Most tea customers only draw two and a half dollars.

Song Tianyao unpacked the cigarettes, handed them to Wu Jinliang, stroked a match, lit the cigarettes of both of them, and then said to Wu Jinliang after extinguishing the match:

"My name is Song Tianyao, eighteen years old, and I don’t know what to do with Brother Liang. Today, I came to the teahouse to ask for help from Brother Liang. I understand English, mathematics, and accounting. I worked in a foreign bank in Macau for half a year. This time I want to find a job in Hong Kong. I am not going to help foreigners anymore. I want to find a Chinese firm to do business."

Wu Jinliang held a cigarette and nodded: "No problem, a job, I can help you at any time. I want to go to a firm to do things, right? I don't know what business your former foreign firm was doing, such as kerosene, cotton spinning, wood, steel, etc. Wait, which one?"

"The most profitable one." Song Tianyao said to Wu Jinliang, smoking a cigarette, "I think Brother Liang should know what I'm talking about."

Wu Jinliang nodded softly and gave a hmm.

The so-called most profitable one is actually smuggling. Now whether Hong Kong or Macau, as long as they have access, all business firms will do smuggling, because after the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, the United States and others used the United Nations General Assembly to pass the countermeasures in 1951. The embargo bills of China and North Korea impose blockades and embargoes on China and North Korea.

The more banned, the higher the profit of smuggling, medicines, medical supplies, gasoline, hardware supplies, bananas, steel, cotton...

In addition to Chinese business firms, American foreign firms, and British foreign firms also joined the smuggling feast. Moreover, the Hong Kong colonial government’s "embargo" against the United Nations was also a violation of the law. On the surface, it continued to promulgate laws to cooperate with the United Nations to expand the scope of the embargo. However, as soon as the pressure eased slightly, they immediately secretly approved the export of specific items by various firms. Because of the embargo imposed by Hong Kong, the British economic interests suffered the most. This is also the reason why Hong Kong's embargo control is tight and sometimes loose. Latest and fastest update

In this general environment, smuggling has become the default legal business of the British Hong Kong government.

"I used to work in the warehouse of the wharf to deal with the marine police and the Industrial and Commercial Department who came for investigation. This time I am still planning to find a similar job." After speaking, Song Tianyao took out fifty yuan from his wallet and put it to Wu Jinliang's. In front of him: "A little thanks for your hard work, and I will repay you after it's done."

Song Tianyao can never think that he is too stingy for this kind of waiter who is similar to the dentistry. If he gives less thanks, these guys will not be diligent enough. The heavier the thanks, the more sincerity they can show.

Even though Wu Jinliang did a lot of this kind of job introduction, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, fifty yuan, his monthly salary in the tea room was only sixty yuan, and Song Tianyao said that he would have to thank him afterwards. It made Wu Jinliang want to show off his abilities and show Song Tianyao his abilities.

"Brother, I accept your gift, but the first thing is to say, the job you are asking for is at least two hundred yuan. It is difficult to get a hand. I have a relationship, but it depends on whether you are willing to take the money. One hundred Hong Kong dollars in exchange for a long-term errand in the firm, are you reluctant?" Wu Jinliang put away the fifty Hong Kong dollars on the table, and the expression on his face became serious.

Song Tianyao flicked the ashes and put the wallet on the table: "There are two thousand seven hundred yuan in the wallet. Brother Liang feels that it is not enough. I will go to the bank to get it."

Song Tianyao’s words made Wu Jinliang look a little bit higher in his heart. The cash in his wallet was 2,700 yuan, which is already an astronomical figure in the eyes of many families, and Song Tianyao can go to the bank to withdraw money again. This relaxed attitude Wu Jinliang has a lot of affection for Song Tianyao. That's right. Asking for help, you must not be afraid of spending. Those who came to look for their own villagers before, ask for work one by one, and only give one or two yuan of gratitude. Wu Jinliang has all of them. Sending them to work in the factory, the real connections are to be reserved for Song Tianyao, who are willing to take money out of the young offspring.

"Taibai Seafood Boat (now known as Jumbo Seafood Boat, a well-known attraction at the time) wraps up the top floor, opens a banquet, invites three red card singers to accompany the wine and sings. After the seafood boat, we go to the North Point Dance Floor Nightclub for drinking and dancing. , It’s probably more than 800 Hong Kong dollars. If you nod, I’ll make arrangements. The second son of the president of Chaofeng Chamber of Commerce is a frequent visitor here. There are three businesses in his family. If the second son can nod, your job is complete. No problem." Wu Jinliang stared at Song Tianyao's eyes and said.

He was observing that if Song Tianyao hesitated for a moment, he would change his relationship and help him introduce a later job.

But Song Tianyao did not hesitate, took out one thousand Hong Kong dollars from his wallet and handed it to Wu Jinliang: "This is one thousand yuan, so please ask Brother Liang to help me arrange it."

"Okay." Wu Jinliang simply took the thousand Hong Kong dollars and turned to the counter and shouted: "The elegant room on the second floor with a window, a pot of Pu'er for ten years, I invite Mr. Song Tianyao."

He had to shout this sound, and he had to ask for this pot of tea. Otherwise, he was a waiter who worked as an intermediary business in the teahouse, and he would have been kicked out a long time ago.

But please come back, what Wu Jinliang usually shouts most is that there is a pot of scented tea, a cage of dim sum on the first floor, or even a pot of dim sum, only a pot of scented tea, which means that he has not earned much thanks, and at this time The elegant room facing the window on the second floor was already the best elegant room in Lu Yu's tea room. The unit price of a pot of Pu'er in ten years was 20 yuan, which was considered the tea room's finest tea.

Everyone on the first floor immediately looked in the direction of Wu Jinliang, mainly looking at Song Tianyao, wondering who Song Tianyao was, so big that Wu Jinliang could call out a pot of Pu'er for ten years.

Song Tianyao stood up just right, arched his hands slightly towards everyone, and walked towards the second floor. Wu Jinliang said in a low voice from behind, "Brother Song, wait for my good news."

Seeing this young man, who looked like a senior staff member of a foreign company, slowly walked up the stairs, the guests who were sitting downstairs talked. They have been to the tea room for a long time to drink tea, knowing the rules:

"Aliang is going to make money today. He hasn't invited people to drink Pu'er for ten years for almost a year. It seems that this time he will make a lot of money."

"Of course it won't be less, but looking at the dress of this young boy, it doesn't look like someone who has asked for A Liang."

"When Aliang comes back, ask him to buy us a cage of sesame cake."

Song Tianyao was led into the elegant room by a guy. First, he helped Song Tianyao prepare fruit snacks. The guy started to make tea sets for Song Tianyao and prepare tea. Song Tianyao sat in front of the window seat and found that the room really had a great view. , Because it happened to be a women's tea room opposite, looking through my own window, I could just see Yingying Yanyan drinking tea and chatting on the opposite side.

"Sir, do you want to listen to the music?" A little girl, at most fourteen-five years old, wearing a double bun, holding a pipa standing outside the elegant room, first squatted and bowed to Song Tianyao, which was timid. Open up.

Although the voice is small, but it has a natural soft smell.

She saw Song Tianyao ascend to the second floor. She thought that Wu Jinliang could invite him to Pu'er for ten years, so the little girl had the courage to climb upstairs and wanted to see if she could make some money for music.

Song Tianyao bit an apple and asked, "How much does it cost to sing and play a song?"

"Short tunes are one yuan, and long tunes are three yuan."

"Play and sing a short song to listen to it." Song Tianyao took out a dollar and put it on the table and said.

The little girl walked over quickly, saluted again, then picked up a dollar, and sat on a small stool dedicated to the actors in the corner. Instead of rushing to start, she waited for the buddy to make the tea and exited to close the door from the outside. , Then he stretched out his fingers and flicked up and down on the pipa.

Following that, the pipa tune sounded in the small elegant room, and Song Tianyao sat at the table with his eyes closed, tapping the tune with his hands down and down.

When the prelude was finished like running water, the little girl opened her lips and made a long voice:

"It's hard to talk about things in the world, but keep your heart true. Those who sing songs don't ask whether things are true or false, but take a piece of truth..."

With closed eyes, Song Tianyao suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the little singer, and sighed softly:

"Well, regardless of the singing, just opening these two words is worthy of appreciation, good words."