American manga: I drew Superman in the Great Depression

Chapter 84 Recruitment

Open the newspaper door.

Sitting inside was that familiar figure.

"Good morning, you two."

Picking up the cup in his hand and taking a sip of coffee, Colin nodded to the two people at the door.

"Good morning, boss."

Hearing Colin's greeting, Little John and Old John quickly smiled and replied.

"I'm going to print another Superman comic story in the weekend issue of The Courier..."

Standing up and handing the newly created comic in front of Old John, Colin said in a casual tone: "You may need to rearrange the content."

"no problem."

Reaching out to take the drawing handed over by Colin, Old John scanned the story on it and then nodded.

Today, "Superman" comics are the most popular column in the Courier.

Although, the move of serializing cartoons on a large scale in newspapers has aroused doubts from many colleagues in the industry, believing that the Courier's approach cannot be called news reporting at all.

However, it is undeniable that the Courier has become one of the most popular newspapers in New York today.

The weekly circulation of the newspaper has reached more than 100,000, bringing considerable profits to the newspaper.

Old John took the new sketch given by Colin, came to the typesetting machine, and started a new day's work.

Why didn't you burn charcoal?

Lifting the kettle, Little John looked at the low-temperature stove with a look of doubt in his eyes.

Passing by the typesetting machine, he secretly glanced at the comic plot on the drawing with the corner of his eye, and his movement slowed down a bit.

The content of the new comic tells the story of a Superman entering the battle in Haiti.

The evil Luther appeared again, this time he changed his appearance and appeared with a bald head. However, this new image did not reduce his evil temperament, but made Luther look more difficult to deal with. In the plan

After being blocked by Superman many times, Luthor decided to change his strategy. He launched an attack from the depths of the sea, attempting to flood the entire Metropolis with a tsunami.

At a critical moment, Superman, who worked at the Courier Daily, appeared. He dived into the depths of the sea, found the evil Luther, and destroyed his weapon that caused the tsunami, preventing the metropolis from being flooded by the tsunami. And Luther himself,

In a panic, he was swallowed by a huge shark in Haiti.

"Little John."

In the Courier Newspaper office, just as Little John was engrossed in reading, a shout from behind pulled him back from the ups and downs of the comic plot.

Turning around, he saw his boss, Colin, looking at him with a half-smiling expression.

"Boss, do you want hot water?"

Raising the kettle in his hand, Little John asked tentatively.

"Are you ready for the newspaper's recruitment information?"

Colin shook his head and did not pursue the issue of Little John's desertion. Colin asked casually.

Seeing that Colin didn't blame him too much, Little John secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly responded: "Everything is ready, just waiting to be hung up outside the newspaper office."

Putting down the hot water bottle in his hand, Little John took out the cardboard he had made from under the table.

Recruiting newspaper workers, with a weekly salary of ten dollars.

The recruitment information on the cardboard was extremely crude, only mentioning the job requirements and basic salary.

However, neither Colin nor Little John had too much worry about the results of the recruitment.

This was the Great Depression, a time when hundreds of people were competing for three or four moving jobs.

In such a difficult period of economic depression, it is extremely rare for newspapers to be willing to recruit employees.

Therefore, not long after Little John hung the sign with the recruitment information at the door of the Courier Newspaper Office, a long line of people already appeared there. Many of them came from Wednesday's "The Courier Newspaper"

After learning about the newspaper's recruitment information, I rushed here overnight.

Many people have been staying around the newspaper office for several days, just to get a good seat.

In fact, Colin saw these people on his way to the newspaper office. They were hiding in an unnoticed corner like a pack of hyenas, waiting eagerly for the recruitment to begin.

"Get out of the way, I was here first!"

"Why, I was obviously the one who arrived first..."

"I have been here for two days just for this position. This is my only hope. My family is still waiting for me to find a new job."

"Sorry, not only do you have a family, but I do too. My wife and children are counting on me."

"Unless you step over my body, don't even think about getting in front of me."

As the queue gradually lengthened, quarrels also broke out.

Many unemployed people have fierce quarrels and even fights over a position at the front.

"Everyone, please stay quiet!"

As we watched, the situation began to spiral out of control.

Little John had to come out to stop him. He took a deep breath, stopped the two people arguing in front of the team, and at the same time knocked on the recruitment information at the door of the newspaper office with his hand.

"If similar incidents happen again, then today's recruitment will end immediately, and you all will get out!"

Little John's words left no trace of emotion.

However, the recruitment information seemed to have some powerful magic power, and the crowd in line instantly fell silent.

Even the two people who had a heated argument kept their mouths shut.

They also want this job.

Looking at the quiet team in front of the newspaper office, Little John nodded with satisfaction.

Pointing to a neatly dressed middle-aged man at the front of the team, he said, "You, be the first to go in."

"Thank you, sir."

Taking off the hat on his head and thanking Little John in front of him, the man walked into the newspaper office with an anxious expression.

"Hello, sir..."

"I know three skills, three languages, and have rich work experience. As long as you give me this job, I will do my best to repay you, as long as you recruit me."

Holding the hat on his head in his hand, the man said to Colin in the newspaper office in an almost pleading tone.

"I have three children waiting to be raised. If we don't have a job, our family may really starve to death."

The man's slightly trembling mouth begged Colin.

In front of the typesetting machine, after hearing what happened to the man, Old John's hands typing the keyboard paused for a moment, and then the sound started again.

"Sorry, sir."

However, in the face of the man's pleading, Colin had to be brave and spoke slowly.

"Although I sympathize with your experience, your skills in financial investment are not suitable for newspaper work. Maybe you can try elsewhere. Maybe people will need professionals like you."

Shaking his head, the man walked out of the newspaper office with heavy steps.

"Sir, the newspaper society will provide relief every Monday morning, if you and your family are in need."

Looking at the man's dejected back, Colin spoke.

Thank you for the 380 starting coins for a lifetime that is too long, the 100 starting coins for book friend 20200709095343588, and the 200 starting coins for your compassionate listening.