My courtyard shelter

Dad Xu was rebuked by his wife and was in a bad mood until he went to work. Reading

"Good morning, Uncle Ming!" Ma Jun greeted the boss casually when he saw him coming.

Dad Xu didn't like people calling him "Uncle Xu" because it was hard to pronounce. "Uncle Ming" was different. It sounded very imposing.

Ma Jun was recruited by Xu Dong. He is 25 years old this year. He was a miner before. Don't get me wrong, he mined virtual currency.

It was also Ma Jun's own greed. He got into the bad habit of speculating in cryptocurrencies after mining. As a result, the market was not good last year and he went bankrupt.

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He himself owed 250,000 yuan in foreign debt because of this. Now he has to work for Dad Xu to pay off his debts. He currently eats and lives in the store.

"Good morning! Have you sorted out the machines you collected yesterday? How many can be repaired?" Dad Xu put down the water cup and asked with a straight face.

Although Ma Jun's work attitude is not very correct, his technical strength is beyond doubt. He knows the performance and parameters of various electronic products very well, and he also has good repair skills.

Therefore, Xu's father gave Ma Jun a flexible salary, a basic salary of 5,000 yuan plus a profit commission of 10%, which is equivalent to Ma Jun indirectly owning 10% of the company's shares.

Don't ask why Xu's father knows all this. He completely copied the classic cases from a certain master. Since watching these short videos of success studies, he has been deeply inspired.

"There are 55 in total, 43 mobile phones, 15 laptops, and 2 tablets. The rest can only be disassembled for parts." Ma Jun quickly replied.

Xu's father nodded, and finally showed a little smile on his face. These are all profits!

"Okay, Xiao Ma, you continue to repair the machine today, and try to repair more. Boss Yao is urging you, so leave all the chores in the store to me."

Boss Yao is the big boss of a computer city. Electronic products were sold out some time ago, but the manufacturer's production speed could not be restored for a while.

He thought about it and started selling second-hand goods, which were also hot-selling.

Most of the machines repaired by Xu's father would be sent to him, after all, he offered the highest price.

Ma Jun rubbed his sore eyes and couldn't help complaining: "Uncle Ming, I only slept for five hours last night. I can't repair many machines even if I die by repairing them alone!"

"Do you mean to continue hiring people?"

"Yes, business is so good now, why don't you hire more people?" Ma Jun expressed his incomprehension.

Xu's father thought about it and asked Ma Jun a very realistic question:

"Business is good now, but can you guarantee that it will always be like this? When business is not good in the future, can we afford so many employees?"

This is not difficult for Ma Jun. In order to repay the debt as soon as possible, he racked his brains.

"This is easy. Let's lower the basic salary and give as high a commission as possible. When business is bad, those new employees won't make money and will quit without us having to drive them away."

"Can we recruit people under these conditions?"

Dad Xu admitted that he was tempted. It turned out that there was such a trick. It seemed that he had to continue to charge.

"Of course, there are bankrupt companies everywhere now. There is no shortage of applicants."

"There shouldn't be many people with maintenance experience, right?" Dad Xu was not completely ignorant.

Ma Jun said nonchalantly:

"You can learn if you don't know. Let's start with the simple ones. It will take about a year or two to learn. In fact, many machines only have minor problems. Just replace a component and it will be OK. It doesn't require advanced technology."

Dad Xu was still considering the feasibility, and Ma Jun continued to persuade him:

"Also, simple technologies such as flashing, disassembling and replacing the screen can be handed over to those newcomers. In the future, I will only be responsible for those technical problems, so that we can repair dozens more machines every day."

As soon as these words came out, Dad Xu was completely convinced. Nothing can move people more than profit.

"Okay, you can post a job posting online and ask them to come to the store for an interview."

Ma Jun clenched his fists tightly, and his goal was finally achieved.

…

Three days later, on March 28, the rush to buy that lasted for a week was finally put on the emergency brake by the authorities and gradually calmed down.

Although I don't know why the authorities dragged it on for so long?

But Xu Dong guessed that there might be three main reasons:

First, using the rush to buy to give merchants and manufacturers a boost and reactivate Daxia, a huge and sophisticated world factory;

Second, the authorities can take the opportunity to collect a large amount of taxes to make up for the huge financial burden caused by the reconstruction work;

The last is the conspiracy theory, which is purely Xu Dong's personal conjecture.

The rush to buy can create the illusion of a shortage of materials in Daxia, so that Daxia can openly increase imports and reduce exports, and make preparations for future "natural disasters".

From the clues, Xu Dong vaguely felt that the authorities had made the worst plan, but what no one expected was that this worst "plan" was far from the worst.

So much so that in the next few years, countries around the world were caught off guard.

On March 29, perhaps to ease the restlessness and anxiety caused by the rush to buy, the Yanjing Winter Olympics, which had been suspended for more than two months, resumed.

However, all the next events were moved indoors because the outdoor temperature had exceeded 35 degrees, and summer seemed to have arrived early.

On April 5, the Winter Olympics was officially declared over, and Daxia finally ranked third in the medal table with 10 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals.

After the Winter Olympics, the government immediately launched a massive conservation campaign across the country, calling on the whole nation to "practice thrift and oppose waste".

In the courtyard, Xu Dong was helping his wife grow vegetables, while Xu's mother and Wang Xiujuan, who came to visit, were chatting about family matters and occasionally helped pass a kettle.

Wang Xiujuan came with her grandson this time. The little guy is five years old this year, with a chubby face and looks very cute.

It happened to be the weekend again, and there was no school, so the Coco sisters took the triplets and the little guest to play games together, and the whole yard was filled with their laughter.

After chatting about some family matters, Wang Xiujuan couldn't wait to share the latest news she had heard:

"Lao Zhang, do you know? Starting from next month, the water, electricity and natural gas prices here will all increase, and it is said that the increase is quite severe."

"Really? Where did you hear that?"

Mother Xu frowned unconsciously, and her face became heavy. Even if she lived in a billion-dollar mansion, she couldn't change her ordinary citizen mentality.

Ordinary citizens are most sensitive to the prices of water, electricity and other commodities.

"My son said that, don't tell anyone. There is a conservation campaign recently, and the price increase of water, electricity and gas is to cooperate with this campaign. Think about it, if the price goes up, won't everyone be reluctant to waste it?"

Mother Xu was puzzled: "Then you have to use what you need. Does it have anything to do with saving?"

"I don't know about this either. Anyway, the price increase is 100% certain."

"Alas, life is getting harder and harder."

Mother Xu sighed. The previous rush to buy had already made the family suffer enough, and the money was almost spent. Why is she getting more and more uneasy?