Rebirth 1989: My Unlucky Career

A few days after Zhao Zhuo came back, the film shipped from the Moscow Film Factory was also in place. Zhao Zhuo simply launched a three-for-one promotion based on the original price.

For a time, business became even more popular.

Taking this opportunity, Zhao Zhuo also began to gradually launch a franchise plan.

This morning, Zhao Zhuo was watching the newly arrived employees taking photos when a man suddenly walked in.

The person who came looked like he was in his thirties, wearing a pair of glasses, a shirt and trousers, and he looked like he was engaged in clerical work.

"Hello, do you want to take a photo?"

Wang Juan stepped forward and greeted.

The man shook his head and asked:

"Is the boss here?"

"I'm just asking, what's the matter with you?"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo came over and asked with a smile.

When the man saw that Zhao Zhuo, the boss, was so young, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then said:

"That's it. I saw we are looking for franchise partners. Are we recruiting people?"

Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.

People in this era did not have the concept of franchising. When they heard the word "franchise", they often subconsciously thought it meant recruitment.

In the past two days, Zhao Zhuo has explained the meaning of joining to many people who want to find jobs.

However, Zhao Zhuo was not impatient, but smiled and explained:

"This franchise does not mean recruiting workers, but means... to put it simply, I will help you open a photo studio."

Hearing this, the man was slightly disappointed:

"Oh, we're not hiring."

With that said, he was ready to go out.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but subconsciously called the man:

"Wait a mininute."

"Oh, is there anything else?"

The man stopped and asked doubtfully.

"I just want to ask, are you looking for a job?"

Zhao Zhuo asked.

The man nodded:

"Yes, even if I want to find a job, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come in and ask."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but smile:

"But with all due respect, you don't look like someone without a job, and your job shouldn't be bad, right?"

Seeing that Zhao Zhuo guessed what he was doing right away, the man couldn't help but be a little surprised. After a pause, he said with a wry smile:

"You are right. I am still working in the office of a state-owned enterprise today, but I will not be working tomorrow, so I want to find a job quickly, but my whole family is still waiting."

"Not tomorrow?"

Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but frowned when he heard the man's self-deprecating words:

"You mean your company fired you?"

The man shook his head:

"It's not about dismissal, it's about layoffs in our unit. Most of the people have been forced to be laid off."

Now Zhao Zhuo was even more surprised:

"Your state-owned enterprises are also laying off employees?"

After all, in the eyes of most people, state-owned enterprises are regarded as iron rice bowls. If you can work there, you will basically have no worries for the rest of your life.

Therefore, Zhao Zhuo was a little surprised by the man's words.

But the man sighed helplessly and said:

"Yes, I never thought that one day I would be fired.

But there is nothing we can do. The efficiency of the unit is getting worse day by day, and soon we will no longer be able to pay wages.

If you choose to be laid off now, you can still get a layoff payment.

If you wait any longer, there may be nothing left."

Listening to the man's narration, Zhao Zhuo seemed calm on the surface, but inside he was already stirred up.

He suddenly realized that the wave of layoffs was coming!

In the memory of his previous life, the wave of layoffs in Fengtian only started in the 1990s. Unexpectedly, it had already begun to take shape in 1989.

Suddenly, Zhao Zhuo felt something magical about the integration of his personal experience and historical trends.

"So you just want to find a job, right?"

Zhao Zhuo asked again.

The man nodded:

"Yes, you have to find a way to make money."

After receiving a positive answer, Zhao Zhuo pondered for a moment, then looked at the man and asked:

"Then I want to know, are you anxiously waiting for money to live at home now, or are you making plans for the future?"

Hearing this, the man was a little confused:

"Does this have anything to do with my job search?"

Zhao Zhuo nodded:

"It does matter, and it matters a lot!"

After hearing what Zhao Zhuo said so confidently, the man thought for a while and then said:

"Actually, I still have some savings at home, after all, I have been working for so many years.

However, it’s definitely not possible to live by just looking at those savings, and we can’t sit back and live in vain.”

Zhao Zhuo nodded clearly:

"I understand when you say that. If that's the case, then I suggest you join our Zhuoyun Photo Studio."

Upon hearing this suggestion, the man waved his hand quickly:

"No, no, I can't do this?"

Zhao Zhuo asked back:

"Oh, why can't you do it? Are you worried that you can't take photos and develop them?"

The man was a little unhappy when he heard this:

"What's the point of taking photos and developing them? I took all the photos during our unit's meeting before! Just the camera you have here, I'll study it and use it right away!"

"If that's the case, then why do you think you can't do it?"

Zhao Zhuo asked calmly.

"Hey..."

The man sighed:

"It's not all about money! I can't afford the money needed to open a photo studio."

Zhao Zhuo smiled and said:

"Don't you get laid-off resettlement allowance?"

The man became anxious upon hearing this:

"That's the money our family needs to live on! What if we lose the money and go drink the northwest wind?"

Zhao Zhuo smiled again:

"You think too much. You don't have much money to open a photo studio."

"How much money?"

The man curled his lips in disbelief:

"Why don't you get a few thousand yuan!"

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help laughing:

"Thousands of dollars? Let me ask you, what do you need to spend thousands of dollars on?"

Seeing Zhao Zhuo's disapproval, the man couldn't help but get excited and started counting on his fingers:

"First of all, we need to rent a store, right?"

"That's right, the store I rent costs two hundred a year."

Zhao Zhuo nodded lightly and said.

"Forehead…"

The man had never been in business before, and he really didn’t know how much the rent would cost. Hearing this, he couldn’t help but hesitate, and then he continued to calculate unconvinced:

"Okay, the rent is 200, does it still need to be renovated?"

"five hundred."

Zhao Zhuo gave another number.

"That's seven hundred. We still need to buy various equipment, such as tables and chairs, right?"

"Well, if you add all the miscellaneous things together, it's three hundred."

The man calculated it and realized that it was already one thousand and fifty, so he continued:

"The most important thing is to buy a camera! This is a big deal, it can't cost more than a thousand yuan!

That's a total of more than 2,000 yuan! In addition to buying some film and other miscellaneous things, it adds up to 3,000 yuan! My laid-off resettlement allowance totals only 3,000 yuan."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhuo smiled bitterly and said:

"You're thinking too much. I'm here to provide you with a camera, each costs 500 yuan. I can also give you the film on credit first, and then give it to me when you make money."