Reborn in 2015, I became a male god starting in high school.

Chapter 22 My God! Zhou Ziyang is number one in the whole school!

Zhou Ziyang's original plan was to wait for Li Dongfeng to return, and then use Li Dongfeng's connections to find a group of students in various high schools who didn't want to study and wanted to go out to work.

There are probably between eight and twelve thousand high school graduates in the city. It would be very easy to find a group of people who don't want to study and want to go out to work.

The main problem is that most of these students come from families without connections or backgrounds. They want to make money but don't know what to do. Although there are many high-paying jobs available, they are afraid of being scammed.

If there were a group of classmates like Li Dongfeng, who, despite not being a good student, was somewhat famous in their circle, it wouldn't be a problem for him to find fifty classmates who were willing to believe in him if he were willing to come out and rally a large following.

But no one expected that before Li Dongfeng even returned, he had already recruited twenty young people who were looking for work outside.

In fact, this group of people were not much older than Li Dongfeng. Most of them had not yet graduated from high school and were looking forward to not being able to go to university. They also had heavy family burdens, so they thought they should find a job first. They were not afraid of hardship or fatigue, because making money is never easy.

Most of them come from nearby areas, such as northern Jiangsu, or southern Shandong and northern Anhui.

In his search for a job, he did just like Li Dongfeng and his group, taking a day and a night on a slow train to travel south to Huacheng, only to find it was all for naught.

I've already told my family that I need to work hard to earn money.

If you go out for a week and don't gain anything, it would be too embarrassing to go back empty-handed.

He thought he would go back with Li Dongfeng and try his luck.

With so many people arriving at once, Zhou Ziyang needs to speed things up.

Fortunately, the business license had been obtained beforehand.

Let's see if reality lives up to the ideal.

Relying on his memories from his previous life, Zhou Ziyang dialed the phone number of a Taiwanese business owner from that time.

If this boss wasn't exaggerating, in 2015, he should be working as the deputy factory director in charge of human resources at an electronics factory in the neighboring city of Sucheng.

Zhou Ziyang had heard him lament that the factory had been struggling these past two years. If you really wanted to make money, you had to wait until 15 to 18, when it was truly a period where people could rest but the machines never stopped.

"Back then, we were really recruiting temporary workers everywhere, with hourly wages ranging from 20 to 28. Normally, our factory's HR department is responsible for recruiting people, but we just couldn't find anyone, so we had to outsource temporary workers. We just took as many people as we could."

"It was really profitable back then!"

The boss was full of nostalgia when he talked about the past.

Indeed, back in 2015, most people were full of confidence in the future. They felt that making money was a matter of course and that life would only get better and better.

Skyscrapers are springing up one after another in the city.

Technological development is also changing rapidly.

As for the factory, it worked day and night without stopping.

At that time, smartphones were replacing traditional mobile phones. With the successive launches of Xiaomi, Meizu, and other major domestic smartphone manufacturers, smartphone OEM factories were all over the country.

The Taiwanese company that Zhou Ziyang contacted specializes in computer assembly and display screen testing.

In fact, only electronics factories like this are short of workers.

Among temporary workers, only Taiwanese or Japanese companies are willing to offer high hourly wages.

He could only hope that the boss was genuinely short-staffed and could offer 28 yuan per hour. Otherwise, Zhou Ziyang would have to find another way to make a living. In that case, Zhou Ziyang would probably earn less, but he still had to find a way out for Li Dongfeng, since he had already said what he was going to say.

Having figured this out, Zhou Ziyang finally pressed the dial button.

beep.
beep.
To be honest, Zhou Ziyang was extremely nervous at this moment. He was afraid that the Taiwanese boss was just bragging and that he didn't actually need any more people, but he was even more afraid that he couldn't get through to him on the phone.
That would be very awkward.

Fortunately, the phone rang twice and was answered quickly.

The other person spoke with a distinctly Taiwanese accent: "Hello?"

"Hey, Mr. Li, is your factory short-staffed?" Zhou Ziyang answered the phone, naturally adopting the Taiwanese accent of the other party.

The other person felt Zhou Ziyang's accent was friendly, so they asked cautiously, "May I ask who you are?"

Zhou Ziyang said, "Oh, I am the operations manager of Ziyang Labor Service Co., Ltd."

"I heard from a friend that Mr. Li is hiring everywhere?"

Li Jianhong didn't know where Zhou Ziyang had gotten his phone number, but he was indeed short-handed at the moment, so after a moment of silence, Li Jianhong asked, "How many people do you have?"

"That depends on how many people Mr. Li needs. Since our company has approached you, we must have the capability. Providing fifty or even a hundred people is not a problem. It just depends on how many Mr. Li needs," Zhou Ziyang said confidently.

When Li Jianhong heard this, he felt that Zhou Ziyang was joking with him.

It's so hard to recruit people these days. I've been begging and pleading every day and still can't find anyone. But this guy just comes up and says he can recruit fifty or a hundred people.

Why does this sound fake?

So Li Jianhong said seemingly casually, "How about I have someone drive over now and bring over twenty or thirty people?"

“Sure, they just got back from out of town. If you need it urgently, Mr. Li, send someone directly to the train station tomorrow, and I’ll contact you then,” Zhou Ziyang said directly.

Zhou Ziyang also knew that no normal person would believe it based on just one phone call.

We need to discuss the specifics in person.

After a brief explanation, Zhou Ziyang prepared to hang up.

When the other party heard Zhou Ziyang being so open, they wondered if it was true.

"Wait," Li Jianhong called out to Zhou Ziyang, who was about to hang up.

Zhou Ziyang asked, "Is there anything else, Mr. Li?"

Li Jianhong thought for a moment and said, "I do need a batch of short-term workers right now. What are your prices?"

"It's 28 yuan per hour," Zhou Ziyang said.

"?" Li Jianhong was stunned. What was going on?

I only thought about it yesterday when I was feeling anxious. I mentally complained that if I could find someone, I would be willing to accept 28 yuan an hour.

I've never said this to anyone else.

How did he know his bottom price right away?
"28 is too expensive, Manager Zhou. It should be around 26 yuan normally!" Li Jianhong tried to negotiate the price. His bottom line was indeed 28 yuan, but how could he accept it just because Zhou Ziyang said so?

“There’s a reason why it’s expensive.” Zhou Ziyang didn’t say much after hearing Li Jianhong’s words, but just chuckled.

This Li Jianhong is a typical Taiwanese businessman. On the surface, he is friendly and approachable to everyone, and he can chat and laugh with everyone, but deep down he looks down on others.

He rarely sought cooperation with labor service companies because he always felt that everyone in that area was malicious and trying to get him to spend money. So he would negotiate prices with Zhou Ziyang, usually down to a dollar or two. If Zhou Ziyang actually negotiated with him, he would only think that if they could reach an agreement, it meant Zhou Ziyang could still make a profit.

Therefore, Zhou Ziyang might as well pretend to be more profound.

Anyway, Zhou Ziyang knew that his bottom line was 28.

Li Jianhong scoffed at these words and said, "What's the point?"

Zhou Ziyang said, "We are a legitimate and professional labor service company. We can vouch for every worker that a company provides. We can guarantee that these people can work long-term. Even if someone leaves their post for any reason, we can quickly find someone else to fill in."

"Did Mr. Li always hire long-term employees before?"

"To be honest, Mr. Li, you're not losing out by paying 28 per hour for short-time work. Think about it: you don't have to pay for employee insurance or accident insurance. When the factory is busy, you can take a group of people from me to create more wealth for you. And after the production period, you don't have to spend money to appease the workers. No matter how you look at it, Mr. Li is making a profit."

After Zhou Ziyang finished speaking, Li Jianhong remained silent.

First of all, Li Jianhong is indeed short of workers right now. He just wants to lower Zhou Ziyang's prices and then use short-term workers to get through the current labor shortage.

But what Zhou Ziyang said also made sense.

If Zhou Ziyang's labor service company is stable enough, then he can withdraw a large number of workers at any time without having to be responsible for their insurance or personal accident liability.

If that's the case, then an hourly wage of 28 is indeed not expensive.

In fact, Li Jianhong didn't like getting caught up in these trivial matters; he just didn't like the feeling of being taken advantage of by the locals.

Now, Zhou Ziyang's Taiwanese accent makes Li Jianhong feel very close to him, and the fact that he won't budge on the 28 yuan makes him feel that it's worth the money.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Jianhong asked, "Is Manager Zhou also from Peninsula?"

"No, I studied in Kaohsiung for two years when I was little."

"Oh, no wonder. That explains why Manager Zhou's accent sounded so friendly. I'm from Kaohsiung."

"Oh really? No wonder, Mr. Li's voice sounded very friendly to me. So, Mr. Li has agreed to this deal?"

Li Jianhong chuckled and said, "No rush."

"Let's set a time to meet up first, shall we?"

Zhou Ziyang said, "Then let's do it tomorrow."

“My people will be back from out of town tomorrow. Mr. Li, please get the car ready. I’ll arrange for twenty people to work on the job first. If you don’t think it’s suitable, we can talk about something else,” Zhou Ziyang said.

so generous?

Li Jianhong thought that Zhou Ziyang was probably not a fraudster.

I checked tomorrow's schedule.

“Okay, Manager Zhou, I’ll go over there tomorrow.”

Sucheng had plans for a high-speed rail station 15 years ago, but because the city was not on the railway line, the planning of the high-speed rail station required long-term consideration. Before 15 years ago, Sucheng residents had to go to a small county town in the north, which is Zhou Ziyang's hometown, to take the train.

The two cities are also a 40-minute drive apart.

This day happened to be the day the exam results were released.

Zhou Ziyang has been living a very carefree life these past two days. Everyone knows that Zhou Ziyang has made a name for himself this time, and his scores in several subjects are not low.

However, some people did not believe in this superstition, thinking that Zhou Ziyang was usually ordinary, so how could he suddenly become so powerful?

According to his estimated score, shouldn't he be in the top ten in the whole school?
What a joke.

He's obviously showing off!
Let's see how he proves himself when the results come out!
To be honest, Xia Wei actually had this thought in her mind too.

She really couldn't understand how Zhou Ziyang could be so amazing after only studying seriously for a week.

Most importantly, Zhou Ziyang has started to get cocky again these past few days, skipping evening self-study sessions.

People didn't pay attention to Zhou Ziyang before.

Now that they've noticed Zhou Ziyang, skipping class will definitely be reported to the homeroom teacher.

The homeroom teacher heard that Zhou Ziyang had done very well on the exam, so she didn't hold it against him.

However, when the results came out, Zhou Ziyang's grades were not as good as he had said.

That's all!
It is Monday.

Just like the joint entrance exams in the past, every time the joint entrance exam results are released, the results are made into a table and posted on the school's administrative bulletin board so that students can check their own ranking and see if there is still a chance to move up.
When Xia Wei arrived at the school, the area in front of the maintenance board was already crowded with people.

"Xia Wei! You got eleventh in the whole school this time!" A classmate saw Xia Wei and immediately couldn't wait to report the good news to her.

Upon hearing this, Xia Wei's face lit up with joy.

Thankfully, I didn't fail the exam.

Because of Zhou Ziyang's performance, Xia Wei has been under tremendous pressure these past few days!
Oh, right, Zhou Ziyang!

"How many points did Zhou Ziyang get on the exam?!" Xia Wei asked quickly.

"Huh? Zhou Ziyang, I didn't see him!" The female classmate who was asked looked puzzled. She looked up from the bottom and saw herself first, then Xia Wei, and couldn't wait to report to Xia Wei.

Didn't you see Zhou Ziyang?

Xia Wei didn't know whether she should be happy or sad.

But I felt a real sense of relief.

At least they saved face.

But she didn't even have time to be happy.

Then someone shouted, "My God! Zhou Ziyang is number one in the whole school!?"

"???" Xia Wei was suddenly stunned.

　I really don't want to write about business at all. It's difficult to write, it takes a lot of brainpower, and I'll get criticized for it.

　　But there's really no way around it.
　　I have tried to reduce it as much as possible.

　　Please bear with this.

　　Just consider it a way to relax your mind.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)