16: Salaries starting at 2,000? College students are going crazy

Yanbei University.

As one of the top universities in the country, it gathers a large number of intelligent and talented individuals.

Li Mubai arrived at the university gates by car early in the morning.

Before his eyes was an antique and elegant plaque, exuding a sense of history.

It is said that this plaque was personally inscribed by a prominent figure back in the day.

This university is not just one of the top institutions in the country; it also carries the hope for the nation's prosperity and development.

Most of those entering and exiting the gates were students, brimming with youthful vitality, like the sun at eight or nine in the morning.

However, Li Mubai didn't go in.

Instead, he went to a talent market not far from the university.

His small Steel Factory wasn't qualified to recruit directly from the university.

Of course, after some time, once he expands the Steel Factory and increases its production capacity, he might be able to recruit directly.

But that would be a matter for later.

This time, the talents he needed to recruit had to be from materials-related majors.

In the coming period, he needed to increase steel production capacity, which would inevitably require opening branch factories or expanding the existing Steel Factory.

This would necessitate personnel with relevant expertise to assist him in management.

After all, once the factory area is larger and there are more staff, it would be unrealistic for him to manage everything by himself.

Of course, if he accumulates more exchange points later and can exchange for the manufacturing method of intelligent robots from the system, then he wouldn't need so many people.

There was another reason for his urgency in recruiting staff.

A few days ago, Zhao Zhenghua suddenly called, saying he urgently needed three hundred tons of steel.

Last time, when they only needed over twenty tons of steel, he and Lao Xiao were busy for several days.

With the current staffing situation at the Steel Factory, even if he and Lao Xiao worked continuous overtime, those three hundred tons of steel would take at least over a month to produce.

But Zhao Zhenghua had said, “as fast as possible,” preferably completing all the steel plates within a month.

For this, Zhao Zhenghua had even paid a deposit of a whopping three hundred thousand!

That's why he was so eager to recruit talent.

The talent market was not far from Yanjing University, only two or three li away.

Li Mubai quickly arrived there.

Perhaps due to the approaching graduation season, the foot traffic here was also high.

Most were fresh-faced young men and women, walking in groups of three or five, browsing the stalls of different companies.

Li Mubai spent fifty yuan to rent a small, temporary stall.

Then he found a discarded cardboard box, took a pen, and drew a few large characters on it: “Guo Li Steel Factory Recruiting.”

Compared to the specially prepared recruitment boards of other companies, his free cardboard sign indeed looked much more rundown, even shabby.

This caused many handsome men and beautiful women to merely glance at it and then leave, not even bothering to ask.

After all, these were students from prestigious universities.

Upon seeing Li Mubai's small stall, barely enough for one person, and the cardboard sign propped on the table, many were immediately deterred.

In their minds, how good could the benefits be at a company that couldn't even afford an advertisement sign?

It might even go bankrupt soon. Although these students hadn't entered society yet, they weren't foolish.

As people who had received higher education, it was easy for them to see through this.

However, this was, after all, the largest talent market in all of Yanjing.

There were countless people looking for jobs.

There were still some who came to Li Mubai's small stall to inquire about the situation.

“A Steel Factory actually came here to recruit? Hahahaha...”

A mocking laugh suddenly rang out.

Li Mubai looked in the direction of the sound.

A fashionably dressed middle-aged man walked towards his small stall.

The man was tall.

Standing and looking down at the seated Li Mubai, he had a sense of overlooking an ant.

“Is your Steel Factory recruiting here, or is it a pyramid scheme?”

The man was arrogant, his tone like interrogating a prisoner.

His rough voice quickly attracted some passersby to stop and watch.

“That scoundrel is causing trouble again.”

“I remember he came here just the day before yesterday. Those companies, to recruit smoothly and avoid entanglement with him, paid him dozens of yuan to settle the matter.”

“This guy has tasted the sweetness and made this his way of making a living!”

“He has hands and feet, but he doesn't work; he just causes trouble here.”

Many people whispered.

Although the sound was low, Li Mubai still heard it.

Through their words, he roughly understood who the man standing before him was.

A scoundrel, a rogue, with hands and feet but unwilling to work, preferring this way of getting something for nothing.

“If you're here to apply, then I welcome you.”

“If you're here to cause trouble, then you can leave.”

“As for whether our factory is a pyramid scheme?”

Li Mubai stared at the man, then scoffed: “I'm afraid you don't even have the qualifications to know.”

For such a person, Li Mubai naturally didn't want to get too entangled.

A scoundrel, a rogue, and unreasonable. What could he say to him?

As for threatening to call the police, he didn't say it aloud.

Although the other party was a rogue, he wasn't a gangster.

He wouldn't act so impulsively.

Moreover, since the other party could make a living by being a rogue, it was unlikely he would commit acts of a gangster.

Otherwise, he would have been caught and taken in for tea long ago.

And those companies wouldn't have paid money to settle things.

“I'm not qualified to know?

Kid, are you looking down on me, your grandpa?

Just your small Steel Factory, and I'm not qualified to know?

Who do you think you are!

I'm telling you, if you want to recruit successfully today, then hand over 50 yuan to honor your grandpa.

Otherwise, you can forget about recruiting anyone here today!”

The man stood with his arms crossed in front of the stall, looking as if he wouldn't leave without money.

Hearing this, Li Mubai chuckled softly.

This laugh immediately angered the man.

“Kid, what the hell are you laughing at?”

“Our factory's minimum education is a bachelor's degree. Tell me, what's your education level?”

“I…”

The man was about to reply but suddenly fell silent.

He was only a junior high school graduate; how dared he reveal his education level? Wouldn't he be ridiculed by the people around him if he did?

The man's mind raced, and he quickly thought of a way to change the subject.

“Just your small factory, which can't even afford an advertisement sign, yet you boast about recruiting university students. Can you afford that price? I think you're just a pyramid scheme, deliberately trying to swindle people here!”

In a few words, a big accusation was placed on Li Mubai.

Li Mubai couldn't help but sigh.

The man in front of him was indeed not stupid, no wonder he could get money from other companies.

At this moment, the onlookers around also looked at Li Mubai with suspicion.

“Whether I can afford it or not is my business.”

“I can promise here that any university student who meets our factory's recruitment standards will have an entry-level salary of 1500 yuan. If they perform well, further increases are certainly possible.”

Li Mubai looked around and said.

As his words fell, the surrounding students immediately erupted into chatter.

“Holy cow, fifteen hundred, is that for real?!”

“I see many companies only offering eight or nine hundred; fifteen hundred is too exaggerated, isn't it?”

“Is this person really a pyramid scheme? Where in a factory do they pay such high wages?”

The man in front of the stall also sneered repeatedly: “Everyone knows factory wages are only seven or eight hundred a month. You come right out with fifteen hundred; I think you're a pyramid scheme. If you don't give me money, I'll call the police and have you arrested!”

Li Mubai smiled, looking unconcerned: “Isn't the company name on the cardboard? Wouldn't you know if you went and checked?”