52: If you are not a double first-class university, you can’t get into this factory?

Rumble...

Outside the lounge, a series of rumbling sounds came.

This is the unique sound of the factory, formed by the combination of various starting machinery.

Li Mubai raised his wrist and checked.

It turned out that the time had already reached nine in the morning; working hours had begun.

Outside the lounge.

The workers had already started a new day's work.

"Gentlemen, do you still need to review anything?"

Li Mubai sat upright on the sofa and asked.

"Mr. Li, please provide some business permits related to the factory area; we need to inspect them."

Listening to Xu Youwei's reply, Li Mubai nodded in agreement.

After all, this was within his job responsibilities.

Since all the factory-related documents were kept in the safe in the office.

So, after Li Mubai agreed, he got up and left the lounge.

Then he entered the office, opened the safe, and began searching for the relevant documents.

In the lounge.

Liu Xun looked at Xu Youwei:

"Brother Xu, didn't you say yesterday..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Xu Youwei's glare made him swallow it back down.

"Some things, don't say them carelessly."

"I will naturally do what needs to be done. Later, you just watch and don't speak."

After Xu Youwei finished speaking, he fell silent.

Sitting on the sofa, his eyes were deep, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing this.

Liu Xun could only nod, then he pursed his lips and stopped speaking, but his eyes were filled with unusual excitement and anticipation.

Just then.

The lounge door was pushed open.

The two people in the room subconsciously looked over, thinking it was Li Mubai returning with the documents.

However.

They only saw a worker in a brand new dark blue uniform, with sweat beads on his forehead, standing at the door.

"Excuse me for disturbing, I'll just grab a bottle of water and leave."

The young-faced worker apologized with a smile.

Then he quickly walked into the lounge and went to the cooler.

After opening the cooler and taking out a few bottles of soda, he immediately walked towards the lounge door.

Xu Youwei quickly called out to him:

"Little brother, how much is your salary? Can you just drink soda like this?"

The worker stopped, turned back, and smiled brightly:

"Old brother, this soda is provided to us by the boss for free. It doesn't cost anything. If you want to drink it, you can just take it."

"As for my salary..."

He hesitated, seemingly thinking about how much his salary was and whether he could say it.

However.

Xu Youwei and the other person, who were sitting there, showed expressions of astonishment after hearing his words.

Xu Youwei's eyes were full of disbelief.

How could this be possible?

Is there really a boss who would take care of his workers like this?

This greatly exceeded his expectations.

He had originally thought that the soda in the cooler would be charged.

He never expected it to actually be free!

He had seen all sorts of small and large factories over the years, and not a single one could do this.

Let alone a factory.

Even the government unit he worked for couldn't provide such good benefits.

But...

With such good benefits, the workers' salaries must be very low, right?

This thought immediately popped into Xu Youwei's mind and wouldn't go away.

Under such good welfare conditions, the work salary couldn't possibly be high, as the factory boss also needed to control costs.

Thinking this.

He couldn't help but look at the worker standing at the door:

"Little brother, don't panic. We are from the City government unit, here to investigate the factory's situation."

"If the boss has withheld your salary, just tell us directly, and we will help you fight for the salary you deserve!"

Actually.

The reason he said this was, of course, not to help this worker.

It was just to find an excuse.

Just to use this excuse later to extort a large sum from Li Mubai, the factory boss.

"This... Since you are from the City, I'll be direct."

"But you must keep it a secret; don't publicize these words."

Upon hearing this, Xu Youwei immediately smiled and gave his assurance:

"Don't worry, we've always been very good at keeping secrets!"

He just assumed that the worker was afraid he would reveal his name, which was why he spoke that way.

Under the expectant gazes of Xu Youwei and Liu Xun, the worker, holding the soda, awkwardly began:

"Actually... because I just started, my salary is the lowest here."

Xu Youwei and Liu Xun exchanged glances.

Their hearts immediately bloomed with joy.

A cunning smile also began to appear on their faces, indicating their scheme had succeeded.

The two looked at the worker, their eyes full of anticipation.

Their eyes seemed to say:

Hurry up and tell us! Hurry up and tell us!!

"My salary is quite embarrassing to mention. As a newcomer, it's only a mere... less than fifteen hundred yuan."

The worker was extremely awkward, seemingly very dissatisfied with this salary figure.

Liu Xun and Xu Youwei, however, stared wide-eyed, their expressions frozen.

"Little brother, you're not kidding, are you? Are you sure you have a salary of fifteen hundred? What's your education level?"

Xu Youwei looked suspicious.

Liu Xun was the same.

Neither of them believed that a worker's salary could be that high.

What kind of education could be worth that much money?

"Why not? Fifteen hundred is just the basic starting point."

"Also, do you think anyone can do this job?"

"I'm telling you, I'm a graduate of Yanbei University, and this just barely meets the Steel Factory's recruitment standards!"

The worker glanced at the two with extreme disdain.

The two people in the room were directly stunned by these words.

Seeing the other party's somewhat angry look, the two could understand that the other party was not lying.

Fifteen hundred, that was fifteen hundred!

The two of them worked in the City, and their salary was only seven hundred yuan, even less than the gatekeeper of the factory area.

The two originally thought that was all there was to it.

But now.

Their combined salaries were still not as much as that person's salary.

And.

The other party was actually a student from Yanbei University.

Yanbei University, that's a prestigious school!

Students who graduated from this academy basically had a smooth path ahead of them.

And even then, he had only just met the recruitment requirements of the Steel Factory.

How incredible was this factory?!

Now.

The two finally understood why this worker told him not to spread this news.

A monthly salary of fifteen hundred.

If this were to get out, wouldn't the factory area be swamped by job seekers?

"Little brother, I want to ask, is your factory still hiring?"

Liu Xun asked resentfully.

When he heard that the other party's salary was fifteen hundred a month, he couldn't help but feel incredibly envious.

"Hiring? Of course, we're hiring!"

"But what's your education level? If you didn't graduate from a double first-class undergraduate university, don't bother coming."

"Not everyone is of the right caliber to be my colleague."

The worker said with a proud smile.

His words were a complete retort to the discrimination in their earlier question about his education.

Just then.

Li Mubai had just finished finding all the documents and was coming from the office.

He had vaguely heard someone speaking outside the door just now.

However, due to the loud rumbling of the machines, he hadn't clearly heard what the people outside were saying.

So he asked curiously:

"What are you talking about?"