172: Heading to the cold storage warehouse!

"Me, me, me! Boss, pick me! I'm very quick at working! Assembly line work? I've worked on assembly lines in electronics factories for twenty years! Pick me!"

"Me too, me too! I can even learn embroidery; my hands are very nimble. Pick me!"

"Me too, I can't do heavy labor, but when it comes to assembly line work like arranging things, everyone who's hired me says I'm good!"

Chen Kai raised an eyebrow. "Alright, you three, get in."

"Alrighty, alrighty!"

The three women wearing headscarves opened the car doors cautiously and even used the handkerchiefs they carried to wipe their clothes and pants, afraid of dirtying the luxury car.

After the three women got into the car, they asked, "By the way, Boss, how much are you paying us per day?"

The three women sat in the back row, curiously examining the interior of the car, their eyes full of envy. It was a real eye-opener; this was their first time riding in a Mercedes-Benz in their entire lives.

Previously, when they went out to work, bosses would always find a beat-up van, stuff them into the back row, and drive them to the work site.

They never expected that one day they would be able to ride in a mercedes-benz car!

Chen Kai, sitting in the driver's seat, raised an eyebrow and looked at the three female workers through the rearview mirror.

"How much do you normally get paid per day when you go out to work? I'm guessing it doesn't exceed two hundred, right?"

The few female workers were just about to say something, but upon hearing that Chen Kai was knowledgeable about the industry, they had to nod helplessly.

"It depends on the work. Light work is 120 a day, slightly heavier is 150, and if it's really heavy, tiring work—like laying out green belts—that's 200 a day."

"Boss, it's not easy for us... We can't find work day after day, and we have children at home to support... Sigh..."

"Yes, it's really not easy for us; we can only do this kind of manual labor."

"We are all struggling to survive. It's been a long time since anyone hired female workers; nowadays, even heavy labor is hard to find."

The three female workers complained one after another, each recounting their own hardships.

Chen Kai, however, gave a disdainful smile. They weren't saying this because they thought he was a good person; they just saw that he was driving a Mercedes-Benz and wanted him to pay them more.

But he wasn't a philanthropist either, and he certainly wouldn't do anything that disrupts market prices.

Besides, among those who come to do manual labor, who has it easy? Did they subconsciously think that complaining to a rich person would increase their wages? He wouldn't be a saintly pushover.

"Alright, stop complaining. I'm not interested in hearing this."

"I'm hiring you to take the ginseng one by one from the boxes and place them on the shelves. It doesn't count as heavy labor. It's 150 a day, but your movements must be quick, and it must be finished before twelve o'clock."

"Whether you finish early or finish late, it's still 150. If you finish early, I'll take you back early so you can take another job, and if you work fast, I'll give you an extra thirty yuan."

The three female workers exchanged glances. "Boss... you're driving a Mercedes-Benz... isn't this price a bit low?"

"How about two hundred a day? Kind soul, you won't miss these fifty yuan, right?"

"The three of us will work at your place all day today, so we won't be in a rush to come back and take another job. Two hundred just covers our day."

Chen Kai immediately frowned, unlocked the car doors he had just locked, and said nonchalantly to the three female workers behind him who kept pushing their luck.

"Get out."

He then lowered the car window and shouted to the people outside, "I need three more female workers to place the ginseng on the shelves. 150 a day, must be finished before twelve o'clock."

The female workers who hadn't been chosen were just turning around with a bit of disappointment to head back to the waiting area, but as soon as they heard this, they swarmed forward again.

"Me, me, me!!! I can definitely finish it for you in half a day for 150!"

"Let me! I've done work like arranging ginseng before, and I did it for several months! I'm definitely more skilled than them!"

"I can do it too! I've arranged radishes before, it's about the same! And I will definitely finish it for you in half a day!"

Chen Kai nodded and turned to look at the three helpless-looking female workers.

"Get out, don't waste time."

The few female workers immediately panicked; this wasn't what they had expected.

They thought that with a wealthy big boss, couldn't they just sell a sob story and get a lot more money? Or maybe get paid without doing any work? Getting paid directly without working would be so great.

For this kind of work, a normal boss would give at most 120, but they wanted 200, so they tried to raise the price on the spot and play the victim, but they didn't expect him to not fall for their act...

They didn't expect this boss to be different from those other wealthy bosses. How did things go so wrong? Now, let alone 200, they didn't even have 120 anymore.

"Boss... we'll take 150 too... We're sorry, we were wrong just now."

"Yes, yes, yes... we'll take 150 too... Boss, we want to take this job."

Chen Kai waved his hand quickly. "Get out, don't waste other people's time."

He then signaled to the three newly chosen female workers outside the window.

The three female workers understood immediately and shouted at the car door, "Don't waste time! The boss already said he wants us."

"Exactly, Old Wang, you were greedy last time too. How many times have I advised you? When working, you have to be honest and diligent; you're always thinking about slacking off!"

The female worker who had been begging him while sitting in the car couldn't handle the public criticism, and only then did she reluctantly get out of the car.

After the three newly chosen female workers got into the car, Chen Kai confirmed once more that they wouldn't raise the price on the spot and that they could finish in the morning. Only then did he step on the gas and speed off, heading towards the Cold Storage.

The reason he absolutely refused to use those three female workers, even if it was for the same 150 or even if they dropped it to 120, was that he was afraid they would take revenge.

Secretly tampering with the ginseng.

Then he would suffer a huge loss; think of how much money he would lose.

Moreover, most people who try to raise prices on the spot think he's a wealthy person and that he wouldn't bear to make them work.

He was here to find workers, not to coddle masters.

What if, while arranging the ginseng later, they secretly tampered with it and intentionally broke it? Those would all be losses.

He would have spent the money, and although he could have avoided the loss, he would have lost so much money because of a moment of saintly soft-heartedness.

He wouldn't suffer such a loss.

...

In less than half an hour, the mercedes-benz car stopped at the entrance of the Cold Storage.

Just after arriving at the entrance and dropping off the female workers, he called Zhou Lei.

The call was answered quickly, and Zhou Lei's fawning voice came from the other end.

"Brother Chen, I'll be there soon! I'm personally escorting the truck to deliver it to you!"

"And we wrapped them in white paper for you overnight to prevent the ginseng from losing moisture. You just need to hire people to place the ginseng on the trays!"

Chen Kai smiled slightly, nodded in satisfaction, and waited for Zhou Lei at the entrance.

"Alright, I'll wait for you at the entrance."