Dreaming Back to the 90s to Help My Dad Chase Away Rivals (BL)

Chapter 29: Part-time Job at a Foreign Company

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 03/24/2024

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Chapter 29: Part-time Job at a Foreign Company

In the final month of 1997, the weather was exceptionally cold, with water freezing into ice.

After school, Ning Xiaobei and Fan Xia braved the cold wind as they began their journey home. The strong wind made it nearly impossible to see, and their bikes seemed to go two steps back for every step forward. Eventually, they gave up and decided to walk, pushing their bikes along.

"I'm freezing to death! How can Shanghai be this cold?" Fan Xia exclaimed as soon as they entered the house, immediately rushing to the heater as if to embrace it.

Shanghai, located in the Jiangnan region, became exceptionally damp and cold in winter. Although it didn't often snow, the temperature usually hovered around zero degrees Celsius. However, the perceived temperature was more uncomfortable compared to the dry cold of the north, earning it the title of "magical attack."

"Xiaoxia, go wash your hands," Zhao Jingwen, who was cutting lamb in the kitchen, called out to him.

"But washing hands will make me even colder..." Fan Xia began to protest, but Ning Xiaobei grabbed him by the neck and dragged him towards the bathroom.

"Wow, hot pot, awesome!"

Rushing to the dining table and seeing the old-fashioned purple copper hotpot and the various ingredients piled next to the copper stove, Fan Xia was so excited he almost jumped up.

"Why are we having hot pot today? Is there a special occasion?" Ning Xiaobei rubbed his hands together, looking curiously at Ning Jianguo.

"Well... it's like this. A few days ago, my apprentice Xiao Sun, you know, the one who got married at the end of last year, Uncle Sun, came to see me..."

Taking a sip of yellow wine, Ning Jianguo tossed a roll of lamb into the hot broth and paused.

"He said there's a foreign-invested shoe factory in Baoshan District that wants to hire me as a 'senior technical director.'"

Ning Jianguo continued, holding up five fingers. "The salary is this much."

"Three thousand."

"Three thousand?"

Fan Xia was stunned.

"Wow, Uncle, even the salaries of the factory directors in our shoe factory aren't that high."

These days, the salaries of state-owned enterprise workers are determined based on their work experience and job titles. Even the highest-ranking leader of the Third Leather Shoe Factory earns less than two thousand yuan a month.

"Three thousand is just the base salary, not including bonuses. If you add up the monthly performance bonuses and the year-end bonuses, it's almost sixty thousand a year."

Ning Jianguo became a bit excited as he said this.

"The meat is getting cold, hurry up and eat," Zhao Jingwen said, seeing him talking too much. He simply took the meat out of the pot and placed it in front of him in a bowl.

"Foreign companies are so rich, no wonder many parents of our classmates have been changing jobs lately," Fan Xia commented while eating.

"Zhuang Li's dad in our class also changed jobs, he went to work for a company owned by a Hong Kong boss. Zhuang Li is ecstatic, saying that her dad's company arranges for mainland employees and their families to go to Hong Kong for vacation every year. She can't wait to see Alan Tam now."