Chapter 169: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 169: A Newborn Calf Is Not Afraid of Tigers

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Walking into the Computer City, he saw only shops selling computers and computer accessories. Wang Dashan didn't understand computers, but he knew that computers were advanced technology, and finding work related to this industry would definitely have a future.

So he mustered his courage and went shop by shop to ask if they needed workers.

He asked several shops, and they all said no.

Some shops even mistook him for a customer and asked what kind of computer he wanted to buy.

Upon learning he was there to find a job, they just smiled and were no longer enthusiastic in their greeting.

After searching for a long time, he finally found a shop that needed people.

This shop needed to hire salespeople.

The recruitment condition was to understand computer-related knowledge. Wang Dashan knew nothing about computers; he wasn't even clear on where the twenty-six letters on a computer keyboard were located.

However, the store manager saw he was a newborn calf unafraid of tigers, full of drive, and actually dared to come alone to the Computer City and ask shop by shop for work, which counted as commendable courage.

Computer-related knowledge could be learned later, but this innate courage of character wasn't something everyone had.

Doing sales required mastering certain professional knowledge, but the most important thing was still to have a thick enough face, and enough courage to communicate with customers.

Upon learning it was Wang Dashan's first time going out to find work, yet he dared to ask around like this, and dared to apply despite understanding nothing, the store manager truly found his courage commendable.

So he ultimately decided to take him in.

"Working here is fine. Base salary 1000. For every computer sold, commission is eighty. Computers sell very well now. If you have the ability, selling twenty or thirty a month is completely no problem."

The store manager said this to Wang Dashan.

Wang Dashan took out his mobile phone, opened the calculator function inside, and calculated.

Eighty yuan per unit, ten units is eight hundred yuan, thirty units is two thousand four hundred yuan, plus the base salary of one thousand, that's over three thousand in wages.

His math was originally not good, so that's why he needed to use his mobile phone to calculate this simple math problem.

"Does it include room and board?"

Wang Dashan asked this one sentence.

Although he was very keen on this job, he still needed to ask clearly about the benefits.

"No lodging, but lunch is included. Also, I don't have the Five Insurances and One Fund here. Do you accept that?"

Wang Dashan didn't quite understand what the Five Insurances and One Fund were. He felt only money in hand was most solid, so he didn't pay it much mind:

"Okay, no problem, I accept!"

The store manager then said:

"You must sell at least ten computers a month. Two consecutive months failing to meet the standard and you'll be fired. But I think this requirement is very easy for you."

Wang Dashan said:

"Then okay, I'll come work for you. When can I start?"

The store manager said:

"Come tomorrow! It's just the beginning of the month now. If you come to work tomorrow, this month's base salary still counts as one thousand yuan!"

Wang Dashan immediately beamed with joy:

"Great, then I'll come to work tomorrow! Let's exchange contact info first. Boss, what should I call you?"

"My surname is Zhang, Zhang Zhihao."

"My surname is Wang, Wang Dashan."

The two exchanged phone numbers, added QQ, and agreed he would come to work at 8:30 tomorrow morning. Only then did Wang Dashan leave.

But after he left the shop door and walked ten or so meters, he turned back again.

"What's wrong? Did you leave something in my shop?" Zhang Zhihao asked with a puzzled expression.

Zhang Zhihao wasn't actually that old, just nearly thirty. He was also a rural person, a Computer Science major. He started his own business, opening this computer sales shop in the Computer City, and had made quite a lot of money these years.

Wang Dashan had a simple, earnest energy about him that reminded him of himself when he first entered society to make a living. Back then he was also full of drive, and it was precisely by relying on this drive that he earned his first pot of gold.

He was quite optimistic about Wang Dashan.

Wang Dashan laughed honestly:

"Boss, I thought about it. How about I start work today? Anyway, going back to the rental house is just sitting idle. You let me stay, get familiar with the shop's situation first. Also, I can learn some computer-related knowledge."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhihao laughed and agreed readily:

"Okay! No problem!"

Then he took out several computer instruction manuals and handed them to Wang Dashan:

"These are instruction manuals for several different brands of laptops. There's Dell, Acer, Huawei, and also various component manuals for desktop assembled computers. You read them first. Laptops sell well now. Remember the models, memory, processors, and other information. When customers come, just tell them this information."

Wang Dashan hurriedly nodded:

"Okay okay, I'll read carefully!"

Although he agreed like this.

But when he actually picked up the manuals to read, he instantly felt his head swell as big as a bucket.

He originally wasn't the studying type. He couldn't even bear to read books like language textbooks.

Let alone computer manuals, which were even more boring. The most important thing was they mixed Chinese and English, making it very hard for him to understand.

But he still followed Zhang Zhihao's instructions and tried to memorize the various data on the manuals.

Before long, customers came.

It was a young couple.

Zhang Zhihao personally went to greet the customers.

Wang Dashan just listened and watched carefully from the side.

He was learning Zhang Zhihao's sales skills.

Actually Zhang Zhihao didn't have any sales skills; he wasn't like the salespeople in other computer stores who specialized in all kinds of misleading hype and gimmicks. His introductions to customers were generally realistic and truthful, more about helping customers find suitable computers rather than earning money by speaking against their conscience.

At that time the Computer City was truly a mix of dragons and tigers; huge profits and fierce competition made many stores' salespeople take desperate risks and play at misleading customers, yet Zhang Zhihao maintained his original heart — this was very rare.

However, being so plain and unadorned naturally also meant he couldn't retain too many customers.

Sure enough, after he introduced several computers to this young couple, the young couple felt they could still go to other stores to look, compare, and then decide.

Zhang Zhihao knew that once they walked out the store door, the probability was very high they would never return; inside the Computer City there were no fewer than dozens of computer stores if not over a hundred, so many choices to pick from freely, and everyone sold products that were largely the same, so past this store they definitely wouldn't come back.

Zhang Zhihao could only sigh secretly about this, yet couldn't say anything.

Seeing the customers about to leave, Wang Dashan couldn't sit still.

He had an impatient temperament, and was also stubborn.

He felt this couple of customers should be kept, shouldn't be let go just like that.

So he hurriedly stood up and went forward to stop that couple.

"Handsome guy beautiful woman, don't leave yet. What are you unsatisfied with about our store's products? Price unsatisfactory or configuration unsatisfactory? Please tell us directly; we can do it until you're satisfied!"

Wang Dashan spoke like this.

Zhang Zhihao watched, and was surprised beyond measure.

He couldn't help but smile knowingly:

This young man, truly a newborn calf unafraid of tigers!

So much initiative — he truly hadn't misjudged him!