"No. 57 Hebei Road!"
During the summer vacation, Wu Ming found the address of Neville's family according to the information he inquired.
This is a shack area. The surrounding small river is filled with black and foul-smelling river water, and there is still a lot of garbage floating on it. Many shacks are piled up in a mess, and there are a few crumbling concrete buildings among them.
Originally, Wu Ming thought that the area he lived in was the worst area in the city, but now it seems that everything has to be compared.
Knocking on the shaky door, Wu Ming was not surprised to see a group of dirty little ghosts, as well as rags, clothes, old furniture, etc. scattered everywhere.
"Excuse me, is Neville here? I'm his classmate."
Wu Ming tried his best to make his voice appear amiable.
"Brother, someone is looking for you!"
A girl with braids and two missing front teeth immediately yelled towards a corner of the room.
"Um?"
In that corner, there was a pile of rags and old newspapers, and there was a stir in the pile of rubbish, and Neville slipped out of the middle.
His hair was disheveled, and there were red threads in his eyes, obviously he hadn't slept well.
"Ah, it's Steven!"
Seeing Wu Ming, Neville's sleepy face suddenly woke up: "You came to find me?"
There was doubt on his face.
Although they are all children from not very wealthy families, Steven lives in an apartment building anyway, and the environment is much better than his own. Not to mention, his studies are also better than his own. A loser!
Every time he saw Steven, it only reminded him of his own incompetence.
"You have something to do with me?"
Although he usually had a good relationship with Steven, Neville just couldn't integrate into Vidi's small circle, perhaps because he was too inferior and unconsciously alienated everyone.
"Well, let's go for a walk! I have something to tell you!"
Wu Ming directly stated his intention.
"good!"
Navigli got up from the ground: "It's fortunate that you came to me today, otherwise I would enter the factory tomorrow and become an apprentice for Master John!"
Apprentices in this era are not a good job. They are almost the private slaves of the masters. They can be ordered to do anything without even a penny of remuneration. I hope that I can learn a little bit of craftsmanship from the master, so that I can come out to do things and get paid formally.
It's a pity, how could those old masters be so generous? They all cover up their unique skills closely, wishing to use their apprentices for a lifetime.
The two walked out of the shack area and walked slowly along the river bank.
Neville was a little absent-minded, kicking the stones on the road from time to time, looking very preoccupied.
And Wu Ming felt relieved.
After leaving that area, the depression in his heart also decreased a lot.
"Neville... I need your help with something!"
After turning around, Wu Ming looked at the river, and the factories and chimneys not far away, and said suddenly.
"What's the matter? Tell me!"
Neville rubbed his head, and he didn't refuse at the beginning. He was a hard-working person in class, and he often took on much more work than himself, so he seemed very simple and honest, and he was easy to bully. Of course, Wu Mingke never bullied him.
"I want to start a small business, how about you come and help me?"
Wu Ming stared into Neville's eyes.
"What are you kidding, how old are you?"
For some reason, Neville was obviously a year or two older than Steven, but when he saw Steven at this moment, Neville felt like he was still a child.
"Hey! Neville...you will become an apprentice tomorrow, and then look at the newsboys and milkmen all over the city in the early morning. Why do you still have this view?"
"But... But, this is different!"
Neville murmured.
One is to simply sell labor and work for others, and the other is to be your own boss, of course it is different.
After confirming that Wu Ming was not joking, Neville finally said, "Then what do you want to do? What company do you want to start?"
"Are you kidding me?"
At this time, Wu Ming stared at Neville with a playful look: "Do you think the people in the office will agree to two brats under the age of 14 becoming the legal person of a company? I'm planning to do some business. But it's just a small fight... "
"I see!"
Neville breathed a sigh of relief, he almost thought that Steven on the opposite side really had the idea of doing big business.
I don't know why, but thinking of Steven's past deeds, he just thinks that the other party will succeed and become a great person in the future.
"Neville, now that the war is over and the economy is recovering, opportunities are everywhere! As long as you take this ride, believe me, money is still easy to make!"
Wu Ming said in a bewitching tone: "Come and help me, I can give you a reward of 5 jiaodong to 1 gold yuan a day!"
"Is there any reward?"
Neville's eyes widened at once, he thought Wu Ming wanted him to do free work just now.
"Of course, and, don't you have a group of younger brothers and sisters? They can also help me!"
Wu Ming blinked.
"Mary and the others are still so young, what can they do?"
Neville was puzzled.
"Although they are all little ghosts, they should still be competent for ordinary picking and picking jobs, right? Anyway, at their age, no factory would want them now, so why not come out and do something for me!"
Wu Ming pointed to the huge rubbish hills on the outskirts of the city and said, "That's where your workplace is!"
"Um?!"
…
Wu Ming returned home in a happy mood, recalling Neville's face at that time, and finally agreeing, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Hi Steven, where were you today?"
Mrs. Sterling was busy in the kitchen, and suddenly leaned out half of her body and said: "Your father found you a job as an intern, a purchasing apprentice in a trading company, and you are paid 50 guilders a day..."
The currency system of the Golden Oak Kingdom is also yuan, jiao, and cents. Although the money used now is banknotes, you can go to any bank and exchange it for gold. Therefore, the gold content is very high, and it is called gold yuan, and one gold yuan is equal to ten. horned shield.
It's just that Wu Ming just used this salary to lure Neville to work for him, and now other companies are doing the same to him, which really feels like retribution.
"I do not want to go!"
Wu Ming refused directly.
"Um?"
The voices in the kitchen stopped suddenly, and Mrs. Sterling came out and looked at Wu Ming: "Little Steven, what's wrong with you? Do you know how rare this opportunity is? If it wasn't for your good study, Kate Wen Mister will not agree to come down..."
In her impression, Steven has always been very sensible and obedient, but she unexpectedly rejected the arrangement at home today.
'Could it be puberty? '
Mrs. Sterling began to worry, but Wu Ming took out a note directly from his trouser pocket. The number on it surprised Mrs. Sterling.
"10 gold dollars?"
She exclaimed: "How do you have so much money?"
"I've already started to make money. I have an idea that I plan to practice in the summer vacation. I should have an income of more than 5 gold dollars a day, so..."
Wu Ming didn't have so much money originally, but fortunately, there is still an aboveboard gambling and gaming industry in this world.
Especially the gaming industry, which can almost be called the spiritual opium of the poor, is even more legal in the Golden Oak Kingdom.
And Wu Ming happened to have a little pocket money, and after saving it, he could carry out a few small 'speculations'.
Of course, with his current strength, if he wants to perceive the hidden fate line and get a series of numbers in the lottery, it is as difficult as going to rob the bank directly.
Fortunately, there are many ways to gamble, including the simplest scratch prize, and he has mental power to see through...
After a few small trials, Wu Ming immediately made a fortune, and now he has three figures in his pocket. This is the first pot of gold for him to start his career.
It's not that you can't get more, but that you can say that you are lucky once, and it's really incredible for several times in a row.
And, the more money you get from gambling, the more dangerous it is.
With his strength so far, these are the limits.
"What are you going to do?"
Sure enough, Mrs. Sterling no longer mentioned anything about the apprenticeship, but stared at Wu Ming with bright eyes.
"Secret!"
Although he knew that he would definitely not be able to hide it later, Wu Ming still acted like a little adult, making Mrs. Sterling dumbfounded: "You little brat..."
At the dinner table at night, Mrs. Sterling and her husband exchanged glances in a tacit understanding, and kept silent with the wisdom of adults. In fact, they probably planned to start secretly following Steven tomorrow to see what the hell Steven was up to. .
Wu Ming knew it well, but he still pretended to be ignorant and buried himself in his food.
…
"Hi, Neville!"
"Hi Steven!"
Neville rubbed his hands: "According to what you asked, we got these after a busy day!"
He took Wu Ming to a "secret base" outside the rubbish mountain in the outskirts. This place was actually a large abandoned shack with a rather pungent smell, and several piles of rubbish were piled aside.
"Well, very good, this is your reward for today!"
Wu Ming took out several banknotes of 5 jiao dong, and stuffed one into a child's hand.
"No, no, that's too much..."
Although Neville was talking, he unconsciously used force in his hands. The other younger siblings were not as shy as he was, and they cheered and stuffed the money into their pockets.
"You guys are doing a great job, continue tomorrow!"
Wu Ming sent away Neville's group, looked at the piles of waste paper and metal components, and smiled a little: "Recycling resources? Are you kidding? losing profit!"