The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 279 Sales Manager

Xu Damao put down his glass heavily. "The big earthquake a few years ago directly turned our cinema into a dangerous building. I have been trying to find a connection these days to see if I can get a bigger cinema."

Liu Hua smiled and asked, "Have you figured it out? Actually, you've been showing movies for half your life. Don't you realize that you chose the wrong career?"

"In the past, I definitely didn't choose the wrong career." Xu Damao shook his head, "But now it's not the same. The eight major members are not popular anymore, but I have been showing movies for half my life. If you ask me to change my career, what can I do?"

Xu Damao paused and said, "Actually, I have thought about doing business, but I don't have enough capital."

In the TV series, Xu Damao was able to do business because he secretly made a lot of money during those ten years. But now Xu Damao is just a salary-earning guy because ten years ago, he was always following the propaganda department to post slogans. What could he embezzle? At most, he could embezzle a little more pulp.

Xu Damao laughed at himself and said, "I borrowed money from relatives and friends around me. I didn't save enough money, so I could only wholesale some snacks and sell them in the cinema. Even with that, I still have to pay part of the cinema's management fee."

"It shouldn't be possible, right? You, Xu Damao, are so good at socializing, but you can't even borrow money."

Xu Damao shook his head: "Actually, I know what's going on. In the past, I gave people the impression of being a typical representative of being slick, sneaky and cunning. How could such a person be welcomed by others?"

Liu Hua clapped his hands: "Now you have a chance to clear your name."

Xu Damao poured himself a drink and asked, "What opportunity?"

"My company is about to open for business." Liu Hua said with a smile: "Now the technical staff and management staff are basically in place, but the only thing missing is a salesperson."

“I’ve never worked in sales.”

"Sales is actually very simple. It's just selling your stuff to others and letting them buy it willingly." Liu Hua said with a smile: "I pay my salesmen a base salary plus commission."

Liu Hua counted on his fingers and said, "The basic salary is not much, only three or four hundred yuan. But if you sell more, you can get more commissions. It's possible to get tens of thousands a month."

Xu Damao's eyes lit up immediately, but he still shook his head: "I have recently found a good way to make money. Remember the TV set in Banggeng? I have contacted the person behind the scenes. I plan to mortgage my house to raise money to buy some TV sets at a low price, and then sell them."

"If you, Xu Damao, were alone all your life and wanted to do this business, I would never stop you." Liu Hua shook his head: "But you are different. You have a wife and children. Do you know what that business is?"

"I know, parallel imports!"

"That's a crime. When doing this kind of business, never take chances, especially when you have no connections or background. You're the most likely to be pushed out and made the scapegoat."

Xu Damao scratched his head in distress and just kept drinking by himself. He was not stupid and knew that people who did this kind of business were ruthless and cruel. He also knew that people who did this kind of business would not be able to make their way without some connections.

"Think about it carefully and come to me to do sales. I'll give you the position of sales manager, and you won't necessarily earn less in the future than if you run your own business."

Liu Hua smiled and continued, "You also know where our home is. When you have thought it through, come find me directly. But don't delay too long. If you don't give me an answer, I can only look for other candidates." Liu Hua ordered a table of delicious dishes, but the two of them basically didn't eat anything. Xu Damao packed up everything and took it home to give his wife and daughter a good feast.

Seeing his daughter enjoying the food at Hongbinlou in the evening, Xu Damao sighed, "Wife, Liu Hua came to see me today and wanted me to be a sales manager in his newly opened company. He also promised that I would make a lot of money in the future."

"Then go."

"But if I go to his company, I'll have to quit my job at the cinema. Aren't you worried at all?"

Xu Damao was really surprised by his wife's reaction. Nowadays, not many old women would instigate their husbands to quit their jobs in state-owned enterprises. No matter how little a state-owned enterprise pays, it is still a state-owned enterprise.

"What's there to worry about? Working in a state-owned enterprise is indeed good. In the past, we could have no worries about food and clothing, but it may not be the case in the future." Xu Damao's wife shook her head. "I don't know much about other businesses, but as for our barber business, in the past two years, many private barber shops of all sizes have opened up. Their haircuts are cheap and fashionable. Our barber shop is almost out of business. Only some old men and women patronize it. Young people don't come here much. I think the state-owned barber shops will go out of business sooner or later."

"This movie theater is different from a barber shop. A barber shop requires less investment, but a movie theater requires a large piece of land, and you have to buy machines and get film."

His wife asked him a question that stumped him: "Look at how many video halls there are on the streets now?"

"I want to start my own business."

The wife shook her head and said, "If you really want to start your own business, I suggest you go to Liu Hua's company and work there for a while."

"why?"

The wife said as a matter of course: "Liu Hua is more capable than us, you can't deny this. He asked you to do sales to sell things, and you are also selling things when you do business yourself. You might as well think of it as learning from him. Now there is such a good opportunity for you to learn from a capable person, but you don't go and insist on messing around on your own. Who do you think is more reliable?"

Xu Damao nodded: "I didn't expect your idea was quite right, have you ever thought about it for yourself?"

"You are the pillar of the family. The whole family depends on you. If my job fails, I will open a barbershop. After all, I have learned for so many years and have solid skills. I can do those fashionable hairstyles with a little learning."

Looking at her daughter who was enjoying her meal, the wife shook her head and said, "Actually, I am more worried about our daughter. You said you are much smarter than Sha Zhu, but how come your daughter is not as useful as his son? Sha Zhu's son was able to get into college, but our daughter has no hope."

At this point, the wife complained to Xu Xu Damao dissatisfiedly: "It's because you spoiled her too much, so she didn't learn her lesson."

"Alright, alright. Our girl has been learning hairdressing skills from you and the masters in the barbershop since she was ten years old. She will have no worries about making a living in the future. Don't put too much pressure on her."

Xu Damao smiled and stroked his daughter's head: "I am still alive, so I will learn how to do business from Liu Hua and earn more money to leave for her in the future."

Xu Damao slammed the table and said, "It's decided then. I'll quit my job as a projectionist and go hang out with Liu Hua."

(End of this chapter)