Chapter 183 - 179: Aftermath

Chapter 183: Chapter 179: Aftermath

As the employees of Lin Xian Village got off work, the rumors about their salaries from the past two days were confirmed to be true.

The whole of Mountain Ridge Town came alive. Everyone started asking about opportunities to work in Lin Xian Village.

Ma Dehua saw the eighth visitor to his door out, feeling like he wouldn’t get a moment’s peace all night.

"You know, I already told all these people last time that I can’t help with Lin Xian Village’s recruitment, but they still keep showing up."

"Money is blinding. With salaries this high, they won’t let go of even the slightest chance."

Ma Xuxu put down the large bone he had finished gnawing on and said, "Dad, whatever you do, don’t make any promises. It’s really hard to get a job in Lin Xian Village now."

"Do I look like an idiot to you? I wouldn’t even help my own relatives, let alone strangers."

After the salary news spread online today, relatives had already contacted him, wanting his help to get their children a job in Lin Xian Village.

He had nearly ruined his relationship with them just to turn them down.

"Good, as long as you know. I’m going out for a walk."

Just as Ma Xuxu left his house, he saw a group of middle-aged women gathered at a nearby intersection.

He decisively turned and walked down another road. ’If they catch me, it’ll be an endless barrage of questions.’

In Wuyuan County, several people were sitting in Lin Feng’s home. They were all distant relatives.

"Aunt Liu, do you think my Xiaoyu could get a job at Lin Xian Village?" a woman in her sixties asked, looking at Liu Chunyan expectantly.

Liu Chunyan forced a smile, unable to just kick them out. It was a huge headache.

"For recruitment in Lin Xian Village, you’ll have to find my son. I rarely even go there myself."

"Could you give Lin Feng a call and let Xiaoyu give it a try?"

"Lin Xian Village is hiring. If you think Xiaoyu is up for it, you can have him go try out," Liu Chunyan deflected.

"Then you just tell Lin Feng, and I’ll have Xiaoyu go try."

Liu Chunyan had no choice but to take out her phone and send a message to her son.

"Xiaofeng said that if you want to work in Lin Xian Village, you should apply there directly."

She had just seen this group out when the next-door neighbors showed up, also asking about jobs in Lin Xian Village.

By the time her husband returned that evening, Liu Chunyan had dealt with five different groups of people and was completely fed up.

Before her husband could even put down his thermal lunch box, she said, "Today was so annoying. So many people came to the house asking about jobs at Xiaofeng’s place."

"I got a lot of calls this afternoon, too. Same situation. It’s going to be a nuisance for the next few days."

Liu Chunyan said worriedly, "The salaries at Xiaofeng’s place are so high. Do you think he’ll lose money?"

"What are you thinking? The salaries at Xiaofeng’s are based on the company’s profits. How could he possibly lose money?"

"That’s good. But there will definitely be more people coming to the door tomorrow."

Lin Dongyue said, "Come with me to Lin Xian Village tomorrow. Then they won’t be able to find you."

"Okay, I’ll go with you to Lin Xian Village tomorrow."

Meanwhile, the situation at Liu Yan’s house was rather unique: a matchmaker had actually come knocking.

"Yanyan’s Mother, look how handsome this boy is. His family’s well-off, he works in Jiangcheng City, and he’s even bought a house."

Yanyan’s Mother rolled her eyes. ’Now that she hears my daughter’s salary is high, she brings out all the good prospects.’

All you could say for the boys she introduced before was that they had all their limbs intact.

"Our Yanyan doesn’t want to get married right now. It’s useless to introduce anyone."

"How can you say it’s useless? Yanyan can just start dating him first. You never know, it might work out."

Liu Yan happened to return home just then. When she saw the matchmaker, her expression changed instantly.

"Mom, why did you let Matchmaker Yu in again? I already told you I don’t want to get married."

"Yanyan, you’re back! Look how handsome this young man is. He works in Jiangcheng City and has a car and a house."

Liu Yan glanced at the photo and said, "Matchmaker Yu, you don’t need to introduce us. I won’t be getting married in the next couple of years."

Lin Xian Village was in a crucial development phase, and she had no particular advantage over the new employees. She had no time to think about marriage.

Hearing that many outstanding university graduates had submitted their resumes this time, she was even less likely to let marriage interfere with her work.

Matchmaker Yu tried to persuade her, "Yanyan, this boy is really outstanding. Both his parents work and will have retirement pensions, so you won’t need to take care of them."

"I have no intention of getting married at the moment. You should introduce him to someone else."

After seeing Matchmaker Yu out, Liu Yan said to her mother, "Mom, please don’t have people set me up anymore. I really don’t have the time."

"But you still need to find a boyfriend. You have to get married eventually.

By the way, are there any suitable young men where you work?"

"Alright, Mom. If I find someone suitable, I’ll handle it myself. Just stay out of it."

Liu Yan knew very well that as the news of Lin Xian Village’s salaries spread, its employees, especially the marriage-age girls like herself, would definitely be targeted by matchmakers.

Just as Liu Yan had thought, while some people were asking about jobs in Lin Xian Village, another group was asking about the people from Mountain Ridge Town who worked there.

The young men and women of marriageable age were all being targeted by matchmakers. They were prime prospects.

Of course, Lin Feng had also become a target for these matchmakers, who were all thinking how wonderful it would be if they could set him up with someone.

As night fell, the news of Lin Xian Village’s high salaries spread even further, reaching more and more people.

The working conditions in Lin Xian Village, in particular, made netizens envious. It was just too comfortable.

Not only was there no overtime, but the work was also very relaxed, and there were many enviable benefits.

"Brothers and sisters, does anyone know how to get a job in Lin Xian Village?"

"To the guy above, don’t even think about it. When they were hiring before, you all complained the location was too remote.

Trying to get a job in Lin Xian Village now is no easier than passing the national civil service exam."

"I’m so jealous. My freaking crappy job doesn’t even pay a fraction of their salary."

"The Clothing Workshop in Lin Xian Village is recruiting technical staff. If you’ve got real skills, you can try applying."

"HOLY SHIT! It’s true! Sister Hu posted a specific recruitment notice. Too bad I don’t have the skills."

"..."

This message quickly caught the attention of netizens in the garment industry. Some began to pass the information on to people they knew with the relevant skills.

Some of the people who had originally rejected Gu Yuxi also soon learned about the situation in Lin Xian Village.

Take Liu Lianying, for example. Her mood soured after seeing the Lin Xian Village salaries being circulated online.

Their salary was more than what she earned after working herself to the bone for a whole month.

Besides, working in Lin Xian Village meant she wouldn’t have to deal with all sorts of problems on her own.

She wanted to call Gu Yuxi to ask, but she felt a little embarrassed, having already explicitly rejected her offer.

There were quite a few people like her, but some didn’t share her reservations and called Gu Yuxi directly to inquire.

At that moment, Gu Yuxi was in a wonderful mood, sipping warm milk and looking at the messages on her phone.

Her happy face was lit up, her eyes curved like crescent moons, and she was humming a cheerful tune.

"When I was looking for you, every single one of you refused. Now that you want to come work here, you’ll have to play by my rules.

’Oh, even Wei Wuwu wants to come work here now. It seems Lin Xian Village’s salary is truly attractive.’

This girl really had a talent for historical clothing, especially in design, where she was very innovative.

When she had discussed custom-made historical clothing with her, the girl would occasionally come up with some very interesting ideas.

Especially after seeing some of her clothing designs, the first thought was that they were beautiful, and the second was that they weren’t overly complicated to produce.

This kind of person was one of those who were just born with a gift. There was no other explanation.

"Of course. You can come to work anytime."

"Thank you. I’ll head over as soon as I’ve sorted out my work here."

Gu Yuxi looked up at the mountains through her window. ’This Lin Xian Village is really something else.’

Up on the mountain, Lin Feng had just finished tending to Chasing Wind and Ao Ying. The two Golden Eagles were living in a semi-open nest designed especially for them.

He walked to his desk, sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and looked at the messages he had received on his phone.

’The impact really is huge. The three of them never used to contact me, but this time they actually sent messages.’

"He Liang: @Fengzi, are the salaries there really that high?"

"Hong Jun: I saw the news online. Those salaries are a bit scary. Fengzi has really struck it rich!"

"Sun Keke: I saw Fengzi was trending before and didn’t think much of it, but this time I’m genuinely shocked.

@Fengzi, come on out! Don’t forget us now that you’re rich and famous!"

"Hong Jun: How much money do you guys think Fengzi has now? Can he compare to the two Mas?"

"..."

"Lin Feng: Can you not include me in your exaggerations? Everyone’s welcome to come visit when you have time."

"He Liang: HOLY SHIT! A wild Fengzi appears!"

"Lin Feng: Piss off!"

"Sun Keke: Fengzi, you must have muted the university group chat, right? It was almost dead, but it suddenly came alive tonight."

"Lin Feng: Yeah, I did. Let me go check it out."

Lin Feng really had muted the group. It was mainly because no one ever talked in it, and some people’s accounts had been hacked to send scam messages.

It was safe to say that three years after graduation, people basically didn’t keep in touch anymore. Only in small groups like theirs would they chat when something came up.

He opened the university group chat and found that where there used to be only a few messages, there were now thousands.

Some classmates were only just now finding out he was the boss of Lin Xian Village. It seemed no one had paid attention when he was trending before.

The content of the chat was also simple: all about him striking it rich, the special situation in Lin Xian Village, and so on.

Lin Feng just looked through it without saying anything in the group. The only people he was close to in university were his three roommates.

By the time they graduated, there were some people in his class whose names he couldn’t even recall.

As for showing off in the group, he wasn’t interested. Besides, he had to guard against some shameless scumbags coming to him for handouts.

He’d heard a year after graduation that a few classmates had borrowed money and never paid it back, even blocking the person they borrowed from.

Luckily, when they had come to him, he was genuinely broke, so he hadn’t been scammed.

Society really is a great big dyeing vat; once you’re in it, you’ll meet all sorts of people.

When a classmate or friend asks you for money, it means they’ve already exhausted all their other channels for borrowing.

That’s what’s terrifying. In today’s society, there are all kinds of online channels for small loans everywhere, which means they’ve likely maxed them all out.

If you lend them money, you can basically forget about ever getting it back.

"Lin Feng: If you three have time, come hang out."

"Hong Jun: Don’t worry, I don’t have time now, but when I get a vacation, I’m definitely coming over to leech off the rich guy."

"Sun Keke: When my girlfriend has time, I’ll bring her to your place for a trip."

"He Liang: I’m getting married next year. We should all get together then."

"Hong Jun: What! Brother Liang, you’re getting married? How come you never mentioned it?"

Lin Feng was also curious. The guy had never said he had a girlfriend.

Reading the messages that followed, he learned it was a former high school classmate. Their families were from the same area, and they had run into each other by chance when they went home for the October holiday.

He chatted with the three of them for a while and they agreed to come visit during the May Day holiday.

Lin Feng then checked the Friends Circle posts from his former colleagues. The impact of the salary news was clearly huge; they knew about it too.

However, given the special circumstances of his departure, none of his old colleagues had contacted him.

Meanwhile, a group of people were arguing over the allocation plan for housing construction in Lin Xian Village. No one wanted to give up this opportunity.

After confirming the effects of the Medicinal Cuisine, they certainly weren’t going to pass up on such a benefit, which made having a house in Lin Xian Village extremely important.

Otherwise, even with their status, it wouldn’t be an easy matter to get into Lin Xian Village.

Especially after learning that even the houses in Lin Xian Village had certain special properties, they were even more determined to fight for a larger share.