Chapter 16 Remuneration
The freshly released math classification exercise book caused a lot of sensation at Westburg Middle School.
Others have also seen the fresh classification methods that principal Zhao Dannian saw.
Not only the students who returned to the class, the freshmen in the first and second year of high school, and even the teachers in the school tried every means to find mimeographed papers and copy them carefully.
By the second week, students from several neighboring villages traveled a long distance just to copy an exercise book.
Yang Rui knew that this was a student or teacher who went home on the weekend and spread the news.
Although there are few communication equipment nowadays, the transmission of certain messages is not slow at all. In the eyes of many people, things like this that can increase the success rate of the study exam are like fairy pills. Even if they don’t need it, they should notify their relatives and friends’ children as soon as possible.
However, the excitement of others did not affect Yang Rui. He still implemented his plan slowly, ran and exercised every morning, read English in the morning, copied some things during class, or mailed them, or handed them over to Wang Guohua and others for mimeographing, and gathered to teach and resolve doubts in the evening.
Among them, he attaches the most importance to physical exercise, followed by self-taught English and problem-solving teaching. He placed the last position in copying articles and exchanged money for money.
In this life, Yang Rui didn't want to waste it. While the high-calorie food had not yet invaded the cafeteria, he tried to develop six-pack abs that he never dared to think about before.
As for making money, although Yang Rui had some ideas, he lacked the basis for putting it into practice and could only accumulate it first.
Fortunately, it is not an omnipotent environment for money now, and the pressure of making money is far less important than when I was a graduate student in later generations.
Moreover, the state-owned enterprise stores are small and the harsh service environment makes shopping a boring and even painful thing.
Real estate transactions are not allowed in private, and there is no stock regime that allows investment. Although the policy of opening a store and setting up a factory has been loosened, it is still quite risky in the mainland, and you may go to prison if you do it well.
Yang Rui’s goal of making money is to improve his life and at most improve the teaching environment in the village.
To do the former, it is actually enough to publish an article.
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Yang Rui's first manuscript fee comes from "Mathematics of Middle School Students", a popular science book that was newly founded in 1981. It is a popular science book with middle school students and middle school mathematics teachers as the main readers. The threshold is low and the circulation is not small. It is a national journal directly managed by the China Association for Science and Technology and sponsored by Beijing Normal University. The manuscript fee of 1,000 characters has reached 25 yuan, and it is a mid-range number of popular science magazines.
Yang Rui published "A Brief Discussion on Common Most Valued Problems in Analytical Geometry", which has a total of more than 800 words and graphics, and finally received a total of 22 yuan in manuscripts.
At this time, the monthly income of an ordinary worker was only 30 or 40 yuan. Yang Rui's weekly living expenses were 2 yuan plus 7 kilograms of food coupons. Among the students, he was already a rich class. 22 yuan was equal to his three-month food expenses, which was naturally a lot.
Since this day, Yang Rui has changed his lunch to a small hotel in Xibao Town without hesitation.
People in 1982 are not very good at using gutter oil to cook, genetically modified, clenbuterol and other products that modern people are afraid of talking about are not available. In small restaurants, even clean oil, fat meat and seasonings are very cost-effective.
In the eyes of Wang Guohua, this is definitely a sign of stinginess, but in Yang Rui's opinion, it is a very healthy way of eating.
If he wants to exercise, he has to consume a lot of protein, and the school cafeteria does not provide much food except steamed buns and vegetable soup. As for the taste, it is incomparable.
Yang Rui only went there for two days, and the boss remembered this handsome guy who wanted meat dishes every meal, but only lean meat and not fat.
On the third day, when Yang Rui came back alone, the boss prepared the dishes and brought them out by himself. After putting them on the table, he handed a cigarette with a smile and said, "The little comrade comes to work in the town? Are you from a big city?"
Yang Rui shook his head, pushed the cigarette back, and smiled and said, "I am a student above. I haven't worked yet and can't smoke."
"It's better not to smoke, it's better not to smoke." The boss smiled and put away his cigarette and asked again: "Then are you from a new transfer school?"
"Why do you say that?"
"The students in the village have money to come to our store for dinner, and there are only a few people, which are different from your style. Haven't we just met? I guess you came from outside." The boss had a little belly and was habitually patting. At the age of thirty, he narrowed his eyes and only had one line.
Yang Rui picked up the bowl, digged two bites of rice without hesitation, and then said, "I have made money recently, so I will improve the food."
"Then you made a lot of money." The boss's eyes lit up, he poured Yang Rui a cup of tea, pushed it to him, and said with a smile: "I'm a surname, Shi, and I'm a noble person, so I can call him Lao Shi or Guizi."
Yang Rui frowned and put down the bowl, thinking: Your restaurant named Shi is Shigui, and you even asked me to call you Lao Shi...
Whatever you think is wrong...
The boss looked at his expression and smiled helplessly: "The name was given by my parents, and I can't do anything about it. I've been thinking about finding some other ways recently. This little brother, what kind of ways do I have? I will never treat you badly."
This can also make a relationship... Yang Rui smiled in admiration and said to the truth: "I published an article in a magazine and someone paid the royalty."
The boss looked at the dishes on the table. One meat and one vegetable is served with rice, which costs 3 yuan. It costs an ordinary family a week’s meal.
There are people in the town who are traveling to transport and make a lot of money, but when they come to the restaurant to order food, they dare not say that they always want meat.
The boss couldn't help but say in surprise: "The manuscript fee is so high."
"It's quite a lot." Yang Rui transferred a few bites of the rice, swallowed it, and said, "I gave more than 800 words, and I gave me 22 yuan, which is just enough to eat for a week."
The little boss stopped immediately by clapping his stomach and said carefully: "You have earned 22 yuan, so you are going to eat it all in a week?"
"What else?" Yang Rui looked as if he was taken for granted. He was a fat man who was not happy with meat. Now he was strong and consumed more. From a nutritional point of view, he had to maintain muscles and body lines, and it would be even worse if he didn't eat well.
The little boss was stunned by what he said, and then thought about it, "Or it would be bad to deposit the money in the bank?"
"Save it in and wait for inflation." Yang Rui shook his head disdainfully, and was full of sympathy for the boss's financial management view. 1984 is coming soon, and by then, there will be not many families with half of the asset value left.
Chapter completed!