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  The people around stopped what they were doing and cheered: "Zhùzi brother is great!"

  The pillar pulled even harder, the bellows that originally needed several people to pull were pulled by him alone, after a dozen or so back and forth, the furnace fire quickly burned vigorously, the flame changed from orange yellow to cyan purple.

  "Zhùzi, what did you eat today? Your skills have improved again! You turned the furnace fire into pure blue in less than twenty moves. Soon, Master Wei will have to give you a raise again." The others chimed in with praise.

  Zhuzi put down the tray with a satisfied expression, turned his head to look at Zhenming, and said with a raised face: "How about it? Can you do this?"

  Zhen Ming shook his head: "Can't be done."

  Zhu Zi laughed so hard that his eyes narrowed: "Then your wages won't be that high, and the wages for those who can't do this job will be reduced by one or two."

  Zhen Ming furrowed his brow, turned around and glanced at Wei Rong, who nodded in response. Apparently, this was the rule of the blacksmith's shop.

  Zhu Zi turned around and walked back to the furnace, picked up a iron ladle weighing dozens of kilograms, scooped out a ladle of molten iron from the furnace and poured it into a sand mold on the side.

  Although it is only a few dozen kilograms in weight, the long spoon, according to the principle of leverage, scooping up this ladle of iron water is not easier than lifting hundreds of kilograms of heavy iron hammer.

  After doing all this, Zhu Zi's body had been roasted by the high-temperature molten iron of the furnace and was soaked from head to toe. He walked over to a nearby water tank, scooped up a ladle of clear water, and poured it over his head down to his feet, instantly emitting a burst of hot air.

  He turned his head and asked Zhen Mingsu: "Can this be done?"

  Zhen Ming sighed and shook his head again.

  "That's still short of two dollars in wages."

  Zhu Zi's whole body was shouting with joy, in this small ironwork shop, he was the one who earned the highest wages except for Wei Zhengde. Who didn't know that Zhu Zi had started from a teenager apprentice and worked his way up step by step? He was a newcomer who could earn five taels of silver as soon as he arrived, equal to him, why?

  How can he let someone as miserable as Zhen Ming be on an equal footing with him?

  After several types of work were demonstrated one by one, the wages that had been as low as one or two maces were reduced even further.

  A master craftsman can do things that a poor workman cannot do.

  "What can you do?"

  Wei Chi Jing De couldn't help but think that Zhen Ming was being overly pessimistic, as he didn't see any signs of defeat or surrender from this person.

  What surprised him most was that Zhen Ming's body and forehead had never sweated from start to finish.

  In such a high-temperature workshop, few people can stay for more than ten minutes without sweating.

  From start to finish, only he and Zhen Mingxiang had not sweated, Wei Zijian did not sweat, this was due to many years of martial arts practice, his physique was different from ordinary people, plus the reason why he often worked in this smelting room, but he didn't understand why the thin young man in front of him would have the same physique as him, and couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

  Zhen Mingku seemed unaware of Wei Chi's unusual behavior and turned his head to ask, "Boss, is there any sales-related work?"

  Wei Chi Jing De was taken aback for a moment, then said: "There is indeed, but the store's wages are not that high."

  He looked at Zhen Mingshu with some doubt, he didn't quite believe that Zhen Mingshu would admit defeat so easily.

  Zhen Ming said with a bitter smile: "The base salary is not important, what's key is how the commission is calculated?"

  "What commission? What kind of commission?"

  "Is it that I help you sell a product and you give me a percentage of the sales price as my reward?"

  Zhen Ming's bitter words had barely fallen when not only Zhu Zi was stunned, but also Wei Chi Jing De had an expression of disbelief on his face, and he asked in doubt: "You're saying that you took the salary I gave you, used the gang's store to sell the ironware made by the gang's brothers, and then the gang still has to give you money?"

  Zhen Ming thought for a moment, nodded and said: "It's probably what it means."

  The others were silent for a while before suddenly bursting out in thunderous laughter.

  "Is this kid crazy or what? And he's even getting a raise! Officer Wei, where did you find this live treasure, isn't he an idiot?"

  Zhuzi laughed so hard that tears came out, holding his stomach, "Ah yo, I'm dying from laughter, you're really good at making jokes, it's my first time hearing such a funny idea in this world, commission, hahaha, commission, what a beautiful thought, ah yo, no way, I need to calm down..."

  Wei Chi Jing De also smiled: "There's no bonus, but if you can do more work than others, maybe you can earn more than others. Let's not talk about others, just say Zhuzi, he worked hard for a month and ten taels of silver is no problem, what about you..."

  He took a look at Zhen Mingsu with a very obvious meaning, that someone like Zhen Mingsu would have trouble even doing jobs worth one or two silvers.

  Zhen Ming thought for a moment and then said: "I'll just stick with sales."

  ……

  Thus, Zhen Ming was recruited by Yu Zhi De with a price of five taels, but was reduced to one tael per month for various reasons and became a shop assistant.

  Zhen Mingsu's easy compromise made Wei Zijian start to think that he was the one who had misjudged, but in fact, Zhen Mingsu was just a small-time swindler who relied on some petty tricks to sneak into the blacksmith shop and find a job.

  However, over the next dozen or so days, Wei Zhengde gradually changed his mind.

  Since I took on the job of shop assistant, every day I spend a lot of time getting familiar with the various ironware made in the store, tirelessly asking the old colleagues in the store about all sorts of questions related to product functions, understanding the sales situation of various ironware, and even letting the front desk cashier take out past sales records for careful review.

  He had never seen a partner who could have such a strong work ethic, taking the partner's salary but working with the boss's heart.

  The clerks in the store usually have a lazy and negative attitude, and when customers ask three questions, they reluctantly answer with a perfunctory tone, as if to say "buy it or not".

  Wei Chi Jing De didn't think that his partner was not working hard for the wages, if it were him, with a wage of one or two silver coins, he would work as if he had received ten silver coins, what kind of fool is this?

  But this Zhēn Mìng is different from other salesmen, once the customer enters the store, he will take the initiative to chat with the customer, understand their needs, recommend suitable products, and even provide "three guarantees" service on his own initiative, such as "seven-day unconditional return", set up a product feedback box to help improve the product, and once the feedback is adopted, send a beautiful gift.

  Since he became the shop assistant, there have been more customers coming to the store and staying for longer periods of time. Normally, customers would only visit the ironware store when they needed to buy something, and after making a purchase, they wouldn't pay much attention to other products. However, under Zhen Ming's detailed and enthusiastic introduction, they began to understand how to choose the most suitable products for themselves. Customers who originally just wanted to buy an iron hoe would often end up buying a small shovel as well, those who bought a copper basin would also take a small spittoon, and those who bought a kitchen knife would also take a fruit knife...

  The customer gets a good deal and buys a satisfactory product. If not satisfied, even if the appearance is damaged, it can be returned within a certain period of time, and the original price will be refunded.

  The service attitude of making guests feel at home has attracted more and more repeat customers, many of whom are introduced by others to come from afar to find Zhenmingshu's recommended products.