[Rebirth] King of Theater

Although the scene was a bit awkward, Al quickly calmed down with his richer (cheeky) experience.

He took off the newsboy hat of the same style as the ticket vendor, pressed the hat on his chest, and saluted respectfully: "Good evening, Mr. Milson."

"Good evening to you too, Al." Mr. Milson said with a complicated expression.

However, after a pause, he added in a strange tone: "I didn't expect that your... business is really booming!"

Al pretended to be a good baby, and smiled shyly.

He said modestly: "Don't dare to take it as your compliment, just for a living?"

——I didn't praise you at all!

As Mr. Milson thought in his heart, his expression became more complicated.

Normally, when an employee runs into a boss with a part-time job in private, it should be the employee who is nervous and overwhelmed.

However, Al behaved extremely calmly, as if working part-time after get off work was the most common and routine operation.

So, this difficult problem was thrown to Mr. Milson, which made him feel at a loss, and even felt a sense of embarrassment of "inadvertently straying into an unfamiliar field, and accidentally prying into the private life of employees".

In this way, the old-fashioned gentleman was stumped.

He didn't even know what to say. He just heard Al say something like a fool, and he was taken aback subconsciously, and then he couldn't help but say a particularly abrupt sentence: "You don't know what to say? In the end...you became the boss." ?”

"Sir, I haven't thought about it either!"

Al made a helpless expression, and called a few times: "To tell you the truth, none of this is my heart. At first, I just wanted to resell theater tickets and earn a little hard-earned money to supplement my family. You I don’t know, the situation in my house is really…”

Then, he took out the string of words "father died early, mother was pregnant, and younger brothers and sisters had to be raised" again.

After hearing this, Mr. Milson felt pity and sympathy in his heart.

After saying this, Al sighed naturally.

Then, he continued with half-truths and understatements: "There are too many children like me in the slums. Since I have made money, I naturally want to help everyone. So, I found some people who are in the same boat as me. Afterwards, there were well-meaning people who saw us as pitiful and generously donated money from the sidelines, so that we children did not suffer. Later, we worked hard, followed the rules, and did not raise prices indiscriminately. Treat people with integrity, and slowly, it will develop and grow like this.”

Mr. Milson had never been exposed to similar things, so he couldn't help but listen to it for a while.

"So, it's not easy for you." He couldn't help sighing.

Al immediately had a "Yes, it's really not easy for me" expression on his face.

Moreover, he nodded repeatedly at the side: "Every time I come to sell tickets after get off work, I have to be busy until twelve o'clock in the middle of the night! It's really... well, every penny and dime is hard-earned money."

Mr. Milson couldn't help showing a look of understanding.

Al thought, this should be considered a pass, right?

But what I didn't expect was that after being overwhelmed with emotion, Mr. Milson actually said something considerate: "Al, since you have put so much effort into this and cooperated with so many like-minded friends Entrepreneurship, I... am ashamed to say that your income here is probably higher than the weekly salary I give you. Or..."

He kindly gave a very thoughtful suggestion: "Why don't you just quit your job as a handyman over there and devote all your energy and time to this cause. In this way, even at night You have to stay until twelve o'clock, but you can also have time to rest and rest during the day."

"What?" Al almost jumped up in shock.

He raised his head, stared blankly at Mr. Milson like a silly rabbit, his green eyes widened, and asked incredulously, "You want to fire me?!"

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"Then let him fire! It's only ten yuan a week, so it's boring!" Luke said nonchalantly.

With a cigarette in his mouth, he pointed angrily at the banknotes scattered on the table. They were the membership fees that everyone had just paid tonight. Because 30 yuan a piece had sold a lot this month, the money was handed over. Finally, piled up on the table like this, it is really as huge as a hill.

"You really have seen the devil, you are so loud now!" Al didn't like to hear this.

He looked angry and accused him righteously: "In this world, is the relationship between people starting to be measured by the amount of money? Mr. Milson hired me when I was most difficult, and now I have money If you don’t do it, you can say that you don’t do it and quit? Besides, is ten yuan a week a little? Ten yuan is enough to buy a lot of bread.”

Luke couldn't help laughing, his eyes were very gentle for a moment, but he seemed to think it was funny: "You're right."

He pretended to agree, but then deliberately made an exaggerated expression of joy: "Ten yuan a week, my God, it's really a huge sum of money that I don't want to lose!"

Everyone else in the room laughed.

There was a black-haired skinny guy with a nose ring on his nose, who happened to be standing next to him. He was holding a rag and wiping a shiny knife with his head down. Hearing such a conversation, he couldn't help laughing and patted Luke's arm. .

"You guys are too much, is this an attitude towards the boss?"

The culprit who brought Mr. Milson to Al earlier, the ticket vendor wearing a newsboy hat, cleverly put on a dog-legged look, stood up and began to speak out: "Does the boss care about the ten dollars? What the boss cares about is Lose that ten bucks!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then burst into louder laughter.

Al was very happy, and pointed at them one by one: "Okay, I really fed you all, and now you dare to make fun of me! Am I a person who is stingy with ten dollars?" Is it because in your eyes, I have become an old miser who went hungry and went to the barn to steal buckwheat in order to save money?"

"Don't be mad, Al," said a boy who was very tall and as strong as a bear.

He clumsily seemed to want to reach out and pat Al on the head, but he was worried that he would be unhappy, so he stretched out his hand halfway and retracted it, and asked in a very awkward tone: "How about I help you beat Best."

Best, that is, the ticket vendor wearing a newsboy cap, immediately yelled strangely: "Why!"

He grimaced angrily and went over: "The boss won't hit me, you black bear who can't understand human language!"

"Well, well, I'm not mad."

Knowing that these two people were not at odds with each other in character, and fearing that they would really fight, Al hurriedly mediated a few more words, but he didn't take it to heart.

It can only be said that after recruiting too many people, this is the most troublesome point.

A bunch of people are in a mess all day long, and they joke with each other and have fun when they are bored.

But at present, the people who can stand in this room that serves as a temporary office are basically good brothers who have passed the test of character, outstanding abilities, and are worthy of association. They can be called the main members of the ticket vendor group.

So, even though they were making noise, Al thought it was okay.

After a while, everyone chatted and laughed casually, and then dispersed.

They will continue to be busy walking around the streets tomorrow, one is to sell business, and the other is to provide the so-called high-quality membership services for those uncles who are willing to spend money in a timely manner, so they dare not stay too late, one after another I rushed home to rest. .

"I don't understand you, Al."

When everyone was gone, Luke spoke again.

"Don't fool me with such things as kindness, that's not how you repay your kindness."

He extinguished the cigarette butt on the table, looking confused: "Why do you have to go to that class? Did that damn Mr. Milson do you any favors?"

"There are no benefits, but some things are really interesting to do, and it is difficult to explain to you at the moment."

"But I can't think of how much fun being a handyman can be."

"I'm not going to be a handyman forever."

"I see, you must be playing with some other ghost idea of ​​getting money in your heart?"

"Not this time."

Al rarely spoke the truth: "Actually, let's put it this way, I really love this job."

Hearing this, Luke couldn't help stepping back a few steps, looked him over from head to toe, whistled, and teased, "Hey, do you want to be on stage to sing a big show too?"

Al was a little annoyed by his tone: "What do you care about so much? Can't I have a hobby?"

Seeing that his complexion was not good, Luke quickly swallowed all the dozens of jokes he had prepared next, and only followed him: "Okay, okay, you always have your own way."

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I'm about to be fired by the boss, but all my good friends around me are (lovely to hear) making sarcastic remarks.

When she got home, Mrs. Sylvie would just babble about the husband who secretly went out to find a woman to hang out with, and the vegetable market so-and-so raised prices unscrupulously, etc., which did not have any meaning at all. reference.

Al could only sulk all night alone.

In the eyes of outsiders, his career as a ticket seller is booming, and if he loses his job as a handyman, he will lose it, which is really not worth mentioning.

But in fact, if a person persists in a certain industry for more than ten years, there are usually two possibilities.

One is boundless boredom and irritability, eager to get rid of; the other is deep love, smashing it, letting it melt into its own flesh and blood, and completely integrated.

Undoubtedly, Al belongs to the latter category.

In his previous life, the self-confidence he rebuilt later, the glory he achieved with difficulty, and his vanity that was completely satisfied, all came from drama!

Therefore, even though the wages of the handyman are very low, he still does not want to leave this very familiar and accustomed environment.

Of course, you may be able to find another way to enter the industry after leaving, but it is rare to see a decent person like Mr. Milson, and a kind-hearted person like Miss Alice. What's more, due to the age limit, others may not be willing to hire a child laborer , Make trouble for yourself.

So, when he went to work the next day, Al walked quickly to Mr. Milson's office: "Sir, I want to explain to you about last night..."

"You've come just in time, Al."

Mr. Milson greeted him cheerfully when he saw him, saying, "I was looking for you."

"Sir, although I have a little side job, but I..."

"Yeah, your side business is really good. I also asked specifically, not all ticket sellers make as much money as you do."

"Just luck, sir, I would say..."

"How can it be luck? When you resell movie tickets, you can always pick the ones that the audience likes, which proves that you have a good eye."

"Sir, I want to say..."

"Stop it, Al! I can tell you're a very good sensible kid, but ten dollars a week isn't the way you are now."

"Sir!" Al said with tears in his eyes.

At this moment, he was about to swear and swear to express his heart.

But Mr. Milson said to himself: "Last night, you refused my suggestion without giving up. I think I am really ashamed, ashamed! I didn't expect that I am so down this year, but you and Alice are willing Continue to follow me loyally. Since this is the case, I can't disappoint you, if you really don't want to leave me... Al, do you want to change jobs?"

"As God bears witness, I will never leave... what?" Al froze.

He asked stupidly: "What did you say? You won't fire me? What do you mean by changing my job?"

Mr. Milson smiled and said, "That's right, I'll give you another job, don't be a handyman, and review manuscripts for me."

His eyes were full of anticipation and trust: "I'll give you 30 yuan a week, don't hide it, show your good vision openly, and pick out one that can be applauded and well-received for me." Benzi, wait until the next performance season, let's make a comeback together and make a comeback!"