Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 84 Recruitment
Push open the door of the newspaper office.

Sitting inside was that familiar figure.

"Good morning, both of you."

Picking up the cup in his hand and taking a sip of coffee, Colin nodded to the two people at the door.

"Good morning, boss."

Hearing Colin's greeting, Little John and Old John hurriedly replied with smiles.

"I'm going to print another comic book story about Superman in the weekend issue of the Courier..."

Standing up and handing the newly created comics to Old John, Colin said in a casual tone, "Maybe you need to reformat the content again."

"no problem."

Stretching out his hand to take the drawing handed over by Colin, Old John scanned the story on it, then nodded and said.

Today, the "Superman" comic is the most popular column on the Courier-Journal.

Although, because of the large-scale serialization of comics in the newspaper, many colleagues in the industry have questioned that this practice of "The Courier" is not a news report at all.

However, it is undeniable to say that the "Courier" has become one of the most popular newspapers in New York.

The weekly circulation of the newspaper has reached as much as [-], which has brought a lot of income to the newspaper.

Old John took the new sketch given by Colin, came to the typesetting machine, and started a new day's work.

Why no charcoal?

Lifting the kettle, Little John looked at the unheated stove, with a look of doubt in his eyes.

Passing by the typesetting machine, he took a peek at the comic plot on the drawing from the corner of his eye, and his pace slowed down a bit.

The content of the new comic, which tells the story of a Superman entering Haiti to fight.

The villainous Luthor reappears, this time with a different look and a bald head.However, this new image did not reduce his evil temperament, but made Luthor look even more difficult to deal with.When the plan was repeatedly blocked by Superman, Luthor decided to change his strategy. He launched an attack from the depths of the sea in an attempt to flood the entire metropolis with a tsunami.

At a critical juncture, Superman working for the "Messenger Daily" appeared. He dived into the depths of the sea, found the evil Luthor and destroyed his weapon that caused the tsunami, preventing the fate of the metropolis from being submerged by the tsunami.Luther himself was swallowed by a huge shark in Haiti in a panic.

"Little John."

Inside the Messenger newspaper, just as Little John was watching in rapt attention, a shout from behind pulled him back from the ups and downs of the comics.

Turning his head, he saw the boss Ke Lin looking at him with a half-smile.

"Boss, do you want hot water?"

Raising the kettle in his hand, Little John tentatively asked.

"Are you ready for the newspaper's recruitment information?"

Shaking his head, he didn't pursue the issue of Little John's desertion. Colin asked casually.

Seeing that Ke Lin didn't make any more reproaches, Little John secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly responded: "It's all ready, and I'm just waiting to hang it outside the newspaper office."

Putting down the kettle in his hand, Little John took out the made cardboard from under the table.

Recruitment, newspaper workers, ten dollars a week.

The recruitment information on the cardboard is extremely simple, only mentioning the job requirements and basic salary.

However, neither Colin nor Little John was too worried about the result of the recruitment.

This was the Great Depression, a time when hundreds of people were fighting for three or four moving jobs.

In such a difficult period of economic depression, it is extremely rare for newspapers to be willing to recruit employees.

Therefore, not long after Little John hung up the sign with the recruitment information at the door of the Messenger Newspaper, a long queue had already appeared there.Many of them rushed here overnight after learning about the newspaper's recruitment information from the "Courier" on Wednesday.

Many people have been around the newspaper office for several days, just to grab a good position.

In fact, Ke Lin saw these people on the way to the newspaper office. They were like a group of hyenas hiding in unnoticed corners, waiting for the start of recruitment.

"Get out of the way, I came first!"

"Why, obviously I arrived first..."

"I've been here for two days just for this position, it's my only hope, my family is still waiting for me to find a new job."

"Sorry, not only you have a family, but I do too. My wife and children are counting on me."

"Unless you step on my dead body, don't try to be in front of me."

As the team gradually lengthened, quarrels also ensued.

Many unemployed people have fierce quarrels for a position a little earlier, and even fight for it.

"Everyone, keep quiet!"

It can be seen that the situation is getting out of control.

Little John had to come out to stop him. He took a deep breath, stopped the two people who were arguing in front of the team, and at the same time knocked on the recruitment information at the door of the newspaper office.

"If similar incidents happen again, today's recruitment will end immediately, and you all get out!"

Little John's words did not leave the slightest sympathy.

However, the knocked recruitment information seemed to have some powerful magic power, which instantly quieted the crowd in line.

Even the two who fought fiercely shut their mouths.

They are equally eager for this job.

Seeing the quiet team in front of the newspaper office, Little John nodded in satisfaction.

Pointing to a neatly dressed middle-aged man at the front of the line, he said, "You, go in first."

"Thank you, sir."

He took off the hat on his head and thanked the little John in front of him. Then the man walked into the newspaper office with a nervous expression on his face.

"Hello, sir..."

"I know three skills, three languages, and have a wealth of work experience. As long as you give me this job, I will do my best to repay you, as long as you recruit me."

Holding the hat on his head in his hands, the man said to Colin in the newspaper office in an almost begging tone.

"I have three kids to raise and my whole family would literally starve to death without a job."

With his slightly trembling mouth, the man pleaded bitterly to Colin.

In front of the typesetting machine, upon hearing what had happened to the man, Old John paused for a moment as he tapped the keyboard, and then sounded again.

"Sorry, sir."

However, facing the man's begging, Ke Lin had no choice but to harden his heart and speak slowly.

"Although I sympathize with your experience, your skills in financial investment are not suitable for the work of a newspaper office. Maybe you can try it in other places. Maybe people will need professionals like you."

Shaking his head, the man walked out of the newspaper office with heavy steps.

"Sir, the newspapers run relief every Monday morning, if you and your family need it."

Staring at the man's distraught back, Colin spoke.

　Thank you for the reward of 380 starting coins for a lifetime too long, 20200709095343588 starting coins for book friend 100, and 200 starting coins for listening with compassion.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)