Chapter 800: Chapter 286: Opening a Tutoring Class, Xiaoyanzi’s Path to Becoming a "Famed Teacher
A few days later, Xiaoyanzi and Lu Haoran also arrived in Lin’an.
The honest man quickly reported to the Turbine Power Group, but before that, he needed to rent a house.
Before that, the two of them first took a look at Haoyue Garden Community where Su Zelin and Qin Shiqing were living.
Xiaoyanzi found the location very suitable, not far from the Lin’an Fourth High School where she and her boyfriend would be working, nor from the Turbine Power Building, right in between both.
This way, neither of them would need to spend too much time commuting.
The location of the rental and workplace is quite important.
After all, Lin’an doesn’t have a subway yet.
The metro line 1 in the provincial capital only started construction in 2007 and was put into operation in 2012, still a long way to go.
Before then, Xiaoyanzi and Lu Haoran could only take the bus or ride motorcycles and electric scooters, cars were a luxury they couldn’t afford for the time being.
Since Qin Shiqing had just started working, Xiaoyanzi felt uneasy asking her to take time off, so she chose to arrive in Lin’an in the evening so as not to interfere with her friend’s work.
They met up with their good friend and Xiaoyanzi at the community gate.
The two were dragging suitcases and carrying large bags.
Determined to buy a house soon after graduation, Xiaoyanzi came up with a plan to save money, even bringing bedding and some daily essentials from home for the rental.
After all, saving a bit on unnecessary expenses helps a lot.
Facilitating the pairing of her and his good friend, Su Zelin still felt quite accomplished.
Xiaoyanzi is someone who knows how to live frugally, especially after becoming a teacher, even her temperament improved, unlike before when she’d often shoot her mouth off like a machine gun.
"Hi, Shiqing!"
"Xiaoyanzi, mua!"
The two girls were particularly happy to see each other and exchanged a warm greeting.
As for the guys, they weren’t as sentimental. Su Zelin walked over to help Lu Haoran with the luggage while casually asking, "Haoran, you’re reporting to the company the day after tomorrow, right?"
"That’s right, so Xiaoyanzi and I need to settle the rental in these two days!"
Lu Haoran was very excited, his eyes filled with joy and happiness.
He had secured a good job at a state-owned enterprise many people aspired to.
And he would also be able to live together with the girl he loved, which had been his high school dream.
"The Turbine Power Group is great, do well there."
Su Zelin was happy for him too.
The Turbine Power Group, formerly Hangzhou Steam Turbine Factory, was established in 1958, and is the world’s largest industrial turbine research and manufacturing base. It’s well-known alongside global giants like Germany’s Siemens, Man Turbine, Japan’s Mitsubishi, Elivater, and America’s Delaisland, with over 70% market share in the domestic market, offering excellent benefits.
Even as a general worker in this state-owned enterprise, the pay wouldn’t be low, let alone Lu Haoran being a technical staff.
If he could achieve an engineer’s certification in the future, a monthly salary breaking ten thousand would easily be possible, or even tens of thousands.
In his previous life, Lu Haoran’s internship and workplace weren’t this state-owned enterprise.
Interestingly, his personality and life trajectory significantly changed after he was reborn.
"Haha, I will, Zelin, I owe you for your college application advice!"
Lu Haoran grinned.
In high school, he had decided to major in mechanics, mainly considering popular and common fields like mechanical design and manufacturing automation, industrial design, mechanical engineering, and mechatronics.
Later, after consulting Su Zelin, his lazy friend suggested Marine Engineering. ℯ
This major was quite niche within mechanics and all other disciplines.
Su Zelin reasoned that too many people were chasing popular majors, which had been the trend for years, and after graduation, jobs in related fields would become saturated, or even oversupplied, whereas niche majors would have a significant talent gap.
His advice was well-founded. Take the computer science major for instance, which became hugely popular around 2000 when computers were taking off domestically. However, many found upon graduation that job competition was stiff, and it wasn’t easy to land a position unless you were from a top university.
Lu Haoran discussed it with his parents at home, they both felt Zelin’s words made sense, especially since Lin’an had the largest turbine manufacturing and research state-owned enterprise in the nation, so he decisively applied for this niche major.
Four years later, those who applied for computer science were struggling in the talent market, while Haoran from a second-tier school was highly sought after, securing a job even before graduation.
Although his job and salary couldn’t compare to his good friend’s position as a company executive, Lu Haoran was content.
During holidays, he would boast to Jianglan Xiaoyanzi and many high school classmates about this. Many from prestigious universities hadn’t landed such good jobs, proving how crucial it is to choose the right major.
Of course, having a smart and considerate good friend is even more important, though not everyone was fortunate to have such friends, many had only "bad friends" or mere acquaintances.
Helping with the luggage, they took the elevator to the rental.
Even if Xiaoyanzi and Lu Haoran could rent a place today, it wouldn’t be a fully furnished option, just an empty one with cheaper rent, meaning they would definitely stay over at Su Zelin’s place for the night.
After settling down, Xiaoyanzi casually browsed around.
"Shiqing, the place you and Su Zelin rented is pretty nice!"
As her friend had mentioned, the building was relatively new, and the design was not outdated. It had scenic balconies in the living room and master bedroom, even an entry garden, with reasonable lighting and air circulation.