"It's never that fast. Advanced electricians are treated like treasures in every territory. Why would they ever look twice at our little Fine Workshop?" Zhang Da didn't even lift his head from the ledger. The crushing anxiety of their situation had seemingly turned his hair whiter by the day. "Besides, Zero Manufacturing is hiring too. Didn't they put out the word that whatever compensation we offer, they'll top it by twenty percent?"
Though the summer harvest had not yet arrived, every passing day added another crushing weight to their mounting debts. The original plan for the shop had been flawless: begin repaying the loans on the very first day of the harvest to perfectly plug their financial deficit.
But now, they couldn't hire a single soul.
