I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

Ten minutes later, when Chen Xi stepped into the classroom, he saw that it was full of people.

Li Yuqing waved her finger and pointed at the seat next to her. Chen Xi nodded and walked over.

Before I even got comfortable in my chair, I heard the teacher cough lightly: "There are a lot of problems with this year's papers. Some students did so badly in the quizzes, but their papers were surprisingly good. I don't know what happened to some other students. They couldn't even plagiarize, but their papers are 80% similar. I don't mean that this paper is the same as the previous ones, but that there are two similar ones this semester..." As the teacher spoke, he called a few students over to explain.

When a paper is uploaded to the Internet, the database will automatically compare it. If two papers are extremely similar in one semester, it would be a stupid act and the truth will be exposed immediately by asking about it.

Soon, the students who were called up looked miserable, and one of them even cried, as if trying to win the teacher's sympathy.

After more than ten minutes, the teacher didn't want to delay the other students' class time, so he asked them to come to him after class.

"That girl, I have a deep impression of you. You were very active in the last class." The teacher pointed at Li Yuqing.

When Li Yuqing saw that she was called, she didn't blush at all. Instead, she raised her head excitedly and showed herself to the people around her.

"Wow, wow, look at how proud you are." Shi Tao couldn't stop laughing.

"Today, the number of college students is growing, and their education level is generally improving. However, many companies find it difficult to provide jobs that match fresh graduates, and even if they do, the remuneration is not as good as in the past.

Asia, as a densely populated region, has a huge number of graduates entering the workplace every year.

Finding a job may not be difficult, but finding a satisfying career is difficult.

I think most Asian students don’t work in jobs they like after graduation. They not only care about salary, but also the dignity of their work. Many Asians think typing in the office and drinking a cup of coffee in their spare time is very fashionable.

I heard that many companies in Asia don’t pay overtime for overtime work. You said before that you would go back to find a job after graduation. What would you do if your boss asked you to work overtime? "The teacher asked as they walked.

Seeing that she was being asked again, Li Yuqing looked around at the classmates happily, then confidently leaned back in her chair and answered slowly, "I don't get overtime pay for overtime work. He's not my child, so why should I spoil him? Of course I should pack up and leave work. Why should I bother with the boss?"

Chen Xi secretly covered his mouth and laughed under the table.

Li Yuqing was not like this in her previous life.

Although she didn't want to work overtime, whenever her boss asked her to work overtime, she would stay and send text messages to Chen Xi to complain.

Now she is just being stubborn and has not yet suffered the beatings of society.

The teacher asked again: "Aren't you worried that the company will find an excuse to fire you? As far as I know, the labor law in your place doesn't seem to be very sound. Then tell me, if the monthly salary does not meet your psychological expectations, will you still work hard when you are at work?"

"What's the point of worrying? You have to be tough. Can't meet expectations? I will do work worth as much money as he pays me every month. If he gives me 3,000 yuan and asks me to do a job worth 10,000 yuan, I will definitely say no!"

Li Yuqing answered firmly.

This is also the true inner thoughts of many young people that Chen Xi saw on the Internet in his previous life.

They constantly complain about their low wages, call themselves cattle and horses, and live a life like cattle and horses every day.

"What you mean by 'how much work you get for how much salary' is measured by your personal standards. But your boss may not think so. If you are eager for a pay raise but are unwilling to take on more work, how can your boss give you a pay raise when he sees this attitude? Isn't this an unsolvable vicious circle?" said the teacher with a smile.

"Teacher, you don't understand. Today's bosses like to paint big pictures and brainwash their employees every day by telling them how high their positions and salaries will be in the future, but in the end, none of that will come true. People in the past were less educated and might listen to their bosses' bragging, but people nowadays don't believe it at all. What's the point of me performing well? The boss talks to me about ideals, but I just want to talk to him about money!" Li Yuqing retorted.

Chen Xi nodded. This was also a point that many people complained about in their previous lives.

Many young people said that they would never buy into the promises made by their bosses, and they called this an awakening of young people.

But why do most bosses have this problem? Think about it from another perspective.

Whether they are business leaders, military commanders, or political leaders, they all desire their subordinates to have common beliefs and goals.

Although there is a clear employment relationship between the company and its employees, employers still expect employees to be sincere in considering the interests of the company, especially when facing difficulties, such as a broken capital chain or an operational crisis, employees will work with the company to overcome the difficulties rather than easily choose to leave.

Actually, sometimes the boss is not just making big promises, he just wants to test an employee over the long term, but often the employee simply does not have the patience to wait, and the end result is that everyone complains about each other.

Some people may hold the view that if the boss can directly provide high salary, they will naturally be loyal to the company. However, this way of thinking is more of a consideration from the employee's personal standpoint rather than a comprehensive understanding of the boss's business philosophy.

From the boss's perspective, they prefer to evaluate the employees' true ability and loyalty through the test of time and tasks. In their eyes, a trustworthy employee should not only have excellent professional skills, but also have the determination and perseverance to grow with the company.

Bosses tend not to easily grant high salaries and high positions to employees who have not been fully tested. Instead, they choose to gradually discover and cultivate these potential stocks through a series of challenges and opportunities.

Of course, this is an exception for large companies, where employees rarely see the chairman...

So sometimes it is better to choose small or medium-sized enterprises than to try hard to get into large enterprises.

When Chen Xi was young, he thought that corporate culture was nonsense and was completely used to brainwash employees. It was not as practical as money. However, his thoughts changed later.

Everyone is at a different place in life, so their thinking and focus will also be different.

For grassroots employees, they are more concerned about their immediate salary and benefits, as these are directly related to their quality of life and family expenses.

However, when people gradually reach higher positions, they will think about problems from another perspective.

In fact, there is no right or wrong. Most of the time, people think about how to protect their own interests.

The teacher continued, “I found a very interesting problem. In your region of Asia, it seems that everything tends to fall into a state of ‘involution’. Whether it is commodity sales or the job market, Asians tend to lower prices or salaries in order to gain a competitive advantage. However, this trend is not a good phenomenon.

From an economic perspective, excessive price competition or low wages will severely reduce the profit margins of enterprises, and may even cause some high-quality enterprises to be forced to exit the market due to being unable to bear the costs. For job seekers, although they may get job opportunities in the short term due to low salary requirements, in the long run, this practice of low wages will inhibit the increase in overall salary levels, thereby affecting the quality of life and career development of employees.

Involution can also lead to resource mismatch and inefficiency. When companies focus too much on price competition and ignore product quality or service innovation, the overall welfare level of consumers will also be affected. Similarly, when job seekers focus too much on salary and ignore the matching degree between their own abilities and career development, they may miss career opportunities that are more suitable for them, thus falling into a dilemma of career development..."

Chen Xi nodded again.

This teacher’s analysis is very correct. This is the current situation in Asia.

Asian companies like to set low prices to attract consumers. Once one company does this, other companies will follow suit, which ultimately results in the bosses losing money and employees' wages becoming lower. "Why is this rare in the West? It's because there are relevant laws. The government has relevant policies to guide companies to compete reasonably and prevent excessive internal competition. There is also a market supervision bureau to crack down on unfair competition and maintain market order and a fair competition environment. All of these phenomena are just resource allocation issues. However, I think this is difficult to achieve in Asia..." The teacher said, shaking his head.

Chen Xi thought it made sense.

If you sell things at a high price and don't allow price reduction, some people will jump out and criticize, asking why we can't buy cheap things. They will feel like they are being ripped off.

In short, it can be summed up in two words: difficult.

Sometimes, some policies are introduced to stabilize the market, but in the eyes of some people they are disadvantageous to themselves.

Their idea is that I don’t care whether the market is chaotic or not, I just want to buy cheap things.

As for the fact that his salary was lowered due to market chaos, he couldn't figure out the problem. He could only vent his anger on his boss, believing that he was being exploited.

A very interesting thing happened in my previous life.

In the past, when applying for a loan from a bank, it was easy for a company owner to get one, but it was very difficult for an employee to get one.

After several years, company bosses were frequently rejected when they went to banks for loans, but workers with a fixed income could easily get loans.

This phenomenon reflects that more and more companies are failing, and banks are no longer lending to companies for risk control. On the contrary, those who think they are nothing but cattle and horses are able to get loans.

Think about it, if the boss can’t make any money, how can he pay his subordinates?
Just as Li Yuqing continued to argue with the teacher, he thought of the man with glasses again.

In fact, in this era, there are still many businesses that international students can do.

The gift card mentioned by the man with glasses before is one of them. This gift card does not only refer to Apple’s recharge card, but also the recharge points of games such as Steam and League of Legends.

It's not just about making a profit from the price difference. Generally, gift cards are only available abroad.

Most of the buyers are actually domestic players.

This year, the authorities have adjusted the foreign exchange control limits to 50,000 US dollars per person per year.

In fact, this foreign exchange control has existed for decades, and the quota is adjusted every few years. Chen Xi remembers that it was quite loose when he first went abroad, but now it has become more and more strict.

Coupled with the recent strong regulation of financial policies by various countries, the cost of capital flight is becoming increasingly high.

At present, the commission price for money laundering is different in each region, for example, it is 20% in Da Piao, 15% in Australia, and 15% in the United Kingdom. The more regions the funds flow to, the higher the commission for money laundering will be.

Chen Xi remembered that the commission was only 10% at the beginning. Now the price has started to rise wildly. It is conceivable that the difficulty of washing rice is becoming more and more difficult.

However, as the saying goes, there are countermeasures to every policy, and people involved in the gray industrial chain always have ideas that you can't imagine.

This gift card is actually one of the ideas to circumvent foreign exchange controls.

It seems reasonable and legal for domestic buyers to buy foreign gift cards, but there are actually hidden dangers.

A large portion of the funds used by Chinese people to buy properties in Australia are obtained through underground money lenders.

Chen Xi just spent a hundred dollars and still got some useful information.

"Teacher, you don't understand. In our place, recruitment now requires a postgraduate degree, because it is difficult to get in with an ordinary undergraduate degree, but after entering college, you can easily graduate even if you don't study, which means that your knowledge is still at the high school level. This is one of the reasons why it is difficult for undergraduates to find a job now. Some people choose to study abroad after completing their undergraduate studies and just find a fake university to get a master's degree. This phenomenon is called a "water master's degree". The graduates are similar to the commodity market, with real and fake mixed in and it is difficult to distinguish, resulting in higher and higher employment thresholds..." Li Yuqing was still arguing with the teacher.

"Graduates' job hunting still depends on supply and demand. Since the market for fresh university graduates is already saturated, it would be better for them to go the technical school route," the teacher replied.

"In our place, parents don't think that way. They think their children should go to college, work in an office, drink coffee and get a high salary. In their eyes, the jobs of technicians are jobs for the lower class..." Li Yuqing chuckled.

The teacher didn't know what to say when he heard this. The cultures and social phenomena of the two countries were different, and as an Australian he didn't know how to solve this problem.

"Humph, I finally won." After class, Li Yuqing raised his head proudly, like a little rooster who had just won a fight.

"Hahaha, if you continue like this, be careful that your teacher will retaliate against you and you won't be able to graduate." Shi Tao said jokingly.

"I'm telling the truth. He's a white man, how could he understand anything about our country? He speaks shamelessly every day. Chen Xi, why haven't you said a word in class yet?" Li Yuqing rolled her eyes at Shi Tao and turned to look at the man who had been silent.

"Nothing, just a little tired." Chen Xi yawned and touched his back which still hurt.

On the lawn of a park next to Didi University, several international students were sitting cross-legged in a group, with a boy standing in the middle. He was the guy who had chatted with Chen Xi for a long time before.

"We have been living abroad for a few years now, and the money we spend every year is incalculable. If we put it in China, our annual spending would be enough for an average person's lifetime salary.

The opportunity to make money is right in front of you now. You only need to use your brains and fingers to earn a monthly salary of over ten thousand yuan. If you work for a year or two, you can earn back all the money you spent on going abroad..." The man with glasses looked around, unable to hide the excitement on his face.

"It doesn't seem like a good idea to make money from international students this way." A girl asked hesitantly.

"What's the problem? There are so many cram schools in Australia now. You have also heard of Matthew, right? Doesn't he just make money from international students? What's the difference between us and them? Aren't we all helping international students graduate?" The man with glasses immediately retorted.

“That seems to be the case!”

"That makes sense. They want us to write for them anyway, so both parties are willing."

"Okay, we'll follow you."

"I'll join in, too."

People are such strange creatures. Once those who are still hesitant see that the majority of people agree, the rest will join in.

Soon, everyone on the lawn agreed to join the ghostwriting army. (End of this chapter)