Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

Chapter 6 Ceramic Factory Testing

The outcome was pretty much what Li Feng had expected.

Around eight o'clock, a young man in his twenties came out of the ceramics factory.

At this moment, he shouted at the group of people waiting outside.

"Those who come for interviews at the ceramics factory, come to me."

After he shouted that, everyone present surrounded him.

Li Feng was the same, of course.

The staff member noticed that everyone had gathered around.

So he cleared his throat and then addressed everyone.

"You all line up and then hand me your forms one by one."

Next

Everyone lined up.

The young staff member simply marked the names on the form and then crossed them out on his own form.

About half an hour later, the young man finally got everything sorted out.

Li Feng did a rough calculation and concluded that there shouldn't be more than a hundred people.

However, the competition is still quite fierce.

It's almost ten to one.

Li Feng had initially thought that quite a few people wouldn't come.

To Li Feng's surprise, almost everyone who signed up yesterday showed up.

This surprised Li Feng somewhat!
Sure enough, there are still so many people without jobs.

Li Feng could tell that everyone present was about his age.

If it were any older, it would have been sent to the countryside long ago.

As for the children of high-ranking officials or those from privileged backgrounds, they don't need to worry about anything even if they don't come here to work.

Anyway, they have parents to support them.

Moreover, I have connections so I don't have to go to the countryside.

As for those who come here for interviews, they are basically the same as me.

If I don't have a job, I'll definitely have to go to the countryside.

Thinking of this, Li Feng couldn't help but sigh.

The competitive pressure is quite high.

Just as Li Feng was thinking about this, the young man began to speak to everyone.

"Comrades."

"Now I will take you to the auditorium of our factory. Please line up and follow me in."

After the young staff member finished speaking, everyone consciously lined up in pairs.

Seeing that everyone had lined up, the man walked over to the gatekeeper and began to speak to him.

After a few minutes, he turned around and started shouting to everyone.

"Everyone, come in with me."

So the hundreds of people followed the young staff member into the factory.

When Li Feng entered, he saw rows of workshops where ceramic workers were working diligently.

Moreover, at the very front of the line, Li Feng saw two enormous chimneys.

It's about ten meters tall.

At this moment, the two chimneys were still emitting black smoke, and Li Feng guessed that they were firing kilns.

Li Feng had only read about ceramics in books, but he had never actually made them himself.

Thinking of this, Li Feng began to look around at the workshops he passed.

At this moment, Li Feng saw the pottery wheel workshop and the painting workshop.

The people in the potter's wheel workshop are now kneading clay with their hands.

Meanwhile, the people in the painting workshop use brushes to paint on ceramics.

At this moment, it wasn't just Li Feng who was looking around at what was happening; everyone else was doing the same.

Looking at this situation, Li Feng thought to himself.

Everyone starts from roughly the same point, so I still have a chance.

After walking for about ten minutes, Li Feng and over a hundred others arrived at the auditorium of the Five Star Ceramics Factory.

The young staff members had everyone sit on the benches in the auditorium.

He then went outside.

About five or six minutes later, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties walked into the auditorium. He was slightly balding, had a large belly, and a round face.

Ah!
In short, he looked like a middle-aged man with a large belly. At this moment, he walked onto the stage of the auditorium with a teacup in his hand.

Behind him followed the young man who had brought everyone along.

At this moment, the man walked to the table on the stage, cleared his throat, and then spoke to everyone.

"This time, our Five Star Ceramics Factory needs to recruit ten ceramic apprentices."

"You all signed up to take the test here, so you should know this."

"First, let me introduce myself."

"I am the deputy head of the personnel department of Wuxing Ceramics Factory. My surname is Han and my name is Han Liye."

"Next, our factory will select ten people from among you to work in our factory."

"Rest assured, our Five Star Ceramics Factory has always adhered to the principle of fairness. As long as you meet our test requirements and are in the top ten, we will definitely hire you according to the rules."

Deputy Section Chief Han had barely finished speaking.

The doors to the auditorium opened.

The woman who opened the door was in her thirties. She brought a young man with her and led him to Deputy Section Chief Han. She then whispered something to him.

"Section Chief Han, this is Director Zhou's son."

Deputy Section Chief Han nodded slightly, and then he spoke to the woman in front of him.

"Little Deng!"

"I understand, you can go ahead with your work."

After hearing what Deputy Section Chief Han said, the woman named Xiao Deng nodded and immediately went out.

After Xiao Deng left, Han Liye spoke to Director Zhou's son.

"Find a seat!"

The young man nodded obediently, then found a seat on the side and sat down.

After Han Liye saw Xiao Zhou sit down.

He continued speaking to everyone.

"Regarding the test content, our testing method here is very simple."

When Li Feng heard this, he began to sit up straight.

After all, this was one of the conditions that allowed him to work in the ceramics factory.

At this moment, Li Feng heard Han Liye say something.

"First of all, according to the old master craftsman, to be a ceramic craftsman, you must first be strong."

"If you don't have the strength, you definitely won't be able to move the embryo."

"Therefore, being able to lift the embryo is very important."

Li Feng never expected that the initial test would be a test of strength.

Others then began to discuss it as well.

After all, no one expected that the first test would be a strength test.

As for the young man who had just entered, his face remained completely expressionless.

It seemed as if they already knew all along.

Li Feng couldn't help but wonder, could this be the legendary person with connections?

At this point, Deputy Section Chief Han continued.

"Those who pass the first test are considered qualified if they can then use a potter's wheel to pull out a bowl or other vessel."

"A qualified vessel shape will be scored by our factory's pottery masters."

"Then we will admit the top ten candidates based on their scores."

After hearing what Deputy Section Chief Han said, Li Feng was somewhat bewildered.

Throwing a potter's wheel?

What the hell?
The beginning was fine; I had no problem with strength tests at all.

But I have absolutely no idea how to throw a potter's wheel.

What do we do?

Just as Li Feng was complaining, a mechanical voice came to his mind.

"bite!".

"Start the mission, take the test and become an apprentice at the Five-Star Ceramics Factory."

"Reward: Random skill level 1!"

When Li Feng heard the mechanical voice in his mind, he gritted his teeth and decided to give it his all.

No matter what, you shouldn't have any regrets.

Moreover, my chances are really running out.

(End of this chapter)