“Payday! Get in line!” At 4:30 in the morning, on the chaotic set, the men sprawled all over the place sprang to life and quickly formed a long line!
A chubby little guy sat at the table, handing each person a wad of bills!
“Thanks, Brother Mai!”
“Looking forward to working with you again, Brother Mai!”
“Hey, wait! Why did I only get 160 yuan?”
“Yeah, Brother Mai! Did you get the math wrong? The day's pay is 80, plus 14 hours of overtime, and 30 for travel expenses. Shouldn't that be 250?”
“You're the two-fifty!”
After paying the last person, Mai Ye dusted off his shorts and stood up. “Travel expenses only apply when we finish work in the middle of the night! It's already daylight, so there's no travel allowance. Yesterday, we worked past midnight, and according to industry rules, that's a flat rate: double pay! You made a profit, you fools!”
“We worked for 24 hours and only got 160 yuan! And you call that double pay? Who's the fool here?” a student complained.
“Exactly, Brother Mai! Last night was cold and exhausting! We had to show up at 7 a.m., and there wasn't even breakfast! We earn every penny the hard way! Industry rules say a workday is ten hours, with overtime at 10 yuan an hour! We worked 24 hours, so even without travel expenses, we should get 220 yuan: 80 plus 22 hours of overtime!” an elderly man with white crew-cut hair argued.
“That's right, Brother Mai! It's written in black and white on the call sheet: 80 a day, and anything over ten hours is 10 yuan an hour!” A young man about 1.7 meters tall stood up, holding a crumpled sheet of paper, and slapped it down on the table.
I read nearly 80 chapters today, and the style of the Hong Kong Rebirth drama is to my liking. I hope the author will keep it from beginning to end and not end it badly.
It would be nice to write less Cantonese.
The writing is very detailed, with a lot of Cantonese dialects. There are no routines or beginnings, just Long Aotian. It's good, okay, okay