The tricycle was smoking and drove forward "twist" with a "twist". Wang Yiyuan asked, "Master, do you know about the ceramic industry? Why are the businesses of the two factories we are looking at today are not very good?"

The master said that the ceramic factories in Tangshan are basically like this now. As long as there is no holiday yet, the factories that are working on are very good. Many factories are still closed and resting until the New Year.

What's going on? Wang Yiyuan asked.

The master smiled and said, "Haha, we are working in a coolie, how can we know this?" Many of my relatives used to work in a ceramic factory. They started holidays in the second half of last year and are still at home."

Wang Yiyuan asked again, what do you have to say?

The master said slowly, what can I say? The ceramic factories in Tangshan are all paying for pieces, and the workers don’t have a penny if they don’t work. But people always have to eat. Several fellow villagers had no choice but to find connections and change careers and go to Tanggang to work as a cleaner.

Li Guanglin said, Master, you may have misunderstood. My friend said that so many ceramic factories have been shut down, so why should there be some reason?

Haha, what you are talking about is the reason, of course there is. The master said loudly, you may not know that this bone porcelain in Tangshan is expensive, so it was basically used for export in the past, especially in some places such as Europe, America, Japan, South Korea, etc.

He said that when the ceramic business was booming in the past, it was not exaggerated to say that there were 100,000 ceramic workers in Tangshan, and almost every household had something to do with this ceramic. But it has not been possible in the past two years.

Wang Liping asked, yes, why can't it work all at once?

The master smiled and said, "I'm also listening to my fellow villagers' nonsense. It's because of the current exports, and there are very few. I also said that it's because of the economic crisis. I don't know this. Anyway, what I know is that many factories are idle and many people are idle."

Wang Yiyuan thought of the feeling when Boss Zhang led them into the workshop just now. Now it seems that Boss Zhang may have told the truth. Because this driving master has nothing to do with him and a few of them, at most it is a chance meeting. He cannot, and there is no need to tell lies to fool him.

He thought that sometimes, if you want to master real data and information, don’t just listen to the one-sided words of the person involved. Sometimes, some people who seem to have nothing to do with each other, or things, may have unexpected gains. For example, the tricycle master I met by chance.

The master sighed that it is difficult to find a good job in Tangshan now? For example, I used to be an intermediate welder in Yingkou, but this year I have never found a good job in Tangshan, so I had to start a three-mazi. This is the only three-mazi that I was transferred to me by a fellow villager.

Wang Liping said, brother, don’t worry, look for a good job slowly, there will always be a good job in the future.

The master smiled bitterly and said, "We will pass by a place called Hebei Bridge later. There is a spontaneous labor market there, and you can take a look at it when the time comes. They all want to find change jobs and work hard."

The tricycle passed through a large corn field, walked through several bumpy paths, and finally drove onto a road called Yinhe Road. It passed through an overpass. The master said, now this is Gangyao Road, you can look at both sides of the street, it is all the facades of the ceramic factory.

The tricycle finally stopped bumping and the speed stabilized. Wang Yiyuan and the others sat upright. When they looked at both sides, they did see many ceramic shops and various ceramic signs of different sizes.

Wang Yiyuan said, Master, why don’t you get off here and let’s go over and take a look.

The master said, don’t worry, there are many such stores in front of them. This Gangyao Road is about three kilometers long, and the entire street is full of such a store called Tangshan Ceramic Street. I will send you to the ceramic market there, not far away, just in front of you.

After driving forward for a while, he arrived at the Hebei Bridge, and the master deliberately stopped the car.

The river under the bridge is called the steep river, and the water flow is not very large. There are many idle people around the two ends of the bridge and the bridge deck, most of which are young. Surprisingly, there are women involved in it. They stand in groups of three or three, standing or squatting. Because the weather is hot, some of them only wear single clothes and pants, and even bare arms.

The master said that there were much fewer people at this time. The peak was around six or seven o'clock in the morning. People were all over the place and the sea was gone. There would be a boss who wanted to work to pick up laborers and give them money for a day. It was noon now, and there were fewer bosses, so naturally there were not many people looking for jobs left.

Not long after crossing the bridge, there was the ceramic market. Wang Yiyuan took the initiative to leave the contact information of the tricycle master. The master greeted the three of them, then fell over the front of the car and left.

After Wang Yiyuan stood still, he looked up and couldn't help but feel disappointed with the so-called ceramic market in front of him.

Although it is the Gangyao Road ceramic market, the place is very small, just three three-story buildings connected together in a concave shape. The lower floor is a storefront, and there are not many storefronts, and there are about 20 stores in total.

This is also called the market, don't be too funny, okay? Wang Yiyuan shook his head, feeling that his understanding of this market completely overturned his previous common sense about the market in his head.

Li Guanglin smiled and said, "It's not so good. If several stores gather together, they dare to call it a market?" But since we have all come, let's go in and take a look."

Wang Liping smiled and didn't say anything. Li Guanglin was about to leave Wang's market, but Wang Yiyuan grabbed him and said, it's almost one o'clock now, and there is still time in the afternoon, so we will find a place to eat first.

Opposite the ceramic market is a telecommunications company, which may be doing some promotions or some activities. The colorful flags are fluttering, and the tweeter is playing high-pitched and exciting music.

The three of them looked around but didn't find any hotel nearby. Wang Yiyuan saw a tall white building next to the intersection not far ahead, with four big red characters on the roof, Tanggang Hospital.

Wang Yiyuan smiled and said, "Let's go, let's walk forward. There is a hospital over there, and there should be a place to eat next to the hospital."

Walking further apart is Tangshan Boiler Factory. Walking past the boiler factory is the intersection, opposite the business halls of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau and China Mobile. To the east of the intersection, there are indeed a long and long small restaurants, which may be the order for dinner, and the business looks pretty good.
Chapter completed!