Chapter 136 (1/2)

Chapter 136: Your Family Name, My Name II

People walked past but few looked over .

Those who would come over would ask, ”70,000 only? Isn't that too cheap? Are you a fake?”

”I'm not a fake! That's how I guarantee that it's the nation's lowest price . Have a look at my ID if you don't believe me,” I said righteously, raising my card .

”Gou . . ?” they would usually mumble with a contemptuous look on their faces, before walking away .

I graduated last year and joined a clothes manufacturing factory that paid 3,000 a month .

My name instantly became a hot topic the moment I started work . After all, people with surnames that were not Li were extremely rare .

Within the next half a year, colleagues started asking if I was interested in becoming a surname changer .

”You're not a Li so why don't you do it? Gou aye, how unique! Surname changers can earn hundreds of thousands per order! It's much better than slogging away in here . ”

I kept their words in mind and left the factory after two months .

During my first month at this new job, I charged 150,000 for my surname .

That was the lowest market rate I saw at that point, but not a single grain was reaped that month .

In the second month, my teacher had me reduce the price to 70,000 .

Still no orders .

I shouted and promoted diligently, but I did not know that the problem lay in the surname itself .

I looked at my watch .  6 PM, time to knock off .

My teacher's name is Pang Dahai .

He opened a surname changing shop in the black market some time ago .

There were 13 surname changers then, including me .

Teacher was in charge of all procedures while all we did was to seek clients .

He would rightfully take a 5% procedure fee for each transaction .

Because of the law, surname changers were only able to make four deals a year .

Full timers had a five day work week .

They would have to clock in and out of the shop since Teacher gave them a basic salary .

During that time, I was the only full-timer and I earned 900 a month .

My seniors had long reached their quota and had no desire for the meager 900 dollars .

If surname changers had a good family name, clients would automatically go to them for help . There wasn't a need for them to advertise .

Senior Lu Qiao had the most wanted surname . Even at 4,000,000 a transaction, orders filled up within a month . When he raised his fees to 5,500,000, there were still couples who booked his service in advance and postponed their decision to have a baby .

Nevertheless, Senior Lu Qiao was kind enough to compile a list of good but unregistered names, like Lu Qiaofeng, Lu Qiaodan, Lu Qiaobusi and Lu Qiaorenliang, for his clients to choose from .

Teacher easily sold his surname for 400,000 as well .

Senior Li Xia and Han Dong were decent, too .

I was the only poor faring one .

Not a single deal despite my constant advertis.e.m.e.nt .

I got up and walked toward Teacher's shop .

He was looking at the computer when I entered .

I clocked with my thumbprint .

”Gou Dan is ending work,” the machine sounded .

Teacher turned to me and asked, ”Knocking off?”

I nodded .

”Come over here . ”

”Is anything the matter, Teacher?”

”Come take a seat first and we'll talk,” he said, smiling .

I walked uneasily to the sofa and sat down .

”Do you know how long you've been here?” he questioned .