Chapter 1477 American Dream

When Zhou Jing came to the United States a few years ago, her father, who had already settled down, took her and her mother to reunite with the family, and she also reluctantly bid farewell to her domestic classmates and transferred to a middle school in the United States.

At that time, everything was fine. The only hidden danger was that it was difficult for my mother to find a corresponding job in the United States with her education and major. However, my father’s salary was enough for the family’s expenses. Besides, the proportion of full-time housewives in the United States was very high, so my mother did as the Romans did, and did not go out. Work, stay at home to take care of the daily life of the father and daughter and tutor Zhou Jing's studies.

Later, the mother was pregnant again, and the whole family was very happy for the upcoming little life.

The weather is unpredictable, the situation in the world is changing rapidly, and the rise and fall of many industries is only in a blink of an eye. Suddenly one day, the father came home slumped during working hours and told the mother and daughter who were teasing the newborn that he had been laid off.

Instead of complaining and panicking, the mother and daughter encouraged their father to get back on their feet and look for other jobs at worst. Because they have inherited the traditional saving habits of Chinese people and are not as lavish as American families, so the family has small savings and can temporarily eat and eat.

However, it was too difficult for the middle-aged man who was laid off to find a suitable job. Even though his father repeatedly lowered his salary expectations, no company offered him an olive branch in a short period of time, so he had to cut the price and join a small company.

In order to relieve the pressure on my father, my mother stood up and tried to apply for a job in a company, but her professional certificates in China were not recognized in the United States, and her skills were unfamiliar due to several years of unemployment. Coupled with age and language disadvantages, As a decent white-collar worker in China, she can only find jobs like supermarket cashiers.

In addition, if the mother goes out to work, there will be no one to take care of the baby, and a nanny must be hired. The salary of the cashier may not be enough to pay the nanny's salary, which is not worth the loss, so the mother has to stay at home.

At that time, Zhou Jing had just entered university, and the pressure of tuition fees made the family's financial situation even worse. The original harmonious family atmosphere gradually turned into daily quarrels and complaints about money.

Tuition fees in American universities are rising every year. Student loans with compound interest are not for charity. Most American college students still have to rely on their parents to support them in order to complete their studies.

My mother regretted that the couple did not have enough risk awareness. If she did not choose to become a housewife after coming to the United States, but applied to enter a university in the United States, and had a degree and certificate after graduation, it would not be too late to become a housewife , Once there is a crisis in the family economy, you can go to work at any time.

In addition, they also regret that they should not have a second child. If there is no second child, although life is tight, they can barely support it.

But new life has come,

Regret is useless.

Zhou Jing is a sensible child. In order to reduce the pressure at home, she looked for part-time jobs after entering university. She has also done many jobs, from restaurant waiters to hospital handymen, but these jobs have limitations, or they need to work night shifts, which is not safe. , or the salary is too small, not enough to pay tuition and living expenses, or there are superiors or colleagues who like to harass young women with words or even actions.

Once, she heard from an American classmate that the aquarium was recruiting mermaid actors. At that time, like the audience in the live broadcast room, she thought that playing a mermaid was an easy job that could make money lying down, not just a regular day shift, And the salary is generous, and there is no disgusting middle-aged greasy man secretly doing things, which is simply ideal.

She felt that such a job must have been snatched away by others, so she came to the aquarium to apply for the job with a tentative mood, and the process went smoothly beyond imagination. The interviewer measured her height and asked a few random questions. After asking her to practice for a few days, she found out that the minimum height of a mermaid actor is 1.7 meters, and she cannot be shorter, otherwise, after wearing a 2-meter mermaid suit, the proportion of the waist will be uncoordinated.

On the first day of the internship, together with several other intern girls, she met Abby, and was as surprised by Abby's thin figure as Xiaoxue and Zhang Zian were when they saw her.

Abby was in charge of leading them. The first lesson she taught them was mathematics. She told them that the cross-section of a mermaid suit is roughly an ellipse, and their two femurs are the two foci of the ellipse. inches, how many times the weight and volume of the mermaid suit will expand.

When they were getting dizzy, Abby laughed loudly, grabbed their draft paper and shredded it, and ordered them to go back to lose weight. At that time, some people were frightened by Abby's violent performance, and they never appeared again.

The first round of weight loss tests screened out most of the applicants, but Zhou Jing gritted her teeth and persisted. With unimaginable perseverance and determination, she lost her normal figure to be as thin as Abby in a short period of time. The human skeleton is already small, and it seems to be the thinnest among the remaining applicants.

Abby looked at her with admiration, but the second step was more difficult than the first. When Zhou Jing jumped into the icy water of San Francisco for the first time, her heart almost stopped beating.

After the other applicants tried once, they quit the competition and voluntarily gave up the competition. After all, as a tall and long-legged young girl, there are other ways to make money. There is no need to risk their lives in Silicon Valley. There are many rich sugardaddy, These old men are happy to sponsor one or several sugarbabies to complete their studies.

Zhou Jing has ruthlessness and tenacity, and she knows that if she chooses to become a sugarbaby, her parents will break her legs. Although every time she entered the water, she seemed to die once, but she jumped into the water day after day under Abby's ridicule and curses, and then went ashore with a livid face and trembling, curled up like a shrimp with her body hugged.

Then one day, the aquarium's personnel department told her that she had the job.

Abby has been in this business for more than ten years. She moved from Europe to the United States and witnessed the rise and fall of many aquariums. Monterey Aquarium is her latest stop, and it may also be her last stop.

When she is not losing her temper, Abby is still very good, especially when she talks about her son, her eyes sparkle, as if she has regained her youth.

As Zhou Jing said, Abby taught her a lot, and they had to take care of each other after entering the water to prevent accidents.

No matter how bad-mouthed they are, as long as Bibo puts on the mermaid suit and throws herself into the pool, the two of them will work together like real mermaid sisters.

In addition to her desire for a high salary, Zhou Jing feels that deep down in her heart, she may enjoy this kind of highlight moment where she can put aside all troubles and focus on enjoying the amazement of the audience.