"Yeah, that's the right way to think!" Chen Hongli said to Zhao Chi in a patronizing tone, "In our factory, the average wage is about 5,000 yuan. Manual workers get paid less, just over 3,000 yuan... Look, for Sitong's sake, you don't have to do manual work. Why not learn some skills? However, as an apprentice, you'll only get a salary of 2,200 yuan, but once you're officially hired, we can give you 5,000 yuan!"
Chen Hongli only mentioned promotion from apprentice to full-time, but she did not say how long the apprenticeship would last, whether they would promote him for sure… However, based on Zhao Chi's observation, knowing their ways, he would probably have to suffer in the factory, and it was unlikely to be less than a year and a half before the apprenticeship ended.
