Chapter 394: Lecturer

The next morning, Masayoshi Kishimoto and Rie Sakai had breakfast together before driving out together in their separate cars. He went to work at the company while she went to school.

As graduation approached day by day, there was a polarization amongst the graduates of Sakai Rie’s university.

At one end of the spectrum were the graduates who had already started working for the company, while at the other end were the graduates who had not gotten a job and were still rushing around like ants on a stove.

Rie Sakai was the exception. She wasn’t an exception, either. Within the few college students at Tokyo University of the Arts, there were also those who weren’t busy looking for a job.

They were either preparing to go abroad for further study or continue their graduate studies at this university, or they were just going about their lives.

Originally, there were no classes in the fourth year of college. If I have to say there is any important class, it is the social practice class for job hunting. Other than that, it was the thesis.

Sakai Rie sat in the classroom for the lesson, and also felt an unprecedented emptiness. That plus the lecturer, there were only two of them in total. As for the others it was work for work and job hunting for job hunting.

The lecturer had long been accustomed to facing this kind of situation. He stopped speaking after less than ten minutes, and his words suddenly changed, “Sakai Rie-san, I’m very happy that you’re still able to come to my class. As a teacher, I feel like I still need to ask you, have you gotten the job inside yet?”

Sakai Rie, knowing that he meant well with his concern, shook her head and said truthfully, “No.”

“Then you’ll have to work hard. Right now, if you can’t find a job, it’s not good. After you graduate, it will be harder and harder to find a job in society.

If your family has good channels and connections, it would be the best. If you don’t, you might want to consider marrying someone.” The lecturer said in a serious tone.

“Isn’t it a bit early for me to marry directly after graduation?” Sakai Rie said thoughtfully at his words.

“I was making an assumption. Assuming that you don’t find a job on the premise that you can think about marrying someone. Being as pretty as you are, naturally you won’t be unable to marry.

It’s not right! You’re quite pretty, how come you didn’t get a job within a company?” The lecturer was a bit puzzled.

“It’s precisely because I’m pretty that I’m just a good-looking poseur in their minds!” Sakai Rie couldn’t help but laugh.

The lecturer didn’t help but feel that it made sense after hearing her say that. When a company recruits college freshmen as regular members, it’s all about whether or not they can create benefits for the company.

If it’s just to recruit pretty girls to be the face of the company’s front desk, they can recruit high school graduates directly without having to come to the university to recruit people.

It would save a lot of money in terms of cost. The front desk of the unofficial members of the company could just be replaced in a few years. Or, they’d actively choose to marry and quit or something.

“Compared to college students in other majors, it’s not easy for college students studying art to find a job in the first place. You shouldn’t lose confidence on that.” The lecturer relieved.

“Thank you teacher for your concern, I will double my efforts. If you’re done, can you continue with the lecture?” Sakai Rie said as she clenched her hands into fists for a self pep talk.

Seeing that she was so stubborn, the lecturer could only smile bitterly, “Actually, some of the content I’ve given you isn’t very useful in real life. It won’t be covered in company interviews or civil service exams or anything.”

“Then why does the school still have to offer this one course?” Rie Sakai asked with a sense of purpose.

“To give students who haven’t completed their credits a chance. Is it hard to believe that you haven’t completed your credits?” The lecturer said honestly.

“My credits have been completed a long time ago. It’s just that I feel that this being able to learn a little bit more inside the university is a little bit more.

After I graduate myself, I’m afraid it will be hard to have such an opportunity again.” Sakai Rie really didn’t joke about it.

“It’s good that you have a spirit of learning. However, how can I put it? Your first priority is still to focus on finding a job.

Living in Tokyo isn’t easy. It’s not at all a permanent solution just to work at a temporary job. If that’s what it’s all about, why did you go to college in the first place?

Not only did I spend a lot of money on tuition over the course of four years, but I also missed out on the opportunity to earn money by working part-time. That adds up to a big loss before and after.” The lecturer spoke eloquently.

“Sensei, I know that this one thing you’re talking about is called opportunity cost in economics.” The reason why Rie Sakai knew that was from hearing Masayoshi Kishimoto speak to himself personally at home.

“And you know economics?” Lecturer Ben didn’t know what opportunity cost was called, and was just drawing conclusions from a summary of his life experience. He was surprised for a moment Dao.

“Know that little bit.” Sakai Rie raised her right hand and gestured with her index finger and thumb and said.

She really wasn’t making things up. Having spent so many years with Masayoshi Kishimoto herself, even if she didn’t hear him talk about the relevant aspects every day, she had spent it under the influence of her ears.

As time passed, it wasn’t surprising that one would naturally know some of it. This was equivalent to familiarizing oneself with the three hundred Tang poems, it was the same reason why one could chant even if they didn’t know how to compose a poem.

“I think that you can work harder in this one area, and it’s unlikely that you’ll really be able to have unexpected gains. Nowadays, companies don’t value art or artlessness, or whether or not a member is artistic.

Instead, they value people who understand economics. Of course, if you insist on not going to work for a company and want to join the art field, I’m afraid that this one thing is even more difficult than going to work for a company.” The lecturer said truthfully.

“There aren’t many more people who truly understand economics than there can be who truly understand art.” Rie Sakai responded by quoting something Masayoshi Kishimoto himself had said to himself.

The lecturer expressed a kind of recognition. He was instantly reminded of a feature he had watched not long ago about analyzing the bursting of the Internet bubble.

If he himself was not mistaken. It was the same group of people who had advocated that the Internet economy was on the upswing and that there was no such thing as a bubble.

The lecturer smiled and said: ”You are also right. Those who have the title of economist in the TV speak one by one, but also really have not seen them say all right.”

“You have to be more attentive to the job search, don’t miss the opportunity. Rather be a company’s bottom social animal, rather than be a dispatched employee who can’t work in a place for long.” The lecturer solemnly said.

“I see.” Sakai Rie said calmly.