Be Boss (Part1)

I had my hair cut yesterday. My hair dresser is a young man. He is about 25 years old. He comes from Zhejiang province. He left his barber shop which he has worked for over 5 years. He is the  boss of that barber shop.

I don’t know his full name , (As I  have never asked,) his last name is 韩(Han), so I just call him 小韩(XiaoHan). In China, we usually call someone younger than us as “小(Xiao) plus their Last names”. For more example, you can call me 小杜(Xiao Du) if you are elder than me. 小(Xiao) means junior in Chinese.

I have already known Xiao Han for about 4 years since my wife introduced him to me ( she was  my girl friend at that time). He is a talented and honest hair dresser from our point of view. I always get compliments from my friends every time after hair cut from him. 

Xiao Han left his previous barber shop due to the high working pressure. The hair dressing industry is full of competition in China. Professional hair dressers like Xiao Han usually start their careers when they are  very young (Xiao started his  apprenticeship when he was 16.) They need to have 500-600 customers a month to secure his basic wages, And they don’t  usually  get paid extra on  weekends or public holidays when they work.  people  like to have their hair done during weekends, As  they don't have spare times to see their hair dressers during week days. The hair dressers also need to sell membership cards to  customers as their boss required, therefore the commision from selling those membership cards becomes a big part of their wages.