Chapter 32: Horror Oceanarium (8) The Boom Period
Tuntun, wearing a tuxedo and a bow tie, was working on the computer for a while. When he saw today's sales, the smile on his face deepened a little.
Security team leader Uncle Tan submitted to him the relevant surveillance footage of the part-time workers during their work. Everyone worked quite hard, no one was slacking off, and no human tourists were secretly stealing the property of their aquarium.
Only someone with a mental problem would slack off at this time. Because there were many newcomers, and with the guidance of Zhang Yang, a member of the National Special Bureau, there were no petty thieves or employees who were courting death.
However, the deepened smile faded a little when he saw these employees. Tuntun's voice still sounded a little weird: "Everyone is here. The next person I call will come forward to collect his salary."
"No. 1, qualified, 0 complaints, 10 positive reviews, salary 100 Gui coins, performance bonus 10 Gui coins, actual salary 110 Gui coins."
If tourists give a tour guide a tip, no matter how much, it is considered a good tip for them.
Complaints are usually made in the follow-up opinion book, saying that there is a complaint, but no real complaint will not be counted in the performance appraisal.
Number 1 is Zhang Yang. He came out and took 115 ghost coins from Tuntun. Ghost coins are different from real currency. No matter the amount is large or small, there is no color difference. All of them are made of special green paper.
The value written on the ghost banknote represents the level of ghost power contained in it. The higher the amount of ghost power, the stronger the power contained in it, and the darker the color of the number will be.
The more common ghost banknotes are 100 coins each, and the lowest is 1 coin. Usually, amounts exceeding 10,000 will be presented in the form of ghost cards. Tuntun uses the ghost cards to pay the salaries of this group of people.
Zhang Yang got a 100 and a 10 ghost coin.
Next came the two girls, Chen Xuemei and Wang Zile, also known as No. 2 and No. 3. This two-person team each received 108 Ghost Coins.
There were two young boys who gave zero positive reviews.
"No. 6 and No. 7, passed, 100 Ghost Coins, your performance is average, just the passing line. Ms. Chen Meiji reported that you are not smart enough and you are playing with shit. Since it's the first day, I won't deduct your salary for now. If you don't improve tomorrow, I will double the deduction! Work hard!"
These two boys worked as cleaners for the whole morning and then guarded the exit.
"Number 8, basically qualified, two good reviews, received a complaint from a customer, saying that you discriminated against his appearance, one point will be deducted for the bad review, 92 Gui coins."
No. 8 is a beautiful adult girl. As an actress, she has appearance anxiety and it is normal for her to pay attention to her appearance.
The thing was so ugly that it was scary, but she didn't say anything and still got complained about.
"I don't care what you think in your heart, you have to keep it to yourself." Supervisor Tuntun criticized a few words and then moved on to the next employee.
"No. 4, 2 complaints, 1 positive review, reason for complaint: the sound is too quiet, salary 81 Gui coins."
No. 4 is a timid otaku who is most afraid of ghosts and monsters. He will faint when he sees any scary scenes. It is not easy for him to hold on until now.
Receiving a positive review reward only adds one Gui Coin, but getting a negative review will result in a deduction of 10 Gui Coins from your salary.
This may sound unfair, but the ones who hired them are weird, not human, and the aquarium, as the hiring company, has absolute right of interpretation, and humans cannot fight for fairness.
"Number 9, 3 complaints, reasons for the complaints: body odor, stuttering, not knowing where the toilet is when asked, impolite, 70 Ghost Coins."
No. 9 is a middle-aged woman, actually only 35 years old, but because of family troubles, she looks haggard, unkempt, and looks like she is in her 40s or 50s.
When she entered the other world, she was fixing a clogged toilet at home, and she had a strange smell on her body.
Even after changing into a uniform, the smell did not completely disappear. However, she was mainly unlucky because the people who complained about her were a family of three, so she had three complaints in a row.
The middle-aged housewife, who looked very honest, blushed and sincerely admitted her mistake: "I will definitely pay attention to my image and try my best to serve customers well!"
She asked tremblingly: "Supervisor, how do we remove the odor?"
"There is drinking water in the staff lounge. Remember to wash your bodies. We at the aquarium also need to pay attention to our image!"
Tuntun snorted coldly, and then said: "No. 5, harassing customers and almost causing an accident, all wages will be deducted and fined 100 yuan. If you can't pay the fine within 7 days, you will be dismissed."
Number 5 is the one with a broken tongue.
At this moment, No. 5 was sweating anxiously, and he was typing on his phone: "I can't speak anymore, how can I be a tour guide?"
If he continues to work as a tour guide, he will definitely not be able to complete the subsequent work. According to what Zhang Yang said at the beginning, he will be fired, but he will die. He doesn't want to die at all!
"Then you can go work as a cleaner and be more respectful to Ms. Chen."
Most of the tourists were dressed in white and green, and Ms. Chen Meiji had at least half a step into the red category.
Anyway, his tongue has been cut off, so he can't tell any dirty jokes. If he still thinks about that, Ms. Chen Meijie will throw him into the trash can to be used as fertilizer.
Anyway, there was one extra person, and on the first day of leading the part-time employee, Tuntun had to lead the team and cooperate with the extra person to form a group. After that, it planned to stay behind the scenes.
No. 4 and No. 6 asked hurriedly: "Then do we still have to continue to be cleaners?"
Judging from the salary levels everyone receives today, although being a cleaner is dirty and tiring, the risk is obviously lower than being a tour guide.
Neither of them wanted to have their place taken by a middle-aged man.
Supervisor Tuntun said impatiently: "Of course you three should work together!"
After adding the step of welcoming guests, more garbage is produced and the workload of cleaning is heavy.
It gave a few more warnings: "Stay at your employees' rest time, and do not wander around the aquarium during non-working hours, especially at night."
After saying that, Tuntun slammed the door of the staff lounge, its two feet turned back into tails, and it walked away twisting its body.
It is a distinguished supervisor, so of course it sleeps in a spacious and comfortable sea view room at night instead of squeezing together with these human employees.
“Gugu…”
Drinking lemon water alone cannot completely fill your stomach. After all, Tan Yue only added an appropriate amount of sugar to the water to increase the sweetness of the lemon water, rather than adding a lot of sugar to make it a very sweet sugar water.
The middle-aged man was eager to pay off his debt, so he immediately typed on his mobile phone, trying to morally blackmail the two young girls who earned 108 coins.
"It doesn't take much Gui coins to eat, lend me some, I'll pay you back when I get my salary!"
Although Chen Xuemei had experience in debate competitions, she was a student after all and was soft-hearted, so she was a little hesitant. She wanted to keep money for three meals, so the extra 48 coins could indeed be lent out to help others tide over the difficulties.
Wang Zile tugged at her sleeve and shook his head to signal her not to lend it to him.
"We only have this much Guibi, and it's not enough to spend. The manager gave us 7 days. If you save 40 every day, the fine will be enough in three days. If you work hard, you will definitely be able to pay it off in 7 days."
If the value of the ghost coin is really that high, one is equivalent to 100,000. Who knows if lending it out would be a waste of effort.
No one was willing to lend the money to the middle-aged man, and his eyes became somewhat sinister. If he were not still injured and worried about others joining forces against him, he would have wanted to just rob it.
"Fuck, why are these things so expensive? You have to use ghost coins to buy everything. Why don't you just rob that stinky dolphin!"
"Insulting your superior will result in a fine of 20 Gui coins."
The voice of Tuntun suddenly sounded when the employees were taking a break, and then two hands grew out of a blue ornament, which directly snatched the salary from the boy's hand, and took two bites, and the 100 ghost coins became the face value of 80.
"Fuck...thank you!"
The boy quickly swallowed the dirty words. It turned out that this little dolphin could also be used for monitoring and fining. It was really perverted.
What the boy discovered was indeed shocking, because after some research, he found that apart from the vending machines, all other items provided to these part-time employees in the aquarium required payment.
"A set of new employee uniforms: 100 Gui coins"
"Clothes button repair service: 5 Gui coins for small repairs, 20 Gui coins for large repairs"
"Washing machine that can be dried: 5 Gui coins per time"
"Public restroom: 5 Gui coins/hour (can be accumulated for next time if less than one hour)"
If dry cleaning is required, it will be charged per piece and will be more expensive.
"Shower Card: 5 Gui coins/60 minutes (the water is not drinkable)"
"Single lounge (guaranteed safety and privacy)/20 Gui coins per room"
The services listed here are the cheapest. If you want a lounge with a more spacious environment, it's still 50 or 100 per night. With the little money they make, don't even think about it.
Normally, after deducting 100 Ghost Coins for food, clothing, housing and toilet expenses, there is basically nothing left.
"The time spent in the bathroom can be accumulated. Should I praise it for its conscience?"
The boy couldn't help but complain: "This is to let everyone work in the other world and spend money in the other world, and then want to take it home when they say goodbye."
This time he managed to restrain himself and didn't swear. The little dolphin statue just stared at them with its big black eyes.
It seems that normal complaints are allowed, but you cannot insult people by name.
"We can share a washing machine so that we can take turns paying for it and save on the unit price."
The woman who was a housewife raised her hand: "I am good at sewing, so I can buy a sewing box."
A sewing box also costs 5 Gui coins. If there are often small damages, it is obviously more cost-effective to sew them yourself.
"I don't know if that single room can accommodate many people. If possible, it would be safer for two people to squeeze in."
"I think we can sleep on the floor in the lounge, but the conditions are a little harsh."
Zhang Yang and the group discussed for a while, then swiped their card and spent 20 Gui coins to enter the single lounge.
He did not use the food he had on him, but instead bought a box lunch worth 20 ghost coins and brought it in.
After all, the high-calorie snacks in those machines are less cost-effective, so you can stockpile them for the time being and use them in the last few days.
The single room was unexpectedly small, and he tried it out and found that one card could only be used by one person, so no one could take advantage of this loophole.
After discovering that the money was not enough, the few people who were not very willing to lend money before were even less likely to lend. They all followed suit and bought lunch boxes and room cards and went into the house before the middle-aged man took action.
The middle-aged man was extremely anxious. He was afraid that he was not safe outside, so he pounced on the item and tried to snatch it.
The girls quickly recited the room card in their minds, and Chen Xuemei felt a strange fluctuation around her. She felt dizzy for a moment, and then she appeared in an independent small space out of thin air.
The card in her hand was automatically inserted into the power slot at the entrance.
"The room is so small." Chen Xuemei looked around curiously, and then found that the room was surrounded by walls on all four sides.
If you want to enter or exit, you need to take the room card and recite the words "enter or exit" silently.
The room is about ten square meters in total, with a 1.2-meter-wide single bed, a set of single tables and chairs, a small clothes rack, a small sofa, and a bathroom.
She pressed the switch on the wall and the bathroom light came on. She walked into the bathroom and found that the two-square-meter space was separated into dry and wet areas.
There is a mirror on the sink. The aquarium is an animal-themed place, so of course there is no such dirty thing as a mirror.
There is a bathroom notice posted next to the mirror: "Please do not waste water resources maliciously. Violators will be fined. Domestic water can be used normally, but it cannot be drunk or taken away."
She opened the glass door of the bathroom to see if the hot water was working properly.
The door handle had a sensor slot: "Insufficient balance, please recharge Gui coins."
Hu Xuemei saw it all, the snow-white bathrobe and clean towels were all placed on the metal rack in the bathroom.
If you want to take a shower and enjoy free bathrobes and towels, you need to pay 5 Gui coins, the same as in the vending machine.
After walking for a whole day, she was smelling of sweat and felt sticky and uncomfortable. The problem was that if she didn't take a shower, she might get complained about. So she had no choice but to pay the 5 ghost coins.
There is also a washing machine in the bathroom, which also requires Gui coins, but it is slightly cheaper in the small room, only 3 Gui coins per time.
In the room, there is a lounge rule posted next to the bedside table:
First: the room is absolutely safe, even if it is just a cheap room for 20/night.
Second: A single room card can only be used by one person. It will be bound to the person after use and cannot be given or transferred.
Third: Please do not damage the items in the room. If they are obviously dirty or damaged, you will need to compensate according to the selling price of the items.
Fourth: Please throw your garbage into the trash can. It will dispose of it for you for free. Please don’t be surprised by this.
Fifth: The maximum single use time of the lounge is 12 hours, and the time spent leaving the lounge will also be counted. Once the limit is reached, the employee will be kicked out.
Sixth: Cheap housing does not provide any material storage services. If anything is lost, compensation will be refused. Please take your personal belongings out in time.
The room was too small, and the examination only took a few minutes. Hu Xuemei touched her stomach, went to the toilet twice, and her stomach was empty again after drinking lemon water.
"I've walked 30,000 steps today."
There was no network on her phone, but the sports watch on her wrist was still counting.
A tired body needs a normal hot meal, and lemon water only fills you up with water, but it can't make you satisfied.
After a brief hesitation, everyone bought the cheapest meal set (special for humans)
She originally wanted to eat outside, but the middle-aged man was eyeing her eagerly, so she rushed in to eat.
Anyway, there is a trash can in the room, so you can eat in the room.
Hu Xuemei opened the lunch box, which contained a fist-sized bowl of rice, a portion of cold seaweed salad, some fried fish chunks, and some fish roe, which was quite characteristic of the aquarium.
The set meal purchased with 20 ghost coins can only fill the stomach, but it is not delicious.
But they had been hungry for too long, so even Hu Xuemei, who usually had a small appetite, ate up all the food without leaving a drop of rice.
She threw the takeaway box into the trash can, and a strange sound came from the trash can, as if many sharp teeth were chewing the box. Soon, the outer packaging disappeared completely in the black trash can.
Take a shower, wash clothes, and wait for the washing machine in the small room to slowly dry the clothes. It takes several hours to wash and dry the clothes. It is impossible for everyone to hand over their clothes to others just to save a few ghost coins.
After all, they only had one set of clothes and one set of work clothes, and they had no money to buy new uniforms. Chen Xuemei hesitated for a moment, and finally gave the money to the washing machine in the small room.
Your cell phone cannot be connected to the outside world in the aquarium, but it can still take photos and videos, and act as a notepad and alarm clock. Not surprisingly, there is an additional charge for renting a charging service.
“I’m so tired!”
Lying on the narrow bed, Chen Xuemei recalled a joke from hell that she had seen on the Internet: "After get off work, I returned to my own room and my waist, which had been bent all the time, was completely broken!"
I still have 60 ghost coins left, but I have to eat two meals tomorrow, so I have to save some for emergencies and can't lose it.
She set an alarm for herself to avoid accidentally oversleeping and being kicked out of the room and losing the ghost coins she had worked so hard to earn, or being late and having her salary deducted by the cruel dolphin.
The choices made by the other employees were not much different from Chen Xuemei's. The only difference was the number of strange coins left in their hands.
The middle-aged man was the only employee who stayed outside. He watched the remaining lemonade and drank until he was full.
There is no toilet in the staff lounge, but there is a free public toilet outside for guests. However, the middle-aged man was scared to death along the way and squeezed on a very small sofa in the lounge. He slept in a daze at night and was in a very bad state.
He gritted his teeth, his eyes were bloodshot, and he said that he would snatch some ghost coins from those women tomorrow no matter what.
Tan Yue doesn't need Tuntun to pay him a salary, so of course he can't see these people's joys and sorrows, or their calculations.
His salary has always been paid on a monthly basis out of his boss's private account. Now it's the beginning of the month, so even if he works hard these few days, he won't get paid.
But Tan Yue had free food and lodging, and not much expenses, so he didn't have to worry about being deducted from his salary by a kind-hearted director.
If Guanshan can't afford to pay the wages, he might even donate all his savings to pay the other party.
"Baby, I will live with you from now on!"
After getting off work, the first thing Tan Yue did was to move all his luggage to Guanshan's lounge. He sorted out his clothes and hung them all in Guanshan's cloakroom. They were crowded together, appearing to be very close.
He planned to buy some new clothes after he got out and leave these clothes here.
Because he was too tired, Tan Yue didn't have the energy to cook dinner, so Guan Shan prepared two luxurious meals for him.
Tan Yue did not insist on paying the bill himself. They were in an equal relationship, and it was fair for them to give and take based on their own financial conditions.
After the meal, Tan Yue poured out all the tips that were in his pocket.
One, two... spread them out one by one, and the total amount was about five hundred and fifty-six strange coins.
"That's a lot." Tickets to the aquarium are 50 Gui coins each, so this is indeed not a small amount.
He happily held his chin up, then sorted out a stack of bills and handed them to Guan Shan with both hands: "All for you."
A good man should take the initiative to hand over his money, including salary and bonuses.
Guan Shan looked him in the eyes and said, "You've worked so hard to earn money, and you're really willing to give it all up?"
Tan Yue said firmly: "I'm willing to give it up!"
Anyway, he has no use for these strange coins, so of course he is willing to give them away.
The god was particularly pleased with his believer's unsparing behavior: "If you are willing to give, I can't let you suffer any loss."
He threw out a thin card: "The ghost coins in this card can only be used in the other world. I will save your salary and bonus for you."
He was talking about a place in the inner world where you can spend money, but Tan Yue thought it was the inner world aquarium, so he agreed without thinking: "It's all right."
As soon as Tan Yue lowered his head, the thick stack of green strange banknotes merged into the thin card again, but the card was also collected by Guan Shan.
Practice makes perfect. After working for a few days in a row, everyone has gained some experience.
Just as Zhang Yang said, they were lucky. This area was relatively safe, and everyone received their wages every day.
However, because the guests we entertain are different, if we are unlucky and encounter some tricky guests, sometimes we can get the full salary, and sometimes half of the salary will be deducted.
This also resulted in that except for Zhang Yang and Wang Zile, who almost always received a certain amount of rewards, everyone had almost no ghost coins left in their pockets.
The middle-aged man finally reached the end of the seven-day period, still short of forty coins.
"If you don't give it to me, I'll buy a knife and we'll all die together!"
He only had 60 Ghost Coins, and a kitchen knife cost 60, so he threatened first. After all, it was difficult to rob 100 Ghost Coins. Even if he had a weapon, he might not be able to beat Zhang Yang.
He finally managed to borrow the 40 coins, and several people shared them. The richer ones gave more. Zhang Yang, of course, didn't pay a single coin, after all, he wasn't afraid of middle-aged men.
Looking at the crazy look on the middle-aged man's face, everyone knew that although the money was loaned out, it was actually gone and there was no way to get it back.
Everyone couldn't help but complain privately: "Why are there things like kitchen knives sold in vending machines?"
If there were no dangerous goods being sold, they wouldn't have lost so much Gui coins.
Because working was too hard and he couldn't save much Gui coins, everyone looked at him with envy every time they saw Xiao Tan's gains.
"He must have made a lot of money with all those tips in his pocket."
"The rules tell us not to get close to Xiao Tan. Are you afraid that we might steal his money?"
Tan Yue didn't know that his earnings were being targeted. Not to mention that these people didn't dare to take action, even if they really dared, he would definitely not be polite and let them know the price of breaking the law.
For him, seven days passed extremely quickly.
He originally signed a contract of working six days a week and having one day off. The seventh day was a day off, so Tan Yue wanted to go out and take a look, and also buy food for him and Guan Shan.
Everyone watched Xiao Tan, who usually wore work clothes, change his clothes and take off the mask covering his face.
"Fuck, this is Xiao Tan?"
The eyes of the others who saw that face popped out of their heads, and they couldn't help but glare at Zhang Yang who had threatened them before: "What's so ugly about him?!"
Hu Xuemei murmured, "Could it be that the announcement was made because they were afraid that we would harass Xiao Tan?"
Wang Zile signaled her to clear her mind: "Xiao Tan's boyfriend is the director of the museum. Do you want to be turned into meat paste by trying to steal the director's girl?"
This is not reality. Prying into a strange corner is not a moral issue, but a life-and-death crisis.
Moreover, Xiao Tan and the curator look like that, so unless she is a fairy or has some succubus aura, it would be impossible to pry her apart.
But the most shocking person was not them, but the most beautiful young woman here, Zhang Yishi. She was a classmate of Tan Yue and was also a well-known actress.
But in a place like this, no matter how famous an actor is, he or she has no privileges.
Because of his face, Tan Yue was voted the school idol by the students of the Capital Cinema as soon as he entered the school. The company that Zhang Yishi worked for even showed interest in signing Tan Yue.
But Tan Yue obviously had no interest in being an actor or an internet celebrity, and he firmly rejected any olive branches offered by any agency without hesitation.
If she had known that the masked face was behind Tan Yue, she should have tried to build a relationship with him first!
But when this thought popped into her mind, Zhang Yishi felt her heart palpitating, as if her sixth sense was giving her a crisis warning.
Hu Xuemei pulled her back and said, "Stop looking at it now. If it affects your work, your salary will be deducted."
Zhang Yang noticed Zhang Yishi's loss of composure and secretly kept it in mind: Maybe he could talk to Zhang Yishi about it afterwards.
Tan Yue walked out of the aquarium. There was no fog in his eyes, but a particularly clear alley passage.
After wandering around in the alleys, I successfully returned to the bustling human city.
Tan Yue's expression was solemn and he looked extremely nervous.
This time, he got the card that Guanshan gave him. There were several million in it, and the password was his birthday.
Guan Shan gave so much money, of course, for a reason: "I'm about to reach the peak of my career, and I need a lot of supplies, so you can purchase them according to the list above."
After learning about the mermaid craze, Tan Yue came out with a red face. For this food, he bought a lot of leeks and kidneys... He was afraid that he might not be able to afford it.
It’s just that the items at the end of the list are a bit strange, with a lot of baby products at the end: “1,000 baby bottles, 500 barrels of milk powder…”
This is strange. Is Ah Shan planning to open a baby products store? Or is he giving these as gifts to customers?
Tan Yue didn't think much about it. He never cared much about the operation of the aquarium. Anyway, his boyfriend said he wanted to buy one. He had millions of dollars. He took two subways and went to the wholesale mall. He waved his hand at some well-known brands and told his wife what to buy.
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