Chapter 102
"Please take a seat."
Shu Mo straightened his collar and pointed to the seat opposite him with a serious expression.
It was not until the interviewee sat down that she smiled and said, "Please introduce yourself."
Shu Mo is currently in a newly opened teahouse on the commercial street. This is one of the few buildings officially operated by the hotel since the commercial street began to attract investors.
The teahouse has two floors, with an overall Chinese decoration style. The entrance on the first floor is connected to the lobby. In addition to the cashier counter and the washroom in the corner, there are several transparent display cabinets with tea leaves, tea sets, snacks, etc., which can be used as decorations, and those who are interested can also buy them as souvenirs.
Tea used as souvenirs is mostly individually packaged, which is convenient to carry. As long as you have a kettle, you can use the drinking water sold in the player mall to brew tea anytime and anywhere in extremely cold outdoor environments.
There are many varieties of tea. In addition to the traditional black tea, green tea and oolong tea, there are also innovative flavors such as white peach oolong, kumquat passion fruit, green grape four seasons spring, watermelon mint fruit, etc. The sales of this four-piece fruit tea set have been extremely hot since it was launched on the market.
In addition to the guests who visit the teahouse and take a look at the display cabinet before leaving, there are also some players who pass by while shopping and come in to buy a couple of bags.
After buying tea, you can brew it repeatedly. Although the taste will become lighter, it is still more cost-effective than always buying drinks in the beverage area.
Adding some tea leaves to plain water makes it much easier to swallow.
Many people will even wait until the tea bag has no flavor before replacing it with a new bag, so as to fully savor every trace of the tea's aftertaste, while also diluting the average price of a cup to the lowest.
These teas that can be brewed by yourself have suddenly become the best choice for some players who are not well-off and want to save money.
The tea room is not very large, there is no hall seating, only independent small private rooms. In pursuit of quietness, the size and number of people that can be accommodated in each private room are even limited. The environment is quiet, decorated with antique shelves and calligraphy and paintings, and embellished with potted green plants such as asparagus fern and green ivy, creating a quite atmosphere.
After the decoration was completed, Shu Mo reserved a room for himself, which he used specifically for interviews or talking with people, finally avoiding the embarrassment of interviewing in a restaurant every time.
In fact, she could build an office for herself. Gu Xiao had advised her to do so more than once.
But Shu Mo always felt that he would be constrained after having an office, and he stubbornly refused to work in the office. More importantly...
If there were an office, it wouldn’t feel like a business simulation game at all!
Hence this compromise.
Back to the present moment, in Shu Mo's exclusive interview room, incense was burning, the window was half open, and the bamboo leaves outside were peeking into the room, rustling. No matter how you looked at it, it was an extremely cozy environment.
But the interviewer seemed completely unable to calm down.
Shu Mo: "Don't be nervous."
She pushed the tea forward, looked at the white balls of fluff huddled together on the seat, and said gently, "Would you like some tea?"
Yes, after Shu Mo’s repeated calls, Bai Rongrong’s relatives finally came to apply for the job.
Although they were introduced by an insider, they still had to go through the superficial process, so today was the day for their interview.
Interview position: Transportation (delivery).
Competitors: None.
Difficulty of getting the job: zero stars.
But for a monster that has never worked in his life, this is still quite challenging.
Especially...
Shu Mo: "By the way, this is the translator we are interviewing this time. You don't have to worry about him."
Mo Bai, who moved a small stool and sat next to him, nodded seriously.
Wild white fluffy ones: "..."
Shivering*N
If you don't care, there will be ghosts!
They had never experienced such a big scene in their lives, and they deeply felt the difficulty of finding a job.
…
A few minutes later, Shu Mo folded his hands and clasped them together. "As for the treatment, each time you deliver a letter, you will need to send out a different number of white fluffs according to the distance and the amount of mana consumed in the process. Each one can receive one melon seed before departure, and another after returning safely, for a total of two melon seeds as errand fees."
"That's about the treatment. Do you have any questions?"
The wild white fur in front of him was a little excited when he heard that he could get two melon seeds at a time. He couldn't help but float up, revealing his wet hair.
That's because they were too nervous during the interview and kept drinking tea.
“Chirp, chirp…”
"They asked if all the white fluffy girls got the same salary," said Mo Bai.
Shu Mo smiled knowingly.
As expected, monsters also compete with each other.
"As for the single errand fee, you and the current Bai Rongrong are charged the same." She paused deliberately, and then said apologetically, "But to be honest, the letter delivery task is outsourced, which is not very stable. Sometimes there may not be an order for a long time. As for the guest room souvenir work, it is a fixed weekly rotation, and the salary is indeed much more stable."
Shu Mo sighed and shook his head, which made the wild white fluffy ones make a "chi..." sound.
Finally, Shu Mo encouraged: "But this job also has advantages. When there are no missions, you can move freely. The hotel does not have mandatory attendance requirements. If there are any missions other than delivering letters in the future, I will definitely give priority to you."
The little balls of fur nodded vigorously and expressed their determination to the boss - they would definitely do their best.
Shu Mo nodded with a smile.
After confirming a few questions, the interview was finally over.
Shu Mo opened the door of the tea room, in a good mood, "Happy cooperation."
The wild white fluffy creatures came out in a line with a piece of unfinished snack on their heads, their "steps" slightly hesitant.
Shu Mo watched them leave, and looking at their expressions, he knew that his words had worked.
Becoming the boss's summoned beast means a stable job, higher income, better treatment (and accommodation), and she doesn't believe that they won't be tempted.
And if the wild white fluff really prefers freedom to wages, she won't force it and just let them do the job of delivering the mail at hand.
*
After leaving the tea room and checking the time, Shu Mo prepared to go back to the main building for a walk.
Along the way, the commercial street was particularly lively.
Many people walked towards the end of the street arm in arm.
If you look closely, you will find that these are all adult players, while parents with children consciously avoid them.
Shu Mo glanced in the direction the crowd was moving.
At the end of the road, there is a dark-colored building with a retro industrial style. Its appearance is very different from other buildings, making it particularly eye-catching. There is a circle of neon lights on the outer wall, which reads "Nuan Nuan Tavern", and there is another sign reminding people: No admission for those under 18 years old.
——Since the teahouse is open, of course we have to build a bar.
The two buildings have completely opposite styles and are located very far apart, at the two ends of the commercial street, one at the beginning and the other at the end.
At night, when the sky gets dark, street lamps along the way light up one by one, and each business will light up its lights, but from the appearance, Nuannuan Tavern is definitely the most prominent one among them.
The flashing neon lights attract tired players to come in for a drink and a moment of rest.
It was getting dark, and more and more people were heading to the bar.
Shu Mo suddenly changed his mind and changed direction, deciding to go and see the business situation there first.
The bar has only been open for a few days, so I don’t know what the players think of it.
When I got closer, I saw a few people standing stealthily at the door, looking inside through the glass.
"Has the waiter left?"
"Let's go, I'm going to deliver snacks inside, come in quickly."
Shu Mo raised an eyebrow.
These people are thin, with acne on their faces that has not yet gone away, and they are obviously still minors.
She slowed down, folded her arms and hung behind, but did not step forward to stop them.
The teenagers ignored the sign on the wall and pushed the glass door open lightly. But before they even stepped in, a big virtual red cross popped up in front of them, and a message was played in their ears: "Warning! Minors are not allowed to enter!"
"What the hell is this?" They were startled and frantically tried to find a place to turn off the warning.
I had planned everything and avoided the waiter's sight, but I didn't expect that the game system could actually detect the player's age.
The cold female voice rang out three times, and the next second, several people were mercilessly thrown out of the door by an unknown force and sat on the ground, "Fuck!"
Passersby burst into laughter when they saw this.
"Little brother, be more self-aware."
"Did you hear me? Minors are not allowed in. Go back and buy some milk tea."
They wanted to sneak in to take advantage of the situation, but were executed in public. Several teenagers got up from the ground and left quickly with red faces.
Shu Mo brushed past them, walked into the pub, and found a place to sit at the bar.
"Boss, what would you like to drink?"
The bartender behind the bar said attentively, his eyes lit up.
Nuannuan Tavern is a quiet bar and not very noisy. Shu Mo posted an advertisement on the town bulletin board for several days and finally recruited two bartenders, one at the [Skilled] level and the other at the [Proficient] level, which is enough to meet the current demand.
Seeing her come in, the bartender who was proficient in the level immediately came over, and the waiter brought a plate of snacks.
The bar's production area consists of two facilities: a cocktail counter operated by a bartender, and a snack counter similar to a specialty counter.
The waiter plates the food at the snack counter and takes it to each table. The empty plates are thrown into the sink and the system will automatically clean them.
Because it is embedded behind the bar, the snack counter is not large and can only unlock five items in total.
Considering that some snacks were needed to go with the wine, Shu Mo finally chose five items: French fries, New Orleans grilled wings, curry fish balls, mustard green beans and fried chicken.
Each item is sold in three different sizes: small, medium and large.
Customers can purchase items individually or purchase a snack platter, which costs 50 points.
Of course, for Shu Mo, everything is free.
The waiter brought her a huge platter. The original two grilled wings became three, and the number of fish balls, green beans, etc. also increased significantly, which made the customers sitting at the bar extremely jealous.
"Boss, here you go."
"Thank you. I'll take a look at the situation. Just make me a drink." Shu Mo sat down, looked around, and said the second half of the sentence to the bartender.
"Okay." The bartender readily agreed, "Don't worry, business is booming."
The sound of ice cubes colliding in the shaker was particularly pleasant. Soon, a glass of ice blue Margarita cocktail was placed in front of Shu Mo.
【cocktail】
[Effect: Inflicts [Drunk] status (effect lasts for 3 hours, cannot be stacked)]
[Tip: In the [Drunk] state, the hit rate of all close-range attacks decreases, and the enemy's dodge rate decreases]
Shu Mo couldn't help but take another look at the last line of prompts.
Although she had seen descriptions of drunkenness before, she still felt it was outrageous every time she saw it.
A customer who was visiting for the first time took a closer look and started to yell, "What's this? The hit rate is down, and the enemy's dodge rate is down. Isn't this fighting each other? The two cancel each other out, which means nothing happened!"
"You don't know that." Another guest said jokingly, "I saw a team testing this effect today. They marked it very accurately. There is nothing wrong with it."
Shu Mo turned his head in surprise, "Really? I always thought it was nonsense."
"Boss, you don't know either?" He got discouraged.
Shu Mo then heard the complete experimental process from him.
It is said that the team specially invited a fighter player in the team, dragged him into the wild after he got drunk, and found an A-level monster for experimentation.
When the drunk fighter saw the monster, he grunted and laughed and performed a set of drunken boxing on the spot.
——The trajectory of his punches was extremely unpredictable, his movements were extremely strange, and he didn't follow any routine at all. The monster standing opposite was stunned for a moment, and when he reacted, he didn't know how he got hit.
It is said that when it was hit, the A-level monster lay on the ground in a daze for a long time.
"As for the drop in hit rate, it's because the fighter made a lot of meaningless fake moves before shooting."
The customer explained, spreading his hands, "This immediately lowers the hit rate."
Shu Mo: “…”
Is this ok? ?
I didn’t expect the game system to be so rigorous.
She stared at the cocktail in front of her, inwardly amazed.
However, it was too dangerous to go out into the wild while drunk, and the team only dared to let their companions go to fight the monsters because the other members were sober. Compared with other buffs, [Drunkenness] is definitely a relatively useless one.
There are many kinds of hot spring products nowadays. Some of them have amazing effects, while naturally there are some that are relatively useless. Players don’t care much about them.
Anyway, their primary purpose of coming to the hot springs is not for the buffs in the hot springs and food.
Besides, the way the [Drunk] buff is presented is quite interesting.
Even though it's useless, there are many people like that team who are eager to try it and want to see with their own eyes this legendary "top-notch" buff that can fight with both hands.
…
After drinking a glass of cocktail, Shu Mo got a drunken buff and felt a little dizzy.
There are more and more customers in the bar. After the harsh life in these years of apocalypse, many people want to seek relaxation in alcohol. It seems that there is no need to worry about the business situation.
She ate the last French fry with ketchup and patted the salt off her hands. She felt pretty good thinking that she had solved her dinner problem on this trip.
In addition to the drunken buff, you will also gain an additional happiness buff*1 after eating junk food.
Seeing that she was about to leave, the waiter brought her a glass of honey water.
【Honey hangover soup】
[Effect: Eliminate drunkenness and restore consciousness]
Shu Mo stipulates that all guests who spend 50 points or more in the bar can receive a free cup of honey hangover soup before leaving.
The remaining customers can spend 5 points to buy it at a low price.
The reason why it is sold at such a cheap price is to prevent people from getting drunk and acting crazy in the street, or using alcohol as an excuse to do other things that disrupt the order of the hot springs.
In addition to providing hangover soup at a low price, Shu Mo also posted reminders in several conspicuous places on the walls of the bar, once again emphasizing that fighting is strictly prohibited within the hot spring area, and harassment of other customers is strictly prohibited. Violators will be expelled from the hot spring.
The two measures work together, and most people, after seeing the reminder, will consciously take a bowl of hangover soup before leaving.
After drinking the sobering soup, the dizziness and headache were relieved, and Shu Mo instantly felt that he was fine again.
After eating and drinking, she happily opened the map, ready to see where to inspect next (to eat and drink), but suddenly she felt a force stirring her consciousness, faintly pointing in the direction of the main building.
Shu Mo's expression started to frighten him, and he quickly activated the barrier to look.
This time she saw a muscular man about two meters tall standing at the front desk of the hotel. He looked ferocious and shouted, "What if I don't have points? I can't stay here without points? What kind of a stupid rule is this?!"
Shu Mo: “……???”
Is it so blatant to dine and eat for free these days?
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