Chapter 66
[The massage service on the 15th is about to end, please take a seat in the waiting area as soon as possible~]
After happily licking the ice cream with everyone for a long time, Liang Can saw a reminder pop up in front of him.
She put the tip of the remaining ice cream cone in her hand into her mouth and licked her fingertips with satisfaction.
When the previous customer walked out, Yue Wenjun followed.
In the waiting area, all the guests who were issued number tags had a striking number on their heads in the eyes of the staff. Yue Wenjun saw the shining number 16 on Liang Can's head and smiled as she walked forward, "Hello, please follow me."
She noticed Liang Can's actions and handed him a hot towel. The latter took it gratefully and wiped his hands, "Thank you."
Yue Wenjun led Liang Can into the room and motioned for her to lie down on the massage bed. After the last guest left, the system automatically changed the sheets. Liang Can followed the instructions and lay down on the bed. His cheek touched the clean and soft cloth, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Incense was lit in the corner of the room, and the calming aroma drifted over. On the other two massage beds, the occasional voices of masseurs and guests talking were also low and soothing. The whole environment made people feel relaxed unconsciously.
During the preparation period, Yue Wenjun chatted with Liang Can as usual and asked about her physical condition. Liang Can said, "Actually, I would like to trouble you to help me relax my arms."
As she spoke, she moved a little. Yue Wenjun moved his eyes over and saw the bulging muscles in her arms.
Liang Can explained: "My profession is a swordsman, but the main weapon I use in daily life is the heavy sword."
All weapons in the game have actual weight. There is a huge difference in weight between the swordsman's light sword and heavy sword. The former is light and agile, with a higher attack speed, while the latter is heavy and clumsy, but once it hits, it can deal explosive damage.
Swordsmen usually decide what main weapon to use based on their own habits and the needs of a fixed team.
Liang Can has been using the heavy sword for a long time, so he naturally developed strong muscles. However, when the intensity of the battle is too high, his arms and shoulders are particularly prone to soreness due to excessive load.
The player's physique has been transformed, and although long-term diseases such as cervical spondylosis and lumbar disc herniation no longer exist, these minor ailments still occur from time to time, tormenting Liang Can terribly.
She also tried to ask her family and friends for help with massage, but unfortunately, the people around her were either thin and stationary professions such as mages and priests, or ordinary players who were powerless. Often, after a while of massage, before Liang Can could feel anything, they would already gasp for breath.
"I really can't press your muscles!" My friend was panting and wanted to pinch them. "I feel like you can kill two of me with one punch."
Liang Can: “…”
She really had no choice but to use the in-game props to make a massage hammer and massage it herself whenever she had nothing to do, but the effect was quite limited.
This troubled her for several years, and she finally heard by chance that Nuannuan Hot Spring had opened a massage room, so she rushed over excitedly.
"Okay, I understand."
After listening to her story, Yue Wenjun was thoughtful.
These different demands arising from different player professions or different battle scenes did not exist in the world before the advent of the game. For her, it is also a new challenge in her career.
Yue Wenjun suddenly realized that she could no longer copy her previous experience completely. If she wanted to adapt to the current game context, she had to change her thinking.
For example, an assassin player's professional characteristics are ghostly movements and high instantaneous burst speed. In order to find assassination opportunities, he has to move a lot more distance than other players after a battle. Therefore, when massaging, you should focus on relaxing the opponent's leg muscles.
Another example is archer players, who usually take up positions in advance at high places with a wide field of vision. Throughout the entire battle, their amount of exercise may be less than one twentieth of that of an assassin. However, because they need to find targets, aim accurately, and maintain the same bow-drawing posture for a long time, their eyes, shoulders and necks are particularly prone to fatigue. So when massaging players of this profession, you should pay special attention to these two parts...
Before applying for a job at Nuannuan Hot Spring, Yue Wenjun had been a combat player for nearly ten years and was quite familiar with the characteristics of different professions. Once he consciously linked them with the massage profession, he immediately came up with a lot of ideas.
Sure enough, no matter what industry you are in, you have to keep learning throughout your life to constantly improve yourself.
She sighed secretly in her heart.
If the [Massage] profession also had a corresponding experience bar, then at this moment, Yue Wenjun's experience had already soared, and he was one step closer to reaching the "Master" level.
But she was not aware of this change. She just felt a little grateful for the new insights Liang Can brought her. He then leaned over and carefully helped her relax.
Liang Can's muscles were indeed as she said, extremely hard. Yue Wenjun could even feel the muscles under her hands were condensed together like stones, and massaging them was quite strenuous.
After a while, a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.
Yue Wenjun silently chanted in his heart, "Gather Qi."
I saw a flash of light red on her body, and the strength in her hands increased, and the feeling of strain was immediately relieved.
——Fighter professional skill, [Gathering Energy], the user can increase strength for a certain period of time, the disadvantage is that the CD is long.
With Yue Wenjun's basic strength, he doesn't need to use any skills at ordinary times, but when welcoming certain special guests, the advantages of the fighter profession come into play.
The two students nearby noticed this and couldn't help but look at him with envy.
Teacher Yue was very lucky, he happened to draw the fighter, which is the most suitable game profession for a masseur.
After the whole massage, Liang Can groaned in comfort several times. She felt that all the fatigue in the deepest part of her body was swept away, and her muscles that were extremely stiff in the past were completely relaxed. She stood up and moved around, feeling indescribably light-hearted.
“Thank you so much!”
【The massage is over!】 】
[Buff obtained this time: Physical strength reduction rate -4/h (duration 12h)]
Seeing it in front of him, Liang Can was stunned, "Can I get buffs by massaging?"
Yue Wenjun smiled, "That's right. Don't do any strenuous exercise when you go back, and you should be able to sleep well at night."
Another effect of massage is aiding sleep, but it is not a game buff, so it will not be displayed on the panel. But Yue Went knew it existed, so he reminded people of it deliberately.
"I see. Thank you so much!" Liang Can looked grateful. "Your cooking skills are really good. I'll come back to you next time."
Getting an extra buff is a pure surprise, and I believe no player will be unhappy about it.
After seeing Liang Can off, it was time for dinner break. Yue Wenjun returned to the room, took out the meal that had been packed in advance, and sat down with the other two girls to eat.
One of them swallowed the rice in his mouth and asked curiously, "Teacher, what is the effect of your buff now?"
"The speed of physical strength decline is -4 per hour, and the duration is twelve hours." Yue Wenjun said without hiding anything.
“So high!”
The two let out a small exclamation.
Before coming to the hot spring, they had never thought that the benefits of their massage could be converted into additional effects within the game. When they first discovered this, they all felt like they were hit by a surprise that fell from the sky, and they all guessed that this was not a benefit only available to formal employees.
One person sighed, "The hot springs are such a magical place."
Unfortunately, even after a period of hard practice, the buff effect they brought was still far inferior to that of their teacher Yue Wenjun.
"I'm -2 per hour for 8 hours."
"Me too."
If Shu Mo were here, he would know that this gap actually comes from the rating difference between "skilled" and "proficient" in massage skills.
However, the two employees were unaware of this.
They exchanged some information and admired Yue Wenjun even more.
“A teacher is a teacher.”
“We have to keep working hard!”
——Only by improving your skills early can you get a salary increase early.
When they thought of the salary, their eyes suddenly became filled with fighting spirit.
"No more! I'm going to entertain the guests."
One person put down his chopsticks, and his companion quickly packed up and followed, "Wait for me, I'll go too."
Watching the two of them leave, Yue Wenjun shook his head helplessly, lowered his head, put another chopstick of scrambled eggs with tomatoes into his mouth, squinted his eyes in satisfaction, "It's delicious."
*
After Liang Can came out of the hot spring, she moved around within the barrier for a while and felt more relaxed than ever before. She couldn't help but find a friend to recommend it to her.
"Have you been to the new annex of the hotel? Let me tell you, the massage room in the women's bathing area is really, really good. You must try it once..."
There are many people like Liang Can who have visited the place once and then began to find others to promote it.
"Especially the lady named Yue, she has both skills and strength, highly recommended!"
"Although I waited in line for a long time, the result was worth it. Several masseurs were super gentle, but I would recommend Yue Wenjun the most."
"+1, I'd go to the Annex again just for her skills!"
"Is it really that magical? I just ran around outside all day and I'm so tired. I'll go for a massage tonight..."
The benches outside the massage room are crowded with people. Players come back from a day of fighting and go to the villa to soak in the hot springs and have a massage to relax. All their fatigue is immediately dispelled, and they can go back to their rooms for a good sleep.
The whole process is extremely smooth, it is a perfect arrangement!
After the reputation of the massage parlor spread, the villa unexpectedly welcomed a new peak in customer traffic at night.
…
After get off work, several masseurs had a simple midnight snack and gathered in Yue Wenjun's room as they did in the previous few days.
Although they have passed the rating, their skills can only be described as proficient. They are still a long way from their teacher Yue Wenjun, which can be seen from the attitude of the customers.
Therefore, no one dared to relax, and they actively asked for additional training. They also took out part of their salary and gave it to Yue Wenjun, saying that it would be used as "tuition fees."
Yue Wenjun was very pleased with their eagerness to learn and taught them wholeheartedly.
"Before we start tonight, I want to say one thing."
Everyone in the room focused their attention on her, and Yue Wenjun detailed her thoughts on the player profession during the day.
Everyone was not able to fully enter the learning state at the beginning, but the more they listened, the more immersed they became, and finally they were completely hooked.
"I see."
Liang Mao thought divergently, "What about a profession like a priest, who needs to keep an eye on everyone's health bars and keep their minds tense for a long time, can they massage their scalp more often?"
Yue Wenjun pondered, "The priest is responsible for protecting everyone's blood health, and the mental pressure is indeed very high. You have a point."
She cast an approving look at Liang Mao, who touched his head and chuckled.
The few of them discussed some different situations, and everyone gained some different insights. Yue Wenjun then stood up and said, "Okay, let's start practicing."
"——Liang Mao, come here and be in my team."
Liang Mao has not passed the assessment yet. Yue Wenjun helps him train almost every day. When he was called, Liang Mao immediately came over and said, "Then I'll trouble you, teacher."
*
At breakfast time the next day, Liang Mao suddenly ran to find Shu Mo excitedly.
“Boss, boss!”
He found his target and rushed over with a roar, like a husky without a leash.
Shu Mo was still eating an omelette. His hand shook and the omelette fell onto the plate with a plop, splashing a few drops of oil.
Shu Mo: “…”
Liang Mao slammed on the brakes and said timidly, "I'm sorry, boss."
Shu Mo waved his hand, "Don't worry about it, I'll just find a locker and put it there later."
It was so convenient to have the hotel clean clothes. Sometimes she was too lazy to think about what to wear the next day, so she would just throw the clothes from the previous day into the locker. When she took them out, she would have another clean, warm and fragrant piece of clothing. In this way, she could even wear the same set of clothes for several days in a row, making Shu Mo feel like an NPC with a fixed outfit in the game.
Fortunately, she is the boss and no one dares to complain about this.
"You rushed over here, what happened?"
Liang Mao: "Oh! I want to apply for an assessment."
He said excitedly, "When we were practicing last night, the teacher said that I had improved and I should be able to pass this time."
And the progress is quite obvious.
Liang Mao clearly couldn't find his right state during practice the past two days, but after listening to Yue Wenjun sharing her feelings last night and chatting with everyone, he felt as if his Ren and Du meridians were opened and he immediately found the feeling.
Yue Wenjun had been working hard all day, and when he pressed her, she felt so comfortable that she almost fell asleep.
After getting up from the massage bed, she immediately asked Liang Mao to come see Shu Mo the next day.
"Really?" Shu Mo said, opening the employee panel and found that there were indeed changes below Liang Mao's page.
【Name: Liang Mao】
[Skill: [Massage]·Proficient]
The place that had previously said "entry" had now changed to "experienced". Shu Mo knew what was going on and closed the panel. "After breakfast, take the test in the rest room downstairs at nine o'clock. If you pass, you can officially start work today."
"good!"
Watching Liang Mao leave, Shu Mo breathed a sigh of relief.
The annex had been open for two days and had received feedback from several guests saying that there was a serious shortage of masseurs in the men's bathing area. Now that Liang Mao had successfully met the entry requirements, the situation was finally improving.
She took a sip of the hot chocolate in the cup - this was another drink unlocked after the beverage area was upgraded, and it was Shu Mo's new favorite.
The fragrant hot chocolate passed through her throat, and a touch of sweetness spread on the tip of her tongue. She put down the cup and picked up the fried egg again...
Suddenly a figure floated past in front of me.
The reason why the word "floating" is used to describe it is because the other person's steps are unsteady, his movements are slow, his face is pale, and he does not look like a human.
Shu Mo closed his mouth, put down the fried egg again, and frowned, "Jiang Xudong."
She called out and the other person turned around and it was the new employee who was assigned to be in charge of the men's bathing area.
He is a young man in his twenties, full of energy when he reported for duty. How come he became like this in just a few days?
Bai Rongrong hasn't been scaring people in the middle of the night these past two days...
Shu Mo subconsciously glanced not far away.
As a summoner, she had a keen sense of the presence of summoned beasts. She noticed early in the morning that there were a few little balls of fur floating there, chirping, and she handed a melon seed to Yue Wenjun who was eating in a flattering manner.
"What does this mean?" Yue Wenjun took it, squeezed it, and was confused.
"They want you to help them crack the seeds, and you can't use your mouth. They will dislike it if you get saliva on them. Don't ask me how I know." Gu Xiao, who sat at the same table, had a vicissitudes of life on his face. After saying this, he moved his eyes to Yue Wenjun's biceps, "Maybe they think you look more reliable, like you can crush the melon seeds directly."
Yue Wenjun: “…”
Just as Yue Wenjun was thinking about how to crack melon seeds for his colleagues without using his teeth, Gu Xiao suddenly came up with a good idea, "Wait, I know."
She released her monster Snow Rabbit from her backpack and pointed at its protruding big front teeth. "Why not let Benben do it? Monsters don't have saliva."
Snow Rabbit Stupid: “?!”
It was so scared that its ears stood upright, and before it could react, it was pushed into the hands of the white, evil little ball of fur, Rongrong, by its owner.
They found that there was ready-made labor here, and a group of white fluffy people teleported in from somewhere and instantly overwhelmed Benben.
As a C-class monster, the snow rabbit has no power to resist the group of white fluffy creatures, and Benben is forced to start working.
Looking weak, pitiful and helpless.
…
Shu Mo looked at it twice more before looking away.
After confirming that Bai Rongrong had turned over a new leaf, she became even more puzzled about Jiang Xudong's behavior.
"What happened? You look tired. Did you not sleep well?"
Hearing Shu Mo's concerned question, Jiang Xudong's mouth drooped and he wanted to cry, "Boss, you don't know how I have been spending the past two days..."
When Shu Mo heard this opening remark, he was startled and immediately sat up straight with a serious expression.
Is the working environment in the annex so bad?
The employees actually complained like this!
"What's going on?"
Jiang Xudong sat down opposite her. "Actually, it was fine when we first opened the day before yesterday morning. The guests were very friendly, and the smart guidance of the hot spring facilities was also very good. There was almost nothing for me to worry about. Just like you said, boss, I only had to be responsible for the reception in the massage room, and occasionally make a round and pick up towels. "
Shu Mo nodded. This was the work content she had planned at the beginning.
"But then I don't know what happened. Starting from noon, many guests suddenly fainted in the sauna room..." Jiang Xudong said in horror, "And one after another, as if they were possessed by evil spirits! I just moved one, and another one fell over there..."
"There are many people who insist on staying in the sauna even after fainting several times. Is our sauna so awesome?"
Shu Mo: “…”
Jiang Xudong was probably too busy these past two days. He fell asleep as soon as he got home every day and had not had time to hear the legends about the sauna rooms in various hot springs. When he talked about this, his expression became even more miserable. "I didn't even have time to have a good lunch or dinner these days. I was always moving customers around."
Moreover, they were all naked men, which really caused great harm to his spirit.
Jiang Xudong was halfway through his work when he felt a little dazed. He always felt that his job was not to be a waiter, but something else...
At the end, he asked worriedly, "Boss, will we really not be complained about this?"
Jiang Xudong was in such a state himself, yet he still had the mind to worry about the business status of the hotel.
After signing the contract, he was ready to spend the rest of his life here, the hotel cannot go bankrupt!
Even if he died of exhaustion, he would rather die in the warm big bed in the staff dormitory.
Meeting his clear gaze, Shu Mo: "..."
Unexpected workload increased.
She really didn't realize that the popularity of the sauna room actually brought about this kind of invisible labor. It was too miserable to move players who fainted all day long.
"The players have their reasons for doing this... but I did overlook your workload. I will find a way to solve it." Shu Mohan, "The employees we recruited yesterday should be here soon. I will arrange for them to help you first, and then set up a special position for this job."
The five people including Jiang Xudong recruited before the opening of the annex were only the first batch of newcomers. Shu Mo has been screening resumes, conducting interviews, and expanding the dormitory intermittently these days.
Employee salaries and food and accommodation costs are actually nothing to Shu Mo. The reason why she is recruiting slowly is mainly because she does not have enough staff.
Shu Mo has added HR requirements to the new version of the recruitment notice, but so far, no suitable person has applied.
She sent Jiang Xudong away and put on a mask of pain.
I never expected that I would have to hire more people for this reason.
In this case, how should I describe my requirements when recruiting?
...Do we need to hire a porter?
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