Chapter 78
Within less than an hour of opening, we had already earned two to three hundred points.
After ten years of gaming, this is the first time Lao He feels that points are so easy to earn.
He stood there blankly for a long time, looking at the payment information that kept popping up, and there was only one sentence left in his mind -
The boss never lied to me!
Although he knew that with longer business hours, there would definitely not be queues as large as on the first day of opening, the revenue was enough to surprise Lao He.
Shu Mo was right. In the hot springs, as long as your skills are good enough, the players will buy it.
The freshly baked bread was soft and delicious, and served piping hot. The aroma wafted out irresistibly. Many players had not heard of the opening of a new shop in the hot springs, but were drawn in by the smell when they passed by.
After walking around the store, I found that the prices were as affordable and reasonable as ever, so I bought a few to try.
On the first day of the bakery's opening, just as the female clerk had expected, there was almost no time to rest.
The customer base of Nuannuan Hot Spring now consists of three main groups: one group is ordinary guests, one group is advanced players who fight monsters in the nearby leveling area and camp, and the other group is players who take the Arctic Fox bus to and from the hotel on the same day.
All three add up, and the average daily customer flow is probably around a few hundred people. If only half of these people come to the bakery to have a look, it would be enough to keep the store busy all day long.
When the first day of business ended, Lao He sat alone in the kitchen, looking at the newly added points in his account, and he could hardly believe his eyes.
I closed my eyes and opened them again, but the numbers remained the same.
"2405 o'clock..."
He took a deep breath.
I actually earned more than 2,000 points in one day?
In the past, this was more than a month's income for him!
When he first took a gamble and sold his house to come to Wenquan, Lao He had actually made plans to start over again. He even had the thought that “it’s the end of the world anyway, and I don’t know how long I can live, so I might as well go crazy one last time”... But who could have thought that reality would be even crazier than he expected.
If things go on like this, even after the opening period is over and players' enthusiasm decreases, the bakery's daily revenue can at least be a few hundred points. After deducting the costs, it will be enough for him to live a very comfortable life in the hot spring.
You can even save up extra points for emergencies.
Isn’t this much better than the exhausting work of killing monsters in the past?
Lao He looked at his account back and forth, overjoyed.
It’s really a good decision to open a shop in Wenquan!
*
In Guangming Town, a little fat boy wearing glasses clutched the can in his hand and sighed softly.
"What's wrong? You can't eat anymore?" Someone next to him leaned over and handed over a small bowl. "Here I have some fish-flavored eggplants. I packed some when I went to the hot spring last week. They smell so good. Do you want to try some with your chopsticks?"
Because there is no need to go home to cook, and the indoor lighting is too poor, many players in the town would rather stay outdoors for a long time when they don't have to go out to level up or work, even at mealtimes.
Especially after the hot springs appeared, many people began to pack food from there and bring it back to eat. At mealtime, everyone moved chairs to sit together and exchange dishes at the same time.
At times like this, the gap between the rich and the poor becomes particularly obvious.
In the "rich area" in the city center, many players' diet is mainly based on rice, with fewer side dishes at most.
In the areas where ordinary players live, there are more variety.
Everyone cooks according to their own skills. Some eat the braised food sold in the hot spring directly. A bite of cold dish or a piece of chicken feet can make this monotonous meal become much more delicious.
Some people are extremely frugal and even pack up meals from restaurants. They can divide a dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes into several meals and still enjoy them.
The area where the fat man lives is not very wealthy. Many people just take out the food in the small bowl, taste it with chopsticks, suppress the taste of the can in their mouths, and then quickly put it away.
He glanced at the eggplant in the man's bowl and shook his head. "No, you eat it. I'm worried about Lao He."
"He's been gone for a few days, and there's been no news. I don't know how he's doing over there, and whether the store is open successfully."
A new family has moved into Lao He's home now. The fat man stared at the familiar house, feeling quite sad that things have changed and people have changed.
The other party understood, "He sold the house for a lot of money. Even if he didn't make any money, at least he won't starve to death for a while, so don't worry."
"Yeah, maybe he'll come back in disgrace in a few days."
Another person nearby sneered.
The last time Lao He said goodbye, it was this player who made sarcastic remarks.
"You should pray for him. Don't spend the money from selling the house. Otherwise, you will probably have another 'nail house' in your family from now on."
"How can you talk like that!" The fat man cast an angry look at him and was about to explode when he was gently pulled back by the person next to him, "Forget it."
Just then, a figure appeared at the corner of the street, and the attention of everyone gathered together for dinner was instantly drawn to him.
It was a girl who looked unfamiliar. She was holding a piece of paper in her hand and trying hard to identify something from house to house. When she saw them, she came over and asked, "Hello, is there a person named Wang Hao here?"
"Wang Hao?"
"He is!"
Everyone pointed at the fat man with glasses, who quickly stood up and asked, "Are you looking for me?"
"You are it!" the girl said happily, "I'm here to see you on behalf of a boss named He. He asked me to help pass on a message, asking you to go to Nuannuan Hot Springs. He has something important to discuss with you. All expenses there and travel expenses will be paid by him."
The fat boy Wang Hao was at a loss. "Who is the boss at the hot springs, Mr. He?"
He doesn't know any boss!
It was a player sitting next to him who reacted first and slapped his thigh, "Surname He? Isn't that Lao He!"
Everyone was shocked.
"It's only been a few days, and he has really become the boss."
"Oh my god, they even sent someone all the way there. Could it be that the business there is so busy that they can't spare the time?"
"Girl, are you his employee?"
"He will pay for all the expenses. Just listen to his tone..."
Some people felt jealous, while others were genuinely happy for Lao He.
The girl smiled and said, "I am an employee of the hot spring, not Boss He's. I just happened to be on vacation today, so he paid me a little to make this trip."
I could earn thirty points per trip, and I could also go back to the city to visit my parents. It was really a good job. So when Lao He proposed it, she readily agreed.
As she spoke, the girl took out a dozen beautifully packaged cheese and ham breads from her backpack and distributed them to everyone, "He asked me to bring these to you as well."
The thick cheese is baked until it melts, and a whole sausage is wrapped inside. The surface is drizzled with salad dressing and sprinkled with light green chopped green onions as garnish. It is salty and fragrant, and is perfect for lunch.
After receiving the bread, everyone suddenly felt that the food in their hands was no longer delicious.
"Boss He's bakery has just opened for a few days, and business is booming. He also said that the bread was cold when it was delivered, and it certainly can't taste as good as freshly baked bread. You are welcome to go to the hot spring to eat freshly baked bread, and he will treat you."
The girl was eloquent and said everything she wanted to say. She also reminded Wang Hao, "If you want to go there, remember to find the newly opened bakery on Nuannuan Commercial Street. It's easy to spot."
Wang Hao was still confused, and only reacted after hearing this, "Okay, okay, thank you."
"It's okay." The girl smiled.
As soon as she left, there was an uproar on the street.
"Mr. He is really rich! He even has money to hire employees to run errands. I heard that the treatment at the hot spring is very high. It would cost at least 20 or 30 yuan to invite her to come over, right?"
"Wang Hao, you defended him so much back then, Lao He must have remembered it, and he's inviting you to repay the favor."
Wang Hao quickly denied, "What kind of repayment? I didn't do anything. I just said a few words."
"That's better than some people's sarcastic attitude."
The player who had made the sarcastic remark at the beginning suddenly turned pale.
He was also given a piece of cheese bread. It was such a mouth-watering delicacy, but it felt like a hot yam in his hand. He couldn't eat it, nor could he throw it away.
After a while, he snorted heavily, stood up, put away the stool and went back to the house.
Wang Hao almost laughed out loud.
Some neighbors felt secretly regretful when they saw his cheerful look.
If I had known that Lao He could really make money in the hot springs, what would have been wrong with saying a few more words for him? Judging from the way Lao He invited Wang Hao over with great fanfare, good things are probably yet to come. Why did they give up such a good opportunity just because they were worried about being asked to borrow money?
But it's too late to regret. I can't even speak these thoughts out loud, I can only hide them in my heart and regret them silently.
Some people, however, are so absorbed in food that they don’t think so much at all.
When they received the bread, they opened the package right away and ate half of it in a blink of an eye. It was so delicious that they cried, "It's so delicious. I never knew Lao He had such a skill."
"When it's just out of the oven, the cheese on the surface hasn't completely solidified yet, so it must taste better..."
Thinking of the girl’s last words about Lao He’s invitation, they felt a little moved.
Lao He has said he will treat them, which means they can eat free bread if they pay for the travel expenses. Or how about going to the hot springs for a visit?
One of them made the first suggestion, and several others immediately followed suit.
"Why don't we go together tomorrow morning?"
Wang Hao nodded, "Okay, I'll go tomorrow too."
Thinking that Wang Hao didn't even have to pay for the trip, everyone became envious. Someone whispered, "Think positively. At least we didn't offend them. We are neighbors and we are lucky to have free bread in the end. Unlike someone."
He paused and didn't say anything else, but the others had already turned their eyes to the closed door with understanding, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Things change over time..."
*
After more than a month of unremitting publicity, the reputation of Nuannuan Hot Spring has begun to spread in the town. The only people who don’t know about the existence of hot springs now are probably those players who went to other places to do business, or went to a distant leveling area to open up new areas and haven’t returned for a long time.
But still not everyone has been there.
Among the neighbors who traveled with Wang Hao, there were two or three who had not had time to go. The next day, when they took the Arctic Fox bus, they felt like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden. Everything they saw seemed new and high-end.
When I think about it again, it seems even more incredible that Lao He actually opened a store in such a place.
Neighbors who had similar economic levels and had known each other for many years suddenly ended up in a place where they had to plan their trip carefully for a long time and even established themselves there. Who wouldn't feel confused?
When we got off the car, even many people who had been there were shocked.
With the speed at which Nuannuan Hot Spring is updated, it almost looks completely different if you don’t come for a few days, and the once familiar buildings become unfamiliar.
For example, the main building, because of the two point harvesters, the annex and the handicraft shop, Shu Mo expanded greatly. Now the number of rooms has doubled. Standing under the blue sky, it is quite spectacular and already has the feeling of a "resort hotel".
They were just ordinary players, walking cautiously on the streets of the hot springs, like rookies who had strayed into an advanced area.
More than half of the people coming and going are high-level players, and occasionally there are some elite players passing by them, with equipment and accessories on their bodies enough to dazzle everyone's eyes.
In Guangming Town, the living areas of these elite players are separated from them, and they hardly see each other under normal circumstances. However, in the hot springs, players above level 70 can be seen everywhere.
Everyone lives together and it’s lively and bustling.
All this made them feel unreal.
Following the instructions of the girl yesterday, they walked down the main road, bypassed a bamboo forest, and finally saw a small building in the sun.
The exterior walls are painted white, with large windows on both sides, through which one can see the interior scene at a glance. I saw rows of shelves filled with exquisitely shaped bread and desserts, covered with transparent covers that seemed to be still releasing heat.
They even fenced off an area outside with a small awning and placed tables and chairs. Many customers do not take the bread home after buying it. Instead, they sit there and finish the bread in their hands while chatting with their companions with the hot chocolate or milk tea they packed from the beverage area.
Looking again, I saw that the indoor rest area was also full.
"Lao He's business is so good."
They couldn't help but envy.
After walking into the store and looking at the prices, several people were completely speechless.
The unit price was much higher than they had imagined, and what was important was that there were actually people who paid for it.
Based on this price, the customer who just checked out bought nearly sixty items alone, right?
Their hearts skipped a beat.
Not counting the value of monster materials, they can earn less than 60 points a day by going out to fight.
The spending power of hot spring guests is simply too terrifying!
"It turns out that we were just sitting in a well and looking at the world..." someone murmured, "Luckily, Lao He didn't listen to us."
She finally figured it out. This hot spring is a treasure trove with unlimited potential. No matter if one comes here to work, start a business or open a store, or is just a consumer... as long as they have a connection with the hot spring, there will be countless good things waiting for them in the future.
They originally thought that Lao He’s decision to sell the house was stupid, but now it seems that they are clearly the stupid ones!
But it was useless to be envious now. They could neither pass the strict employment standards of the hot spring nor have any skills to support a small shop. They could only look at the customers coming and going in the shop with envy, secretly calculating how many days' income Lao He had earned in just a short while.
“Wang Hao!”
Lao He saw them enter the store through the glass and quickly put down his work and came out to greet them.
"Old He."
Wang Hao greeted them happily, but when others saw Lao He, they felt a little awkward for some reason.
Although only a few days have passed, I feel like... they are no longer from the same world.
"There's a table outside. You guys take a seat first. I'll bring this batch over to you when it's ready." Old He didn't change. He greeted everyone enthusiastically and then pulled Wang Hao aside and said, "Don't leave today. I'm closing the shop early tonight. Let's go to the annex to relax. I have something else to discuss with you."
"Yes, you said before that you had something important to say. What is it?" Wang Hao has been thinking about it. "It's too expensive to go to the villa. Why don't you just say it here? If it's urgent, it can be done faster."
Lao He turned around and pointed at the store. "I want you to come here to help me. Are you willing?"
"I came here in a hurry and didn't have time to recruit employees. The current employees are temporarily loaned to me by the hot spring owner. Their salaries are settled on a daily basis. When you come, I don't have to hire them."
"You've seen the job description, which is cashiering. You eat and sleep in the hot spring. The boss has a staff dormitory. People who open a shop in the hot spring can rent a dormitory to their employees at a low price. I'm going to rent one for you. You live next door to me. The conditions are much better than in town."
"We also have meals at the hot springs. There are restaurants and snack stands here. The commercial street will continue to develop in the future, and there will be more and more food and entertainment. In addition to your salary, I will give you a meal allowance every day, and we will treat you as normal employees."
"——What do you think?"
Lao He considered it for a few days and felt that there was really no more suitable candidate than Wang Hao.
He knows everyone about the person, is hardworking, and has a good personality. He was popular in the town and should be very suitable for serving guests at the front desk.
More importantly, Wang Hao was the only one who insisted on speaking for him until the end, and Lao He always kept this favor in his heart.
Wang Hao listened to the various conditions listed by Lao He and was speechless for a long time. "You, you are not kidding..."
"This is too much." He was at a loss, "There are staff dormitories and meal allowances?"
His lips trembled as he looked at his surroundings, unable to believe that he could live in such a place.
Everyone who followed along fell silent.
Wang Hao has soared to fame thanks to his relationship with Lao He!
"Of course I am willing." Seeing that Lao He was still waiting for an answer, Wang Hao nodded hurriedly, "I will go back to pack my things tomorrow! We can discuss the salary and other things later. Don't let me suffer any loss. I am able to live here because of you."
"No hurry, let's talk about it in the evening."
When Lao He saw that he agreed, he breathed a sigh of relief, patted his shoulder with a smile, exchanged a few more words of greeting before saying that he had work to do and turned back to the store.
After a while, freshly baked bread was served, filling the entire table.
The fragrant smell finally woke up the people who were shocked into unconsciousness.
"I left in a hurry and didn't have time to thank you for your care over the years. Please feel free to eat these breads." Lao He said sincerely.
Many passers-by cast envious glances.
They also want to have a good friend like this who can treat them and say eat whatever you want!
Several neighbors were dazed and realized that they had become the object of everyone's jealousy.
Lao He opened a shop in the hot spring, and his status and income immediately increased several times. Wang Hao had a good relationship with Lao He, so he also got to eat the meat, while he was just the one drinking the soup, but he was also envied by countless ordinary players.
The logic behind this is clear.
As long as you have a connection with hot springs, you can live a good life in the doomsday!
A neighbor took a deep breath and remembered that his relative's daughter worked in the hot spring and would bring back a lot of good things for home from time to time. It was also said that the employees' immediate family members could enjoy discounts when staying in the hot spring.
These are all real examples.
To put it another way, even if you can't get any benefits, at least you will have an acquaintance in Nuannuan Hot Spring, which will give you face if you tell others about it.
Today's treatment of "all you can eat bread" is enough for them to brag about for a long time after they go back. How glorious it would be if you could successfully send a relative or friend to open a hot spring shop?
If the other party cared about it a little more, I might be able to turn my life around.
Everyone at the table had their own little thoughts at the moment.
Some people who are quick-witted have already begun desperately searching for suitable candidates among their own circle of friends, or even distant relatives who they haven't contacted for 800 years, to see if they can persuade them to open a hot spring shop...
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