"Boss, how much is this popcorn?"
Lu Yao watched the little beggar walk away with popcorn and Coke. When he returned to the lobby, he saw a customer standing in front of the counter.
He was a customer who came out of the theater. He couldn't stand the smell of popcorn, so he ran out to buy it. He was thinking about the movie and looked very anxious.
"Popcorn is two cents a bucket, and Coke is one cent a cup." Lu Yao walked over.
The man hurriedly took out three copper coins from his sleeve, "I want all, please hurry up."
Lu Yao took out a cup and placed it under the drink machine and pressed the switch. On the other side, he quickly filled the popcorn and Coke, and it took only ten seconds. "Here, take it."
The customer was stunned. Although he was the one who urged him to hurry up, he didn't expect it to be packed so easily.
This cup and popcorn bucket are so convenient.
The man hurried back to the theater with popcorn and Coke, which inevitably attracted another wave of attention.
Later, several customers came out to buy popcorn and Coke, and the little popcorn that Lu Yao reserved was sold out.
During the last preview in the afternoon, people outside also heard about the popcorn and Coke.
Some people wanted to buy before entering the theater, but were told that they were sold out.
During the third preview, Lu Yao went to the backstage to make some adjustments, and re-added the recruitment advertisement to the playlist of the lobby advertising screen, and played the trailer of "The World's Number One" in a loop.
The store is still short of people, and at least four or five more people must be hired.
When the theater is upgraded, the number of theaters and online films increases, the number of staff will increase.
The salesmen and cleaners needed at present have not been recruited yet, and security guards may be needed in the future.
Lu Yao thought about going back to find a place to shoot another Coke and popcorn advertisement in the evening to promote this happy duo and add some interesting content to the early broadcast.
In the afternoon, the third preview ended, and the guests came out of the theater with unsatisfied feelings. As they walked and laughed, they talked about "The World's Number One".
On this day, the three words "Ye Qingzhou" became the most mentioned name by the people of Song'an Street, Liangjing, especially young men.
Ye Qingzhou is like a dream.
A dream they had when they were young and then forgot.
This carefully crafted dream is more exciting and vivid than what they imagined in their childhood, and it constantly stirs their hearts. Lu
Yao put the prepared posters at the door in advance, which said that "The World's Number One" will be officially screened in the cinema tomorrow, and that customers who buy tickets will receive a set of happy water and popcorn.
When the guests who didn't buy popcorn saw this, they immediately cheered up.
Thirty cents a ticket is actually a bit expensive.
Even in the prosperous capital Liangjing, thirty cents can buy five catties of good rice and three catties of top-quality pork.
But after the preview, most of the guests felt that it was worth it to save a few days' meal money and eat two catties less meat just to watch Ye Qingzhou!
This thing called "movie" is so magical, and it is different from the operas and storytellers they have seen.
It may not be so elegant, but it is fresh and interesting enough.
The billboard was placed at the door, and the colorful lights surrounding the poster attracted attention.
A group of people gathered around the sign to observe it, and some even reached out to touch it cautiously, wondering why this thing was flashing and emitting different colors of light.
They turned their heads frequently to look at Lu Yao behind the counter.
The other person lowered his head on the counter, as if writing something, with a focused expression.
After watching the movie, the owner of the theater became particularly mysterious in their hearts.
She never tied her hair, and her clothes were even thinner. After hesitating for a while, they were too embarrassed to call her out.
The few people had to walk out of the theater with doubts and love for Ye Qingzhou. Their mood was still unable to calm down, so they made an appointment to go to Fuxianju for dinner and talk about the movie just now.
When most of the guests had left, Gouzi came back with a few beggars.
They stood at the door of the cinema and looked
around, not daring to go in. Lu Yao looked up and waved them in.
Gouzi and the others stamped their feet and took off their clothes at the door for a long time before they tiptoed into the cinema.
The beggars were stunned by the decoration inside.
The feeling of looking through the transparent glass was completely different from the feeling of actually walking in.
It was bright and clean here, without any antique display cases, but it was brighter and more magnificent than the Jinyufang next to Chunxi Tower.
Gouzi returned the remaining cartons to Luyao, "We walked more than ten streets, and everyone in the East Market knew that the cinema would open tomorrow. But after the distribution of the goods, only the last three streets shouted slogans. We walked around those three streets three more times, and the residents should have heard it."
On weekdays, those people thought they were dirty and drove them away from a distance.
The smell of popcorn was too eye-catching, and when they heard that they could get it without paying, many people took the initiative to ask them for it.
Later, it was not enough, so Gouzi told a few beggars to give away all the boxes that Luyao gave them.
Gouzi actually calculated it, otherwise the small box of things would not be able to last that far.
Lu Yao took out a small gold sachet from her pocket and handed it over: "This is a reward. I don't have any extra money, so I can only give you this. If you find it inconvenient, I'll ask the clerk to accompany you to a nearby pawnshop to exchange it for silver."
The cinema had not yet opened, and she did not have any Dawu Dynasty coins in her pocket.
The copper plates in her pocket were all collected from selling popcorn and Coke today, which was only a dozen coins.
Gou Zi took the gold sachet, opened it and took a look. A thumb-sized shark pearl was round and shiny, and of excellent quality.
He shook his head and said, "Don't bother the shopkeeper, we have a place to change money."
Gouzi carefully put the golden purse into his clothes, turned around and prepared to leave with the little beggars, but suddenly an advertisement was played on the advertising screen behind him, which was different from the trailer of "The World's Number One".
He couldn't help but turn his head back. In the screen, a woman who looked exactly like the shopkeeper was talking about recruiting.
Gouzi didn't move, and listened to the woman attentively. He slowly lowered his head, glanced at the little beggars, turned back to the counter, and took out the golden purse from his clothes. "Shopkeeper, I want to use this mermaid pearl to exchange for a job here. Do you think it's okay?"
He didn't dare to look up at Lu Yao's eyes when he spoke, for fear of seeing sarcasm and ridicule in those clear and indifferent eyes.
They are beggars. They have been begging in the streets of Liangjing since they can remember, and have been looked down upon and despised.
In fact, they no longer feel anything for that kind of eyes and expressions. Nothing is more important than staying alive.
But this person is different. Perhaps because her attitude towards them is too normal and natural, Gouzi is particularly averse to seeing that kind of look in her eyes.
Just now, he listened carefully to what the person on the screen said, and this decision suddenly flashed through his mind.
No one in other stores is willing to accept beggars as clerks. Will this person be different?
Gouzi holds a one in ten thousand hope.
If he can work here and earn money to support the children, he can reduce the burden on his grandfather.
As for why they have to exchange it with a mermaid pearl, a mermaid pearl can indeed improve their lives for a period of time.
But after all the money was spent and the food was finished, they were still beggars on the street.
If there was one chance to change the identity of a beggar, Gouzi felt that this was it.
There was no sound in front of him. Gouzi's enthusiastic heart gradually cooled down, his shoulders trembled slightly, and the gold bag in his hand was squeezed into a ball.
He secretly exhaled, slowly raised his head, and tried to put on a normal expression, retracted his hand and turned the subject over.
Lu Yao was looking at Gouzi.
Before asking these little beggars to do things, she actually observed them in advance.
These children were not very old, and they usually begged nearby, and they were quite smart.
It's not easy to survive.
She had compassion, but she just hired them into the store like this. She didn't worry about anything else, but she was afraid that they would have some minor problems.
After thinking for a while, the child looked like he was about to cry, so Lu Yao said, "Which position do you want to apply for? Selling things or cleaning?"
Forget it.
If there are minor problems, correct them. If they are really not good enough, let them go.
Having opened four stores, we have seen all kinds of storms and waves. There is no need to be restrained in recruiting employees.
Lu Yao reflected on himself. Considering his identity as a little beggar, Gouzi looked only in his teens and was quite decisive. He was a good seedling.
Between sadness and joy, Gouzi's expression was out of control. His eyes widened as wide as possible. He blinked once and again, and it took him a long time to find his voice: "Are you willing to take me in?" Lu Yao
pondered: "How old are you?"
Gouzi: "Thirteen."
Malnourished, he looked several years younger than his actual age.
Lu Yao thought that since he was the same age as Zhu Zhu, he was not young.
"The mermaid pearl is the reward for today's work, you can take it back." Lu Yao tapped his fingers on the counter, asking the system to collect Gouzi's physical data, and then said: "Chen Chu will come to the store tomorrow morning, and will temporarily do the work of guiding customers and cleaning. After passing the seven-day trial period, he will officially start working."
Gouzi was a little stunned, and he couldn't believe that the shopkeeper was really willing to take him in. Several children pulled his clothes before he came to his senses.
"Thank you, shopkeeper." Gouzi took a step back and bowed to Lu Yao.
Several children followed suit and bowed to Lu Yao.
Lu Yao waved his hand and said, "It's getting dark, let's go back."
Gou Zi and his group left. Lu Yao called Wen Jian and Zhu Zhu and handed over two sets of work clothes: "The store will officially open tomorrow, and all employees will wear uniform clothes. I have made some improvements based on your dressing habits. Let's see how it goes?"
The people of the Dawu Dynasty all wore long shirts and long skirts when they went out, which were very similar to the Hanfu that Lu Yao knew, with slight differences in details. It
looks good to wear, but the weather is too hot, and it is very cumbersome to wrap yourself up in layers.
She couldn't immediately change the store clerks' cognition of more than ten or twenty years and let them wear shirts and trousers with her, so she made work clothes that were modified from the Dawu Dynasty clothing.
Now it is summer, men wear blue shirts, and women wear white and green gradient dresses, which look cool and elegant.
Zhu Zhu was pleasantly surprised when she got the skirt, "Boss, this skirt is so pretty. Not to mention for work, I would also like to wear it on weekdays."
After the training, Zhu Zhu's consciousness has changed a little, and from time to time she would say some words that Lu Yao often said, such as "work", "trailer", and "advertisement".
Wen Jian shook off the gown, which was light in color and smooth in fabric, thinner than the common fabrics on the market, "This gown is good."
Lu Yao was also very satisfied, and finally said: "The dog who just left will also come to work tomorrow. There is no time to train new employees, so you should take care of him more."
Zhu Zhu was surprised: "Boss, you want to recruit those beggars as clerks?"
Wen Jian's eyes were also a little surprised. Although the shopkeeper was a woman, she was more generous than many people he had met.
Lu Yao shook his head: "Only Gouzi came, the rest are too small. Just do some cleaning and guiding customers. I think he is smart, so it should be no problem."
After distributing work clothes, it was dark, and Wen Jian and Zhu Zhu did not want to stay any longer. Lu
Yao came out of the cinema, and it was still afternoon on the shopping street.
She patrolled from the furry shop to the blind box shop and the nail salon, and finally proposed to shoot a popcorn commercial in the snack bar. After
shooting the commercial in the furry shop last time, Lu Yao realized that the scenery and lighting are very important.
The snack bar can use magic to make props. As a clerk in front of the cinema, Xingzi can make popcorn that is completely fake.
Hearing that the owner wanted to shoot a popcorn commercial, a group of employees gathered on the fourth floor of the snack bar to come up with ideas, and finally they made props together and made the scenery.
The train conductor happened to be having lunch with his employees in the store. When he heard about this, he generously lent his employees. It took only more than ten hours to shoot and edit the film.
In the middle of the night, Lu Yao brought the data of the new advertisement to the cinema.
It was already slightly bright in Liangjing, and there were roosters crowing outside. Lu
Yao entered the data of the popcorn advertisement into the back-end computer and put it into the advertisement screen play list. When the time comes, the big screen in the theater will also play this advertisement, which can be regarded as a trial of the advertisement position.
She had just set the data and came out to prepare to fry popcorn when she saw Gou Zi looking outside the door.
His face was washed very white, and he wore a shirt full of patches. He was thin and smiled at Lu Yao awkwardly.
Lu Yao called him in and handed him a set of work clothes that the system had rushed him to work last night: "This is the uniform for work, go inside and change. It's still early now, I'll teach you how to use the popcorn machine and the drink machine."
She recruited him, and she planned to give him a try for training.
Gou Zi touched the clothes carefully, turned around to change, and when he came out he found that the clothes were made exactly as he had made them, and they fit him perfectly.
Later in the evening, Wen Jian and Zhu Zhu also came.
Lu Yao took out the porridge and side dishes he had brought from the snack bar from his portable storage, and the four of them sat in the rest area to eat.
After breakfast, it was already completely light.
Lu Yao took out the huge poster he had prepared earlier, and took the clerk to the door to close it, and the colored light poster was placed on the other side of the door.
The red words "Number One in the World" were unfolded with posters of Ye Qingzhou, Senior Sister Ningshuang, and a group of other characters. The color pictures that restored the characters in the play 100% were completely different from the character portraits commonly seen in the Dawu Dynasty.
The paper was also very large, almost occupying the entire transparent glass on one side of the screening room, which was eye-catching and shocking.
Luyao's Super Time and Space Cinema is now open for business.
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