Qiwu and Jinlu went up the stairs and heard noisy sounds while they were still on the stairs.
It seemed like someone was arguing, so the two hurried up the stairs.
There were a few people standing on one side of the ticket checking area, and the quarreling sound came from the rest area next to it.
There was still some time before the show started, so Qiwu and Jinlu turned around and walked towards the rest area.
A lot of people gathered in front of a row of strange boxes. The boxes had two forms, one of which was transparent on the front, with strange grooves on the right side and the bottom, and the front was filled with cylindrical jars. The colors and patterns of the jars were different, and there was a bulge under the corresponding jars, and no one knew what it was used for.
The upper half of the other box was transparent, and there were some strange-looking dolls inside, as well as square boxes, with a hook similar to a flying claw hanging on the top. Outside the transparent wall, there were several red buttons and a red handle that seemed to be able to be bent.
At this time, there was an argument in front of the second type of box. A man wearing a gray cloth hat and a big man with a full beard were holding the small shopkeeper of the cinema and talking to him. There were people watching the excitement next to them.
The big man with a full beard glared at Lu Yao and shouted loudly: "Your thing is a lie, it can't be picked up at all!"
Someone next to him whispered: "It really can't be picked up. I tried five times and it did
n't work. One time I picked it up, but the hook was weak when I picked it up, and it fell off again." The scholar in the hat also said: "We don't want to make trouble. We really haven't picked up anything after playing for more than ten times. The claw in this box is not stable at all. Even if it grabs it, it will shake. It fell down halfway after shaking."
The man with a beard was tall and strong, with a loud voice: "I have always liked cinemas, but this is really not fair. I don't want much else, just return the money I was cheated of. My brother Su and I grabbed more than ten handfuls, each worth five cents, and we returned them and left."
The claw machines and vending machines came from the shopping street, and they can only recognize the soft girl coins and coins commonly used in China. For this reason, Lu Yao set up a currency exchange counter next to it, similar to the blind box store.
One copper coin is roughly equivalent to one yuan in soft girl currency, and five copper coins can be exchanged for a corresponding amount of coins, which can be used to grab a doll once; the vending machine uses copper coins to exchange for an equal amount of coins according to the price of the drink.
There are three claw machines, two of which are filled with dolls of movie characters, and one is filled with some small blind boxes from the blind box store, with small tools, such as lighters, nail clippers, paper towels, soap... There are also some snacks, such as instant noodles, milk tea, candy... Sometimes you may get some rarer things, such as razors, flashlights, hair dyes, thermos cups...
The second floor opened in the morning, and the claw machines immediately attracted the attention of customers.
After listening to Lu Yao's explanation of how to play, many people exchanged coins and tried to grab the dolls.
At the beginning, the two doll machines with movie peripherals attracted the most people. More than a dozen people lined up to take turns to grab, but no one caught one.
This happened too many times, and there was no exception, and then there was the scene that Jin Lu and Qi Wu saw.
Lu Yao was surrounded by a group of men. As people of the underworld, Jin Lu and Qi Wu were worried about her and immediately squeezed in to help her out, at least to pull the person out first. Just
as the two squeezed to the front, Lu Yao had already struggled to break free from the bearded man.
She took a step back, not panicking, and even started to taunt: "I just tried claw machines today, only a dozen times, and you want to conquer it? How naive."
Customer: "..."
Lu Yao felt his fist itching. Lu Yao
turned and walked to the claw machine next to the vending machine, raised his hand and put five coins into the coin slot, operated the handle and button, and the claw in the machine began to move.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk--" With a slight mechanical sound, the flying claw had already fallen into the pile of dolls, and when it was lifted up, the claw grabbed a furry little seal.
The claw was seen shaking and moving under the operation of the shopkeeper, and when it approached the landing point, the claw swung and released.
The little seal fell down and hit the killer whale doll that other guests had grabbed and dropped on the edge.
Everyone held their breath unconsciously.
"Tsk--"
The little seal knocked the killer whale doll down, and both fell into the dark hole. Lu
Yao squatted down, took out two rag dolls from the groove below, turned to look at the guests: "You can't catch it, there is no other reason, it's just that your skills are not good enough."
The air was silent, and the guests had dull expressions, as if they were doubting themselves, and they still seemed to not believe it.
Lu Yao turned around and put coins into the claw machine next to her, and soon caught a Jing Shizi who was holding a roast duck and chewing it.
This is not over yet, she moved to the side and put coins into the claw machine with a blind box.
This time she failed twice, and caught a box on the third time.
She squatted down to take out the box, weighed it, turned around and opened it in front of everyone, saying, "The surface of this box is too smooth. It's a little more difficult than a rag doll, but it's not completely hopeless."
A rectangular box slightly smaller than the palm fell out of the box, with a light metallic sheen on the surface. When she opened it, there was a small mirror embedded inside, and the box was equipped with blades and some assembly parts.
She assembled it briefly and handed it to the bearded man, "It's an old-fashioned razor, just for shaving. I don't use it, if you don't mind, I'll give it to you."
The bearded man felt his self-esteem being rubbed on the ground, but he was also a little moved. In short, his emotions were complicated and he didn't know how to respond for a while: "..."
Jin Lu was jealous and said, "Little shopkeeper, this thing looks novel, he should not give it to me."
The bearded man was anxious and took it from Lu Yao's hand, "I have a lot of beard, let me try this thing to see if it works. I'm sorry for what happened just now."
Lu Yao waved his hand to show that he didn't take it to heart.
Others could see clearly that there was indeed no problem with the machine, so was it really their skills that were not good enough?
After watching the little shopkeeper's operation, it seemed that there was no reason to refute it.
This was very frustrating, but it also aroused my fighting spirit. I had to catch a doll from the claw machine!
I wanted a stuffed doll, but I also wanted the square box in the machine closest to the back, which seemed to give me something different.
Taking advantage of the crowd, Lu Yao demonstrated the use of the vending machine in front of everyone. You put in a coin, choose a drink, and squat to take it out, all in one go.
"These two machines are different from the claw machines next to them. You put in a coin, press a button, and the drink you want will fall out. When you drink, just pull the pull ring on the can." Lu Yao explained, pulling the pull ring of the grape soda, and the sweet grape flavor spread.
The customers actually noticed the vending machine, but the claw machine next to it was more attractive, so they forgot about it for a moment.
Seeing Lu Yao's demonstration at this time, she suddenly thought this was also very interesting.
Lu Yao stepped back to the side of the currency exchange counter, allowing the customers to choose to grab dolls or buy drinks.
She saw Jin Lu and Qi Wu still standing by, and handed the little seal and Jing Hao's doll in her hand to them, "If you don't mind, take it and play with it."
Qi Wu wanted it, but thought of Die Qi and hesitated, "Is it okay?"
Lu Yao tilted his head, "It's useless for me to keep it. If you don't want it, you will put it back in the machine tomorrow."
Jin Lu immediately reached out and took away the snow-white little seal, "I want this one, thank you, little shopkeeper."
Qi Wu glanced at the killer whale doll in Lu Yao's other hand, and reached out to take the Jing Hao doll gnawing on roast duck.
They saw similar things hanging on the wallets of customers in the restaurant yesterday. It turned out that they were all from the cinema.
Lu Yao handed over the grape soda again, "I'm at work and can't eat. Take this with you. The show you bought is about to start."
Jin Lu and Qi Wu bought popcorn and drinks before coming up, and now they put them on the coin counter.
They have never drunk grape-flavored soda, and this can is different from the one downstairs.
The two gradually forgot Die Qi's instructions, took the doll and grape soda, thanked Lu Yao, and chattered all the way to the theater.
Qiwu: "The shopkeeper Lu is a very nice guy. Qiqi, are you overthinking it?"
Jinlu nodded: "She is generous and capable. I like women like this."
Qiwu stopped and looked over with a puzzled look: "Don't have any bad thoughts."
Jinlu looked puzzled: "...what?"
Qiwu saw that he looked silly and thought that she was overthinking it. She shook her head to indicate that it was nothing. After walking a few steps, the grape aroma kept coming out from the small mouth on the top of the can. Qiwu couldn't help but take a sip. "This is better than orange soda!"
Jinlu rushed over and took a big gulp. He said sincerely: "I really want to work in a movie theater."
Qiwu nodded. She wanted to work in a movie theater too.
The two of them checked the tickets at the door and took another look at Mingyuan.
Changming is two years older than Gouzi, but he is thin and looks too delicate, even a little feminine.
Jinlu and Qiwu were surprised to see him.
They seemed not to have seen this person yesterday.
Changming is relatively silent, but his business ability is also very strong, second only to Dieqi and Hongyu. After
the first movie in the morning, the claw machine and vending machine became a hot topic.
The claw machine is a little better. It does require some skills. No one has successfully grabbed the doll yet, and there is no need to restock it yet, but it has also aroused the competitive spirit of more customers.
The two vending machines next to it are simple and easy to operate. There are also many flavors of drinks. The design of the cans is also very eye-catching, and you can take them away after buying them.
Customers heard the news and came. During the 20-minute break, the two machines were almost sold out.
The Jiang family also came to the cinema early in the morning. They did not alarm others when they came. They followed Zhao Guanghong to buy tickets and went directly into the theater.
Originally, Zhao Guanghong planned to book a private room for the Jiang family's daughter to watch the movie.
But Jiang Yudie changed into men's clothes in the morning and said that she wanted to go to the ordinary theater with the butler and Jiang Cheng.
Zhao Guanghong naturally couldn't resist and took the three of them to the cinema.
They chose to watch "The Sea Train Serial Murder Case". Zhao Guanghong had mentioned the peculiarities of this film on the way.
After sending the three people to the theater, Zhao Guanghong went back home again, picked up the goods brought back from Jiangnan, and went to the cinema to find Lu Yao.
He learned that Lu Yao was on the second floor. He went up the stairs and found Lu Yao. His attention was attracted by the machine next to him, but he quickly came back to his senses: "I have seen Manager Lu."
Lu Yao looked at him and immediately remembered, "Mr. Zhao, you are back from Jiangnan. Are the mooncakes selling well?"
Zhao Guanghong nodded repeatedly: "It is better than expected. Not only mooncakes, but also paper towels and hand sanitizers are selling very well. These are brocade, porcelain, embroidered handkerchiefs, ink sticks, and tea leaves that I brought back from Jiangnan. If Manager Lu does not mind, please accept them.
" Lu Yao was startled, "Mr. Zhao is too polite."
These things are extraordinary in Lu Yao's eyes.
Just like Zhao Guanghong and others look at the paper towels and hand sanitizers in the cinema.
The brocade was only opened a corner, and it was full of light. The porcelain was delicate and exquisite, the handkerchief was embroidered on both sides, and the ink sticks and tea leaves looked like they were not ordinary goods.
Zhao Guanghong smiled honestly: "Thanks to Shopkeeper Lu, I have gained a lot during my trip to Jiangnan. It's just a small gift, please don't mind. I have something else to discuss with Shopkeeper Lu."
There were customers buying drinks and claw machines next to them, and they would come to Lu Yao to exchange coins from time to time.
Zhao Guanghong also saw that she was busy, so he said straight to the point that he wanted to introduce a few wealthy businessmen from Jiangnan.
When Lu Yao heard the word "richest man", she thought of the TV series she watched when she was a child - the richest man in Jiangnan, rich enough to rival a country.
It seemed that he also wanted to discuss cooperation, so Lu Yao said that they could have lunch together at noon.
After giving the gift and informing Lu Yao of the matter, Zhao Guanghong's mission was completed, and his eyes kept glancing at the machine next to him.
Lu Yao laughed, gave him a handful of coins, and explained the rules of the game.
Zhao Guanghong couldn't wait to go and experience it.
He was still upstairs until the Jiang family finished watching the movie, and even paid for it several times out of his own pocket.
In the middle, Die Qi came up once, followed by Chen Lianlian from Jinghong Pavilion and Xu Niangzi from Yanzhi Building.
The two made an appointment to find Lu Yao. Xu Niangzi wanted to see the strange rouge and powder in the cinema, and also wanted to learn how to apply "Fuxiao Makeup". Lu Yao
was too busy in the morning and had an appointment for lunch at noon. After explaining the matter to the two, he asked them to come back in the afternoon.
After Chen Linlin and Xu Niangzi left, Lu Yao called Die Qi, "Qi Qi, you learn things the fastest. I will tell you about the work upstairs. You can take over for a while in the afternoon."
After Die Qi joined the canteen, he gave Gou Zi a serious "training and education". Gou Zi's arithmetic and service awareness are much better than before.
When it is not too busy, he can support the canteen by himself.
Die Qi has no objection to Lu Yao's arrangement, and she can also get a deeper understanding of the cinema.
These five machines appeared last night, and she also saw them for the first time.
The customers around were already fascinated. Die Qi really liked the opportunity to get in touch with new things at close range.
Lu Yao added, "You can still go back to the canteen after you recruit new people. You've been hard-working these few days."
Die Qi shook her head, "I'm happy to share the worries for the shopkeeper."
Die Qi went downstairs and said something to Gou Zi, then went upstairs to start training.
At the same time, the news that the cinema was recruiting new people also spread, and people who wanted to apply for the job had already lined up on the road in waves.
Near noon, no one had successfully walked to the cinema.
Lu Yao found it a bit strange. He didn't expect that after so long, the market of the cinema was still so bad.
Qin Sanwei has recently taken on a lot of book copying jobs in order to support the expenses of the cinema.
The cinema is really a "gold-spending den". He just couldn't help but grit his teeth and went to see a show. After that, he couldn't stop. He kept thinking about whether the cinema had any new movies.
Today, I went to Rongxi Bookstore to hand in a book. I heard the waiter excitedly say that the second floor of the cinema was opened and there were new things.
Qin Sanwei came out of the bookstore, holding the fifty copper coins he had just exchanged in his pocket, but his feet didn't obey him. He turned around and walked to the door of the cinema, and then he looked up and saw the recruitment notice.
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