197 ? The tenth store

197 The Tenth Store

◎Valkyrie of the Corpse Sea.◎

Programmer Zhang Shu, five errand runners transferred from another world, temporary deliveryman Ding Qing, and new errand runner Lu Mingxiao who has not officially joined the company, plus the store owner, a total of nine people, sat at the small dining table in the employee office to summarize the work, which was also a temporary small business development discussion.

The store employees looked at the store owner with bright eyes, and had no idea about the new plan she mentioned.

The errand runners only run errands all day, and occasionally have to argue with customers. Sometimes they just observe the scenes around the ruins that they have never seen from a distance, treating them as a novel life experience, and never connecting them with work.

Therefore, they don’t understand what the store owner is targeting when making new plans.

Lu Yao saw their eyes, which were clear and pure enough to see through, and knew that these guys had nothing in their heads.

They were in the excitement of just getting in touch with the new environment, and they didn't think that they could not maintain the long-term development of the new store with just this amount of orders.

Zhang Shu had some ideas and took the initiative to say: "There are too few customers, and blindly expanding the scope of errands cannot make up for this hard injury. On the contrary, it increases the workload of errand runners, but the efficiency has not improved much."

Lu Yao tapped the table lightly: "You are right, that's the problem."

Except for Harold, Si Jin, Tina, Qiu Yu and Xiao Que Yao were attending this kind of meeting that seemed like a TV drama for the first time. When they heard that Zhang Shu's speech was recognized by the owner, they turned their heads and cast envious eyes at her.

Zhang Shu doesn't usually have much contact with the errand runners from another world, but she spends almost the entire day in the back office watching the programs, and she knows exactly how powerful and reliable they are.

Suddenly being stared at by a dozen pairs of sparkling eyes, she lowered her head slightly, feeling genuinely envious.

When she first came to the errand shop, Zhang Shu was privately worried about her relationship with her colleagues.

After all, her colleagues are all monster-level people from another world whose abilities are comparable to those of the shop owner, and they may not be easy to get along with.

After two days of getting along, Zhang Shu began to reflect on herself.

It seems that she was too arbitrary.

The colleagues from another world are not only powerful, but also occasionally show a very lovely side, so there is no need to worry about tensions between colleagues.

Harold: "We already know the problem, so how do we solve it?"

Lu Yao: "My idea is to build a relatively safe community in a small area to attract more residents to settle down."

Ding Qing immediately raised his head: "You want to build a base?"

Ding Qing knew about the existence of the base. Originally, the final destination of Chen Fu's group was the base.

They heard that some cities had already built safe bases, so they planned to go there. They

also planned to capture a few more women on the way and use them to make supplies after entering the base.

The normal social order collapsed not long ago, and the newly established area needed a considerable period of time to explore the correct management path, but as long as they heard that it was a safe place, people would continue to gather there.

The more people there are, the more chaotic it is sometimes.

Perhaps because he often heard Chen Fu and his colleagues' plan to open a dark warehouse in the chaotic area below the base, Ding Qing did not have a good impression of the base.

Lu Yao shook his head: "It's not that strict, and there is no need for such regulations. After all, we just want to have a more stable source of customers. The appearance of zombies has led to a sharp decline in population. In Gaosheng City alone, nearly 80% of the houses and shops are vacant, and the city's permanent population is only about 10%, and they are scattered in different areas. But even if there is only 10% of the population now, as long as they are gathered together, there will be at least tens of thousands of people. My idea is to establish a safe area with a radius of about 20 kilometers with the errand shop as the center, and attract scattered residents to move to this range. With more people, there will be more demands, and there will definitely be more customers placing orders."

The data listed by Lu Yao was not groundless. When the Dream-Fulfilling System followed her out, it scanned the entire urban area of ​​Gaosheng City along the way and compiled the data related to store openings into a table.

Seeing that there were at least 50,000 survivors in the city, Lu Yao was thinking about how to convert the scattered residents into potential customers for the store.

Lu Yao had seen relatively mature and well-developed bases in the Impermanence World. At least there was no need to worry about safety issues in the bases, and the relationship between residents was almost the same as that between neighbors in a village.

It just took many years to develop into such a base, and the management and the residents below had made a lot of efforts.

Lu Yao just wanted to open a store, and her idea was relatively simple. She would not plan to coordinate an area. As long as the living conditions near Guanyin Road were better than other areas, there would definitely be people willing to move over. Tang Anqi's team was a positive example.

Si Jin: "So, this plan has already started. As long as the errand shop exists, it is a survival advantage for the residents around it."

After running errands for two days, Si Jin once again deeply realized the fragility of human beings.

Compared with real ordinary humans, the shop owner actually does not seem that useless (in terms of physical strength and physical fitness).

Lu Yao: "It was unintentional before. But what we have to do now is similar to before, complete every errand seriously, and continue to gain the trust of customers."

It takes time to establish a safe area. Lu Yao just wants to tell the staff that they need to consciously show the advantages of being near Guanyin Road to customers.

Their main job is still running errands. If the situation is too complicated, Lu Yao is ready to handle it himself.

Looking at the confused faces, Lu Yao decided to break it down a little and explain it to them: "You guys need to do the errands, and I'll figure out the other things. Isn't Mid-Autumn Festival coming soon? At this time last year, there were only four stores on the shopping street. This year, the tenth store opened, and with Qingshan Noodle House, there are eleven stores. The scale of the stores and the customer base is different from last year. I'm going to do a large-scale joint event, which will be a great opportunity to win the favor of customers."

Unknowingly, it was August again.

Lu Yao didn't know if there was a Mid-Autumn Festival in the Kingdom of Gold. Anyway, according to the calendar of the City of Light, there was only about a week left before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lu

Yao would definitely celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and at the same time, all the stores would celebrate the festival together, and hold a large event with ten stores to liven it up.

Tina thought of last year's mooncake competition and was a little confused: "Are you going to make new mooncakes?"

Qiuyu and Xiaoqueyao, who had never participated in the mooncake competition, were very excited. Qiuyu

: "Are you going to make mooncakes again? When?"

Zhaoye: "Every year, I see humans making those round baked cakes, and the taste is not very good."

It was the first time that Zhang Shu heard that the shopping street had held such an event, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Did there also exist mooncake competitions in previous years?"

Harold was very proud: "Last year, there were only four stores, and we all made our own mooncakes. The store owner made a mooncake gift box for the four stores and gave it to the store employees as a holiday gift. The gift box was a hot seller in all stores during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and later it also sold well in the cinemas of Dawu Dynasty."

Qiuyu immediately became excited: "What about this year? Are we going to make mooncakes too?"

Zhang Shu knew the inside story of the shopping street and could keep up with everyone's topics, but Ding Qing was more confused.

The Kingdom of Gold, like the City of Light and the Dawu Dynasty, has the custom of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival in August.

But apart from the Mid-Autumn Festival and mooncakes, she didn't understand the plan about the shopping street and the ten stores' linkage.

Ding Qing received the best treatment in the errand shop. She ate fresh and hot meals every day, and almost every meal had fresh vegetables, which were very rare nowadays. She knew that Lu Yao's identity was very unusual, but she never thought of him as a visitor from another world.

After all, that was too surreal. At this time, she only felt that the owner's identity was becoming more and more unfathomable.

Lu Yao clapped his hands gently to calm the clerk whose thoughts were jumping and emotions were excited: "Mooncakes must be made. Taking into account the situations of different stores, each store will have to prepare different activities. Taking the errand shop as an example, regular customers who have placed orders can bring their used business cards to the store to exchange for fresh mooncakes, fresh meat, seasonal vegetables and other rare items."

After the collapse of the city's basic functions, rice, flour, oil and salt suitable for stockpiling can still be collected. Fresh meat, seasonal vegetables and fruits that are not easy to preserve are definitely rare foods, and are quite attractive to residents who are trying to survive in troubled times.

Items such as agricultural products and fresh meat can be easily obtained at relatively cheap prices in Alexandria, Dawu Dynasty, Fushi, and even in the Lucky City. The cost is not high, and it is very suitable for event benefits.

Lu Yao currently only has some scattered ideas about the Mid-Autumn Festival activities. She still needs to think carefully about the specific event process and then discuss it with the store employees.

In the past few days, it is still a priority to solve the system tasks. After the task of 300 orders is completed, it will be Mid-Autumn Festival.

After the summary meeting, Zhang Shu got off work, and Harold sent the errand boy home. For a while, only Lu Yao, Ding Qing and Lu Mingxiao were left in the store.

Ding Qing has stayed in the store for the past two nights. Lu Mingxiao has just arrived and has nowhere to go at night. I am afraid he will stay in the store overnight.

The store has a warehouse, a back-office, a staff lounge and a lobby, so there is plenty of room for two people to stay temporarily.

But Ding Qing's psychological shadow is quite serious. A few minutes after the meeting, Lu Yao went out to close the door, and when he came back, he saw only Lu Mingxiao.

After a while, Ding Qing vomited and rinsed her mouth before coming out of the bathroom.

Lu Yao took out the prepared contract and walked over: "The situation doesn't seem to have improved. I'll order you a meal later."

Ding Qing always felt a little embarrassed in front of Lu Yao: "Don't bother, I don't have much appetite."

She glanced at Lu Mingxiao again, quickly looked away, lowered her head and said: " Sorry, I can't control this reaction for now."

Lu Mingxiao said indifferently: "It's okay." Lu Yao

invited Ding Qing to sit over: "You have been here for a few days, how are you? Do you feel adapted?"

Ding Qing nodded: "For me, there is no place more reassuring than here."

Lu Yao put the contract and labor contract in front of Ding Qing: "This is a formal contract. If you are willing to join the company, sign it. If you are not willing, it doesn't matter. Wait until you are better. , you can leave at any time."

Ding Qing picked up the deed and the contract and read them carefully, and couldn't help feeling confused: "Do we still need these things to hire people now? Even if we sign, who will protect our rights? The same goes for the confidentiality agreement. Do you believe that I will not reveal the secrets of the store after signing it?"

Three meals on time, a doctor who comes to help her hang up water every afternoon, a system that can operate without a signal tower, and errand runners with extraordinary abilities, Ding Qing is not completely unaware of the abnormality of the errand shop.

It's just that after experiencing so many bad things, her curiosity and sense of good and evil seem to be crushed and reshaped. Many things that she cared about before, now seem insignificant.

The owner doesn't worry that she will go out and talk nonsense, and she won't ask too many questions.

When she saw that the contract also included a confidentiality agreement, Ding Qing just felt strange. Lu

Yao: "As long as you sign the agreement, I will protect your rights and interests during your employment. Generally speaking, new employees have a seven-day probation period, but you are special, so you can start work directly after signing."

Ding Qing asked: "Do you need to sign a confidentiality agreement because of other stores?"

She heard it during the meeting.

At this time, she slowly figured it out. In addition to the errand shop, Lu Yao seemed to have many other stores, and each one was a little unusual.

Behind the errand shop, there seemed to be even more peculiar secrets.

Lu Yao looked at her with a smile, without answering or urging.

Ding Qing lowered her head and thought for a while, picked up the pen on the table, and signed the agreement in one breath.

When she signed her full name on the confidentiality agreement, she immediately felt her heart tighten.

The feeling came and went quickly, and disappeared before she could react.

Lu Yao put away the contracts and agreements on the table: "That's good."

That night, Lu Yao stayed in the errand shop to rest, and shared the sofa in the employee office with Ding Qing.

Lu Mingxiao rested in the system office next door.

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Five o'clock in the morning, Jinyao City.

The surviving members of An Xia's team and Chen Xin's team finally arrived at the Hope Base.

The return journey was unexpectedly not smooth. From Wanyi Hospital to the border, they encountered three large waves of zombies in succession. Three trucks of supplies were lost on the way, and six team members died. Everyone was exhausted when they returned to the base.

The search team entered the base from the gate, and the team members returned to the dormitory. The remaining captain and deputy team leader dragged their tired bodies to watch the supplies enter the warehouse.

Before the supplies on the car were unloaded, the logistics director actually came in person.

The logistics director hurriedly got up from the bed late at night, his face was particularly ugly: "Where is Lu Mingxiao?"

An Xia lowered her head and didn't want to speak.

Xie Yu continued: "The instructor got off the bus in Gaosheng City."

The logistics director was so angry that he gasped: "There are so many of you, don't you know how to hold him back?"

An Xia: "His legs are on his body, who dares to stop him if he wants to leave?"

The logistics director glared at An Xia fiercely, pointed his finger at her forehead, and cursed a lot of dirty words, then glanced at Li Mi standing alone: ​​"Where is Chen Xin? Where did he go?"

An Xia and Li Mi didn't say anything.

Xie Yu said with a stiff face, "Captain Chen was bitten by a zombie during the mission."

The logistics director was so angry that he had no words to say. He stamped his feet on the spot, waving his fingers between An Xia and Xie Yu. Finally, he turned around and left. He walked a few steps and stopped again. Without looking back, he said in a hoarse voice, "Li Mi, come with me to the office!"

Li Mi's face turned pale.

An Xia and Xie Yu saw it, but neither of them said anything.

About twenty minutes later, Li Mi ran out of the director's office with her hair disheveled.

She ran back to the dormitory in a panic and knocked on Xia Huaisong's door.

Xia Huaisong had just come out of the shower, wearing only a single piece of clothing, and was shocked to see Li Mi's appearance.

"What's wrong?"

Li Mi pushed Xia Huaisong in, turned around and closed the door, and said in a low voice: "I may have caused trouble."

Xia Huaisong's reaction was calmer than Li Mi expected. He looked down and saw the blood on his chest, and moved his eyes to her hands: "Who?"

Li Mi: "Li Guanghai. As soon as he heard that Chen Xin was gone, he asked me to go to the office. I thought I could hold it in..."

For some reason, on the way back, Li Mi's mind kept appearing Lu Yao's appearance, the girl who looked extremely ordinary.

She heard everything that happened in the hospital from the team members.

Li Mi could hardly believe that the Valkyrie of the Sea of ​​Corpses described by the team members and the frail girl she met at the door were the same person.

She was suspicious, but couldn't help wanting to believe it.

In this rotten world, there are still such people.

It was also in the car that Li Mi heard the members of Anxia's team talk about the last time they met Lu Yao.

They took an errand order to pick up a mother and son trapped in the mall. Another girl who was traveling with Lu Yao easily solved the mutant spider zombie, and the trapped search team was also freed.

The errand shop that only exists in Gaosheng City can pay money to ask them to run errands.

Because of the existence of this shop, ordinary people can also survive in the ruins of that city.

When being arranged by Li Guanghai, Li Mi thought of Lu Yao again, and suddenly found it unbearable, and reached out to touch the brass ornaments on the table behind her.

Xia Huaisong: "What do you want to do?"

Li Mi: "I've made up my mind. I want to escape. I want to go to Gaosheng City."

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