Chapter 47
With the bulk purchases from the delegation, Ye Qing's asset balance soared to over 1 million.
It has only been a month since the Fallout apocalypse, but the shelter has already been upgraded to level 4, and level 5 is just around the corner.
There are only 11 months left before the protective shield expires, and the difficulty will increase in the later stages, but as long as the coordinates of the new shelter are found, attracting residents here will not be a problem at all.
The 10 card drawing opportunities rewarded from the last upgrade have not been used yet. Ye Qing plans to use them after completing the first side quest today.
She had already thought of the new entertainment facilities. This time she did not wait until the evening. After lunch, she couldn't wait to go to Building 1.
Currently, 4 of the 9 grids in the lobby of Building 1 have been used. The chess and card room covers an area of 200 square meters. Ye Qing plans to place it on the remaining two grids of the weapon shop.
After a burst of construction noise, a brand new chess and card room appeared before our eyes.
White walls, green windows, red door frames, a sign at the door with the three big words "Chess and Card Room" written on it, and mahjong and playing card models hanging on both sides, giving it a bit of an old-fashioned Hong Kong style.
Push open the door and walk into a hall, which is about 80 square meters. There is a counter and 8 sets of tables and chairs. The tables are square tables for four people.
There are several private rooms on both sides of the hall, including 6 small rooms of 10 square meters and 3 medium rooms of 15 square meters.
The hall outside the door was not quiet enough. It was mainly used for playing mahjong and poker. Ye Qing walked closer to a table.
There is a gray screen on each side of the table. There is a red button in the middle of the table, which allows you to select the game type, including Mahjong, Landlord, Running Fast, Fifty K, and Golden Flower.
Ye Qing chose Mahjong, and then the table changed, bringing out 4 neatly arranged Mahjong tiles from the bottom to the top, and at the same time the display screen on one side of the table lit up.
——【Draw Cards】, with action demonstration.
Ye Qing was worried that they rarely played this game and didn't know the rules, but now this card machine has perfectly solved this problem.
She turned off the red button in the middle and turned to look at the private room.
There are 9 private rooms in total, each with a doorplate on the door. 5 of them are chess rooms, and the remaining 1 small room and 3 medium rooms are board game rooms.
In the chess room, you can play Chinese chess, international chess, Go, checkers, etc. There are many choices, and the type can also be changed by pressing the button in the center of the table.
The board game room can be used to play script-killing games and various small board games. At the same time, each room has a loudspeaker and corresponding props. The loudspeaker can be used as a host, which perfectly saves a staff member.
Script killing is a game that Ye Qing loved to play before. In the future, he can bring a few employees to have fun with it. Zeng Yi and Lin Zhi are both very smart, so it should be very fun to play with them.
As for the price, the hall charges per table, with one table charged at 2 crystal cores per hour. Small packages are 5 crystal cores per hour, and medium packages are 10 crystal cores per hour, which is very cost-effective when spread evenly among each person.
In the shelter, 2 crystal cores can buy a loaf of bread, and 5 crystal cores are equivalent to a plate of half meat dishes. The price is quite affordable.
Ye Qing also took into consideration that everyone's financial situation was difficult and all their money was spent on food, so the entertainment prices were correspondingly lower.
As soon as it opened, there were groups of customers coming in. Many of them came in just to take a look even if they didn’t want to play.
Most of the people who come here are middle-aged and elderly people. They have difficulty walking due to their age, and are no longer suitable for dangerous work such as hunting outside. Those with better conditions usually have their children working hard outside, while those with worse conditions find work for others in the shelter.
In addition to the high-paying, stable job provided by Ye Qing, the shelter also offers a variety of odd jobs, such as taking care of children for families of people with special abilities who are away from home, cleaning, handling captured dead animals, making animal skins and bones, etc.
Ye Qing often saw some old men cleaning the strange beasts they had hunted in the open space at the door.
The people with special abilities now have a fixed source of special beasts, and other ordinary people also have job opportunities. This is the best of both worlds.
Today, when the shop opened, there were a lot of elderly people coming to play cards. They had all seen the world before the apocalypse and were quite familiar with these things. After not playing for so many years, they were eager to play until they were exhausted.
The game was going on particularly vigorously at one of the tables, and it was surrounded by people watching. Ye Qing couldn't help but go over to take a look.
Ye Qing had some impression of two people at the table. They seemed to be Xiao Yihong's parents. She often saw these two elderly people with Xiaoya. Since Xiaoya would go to play with Sanmao from time to time, Ye Qing had met them many times.
At this time, the couple was arguing over a deck of cards and their faces were red.
"Why are you setting off fireworks? Do you know how to shoot?"
"Why wouldn't I? If you weren't greedy, would we have lost?"
While two of them were arguing endlessly, the other two were smiling from ear to ear, as if they hadn't been so happy in a long time.
As long as they are given a table here, they will usually play for several hours in a row. Ye Qing doesn't have to stay by her side. When the table is full, she can go and water her saplings.
The sapling has grown taller today, and is now taller than an average adult. Its branches are also becoming increasingly dense. I believe it will bloom and bear fruit soon.
After watering the plants, I came back and saw Zeng Yi sitting on the sofa in the hall. The person sitting opposite him had just left, probably to interview employees for the newly opened chess and card room.
As soon as she entered the door, she was called: "Ye Qing, can you come over here for a moment?"
In the shelter, everyone calls her Boss. People who have just arrived and don't know the situation will call her City Lord. Only he calls her by her name.
Ye Qing also once asked Zeng Yi why he didn't call him boss like everyone else. What did he say then? He said that calling him boss would make their identities seem clearly distinct. He thought their relationship was more than just an employer-employee relationship, he wanted to go a step further.
But Ye Qing was too slow to react at the time. Later, when he thought about it, he felt a little romantic. From then on, he would take a detour whenever he saw him.
Their eyes met, and she couldn't pretend not to hear, so she walked over with a stiff smile.
"Ahaha, Butler Zeng, what's going on?"
Zeng Yi looked up at her and said directly, "Are you avoiding me?"
Ye Qing shrilled, "How could that be? You must have misunderstood."
Zeng Yi chuckled, then looked at the girl's confused expression and softened his tone, "Just be yourself. Don't worry about what she said."
Ye Qing was stubborn and said, "What did you say? Why don't I remember it?"
In his previous life, he had always been busy with tasks and had never considered personal feelings. It was normal for him to feel overwhelmed when someone said such ambiguous words to him for the first time, Ye Qing thought.
Zeng Yi did not ask any further questions, but just smiled and reported to her about the recent situation today.
"The population of Taoyuan Shelter has grown rapidly in recent days, and various management issues have arisen one after another. Every staff member has their own responsibilities, and if an emergency occurs, there will be insufficient manpower."
Ye Qing nodded in agreement. Indeed, the job she provided was allocated according to the shops and positions, and was indeed lacking in resident management.
"So what do you have in mind?"
Ye Qing guessed that Zeng Yi would not raise this question if he did not have a solution.
As expected, Zeng Yi explained seriously, "I plan to recruit some management personnel in each building to be responsible for population management, information collection, organizational publicity, dispute resolution, and other tasks in that building. Finally, a general manager will be selected, and each building manager will report directly to the general manager."
This tends to be vertical management, delegating some power, which not only improves decision-making efficiency and execution, but also facilitates work allocation and centralized management at the upper level.
Ye Qing nodded repeatedly: "Okay, then each building will have two building managers, one responsible for housekeeping and one for field work. Their welfare benefits will refer to those of the inspection team."
Zeng Yi wrote it down carefully: "Okay, I want to get this done as soon as possible so that I can hand over the work."
Ye Qing was extremely satisfied: "Well, thank you for your hard work."
Zeng Ya was quick to act and started recruiting employees that night.
This was his special performance, so Ye Qing returned to his bedroom and began to check today's harvest.
[Today's income: 30,000 crystal cores, room income: 8,000, restaurant income: 5,000...]
[Today's cost: 10,000 crystal cores, guest room cost: 0, restaurant cost: 2,000...]
[Today's profit: 20,000 crystal cores.]
[Asset balance: 1 million crystal cores.]
[Side Quest 1 - "Relaxing Entertainment Venue": Quest progress 3/3 (TV, Library, Chess and Card Room), Quest Reward: 10 Draw Cards.]
[Side Quest 2 - "A Relaxing Place for a Stroll After Dinner": Quest Progress 0/1000, Quest Reward: 10 Draw Cards.]
Including the card draw reward from the last level 4 system upgrade, she has a total of 20 card draw opportunities.
The card pool activated, and a riot of colourful cards slid rapidly from left to right. Amidst the celebratory roar of twenty fireworks, cards were drawn one by one and arranged in order.
Ye Qing opened them all. Perhaps because his level had increased, there were more high-level items in the card drawing pool.
【Congratulations on winning a milk tea shop. 】
【Congratulations on winning a hot pot restaurant. 】
【Congratulations on winning a musical fountain. 】
【Congratulations on winning a Monet Garden. 】
Ye Qing couldn't help but cheer loudly after hearing four consecutive congratulations: "Oh my God! Oh my God!"
With the increase in population, restaurants can no longer meet the needs of tens of thousands of people.
During peak meal times, the lines are often very long, and a large number of people don't have seats. Ye Qing often sees rows of residents sitting on the glass outside the hall, just waiting to eat.
Now that we have this hot pot restaurant, the restaurant can be a little more relaxed.
And if you are tired of breakfast and steamed dishes, it would be nice to try other types.
And there is this musical fountain and Monet's garden, aren't these the two items to be completed in side quest 2?
Ye Qing opened the system panel and saw that side quest 2 had been completed, with the quest reward being 10 card draws.
She happily confirmed that she had read it and used all 10 cards.
【Congratulations on winning a barbecue restaurant. 】
【Congratulations on winning 1 lawn. 】
For every ten cards you draw, you get two rare items. In addition, there are two vending machines, one popcorn machine, and some food.
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