Chapter 594 Haining Cat Island (4) [VIP]
Maode Academy is clearly beyond everyone's comprehension.
When everyone was stunned, Yun Guang took out his phone and opened the text message interface as if he had been prepared: "Hello, so this text message is our entry instructions, right?"
Not to mention that the number 233 is clearly displayed on the doorplate, exactly the same as in the text message. Looking around the whole street, this store is the only one with an opening flower basket in front of the door, not to mention the big red carpet laid all the way into the store, all of which indicate that this "Mao De Academy" is the so-called "academy" they are going to join.
It's not too surprising.
Apart from the fact that everyone's initial speculation was biased and attributed the academy to evil fellow merchants, apart from this rather misleading "academy", all the contents mentioned in the employment text message pointed to a certain individual business operator.
"Oh, yes. Oh, you are the new employees, right?" The man in the blue windbreaker looked at the text message and suddenly realized, "No wonder that guy just now was so skilled at catching cats but he doesn't have a cat at home. It turns out that he is a doctor who has joined the Haining branch!"
His tone suddenly became much friendlier: "You guys are here quite early. I thought you would be late."
"On the first day of work, of course I have to make a good impression on the boss," Yun Guang nodded with a smile, "Then let's go in and talk now?"
"Come in, come in," the man in the blue windbreaker waved his hand enthusiastically, "It's too early now. There are only Xiao Zhen and I in the whole store. Oh, by the way, Xiao Zhen is our receptionist."
"Brother Li," a girl with a bun standing behind the front desk heard the voice and looked outside curiously, "Are these the doctors in our hospital?"
"We now have all the doctors, nurses, and finance staff in our branch," the man in the blue windbreaker, known as Brother Li, nodded. He walked in with Xiao Yuan in his arms and complained, "It's because Haining Island is so popular recently. Not only are the boat prices soaring, but they're still not available."
"Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan, get into the cage first," he skillfully put the cat in his arms into the cage, then reached out and took out a cat strip from the box next to it, and skillfully soothed the angry kitten, "Originally, these employees should have joined the company with Xiao Zhou and the others last week, but they couldn't buy tickets. The online scalpers even dared to raise the price by 500 yuan..."
"Yes," Lu Changfeng, who finally came to his senses, quickly replied, "So we came a few days late, all to grab the tickets."
"I see," the front desk girl, Xiao Zhen, nodded, her tone very sympathetic, "It's hard to get a boat ticket to the island recently. I have a cousin who works at the dock. He said that they have to add 30 to 40 shifts every day. The hotels on the island are full. Have you found a place to stay?"
"They will live in my neighbor's old house first. We can look for a place to rent later," Li Ge patted the dust off his hands and stood up. "The prices for both short-term and long-term rentals on the island are frighteningly high right now. It's better to avoid the peak tourist season."
There was a lot of information contained in just a few sentences of conversation. Everyone looked at each other and prepared to continue talking about travel.
Before they could speak, they heard Bai Jinshu's voice again: "Travel, what's so good about traveling here?"
"I think so too," Xiao Zhen, the receptionist, replied, "I've always had a lot of cats on the island since I was a kid, and we never thought it was a big deal. Who knows what those tourists are flocking to see."
"Hey, you don't understand this," Fang Xiang said knowingly, "As the saying goes, traveling is about going from a city you're tired of to a city other people are tired of. You locals are tired of staying there, so it's a good opportunity for outsiders to come and see the excitement!"
"From your accent...are you from Jinshi?" Xiao Zhen was curious. "That's a big city. Why do you come to our small island to work?"
"I'm tired of staying at home," Fang Xiang said jokingly, "I was born in Tianjin, and I didn't learn anything, so I came to another place to study."
With Fang Xiang, who was good at making jokes, the originally not very lively atmosphere immediately became lively. Everyone quickly exchanged names and got a lot of basic information from each other.
The place where everyone is currently located is a small island on the sea independent of the land. Most people on the island make a living by fishing, and the supply of vegetables, meat and basic daily necessities depends on cargo ships that travel between the island and the land every day.
The name of this island passed down from ancestors is Haining Island. It is probably the name given by fishermen from generation to generation in order to pray for calm winds and a good catch. Later, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, this name was the same as a city on land, so the island was renamed.
However, although the name has been changed, people on the island are still accustomed to calling this place "Haining" for the sake of good luck and success.
The reason why it is now called Haining Cat Island started a few months ago.
A few months ago, a college student who passed the college entrance examination on an island returned to her hometown to start a business. She started her own media and updated the daily life of the island residents on the Internet. Originally, this thing was unlikely to become popular, but the cats in her video suddenly attracted the attention of netizens.
In her video, there are a huge number of wild cats on this small island called Haining. Since every household here is a fisherman, the wild cats have three sumptuous meals every day. Their fur is shiny and smooth, and they look very comfortable.
All the residents on this island seem to be accustomed to the presence of so many cats and live in harmony with them.
Every household here has cats, but except for the newly built high-rise buildings with sealed windows, most of the traditional bungalows on the island are free-range. No one cares if a cat occasionally goes missing for two or three days. After all, the island is so small that the cat will come back after a few days of playing.
And rather than saying that these cats are cats in their homes, it would be more accurate to say that these cats are originally wild cats that just eat at different people's homes every day.
As soon as the video was released, this self-media account and the island quickly became popular. Haining Island was portrayed as a new paradise where humans and cats live in harmony, and tourists flocked here to travel.
It was at this time that Maode College opened.
"There was no pet hospital on the island in the early years because no one had the habit of taking cats to the hospital. One reason is that few people keep pets here. Everyone raises them freely. Few people think that the cat is mine or that I am raising the cat," said Xiao Zhen, a local, while adding water to the cat. "Another reason is that most people on the island are middle-aged and elderly. They think that a sick cat will heal itself after a while, just like they think of a cold in a human. We are the first pet hospital here."
In fact, Maode Academy is just a branch here, while the main hospital is in a big city on land. However, the owner of the pet hospital is a native of Haining Island and a cat lover. So after his business was successful, Haining Island became very popular, so he immediately seized the popularity and opened a branch.
"Oh... I understand," Guan Hongyan touched her chin, "So this is the question, right? A classic sales question!"
"What sales question?" Wu Meng was at a loss.
"That's it..." Before Guan Hongyan finished her words, she heard Du Zhong's voice continue, "Two shoe salesmen went to the same island. The first salesman saw that no one on the island wore shoes and felt desperate. He felt that he had no chance of selling anything, so he left. The second salesman saw that no one on the island wore shoes, so he was overjoyed. In this way, he could sell a pair of shoes to everyone."
"Yeah, that's it," Guan Hongyan glanced at Bai Jinshu curiously, "You are quite good at sales, right? Did you read some sales books before you went out to promote your sect?"
It makes sense if you think about it. After all, preaching seems to be no different from pyramid selling...
"No, I did this question when I was eight years old." Bai Jin said lightly.
"Eight years old?" Guan Hongyan was shocked. "You really are...virgins."
Do you have to do such a classic sales question at such a young age?
"My answer at that time was that I would preach to them immediately," Bai Jinshu's voice was still very calm, and then he said something very explosive in this calm voice, "Since this is a small island, it means that there are no complete police conditions here. In this case, we can develop a sect here. Chao Yougan owns a wheelchair factory, and we can sell them wheelchairs. Wheelchairs are more expensive than shoes, and we can make more money."
Guan Hongyan:?
"Do you mean to break the islanders' legs?" She tried hard to understand Du Zhongsheng's train of thought.
"Hands are fine," Bai Jinshu thought for a moment, "but since this question is about selling, there's nothing to sell if you cut off your hands. And the question says it's an island, which means these people don't have a high level of economic resources and can't buy overly expensive goods, so it's better to cut off their legs."
Lu Changfeng took a loud breath of cold air.
"I said stop..." Guan Hongyan paused, "You're not going to break everyone's legs here, are you?"
It seems that the Holy Son Du Zhongsheng has more business acumen than Chao Yougan, the commercial cancer!
But this cannot be called a normal business acumen... because it seems that he lacks legal common sense even more than Chao Yougan.
【I'm selling wheelchairs. 】
【What do you do, bro?】
[This guy doesn’t sound very decent…]
[Although, why do you think that people who hang out with Chao Yougan are decent? Chao Yougan is not a normal person, a person who hires mercenaries and disabled and mentally ill people to fight business wars... Why do you think he is normal? ]
[What you said makes sense, but you are not allowed to speak ill of my mentor! ]
[What you said makes sense, but you are not allowed to speak ill of my mentor! ]
[What you said makes sense, but you are not allowed to speak ill of my mentor! ]
In the unknown space, after a suspicious silence...
“No,” Du Zhongsheng’s voice sounded a little reluctant, “The true God is not here, and there is no altar set up here. I will not exercise the authority of the Son of God without authorization.”
"That's great. Then you..." Guan Hongyan was interrupted for the third time today before she could finish her words.
"So later I will summon the true God to bring the holy sound of the Redemption Society here."
Guan Hongyan: ...
"...Can't I just not summon?" She was helpless.
Du Zhong said: "No."
"...Then could you please stay away from us when you preach?" She closed her eyes.
Du Zhong said: "Okay."
"Great," Guan Hongyan blurted out, "Then you two can go play somewhere else."
She felt that any normal person would not want to break their arms and legs to join a strange church.
[Sister Yan'er's tone of voice when coaxing a child is so funny that it makes me laugh to death. ]
[Sister Yan'er suffered from the abuse of the rich guys last time, and now her attitude towards Du Zhongsheng is to just go and have fun. ]
【It can be seen that time has changed her a lot. 】
【What did time do to Sister Yaner! 】
[…In the previous section, shouldn’t you ask what the rich guy did to Sister Yan’er? ]
[Everyone in this live broadcast room witnessed what the rich man did to Sister Yan'er. ]
[I almost collapsed from laughing...]
"Hey, can I ask you a question, buddy?" Fang Xiang couldn't help but ask after listening for a while. "Have you ever done that question when you were eight years old, the one about selling a comb to a monk?"
This question also involves two salespeople. The first salesperson thought that monks have no hair so he gave up on the sale. The second salesperson took a different approach and changed the target audience of the combs. He sold the combs by saying that “the combs can be given as souvenirs to pilgrims, or as a grooming service.”
This question, along with "selling shoes to barefoot islanders", is considered one of the two classic sales cases. It doesn't make sense that Du Zhongsheng only did one. He listened for a long time and would be very curious about how Du Zhongsheng would solve the latter one.
"Monk?" Du Zhongsheng's calm tone finally showed a hint of emotion. "This is a competitor company."
"I will go find Chao Yougan and ask him to sell this land," he said with a very compassionate expression, "and then rescue these poor people who have mistakenly believed in the gods and gone astray."
"And then?" Fang Xiang asked.
"Then break their legs to sell them Chao Yougan's wheelchair," Guan Hongyan said expressionlessly, "I fully understand."
"You are very suitable to join our Redemption Society," Bai Jinshu turned his head. Although his eyes were dark, Guan Hongyan could strangely see the light in them. "Do you want to join?"
“No, hahaha,” she smirked, “I’m not interested in chopping off my hands and feet.”
"For special talents, wisdom teeth can also be used." Bai Jinshu added.
"That's not the case either," Guan Hongyan quickly rejected, "I've had neat teeth since I was a kid."
Bai Jinshu: "Appendix..."
Guan Hongyan: “No!”
"Well," he said regretfully, "if you ever get appendicitis ..."
"I will use the anti-inflammatory drugs in the Foundation to solve it," Guan Hongyan said expressionlessly, "I will definitely not let any part of my body leave me."
"Excuse me," she pushed Bai Jinshu aside, "I'm going to move the opening flower basket."
If we continue talking, she will be afraid that one can join the church even by cutting fingernails.
She now wanted to punch herself for thinking that Du Zhongsheng was a pitiful blind saint a few days ago.
What on earth made her so persistent in believing that there were still normal people in [0106]?
The remaining five people who did not join in the conversation had already started working.
As time went by, the opening ceremony site was gradually arranged tidyly by everyone. Only Bai Jinshu, who was blind, was left on the sofa by everyone using the excuse of "not acclimatizing".
The beautician who had arrived at the store a few days earlier also joined in and was chatting with everyone while moving flower baskets and arranging fruit plates. During the conversation, everyone learned that the beautician Xiaozhou, the front desk clerk Xiaozhen, and the branch manager Li Ge were childhood friends. 70% of the residents on this small island have the surname Wu, which is a common surname here. The three of them all have the surname Wu, so when they address each other, they use the characters in their names.
In recent years, as the employment situation on the mainland has become poor, many young people who had originally passed the exam to leave the island have returned to the island, and they are among them.
Many of the customers who attended the opening today were these young people.
Everyone in the store was of similar age, and Yun Guang, Fang Xiang and Wu Meng were deliberately leading the conversation. They soon became friends and started calling each other by nicknames.
"Hey, Sister Guan," Xiao Zhen asked curiously, "where are you from?"
"I... I came back from studying abroad," Guan Hongyan said casually, "You don't know, it's a mess abroad. I missed China so much that I ran back before I graduated."
When she said this, only Lu Changfeng, who was familiar with the situation in her original world, had a hint of hesitation in his eyes, while no one else realized that something was wrong.
"Wow, a foreign student, coming here to work in finance?" Beautician Xiaozhou was surprised.
"Actually, this isn't really a serious job for me. It's just a gap year," Guan Hongyan said casually, smoothing her hair. "The intensity of work here is low, the scenery around is beautiful, and I like cats, so I decided to take a year off."
"Hey, is it time? I see a lot of people are already outside," she looked up and saw quite a few people standing outside.
"It's almost time. We're ready to open," Brother Li checked his watch. "I'll add some food to the cats in the cages. Many of the customers who came this morning came to adopt cats. When you think it's almost time, open the door. Then we'll fire the salute and cut the ribbon, and we can officially open the business."
Everyone nodded.
"Then let's... Damn, Du Zhongsheng, when did you come!" Guan Hongyan was halfway through her words when she suddenly felt someone next to her. She turned around and saw Du Zhongsheng standing silently beside her.
"Opening," Bai Jinshu said calmly, "There are many people here. I'm here to see if anyone can become a believer."
By the way, summon Huai Jiamu.
After all, when an evil god is summoned, he will definitely replace someone present. If you don't want him to replace the exploration team members, you can only let him replace the indigenous people.
But as a blind man, he couldn't judge who would be suitable to replace Huai Jiamu, so he simply chose the opening ceremony when there were the most people present and let the evil god choose for himself.
As he made up his mind, he finished the prayer in his mind.
I don’t know whose shell Huai Jiamu will be using this time. I hope that he can replace a key figure in the exploration without using the foundation’s channels, saving them some trouble.
"Oh, sure." Guan Hongyan nodded perfunctorily without any doubt. "Are you going to ask everyone if they want to break their legs? Then be careful if someone breaks your legs. I may not be able to save you in time, and then you will have to ask Lu Changfeng to take them back for you."
"Sister Guan..." Lu Changfeng looked pitiful.
Bai Jin said calmly: "Chao Yougan said he paid me ten times the salary. If I get hurt, I will ask him to deduct my salary."
Guan Hongyan's expression suddenly changed: "Then follow me closely."
To show her determination not to return the tenfold salary, she even reached out to grab Du Zhongsheng's hand.
At this moment, Du Zhongsheng, who was standing next to her, suddenly took a small step back and avoided her hand.
"You..." Guan Hongyan missed the target and turned back to look at Du Zhongsheng, but she was shocked to find that there were two light golden pupils in the empty eye sockets just now. "Your eyes?"
The words in her mouth suddenly turned.
"Ah," Du Zhongsheng "looked" at Guan Hongyan in the direction of the voice, his eyeballs slightly turning, "I can see it now."
The reason why the word "see" is in quotation marks is naturally because what he sees now is not the scene in front of "him".
The author has something to say:
The sugary sky has fallen. I wrote in the previous chapter that my cat weighs seven or eight kilograms because I think my cat weighs seven or eight kilograms. Although it looks very big, my old mother can still barely hold it in one arm. Moreover, every friend who comes to my house says that the child is so big.
Duan commented that a cat weighing only 15 to 20 jin was not considered a fat cat. Han Tang was very angry and grabbed the cat and weighed it, only to find that it weighed 12 jin... 12 jin...
I can’t accept…
It was only less than three pounds a year ago when it was young. At that time, the clerk at the pet store asked how old it was because it was too light. So I always thought it was still small. Seven or eight pounds would be quite fat. I couldn’t hold it because I didn’t have enough strength in my hands. I even went to the gym to lift weights for this (close my eyes).
ps: The sky is falling, my friend came to tell me after reading the update of Hantang, that it was actually two years ago when it was less than three kilograms... Ahhhhh, time is gone forever!
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