Lu Yao got the contact information of several younger generations of the Ji family, and contacted them one by one. After a brief introduction, they made a video call.
She had some idea before the contact, and the interview result was pretty much as expected, and neither party was very satisfied.
But she didn't expect that someone would contact her on their own initiative, with the note "Ji Zhixin".
The camera was turned on, the background was dark, and a small silver-white light was reflected from the side window. One could barely see the facial outline of the young man and a pair of gloomy eyes with a faint glow.
Lu Yao chatted with Ji Zhixin for a few minutes. This person looked a little listless, but he spoke clearly and logically, with a gentle and patient tone. During the conversation, she could feel that he was talkative and tactful, which quite met her requirements.
She mentioned the job content and salary, and the other party gave a direct reply without hesitation.
After hanging up the video, Lu Yao sat and thought for a while. He had already made an appointment with the person, so he wanted to at least meet him in person.
She opened her tablet and browsed the job recruitment website.
There is a wide variety of recruitment and job search information on the Internet, and it is difficult to find effective information by simply browsing.
After watching for more than ten minutes and seeing no progress, Lu Yao typed out the system and clicked on the store owner's status bar.
There were more and more stores and more things to do. She hadn't paid attention to the data for a long time and was shocked when she saw it.
Owner: Lu Yao
Age: 22
Stores: 4
Employees: 174
Popularity: 37659500
Assets: 3263W
Wish progress: 18%
Warehouse grid: 40
(Shopping Street Map)
There are four shops, and the number of shop assistants has increased sharply to 174. The furry shop assistants account for the majority. There are 100 teardrop seals, 20 young leaf rabbits, 12 free-range chickens, 6 round dogs, 7 pigs, plus the human shop assistants who are patched together. The company is still recruiting these days.
After cleaning up the garbage mountain in the Sea of Eden, the popularity value soared by more than 30 million, which is normal.
Nowadays, garbage still appears in the Sea of Eden from time to time. Lu Yao put the machine in the store, and two patrol seals go to clean it up every day. The popularity will continue to rise.
The assets actually amounted to more than 30 million, and the expenses of various stores were not low, with an average daily expenditure of around 70,000 to 80,000 RMB, not to mention the gold coin expenditure of the nail salon, the crystal core consumption of the blind box store, and the seafood of the furry shop.
Currently, the only people who receive RMB income are the snack bar’s Huanjie, the nail salon, and the VIP customers of the furry shop.
The VIP members of Huanhuan Ring and Furry Shop are the main sources of income, and the nail salon occasionally receives orders from wealthy ladies.
If it is a regular customer, Lu Yao will make it if time permits. If she is busy, she will persuade the customer to change to the armor style, and she will make it and send it out.
I was so busy that I neglected a lot of time on the nail art side business I ran before graduation.
Lu Yao exited the system and looked through her old circle of friends, which contained promotions for new styles, photos sent back by customers, promotions for small events to boost sales, and promotions done for her by online enthusiasts.
Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and she has always had a vague idea in her mind. Looking back at her past circle of friends, the urge to put the idea into action becomes stronger and stronger.
Lu Yao took out paper and pen and started planning.
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The nail salon closed at night and the interracial employees gathered together.
Lu Yao came out of the room, cleared his throat, and said seriously, "Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I plan to organize a mooncake event jointly organized by the store to give back to customers. Are you interested?"
She wanted to take advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival to hold a small event linking four stores in different worlds.
Her shop will slowly connect with others and maintain some customers at the same time, so that she can go further.
Mumu tilted her head, her light blue eyes filled with confusion: "What is Mid-Autumn Festival?"
The fairy Merulu flapped her wings with great effort, flew to Lu Yao's shoulder and landed: "What is a mooncake?"
Lu Yao briefly explained the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the customs of appreciating the moon, eating moon cakes and watching lanterns.
Pu Xiu landed on Lu Yao's other shoulder: "So, the Mid-Autumn Festival is very similar to our Moon God Festival, where we worship the Moon God and pray for a good harvest. But what is the four-store linkage?"
Lu Yao put the pen tip on the armrest of the chair, pressed it gently, and explained: "We have four stores in different worlds. I want each store to launch a mooncake with its own characteristics, and then put the four mooncakes together to make a Mid-Autumn Festival gift box. Some of them will be used for activities to give back to customers, and the rest will be kept as holiday gifts for employees."
The nail salon fell silent, and all the foreign employees looked at Lu Yao.
"What... is going on? Is this too much trouble?" Lu Yao was a little nervous.
Edward held down Ambrose who was about to stand up, "Shopkeeper, do you have any references for mooncakes?"
Lu Yao found some pictures of new mooncakes on the Internet. Ambrose, Tina, Clarissa, Sikin, Harold, including the twin fairies and Mumu all came over.
Edward: "Mooncakes are like nail art. The shape can be changed at will. I suggest making mooncakes in the shape of little bats."
Si Jin said slowly: "Since four worlds are competing together, we must bring out the most powerful mooncakes in the Alexandria Continent. If we talk about the most powerful race in the world, it must be the dragon race."
Tina immediately raised her hand: "I agree, let's make mooncakes in the shape of a giant dragon."
Harold folded his arms and said nothing, but nodded in agreement.
Ambrose was not convinced: "Then I think the little skull-shaped mooncake should also get a vote."
Mumu sat on Edward's shoulder and said excitedly, "Chiji!"
There is also a ticket for Slime Mooncake!
Clarissa threw the bloody sickle to the ground and said calmly, "I vote for the devil."
The twin fairies rushed to the center: "We fairies are powerful and cute..."
"It's edible!" Harold interrupted mercilessly.
Merulu got angry and punched Harold with her little fist.
Lu Yao silently retreated to the sofa and sat down. These guys were hopeless.
No one could convince the other, so they even found the materials and started making mooncakes on the spot, using the same techniques as nail art designers, trying to use expensive gems and rare materials to make the most amazing mooncakes.
Lu Yao couldn't get a word in and just let them make a fuss. In the meantime, he received a call from Ji Feiming.
After finishing the call, the foreign shop assistants were still arguing about the styles of mooncakes. Based on past experience, this process would definitely be quite long.
She shook her head, stood up and looked elsewhere.
The snack bar recently added a seafood menu, and late-night dining is more popular than usual.
Lu Yao started helping out as soon as he arrived at the store. When he took a break, he talked to Xingzi, Bai Ming and others about the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake gift boxes.
When the store closed at midnight, Xiao Qie called Chi, Meng Qin, Ning Yun, Yu Cai and Mo Cheng back to the store as they had not been working the night shift recently.
The stars are shining outside the window, and the lights of the city are reflected on the river, which is both noisy and lonely.
The shop assistants sat together and looked at Lu Yao with interest.
Lu Yao explained the idea of the mooncake gift box again.
The dead came to the dreamland from different worlds. Some worlds celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival like Lu Yao, some worlds had similar festivals but with different names, and some worlds did not have this festival.
The shop assistants in most snack bars had the concept of Mooncake Festival, and they understood it as soon as Lu Yao explained it.
Xingzi held her chin with both hands, her eyes shining: "Moon cakes, I haven't eaten them for a long time."
Yu Cai also said: "I didn't expect that I could celebrate the Moon Festival. I want this mooncake gift box."
Ning Yun has been looking at the reference pictures that Lu Yao found, full of interest: "It's so interesting to make mooncakes from different worlds into gift boxes. Shop owner, can we also get this gift box?"
Lu Yao nodded: "Mid-Autumn Festival gift, employee welfare, one big box for each person."
The shop assistants became excited when they heard this. As ghosts, they actually had the opportunity to receive gifts from other worlds. In Quan Shengju's words, "Things that we never dared to dream of when we were alive, but can actually experience after death. This dream experience is comparable to receiving gifts from Santa Claus himself on Christmas."
Bai Ming pointed at the mooncake styles on the tablet and said worriedly, "I can't think of what the characteristics of Dreamland are."
Xiao Qie also said: "Except for death and time, there is nothing here. Even the ingredients depend on the owner."
Ning Yun glanced at Lu Yao and raised his hand and said, "I suggest making some mooncakes with floral and romantic designs. Put a petal or leaf on the mooncake. The guests will definitely like it."
Xingzi reacted: "Flowers and plants from the world of the living? This is indeed feasible. If customers know that there are real flowers and plants in the mooncakes, they will definitely go crazy for them."
The world across the window is full of grass and trees, so ordinary that no one would even take a second look at it. But to the guests of the dreamland, it is so precious.
Maybe decades or hundreds of years later, they will still preserve every flower and leaf they got from the mooncakes.
Chi couldn't help but interrupt: "The flower and grass mooncakes are indeed attractive, but they are only for guests in the Dreamland. Don't forget that this mooncake gift box will also be sent to other worlds. If the mooncakes from the four stores are put together, the flower and grass mooncakes will have no characteristics."
But they heard from the shop owner that other shops have magic, magical energy, and are located in the deep sea, so it is difficult to compare with them no matter how you think about it.
Lu Yao: "Flower and grass mooncakes are very interesting. I remember that in spring, when Ning Yun first came to the snack bar, he wanted a flower outside the window, but he didn't get it at that time. It happens that the sweet osmanthus is fragrant in August now, so I want to find a way to get some freshly picked sweet osmanthus."
Mo Cheng: "Osmanthus-flavored mooncakes are too luxurious. I'm afraid no one would be willing to eat them."
Ning Yun raised his hands frantically: "I want osmanthus!"
Bai Ming: "The wild grass and flowers on the roadside are also very cute. They can be made into dried flowers and put on mooncakes without spending any extra money."
Qi Chen finally spoke up: "Are you guys too concerned about form? Taste is more important than appearance."
Meng Qin: "If you want to stand out in the mooncake competition among the four shops, taste and creativity are equally important. I think both aspects should be carefully considered."
Lu Yao: “…”
How did the snack bar become like this
It was late at night when I came out of the snack bar. The street lights on both sides of the street were broken and not working.
When Ji Feiming was fine, he asked someone to fix it.
Lu Yao was about to go back to the nail salon to rest, and passed by a blind box shop and went in to take a look.
At this time, it is still daytime in the blind box store.
The tiger cub lay at the door, swishing its tail.
Wei Xuan, Nie Yu and Xue Ge were tidying up the shelves, and some customers were drawing boxes.
"Shopkeeper, why are you here at this time?" Wei Xuan was a little surprised.
The speed of time flow in the two worlds is different. Recently, Uncle Ming has been delivering goods at night because the owner is very busy and rarely comes so early.
Xue Ge and Nie Yu also looked over, thinking something had happened.
Lu Yao waved his hand, "It's nothing serious."
Xue Ge called out Ling Lan, Zhong Ruying and Luo Huian who were staying in the laboratory, and Lu Yao explained again that he wanted to organize a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake gift box event.
The impermanent world of twenty years ago was very similar to the world in which Lu Yao lived, and this world also celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival.
Zhong Ruying is the oldest. He ate mooncakes when he was a child, but now he only has some vague memories of it.
Luo Huian, Wei Xuan and Nie Yu had heard from their previous generations that mooncakes were eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Xue Ge and Ling Lan had also heard about it when they were in the laboratory, but none of them had ever eaten it.
The tiger cub was completely confused, having never heard of the Mooncake Festival.
When we heard that the shop owner wanted to make mooncake gift boxes, and that four shops wanted to produce them together, everyone was very excited.
Wei Xuan: "Who among us knows how to make mooncakes?"
Everyone was stunned and shook their heads slowly.
Most people have never seen or eaten it, so what should we do
Nie Yu: "During lunch break, let's go find my grandmother who lives nearby. She must know more than us."
Wei Xuan nodded: "This is a good idea."
Luo Hui'an: "Tomorrow I will also go to Grandpa Jiang to ask about the styles and flavors of mooncakes in the past."
Linglan slammed the table and said, "It must not only taste good, but also look good!"
Xue Ge stroked his chin in thought, his desire to win gradually emerging: "We will go all out in this mooncake competition. We want to make the best-looking and most delicious mooncakes!"
The tiger cub raised his paw: "Awooo!"
Lu Yao: “…”
When did it become a mooncake competition
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The furry clerk at the furry shop didn’t know about the Mooncake Festival, so Lu Yao only told Jiuhua about it.
There is no Mooncake Festival in this world, only Poseidon Festival.
Jiuhua is very interested in the Mooncake Festival and, like other shop assistants, is eager to win the mooncake gift boxes jointly organized by the four stores. She asks Lu Yao for a lot of information for research.
Lu Yao was very busy that night. After talking to Jiuhua, he hid in the wiring room of the fishing house to rest.
When she woke up, Ji Zhixin had already got off the plane and was taken to his residence by Ji Feiming and settled down.
Ji Zhixin sat in a wheelchair, listening to Ji Feiming talking on the phone, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Before his leg was injured, he had seen Ji Feiming several times at the tribe's New Year gatherings.
This cousin was a messenger of God and was always gathered at the center of the crowd. He was reserved and distant, and difficult to approach.
This was the first time he saw his uncle speaking cautiously to others. You couldn't tell from his tone, but if you saw his expression and posture, the almost servile feeling was obvious.
Ji Feiming hung up the phone and turned to look over: "The owner asked us to go over now."
Ji Zhixin paused for a moment, "Is it the owner who called?"
Ji Feiming nodded: "Yes, she originally said she would go to pick her up at the airport, but then something delayed her. We will go to the dessert shop in the city center later, and you can come with us."
Ji Zhixin almost couldn't control his expression: "It's not an interview? Why are you going to a dessert shop?"
Ji Feiming stood up and pushed him towards the entrance. "I'm not sure yet. You have to have plans to go shopping."
Ji Zhixin: "..."
This job is becoming less and less reliable. Could it be that Uncle Ming has been cheated
Uncle Ming spent the first half of his life in the temple. As a messenger of God, he was respected and admired wherever he went. How could he have known that human nature is so treacherous
Is it too late to run now
Ji Zhixin certainly couldn't escape, so Ji Feiming refused the butler's company and pushed him out personally, then left him on the back seat when getting in the car.
About five minutes later, Lu Yao got on a car on the side of the road.
She wore a sun hat and carried a small black leather bag. She sat in the passenger seat and fastened her seat belt before turning back to look at Ji Zhixin.
"Hello, Lu Yao."
The girl looks even younger than she did in the video, with black hair, fair skin, clear and bright eyes, and a particularly contagious smile.
Ji Zhixin suddenly felt a little regretful for hiding his leg injury, but under the gaze of such a pair of eyes, he was even more unable to speak. He was extremely conflicted and could only say, "Ji Zhixin."
After Lu Yao greeted him, he turned around and said familiarly, "I made a guide online. I have to visit five dessert shops today and buy some samples to take back. I accidentally overslept this morning, and I have a lot of work to do in the afternoon. Xiaoji, can you hurry up?"
Ji Zhixin had a question mark on his face: ... Xiao Ji, are you calling him
Then he heard his uncle say "OK".