weekend.
In the evening, Zach received a call from Vega, from Charlie, "Doug moved out on his own, took part of the Toledo union's money, and opened a studio..."
"Doug? Who?"
"Uh, Brother Dog." was the answer on the other side of the receiver.
"Oh, what studio?"
"Documentary studio." replied.
"Using money from the undertaker's union? Do you all agree?" continued the question.
"Agreed. Joey gave Doug his first business project. "The New Funeral", which records changes in the industry. So, strictly speaking, it was the union that invested in Doug." Answered.
"Oh." Zach still had questions, "But haven't the changes in the funeral industry been completed? Is there anything left to take pictures of?"
The other person on the receiver continued to answer, "The internal changes in the funeral industry have been completed, but for the public who only think about the funeral industry when life is over, apart from the occasional news in newspapers, they basically don't know what has changed. .”
Zach understood, "Commercial project, finally, Brother Dog... the film Doug made can be shown to the public~"
"Joy also thought it would be a good way to increase the exposure of 'Toledor' in Western society. We can officially introduce the new Sabbat clan 'Toledor' in the way we want the public to see it."
"Sounds good~ Just take care of it." Zach naturally thought this was Charlie making a routine report, "Is there anything else?"
"Doug has been very close to the Cappadocia ancestor recently. After moving out, I was a little worried that because of the situation of the Cappadocia ancestor, he would no longer wait for himself to become an adult and become Toledo early."
So that's the reason for this call.
"Did he ever mention that he wanted to become Toledo in advance?" Zach continued to ask.
"Not really, but he won't let us call him 'dog brother' anymore."
This feeling... maybe one day, you suddenly feel that being called a nickname is detrimental to your own... existence value.
Zach held the receiver and thought for a while, "Keep an eye on him. Meaningless self-awareness is a typical adolescent characteristic. I don't want the descendant I personally selected to be a childish guy. Keep an eye on him."
"good."
The phone was hung up. Zach swung downstairs. Looking at the showroom from the back corridor, Bain was still working. He walked over and asked, "Is it going to be established today?" He looked at the pile of documents in front of Bain.
"Yeah." Bain's face was a little bitter, because there were still many resumes that he had not read.
For several days in a row, people from employment agencies sent a bunch of resumes every day. To be honest, this change was something no one in Grande expected.
The funeral industry is not your typical good job. Do you still remember the last recruitment situation of Grande? It happened to coincide with the closure of the Hermann factory and there were a large number of unemployed people in Barton. Grande responded to the city government's employment mobilization and opened the recruitment.
Everyone knows that group of people. After Barton relied on the Commonwealth trade and new job opportunities began to appear, the group of people quickly abandoned Grande and started a new life. The only one left, well, here, is Bane.
This time Grande needs to recruit new people again. Needless to say, the reason is the cessation of community improvement projects. The ex-convicts ran to freedom without hesitation. Grande... there is no one left.
Zach was too lazy to advertise for people himself, so he entrusted it to the employment agency in the North District. If you can recruit people, just hire them. If you can't recruit people, forget it. Grande is not in a hurry.
The reason for not being in a hurry is that the person currently doing security in the Grand Cemetery is Aix Security, one of our own people. Zach consciously went to the tomb area once every other week, and it was enough to perform maintenance with vampire efficiency. Even if there is a funeral, according to Grande's old method, just find a farmer in the South Side who is willing to make a day's extra money. Grande, there's really no rush.
But what I didn't expect was that Grande's work seemed to be extremely popular! In the past few days, the resumes sent by the employment agency have Bain working overtime here every day.
Zach moved a chair and sat next to Bain. He randomly picked up an unread resume to help Bain reduce his workload. "What do you think the problem is? The employee benefits we provide are too good?" It turns out that Popularity is a problem~
"Probably." Bain replied helplessly, "After all, free housing is too attractive to the people of Barton today."
Zach curled his lips and said, "Have the house prices in Barton gone up again?"
"No, it's just that the price has never stopped." Bain shook his head, "Not to mention the original Back Bay and Knoll districts, the southeastern part of the country has been banned by real estate developers because of the Republicans' obsession with security. Slogan, Pai Siying has always been promoted based on the label of Indian culture." Bain sighed, "Hey, the young people of Barton, it's difficult."
Zach read a resume and put it in the rejection box. He murmured, "With such a high degree of education, it is for your own good to reject you." Feeling helpless, he took another resume and asked Bain, " Didn't you tell the people at the grade office that Grande just ended its halfway house contract with the city government? Do these job seekers know that they may work and live with ex-convicts?" Zach really couldn't understand. The reason for Grande’s popularity.
Bain lowered his eyebrows and said, "I told him, I even subtracted from him the news about criminals beating reporters at the beginning of the year."
"It's no use?" Zach tilted his mouth.
Bain shook his head, but what he said was, "It's useful." After saying that, he pushed the pile of resumes that he had reviewed and reserved for future use to Zach, and motioned for Zach to read them himself.
Zach was a little confused, but he still took the resume, flipped through it at random, and raised his eyebrows, "People with criminal records."
Federal law requires people with criminal records to include their convictions on their resumes when applying for jobs. What Zach is looking at now is a resume that lists his criminal record. After a quick flip through, I found that this pile of resumes were all resumes of people with criminal records.
Zach looked at Bain, not knowing what expression to put on, "You have been living with ex-criminals for the past six months. Have you gotten used to it? Have you left a bunch of ex-criminals as alternatives?"
Bain smiled directly, "In Grande, I know that the last thing I need to worry about is ex-criminals." Looking at Zach, he suddenly said seriously, "In the past six months, I have confirmed that these ex-criminals need to be found again. Ways to survive in this world.”
Zach didn't expect that the topic would suddenly turn serious, "If you had the right to decide, you wouldn't let the community improvement project end like this, right?"
Bain nodded, but quickly shook his head, "It's good that the community improvement project that has become a constraint for Grande is terminated like this." Bain pursed his lips, "I don't know what to say. Hmm. ...Anyway, Grande has proven that he can 'reform' these ex-criminals. This is Grande's ability. He has found the value of existence for Logan, Evan, Xiyun, and Miles. This is something other than any other criminal in this city. It’s something that even businesses can’t do. The city government doesn’t recognize Grande’s good intentions and is trying to restrict Grande with this project. That’s the city government’s problem.”
Zach raised his eyebrows, probably feeling what Bain meant, "If Grande has the ability, he can do it himself. There is no need to follow the rules and regulations of the city government and look at the face of bureaucracy."
Bain's face instantly unfolded, "Yes, that's what I mean!"
Zach nodded and looked back at the resume with criminal records in his hand, "In this case, if you are selecting people for the purpose of being loyal to Grande, you should really choose from these ex-criminals."
Bain looked helpless again and pushed another pile of resumes in front of Zach. There were not as many criminals as there were money criminals, but there were quite a few.
Zach took the new resume and flipped through it quickly. He didn't see anything special. He just noticed that this pile of resumes seemed to be from outsiders.
"These?"
"Aliens." Bain pursed his lips, "Lily has a list of aliens who have been approved by Emilia and settled in Barton. When I saw a lot of resumes from other places, I thought that there might be some aliens who know you and want to Come to Grande to work for you. Then, compare it, and sure enough... "
Zach got it.
The two main competitors for Grande's job are ex-criminals who can cultivate Grande's loyalty, and aliens who have the loyalty of Toledo.
If you want to save trouble, the latter is naturally better. But if you choose the latter, it will be a bit like the slime who forced himself to come to Grande and then died. He knows too well that the other party only wants to please Toledo deliberately, and Zac always rejects the other party.
"What do you think?" Zach decided to ask Bane what he thought. Although he knows that he is the one who ultimately decides who comes to work in Grande, Zach also knows that his choice will determine who Bane's future neighbors will be.
"Honestly, I don't care." Zach was really unprepared. Bain faced Zach, "I have been working in Grande for more than a year, and Grande has always treated me very well. I Already have savings to move out of Grande.”
Zach blinked, "Even at Barton's current house price?"
Bain nodded, "Even at Barton's current house price. But of course, it's just a down payment."
Well, Zach has to admit that he is very good to this human employee who has always done his job no matter what is happening around him, and he has never been stingy in terms of treatment. "Then you...are you ready to move out?"
"Grand is still the safest place in the city in my opinion." Bain did not answer directly, but said, "However, I have never told my family the truth about Grand."
Haven't you said anything yet? This Bain is also tolerable.
Zach understood, "So your sense of security is not your family's sense of security."
Bain, "Don't get me wrong, my wife doesn't think Grande is bad. In the past, she just felt that you were a little distant. But since you occasionally asked her to come here to take care of Adam, the distance is not so obvious. She I understand that no matter what happens in Grandry and how those ex-criminals make trouble, they will somehow not interfere with our family's life." There seemed to be a comfortable smile on Bain's lips, "She didn't know why, but she accepted it. This fact. She is such a woman. When the factory (Hermann) was closed and I lost my job, I brought my whole family to Grande, and she didn’t ask why. She was the kind of woman who didn’t understand and didn’t ask. Write it down. A wife who can live by the facts. I, I... feel lucky, but at the same time a little bit... "
Because Bain ran out of words and didn't finish what he said, Zach filled in for him, "Ashamed. As a husband, you shouldn't expect your wife to be 'sensible enough to not ask why.'"
Bain really looked ashamed, "Yes."
Zach raised his hand and patted Bain. "It's not your fault. The problem of aliens is indeed too complicated. You want to provide your wife and children with a living environment without the influence of aliens. I completely understand and support it."
"Thank you" Bain seemed relieved.
Zach looked back at his resume. He still had to decide whether he was an ex-criminal or an alien. "Have you made plans to interview these people?"
"It's settled." This change of topic was acceptable to Bain, "Tomorrow. Foreign race in the morning, human in the afternoon." He added, "Maybe I got it mixed up." After all, there is no race on the resume.
Tomorrow's troubles will be considered tomorrow. Zach didn't want to look at his resume anymore, patted Bain, walked back to the back porch, took a look at the quiet living area, curled his lips, and walked to the warehouse.
The high school group is here. They are preparing to solve the school's social project this weekend. Each group of people occupied a corner and wrote their project report.
"Alice, you haven't arranged the Grande employee interview tomorrow, right?"
As soon as Alice raised her head, Laura snatched her words away, "She has!"
Okay, then Zach asked Laura, "What's the arrangement?"
"You don't have to worry!"
Zach wanted to ignore Laura and looked back at Alice, "I will be your employee in the future." This was intended to arouse Alice's sense of responsibility.
Just as Alice raised her head again, her words were snatched away from her again. It was Maya who said, "The one who has been beaten will be chosen according to the standards of Reutzmich."
Neither ex-criminals nor aliens could live up to Reutschmich's standards. Maya means that it doesn’t matter who Grande chooses to come in now, because they will be trained and submissive by the Banshee anyway~
Zach tilted his head. It seemed that this was the truth. It seemed that there would be no more trouble tomorrow and he was in a better mood. His eyes turned to Sissi, "What are your plans for tomorrow?" Zach was persistent.
It took a long time for Sissi to raise her head and look at Zach, "Are you asking me?" She was really surprised. She didn't expect that this vampire would take the initiative to talk to her.
"Yes." Zach said simply. As for the reason for asking Sissi, Zach felt that Sissi owed him (Zach almost convinced Maya to accept Sissi's proposal) and would answer honestly.
"You asked the wrong person, tomorrow is Sunday." Sissi lowered her head again, writing her social project report quickly, "I am not included in their arrangements."
Ah, that's right. As a saint, Sissi's Sunday schedule is fixed.
Zach glanced around the warehouse and looked at Caesar. There is a difference between these high school students and Zac, not in terms of emotional closeness or distance, but in terms of priority in conversation. Caesar is the current one, "You will... tomorrow..."
She was interrupted by Alice, "We're just going shopping tomorrow. This project took a week, and we want to relax." She raised her head and smiled briefly.
Zach glanced at the high school students who all bowed their heads and said, "Oh~ That's fun~" and stopped asking.