Waiting was helpless. James gloomily tried not to listen to the sounds coming from the other side, such as—
"Do you want to open up the upper and lower floors?" The question asked in a deliberately high-frequency voice naturally came from Zach. "That way we will not have many fewer rooms on the second floor. If we want to expand more employees, won't we be occupied?" Influence?"
The answer is, "We looked at your warehouse in the south. Grande has plenty of land. It would be better if the main building is larger. After all, you are now the only traditional funeral business in Barton. Just like Lister's Lister Building, it is Iconic building, you know, iconic! You asked for mirrors to increase the sense of space, right? You also realized that the main building of Grande is indeed a bit small, but if you think about it, employees don’t actually need it. Also live here, you can build separate staff quarters…”
Here we talk about Grande’s original architectural layout. Well, it should be said that the former funeral home was funded by the municipal government, so the layout was an old-fashioned two-story building with nothing fancy - the lower part was the work area and the upper part was the living area.
The normal configuration of a funeral home includes, in addition to the owner, a coffin maker, a tombkeeper, a handyman, and a maintenance person for daily necessities. A complete funeral home staff could fill the empty space on the second floor.
But Grande has become special since the last generation. For reasons that everyone knows, Old Grande and Old Hank used their niche lifestyle as a reason. Starting from them, the South District The complete package of Grande is no longer available for disassembly.
The only reason why our vampire Grande can take over this business is that people in the South District are too idle. The farmers who work in the fields are always willing to make extra money, eat a few meals from the Grande, receive some pocket money, and work part-time as hired workers in a funeral home. All they have to pay is to carry the coffin twice and shovel the soil.
Zach stared at the drawings. Actually, I'm a little hesitant. It's not like he really told him that he was worried about recruiting employees in the future, it was just to make James angry.
Zach's concern is that according to the drawings they produced today, they are much more detailed than the drawings Louise showed him yesterday. Zach could foresee that the project would be huge, which meant a lot of time would be consumed.
Along the long side of the 'L' shaped building, the pattern will be completely changed.
The walls of the original showroom and reception room will be completely opened. The entire first floor serves as an exhibition hall for the traditional funeral industry. In addition to the coffin, items used for sacrifice can also be placed for sale, such as garlands and ornaments. A wide manor-style curved staircase was added to the east side, leading to the second floor.
The key word is the 'only sign' of the traditional funeral industry in Barton. If you don't cover everything, there will be no room for it. It shouldn't be as thin and deserted as it is now.
Most of the current ceiling on the first floor will be removed, leaving only a small portion of the south side of the current showroom and reception room as the corridor on the second floor that connects the east staircase on the first floor. Provide a high and wide space for the new showroom so that guests who come in will not feel depressed.
A counter and reception facilities will be added below the corridor to become Louise's working place - the reception. That is, the Grande facade.
Now part of the office ceiling has been removed to make room for a lift, which is convenient for some elderly people with limited mobility, because the real Grande office is on the second floor. The space below the ceiling that is left in the office now can only be used as a reception room for guests to rest and wait for public use.
The second floor above is the office. The east side is connected to the corridor and stairs of the new showroom, and the west side is connected to the elevator from the reception room. The side door directly leads into the only remaining staff living space in Grande, which is the short side of the 'L' shape that has not been decorated and designed, the stairwell, dining room, and kitchen.
The staff encouraged Zach, "The office and the reception room are separated from the upper and lower floors. Funerals are private matters. You don't want those customers to be like this when they are talking about women. Realize that there may be other people behind the wall next to you." …”
Not a wall, but two floors, plus an elevator, can we create a safe and secure feeling? Well, think about it. It does seem to be...
This amount of work is no longer the simple rough work of the southern warehouse, which Benjamin could put up in a day by inserting wooden stakes.
"By the way..." The staff hesitated, "We took a look at your south warehouse yesterday. Some of them, um, were unsafe... Which company made them..."
"Hehehe." Zach smiled dryly, there was no need to tell the other party these details! The unsafeness of the warehouse has long been confirmed by Crowley's Cerberus, "What? In addition to design and decoration, do you also have construction business?"
Probably because they didn't hear Zach reject their plan, they felt that this big deal was about to be finalized. The staff who had been explaining to Zach went a step further, "We don't have one, but we have a partner! If it's qualified, If Rand needs it, I can help you contact the staff dormitories and warehouse renovations that you are worried about! I can help you arrange the price and construction team!"
The guy handed over a business card very smoothly, "Austin." Zach smiled and put away the business card, "Thanks for the suggestion, I will consider it."
Although he didn't agree directly, the guy named Austin didn't show any disappointment. He returned to his duties and explored Zach's meaning expectantly, "Well, Mr. Grande, what do you think of this plan?" , I gave a brief summary to Miss Louise yesterday, and this is the completed content. If possible, we can start construction tomorrow."
Zach calmly glanced at James who was sitting in the office, looking at him gloomily from time to time, lowered his head, and thought for a while.
This was not the only plan Louise came up with last night, but among several plans that maintained the original layout of Grande, this was definitely the most labor-intensive one! It is the one that has the greatest benefit to Austin, and what he said makes sense. Whether it is the only logo or the effect of pattern adjustment.
Looking at James, he seemed to be pretty cool. Zach nodded, "Okay." He looked at the other party with a relaxed look on his face, "Now you go to the second floor and plan the second floor living area of this plan. .”
Don’t forget, Zach’s previous request included turning the master bedroom into a rec room, and the first floor was completely redone, so the upper part naturally had to be reorganized.
"Of course!" Austin was very happy, calling to his colleagues, preparing tools and going upstairs.
Zach led people to the office and glanced at James, "Also, there is no need to start work tomorrow. Grande has been a little busy recently and has many things to deal with, so there is no time. I will notify you when we can start work."
For people who don't know the inside story, such as Austin, Zach is talking about the Bishop family's funeral, which has already been widely spread.
For Grande, it's tomorrow, Thursday, when King arrives at the Republic.
For James, this is a bit strange. It depends on the letter he has been holding in his hand. Whether the content is worth making Zach more busy and needs to be dealt with. (..)