Gifts

Chapter 20 Gifts

After one week, the liquor store and cafe that I bought before were ready to open. During this one week I train the employees in the cafe to get used to new recipes, such as vanilla cake and strawberries cake, donuts with sugar topping and tiramisu because I also decided to sell tea and coffee here, when the shop get famous I will add another variants of food and drinks.

I also told the employees here to pick up food and drink supplies at the spice shop.

While I was training new employees, Selvi also trained Depa and Fina to become managers in these two new business. The four new employees I hired from the orphanage will take their place in the spice shop and two others will help Depa in the liquor store.

I gave them a note containing information about all the items to be sold so they could explain to the buyers, especially those who worked in liquor store.

Besides wine, this shop will sell variety of alcoholic drinks such as sake, vodka, gin, rum, whiskey and brandy. For beer, mead or hard cider, I plan to sell it later with the concept of a bar and more suitable to be in the commoner residential area.

Like the previous wine, I bought these alcoholic drinks which are priced at 100 $, 500 $ and 1000 $ and will be sold at 5 WGC, 10 WGC and 20 WGC. Because in this world there is no "Distilled Drinks" alcohol (Liquors and Spirits), I sell these drinks at high price.

On the first day the two shops operating, after Selvi and I made sure all the items were available, I brought a bottle of vodka, rum and whiskey to Count Llyne's house and a set of wine glass with a different shape than the one he had bought before. Besides that I also brought tea, coffee and vanilla cake as a present for Mrs. Llyne and Cyra.

"Stop! This is Count Llyne's residence. Who are you? " The gatekeeper stopped me as I approached the Llyne family mansion.

"Hello, gentlemen, my name is Nine, the owner of Le Réseau. I came here to give a gift to Count Llyne because he has helped the business that I have. " I introduced myself and gave them several gold coins.

"Wait here, I will report it to Sir Count." One guard then walked into the house.

After about two minutes the guard returned and escorted me inside.

"Good afternoon Count Llyne, I apologize for disturbing your time." I greet him. As usual he was accompanied by his butler.

"Ouu, please sit down."

"Count Llyne, I brought some gifts for you as a celebration because today I am opening new shops." I opened the gift that I brought.

"Looks like you brought another special drinks, I really like the wine you gave me last time. I even ordered my Butler to buy it at your shop, but there isn't any. "

"I apologize, sir, that wine and some other types of liquor will be sold in the new shop which is right next to the old shop. Because this liquor can only be found where I came from, so the item just arrived. And these are some types of liquor that I recommend. " then i explained several types of liquor that i bought to count Llyne as he tasted it.

"This Vodka has a very strong taste, not many people will like it. But I know some people who will really love this. " Count Llyne commented.

"I also brought presents for Mrs. Llyne and Cyra. This is a product that I will sell at the cafe that I just opened, namely vanilla cake, tea and coffee. You only need to brew tea and coffee with hot water, you can also put sugar into this drink if you don't like the bitter taste. Besides that you can also mixed it with milk. " I explained to Count Llyne.

"Don, make this drink as Nine explained and call Liz and Cyra here."

"Right away, sir." The butler then left the room.

Soon the butler returned with several servants who brought coffee and tea. Then Mrs. Llyne and Cyra arrived.

They tried the coffee, tea and vanilla cake that I brought.

"This drink has a unique taste and aroma." Count Llyne commented after drinking coffee. It seems like he prefers coffee that doesn't sweet.

Whereas Mrs. Llyne prefers sweet tea and Cyra likes sweet milk tea.

"Wow, I really like this cake. I can smell the aroma like the perfume that I use from this cake. " Cyre commented very happily after tasting the vanilla cake, and it seemed like the others liked it as well.

"This cake was made with the same ingredients as the ingredients used in perfume, that is vanilla. But because of its small production, all ingredients made from vanilla are quite expensive. " I explained

After they tasted the gift I brought, I felt closer to the Llyne family and that was a good sign. I can run my business safely as long as the Llyne family rules here. Besides that they will also recommend my merchandise to other noble families because they like it.

Then i left the mansion accompanied by the butler.

"Mr. Don, can you send someone to my shop to get some other liquor?"

"With pleasure, Mr. Nine."

I returned to the store and gave the servant another liquor that I had not brought before.

Seeing the response from the Llyne family, I decided to limit the people who could buy vanilla.

"Selvi, hide vanilla and replace it with coffee and tea. From now on only certain people can buy vanilla, like high-level noble families in this city. "

"Shouldn't we sell it? Considering the price is very expensive, it will be very profitable if many people buy it. "

"I will make vanilla as a unique ingredient that can only be enjoyed in the cafe that I opened, and can only be bought by elite people."

"Alright Nine, it seems like a good idea if you are going to open another cafe in another city."

After all the business was done and the shops ran smoothly, I shifted my focus to the orphanage. Previously I planned to train the children there to count and do martial arts. I will hire these children when they grow up, those who can fight later will be assigned to be guard at the shops.

In the morning I will taught these children to count together with Aunt Mel and others. And in the afternoon I will train boys and some girls who were interested in martial arts.