More Detailed Plan

Chapter 50 More Detailed Plan

After three days passed, today I planned to visit the merchants' guild to see if anyone was interested in taking part in the selection. After rethinking how many employees should be recruited, I made the decision that 12 people were not enough. Besides selling liquors, I would also sell coffee and tea in the elite club. I will divide the drinks according to time, in the afternoon, there is coffee and tea. Wine and champagne are always available both day and night. Other liquors like whiskey, brandy, absinthe and others only exist at night, that's why I have to employ more than 12 people in charge of handling the drink menu.

Apart from that, I also had to start looking for a waiter and waitress, cooks and staff in the entertainment area. That's right, besides adding coffee and tea, I also plan to add an entertainment area in the club. There will be tables of poker, blackjack, roulette and dice games, it will be very awkward if there is no entertainment. People will only drink and gather if they have nothing to talk about, what will they do? Just standing and staring at each other? That's why there must be entertainment to make the atmosphere more lively here. Besides, most of the nobles have a lot of money. With a game like this, they can vent their desire to gamble.

To make it easier for me to plan what to add, I drew the layout of the building. The first floor, directly facing the entrance, is a bar between two stairs leading to the second floor. The bar is integrated with the kitchen behind it, in the kitchen there is a ladder leading to the basement which is used as food ingredients and beverage storage. To facilitate the transfer of goods, the back door of the kitchen is enlarged and a new gate is made in the backyard.

There is the entertainment area where the game tables are placed, and, of course, there is a chip exchange counter on the right wing of the building. On the left wing of the building there is a place to relax and socialize, there are many sofas and tables. In addition, I will also add a terrace on the outside, place more tables and chairs and build gazebos close to it for people to relax and enjoy tea and cakes on a beautiful afternoon. Noblewomen will definitely like it. Apart from that, I will also provide some board games such as chess, checkers and othello for people who are not interested in gambling.

It will only be used by club employees on the second floor, they can rest there. I will also invite them to live here if they have no place to live in this town. The room is quite spacious, can be occupied by 18 people using bunk beds, and there is still enough room for their wardrobe. There are four rooms that can be used, two rooms each on the right and left wing of the building. In addition, there is another room facing the stairs, this room will be made into a manager's office, that is where the safe will be placed to store all the money generated from this place.

"Before going to the guild, I'd better go to the renovation site first." Today I will teach the construction workers how to install the window that I bought before. Since I don't use a drilling machine, I will install it permanently with concrete, it will be very troublesome to replace the glass later because I have to destroy the surrounding wall, but I have no other choice.

"Boss, everything's ready. Will the window be installed today?"

"Yes, I want you to choose a few people who can work carefully to put glass into their frames. I will wait inside, I will guide them." He quickly looked for some people who had the ability I needed to install the window panes.

With their help, we can easily install the glass into the window frame. After everything was ready, the cement I had bought from the internet arrived.

"What is this, Boss? It looks like a lime mortar, but the color is darker."

"This is our version of lime mortar. We call it "Cement", not only lime, but there is a mixture of iron powder and other materials in it. I can be sure this powder is much stronger than lime mortar."

"Do you know how to make it, Boss?" He looked at me with a face full of hope, hoping I taught them how to make it.

"No, all of this was made by someone else. I'm just a merchant." Of course I'm lying, with all the information I can get on the internet, I know how to produce it. But there was no point in telling them how to make cement, it was different if I had territory. I will produce the cement myself and strengthen the defense of my territory. But that is not possible in the near future.

"Just like using lime mortar, mix this cement with sand, water and gravel. Then, position this window using wood and fill the gap between the window and the wall using this mixture, to hold the cement mixture, cover it with boards around it." I guide them to install the window to the wall, after making a few mistakes, they managed to install two windows well. Seeing that they were used to it, I handed it back to the head of the project to monitor them.

As I had planned in the morning, I continued my journey to the merchants' union.

"Good afternoon, Adelia. Is anyone interested in my notifications?"

"Hi, Mr. Nine. There are some people who are willing to take part in the selection. I can make sure they have the qualifications to take part in the selection. Actually, there are more people who want to take part in it, but most of them do not have basic qualifications."

"How do you select them, Adelia."

"I asked them questions like whether they knew how beer or wine was made. Only a few of them can answer, of course I didn't make the questions, I asked Mr Winefred's help to make some questions like that."

"Those who can answer those questions are those who have worked in this field, such as in wineries, breweries, and employees or owners of taverns. Because of the pandemic that happened before, many taverns were closed. That's why many of them are interested in working with you."

"May I know, can the notice be issued in the merchant guild in another town? Or a small town around here."

"Your notice has been published in all the small towns in this region, Mr. Nine. All notices published in the capital of the region will also be published in the small towns' guild under it. Only special notifications, such as notices of recruiting soldiers to go to war, as happened several years ago, will be published in all over the places of the kingdom."

"Everything is at a certain level, if you publish a notice in the Count Llyne territory, automatically your notification will be in all cities in the Count Llyne territory. You can also apply for special publications at a merchant guild in the City of Reinshire, the capital of Reingart Dukedom. If you get permission, your notice can be published in all cities in Reingart Dukedom." Adelia explained to me how the merchants' guild notifications work.

"I thought the notification will be only be available in this town, like a town hall notification."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Nine. It's my fault because I didn't give you accurate information before."

"Hey, that doesn't matter. Anyway, you have helped me do the initial selection. With your help, I don't need to test them with basic knowledge anymore. I can finish the selection quickly later."

"I think in the coming days there will be more people interested in joining your selection. After your notice is published in other town, those who are interested will come here. Maybe there are some of them who are on their way here now."

"If there are those who really need a job, let them participate in the selection, Adelia. If they can't work with booze, I'll work them somewhere else. I'm also looking for people who can work in the kitchen, offer them if any of them have cooking skills."

"Other than that, you also asked those who have beautiful and handsome faces, are they willing to work as waiters. I have prepared a place for them to live, as long as they have an attractive appearance, can work well and have skill in what they do, I will pay them higher than employees who work in luxury restaurants in this town."

"For cooks, if many are interested, I will also test them like what I did with this position."

"How much do you need?"

"About 10 cooks and 15 waiters. For waiters, I need 10 women and 5 men, if no one meets the criteria, I will look for it elsewhere. If you have an acquaintance who wants to work for me, you can recommend it to me, Adelia."

"Hmmm, I know some people who meet your criteria, Mr. Nine. I will ask them if they want to work for you later."

"Thank you. In that case, I'll be back in a few days."

"You don't need to worry, Mr. Nine. I will make sure everything goes well."