Test 1

Chapter 51 Test 1

In the next few days, I continued to visit the merchant guild. It is true what Adelia said before, several people came from small towns around the Town of Llyne who were interested in participating in this selection. Two days after I came to the guild, the number of people who were interested in participating even became more. After I told Adelia to recruit those with skills in cooking, more people became interested in becoming cooks in my club as well. Due to this situation, I decided to do the selection as well because there was no way I could employ all of them.

For people who meet the criteria to work as a waiter and waitress, I only get half what I need. It is quite difficult to find a waiter that meets the criteria, as for a waitress, there are already six people who are willing to work for me. Three of the six people were acquaintances of Adelia, previously they worked in several restaurants and inns in this city, because of the pandemic some time ago, the business they worked for was affected. Because of their attractive appearance, the business owners tried to keep them, but because the business was not doing well, they couldn't pay their salaries with some amount as before. Having received an offer from Adelia to work for me with a much higher salary, they did not hesitate to accept the offer.

Tomorrow is the day when the selection starts. Argus and Gert who had the task of repeating their assessment had already met me three days after that day, their explanation became much better. Actually, I don't care about their assessment, I just want them to get used to it.

In addition, they can use their experience to select the best employees, now they know how good an assessment is, and it must be able to be understood. Not everyone has the ability to assess something very well for their first time, which is why next time anyone can do it well with these liquors when it is their first time tasting them, I will immediately recruit them.

"Is there a problem with the building design I gave yesterday?" I asked the head of the project. I provide the building design with all the information on what to add.

"No problem, Boss. Everything can be done, it's just that it will take a little longer to complete."

"Good, after everything is finished, proceed to the finishing process. By the way, find some workers who can lay stones well, I need some people to build something in my mansion."

"I'll look for it, Boss. When do they have to start working?"

"Tomorrow morning, come to my mansion, I will tell them what they have to do."

After that, I returned to Le Réseau to prepare all the liquors that will be used for tomorrow's test.

I bought three bottles for each of them along with several cups. I'll split the test time. The first day was wine and champagne, I realized it was impossible to ask them to taste all the liquors as there are some of them that are very different from one another. If they tasted all of them at the same time, people would only focus on one or two drinks that had a unique taste, while drinks with similar tastes, such as scotch, rye and bourbon whiskey, would not be remembered by them in detail.

I made a schedule, so they could focus more on just a few drinks. The first day, wine and champagne. The second day is vodka, tequila, brandy and gin. The last day is whiskey and rum. I've also told the examiners to come on a day that matches the liquors they're handling.

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The next day.

"Depa, can you get some people to bring these drinks to the guild? Just give it to Adelia, also convey my message to her to help me prepare the room to be used for the test." It's very troublesome to carry these 18 bottles of liquor alone, I have to stop by the mansion first too.

"Very well, Boss."

When I got to the mansion, the workers were already there.

'Luckily, I prepared everything from a few days ago.' I bought several packs of cement and a steel door a few days ago.

"Boss, what should we do?"

"Come on in, I'll explain what you have to do."

Inside, I lead them into a room on the first floor.

"Here I want you to build one more layer of walls, cover this wall with new walls using this mortar. After that, replace the door with this steel door, do it like we did when we installed the window before" That is right, this is a vault. I will use this room to store all the money generated by all my businesses in this town.

I can't possibly be in this town all the time because I'm planning to expand my business to other towns, that's why I need a place to store all the money in this town. In addition, this mansion will be used as my business headquarters in this region. The people who will take care of my business in this town will work here, they are the ones who will send reports to me when I have to restock the merchandise and take care of all the administration such as taxes and employee salaries.

Sooner or later, my business will be in all the small towns in this region. Apart from hiring more people to take care of it, I also had to hire and train more security personnel. They will be in charge of supervising the distribution of merchandise to small towns and taking money from there to be stored here.

"Good morning, Mr. Nine, everything is ready. The liquors brought by your employees have been placed in the room that will be used for selection."

"Thank you, Adelia. I've been troubling you early in the morning like this."

"That's not a problem at all, Mr. Nine." Adelia answered me with a smile.

"Has the number of people participating in the selection increased?"

"Only two more people arrived, they just arrived yesterday afternoon."

"So there are 55 people who will participate in the selection, is that correct? How many cooks are interested in working for me?"

"That's right, Mr. Nine, there are 22 cooks who are interested in working for you. Are they going to do tests too?"

"Yes, they must be tested and pass the selection. I didn't know that many people would be interested. Did they all come today?"

"I think so."

"Before the bartender test starts, please send everyone who wants to be a cook to enter the test room. There is some information I have to tell them."

"Okay, Mr. Nine, I'll convey it to them." "Wait a minute, Adelia ..." I stopped her.

"What's wrong, Mr. Nine?"

"Did you record the information on the people who will participate in the selection?"

"Yes, I recorded everything. Do you need it?"

"Can I read it, I need their information, so they can't lie to me."

"Okay, I'll take it. Wait a minute."

Adelia returns with a document containing information on the people who will participate in the selection. I tagged people who came from another town.

"Mr. Nine, all the cooks are already in the room." After everyone was in the room, me and Selvi entered. I already explained to Selvi what I was going to do, and she has prepared everything.

"Ahem, I appreciate your enthusiasm for those who want to work for me, especially those of you who come from another town."

"Because so many people are interested, while I can only employ a maximum of 12 people, I will recruit you who pass the selection test. I will hire those of you who have better skills than others because at the place where you will work, your customers are nobles and wealthy people. That's why I will only choose the best."

"The test will be held in four days because I appreciate your enthusiasm, I will cover accommodation costs while waiting for the test day for all of you who came from another town." Hearing my words, those people from another town felt relieved.

"This doesn't make sense, why only are they given money. Besides, I'm already willing to work for you, why should I take the test. There is no one better than me here." A man arrogantly spoke like that.

"The first point is that since they are from another town and have no place to live, those of you who are from this town have their own places. So I don't have the responsibility for that. Second point, if you believe your abilities are better than others, then you don't have to worry about that test."

"I don't need to take the test, I'm a cook in a luxury restaurant in this town."

"Luxury restaurant in this town? Do you mean the restaurant in the square."

"That's right, now you know that I don't have to take the test anymore. You already know what I'm capable of. Many nobles love my cooking."

"Are you stupid? I don't care where you worked before. After all, why don't you continue working there if you really have that kind of ability. Oh, I know. With your bad character like this, I'm sure the restaurant owner can't take it anymore. Besides, their business is going downhill now because my restaurant is more preferred by the nobles and wealthy people in this town."

"You know what, you don't have to go through the selection. I don't need you in my business."

"You! You will see. Your business is not going well!" he got angry and left the room. After everything calmed down, I was helped by Selvi and Adelia to distribute money to those from another town. People from this town can't lie by claiming to be from another town because I have their information.