Test 3

Chapter 53 Test 3

The next day, the second day of employee selection is carried out. Today they will taste vodka, brandy, tequila and gin. Only five people will be recruited today, three people will handle vodka, brandy and absinthe that I don't use for this selection test. The other two people will be in charge of gin and tequila, they will all learn how to make cocktails with the drinks they handle.

Unlike the wine and champagne that are available both day and night, these liquors are only available at night. That's why they don't have shifts, so they have fewer people. Previously, I recruited four people in charge of wine and four people in charge of champagne because they would work in pairs, two people during the day and two people at night.

Gert and Kiles will be the examiners for today, Argus and Mott will be examiners tomorrow. As before, I also brought some employees of Le Réseau and Selvi to help me. We came quite early today, but people who will take today's test are already queuing inside the guild building. Adelia, who came earlier than us, was already busy arranging them, I felt bad for her who was so busy because of my business. I will reward her more than before.

"Good morning, Mr. Nine. Everything is ready." Adelia greeted me with the sweet smile she used to do.

"Good morning, Adelia. Sorry we came late, I didn't know the participants would come this early."

"They seem more excited today, maybe because Mr. Winefred is no longer their examiner today, hehehe."

"Maybe it's like that, I saw their expressions get better yesterday after I told them that the examiners today weren't Winefred."

"Will the test start earlier, or will it start like yesterday?" She asked.

"Maybe soon, I'm sure you haven't had breakfast. You better have breakfast and rest first, you are already very busy early in the morning like this." I didn't start the test right away because I wanted Adelia to rest first. If I start the test, I'm sure she'll help me instead of resting.

While waiting, I asked Selvi.

"Selvi, what about Adelia?"

"Huh? What do you mean, Nine?"

"Can she replace your position and work well?"

"I think she can do it better than me, with her experience working in the guild, I'm sure she can manage your business in this town very well."

"I also think that way. Previously I had offered her to manage my business while we were in another town, but she still hesitated to accept it. Can you speak to her, Selvi?"

"I'll talk to her later when all of this is over."

"Thank you, if she accepts it, I can take you to another town in peace. I'm sure we can build more business quickly in another town because I don't have to worry about my business in this town. With you, Argus and Irene, we can train new workers with ease." Hearing my words, Selvi just smiled.

After Adelia finished her breakfast and I told her to rest for a bit, 40 minutes later, we started today's test.

Like yesterday, I divided them into groups of five. Of the 55 people who took the test on the first day, only 44 came today. That means there are three people who gave up taking this test.

The second day of the test, nothing special happened, the participants looked more relaxed today because Gert and Kiles were not like Winefred who were very critical with their evaluation. Gert and Kiles didn't say much, so I felt bored with today's test. When Winefred is the examiner of the test, I can relax because I trust his judgment. Today I had to work more focused when I heard their explanation because I couldn't completely trust Gert and Kiles' judgment.

After all the participants finished taking the test, we discussed how to determine who passed the selection. During the discussion, there were some people they considered to have qualifications, but I didn't agree with them because I thought there was someone else who was much better than them. Because of that, I chose three people whom the three of us agreed on because their abilities were better than the others and the remaining two people based on my own judgment, Gert and Kiles couldn't argue with my choice.

Of the five people who passed the selection, there were two people who came from small towns in the north and east of Llyne town. So far there have been five people from other towns, I don't regret having to cover their living expenses during the test as I'm sure some of them have the abilities I need.

The next day, the last day's bartender selection took place. Today I, Selvi, Argus, Mott, and some of the Le Réseau employees came to the guild earlier than yesterday because I realized that the participants came to the guild very early. After seeing what happened yesterday, we came early in the morning because I felt bad for Adelia and the other guild employees for being so busy early in the morning because of my personal matters. That's why we came much earlier to take care of everything ourselves.

Not long after we arrived, Adelia came to the guild and immediately helped us.

"Selvi, can you get someone to buy breakfast?"

"What do you want for breakfast, Nine?"

"Anything, I follow what you want."

"Okay, I'll have them to buy it."

"Boss, you don't have to buy it. I already asked Irene to make breakfast and coffee for us. I think she will arrive soon." Sure enough, in less than 15 minutes, Irene came with breakfast for us.

After we finished taking care of all the equipment and arranging for the participants who started arriving, we took a break first for breakfast.

"Boss, today only 23 people came. Looks like many participants had given up on taking today's test." One of the Le Réseau employees who helped me report the number of attendees for the day.

"No problem, we only need six people today." The six people, including three people who will become baristas and a "tea sommelier". The original plan, I would only provide coffee and tea during the day. But if there are a lot of club members who want to enjoy coffee and tea at night, maybe I will provide it at night too, but I won't provide any alcoholic drinks other than wine and champagne during the day.

When the tests started, Mott became the best examiner of the four of them. Mott had a good observation that during the test he was really focused on listening to their explanations.

"Are you a tavern owner?" Mott asked a woman participant.

"No, I only work as a waiter."

"Are you from this town?"

The woman shook her head, "I came from Mirstone."

"Ohh Mirstone, that place is famous for its wine production. Although Boss's wines are of much higher quality, Mirstone wines are more popular among the middle to lower class. For someone who works as a waiter, you have very good observations."

"Look, Argus. Her explanation is three times better than yours."

"Aren't you exaggerating, I'm not that bad!"

"Hey! The boss gave you three days to taste that liquors, and you can't explain it very well. Look, he's tasting whiskey for the first time today and can explain it very well. It took you more than five days to do the same as she did." Mott and Argus began bickering with each other as they always did.

I agree with Mott's assessment, this woman is a very fast learner. On the first day, she couldn't do what she did today. I started seeing her progress on the second day, but it wasn't good enough. On the third day, she got a lot better. I marked her as a participant who passed the selection, she did not give up and learned from what she had gone through so that she became better than before. I need someone like her, someone who has the will to learn.

After finding two people who would work with whiskey and one person for rum, I selected three more people who I felt had the ability to study very well. I will teach them to become a barista because in the absence of modern equipment, I have to find some information about what drinks they can make.

Next, I gathered everyone who had passed the selection to sign their contracts and gave some information about what they should do later.