New Gods of North America.

Chapter 290 Contact
Wayne didn't have to go to the restaurant at noon today. Doug and Sanders parked the carriage under the shade of trees on the roadside not far from a teaching building.
Then Wayne walked over, said hello, and got into the carriage, and saw a dinner plate covered with a hemispherical metal lid.

When I opened it, I saw a hamburger inside that looked bigger than a roast chicken.

Although Chef Parker was a bit fancy and provided a knife and fork, it is probably impossible to eat this size without a knife and fork...

The strong man Sanders was guarding the carriage. Doug knocked on the door of the carriage and opened the door after Wayne agreed to come in.

Then Doug began to report:

"Sir, I have already reached a preliminary agreement with the newly recruited peripheral members. They are currently willing to stay in the detective agency to take classes and learn some professional knowledge required by the detective agency.

"Because the partners have been busy recently, I plan to ask the old agents who have listened to the partners' lectures to talk about some of the courses that have already been taken. What do you think of this?"

Sure, we have started to tinker with "pass on, help, and guide".

Doug is quite forward thinking in this regard.

Wayne was fighting with a giant hamburger. He flattened it and then cut it open. His jaw was almost dislocated, but he still couldn't bite it straight up.
Hearing this, he just nodded, "I think there is no problem. But I still want to emphasize that if you are teaching, the content of the lecture must be based on the version reviewed by the partners, and the content of the lecture is not allowed to deviate too much from the topic and outline."

Wayne recently had a deep understanding of Professor David Lee's American History course. If people are allowed to express and interpret the class freely, the impact will be too great.

Doug hesitated for a moment, "Also, the newly recruited peripheral members have expressed their desire to become detectives, but the detective agency currently does not seem to have a clear standard in this regard, and many peripheral members have asked a lot of questions about this matter."

Clear standards...

The decision-making power must still be in the partners' meeting. Wayne thought about it:
"Let me give you a preliminary standard. We will classify the existing peripheral members as one group and rank them accordingly. Those who rank high in individual assessments, or have high overall scores, or have special advantages, will be included in the recommendation list for approval by the partners' meeting.

“But the minimum standard for being shortlisted is that your shooting and unlimited combat scores cannot be worse than Willy’s, unless you have extra points for professional scores like Willy.

"In the future, trainee detectives will be promoted to full detectives or senior detectives in the same way. By the way, the comprehensive evaluation will add a seniority score. Those who have been in the detective agency for a long time and have participated in many cases will be given appropriate extra points."

In fact, there are ready-made plans for many things. Anyway, the detective agency is just a makeshift team, so just copy them first.

Doug nodded and memorized.
Wayne was about to fight Hamburger again, and he asked, "According to the current situation, can I participate in the detective agency's current investigation?"

"can."

Wayne gave up struggling, picked up the knife and fork obediently, and unwrapped the hamburger on the plate.
Junk food instantly becomes a nutritious lunch with vegetables, meat, bread, and sauce to replenish salt.

Wayne gestured slightly.
“Doug, when you go back, tell Parker that a hamburger should be about this size. Otherwise, he won’t be able to bite it. He can’t consider hamburgers and hot dogs according to the size of pizza…”

Doug responded, "But sir, the investigation of the detective agency is currently led by Seth. If I get involved, then..."

Wayne glanced at Doug, and Doug stopped talking. Doug came from Kankers City, so he shouldn't have any intersection with the college church. Even if he was considering hiding the organization, it would be too exaggerated for him to start lurking before the detective agency was even established...

Wayne felt that Doug's performance might be considered a kind of "ambition", at least it didn't seem like a bad thing at the moment.

But when it comes to his familiarity with the academy and the people on campus, Wayne himself is not as good as Seth.
It's impossible to suddenly switch to Doug:
"How about this. If you participate, Seth will still arrange the action plan and detailed requirements, but you will be in charge of the specific personnel assignments.

"I must first emphasize that this investigation is different from all the previous ones for the detective agency. I don't want anyone to have problems due to personal reasons."

Doug was obviously delighted with Wayne's decision, "Yes, sir."

"By the way, before you came back, Inesa had already sent a letter to the Hunter Association in Kanks City. Some of the companions I know may come to join the detective agency soon. You will be responsible for the initial communication at that time.

"We will give a certain degree of preferential treatment to colleagues who have previously participated in the detective agency interview. In principle, they will be considered as trainee detectives.

"But you still have to follow the detective agency's rules. The lowest standard is still what I just said. If you can't accept or really don't meet the conditions, we can temporarily arrange accommodation and solve the travel expenses."

Wayne had a good impression of the companions he had met in Kanx City before.
After all, people who organize themselves spontaneously and are willing to help fight criminals, most likely without compensation, are more in line with Wayne's aesthetics from a personal perspective.

Doug agreed.
Wayne looked at the large pile of food on the plate and couldn't help asking, "Doug, have you and Sangers had lunch yet?"

Doug shook his head.

"No. In order to figure out how to make a delicious 'burger', Parker spent the whole morning making all kinds of fried meat patties, fried meat patties, and grilled meat patties... Although they are indeed delicious, the members at home may not want to eat meat for the next few days."

Well……

I can't find anyone to share the burden with...

Wayne divided the food on the plate into two parts and said, "After I finish eating, please help me deliver the rest to the dormitory. You don't have to deliver dinner to me tonight..."

Doug didn't keep staring at Wayne while he was eating. After the conversation, he got off the carriage and waited on the roadside with Sanders.

The lunch break was not particularly long. Wayne finished half of it with some difficulty, then closed the lid and burped in the carriage, ready to rest for a while and wait for the afternoon class.

Seth Grayson appeared quickly in the distance at this time. Perhaps he recognized Doug, so he quickly came over.

The two men talked for a while outside the carriage, then Doug knocked on the door of the carriage and opened it according to Wayne's response.

Seth stood outside the carriage and leaned his upper body slightly inside:
"Mr. Wayne, the contact who arranged my work before contacted me again. This time I specifically asked to meet him, saying that I had something important to hand over to him personally. He agreed to meet tonight, by the lake in the college."

oh?
The fish here will be caught first?
(End of this chapter)