I will never give in to Miss Death

"I'm increasingly feeling that it's the right decision to quit my job and come work here."

Putting the powerful graphics card in front of her, Elodie looked at this high-tech product, and seemed reluctant to let it go. "Age of Aquarius has been hyped for almost a year. I've also seen the movie, and it's very shocking. It would be best if this game could really be integrated with the Metaverse. I'm fed up with the current games that always involve daily tasks, dungeons, and ten consecutive draws for a big bonus."

“The upper limit of The Age of Aquarius is very high. It can be about human society, future science fiction, or magic…”

Su Yunjin nodded: "I know this game quite well. Ordinary players can make money with their own abilities, and then buy land and build houses. Players who like fighting can also specialize in technology and practice shooting. Those who like outer space can also develop in that direction."

"I heard……"

At this point, Ouyang Xue suddenly interrupted: "If the country takes over, then we can use our money directly to pay in this game. Is that true?"

"If everything goes according to plan, it's true."

Su Yunjin nodded: "We have now come to the most critical step. In the next two months, Aquarius Era will probably be open for public testing while the movie is gaining popularity. The basement of our coffee shop will be almost finished, and then we can move the equipment in... By the way, have you guys been down there to take a look?"

"seen it already."

I nodded: "It's completely different from the outside world."

I will always remember that night when Ouyang Xue, Elodie and I ran to the small passage behind the cats' living area, walked down the stairs to the basement, and were shocked by the light-polluted world.

It’s as if... just by standing there, you can feel that the whole world is full of technology, and you have the illusion that you have traveled to the future year 2077.

Various RGB light strips, floating screens, floating lights, a bar in the middle and small rooms around it... I believe it will be even more shocking when those small rooms are filled with new computers, CR equipment and host equipment.

Suddenly, I felt confident about opening an Internet cafe downstairs from a coffee shop.

If "The Age of Aquarius" can really be that amazing... No, even if the game can produce the scenes in the movie and perfectly restore the background setting of the game, it will already be considered a success.

"As long as you like it...Ouyang."

Seeing my appreciation for the underground floor, Su Yunjin turned to Ouyang Xue with satisfaction and asked, "How is the task of recruiting more waiters that I mentioned earlier going?"

"It's still just Philo."

Ouyang Xue signaled to Filo with her eyes, looking worried: "Boss, how can I have so much time? I am busy enough going to and from work and delivering goods every day. After get off work, I have to deal with trivial matters on the out-of-town and social software. The video also needs public relations. At most, it is to post a recruitment information online. If Nuo'er and Xia Mo hadn't known Filo this time, and they took the initiative to undertake the workload of two people, our coffee shop would not be able to handle it."

"Philo?"

Su Yunjin turned to Filo: "How do you feel these days?"

"I feel pretty good. Everything here is just... well, cool."

Philo seemed very happy: "There is almost no work intensity, most of the customers are very friendly, and when I have nothing to do I can play with my phone and watch TV. It's like life in hell... ahem, heaven."

Because it was his first time on Earth and his first time to come into contact with things like "TV" and "mobile phone", the TVs on the second floor of the coffee shop were extremely tempting to Philo, even if they were playing commercials or weather forecasts.

[Wow, this is how you advertise here. This is much better than our door-to-door sales. It’s just that the man’s underwear is not in line with my aesthetic taste.]

[Noer, what are black plums and black garlic? I saw the anchor selling them had a hideous look on his face when he ate them. Do they taste good? ]

[Noer Noer, I have a question. Today I watched a TV commercial and someone was selling a masturbation cup. I watched it for a long time but didn’t understand what it was. But its packaging box is pretty. Can I use the masturbation cup? ]

[Today I was playing with Xia Mo's phone and came across your reader group. I saw they were all talking about a 2D graphics card. The packaging box looked like a masturbation cup. Is a graphics card the same as a masturbation cup?]

——Conversations like these happen almost every day when Philo and I meet.

It can be seen that Philo really likes this job. She doesn't mind not getting paid, as long as she can watch TV and play with her phone in the store for free and experience human society.

“Are most of the customers friendly?”

Elodie was curious when she heard this. "I don't think the customers on the night shift are friendly. Many of them come in without spending a penny and ask me to entertain them. They also want to eat and drink porridge. After that, they even ask me to bring my cat over so that they can pet it. I have met a lot of weirdos this month. It's like a knife stabbing my butt - it's really eye-opening. Some customers are even dirty. They come in and sit in the biggest seats. They have to be chased away for a long time after dawn. They are like toads fucking frogs. They are ugly but play lavishly. They are even more outrageous than some of the outrageous authors I have worked for."

Uh... Elodie, your sharp tongue comes out again.

"Really? I think they are all cute. At least the customers who go to the second floor to buy milk tea are all cute."

Philo said with a smile: "My previous job was really hard. Some goblins... ahem, guys who looked like goblins, couldn't speak, ordered the most expensive wine as soon as they came in, and didn't pay after drinking. They smeared the itchy fruit they picked from who knows where on the breasts of other customers, and caused the orc girl's breasts to swell from a B cup to a D cup due to allergies."

I could see Su Yunjin's mouth twitching a few times from the side: "What kind of itchy fruit is so powerful?"

"That's not all!"

Filo's face turned red as he spoke excitedly, "I was mixing drinks in the store, and there were fights outside almost every day. Either the pigmen warriors were fighting with the toxin-immune lizardmen with daggers coated with poison, or those annoying angels and demons were arguing with each other. The demon got annoyed and threw a black energy ball at us, and the angel fired a light energy cannon in return, but it missed. I was mixing drinks, and the light magic and water element came into contact with an explosion, and the whole wine glass was blown away!"

Ouyang Xue and Lan Jiajia were also stunned. After a long while, Ouyang Xue finally spoke: "Filo, the place where you worked before... is it really a different world?"

"Ignore her."

Yin Xiamo calmly took a glass of water from the table and said, "She is just like that, a bit immature. You guys continue with the topic you were talking about."

"The topic just now...Oh, Ouyang."

Su Yunjin took out a document and said, "These are the design plans and future layout renderings for the underground floor that I have sorted out in the company these days. Since Philo can serve as the bartender there at that time, we are still short of a waiter."

"Please spare me..."

Ouyang Xue took the document and said, "I really can't do this job of recruiting. Recruiting Nuo'er was already my limit... Oh, no, Nuo'er can't be considered as someone I recruited. This is your forte, General Manager Su."

"What do you mean by my strengths? Nuo'er is SSR-level even in the whole world. I was lucky enough to see Nuo'er before, but it's impossible for me to be so lucky all my life and meet beautiful women wherever I go, right?"

Su Yunjin said helplessly, "You are the store manager, think of a way. We are really short of staff now. Only Filo is far from enough. We need at least one more waiter, and the more the better. To be on the safe side, you'd better recruit four more waiters, just like Nuo'er and Xia Mo, with different working hours to ensure that there are people downstairs in the coffee shop every day, otherwise the basement level will not be able to operate."

What do you mean by my rarity? I'm not a Valkyrie or a five-star character in a game!

"I won't do it. You should find someone else. There aren't that many hardworking, pretty girls with good figures who are willing to do this kind of hard work. We are so lucky to have this table."

Under Su Yunjin's gaze, Ouyang Xue looked determined: "General Manager Su, do you know how many positions I hold at the same time? I am the acting store manager, and I am also a deliveryman like Li Chen. I have to check the ingredients and logistics in the store, manage the coffee shop's software every day, serve as an online customer service, answer all kinds of brain-congested questions from those little brats, and be responsible for public relations, editing and making videos, and after-sales service... Now that I have been paid, I still have to be an accountant. Now you want me to be the HR responsible for recruitment. If you want me to die, just say so."

"Hey?"

Su Yunjin suddenly pointed a finger at Ouyang Xue, with an approving expression on his face: "You know how to say no."

"what?"

Ouyang Xue rolled her eyes at him and said, "Isn't it my right to refuse? You're not going to give me a raise."

"No, I mean you finally know how to say no. I remember someone was sent to the hospital by Nuoer because of overwork."

Su Yunjin clapped her hands: "This is good news, Sister Ouyang."

Ouyang Xue frowned: "I don't understand what you are saying."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Just keep it like this."

Su Yunjin turned to me and said, "Then the recruitment task will be handed over to Nuoer."

"Eh?"

I was stunned for a moment: "Why...why me?"

"Because hasn't Nuoer already successfully completed several missions?"

Su Yunjin signaled to Elodi, Lan Jiajia, and Filo with his eyes: "Mission goal, recruit at least two more girls this month. Don't set too high a standard, just hire them as you see fit."

Then, as if remembering something, he added, "Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. Nuoer, you can hire a girl with better temperament. When the Aquarius Age is launched, we need her to do the live broadcast and promotion."

"Are you going to have another female anchor?"

Ouyang Xue was dumbfounded: "No need to hire another one just for the live broadcast? We have so many beautiful girls here..."

Su Yunjin shook his head: "Ouyang, how is the turnover this month?"

"what……"

Ouyang Xue thought for a moment and said, "It's far beyond the target."

"So we can still recruit people. This is called expansion."

"Those are two different things."

Ouyang Xue obviously didn't understand Su Yunjin's meaning: "Even if we really want to use female anchors to promote the game and the coffee shop, since you don't like me, can't we let Nuo'er or Xia Mo do part-time work?"

"No."

Su Yunjin shook her head: "What we need is a full-time anchor, who will represent the coffee shop and play games, and then introduce the environment of the floor below us. Although Nuo'er is the cutest in the world, she has to go to work. It's too difficult for her to go to work and play games live at the same time."

"Is it really necessary to invite someone over to play games?"

"It is necessary. This game will definitely be popular all over the world after its public beta in the future. My father and I have talked to the game developers. They are now in the Artisan District of Kamihama City, the high-tech district. You all know it, right? It's next to the base with the particle collider. When the time comes, the server of Age of Aquarius will also be placed there."

Su Yunjin patiently explained: "Believe me, I have played a lot of games, and the quality of Age of Aquarius is definitely enough to amaze the world. It is even more expressive than movies. This game will be connected to the metaverse in the future, and it can even increase our influence. So as the main player of this game, live streaming is essential for us."

"How about...let Elodie take over?"

Ouyang Xue seemed to understand Su Yunjin's subtext: "She is also considered a game expert. She has played many games on the market. Or Lan Jiajia?"

"Me? I can't do that."

Lan Jiajia waved her hands quickly: "I can be a waiter or an editor, but I can't speak in front of so many people as a host. Besides, I'm not very good at playing games. I'm only familiar with Jian Wang 3, but I haven't played most online games."

Ouyang Xue turned to Elodie.

“I can do it, but I don’t know much about live streaming, and I can only do it at night.”

Elodie hesitated for a moment: "What are the specific requirements?"

"No, neither Lan Jiajia nor Elodie can do it. Elodie is too much of a night owl. We don't use virtual anchors. We have many requirements for anchors who broadcast live in the store full-time."

Su Yunjin looked at me and said, "That's why I told Nuoer to find a host who fits the temperament of the coffee shop. I believe you have the ability to create miracles."

I was silent for a moment: "What kind of anchor do you need?"

"First of all, we don't use virtual anchors, so the anchor must have a good appearance, as long as the body does not look too fat, but the appearance must be high, at least with makeup on."

"Then there's the temperament. The host's temperament should be that of... a gaming enthusiast, and she should be full of energy. It would be best if she looks like Filo, who is full of energy every day. But don't really let Filo do it. Filo's breasts... ahem, the host may need to wear cooler clothes, like a girl next door. If Filo goes live like this, she will easily be judged as pornographic and unstable."

"Have you seen Eromanga Sensei? That's what a host needs to feel like, a stay-at-home girl."

"The most important thing is that the girl has to have a nice voice. It's okay if she's a little dumb, but she has to be effective on the show, have an outgoing personality, and dare to say anything."

"Finally, the most important thing for a streamer is to be optimistic and sunny, like an angel, and to be able to bring warmth to the audience in the live broadcast room. He cannot just play his game for a long time without saying anything."

After saying a lot in one breath, Su Yunjin lay down on the chair behind him: "That's all."

"Is this a human you're using?"

Ouyang Xue was the first to complain: "Where in the world can such a female anchor be willing to come here to work? My General Manager Su, can you be more realistic? You are not a child anymore, and you are dreaming of having so many requests! And like an angel? How much salary do you have to pay for this? Two hundred thousand a month? Three hundred thousand? I suggest that everyone go to the West and find a cathedral to talk to the priest. Maybe if you are lucky, he will really ask for an angel for you the next day."

"Yes, yes, yes, it's an angel. Try to find someone who meets the standard of an angel as much as possible."

Even though Ouyang Xue complained about it, Su Yunjin still looked like "I believe you can do it": "Does Nuoer feel any pressure?"

“There is pressure.”

I shook my head. “Rather than saying it’s stressful, it’s more like… this kind of thing is basically impossible.”

"I don't think it's possible either."

Elodie yawned and said, "Master Su Yunjin, please don't make things difficult for Nuo'er."

"If you really find a girl who meets all the requirements, Tongmeng.com will give all of you a bonus of 5000 yuan this month, and Nuoer will get 8000 yuan."

"What?!"

I perked up instantly: "Really?"

"really."

Su Yunjin took the graphics card from the desk and handed it to me. "In addition to the 8000 yuan, this card is also a prize. It's about the same price as a 4090 right now, about yuan. Once Age of Aquarius is released and everyone discovers the benefits of using this card to play games, it's estimated that the price will rise to more than yuan. You can take it home and try it out in advance. Its driver has also been adjusted, and the experience is not bad."

Why do I need this graphics card?

I remembered the 3090ti graphics card in my home computer, whose fan usually doesn’t even turn on.

Oh, using 3090ti to write is not enough, this time I will use a graphics card similar to 4090... Do you want to watch anime?

But having said that, I am quite greedy for the 8,000 yuan bonus.

"Noel."

Just as I was hesitating whether to agree to this, Yin Xiamo came over and lowered her voice:

"Light magic fluctuations appeared at the 'coordinates'. Someone is heading here along the route I provided. They may arrive in two or three hours."

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be Gabriel."

"..."

……

No. 242: Turning aside and surrendering with courtesy

After another detailed discussion on the second floor of the coffee shop, we determined the general development direction of the coffee shop in the future.