I will never give in to Miss Death

"No, I can't even beat a woman. It's a disgrace to my reputation as a professional. I'll play one more round, and then I'll go home and rest... Oh my god! It's already eight o'clock? I played all night?!"

"You two, I... can understand Mandarin."

The bustle in the basement has hardly changed compared to when I went back yesterday. It is still thriving and prosperous. LED lights are everywhere, and high-end computers are running at full power. Even with several air conditioners controlling the temperature, there is still a faint heat here.

"Oh my god! It's green! This one is green. Look at the light. The wormhole has teleported me to the planet with life. Hahahaha!"

"I'm green too!"

"Sorry sir, you can't smoke here. If you really can't help it, there's a ventilated restroom over there."

"Oh ok ok, sorry, my subconscious just..."

What made me happy was that the air in the basement was well maintained. Several exhaust fans were working at full capacity, and under Su Yunjin's supervision, no one lit a cigarette.

Of course, if you use the air conditioner and the exhaust fan at the same time, the electricity bill will be...

"You are going to become immortals."

I walked over to Su Yunjin in the central computer room and asked, "Did you not sleep all night?"

"No, I slept for three hours in between."

Su Yunjin had a pair of blurry dark circles under his eyes: "It's mainly because this new game is so fun. Everyone here is going crazy playing it."

"Isn't this a completely random game?"

I was a little confused: "This is still a test version, and all of us are professional players. We should be able to figure it out after playing for a few hours, right?"

"No, even professional players don't understand it. There are too many random parameters. No one can figure out what parameters affect the final result."

Su Yunjin pointed at a small light bulb on the computer screen. "For example, this thing. The lights sold in the mall in the game are all the same brightness, but I have a kid here who wants a purple-colored ambient light when decorating his house. Too purple or too red won't do. Then he spent more than five hours in the wormhole dungeon, specifically picking tungsten-containing mines on alien planets. Someone nearby went to a metal planet and asked him to help make a light bulb. As a result, they made more than 300 light bulbs, but they couldn't make the color they wanted."

"I have a feeling that once this game is released to the public, the market will be extremely hot. Just like in this case, if a rich person likes green light bulbs, he may not be able to make them even if he spends a lot of money."

Su Yunjin had an "expert" look on his face: "But what if a novice accidentally went to a small planet, came back and made a green light bulb, and was approached by a rich man, he would probably become rich."

I thought about it: "That might be the case at the beginning, but in the later stages of the game... when more people play, won't green light bulbs be everywhere?"

"The life of a light bulb will decrease, and it needs to be replaced when it is used up."

Su Yunjin smiled and said, "Nuo'er, you underestimated the development team of this game. They learned from Fantasy Westward Journey and have dozens of sociologists and economists. The output and consumption in the game have been strictly calculated, so there will not be a large-scale price problem caused by excess supplies."

Ah... I don’t quite understand these things, but since you, the general manager, said so, okay.

"Is Gabriel okay?"

I looked at an angel who was still playing the game with some concern.

"No problem. We just need to train her for a few days to get her used to the live broadcast environment and know how to create a good show. She's perfect."

"That's good."

I nodded: "There is one more thing, I have two friends..."

"Can come."

"what?"

"Didn't you say you had two friends? They can come to work anytime."

Su Yunjin didn't seem to want to hear me finish: "You decide the salary, Nuo'er."

"I haven't said anything yet!"

"Needless to say, Nuoer's friends, I've seen it all, whether they come here to feed the cats, pet the cats, do odd jobs, or even if you say you come here to stand there as a mascot, come as you please."

Is this a bit...

"It's about the delivery workers I mentioned before. We have always outsourced delivery workers, and we can't guarantee the speed and quality. I have two friends who used to do this, so I want them to come over and work as delivery workers full-time."

"Male friend?"

"Girls."

"It's rare for a girl to deliver food, but I still say that Nuo'er is your friend, there's absolutely no problem with that."

Oh well.

It looks like this guy is really ready to hand over the management of this house to me.

"Oh, by the way, it's a good opportunity for you to come over. There's one more thing."

Seeing me going upstairs, Su Yunjin stopped me and said, "Ye Yuqing has applied for help from the higher authorities. The government is going to do a simple report and publicity for us, but this maid culture may be a little difficult to put on the stage. Nuoer, if you have time, please design a set of standard store clerk uniforms. Just make it simple. We will use it for publicity when the time comes."

"As for the maid outfit, we'll change it when our store has events in the future. Normally, just wear the clerk uniform."

"..."

……

No. 314 is noisy today too

Hmm... design a standard store clerk uniform?

When I returned to the first floor, I was a little troubled by Su Yunjin's request.

I don't seem to be a fashion designer.

And it’s not that I can design it however I want. It must conform to the clothing specifications and the factory’s processing technology. Otherwise, even the most gorgeous clothes will turn out to be ugly.

It's similar to the difference between portraits and models in games.

If the game engine does not support it and the model is not processed well, it will be useless no matter how beautiful the character portrait is.

"Sister Ouyang."

In desperation, I had to convey Su Yunjin's words directly to Ouyang Xue who was cleaning the first floor.

She has experience in designing maid outfits before, so she should be quite familiar with this.

"Understandable."

After listening to my explanation, Ouyang Xue showed an expression of "not surprised at all": "If we become big here, this kind of thing will definitely happen."

"This kind of thing?"

"Change clothes, like the harmonious clothes in some games."

Ouyang Xue put the mop aside and said, "When I first came out, it should be 2015, seven or eight years ago. It wasn't so strict then. We were idols and livestreamers and were quite relaxed. Although this also gave rise to a lot of people who skirted the rules, the above choices were a one-size-fits-all approach."

I felt a little aggrieved: "It seems we didn't do anything borderline."

The maid uniforms in the Cat Maid Cafe in Shangjing are already very conservative.

Even though it is a maid outfit, there is basically no exposed area. Even the "Lolita style" top that was specially made for me is completely covered. For a "big breast style" like Ouyang Xuefeiluo's, there are several extra pieces of cloth added to the chest area, and not even the cleavage is exposed. At most, it just makes people feel "very big".

If I have to say, this maid outfit may be the one that experiences the "absolute territory" and is prone to cause controversy. The absolute territory refers to when a girl wears stockings, the small piece of thigh flesh exposed between the edge of the stockings and the skirt will make people feel very tempted. People who are not familiar with the field of two-dimensional anime ACG will think that wearing it like this is somewhat "indecent."

After all, stockings, especially garter stockings, are not mainstream wear.

"In fact, we have received many complaints in the past month, from parents and young people, most of them are parents."

Ouyang Xue at the side sighed softly: "They said that the maids in the store dressed like this would teach children bad habits. The Cultural Bureau also talked to me about it in a subtle way several times."

“Are you asking us to make corrections?”

"Not really. After all, we are a formal place."

Ouyang Xue patted my shoulder and said, "Leave the new clothes to me. Don't worry. A maid cafe without maids is like a 3D zone without Tifa. It has no soul. I will find a way to preserve it."

"Well……"

Watching Ouyang Xue walk towards the staff lounge, I was silent for a moment: "I have already processed all the pictures of our takeaway mall. Now we just need to calculate the price."

Ouyang Xue waved at me: "Okay, I'll take care of this today, and I'll leave the cooking to you, Nuoer."

"Ah."

"..."

After Ouyang Xue went to work, I came to the kitchen door and started making colorful glutinous rice and dumplings like yesterday.

As an author, I have encountered a lot of similar things.

For example, the different-world novel I wrote before with "Nuo'er" as the heroine, at that time, the requirements for male protagonists were not so strict, and I could still write ordinary kisses and holding hands. Later, I couldn't even write kisses. Later, I received a notice that the whole book should not be banned, so I could only delete large sections of the relevant content. However, after deleting a few hundred words, the rhythm of this chapter was wrong, and I had to spend time to add more nonsense.

After a while, not only kissing but even holding hands could not be written, and the plot where the hero and heroine held hands had to be changed.

Later on, I couldn’t even write about the clothes related to the "absolute territory" in the other world, and I had to find other ways to describe the heroine's clothes.

I really can't describe it anymore. I remember that I wrote that the heroine formed an absolute territory between her stockings and a short skirt, but I was warned for just that short paragraph and had to delete it.

As a restaurant with gradually growing influence, the coffee shop is not so bad for the young netizens on Tongmeng.com. In reality, many parents bring their children here to play. If they encounter conservative parents, they are very likely to report to the relevant departments.

The relevant departments didn't think we had a problem, but people kept reporting us, which made me angry. I just couldn't stand it, so I had to report it. If they didn't handle it, I would report it four or five times a day. The relevant departments got annoyed, so they called Ouyang Xue for a talk.

I don't know who is wrong in things like this, or if it's just the world that is wrong.

I guess Su Yunjin himself knows that if the coffee shop changes its clothes, it will hurt its popularity. But if it wants to get official publicity and develop on a larger platform, it can only follow their rules.

I think this is probably the reason why Ye Yuqing is determined to develop the commercial street and Mianyun District no matter what.

Commercial street, digital twin, metaverse, digital world, new era...

When I was watching TV before, I heard Ye Yuqing say this to many reporters: "We must keep moving forward. If possible, I hope to run. Time is a ruthless machine that drives us forward vigorously. If we want to outrun it, we must be faster and stronger."

At first I didn’t know what she meant by this sentence, but now, considering the situation in the coffee shop, I roughly understand it.

The key to the coffee shop's breakthrough is simple. Design a waiter uniform that is similar to a maid outfit to satisfy the two-dimensional group and make some media shut up. Then, follow the city's construction, actively join various new industries, and ride the train of the new era.

After the construction of the Mianyun Square here is completed, the group it will target will probably no longer be the same people as before. After being connected to the digital twin, those who know how to use it will be happy to use it, and those who don’t know how to use it will not be interested in it. When the Mianyun District is opened, a large number of young people will rush to the new district to build it, and the atmosphere will probably be different from now.

Life is like this, it is never smooth sailing, and all kinds of strange things are waiting for you every day.

"Did you guys have a good rest yesterday?"

Just like the previous two days, I sat on the small chair in front of the kitchen door, rolled up my sleeves, and began to prepare to dye various glutinous rice.

【Good morning, Nuoer! 】

[Do you go to work at 8 or 9? It seems like Nuoer is busy from morning to night.]

[This is how the catering industry works. I used to work there from morning to night and only earned over 3,000 yuan.]

[Why didn’t I see Xiaomo today? Did you ask for leave? ]

"Morning."

At this time, Master Wang came out with two buckets of cooked maple leaves. He placed the two cans of natural dye next to me in the hot steam: "How is Ouyang?"

"Ok?"

I was stunned, then realized that Master Wang was talking about her illness: "She is much better now, just a minor cold. She didn't rest well at night and went to help the workers work and sweated all over. As a result, she had a fever. She went to the hospital and got an injection and she is fine now."

"Li Chen is just too timid."

Sitting down next to me, Master Wang helped to bring the zongzi leaves from the large basket to the table: "If he had been more straightforward, maybe we could have had a feast for Ouyang's child's full moon banquet by now."

"We've been friends for many years. Maybe Ouyang just likes Brother Li Chen's personality?"

For some reason, Master Wang's description reminded me of Xiaomo and me: "Sister Ouyang has a personality like this. Even the most powerful person would have a hard time suppressing her, right?"

"That's true. I guess even if they get married, Li Chen will be a level 10 henpecked husband."

Master Wang shook his head: "Let's not talk about this. What is the specific situation on the first floor? Why do I see those people who went in and haven't come up yet?"

"Young people are going crazy playing games, that's what happens."

"You sound like you're very old."

Master Wang laughed, stood up and walked towards the kitchen: "Forget it, as long as I have a stable job, I'm not as good as you young people..."

Speaking of which, if the coffee shop continues to expand like this, it seems that Chef Wang alone will not be able to handle the kitchen.

I remembered myself busy in the kitchen during this period.

The main income of the coffee shop comes from services and catering, which is basically 50-50. Some people come to eat, some come to pet the cats. Most of the people who eat order fast food, such as beggar's egg tarts and some traditional stir-fries. These fast foods are very simple to make and can usually be served in about ten minutes.

For stir-fries and the like, Master Wang only needs to prepare them in advance and put them in the insulated cabinet with steam to keep them warm. He then serves the dishes after the customers place their orders. As for fried chicken, steamed chicken, egg tarts and the like, the relevant production machines in our store are very complete. When the customers place their orders, Master Wang receives the requests and directly puts the marinated chicken in the machine from the cabinet, sets the time, and it will be ready soon.

If it is too busy, the waiters in the store, like me, Ouyang Xue, Xiaomo and the others, will more or less know how to prepare some simpler food. All they have to do is put the food into the machine.

Or...like during the Dragon Boat Festival, I prepare the glutinous rice, rice dumplings and other things outside and bring them to the kitchen. Chef Wang only needs to cook them when the customers need them.