Their commission was suspicious.

"Nata, shall we sign a contract?" Chen Luo looked up at Raven.

Raven had just handed Wendy a glass of wine.

"I've told you so many times, don't call me that. And what's gotten into you all of a sudden, wanting to sign a contract?" Raven rolled her eyes at Chen Luo and said.

Raven has gotten used to it now; Chen Luo calls her Nata every day without her consent, and there's no point in stopping him.

But Raven found it a little strange that Chen Luo suddenly proposed to sign a contract.

"Oh, once you sign the contract, you'll be a full-time employee of the bar," Chen Luo said.

"So what benefits do full-time employees get?" Raven asked, unmoved.

"If you work hard tonight, I'll give you a 5% discount on the cash you need to buy the villa island," Chen Luo said.

“…Give it to me.” Raven paused for a moment, then held out his hand to Chen Luo.

"What did you bring?" Chen Luo was taken aback.

“Of course it’s the contract,” Raven said matter-of-factly.

"Wow, you can change your expression so quickly?" Chen Luo was surprised.

"So hurry up and get the contract out." After hearing that there was a 5% discount, Raven seemed even more anxious than Chen Luo.

After all, the money Raven put up to buy the villa island was a huge sum of money.

"You're just too real," Chen Luo sighed, then took out a blank sheet of paper and a pen.

"???" This time it was Raven's turn to be stunned.

"You're not planning to write a contract on the spot, are you?" Raven was completely taken aback.

Is your company so perfunctory in signing contracts?

"There's no other way, there's no printer, so I have to write it by hand," Chen Luo said as he picked up a pen and began writing the contract.

"...Never mind, I'll let it go for the sake of the 5% discount." Raven had a lot to say, but she let it go for the sake of the money.

Chapter 273 The Contract: You're Not Allowed to Get a Single Before I Get One!

"Nata, how long do you plan to work for me?" Chen Luo asked, looking up after writing "Party A" and "Party B" on the white paper.

Party A: Chen Luo

Party B: Natasha Siola (codename: Raven)

"I'll keep going until you go bankrupt." Raven rolled her eyes at Chen Luo.

Why is this guy making such a formality?

Even if it's to be more formal, you should at least have a printed contract.

"You said you wouldn't regret it." Chen Luo quickly wrote this sentence on the paper.

The employee (Party B) will work at Party A's bar until Party A goes bankrupt.

[For each star-level request completed during the work period, Party B will receive one work point. Work points can be exchanged for US dollars, with one work point equal to US$200.]

[You can also use work points to request assistance from Party A; each work point used will earn you $100.]

[A guaranteed minimum wage of 200 work points per month.]

"So casual? What if I told you to give me the five social insurances and one housing fund or something?" Raven found it a bit funny to see Chen Luo writing down whatever she said.

"No problem." Chen Luo nodded.

Party A will guarantee the vast majority of Party B's rights and interests, including basic living and medical care during Party B's working days.

"You actually wrote that? What kind of contract would include that?" Raven scoffed.

"If you really want to write it, then lower the price of that fake gemstone."

“No problem, I’ll attach a temporary work point exchange table at the bottom of the contract right away. It’ll be completely transparent.” Chen Luo nodded.

After speaking, Chen Luo first left a small blank space, and then began to list the items that could be redeemed with work points below.

First, there's the fake Herrscher gem: worth 1000 work points (discount possible).

The list of work points has a long empty section where you can add items at any time.

“Oh, right, let me make this clear first, I can’t necessarily come every day. Sometimes I might be on missions or something, and I also have a personal life and nightlife. So I won’t be coming to work here every day,” Raven said.

This wasn't because of the contract; Raven always thought the contract was a joke. Raven said this mainly because of practical reasons.

Even in an electronics factory, it's impossible to work every day without rest.

Although it's impossible for a normal electronics factory to work only 4 hours a day and only sell alcohol or similar items during those 4 hours.

"I can understand." Chen Luo nodded in agreement.

"How about at least 24 days a month?" Chen Luo suggested.

"Whatever, whatever. The pay is pretty good working for you. Just try not to take on any other mercenary missions besides those from World Serpent. I'll come here to work whenever I have free time, and I usually don't miss many a month."

Anyway, you can't find anywhere else that offers as much as this bar.

On my second day working here, the bar owner tipped me with 10 villa islands. Although I ended up selling them for a pittance because of my inexplicable poor judgment, at least the other party did give me a lot.

"I see..." Chen Luo continued writing after hearing this.

The employee (Party B) shall work no less than 24 days per month at Party A's bar, with 4 hours of work time at night, and the remaining time at their discretion.

[Workers must not be absent without cause once work has started and there are no unavoidable circumstances during the day.]

[Leave of absence must be reported to the employer in advance.]

If you have exhausted all your vacation days for the month and need to request additional leave, you must inform the client in advance. In case of emergencies, prior notification is not required, but an explanation must be provided afterward.

"Oh, right, don't forget the 5% cash discount you gave me," Raven reminded him.

Raven felt that this was the most important thing.

It's just a paper contract. These things are only useful if you want to abide by them; otherwise, they're just a piece of waste paper.

The most important thing is the discount.

"Didn't I say I'd give you a 50% discount if you worked hard today? Fine, 50% it is, but we don't need to write it in the contract." Unlike Raven, Chen Luo didn't value Raven's cash very much, since it couldn't be used in Chen Luo's own world anyway.

"Just remember it."

"Any other requests?" Chen Luo asked.

"No other requests, this should be fine." Raven replied to Chen Luo without even thinking, and then handed Wendy a glass of wine.

This guy keeps coming back and forth, doesn't he find it troublesome? Can't he just sit at the bar and have a drink?

"Oh..." Chen Luo nodded and continued writing.

During working hours, Party B shall not disobey the reasonable orders of Party A's store manager.

During working hours, Party B shall try its best to meet the guests' reasonable requests for alcohol and food, and shall make appropriate promotional efforts.

[During working hours, the employee's off-duty time shall not exceed 1/3 of the working time. The employee may rest at any time if there are no customers requesting service.]

When Party B uses work points, Party A must comply without violating its own ethical standards.

"You wrote your moral bottom line very flexibly." Although Raven didn't care too much about the written contract, seeing how seriously Chen Luo wrote it, Raven also leaned over to take a look.

"I'm already doing well to have written this down; otherwise, wouldn't it have been better if I hadn't written it down at all?"

“That makes sense.” Raven thought about it and agreed.

Although it was probably just a joking handwritten contract, the fact that the other party was willing to write it down shows that they approve of it.

At least the other party is willing to acknowledge the equivalent value of work points.

"Oh, right, I have to wear a uniform." Chen Luo said as he started writing again.

During work hours, Party B must wear a uniform appropriate to their identity; otherwise, Party A has the right to require Party B to change immediately or deduct work points.

"Wait, will they dock my pay if I don't wear the uniform? I paid for this uniform myself!" Raven protested.

[If Party B wears the uniform in compliance with regulations, they will receive a guaranteed minimum wage of 5 work points per day.]

"That's more like it." Raven was still a bit meticulous about work points.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing," Chen Luo suddenly remembered.

[Party B cannot find a partner before Party A does.]

"What kind of ridiculous rule is this?" Raven slapped Chen Luo on the head with a chop to the head as he looked at the rule that Chen Luo had just written.

"Emmm...Sorry..."

Chen Luo knew he was wrong, but he didn't change.

LOL, how did you manage to find a partner before me?

"..." Seeing Chen Luo engrossed in writing other regulations without erasing that particular one, Raven didn't bother with him anymore.

After adding many more strange but still in line with Chen Luo's style, Chen Luo signed his name in the client's signature column and handed it to Raven.

"Here, this is our contract," Chen Luo said.

The raven took the contract, looked it over, and then couldn't help but make a "tsk tsk" sound.

"This isn't a contract at all. Apart from the terms 'Party A' and 'Party B,' which look somewhat like a contract, the rest doesn't use any official terminology. And these clauses are basically just written down whatever came to mind," Raven retorted bluntly.

"Please understand, I haven't specifically studied this kind of knowledge. Of course, if I wanted to, I could come up with a perfect and impeccable contract for you in no time," Chen Luo said.

Chen Luo only needs to touch a law book to become proficient in legal knowledge.

However, Chen Luo had never touched this thing before, so it wasn't possible now.

"Alright, let's leave it at that. You sign here, right?" Raven asked, pointing to the blank space after the "Party B" sign.

“Actually, you don’t necessarily have to sign. You can put your fingerprint on it, or even just put a checkmark,” Chen Luo said.

"Well, you really are being perfunctory. But then again." Although Raven really wanted to complain about Chen Luo's perfunctory attitude, she figured that even if she violated the rules, there was no way to reason with him. She could only treat it as a piece of waste paper that was only useful if she consciously complied with it, so Raven let it go.

After casually signing his name on the back, Raven resumed his wine-selling business.

"Sigh, if you don't take this seriously, you'll suffer a lot in the future." Chen Luo was very angry at Raven's behavior of not taking the contract seriously at all.

Although my contract was indeed written a little hastily, at least it's usable.

While feeling frustrated, Chen Luo took out his Book of Contracts.

This book of contracts, though called a book, is indeed a book.

This book of contracts looked much like the ancient magic books Chen Luo had seen at Aunt Lisa's house. It was rustic, weighty, elegant, and mysterious…

Of course, you could spend Primogems to change the other person's skin, but Chen Luo felt it was better to skip it.

If you don't want raw stones, everything is negotiable; if you want raw stones, then there are none available.

"Damn it! It costs 50 raw stones? Why don't you just rob me?" Chen Luo almost cursed when he saw the price of the Book of Contracts.

To have a contract included in the Book of Contracts, there's a price to pay, any kind of price will do. That's why Chen Luo called it a pay-to-win item.

The most common item Chen Luo possesses is undoubtedly raw stone.

But that's 50 Primogems.

Fortunately, it's not impossible to use other things to make up for the payment.

Chen Luo placed the counterfeit gem he had taken out onto the Book of Contracts, and then used the Book of Contracts.

As the contract in Chen Luo's hand slowly dissipated, the fake gemstone suddenly turned into a pool of flowing liquid, which was instantly absorbed by the Book of Contracts.

"Huh? What are you doing?" Although Chen Luo's commotion wasn't loud, it was still quite significant, naturally attracting Raven's attention.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just added the contract we just signed into the Book of Contracts, so that the Book of Contracts can serve as witness," Chen Luo said.

After saying that, Chen Luo opened the Book of Contracts.

The first page of the Book of Contracts is the preface, which briefly introduces the function of the Book of Contracts. However, Chen Luo already knew this, so he skipped it and turned to the actual first page.

The contents of the book on page one were none other than the contract Chen Luo had just signed. Moreover, the Book of Contracts was quite intelligent, having polished some of the contract clauses to make them more complete.

Of course, this was done with Chen Luo's permission; if Chen Luo didn't want to change it, he didn't have to.

But Chen Luo saw that the Book of Contracts had a fairly comprehensive set of contract terms, so he stopped worrying about it.

Anyway, polishing doesn't damage the original stone.