Chapter 599

Perhaps... it was his first time here, so the spirit pet girl felt the timing wasn't right and didn't want to use her hands!

Yes, it must be like that. As long as he came a few more times, the spirit pet girl would definitely use her hands.

If Xiao Hong knew this guy's inner thoughts, she would definitely disdain them. Perhaps this was what the master's memories called a "lick-dog."

Lin Cheng finally arrived at the sofa lounge area. The original few young ladies had now become over a dozen. Looking at their looks, they did indeed have some real substance, but compared to Miss Qianhui, Eileen, Xiao Hong, and Yun Shang, they were quite average.

Forget it, true beauties cannot be too many in this world, and they won't all surround him.

"Are there any artists among you? Those with experience are preferred."

As the words fell, a relatively shy girl stood up proactively with a blushing face and raised her hand. Only you?

Lin Cheng's gaze swept over the crowd, and at the same time, he took paper, pen, and ink from his spatial ring and handed them over directly.

"See that mechanical mount? Draw it. As long as you can reach the expected effect in my mind, this job is yours."

Hmm!

The shy girl nodded, looked at the display stand Lin Cheng pointed to, where the 360-degree dead-angle-free mechanical mount was floating, and gradually fell into thought.

Although it was just a test of her basic drawing skills, Lin Cheng didn't state specific requirements, which meant she could play freely. Playing freely is precisely the most difficult requirement. On one hand, she had to display her drawing skills as much as possible, and on the other hand, she had to reach the expected requirements in Lin Cheng's mind.

This... was very difficult.

The biggest difference between an artist and a blacksmith is that the two look at things from different angles.

An artist hopes to see the most beautiful moment of a scene and record it, while a blacksmith hopes to see everything about the machine clearly to plan a reasonable construction diagram.

Thinking this, the artist, understanding how she should draw, stood up, found a suitable angle, and then began to draw the mechanical mount in her eyes.

Lin Cheng nodded calmly, very satisfied with the little girl's performance, so much so that she was very likely to become the shop's exclusive artist. At least she had already thought of the difference between a blacksmith and an artist and understood what exactly a blacksmith wanted to see.

As for the remaining young ladies, Lin Cheng also began to speak.

A base salary of 10 gold coins a month could almost be said to be the lowest salary tier in the Rock Fortress, the kind where one could only tighten their belt to barely get by. However, the commission Lin Cheng mentioned was very novel to these young ladies. As long as they could sell enough mechanical mounts, they could easily live the life of the middle-class people in the Rock Fortress, and even a wealthy life was not impossible.

They only needed to have that sales ability.

Even if their ability was limited and they only closed one mechanical mount deal a month, the monthly salary of gold coins would be enough to cover their current living expenses, and even be more than enough, allowing them to save a small amount of money.

When it came to this, both the sales and server jobs made the young ladies in front of him excited.

Lin Cheng also knew their excitement. He didn't hesitate to pay high salaries because he hoped that the employees in his shop could provide the best service quality in the entire Rock Fortress. The best shop naturally had to be paired with the best service.

"Alright, the job requirements in my shop have been stated very clearly. Now you all think about it properly. I will interview you one by one later. Tell me your thoughts, plans, and the position. If it goes well, you can officially start work tomorrow."

As the words fell, the young ladies sitting on the sofa already had their own ideas in their hearts. Whether as a salesperson or a server, there were good money prospects in this Lin Cheng Blacksmith Shop. They were already impatient to start the interview, eager to try, and striving to start their money-making journey as soon as possible.

It was also at this time that the shy artist girl from before suddenly came to Lin Cheng's side and looked up, saying.

"I'm done drawing."

These drawings looked simple and didn't seem to contain any technical content, but Lin Cheng precisely needed such drawings.

For a blacksmith, a personalized blueprint doesn't need to have a very detailed internal structure diagram; as long as it has the general appearance required by the customer, the rest of how to forge it will be solved by the blacksmith.

And the drawings the artist needs to provide are precisely to help the blacksmith complete the initial design, which is also the most critical step.

"Drawn very well, this job is yours."

"Thank you, Master—no, Boss." The shy artist smiled happily, very grateful!

She also breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. Before, she was still thinking that although the blueprints the blacksmith wanted were simple, how should she incorporate her own skills?

Therefore, to show her superb skills, she used different pen pressures and varying degrees of ink to draw each portrait of the mechanical mount.

In the eyes of an artist, those portraits would naturally reveal that the techniques used for different portraits were completely different. Being able to easily draw with five techniques in a short time, her ability naturally went without saying.

However, in the eyes of Lin Cheng, a blacksmith, he couldn't see any superb skills at all, but it could be considered to have met his requirements.

"My name is Shangguan Wan'er."

"What! What is your name?"

Lin Cheng was almost startled, and his voice couldn't help but be a bit louder, which seemed to have frightened the shy artist in front of him.

"My name is... Shangguan Wan'er, Boss, what's wrong?"

The little girl's eye sockets were slightly red, her body curled up, somewhat afraid.

"Sorry, sorry!"

Lin Cheng touched the back of his head in embarrassment and apologized, then gave an explanation.

"Your name reminds me of a deceased old friend. Although you don't look like her, when I heard it... I still couldn't help but be startled."

"Oh, oh, Boss, please accept my condolences."

Shangguan Wan'er nodded in understanding, and a bit of sadness inevitably appeared in her eyes.

How could she not be the same!

Her father sacrificed himself in an unknown magical beast realm. Now, only she and her mother were left in the Shangguan family. Life was fine on a daily basis, but her mother had recently fallen ill, and she urgently needed money for treatment.

That was why she was in such a hurry to find a job to treat her mother.

"Come with me, Wan'er. You will sit here on weekdays. You can start work at 8:00 in the morning and get off at 5:00 in the afternoon. 11:00 to 12:00 at noon is break time."

Lin Cheng led Shangguan Wan'er to the weapon customization counter. There was a spacious space for two people to work, which was completely sufficient for a little girl like Wan'er.

"As for the base salary, it's 100 gold coins a month, and you can get a 20% commission for every customization order completed. You just need to draw the customer's customization requirements and patterns and then bring them to me!"

"No problem, right?"

"No problem." Shangguan Wan'er nodded excitedly in understanding.

The working hours were not long, and there was a break at noon, so she could still go home to take care of her mother. "Then you start work today."

After saying that, Lin Cheng turned to interview others.

Just at this moment, Shangguan Wan'er suddenly grabbed Lin Cheng's clothes and asked tentatively, hesitantly and somewhat awkwardly.

"Boss, can I advance half a month's salary? I know I shouldn't make such an excessive request, but my mother is sick, and I have no money to buy medicine. Please, Boss."

Shangguan Wan'er's pitiful, pleading gaze made Lin Cheng somewhat unable to bear it, so he nodded and agreed.

"Okay, let's do this. You go back to take care of your mother today, and come to work officially tomorrow."

As he said this, he simultaneously took a small cloth bag from his ring, which contained 50 gold coins, and stuffed it into Shangguan Wan'er's hand.

In his view, Shangguan Wan'er didn't seem very old, and her demeanor seemed somewhat simple, very much like a child who had just left home.

If it weren't for her mother being sick, Lin Cheng probably wouldn't have been able to hire her.

Being so filial, even if she weren't his employee, he would have to help.

"Thank you, Boss, thank you, Boss."

Shangguan Wan'er was moved to tears and kept bowing to Lin Cheng.

Before, she had tried to work in other places recruiting artists, but as soon as the other party heard she wanted wages, they immediately rejected her and refused her working there.

Only Lin Cheng agreed to her request.

She would definitely work hard to repay Lin Cheng's great kindness.

"Stop crying, go buy medicine for your mother quickly. Remember to go to the Zhai Family Clinic. As long as you report my name, they will definitely treat your mother well."

Watching Wan'er leave, Lin Cheng could only give one last instruction.

The only one he had a connection with was the Zhai Family Clinic. If Wan'er went there, they should treat Wan'er's mother well, and perhaps even give her a discount.

The departing Shangguan Wan'er noted down the Zhai Family Clinic. She remembered that the Zhai Family Clinic was one of the best clinics in the Rock Fortress. Since Boss Lin Cheng had said so, she would go and try.

Lin Cheng also started the final interviews. In the end, out of the dozen or so young ladies, only ten with excellent character remained. As for the rest, he ruthlessly rejected them.

The blacksmith shop wanted quality service, not crooked ways.

Those who started winking at Lin Cheng or had ulterior motives were rejected by him immediately.

As for the remaining people, he let them have a three-day trial period. On one hand, it was to let them adapt to the work here, and at the same time, Lin Cheng also instructed Miss Qianhui, Ji Xia, Xiao Hong, and others to secretly observe the quality and work attitude of these new employees.

As for Lin Cheng himself, he still had things to do.

Perocizia had sent the inheritance weapon dual pistols related to Marco Polo, and it was time for him to start forging. At the same time, other hero inheritance weapons should also be arranged.

Everything in the shop was proceeding in an orderly manner.

The mercenary who had previously gone out riding the mechanical mount hadn't even walked a street along with the flow of people before he was forced to return to the Lin Cheng Blacksmith Shop. He had bitterness he couldn't speak of; his plan was shattered before it even began.

When he returned again, he couldn't see Lin Cheng, but he saw the beautiful young lady selling mechanical mounts. Under the young lady's introduction and guidance, the mercenary finally nodded and decided to buy a mechanical mount.