civilwarnovels Chapter 708 The store was forced to close
Chapter 708 The store was forced to close
Chapter 708 The store was forced to close
The method proposed by Kobayashi is very good.
But there is a problem.
"What can I exchange the accumulated points for?"
"Cooking or serving?"
Huihui and Chris took things for granted.
If it were that easy to increase sales, there would be no need to work so hard.
Since it is something to be exchanged, it must be a good thing, just like the prize tickets that are exchanged for coins in the arcade. The prizes obtained through the accumulation of a large amount of time must be very generous, otherwise no one will exchange them.
This is true whether it is an arcade or a maid cafe.
"No."
Xiaolin shook his head.
Darkness asked curiously, “So, what exactly is it like…”
"Stop keeping us in suspense and tell us quickly."
Huihui urged him.
It seems that their enthusiasm has been mobilized... No, it should be said that they are so concerned about whether these people will sell their bodies.
Really.
Didn’t I tell you that I wouldn’t do that?
Xiao Lin raised his lips and said, "Hehe, since you asked sincerely, I will be merciful and tell you. If you accumulate 1000 points, you can date a maid of your choice! If you can accumulate 10000 points, we can travel together, including round-trip tickets!"
"What did you say!!!"
Several people couldn't help but exclaim.
Darkness glared at Xiaolin with disgust and said unhappily, “What on earth are you thinking about? Dating and traveling? For things like that, we—”
"Stop! It's too loud!"
Kobayashi covered the perverted female knight's mouth, causing her to stare with her beautiful big eyes.
"Don't be anxious, everyone, listen to me first."
"Say it!"
Aqua urged him unhappily.
She seemed very unhappy about Kobayashi's request for a date.
Xiao Lin shrugged and said, "Although the date and travel are true, I don't plan to do anything tricky with the reward..."
"That!"
"Don't worry, the prize is there, but whether you can do it is another matter."
Xiaolin smiled proudly.
Hui Hui was surprised and asked, “What do you mean?”
She didn't seem to understand what Xiaolin was going to do, but she realized that Xiaolin was going to play some tricks on the points.
"I'm considering closing this maid cafe in the near future. So, even if I desperately borrow money to save points in order to date and travel with my favorite maid - when I can exercise this power, the favorite maid will no longer exist. Even if I want to date and travel, there is no way at all, right?"
Xiaolin burst into laughter.
Chris looked at Xiaolin who was laughing wildly in silence and couldn't help but said, "Well... isn't this a scam?"
"It's too harsh to say it's a fraud."
Xiao Lin rolled his eyes and said, "It just happened that when someone accumulated enough points and wanted to use them, the store happened to be forced to close down due to poor management or offending the interests of certain groups."
That's right, that's right.
Not only will the company go bankrupt, but the mistakes will also be blamed on others.
If you think about it carefully, Kobayashi and his friends have taken advantage of many people's business recently - not to mention the guild, other coffee shops have also lost most of their customers. Those people must hate Kobayashi to death, and may have already started planning how to sanction him behind the scenes.
but!
I'm going to stop playing first. Hey, what's the matter? I'm not going to play anymore!
Even if the business goes bankrupt and customers complain, Kobayashi will have a perfect excuse to sell it, and he can even win some sympathy in the end and make a fortune!
I really am such a genius!
Aqua also quickly understood Xiaolin's true thoughts. Even she couldn't help but frowned and said, "Xiaolin, you are really too mean. It makes me feel sick."
"But I didn't break any laws! That's right, I was just testing the limits!"
Xiaolin was also making excuses for himself.
Just like this maid cafe, he didn't expect that the customers would actually go and borrow money, and would rather borrow money than go to work.
It is hard to tell anything now, but if he is really questioned in the future, the Kingdom Prosecutor Sena will not let him off easily, and might even put some other messy accusations on him.
This is also the reason why Kobayashi plans to close the store as soon as possible.
Hui Hui couldn't help curling her lips and said, "This man doesn't feel any guilt at all."
“Instead, he showed a smug smile.” Darkness couldn’t help but sigh.
Xiaolin doesn't care about that.
He also has his own difficulties.
So, he said to the dissatisfied women: "In summary, in this short period of time before closing down, in order to let customers consume more self-service, I hope you will go all out! Of course, I will not let you lose too much - half of the profit, I will give you in the form of salary. How about it?"
This should be fine now.
It goes without saying that Aqua is a little money-grubber and she is willing to do anything if she has money.
Huihui is basically the same.
Darkness and Youyou are not short of money, but they will reluctantly agree after being persuaded by others.
As for Wiz...
She is probably the one who needs money the most in order to keep the store running, so there is absolutely no need to worry.
come on!
Praise me as much as you can, and motivate yourself as much as you can, my maids——
"I never thought you were such a person, Mr. Kobayashi!"
"……Eh?"
A soft voice of disappointment came from behind me.
Turning around, I saw that it was Luna, the guild counter lady. She had appeared in the meeting at some point.
"I heard everything you just said."
"What!? When were you there?"
"When... or something like that, this place is originally part of the guild, isn't it normal for me to be here?"
That seems to be the truth!
She was so right, I was speechless!
Doesn't that mean Luna heard her conspiracy from the beginning? If so...
as predicted.
Luna said angrily, "I have received a lot of complaints about your store recently, so I wanted to consult you about the situation, but I accidentally heard this kind of thing..."
"Um... Miss Luna, I was just joking just now..."
however--
Luna said seriously, "Mr. Kobayashi!"
"I, I'm here!"
"Either you agree to close the store immediately, or I will make public all the conspiracies I just heard. Please make your choice now."
Seeing her serious and angry expression, Xiaolin scratched his head in pain, making his last struggle.
"Well, then... can we choose to continue operating for a while?"
"Please choose!"
It seems that there is no room for compromise.
It was not easy to get a chance to make money, but if Xiaolin lost the trust of everyone in the town, he probably wouldn't be able to live here anymore...
Damn it, he failed at such a critical moment.
Hui Hui also came over and whispered, "Xiao Lin, you have to be able to take it and let it go."
"Oh! Yes, yes, I understand." Xiao Lin finally gave up and sighed helplessly: "I will close the store honestly, is that all?"
"Well, a wise decision."
Luna also looked relieved.
She probably didn't want Xiaolin to go astray, but in Xiaolin's opinion, this kind of commercial fraud was common in the previous life. After all, in that case, no matter what, just draw the pie first. But in the other world, this kind of fraud is not allowed to exist.
There is no other way, I have to think of other ways to make money.
Darkness also patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Forget it. As the saying goes, there is no greater disaster than not being satisfied. We have made a lot of money this time. Let's use the money to do other things. Don't worry, I will always be with you."
The rich girl seems to be very interested in these money-making businesses.
Huihui smiled.
"You should be used as a negative example."
"Okay! Then let's evacuate immediately! Xiaolin, I'll leave the aftermath to you!"
Aqua said this with a smile, and left in a hurry with the others.
hateful!
He was really unwilling to accept this. It would be a lie to say that he didn't care, but this was the only thing he had to do now.
Thus, the glory and wealth were gone in a flash, and the maid cafe became a thing of the past.
Although there were many regular customers who sighed and lamented, the decision of the guild could not be disobeyed. Kobayashi made appropriate explanations to the customers, expressed his deep apologies, and then packed up his belongings and went home.
And now there is another problem.
"You must be kidding... That's all there is left."
Kobayashi was calculating the profit.
Originally, they used the eye-opening maid culture to pry open the closed door to the other world and made a lot of money.
However, after that, the guild extorted a large sum of money from Kobayashi for various reasons, including disturbance fees and venue rental... Oh no, it was more like they charged Kobayashi a fee.
As a result, only one tenth of the remaining money is saved.
Typical wasted time.
This way, there's no need to worry about the ring at all.
Although the result was rather miserable, it also gave Xiaolin confidence in business. He had too much money left on hand, but he could still use it as capital to do other business.
Just as Xiaolin was thinking this.
Aqua ran over hurriedly and stretched out a tender little white hand towards him.
"……what?"
"Hey Xiaolin, isn't it time to settle our wages?"
"What, salary?"
"You've made so much money, you should at least pay a little, right? You can't let us work for nothing, right?"
She said this as a matter of course.
indeed.
It is only natural to hire people and pay their wages, but Kobayashi was also dumbfounded.
"Wait a minute, aren't you guys volunteering?"
"What?! You are dreaming. How can I give you such heavy labor for free?"
Aqua rolled her eyes in annoyance.
Wiz also said carefully: "Well... I closed my own shop and came here to help. If I don't have a salary, life will be..."
To be honest, this Lich Queen will definitely be defeated in the end even if she is paid.
Forget it.
"It's come to this. If I don't pay, won't I be considered a black-hearted boss who owes wages?" Xiao Lin took out a large portion of the remaining profits and said, "I understand. You can divide this among yourself."
"Where are you sending the beggars?"
Aqua looked at the small bag of coins unhappily.
Xiao Lin had no choice but to say, "This is all I have left."
"You must be kidding!?" Aqua yelled unwillingly, "I earn so much money every day, but this is all I have left. Do you think I'm stupid?!"
"Why would I lie to you? You saw it with me when I paid the fee to the guild, right?"
At that time, Xiaolin took out a large sum of money.
Aqua was heartbroken.
The stupid goddess looked at the small amount in her hand, curled her lips unwillingly and said, "But... after all... I am working very hard for you... and you said that you will become a billionaire soon... I say, you, you must have hidden the money, right? In order to keep it for yourself... Hey, jump up and let me see, quickly!"
"Do you think you are the bad boy you used to be?!"
Xiao Lin rolled his eyes angrily.
But this made Aqua think that he was guilty of something he did, so she rushed up and started touching him all over with her dirty hands.
"Just accept your fate, come on! Let me look through your pockets!"
“You…! You’re really trying to reach into my pocket… idiot, you can’t do that… ah, ah!?”
"It seems like there is something there! A wallet, this must be a wallet!"
“Whaaaaaa————! It’s not a wallet, you idiot!”
Xiaolin covered his pockets desperately.
But this made Aqua even more convinced. She pulled hard and shouted, "Hehehe, just give in to me! Hand it over now!!!"
Then, she forcibly pulled a white object out of Xiaolin's pocket.
Triangle, cotton, white.
It's underwear.
He stole the underwear from someone unknown a few days ago.
"Ahhhh!!!"
When Chris saw the underwear, he couldn't help but scream.
Xiao Lin held the stupid goddess' face and yelled, "See, it's because you're such an idiot that you scared Chris. It's all your fault!"
"I don't care!" Aqua shouted in dissatisfaction, "You kid, are you saying... you used the money you earned from the store to buy this thing? It's unreasonable to do such a thing! You are such a scumbag!"
"Well, Xiaolin is indeed capable of doing such a thing."
"That's not it!"
Under Huihui's contemptuous gaze, Kobayashi could no longer hold back.
He stamped his feet and yelled in frustration: "You guys, you know what's going on, don't you? This is the underwear I stole earlier!"
"So you haven't lost it yet."
Huihui seemed surprised.
"There's no reason to throw it away, right?" Xiao Lin spread his hands and said, "Well, I completely forgot about it. That's just right. Better to be lucky than to be early. I'll return it to the owner now."
"Eh? Are you going to do that again?"
Youyou had a very resistant expression.
Xiaolin nodded as a matter of course.
"of course."
"In that case, why don't you just leave it here quietly and wait for the owner to come and pick it up?"
“Didn’t I tell you before that my gentlemanly soul would never allow such a thing? And, just like the last time with Megumin, all the circumstantial evidence has been gathered!”
That's right.
Xiaolin already knows who this pair of underwear belongs to!
(End of this chapter)