114 Aesthetics (1/2)
Jin left Zhen Qing to do her work in the kitchen and he believed that the system disguising as a sentient AI would only help her when necessary. Jin now had a few things to do. One was to take a look at Xiong Da and perhaps participate in the training for a while since he had yet to do his daily morning training.
The second thing he needed to sort out was the street stall improvement that Jin had told Zhen Qing about. There was nothing wrong with the current mobile stall that Zhen Qing was using, it was just that Jin could improve the seating area surrounding the street stall, modernise the street stall so it would look more eye catching while not losing the traditional look that his store had portrayed.
Speaking of his store, it was about time he put up the store house sign and perhaps redecorate the shop a little to suit the panda theme to the place was rocking. ”I have about 10 Thousand and 300 hundred Yuan in my earnings account right now courtesy of Xiong Da as well as roughly 4000 dungeon dollars.
With the exchange rate of 100 Yuan to 1 Dungeon dollar, I would have about an additional of 1000 dungeon dollars if I convert everything. Hmm. That is not a really good idea at all. I should only convert the Yuan when I really need it.” Jin was looking at his phone's calculator and found there was an exchange button that showed him the conversion rates and the total amount of money he would receive.
”Judging from what I have previously built from the Dungeon maker, I guess I will set the improvement for the street stall and the store's internal renovation a budget of 500 Dungeon Dollars. That should be more than sufficient.”Jin realised that he could not be a lazy boss like he used to be. Back then, the financing of the store was all supported by the system, and he did not have to worry a single thing. All he did was serve the customers when need be and continue his daily life as per normal.
Now he had to keep a tight watch on the amount of money he had. Sure, the upgrades to the mobile stall and the internal decorations may not be worth the amount of dungeon dollars he was spending since they were only for aesthetics rather than for function.
However, the image of the shop, especially in the era where the look and feel of the products would determine the success, was equally as important as what the shop could actually do.Sensory or even subliminal effects would be essential competitive tools against other dungeon suppliers.
Jin already noticed the effect the system created when using Pandas in the shop. It made both male and female customers coming in feel relaxed and comfortable, compared to other dungeon suppliers, whose atmospheres were all about anger, rage, fights and power. The dungeon supplier ”King's Monster” had figments of various monsters all around their shop.
Jin also remembered the feeling he experienced when he was on the third floor of his store. He noticed that a lot of his customers did not dare to enter because they could feel the tranquillity of the area and felt like they were disrupting the peace. However, Jin still did not understand the rationale of a tranquil gallery when the statues would teleport them to a place of excitement.
”This is just my conjecture but I think the system wants the customers to know and experience something incredibly unique in this day and age. I think the system wants our customers to know that there can be a place of tranquillity even within our fast-paced world of chaos. Besides, this could also allow the customer to transition properly into something different.” Yun came from out of nowhere and poured herself a coffee to drink. Jin then realised Yun had disappeared when Xiong Da and Zhen Qing came into the store. Perhaps, she did not want the others to misunderstand her relationship with Jin.
”If you have not noticed, the Zen gallery kind of gives you the 'Alright, let's try again. I can do this.' kind of vibe?” Yun added a few pieces of sugar cubes and some milk.
”I realised too. Still, that third floor needs more promotion and more service instances. ” Jin replied back.
”Well, its either you make more money or you do more missions,” Yun commented as she sipped her coffee.
”Enough missions for now. I have yet to complete the Baby Panda mission and a few other things are still lined up on my plate. Getting more missions will just complicate things.”Jin shook his head.
”Maybe the system might give you a helping hand once in a while you know? It would not harm you to check periodically.” Yun smiled at Jin, which incidentally gave Jin a sense of apprehension.
”Yeah, I will check it later.” Jin had enough with the system making his life miserable a moment and Yun chuckled at his reply.
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Xiong Da entered Panda Muscles as Jin instructed to him and found that he was surrounded by various gym equipment in a warehouse that was void of people.
”Mister Xiong Da?” Xiong Da heard his name and turned to look, only to find that it was a red panda receptionist. He did not know that Jin had now made all the service instance receptionists excluding the Emerald Mountain Hot Spring Instance red pandas. ”Yes, I am Xiong Da.” He replied to the innocent looking red panda.
”Your instructor is waiting for you at the other end of the warehouse. Just follow the illuminated path which I am about to show you now and you will find him. Your instructor also said to reach there in 2 minutes or he will not teach you anything. The distance you need to cover is 800 metres.”
”800 metres in 2 minutes?!” Xiong Da's jaw dropped.Commoners' average timing was roughly 3 -4 minutes. He knew some cultivators could definitely do better than that but his cultivation style was focused on power not speed. So, in terms of speed, he was no different from a commoner and all he could do was rely on his stamina and willpower.