"Have you sold any books before?" Meg asked the two elves with a smile.
The two elves appeared to be around 15 or 16 years old. They had round and adorable faces, and they shook their heads with flushed cheeks.
"That's right. From today onward, you'll be responsible for selling a thousand books a day until all of them are sold out. I'll cover your three meals a day, and you'll be paid 1,000 copper coins a day. What do you think?" Meg offered with a smile.
The taller elf's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Do we eat at Mamy's?"
"Of course, we'll eat together." Meg nodded with a smile.
The two elves looked at each other before replying in unison, "Then we'd like to!"
They had often heard from Big Sister Phyllis that Mamy's was the best restaurant in the world, and that the owner could cook delicious food. However, due to the exorbitant prices, they had never tasted any of the food before.
Big Sister Phyllis's cooking was also very delicious, but she said that her cooking skills were not even one-ten-thousandth of the owner of Mamy's.
If they could eat at Mamy's for free, that would be fantastic.
"I'm Meg, the owner and head chef of Mamy's," Meg introduced himself with a smile.
"We recognize you, Mr. Meg." The taller elf smiled, and said, "I'm Molly, and this is my sister, Eve."
"Molly, Eve, nice to meet you." Meg nodded as he pulled out a human-sized billboard that he had just printed at the textile factory. He then moved a table over, and pulled out a few dozen books from a wooden box before laying them out on the table.
"There are a thousand books here, and the prices are already indicated on the billboard. Your job is to deliver the books to the customers for 1,000 copper coins, and each customer is limited to two books," Meg explained to the two elves.
"Mr. Meg, we have ten thousand books, why is there a limit? Wouldn't it be better if more people were willing to buy them? "Eve asked with a perplexed expression. Molly was also perplexed.
"That's because once this book is sold, its market price will be well over 1,000 copper coins. If I take this album to Rodu, I can sell it for 10,000 copper coins or even higher before the news of it being sold in bulk spreads. " Meg explained with a smile, "I want more people to be able to appreciate this album, and not let it be hoarded by a small number of people for profit."
"Ten thousand copper coins?" Mo Li's and Eve's jaws dropped in shock. They could not imagine that the price of the sketchbook would increase by tenfold if they were to go to another location.
"This box will be used to store money. Don't worry, Mamy's customers are all very well-mannered, they will definitely be able to handle it." Meg moved a large box and placed it at their feet, then arranged two high stools for them.
"Thank you, boss," the two girls said with a smile.
"Get used to the working environment first. I'll call you to eat later," Meg said to them and turned to enter the restaurant.
He went upstairs to change into his chef's uniform and began to prepare for the lunch service.
"Boss, are Molly and Eve here to help sell the sketchbook?" Phyllis asked as she entered and looked at Meg, who was putting on an apron.
"Yeah, we're short on staff, so they're here to deliver the sketchbook. I saw that they were quite smart, so I asked them to come and help me." Meg nodded.
"Hoho, the advertisement sign at the door, Anne's drawing is so beautiful." Yabemiya followed him into the restaurant with a smile, and said, "I'm going to go upstairs and ask our famous artist to come down and take a look at her portrait."
"Signing is a good idea." Meg nodded. This was a necessary step for a best-selling comic artist.
Painting was a lonely thing. Being able to receive positive feedback from the readers would give him a great sense of accomplishment.
"Then I'll go now." Yabemiya ran upstairs and soon came down holding Anne's hand. She led the confused Anne to the door.
Annie stood at the entrance of the restaurant and looked at the tall signboard. She was wearing a long dress and holding a paintbrush. She was painting seriously. She could not help but widen her eyes and stand there with her mouth slightly agape. She was stunned.
Next to her portrait, there were two lines of words:
Genius comic artist Anne's first color work, "The Story of the Little Mermaid", is limited edition!
1000 copper coins per volume!!!
"You're the genius comic artist Anne, right? Your drawings are so beautiful. "Eve looked at Anne and praised sincerely.
Anne's Adam's apple bobbed, and she recovered from her shock. Then, a sense of shame welled up in her, but she still thanked Eve politely with sign language.
"Anne has a small problem with her throat, so she's using sign language for the time being," Mia explained with a smile.
Molly and Eve nodded in understanding.
Anne nodded to the two of them and turned to enter the restaurant, her face flushed red.
"Do you like it? It's your first color work for sale." Meg looked at the blushing Anne.
Anne looked at Meg and felt a little shy, but also a little touched, but she still nodded to show that she liked it.
Hearing other people's praise and seeing her drawings placed on the table and about to be sold to others … It was a wonderful feeling.
It was as if she had suddenly found the reason why she wanted to do this. Sharing beautiful things with more people, wasn't this her original intention when she picked up the brush?
More people could hear the stories told by her father, and more people could feel the warmth and love. What an interesting thing.
"I like it a lot." Anne reiterated.
"That's good. Once these ten thousand volumes are sold, we'll be best-selling comic artists." Meg smiled, and he was also proud of her.
As for the signing, Anne rejected it.
The little girl was still a little shy.
However, Meg thought about it from another perspective. Anne was still a greenhorn, and she might not be willing to sign her drawings, so he gave up.
It was close to noon, and customers started to line up outside the restaurant.
The news of Mamy's reopening had already spread. Those foodies who didn't make it for breakfast in the morning rushed over early, afraid that they would miss lunch.
Milo and Garland were among them.
The two of them looked a lot more haggard after being trapped in Chaos City for so many days because of the sudden war.
Garland had a small stubble on his face, which he shaved casually at the inn.
When they heard the news of victory, the two of them cried tears of joy at the inn, and even prepared to set off for home overnight.
However, they really didn't want to make this trip for nothing. After all, the new peace treaty had been signed, and the Norland Continent was about to welcome a long period of peace. Their magazine's next goal was to sell the Norland Continent!
Hence, the two of them decided to make another trip to Mamy's to see if Mr. Mak was there.
The advertisement board at the entrance attracted their attention. They thought it was Mr. Mak's new dish, but when they took a closer look, it was actually promoting a comic.
"Genius comic artist Anne? I don't think I've heard of her. "Milo scratched his head.
"Yeah, a newbie?" Garland shook his head too.
"You don't know, but Miss Anne is Mr. Mak's daughter." A regular at the restaurant laughed.
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