Doomsday B&B

The next day, Qi Yun sat in Qi Huan's office, looking at the two freshly drawn design drafts, feeling extremely conflicted.

After glancing at Qi Huan, who was carefully screening resumes, Qi Yun had no choice but to pull up two more design drafts to look at. She kept looking at the design drafts and then at Qi Huan, repeating this cycle until Qi Huan became impatient.

"Alright, stop looking at me, what's wrong now, my big boss?"

"Sister Qi Huan, I don't know which of these two designs to choose. I like them both. How do I pick one?"

"You've been agonizing over this for over an hour."

"Yes, just for this."

"Then build both, one for girls only and one for boys only, and put a restaurant in the middle, that'll do."

"Yes, that's the way to do it. I'll get right on it."

"Wait, what's the rush?"

"Sister Qi Huan, what's wrong now?"

"Don't you think about it? One minute you're adding a store in a convenience store, the next you're adding another one in a convenience store. Is this going to be called a convenience store or a general office?"

"Oh, then what do you suggest, Sister Qi Huan?"

Qi Huan was already exasperated with the boss's passive attitude. Since he had brought up the issue himself, he had to provide a corresponding solution, so he spoke up:

"Adding a second floor above the convenience store and building a separate external staircase on the side would be convenient and wouldn't interfere with each other. If we need any rooms with similar functions in the future, we can build them directly inside. My office can also be moved up there. How great would that be?"

"Okay, let's do it this way. I'll take care of it. Sister Qi Huan, let's go out. I'll finish the addition when we get there. Then we'll go up and see where we can put your office. You can choose first."

"Okay." Qi Huan had no choice but to tidy up the office and follow Qi Yun out.

The two went up to the newly added second floor of the convenience store. Because there were no partitions inside, the second floor seemed quite spacious.

Qi Huan walked around and chose a location at the very back, then she redesigned the office layout.

Now that she had space, she divided her office into three parts. The central part, which is directly in front of the door, is the one she prepared for her future assistant. To the left is her workspace, where the break room is conveniently located. To the right is a large conference room.

The large conference room was divided into two parts. The smaller inner part was used for interviews, with only one table and three chairs. The larger outer part had a long conference table with a circle of chairs for meetings or receiving guests.

Her entire office is interconnected, with a total of 5 doors. Opening the main entrance, there is a door to her lounge on the left and a door to the interview room on the right. In addition to the door leading to Qi Huan's office, the interview room also has a door leading to the conference room. The conference room also has a door leading to the interview room and another door that leads directly out of the conference room.

After designing the office, the two began to study the location of the tea room. Considering that there was also a restaurant, they decided to place the restaurant and two tea rooms at the entrance of the stairs.

This section has three doors. One door is located at the top of the stairs, leading to the dining room. Passing through the dining room, you'll find two side-by-side tea rooms with different styles. This makes it convenient for employees to eat and also allows them to relax in the tea rooms after their meals. The other two doors are located in the locations of the two tea rooms, allowing employees to enter the tea rooms directly without going through the dining room.

Once the locations of the tea room and Qi Huan's office were determined, Qi Yun directly decorated the tea room according to the design drawings of the two designers, as they had discussed. As for Qi Huan's office, she only completed the basic hard furnishings and gave Qi Huan the authority to decorate the rest herself.

While renovating, Qi Huan pondered what else was left to do, and suddenly spoke up:

"Should we arrange an office for the two designers?"

"Hmm, that works. I think we should just allocate a space for them, give them the necessary permissions, and let them do it themselves."

"Okay, you decide. So, you can give the wall to the circle, right? Remember to make the circle big. There can't just be two designers. My plan is to have at least six. It doesn't need to be too big, just big enough to fit six people. Each person can decorate their own workstation."

"Okay, I'll get it done right away, but is 4 square meters enough for each person?"

"No need, 3 square meters is enough, and then leave 4 square meters for common areas."

"Okay." So Qi Yun did as Qi Huan said and allocated a total of 22 square meters for the design department, marking the interior with a horizontal line on the ground.

Seeing that the location of the future design department had been marked, Qi Huan asked again:

"How about we think about what other offices we might need and just build them all at once?"

"I really don't know, Sister Qi Huan, just tell me what you think!"

Where is your office?

"Huh? Do I still need it?"

"Of course you need to. Otherwise, where will you greet people when they come?"

"Ah, that's true. Then let's add three more floors. I'll design the interior space later when we get back."

"Okay, do as you please. Adding a third floor is convenient. It'll be just right for your own use, and it'll be easy to arrange for guests when they come. Remember, besides the office, what you need most is a reception room."

"Okay, got it."

"Okay, I'll go back and pack my things, and then we'll remove that office downstairs tomorrow."

"Okay. Shall we go?"

"Let's go, Sister Qi Huan, why don't you skip packing? If there's nothing else, let's have a meal together. It'll be lively and a good opportunity for new and old employees to get to know each other."

"You're the boss, so what you say goes. But what about the shift workers? We can't just keep those few people on duty, can we?"

"It's okay, just close the door. We won't miss out on that little bit."

"Tsk, then I'll let you know. I've created a group on my personal terminal, so it'll be easier to send out notifications and such."

"Okay, just in time, we're here. Sister Qi Huan, let's go to the fresh food store to get some supplies." As they said this, Qi Yun led Qi Huan into the fresh food store while talking to her.

"Alright, let go now. You're already inside, do you think I can run away?"

"Okay, here you go, Qi Huan. You take one shopping cart, I'll take one. You pick vegetables and fruit, I'll pick meat." With that, he casually shoved a shopping cart into Qi Huan's hand, then pushed one of his own towards the meat section.

Qi Huan had no choice but to push the shopping cart to the vegetable and fruit section, carefully selecting vegetables and fruits while counting the number of people. Qi Yun, on the other hand, grabbed whatever she saw, and in no time, the cart was full. Seeing the cart full of vegetables, Qi Yun pushed it to the door and went to find Qi Huan. Seeing that Qi Huan was still selecting items one by one, and not wanting to wait, she started her shopping spree, grabbing whatever she saw, and similarly filled the cart in a very short time.

"Alright, let's go, Sister Qi Huan, I've already got my meat."

"Why can't you be quick? Okay, you've taken everything, what can I say?"

The two people pushed two carts of goods. Qi Yun paid the bill, packed up, and returned to Qi Yun's small courtyard.

Back in the courtyard, Qi Yun took out the same barbecue equipment she used last time and started preparing.

We were almost ready, and people started arriving one after another.

Everyone had a great time dining together, and Qi Huan also announced the new restaurant and tea room, which brought everyone's enthusiasm to a new level.