impure

Li Mu didn't fall asleep almost all night.

The sofa in the bar is very comfortable, as soon as you lie down, your bones seem to be soft. M Ji, who has been lying on the bed for three days, suddenly touches such a soft sofa, and Li Mu's whole body is about to melt.

The body is tired, but the mind is still alive.All kinds of thoughts are rolling in my mind.Yue Renge spoke lightly, but Li Mu remembered it in his heart, and became nervous instead.

"Whether you end up being hired or not..." Will he be hired?

Yue Renge couldn't make a decision either.What do you mean by that?Li Mu turned over, facing the back of the sofa, unable to see clearly in the pitch-black night.There is still a faint fragrance of laundry detergent on the clothes.

Yue Renge treated him so well, if he couldn't stay, would he have let him down?It was clearly his own business, but Li Mu actually started to care about other people's emotions.

Li Mu even regretted that he didn't work harder these days, even if he was more serious when wiping the cups - although others might not be able to see these things.

mediocrity.

When the sun came in from the window, Li Mu managed to sleep for a while.It was past eleven o'clock when he woke up. After lunch, he started to clean up, wipe the bottles, and prepare fruits—doing everything that should be done when the files are opened.

There are almost no days off in bars.Working in a bar generally takes one day off a week, or four days off in January, and the specific circumstances vary from person to person.There are no weekends for ordinary people, because that happens to be the busiest time for bars.

Li Mu calculated again: today is Saturday, judging from his past experience, tonight will not be easy.Usually at four o'clock he would start preparing for the opening of the bar with his colleagues, but this afternoon there was a meeting at three o'clock. Li Mu was not sure when the meeting would end, but he could be sure that as long as he was on duty, the work at hand would be done well .

When everything is ready, someone has already arrived.

"Ouch, you scared me." Amy was the first to arrive. Her short purple hair still made people unable to move their eyes. She chewed gum and said in a muffled voice, "Why did you arrive so early?"

"...Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I'll come first." Li Mu didn't want to explain that he rested here last night, so he told a harmless little lie.

Amy glanced at the bar and nodded with satisfaction, "It's a good job. How is it? You can still learn something by doing the bar preparation, right? You can't practice the basic skills quickly. Don't always feel that you are good when you encounter alcohol."

Li Mu didn't know who she was pointing at, so he just smiled, and Amy said again: "Mao Xiaojun said he quit, you know that?"

"Quit?" Li Mu was a little surprised, "Why?"

We were still complaining about work together yesterday, and even invited us to have supper after get off work, why did you just resign?Li Mu was still holding the rag in his hand, and felt a little unbelievable.

"Called me early this morning." Amy sighed, went straight to the back of the bar, carefully adjusted the position of the wine bottle, "There may be a better place to go."

Li Mu stopped talking.With his limited imagination, he didn't know where else could compare to Dionys under the current conditions.

"Why did Sister Amy come so early today?" He wiped the table again, looking for words, "Isn't it just after two o'clock?"

When Amy heard this, she turned around and put her hands on the bar, "Me? I like it. Besides eating and sleeping, this is my favorite place to stay."

Her eyes were shining brightly, Li Mu thought it might be the sunlight from the window falling on her eyes. "What could be happier than making a living doing what you love?"

"Then..." Li Mu's words stopped abruptly.He wanted to ask, doesn't Mao Mao like it?Why did he give up?Li Mu can't figure it out, is it because his liking is far from enough?

Perhaps only Mao Xiaojun knew about these issues.

"Little friend." Amy looked at him seriously, "Boss Yue told you, the meeting will be held soon, and he said you will come. Do you think you can stay in the end?"

It was the same meeting room, full of people.From Yue Renge, Liang Chuan, to Amy and other bartenders, to the waiters, they all gathered together.

Meeting.

It was the first time that Li Mu knew that Dionysia had so many employees. On weekdays, everyone performed their duties. They were busy for most of the day, and there were not many opportunities to chat in private, so some people looked a little strange.Li Mu nervously found a chair in the corner and sat down. Seeing the intern Zhu Zhu who came in at the same time as him, he greeted her.

"Now that everyone is here, let's start." Liang Chuan presided over the meeting, "The first issue discussed today is the budget overrun for this week's fruit purchases."

Fruit is an essential and important supporting role in every bar. Fresh fruit can add a unique flavor to drinks.Overrun on fruit budget?Li Mu pricked up his ears. Although this question was practical, it didn't match up with the questions he imagined to be raised in the regular meeting.

"Let me talk about this issue first." The skinny girl wearing glasses raised her hand first to speak, "It is true that the fruit procurement expenses this time exceeded the budget. One is that the price of fruits has generally increased this year, and our budget is based on last year's prices. , so there will inevitably be some fluctuations in the amount; the second is that the current seasonal fruits are strawberries and pineapples, and the prices are generally expensive, and the strawberry season is short. In order to match the current wine list, we must buy a large number of strawberries in a short period of time and make Good storage work can ensure the supply of corresponding wine products, which leads to the overrun of the fruit budget.”

"This is true, but the problem of fruit budget overspending has not been resolved." Liang Chuan said, "Besides, rising prices and seasonal fruits are long-standing problems. Didn't you consider it when you made the budget?"

The girl pursed her mouth and stopped talking.

"What do you think?" Yue Renge leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and meditated.

Someone raised their hand, "...if the fruit budget will inevitably be overrun, how about we cut the budget from other projects accordingly? Anyway, as long as the total budget is not exceeded."

Someone immediately retorted: "I don't think it's possible. Fruits can be exceeded, so which item can be reduced? Is it the quality of various base wines? Cleaning fees? Or your salary?"

Low laughter resounded in the meeting room, and the colleague who was slandered blushed, "I mean... didn't I mean to express my own ideas."

"Well, it's okay, everyone try to tell the truth, it doesn't matter if you say something wrong." Yue Renge also smiled, looked around, finally looked at Li Mu, raised his chin slightly, "Li Mu, tell me."

Suddenly being called, Li Mu stood up in a panic, and the smile that Yue Renge had suppressed just now spread happily again. "It's okay, just sit down and talk." Liang Chuan suppressed a smile, "Don't be nervous."

Li Mu sat down, clutching the knees of his trousers with both hands, all eyes were on him, and Li Mu felt hairy.

It's hairy, it's still necessary to say.Li Mu thought for a while, and said: "Although I don't understand budgets, I think there are two principles that must be adhered to. One is to do a good job of research and try to cover possible problems, including rising prices and loss of materials, to avoid Due to various emergencies, the expenses will be increased at will.”

He glanced at Liang Chuan, his face was still stinky, but he was still listening carefully; Yue Renge leaned on the back of the chair with one hand, propped his face on the back of his hand, and was looking at Li Mu.

"Secondly, we need to standardize...regulate all kinds of expenditures. It's not appropriate to adjust randomly." Li Mu swallowed, and said, "Actually, Sunny was right just now. It doesn't mean that the fruit item is overspending. Then we have to cut costs on other items. The bar as a whole is like a machine. The machine must run well without any problems. Therefore, our root is still returning to the expenditure of fruits, rather than sacrificing the expenditure of other items. Striking the balance... I'm done."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and there was silence.

"Who else wants to say?" Yue Renge asked.

"In the final analysis, the budget is not clear." Liang Chuan concluded, "The budget is a kind of reference and specification, and it cannot be sloppy. Especially when it comes to individual budgets, it is necessary to consider various factors comprehensively, and even have a pre-judgmental vision, so that the budget can be done well. Precise and accurate—" He glanced at Yue Renge, "Are you right?"

Yue Renge nodded, "What do you think about finance?"

The thin girl wearing glasses shrugged her shoulders, "Then I will readjust the budget... I will attach the latest price changes and inflation rate when I make the annual general budget for your reference; at the same time, some long-season fruits We can purchase in batches and small quantities, and if possible, we try to use local suppliers to reduce the loss rate of materials as much as possible.”

"Well, it's really complicated to make a budget. It's hard work for you to make some adjustments. Especially we have a certain dependence on seasonal fruits, and you must take this factor into consideration. We will discuss in detail the method of fruit procurement later." Yue Renge He knocked on the table, "Financials can't just stay in the room and calculate your numbers. You have to know how the store works and how the money is used. You can't estimate it based on your imagination. This approach may be feasible in some companies. , but here, it doesn’t work.”

When the meeting proceeded to the next topic, Li Mu's hanging heart finally settled down.Zhu Zhu gave him a thumbs up, "You are really good, have you studied this specifically?"

Li Mu shook his head, "Actually, I don't know if I'm right or not, but I just happened to help handle the fruit, so I probably have a feeling."

Zhu Zhu said something again, but Li Mu couldn't hear clearly.The meeting was not what he expected.He thought it would be Liang Chuan or Yue Renge who would take the lead, pointing out problems to everyone and proposing goals for the next week—but no, they spoke very little, and even Yue Renge barely spoke.The leader of the whole meeting is all the staff.

He suddenly understood what Yue Renge said.

It's not me who decides whether you can stay or not.

All Dionys employees.

"Okay, the last topic, let's discuss the performance of several interns." Liang Chuan clapped his hands, "In addition to Mao Xiaojun who offered to resign and not participate in the evaluation, we now have two interns, Li Mu and Zhu Zhu. Regarding the performance of these two these days, please speak freely. Li Mu, Zhu Zhu, if there are some inappropriate things, please forgive me."

"My God." Zhu Zhu called out softly.How could it be so cruel? It would be fine if he was killed in the end. Before being killed, he would be judged by everyone. Who came up with this bad idea?

Li Mu felt a layer of cold sweat break out on his back.He clenched his pants harder, his palms already wet with sweat.He looked up at Yue Renge, who was looking at him with a smile.Li Mu was puzzled, could this be what Yue Renge said was useful to him?

"Okay." Yue Renge tapped the table lightly with his fingers, "Let's start with Li Mu first."

--------The author says------------

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