Breakdown
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I went back to the Great Hall and entered without saying any greetings as I sat slumped on the chair. Prius noticed my glum face and he asked, "What's the matter, my dear friend? Why the gloomy face? Did something in the Southern Plains upset you in any manner?"
"Naahh... It is not that they upset me, but it seems those beasts ran away from me instead of attacking me. Am I that fearsome until those beasts turned tailed away from me? I only managed to kill one desert warg and the rest all ran away and in the end, I ended up chasing them." I sighed when I remembered what happened back in Southern Plains.
"I think you need a few days off and go about to other towns and see what else they might have that might spark your interest. You know, Spend a bit of time sightseeing, have a bit of R&R so at least it keeps your mind of things at the moment."
"You will face a burn out real soon, my friend and a writer who suffers a burn out would be hazardous to your work."
"Nah, don't worry about my work. This novel stretches out a chapter a day so by the time this chapter is released, it would be somewhere nearing the last week of November already."
"Hah... I used to publish 5 chapters every week and 2 chapters daily but there's no difference. Now the developers added a target of published chapters and I've hit my mark of more than 10k a week. You think there are any other writers who would top that?"
"Tell me more about your make up foundation and its ingredients, at least it keeps your mind of things," Prius said as he presented his notepad and ready to take down the necessary information.
"For the base of the foundation makeup, we used Arrowroot Powder, then add Ground Cinnamon and Nutmeg and lastly Olive Oil. It's a mix of 50/40/10. It has one colour for this kind."
"The eyeliner we had used activated charcoal that we had acquired from Pointus'. There are 3 types, original, one is water-based, aloe vera gel-based and coconut oils based. Its mixture is 90/10. This product has one colour but 4 types"
"Our lipsticks come on a clear gloss which consists of coconut oil, beeswax, butter and Essense. The ratio for this would be 50/25/25. The Essense would be just 50ml. Use a double boiler to melt the beeswax, then add coconut oil and butter. Once it's cool, add the essence. For colour shading and intensity add 150 or 250 and 500 grams of beet, cinnamon or turmeric to have the colours of pink, light brown or golden brown. Our lipsticks come in 9 shades."
"The eye shadows also use Arrowroot powder and butter. The ratio would be 80/20. Use the beet, cinnamon or turmeric to have pink, light brown or golden brown depending on a mix of 150, 250 or 500 grams for the intensity. This eye shadow has 9 colours."
"The blusher is made up of 3 ingredients too. Arrowroot powder, beetroot for pink, annatto for orange, madder root powder for red to purple and activated charcoal. The mix would be 45/45/10, 40/40/20 and 35/35/30 for 3 colours and 3 shade. There are 9 variants altogether."
I gave Prius of the breakdown of the product, price and its daily output. Since we are running 2 shifts, it would be better to keep as it is. Since we have sufficient demand, it's time for us to expand our mode of advertising, marketing and promotions.
Shampoo 10 scents 60 credits
Daily output : 400 pcs / line / shift
Toothpaste 5 scents 35 credits
Daily output - 500 pcs / line / shift
Face Scrubs 15 scents 40 credits
Daily output - 465 pcs / line / shift
Foundation Make up 1 type 50 credits
Daily Output - 600 pcs / line / shift
Eyeliner 4 types 35 credits
Daily Output - 650 pcs / line / shift
Lipstick 9 types 40 credits
Daily Output -700 pcs / line / shift
Eyeshadow 9 types 45 credits
Daily Output -700 pcs / line / shift
Blusher 9 types 45 credits.
Daily Output -650 pcs / line / shift
Prius took down every single detail and when I checked it back, it was true and correct. It is the most basic ingredients for a homemade product. I didn't bother to add the nail polish in this era because it would be harder to find the solutions that I require and the potters here seem to guard their trade closely.
The rest of the ingredients had already been posted in the other chapters so it would repetitious if I were to include in here and it would not be fair, don't you think?
"So what would you be doing right now, my friend? You are not thinking of going away, do you right after you had given me the ingredients as well as the statistics for the daily output?" asked Prius as he looked at me and to see what kind of reasons I would give if I were to turn my back now.
"Actually... I'm planning to add a bit of welfare into the community, especially for our employees. There are 15 employees per production plant and there's a total of 115 across 7 production plants and 1 HQ in the 1st shift and 105 in the second shift, right?"
"At first I thought of turning this Great Hall into a great dining hall but I think otherwise. It's better for me to get another barn on a residential lot and turn it into a canteen. It's pretty hard working with limited land right now since it's being governed by the Council Chambers."
"I get what you mean, my friend. Good luck in acquiring the land for the purpose. I'm sure you would be able to find it. There's a few more abandoned houses nearby the production plants and I think you would be able to provide sufficient seating and a cooking area as well. "
I excused myself as I head down to the Council Chambers, hopefully for the last time and inquired yet, another residential lot that I would be converting in as a meal area for the employees. The lot is available and the design I made was an open-air clean and dirty kitchen with running water, of course. There is an open-air shelter with wooden benches and tables that could accommodate 120 people at one time.
There was a place for the storage of ingredients and 4 XL rockets stoves with cooking equipment that can be stowed away out of sight after use. Since its operational 12 hours from 9 am to 9 pm, there would be 4 cooks c*m dishwashers altogether.
It was the usual process of 24 hours before the structure was brought over and with that simplistic design and a medium compound, I ended paying just 115k credits altogether with the equipment.
After achieving that goal of mine, 4 cooks were immediately hired through word of mouth and soon reported to me as to what kind of a 1 vegetable, 1 meat dish and 1 soup they could prepare and they immediately gave me the list of dishes they could cook.
I compiled it based on a 14-day menu for lunch, dinner, mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks and tea. After I am satisfied with the list and found no repetition except for snacks and tea, I told the cooks to post it on the bulletin board for their own personal reference.
A separate small blackboard was used to write the menu for the day. After all, was done, they were told to report to work the next following day. Before that, the menu reference was given to them and was told to acquire the ingredients and to send it to the dining area.
"The goods would preferably be sent in daily and would be taking care of the venison, pork and rabbit meats. Just hand me the bill and I would take care of it. It should be itemised so I won't miss any discrepancies. You would just do the preparation for each day's meals. As for the fish and other stuff, you may acquire them from the market. Everything clear so far?"
"Yes sir, everything is clear. So they would deliver the items first and be paid later or the next following day, right?" asked one of the cooks named Penelope. "Yup, that's right. I'm sure they have no problem with it." I replied as the end of the chapter is closing soon.
I soon informed the leaders of all 7 production plants to inform both shifts that their meals would be taken care of at 930 am for the mid-morning tea. 1130 am for their lunch, 430 pm for the mid-afternoon tea and 730 pm for dinner.
Since there is some daylight left, I decided to go for some hunting at the Northern Forest. Since we now have 4 cooks, Rebecca does not have to be our cook anymore and was advised to stay back at the Keating's as a wife for Prius. This would call for a celebration as Prius announced an end to his bachelor days.
Furthermore, we need all the hands-on deck to embark on the next project.
- Writer
