Chapter 282 Maggie’s Promotion
After a while.
Chen Lun walked out of Hoyle's office.
He held a contract in his hand, which specified the rights and obligations of both parties, but for the circus, it was extremely loose and free. In addition to performing on stage once a week, he could not even come to the theater for the whole day. However, Hoyle still offered a weekly salary of one hundred gold pounds and a 20% commission on the profit on the day of the performance.
It's a high salary.
After all, like a general performance troupe, the weekly salary is only eight to twelve gold pounds. This money needs to be handed over to the troupe leader to allocate it to his performers. When divided equally, the amount of money that each person can get is actually not much.
Hoyle was very generous. It could even be said that he put all his few remaining chips on this young man with a black hat whom he had just met.
In addition to paying his salary, he also promised in the contract that he would spare no effort to warm up, promote and build momentum for the performance, striving to make the "City Garden" Grand Theater shine again.
In Hoyle's heart, he had already made a plan. Even if Jack was a liar, he would willingly admit defeat.
"Mr. Jack, I will take you out personally."
Hoyle followed him out with a smile on his face, closed the office door with his backhand, and said.
"You are the theater owner, Mr. Hoyle."
Chen Lun joked.
"It's so enthusiastic that other performing groups are jealous."
He said, pointing to the corridor opposite the office.
There were some actors in makeup and makeup gathered there, seemingly getting ready to perform on stage. Among them were three deformed dwarfs, a pair of young twin girls with hot bodies, and Mr. Covey who had just taken a shower and changed his clothes.
The eight-character Hu Kewei was saying something to the others with a ferocious face, and the faces of the others showed a little "same hatred and hatred".
Noticing the gazes of Chen Lun and Hoyle, these performance troupe members restrained themselves a little, but they still couldn't help but complain in low voices.
"Sorry, Mr. Jack, I may have caused trouble to you. I will explain it to them later..."
Hoyle showed a hint of embarrassment.
He is a nostalgic person. Although these performance teams are of average quality, they have been following the "City Garden" Grand Theater for a long time, so it is not easy to criticize them.
Chen Lun smiled and said nothing.
The two came to the theater door and parted.
Hoyle assured him that the performance would be warmed up within the next week, and he also hoped that Chen Lun could lead the "Jack's Circus" to perform as well as possible on the stage and become the theater's first hit.
"Don't worry, Mr. Hoyle."
Chen Lun put the black hat on his head and showed a polite smile.
"No need to send you off any more. I'll call a taxi on the roadside and go back."
After saying that, he strode away.
Even if he didn't look back, Chen Lun could still feel Hoyle's eyes always on him, and the mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety in his eyes.
The smile on Chen Lun's face became a little playful.
In fact, he could clearly see that Hoyle was extremely sincere, as shown by the contract alone.
In this regard, now that the goal of finding a clear identity for the team has been achieved, he will not hesitate to help this young man.
'It's just that the other performing groups seem to be very hostile to me...'
He chuckled twice and shook his head.
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After Chen Lun left.
Inside the City Garden Theater.
In the corridor on the second floor, the members of the performance troupe were still gathering here, and the number was getting larger and larger. Kewei's angry voice could be heard from a distance, as well as a few sharp and childish echoes.
"As soon as that guy came, Hoyle seemed to have changed. If this continues, we will all have nothing to eat!"
Kewei said solemnly.
"Yes!"
"That's right!"
"That's it!"
Three dwarfs shouted from the side.
"And that guy is very narrow-minded, so I was teased by him... If we don't join forces, everyone will end up in the same end!"
"Yes!"
"That's right!"
"That's it!"
The three dwarfs were filled with indignation, and their deformed facial features were crowded together comically.
"Can he really make the birds flying on the road dance? Oh come on, Kewei, this is too fake!"
A girl with a brown afro looked disdainful, and she was playing with a leather whip in her hand.
This is the younger sister of the Taming Sisters, named Deirdre Selina.
And her sister Delia Selena smoked a lady's cigarette and said with a smile:
"Why don't you make it more exaggerated, like...he can tame a dragon and scare you so much that you wet your crotch? Oh, Kewei, is this why you rush to the bathroom?"
My sister blew out a smoke ring and rolled her eyes.
"Deidre and I have been working in this industry for more than ten years, but we have never heard of such an animal trainer."
"Damn it! Delia, why are you always focusing on that guy's performance? I'm telling you, we are going to be finished soon!"
Veins appeared on Kewei's forehead and he suppressed his anger and said:
"Yes, yes! He is so powerful! The shit on my body was caused by that guy commanding stupid birds to poop in the sky... and he can also do magic tricks, and he made dozens or hundreds of pigeons directly from my hat! But! These are not important, the important thing is..."
He took a deep breath.
"I was eavesdropping at the office door just now. What do you think I heard?"
Others watched him silently, and even the door to the side opened, and four or five young girls wearing uniform white dresses came out. These girls are also part of the performance troupe of the "City Garden" Grand Theatre, responsible for chorus and opera narration performances.
"One hundred gold pounds! Weekly salary! And all the resources of the theater will be tilted towards that guy's performance troupe!"
Covey shouted.
"All of us put together, our salary is not as much as that guy's! Why is he, a newcomer, taking up our resources... If this continues, everyone will be kicked out of the theater!"
"Yes!"
"That's right!"
"That's it!"
Three dwarfs screamed in agreement.
Even Sister Selena couldn't help but frown.
If what Kewei said is true, they may really be in danger of losing their jobs.
Even though Kewei's words were a bit exaggerated, everyone present couldn't help but feel worried and anxious after hearing the news. The theaters in Peacock City are now saturated. If I lose this job, small theaters can’t afford it, and big theaters can’t afford it... I really don’t know where to go.
Everyone seemed to see a gloomy future.
"Kewei, what do you want to do?"
Delia said solemnly.
"Of course it's a good thing to mess with that guy! On the day of the performance, we just need to make a little move on the props and stage..."
Kewei sneered.
The others immediately understood.
"Mr. Covey, isn't this a bad idea?"
One of the girls in the choir frowned and said hesitantly.
"What's wrong? Don't regret it the day you get hungry!"
Kewei glanced at the girl, looking as if he hated iron.
"Emma."
Beside the girl, a slightly older woman pulled her and protected her behind her.
Then the older woman in a white dress said to Kewei:
"We won't get involved in this matter, but don't worry, we won't tell anyone about it..."
She said, pulling a few choir members around her and turning around to leave.
"A few stinky women can pretend to be good people all day long. How can they pretend to be good people!"
Kewei cursed, and the dwarf next to him also echoed his words.
"It's better to leave, so as not to ruin our affairs!"
Immediately afterwards, a group of people began to plan in low voices.
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After Chen Lun returned to the winery.
He saw that Connie was already organizing servants to clean up dead branches in the plantation, and seemed to be planning to plant grape seedlings. This was a task that Chen Lun had given her before.
It is late autumn at this time, which is very suitable for the growth of local grapes. When the grapes mature in three months, Chen Lun can easily use them as raw materials to brew extraordinary wine.
On the other side, there were several unfamiliar faces working in the corner of the manor. They should be the masons and carpenters Connie hired later. Floy looked on, seemingly preparing to plant some flowers and plants.
Chen Lun paused for a moment and smiled slightly.
‘Everyone has adapted to the new environment, which is pretty good...’
He turned back to the main building villa.
As soon as they entered, they saw Golov, Barton and Morey drinking and chatting in the living room on the right.
"Mr. Leader."
When they saw Chen Lun, they quickly stood up and took off their hats to greet him.
"You guys go ahead."
Chen Lun smiled at them and said.
"By the way, where are Noah and Maggie?"
Golov said that Noah had just gone out and seemed to have received a mysterious incident from the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce. Maggie, on the other hand, was doing her experiments upstairs and didn't even come down to eat breakfast.
Chen Lun nodded and went upstairs, planning to go back to the room to see how the players were doing in Wonderland.
When he was halfway up the steps, he suddenly felt a strange and extraordinary fluctuation coming from upstairs, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
‘Promoted? ’
Chen Lun took a step forward and appeared at the door of Maggie's laboratory in an instant.
Tuk Tuk...
He raised his hand and knocked on the door.
A few seconds later.
The door opened from the inside, and Maggie poked her head out with her messy hair, her face filled with excitement.
"Ha...it's you, leader, hehe, I succeeded!"
She opened the door completely and said happily.
"It seems that the ceremony arranged by the teacher and me has been completed. I was successfully promoted to [Plague Doctor] just after taking the 'Plague Reagent'!"
"Huh?"
Chen Lun was a little confused.
Maggie then explained that Akbin had been preparing for the ceremony to be promoted to [Sequence 5-Disaster Master], and Maggie's joining helped him speed up the process.
At the same time, Akbin was also teaching her knowledge during this process, so Maggie practiced while learning, and simply added her own rituals to Akbin's rituals.
Linked together.
So when everything is completed, it means that both people have met the conditions for promotion.
Maggie felt the completion of the ritual just now, so she took the "epidemic reagent" she had prepared. As expected, the high concentration of disease contained in the potion successfully took root in her body, and she was promoted smoothly. .
"So, Akbin also succeeded?"
Chen Lun asked.
"Yes, leader!"
The smile on Maggie's face never stopped.
"I feel great now and have several new abilities!"
According to her, [Plague Doctor] not only has strong disease resistance, toxin resistance, and mysterious resistance, but also has the power to manipulate diseases.
In addition, Akbin also taught her some "exclusive secret skills", such as sick dog breeding, disease bombs, life cores and many new reagent formulas, etc.
"Congratulations, Maggie, you are one step closer to your dream."
Chen Lun said with a smile.
With Maggie's promotion, the core cadres of Jack's Circus were also announced, and all members have arrived in the middle sequence. This is a major improvement in the team's overall strength, especially as a "logistics staff member" Maggie, who is now able to prepare more and stronger extraordinary reagents for everyone.
"Hey, thank you, leader."
Maggie beamed with joy and made no secret of her joy.
"This is something worth celebrating. Let's have a good meal tonight... By the way, I will tell you about the next arrangements."
"Okay, Captain." (End of Chapter)