Communicate with furry animals without any barriers, and take the farm to the next level

Chapter 296 Staff Apartments
Mr. Blair also replied.

Dear Ms. Josh, I have received your message. It's a very novel idea, but the Chaoyang Morning Post can fulfill your request. For a small publication fee, you can have your job posting published in the newspaper.

Mr. Blair's reply made Josh very happy; it was much easier and faster than recruiting people like a headless fly.

"What's making you so happy?" Oswin noticed the smile on Josh's face and asked gently, bowing his head slightly.

“Oswin, look, last night I sent Mr. Blair a message to ask if I could put up a job ad in the newspaper, and he replied that I could.”

"Post a job ad in the newspaper?" Oswin laughed after thinking about it. "Josh, you're really something. This is much faster than me asking around outside."

“Hehe, of course, but…” Josh lowered his voice, looking at Oswin somewhat embarrassedly, “I got him to leave your contact number, so don’t complain about the noise later.”

Oswin glanced down at the quiet communicator and said dismissively, "It was supposed to be mine anyway, no problem."

"I'm glad you don't mind," Josh said with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, I also need your help to write a few offer letters. Some friends I know want to work at the farm. I took a look at their resumes and transcripts, and I think they're quite suitable, so I agreed to hire them. What positions do you think we can assign them to?"

Oswin glanced at Jenna and the others' report cards; they were inexperienced newcomers.

"Management majors can come with me to take over the Weiguang Commercial District. We currently need accountants, receptionists, emergency workers, Warcraft breeders, etc. If you find any suitable candidates, just have them contact me."

Those specializing in aquatic magical beasts can come to the farm and run it with you. The beavers need help, and the giant water lilies also need tending. Our contract with the cannery, Stowe, expires next month, so I suggest we terminate the partnership. Their share of the fish catches we receive seems too small. Twilight Lake doesn't need anyone else's help anymore; we can develop it ourselves as our manpower grows…”

Once the topic was brought up, Oswin began to talk non-stop. The two of them had been having limited time to communicate lately, and rarely had such a detailed conversation as today.

While chatting, they also inspected the renovation work. The Weiguang Commercial District is now semi-open, since it needs to allow shop workers to come in for renovations, and there are more and more people than before.

"How's the security situation? Have there been any thefts lately?"

“Yes, but those Gurkha cats are very clever, and they all managed to take them down. You see, they're adapting quite well and performing very well.” Oswin pointed to the shadows of several hiding kittens for Josh.

During the day, not all the cats hide together and sleep soundly. Recently, they have been taking turns to guard the daytime safety.

When they saw Josh looking at them, the kittens shrank back a little, but they weren't really afraid of Josh. After all this time, they knew who made the delicious cat food, and they liked it too. At this moment, not only was Josh looking at them, but they were also peeking at Josh.

"He's become much bolder."

“Once they adapt to their environment, they become bolder. They will be even more comfortable here once the noise from the renovations decreases,” Oswin explained.

Indeed, there was so much noise going on these days, and Josh felt a pang of guilt towards the cats.

However, like the brown-headed crow vultures, they receive a monthly salary. It's just that since Brown is considered one of the farm's own people, Josh doesn't care what Brown eats, and Brown takes its own salary.

These cats must not be sleeping well in this environment. When the Magic Fruit Forest has a good harvest, we can give them a small raise.

“This building, you said before it was called… called the apartment…” Oswin paused. “The apartment!”

“Yes, the apartment. Are you planning to use it as a hotel?” Oswin looked at the inconspicuous little building at the very back.

“I’ve thought about it, but no, what do you think about using this as dormitories for our farm and commercial area staff?” Josh looked at Oswin.

Oswin was taken aback; using such a house as a dormitory seemed rather absurd.

"To be honest, I feel a little heartbroken. These houses have taken a lot of my time and effort. I was hoping they could generate more profit. Using them as dormitories is obviously, well, beyond my expectations."

Oswin's answer was exactly what Josh expected. It was normal that he couldn't understand it, because very few people here provided their employees with real rooms. Most of the time, they would just set up a small bed in the store's warehouse or lay a makeshift bed on the floor in the attic. They would exploit them however they could.

It would be abnormal for him to suddenly understand that such exquisitely built and well-decorated houses are all used for employee housing.

"Superior working conditions can attract more outstanding talents. Besides, the number of employees who come to the farm will definitely not be small, and they can create greater wealth for the farm."

The better the environment, the harder the employees work to stay, which is also a benefit the apartment company earns.

"But Josh, overly favorable conditions don't necessarily motivate employees to work harder; they might even breed conflict and tension. This environment is better than many people's homes. What if someone has a family to support..."

“That’s because of you, Oswin. You have to manage these employees well. You can’t let my good intentions go to waste.” Josh interrupted Oswin with a gentle but serious smile.

It's not that she didn't know, but she didn't want to make malicious speculations before it even happened. She really couldn't treat her employees like a boss from another world. The apartment wasn't exactly great, but at least it provided her employees with a suitable living environment.

Oswin looked at Josh helplessly, a slight smile tugging at the corner of his mouth: "What else can I say? Yes, my boss."

Josh gave him a silly grin.

With the remaining time, Josh urged Oswin to wash off the sand and grime covering her body and quickly write a few acceptance letters so she could get them delivered before the carrier pigeons went off duty.

Fortunately, Oswin was experienced and quickly wrote several acceptance letters that looked thoughtful and insightful. Josh looked at them and thought they were very good; the elegant handwriting made the letter paper look even more exquisite.

After quickly stamping the letter, Josh handed it to the carrier pigeon. Jenna and the others' addresses had been sent in yesterday's communicator messages.

Thankfully, I breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Josh off. But then I caught a glimpse of the continuously flashing communicator and a bad feeling crept into my heart.

I nervously turned on my communicator, glanced down, and thankfully, it was a message from our partner.

However, the continuous flashing of the communicator reminded her of Sila, and she suddenly remembered that Sila had also graduated around this time.

Where will Sila go?

Babies, I'll be posting only today to take a break and get some rest. I'd like to ask for your permission to take a break.