"Hello, is this the Dark Night Restaurant?"
A young man dragging a large suitcase with a blue and white British shorthair cat lying on his back looked at the navigation on his ID card and arrived at the door of the Black Night Restaurant.
"First time here? Our restaurant's business hours only start at four in the afternoon. It's not open yet. Come back later."
The security guard in charge of security looked up at him and responded.
"Hello, I'm not here for consumption. I'm here to apply for a job. I've already communicated with Mr. Wang and he asked me to come here for an interview with him."
"Name."
"Lin Li."
After checking the list, the security guard conducted a simple security check on Lin Li.
"And rats?"
During the inspection, the security guard discovered that there was a mouse in the left pocket of the young man's jacket.
"This is my pet, very well behaved."
"Go in, the boss is on the fourth floor, the first room 401 on the inside." The security guard nodded, hesitated for a while, and then said:
"But I'd like to remind you that if you come here to apply for a job, it's best not to let the boss see your cats and mice. There are always customers who don't like these two animals, especially mice, and you are not a customer...
And if customers don’t like something, the boss will definitely not like it either.
If there is no place to put them, you can leave them at the door temporarily and I will watch them for you. "
"Thank you." Lin Li thanked the security guard who did have good intentions, but still refused: "But forget it."
"That's up to you."
How could Lin Li not bring Tom and Jerry with him? They were the two who gave Lin Li the confidence to come here.
This is a large restaurant with a magnificent interior decoration.
There are also many devices that I have only seen on ID cards.
Soon, Lin Li arrived at 401.
"Boom!"
"come in."
The moment the sound inside appeared, the door opened automatically.
A middle-aged man was sitting on his desk looking at himself.
As the security guard said, the moment he saw the cat on his back, the restaurant owner named Wang Ci frowned.
"Hello, Boss Wang, I'm here to apply for a job. I've contacted you before, Lin Li." Lin Li said proactively.
"Is this the one who applied for the residency position?"
"Yes."
That's right, Lin Lilai's job at the restaurant was definitely not a job that was squeezed to the extreme.
He came to be a singer.
According to Lin Li's knowledge on the ID card, Heiye is a mid-to-high-end restaurant in Dawn City. Even the residents of Dawn City who are in the lower class will basically not come here to spend money.
Therefore, the restaurant does not choose to use machines to play music, but has long-term musicians and singers playing and singing for guests on the internal stage.
According to what I saw on the flyer before, the salary is calculated on a daily basis. As long as the application is successful, the basic salary is 500 per day, and an additional 500 per song will be added. There will also be tips from the guests, but it will be divided into 28%.
Of course, the restaurant is eight.
This kind of job with high daily pay and relatively free working hours is simply tailor-made for you.
And when it comes to musical talent, no, strength, my two partners are definitely tailor-made.
One of the memes that Lin Li will never forget is the dynamic image of Tom 'serving' six musical instruments at the same time.
Each hand holds one in the left and right hands, and the mouth is responsible for playing four.
A good picture was given other indescribable metaphors, which left a deep impression on Lin Li.
In addition to this picture, Tom also performed concerts in the series and was good at various musical instruments...
The same is true for Jerry. Even if it is a huge piano, he can play music perfectly by jumping on it.
In one episode, when a brown bear broke into the house and asked Tom to dance with him when he heard the music, Jerry teased Tom by accompanying him.
However, in order to ensure the existence of this ability, Lin Li asked Tom and Jerry to demonstrate their singing and musical instrument playing abilities in front of him when he was at home.
The result is no surprise. Whether it is elegant classical music or modern songs popular on earth, they can easily control them, and even make Lin Li feel better than the original singer.
Dawn City naturally has songs that belong to this world, and Tom and Jerry can perfectly reproduce these songs just by listening to them once.
However, Lin Li did not intend to let Tom and Jerry sing. Tom and Jerry who can talk and play musical instruments are not of the same order of magnitude in terms of cherishment.
Huai Bi is guilty.
"Let's show off all your abilities first."
Looking at Tom too much, Wang Ci held back some words and said instead.
Putting Tom next to him, Lin Li opened the suitcase he had been dragging and took out the musical instruments inside, such as trumpet, violin...
Wang Ci frowned a little deeper when he saw that Lin Li packed all the instruments in the suitcase without even their own independent packaging.
Because Wang Ci believes that people who treat musical instruments in this way can hardly expect to have high artistic attainments.
Lin Li didn't buy these instruments himself, Tom took them out from his back.
"There is an extra-dimensional space behind Tom and Jerry, and they can take out the things they need from it, no matter how big or small. But when someone is observing the back, this ability can only take out smaller things that fit the body shape from the fur. .”
This is what the illustrated ability description says.
"boom!"
There was a sound of slapping the table from the front. Lin Li took out his musical instrument and paused, looking at Wang Ci with some confusion.
Wang Cizheng looked at himself very annoyed.
"What's wrong, Boss Wang?"
"It's okay if you bring a cat to the interview, why do you bring a mouse with you!"
Jerry jumped out of his pocket on his own initiative. After standing with Tom, Wang Ci finally noticed him.
"The most taboo thing in a restaurant is disgusting rats. Don't you understand this?"
Jerry's expression turned foul, he folded his arms, rolled his eyes, and kept tapping the ground with one foot stretched out in front.
Tom snickered unethically from the side.
"And this cat! It's not cute at all, it's a bit vulgar, and customers won't like it either!"
The snickering stopped suddenly, and Tom and Jerry's expressions reached an agreement at this moment.
"Lin Li, let me tell you, let's not talk about your playing level. If you join the job, you can't bring this cat or mouse into the restaurant.
Moreover, I now quite doubt your strength! My patience has limits! "
"It's like this, Boss Wang, they are my partners, and they are the ones who have the ability to apply for singers. In fact, it is not me, it is them. They are the real masters of art."
Lin Li was not surprised by this reaction, but spoke according to the prepared script.
"Are they monsters that have been in the Gray Realm?" Wang Ci took a step back and looked at Tom and Jerry with much more vigilance.
"No, they are mutated descendants of purified intelligent creatures." Lin Li said, "They are not aggressive."
Wang Ci felt a little relieved, and then realized something more important, and yelled at Lin Li:
"What kind of musical talent can a cat and a mouse have? Are you kidding me?"
"Because they are intelligent creatures," Lin Li was not annoyed and placed the prepared instruments in front of Tom and Jerry. "Boss Wang, you might as well listen to them first and don't make a conclusion in such a hurry."
"Oh, even if my Black Night Restaurant suffers a loss, goes bankrupt, or even jumps off the building for the first time, I still can't invite Tom and Jerry to sing in my restaurant."
Wang Ci's face was full of disdain.
…
The performance begins.
five minutes later.
The performance is over.
…
"Tonight is your first time to perform on stage. I plan to arrange you to the most high-end third floor. We will serve the most high-end consumers and tip the most.
The service manager on the third floor will provide temporary training on basic etiquette later.
The business on the third floor is slightly different from the restaurant. It doesn’t start until five o’clock. Are you ready? "
Wang Ci stood up, came to Lin Li, shook hands with him, and spoke kindly and gently.
So delicious.
Wang Jingze’s theorem sincerely does not deceive me.
"No problem." Lin Li nodded confidently.
Tom and Jerry also proudly echoed.
"What piece of music did you just play? Why have I never heard it before?" Wang Ci, whose ears were still ringing with the music just now, said with unfinished content.
"Our original."
Sorry Chopin.
Sorry Mozart.
It turns out that what I got was a copy of the official script - "I, Lin Li, really didn't want to become an entertainment boss in a different world."
"Yes, yes, it turns out that you still have such talent. I have never heard of your name in Dawn City. Your ID serial number is so new. Did you just come from another city?" Wang Ci nodded frequently and asked. .
"Well, I just arrived in Dawn City recently."
"As expected." Wang Ci nodded clearly.
"But there is another problem, that is, your mouse still cannot perform on stage. This is the bottom line." Wang Ci looked at Jerry with a pityful look.
Jerry narrowed his eyes again and looked at Wang Ci dissatisfied.
"I can guarantee that he won't run around. He is very well-behaved. Or we can put a glass cover on the stage so that customers don't have to worry about being attacked." Lin Li interceded for Jerry.
"That's not the problem. We have to receive a lot of female customers, but most of them have a physical aversion to mice. He must not appear in the sight of customers."
Wang Ci was very firm on this point.
"Jerry is very cute. He is completely different from ordinary mice." Lin Li said sincerely.
Jerry heard this and started to act cute.
"It's a mouse after all." Wang Ci shook his head, "There's nothing cute about it."
Jerry's expression was stiff, and then he showed a kind smile.
Wang Ci does not have a childhood filter, and in this world, for a humanoid creature, whether it is a mouse or not, they will think more of a gray beast.
So Lin Li understood this reaction.
"Fine."
Anyway, if there is one more Jerry, Wang Ci won't give himself a salary increase, and Tom can be a band by himself - at most, he just needs to copy the animation.
Lin Li bent down, intending to pat Jerry on the head and comfort him.
"Um?"
Jerry was gone, even though he had noticed it just now from the corner of his eye.
"Where's Jerry?" Lin Li looked at Tom who was whistling at the side.
Tom pointed with his finger.
Following the direction he pointed, Lin Li finally saw Jerry:
Wang Ci's calf was already tied with large explosives, and Jerry, who looked angry, as if he was seeking revenge, took out a match from his back, rubbed it on the ground and successfully ignited it.
With a ferocious smile, he gradually brought the match closer to the fuse of the explosive.
Lin Li: "..."
Just a few seconds had passed. When did this guy teleport to that side? He had already done so many things.
And Wang Ci seemed to be completely unaware of all this happening.
Lin Li had used [Jerry's small firecracker]. Judging from the power tied to Wang Ci's leg, if this was ignited, let alone Wang Ci, the room would be almost useless.
"Ahem!"
The moment the match was about to touch the lead, Lin Li coughed twice.
Jerry looked up and noticed Lin Li, who was looking at him with evil eyes. He sighed, looked at the explosive with some regret, and reluctantly put out the match.
"Take the explosives back."
Lin Li signaled with his eyes.
If Wang Ci found out, he really couldn't explain it at all.
"knew."
Although he was very reluctant, Jerry did not disobey Lin Li's order.
"What's wrong?" Wang Ci asked after noticing Lin Li's gaze.
When he looked down, Jerry and Dynamite were gone.
"It's okay, it's okay." Lin Li breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed Jerry who had returned to him, and stuffed it into his pocket.
"Okay, you are going to send your recruitment notice to the work group. Do you want to choose a stage name? Or just use your real name - if you don't mind revealing it."
Wang Ci's ID card projected a projection that Lin Li couldn't see - privacy mode. Then he looked up at Lin Li and asked.
"Then let's choose a stage name." Lin Li thought for a while and said.
"His name is Mozart." Lin Li pointed at Tom.
"His name is Chopin." Next comes Jerry's stage name, even though he doesn't appear on stage.
"My name is... Hua Chengyu." After thinking about it for a while, Lin Li also picked one for himself.
This is a pretty heavyweight name. You know, what’s the last name in the Chinese music scene? The surname is Hua!
Yes, I do have a dream to be a musician.
"Oh, you also have a stage name, right? By the way, Lin Li, I forgot to ask, how is your own playing level?" Wang Ci suddenly thought of this and was very curious.
"Relatively average." Lin Li scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Don't be modest. How can you be an ordinary person who can make Mozart and Chopin look up to you? Come on, sing a few words." Wang Ci said sincerely.
"You are so enthusiastic..." Lin Li's lips couldn't help but curl up, "Then I'll sing a few lines."
I haven’t been praised for a long time, but there are still many good people in the main world.
"Okay, okay, I'm all ears." Wang Ci looked forward to it.
"If you don't sing well, please bear with me."
"I have a feeling it won't sound bad!"
"Okay, Boss Wang, I present to you my original song "Just Because You Are So Beautiful"."
"bring it on!"
The performance begins.
"Just because you are so beautiful baby~ Just because you are so beautiful baby~ Just because you are so beautiful baby..."
Wang Ci's pupils were shaken, things developed beyond his expectations.
No, let go of the harsh words and hold on to yourself.
As for Tom and Jerry, the hair on their bodies had exploded, and the next second they took out cotton and stuffed their ears.
Fifty seconds later.
The performance was interrupted.
Wang Ci is dying.
"Lin Li, I suddenly realized that four o'clock is approaching. You'd better take Mozart to prepare." He said with a headache.
"Don't the third floor open for business only at five o'clock?" Lin Li was still unfinished and had not yet reached the climax of his song.
We are all ready to rely on the Iron Mountain.
"So it's time to prepare. There are very important guests on the third floor. You must get familiar with them early."
Wang Ci shivered.
His brows were furrowed even more than when he first saw Jerry, and his lips were white and slightly painful.
Lin Li thought this expression looked familiar.
"hiss--"
Lin Li remembered!
This was the state I felt after listening to Squidward's performance.
Damn it, I became Squidward!
"Okay." Lin Li, who realized this and understood "don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you", nodded regretfully.
"Go ahead." Wang Ci breathed a sigh of relief. After sitting back in his seat, he thought of something again. He stared at Lin Li who was packing the instruments and emphasized: "As long as this cat performs, Lin Li, you are absolutely not allowed to make a sound."
"If you sing, your salary will be deducted directly!"
Wang Ci: It’s okay to be tortured yourself, but you must not let your customers be tortured.
"I know..." Lin Li's eyes were very sad and resentful.
After noticing Jerry in his pocket, who was sitting in his pocket with his eyes drooped, feeling unhappy, Lin Li paused in his departure.
He turned to Wang Ci and said, "Boss Wang, actually I can still sing, but I'm just not very good at the type I just sang. Please give me another chance."
"Definitely next time." Wang Ci waved his hand quickly.
"It's better to do it this time."
"Then...you sing." Wang Ci sighed, getting ready to go to jail.
Lin Li pulled up the collar of his clothes, secretly took Jerry out of his pocket, and then threw it into his clothes around his neck.
Jerry looked up at Lin Li in confusion.
"Ahem, I'm going to sing, let's sing "Nuclear" which is popular recently in Dawn City."
Lin Li said loudly, while using his ID card to play the accompaniment.
This is a song I listened to while testing Tom Jerry singing in the morning.
Jerry finally understood, his eyes widened suddenly, and he hid in Lin Li's collar and nodded.
The next program was presented by Jerry and Lin Li: Double Act.
——Lin Li looked at the lyrics on the ID card and lip-synched, while Jerry sang loudly.
It's a pity that Lin Li's original plan was to be the one who blindly directs on the stage, but now it seems that he has no chance.
…
The song is over.
"If you don't sing, your salary will be deducted directly. Sing, Lin Li, and I'll give you a hundred plus base salary!"
Lin Li, our restaurant needs talents like you! "
Wang Ci once again went up to the face-changing master, left his position and came to Lin Li, shaking hands with him excitedly.
"But your voice changes so much."
"We professional singers are all like this. We were actually opening our voices just now." Lin Li explained very naturally.
"Indeed, let me tell you, how could the sound of that broken trumpet come from the owner of a cat who has taught such a talent for music theory? Sure enough, you are hiding your clumsiness!"
"Thank you, Boss Wang." Lin Lipi smiled.
Tom and Jerry don't like to talk.
Contents inside "".
Most of them were understood by Lin Li from their actions and expressions, not their spoken words.
(End of chapter)
