Jigina turned around to discuss with a few clan mbers behind her and then nodded, "No problem."
"Good, you will follow Old Wang's arrangents while in the kitchen... Now let see, what else, oh, wages and salary. What are your expected salaries?"
Jigina looked towards her sister, who was in charge of the advance team's finances, knew human society's price levels well, and was most suited to negotiate salaries.
However, Liliem seed distracted, and it wasn't until Jigina tapped her on the shoulder that she yelped in surprise, instinctively covering her own butt.
"Are you okay?" Jigina asked with a suspicious look.
"No, it's nothing... What did you call for?" Liliem quickly changed the subject.
"You're acting strange. Didn't you listen to anything just now? It's ti to talk about wages. Boss Ma is asking how much money we want," Jigina said.
Liliem looked towards Ma Lu, who encouraged her, "It's okay, just say it boldly. Recruitnt is just like this, we all discuss together, bargain, and in the end, we agree on a price that both sides can accept."
So Liliem steadied her mind a bit. She had been gathering quite a bit of intelligence while looking for jobs everywhere, and after organizing her thoughts, she began to speak.
"I know the average monthly salary in City B is at least 2420 yuan, and we Valkyrie People are confident we are no worse than anyone else, so it definitely can't be less than this amount."
"Oh?" Ma Lu raised his eyebrows, neither approving nor disapproving.
Seeing this, Jigina got a bit anxious, worried that asking for too much would lose this hard-found job opportunity, and secretly tugged on his sister's clothes from behind.
But as if Liliem hadn't noticed his gesture, she continued, "I also heard that many places provide accommodation for workers and even cover als."
"Yes, so factories and companies do that."
"If we don't ask for the five insurances and one housing fund, can the wages be higher?" Liliem continued, spilling all the research she had done during this ti and also keeping a watchful eye on Ma Lu's expression.
She was ready to stop imdiately if she saw any signs of anger or irritation from him.
To her disappointnt, Ma Lu remained calm throughout, sipping on his leftover Coke and continually nodding his head.
It seed like he was agreeing with her, but who knew what he was really thinking.
Liliem clenched her teeth, brushed her brother's hand away, and continued, "It would be best if we could also get a piece of land."
"What do you need land for?" Ma Lu asked, surprised.
"We Valkyrie People have a tradition of farming. With land, we can continue to grow crops and comrcial plants for use within our tribe," she said.
"What else?"
"If you need us to run errands, and we use our own mounts for that, it wouldn't be too much to ask for you, as the boss, to reimburse our travel expenses and provide food for them," Liliem went on.
"Indeed, it's not too much to ask, what else?"
"That's all for now." Liliem knew she had been quite demanding, but it was the guy opposite her who encouraged her to be bold.
"Okay, let summarize. You want a salary higher than the minimum wage in City B, including room and board, no need for the five insurances and one housing fund, but an additional paynt, as well as land if possible, and to have your travel expenses reimbursed, right?"
After listening to Ma Lu, Jigina was so ashad he buried his head into the doormat. He felt like his sister was acting like a greedy robber, and not only that, she might give Ma Lu the impression that all Valkyrie People were robbers.
Fortunately, Ma Lu did not fly into a rage, but instead said, "Let's do this, give an actual total, so I know how much salary I have to pay you guys each month."
Jigina didn't need a calculator; he simply closed his eyes and quickly did the math in his head, then opened his eyes and announced a number, "1063."
"What?"
"I'm not asking for an unreasonable price. To my knowledge, the average weight of an adult human is around 70kg, whereas we Valkyrie People average at 0.2kg. We have 124 people here, so our total weight cos to 24.8kg.
"If we use a wage standard of 3000 yuan for an ordinary person, we will take 1063."
"We can forgo the extras," Jigina hurriedly added. "1000 is fine, and if 1000 isn't acceptable, we can keep negotiating."
"So... your wages are calculated by weight?" Ma Lu asked, surprised.
"What else? Weight is the fairest way," Liliem said. "The amount of work is proportional to the strength we have. We don't take advantage of others, but we don't let others take advantage of us, either."
Ma Lu stroked his chin thoughtfully, which made the Valkyrie People including Liliem nervous again. Thankfully, Ma Lu didn't scold them for being greedy and instead continued to inquire.
"What are your requirents for accommodation?"
"Wait, why are we moving onto accommodation now?"
"Because we've already settled the salary issue."
"You're not going to cut the price?" Jigina exclaid in surprise.
"I don't think it's necessary. Your asking price is completely within my acceptable range, so we can continue to the next conditions," Ma Lu replied.
"Since you've been so straightforward about the salary, we don't have many demands for the accommodation either; just provide us the place and utilities, and we can figure out the rest ourselves." Liliem pointed at a shoebox next to her, "At least two this size."
"And internet," Jigina quickly added.
"That's not a problem either. How much land do you want?" When Ma Lu saw Liliem thinking, he proactively took his phone back from Mr. Arguntative, opened up pdd, and searched for Alice pots.
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Boss Ma, with a grand gesture, simply asked, "Tell , which one you want, and how many do you need?"
"Then... the 37×20×15cm one, we need 6," Liliem said.
"6 won't be enough, let's go with 12," Ma Lu doubled the number, "I'll also cover the soil, seeds, and fertilizers for you. Plant whatever you want to plant."
"Boss Ma is so generous!" Jigina was so excited he was ready to dance on the spot.
Ma Lu himself got a little embarrassed by this. In 21st century China, a salary of 1000 yuan, plus a few boxes and Alice pots, could hire more than a hundred hardworking employees who didn't require social insurances. He found it hard to believe himself, even as the news spread.
Plus, the Valkyrie People were very diligent in their work, ticulous and conscientious. Ma Lu glanced again at TikTok, where that Valkyrie had kept to his instructions and had been continuously arguing with "what are you doing?" for over a hundred floors now.
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