28. Recruiting Employees
Mr. and Mrs. Frank can solve the matter of the ranch, Emperor Wu also needs a bright-minded employee to follow him out to run errands, such as buying cattle, if he goes alone, he is afraid of being bullied by the seller, Australia or the existence of white supremacy theory openly or implicitly, then this new employee must have a Tuao face, and it is easy to do things with acquaintances!
He went to Maggie's pub, an old-fashioned pub with no sign, architecturally from the days of the Great Wilderness, where cowboys who had lost their jobs would gather to complain, and even during the day a circle of rough men would gather to drink.
Entering the bar, Emperor Wu felt a strong American western style, where the drinks are mainly beer, or the kind of cup, because the cowboys have a bold temperament, and they drink happily.
The bars in the suburbs are not a place for red men and green women to flirt and open a room in the bustling city, but more about the human touch, a hard day, a bottle of beer, gags, and chatting about the mountains, this is the "human touch" of the cowboys.
The decoration of the bar is relatively casual and simple, with bark brown as the main tone, a lot of wood, and a small open space on the west side of the hall is specially vacated to place billiards, darts and other entertainment facilities.
Country music was playing throughout the bar, and it seemed that the owner had put a lot of effort into setting up the stereo.
"Welcome to the new owner of Nanao Ranch, sure enough, it is the rumored handsome guy. The landlady, Maggie, stood at the counter with a comfortable smile.
She is a middle-aged woman with a unique aura, with curly brown hair and always likes to wear earthy brown jeans.
"Hey, how do you know my name. Emperor Wu walked over and greeted with a smile.
Maggie took a bottle of beer and handed it to Emperor Wu, "It doesn't take two hours to walk around Pelican Town, this is a small town that can't be smaller, and some news will soon spread to the ears of the whole town, such as you drove a pickup truck the day before yesterday." ”
Emperor Wu was a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that, I'm just not familiar with life in Australia yet." ”
Maggie is a very capable woman, and her every movement reveals shrewdness, "Hans is a stubborn old man, we all thought he would set the ranch on fire, but it turned out to be very unexpected. ”
"It's just that you don't know him well. Emperor Wu took a sip of beer.
Maggie still had a lot to do, such as sorting out the ledgers, tidying up the messy tables and chairs, etc., and Emperor Wu sat on the high chair at the bar and drank an unknown Tuao beer, and he scanned the people in the bar, looking for prey like a falcon overlooking the meadow.
Most of the people who drink here during the day have a special reason, otherwise they wouldn't be hanging out from work.
After looking around, Emperor Wu was a little disappointed, there are all old cowboys here, although they are experienced, but they lack passion in doing things, the ranch already has two veteran helpers, Frank and Rachel, and there is still a lack of a young man full of energy.
Emperor Wu did not study management, but he had his own theory of management. The sparrow-sized South Australian ranch will definitely be more than just raising cattle and selling avocados.
He believes that an excellent team needs the complementary abilities and personality differences between members, the so-called "eight immortals can only cross the sea by showing their magical powers", if it is eight Lu Dongbin, I don't know if the sea can go over, and I can't be chased and bitten by eight dogs.
Emperor Wu believes that the four masters and apprentices in Journey to the West are the most perfect team, Tang Seng as the core character has a dedication to the goal and is the soul of the condensation team; Sun Wukong has vast magical powers, strong business ability, and he is responsible for dredging the relationship between heaven and the underworld; Zhu Bajie is lazy, but he has a positive and optimistic attitude and provides positive energy to the whole; Monk Sha is down-to-earth and diligent, which is also indispensable.
Emperor Wu planned to set up a scripture study team in the pasture, but instead of taking Buddhist scriptures, it was the long-term development of the pasture. As the core of the team, he plays the role of Tang Seng, but he thinks that he is a powerful version of Tang Sanzang, and he speaks nonchalantly.
Frank and Rachel are employees of the old leader Hans era, have feelings and experience in the ranch, are proficient in all the work of the ranch, and are the sand monks.
Mr. Kane's nephew Patricia is not clear whether he is lustful or not, but he is absolutely positive and optimistic, with his own belief blessing BUFF, Emperor Wu felt the positive energy when he saw him for the first time, and he is the best candidate for Zhu Bajie, but Xiaopa's appearance is far better than Brother Wu Neng 10,000 times.
Now the team lacks a Monkey King, Sun Monkey is not easy to find, and now people with this kind of ability in the society have already gone to Huaguo Mountain to pull the flag and become the king of the mountain, how can they nest in the suburbs to serve cattle and sheep.
Originally, Emperor Wu felt that Fein was a good candidate, Fein had connections and brains, but he was not interested in ranch work, he was a young man in a new society, and he wanted to start his own travel and tourism company, and he had been fighting for five years to achieve this goal, and it was said that he was about to resign and start a business as a boss.
There is little hope of finding Sun Wukong in the town bar, and the people sitting here are all bull demon kings and leopard spirits with tiger backs, and they don't like to toss, and a comfortable life is what they yearn for.
Just as he was worried, a cowboy with a wide hat walked in the doorway, looking to be in his thirties, with slightly curly tan hair, a sparse beard, strong arms, a rough appearance, deep eyes, and an unpredictable gaze.
The cowboy seemed to be looking for something after entering the door, wandered around and entered the toilet, and when he came out, he sat on the chair by the window, looking lonely.
Emperor Wu walked over to try to find out something.
"Hi dude, you don't look like a local. "Emperor Wu showed as much enthusiasm as possible.
The cowboy didn't speak, just smiled.
Emperor Wu continued: "Then how about a drink. ”
"That couldn't be better. "Cowboys are always wary.
After chatting a few words, Emperor Wu felt that he had always kept a distance from others, and looking at the details of his hands, it seemed that he was from the army.
"Have you ever been a soldier?" asked Emperor Wu.
The cowboy smiled lightly, "Served." ”
When the beer came up, the two clinked glasses, the cowboy is not a guy who can be easily approached, he must have a special identity, which aroused Emperor Wu's curiosity.
Emperor Wu saw that the corner of the photo was exposed in his breast pocket, it seemed to be a little girl, Emperor Wu planned to use this as a breakthrough, the so-called strong man is tender, and the man who has experienced the vicissitudes of life will pay special attention to the family.
Emperor Wu smiled and nodded into the pocket of the cowboy's jacket, "Your daughter?" ”
The cowboy took out the photo and put it in his hand to look at it, his eyes were full of love.
"That's right, my daughter, her name is Lily, and the last time I saw her was a few months ago. ”
The photo shows a four or five-year-old girl, running on the beach in a swimsuit, and the light in the photo is very good, like a Hawaiian beach.
Emperor Wu smiled and said, "It is said that the father is the lover of his daughter in her previous life, do you know why?"
The cowboy spread his hands, "Probably those writers made nonsense to make money." ”
"I would love to have a daughter who can take her by the hand and take her to kindergarten every day, buy her ice cream, let her wear a nice dress, and drive her on weekend outings. Give her everything she can give and want, whether it is care, love or spoiling. ”
Emperor Wu's words poked the cowboy's inner weakness, his eyes were red, and his hands kept rubbing.
After a few minutes of talking over a beer, Cowboy opened up the conversation and talked about his family and his daughter, Tex, who had been semi-unemployed and living on government benefits.
Emperor Wu looked at Tex, the cowboy's body was not broken, but very strong, why did he not have a job?
"Dude, to be honest, I used to be a soldier. Turks' eyes regained their depth.
"Australian Army?" Wu Di guessed.
“SASR。 ”
Emperor Wu was a little surprised, this is the Australian Airborne Special Service Regiment.
This Australian native force has been tied to the American chariot since its inception, from the Vietnam War in the last century, the Gulf War, and the "911" after the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War have this force, Australia itself has a small number of troops, so this special operations force also undertakes the task of counter-terrorism, and because Australia does not have a Marine Corps, it also plays the role of the Marine Corps.
Turks had been to the Iraq War, and he was one of the first troops to come to Baghdad, and as the leader of the airborne team at the time, he led five members into the hinterland to secretly arrest Hussein Bombardier, a senior Iraqi government official.
During his week in Iraq, he saw the cruelty of war, the innocent civilians living in fear every day, the Mesopotamian plains were full of the wounds left by the war, his soul was greatly shocked, and he was even more angry that the US government had whitewashed the war, and after returning home, he retired early on the grounds of incurable war wounds.
"Actually, I don't have any problems in my heart, it's all anger, but those Yankees have twisted minds! Those Iraqi civilians are being bombed by drones one after another, just because there may be terrorists among them! Do you hear that? Is it possible!" Turks was furious, his eyes full of flames.
The suffering left by the war is indelible, when Emperor Wu proposed to let him work in the ranch, Turks readily agreed, which surprised Emperor Wu, how could he not have imagined that a veteran with outstanding military achievements would work in his own palm-sized ranch.
Tex's next words answered Emperor Wu's doubts.
"My grandfather was also a rancher when he was alive, and I spent half of my time with cattle and sheep as a child, and I was helping out on his farm in Newcastle until the week before I joined SASR. ”
Emperor Wu raised his beer glass, "Welcome to Nanao Ranch." ”
"Thank you so much for offering me this job. ”
In fact, the Iraq war did leave a mental impact on Turks, he has not been able to come out, today I went to the bar and wanted to get drunk and continue to anesthetize myself with alcohol, this young man who suddenly appeared proposed to work on the ranch, he wanted to refuse, but a thought suddenly flashed in his mind: for the sake of his daughter, he should not continue to sink into the past and cannot extricate himself, so he chose to start again.
Emperor Wu got up and left his seat, "To celebrate Mr. Turks' work on my ranch, I invite everyone at the bar to have a beer, and everyone can go to Maggie to get a drink!"
The audience cheered.