Chapter 508: Special Preparations
After Catherine's "entry point" with information about the audience was settled, William went straight back to the magic zone and happened to collide with Jain in the passageway.
"William, how did you come back from outside? Seems to have other ideas about a formal performance on an ad hoc basis? β
"The day is too short for the usual preparations.
Even if I had already thought of a set design that could be used for a full-scale performance, it would not have been possible to achieve the desired effect by setting up it temporarily, so I would have thought of something else.
Jain, can you arrange for me tomorrow's performance? β
With a flick of his fingers, Jain pulled a blank piece of paper from between his cuffs.
"Circus of Fear Official Performance Schedule"
With four chiefs as the mainstay, it is mainly divided into four large-scale programs,
Interspersed between the four major programs are small programs such as Catherine the Clown, Long-legged Mosander, etc., which make the whole performance process ups and downs.
William asked tentatively, "I should be able to perform at any of the intermissions, right?" β
"That's right, you can think about it, and just tell me the results by tomorrow morning."
"I've already chosen!"
William didn't think much about it, or had already made a decision, and his finger quickly landed in the gap between the two programs, which made Jain frown.
At least in Jain's opinion, such a choice would be unwise.
"Are you sure? Do you want to put your halftime show behind the acrobatic troupe's performance?
Mr. Rabbit is above me, and the acrobatic troupe he commands is not comparable to that of the newcomer in Mossand.
In all previous performances, the average fear collection of the acrobatic troupe was the highest.
In other words, after watching the performance of the acrobatic troupe, most of the audience are in a state of absolute immersion, prostration, or even brain death.
It will be difficult for your impromptu performance to take effect during this time period.
My suggestion is to put it behind Catherine's nightmare performance, the effects of dreams diminish quickly after waking up, and this is when the performance is the easiest. β
"My performance has to be placed here, otherwise the success rate will be greatly reduced."
Looking at the determined gaze in William's eyes, Jain nodded, "Then report it like this, do you need to borrow some manpower from me?" β
"No, I'm just going to do it alone, it's too short to train. And even if other assistants forcibly follow me, a newcomer, they should be very resistant in their hearts, and it is difficult to achieve the effect I want.
Mr. Jain, I'm going to get on with something else. β
William hurriedly waved goodbye, and instead of returning to his magic house, he planned to go to another area.
Such an unusual move naturally aroused Jain's curiosity, and the magic show had already been rehearsed, so he quietly followed behind William.
Bypassing the underground crossroads of the circus, William walked to the banquet hall again, touching the secret door switch between the passages to open the secret passage to the back kitchen.
"Huh? Back Kitchen ...... What the hell does William want to do?'
Jain suppressed his curiosity and didn't follow up, after all, the answer would be revealed in two days.
γBack Kitchenγ
Since the magic feast has just ended, the entire back kitchen is being cleaned.
For William, a newcomer who won the second place at the magic banquet and was favored by the boss, the poker faces who were doing hygiene were also quite polite and didn't ask much.
William, who came here, didn't do anything, just sat on the vegetable cutting table and quietly thought and waited,
About half an hour passed,
As he figured out the type of dishes to make, the quantity, and the ingredients needed, there was a sound of footsteps coming from the incinerator.
Chef Timmy, with his tongue entwined all over, walked back, he had just finished the boss's potion injection below, and he was extremely surprised to see William sitting in the back kitchen.
"William, what are you doing here? Don't hurry up and prepare for the performance the day after tomorrow. β
"I'm here for the show, can Chef Timmy give me the ingredients now?"
William wrote as he spoke, handing over a detailed list.
Looking at the large number of ingredients on the list, Timmy also frowned, "What do you want so many things for?" I'm not a free warehouse here, so I can take it if I want...... The raw materials cultivated in the back kitchen are all of the highest quality. β
"Of course, it's for tomorrow's performance, can the cost be booked first, and then I can slowly pay it off when I get enough fear liquid from my performance, even if I add interest, I can accept it."
If it were someone else, the chef would not hesitate to refuse, and the kitchen would not have said anything about credit at all.
But considering William's stunning performance at the magic banquet, and considering that the bosses all showed rare smiles during the banquet, Timmy also made a rare compromise.
"For the sake of your preparation, I will reluctantly lend you the dishes in the back kitchen~ There is no need for interest, as long as you can fully repay it within a year.
However, "boss meat" is prohibited. β
Seeing Chef Timmy nod in agreement, William followed up with another request:
"Chef, can you lend me a little more people to help with the ingredients and assist in cooking, I may not be able to do it alone. Personnel costs are also recorded in the accounts and subsequently paid off. β
"You...... Okay, how many people do you want? β
"At present, all the poker faces that are cleaned are needed,
In addition, I may also modify some equipment in the back kitchen, such as splicing some meat wok to form a larger diameter pot to improve the efficiency of cooking. β
"What more could you ask for?"
Chef Timmy was already getting impatient, and if William dared to ask again, he would simply stop helping.
"That's all."
"That's all! No one has ever dared to ask so much in the back kitchen...... What makes me so angry! Okay, I can promise you, but there is one thing you need to do in addition to repayment. β
"What's the matter?"
"Ahem~ As long as you are in the circus, make red oil dumplings at least once a week."
"That's fine, just provide me with the best "scalp meat"."
Seeing William's promise, Chef Timmy no longer made it difficult.
"Remind you! Before the official performance begins, the back kitchen needs to maintain absolute stability, you must keep in mind the [rules] during cooking, if there is a combination of black hair and meat that affects the formal performance, this responsibility is not something you can bear, and I may be judged for it. β
"I'm sure the kitchen is stable and safe."
"That's it, I'm tired from the matter of the Demon Banquet, so I can take a rest."
With the chef's nod of affirmation, the next two days are equivalent to handing over all the authority of the back kitchen to William, the young man,
Timmy seems to leave leisurely, but as soon as he returns to his break room, he turns on the biomonitoring device and observes everything in the back kitchen.
He was curious to see what William was going to do, how he connected the kitchen to the performance.
In the surveillance screen,
William summoned all the poker faces to his side as the interim director,
There is no verbal level of communication,
Instead, the skull is uncovered in public, the pitch-black brain is displayed, and the information is transmitted through brain waves, assigning responsibilities to everyone and making a time plan to ensure that no time is wasted.
End of presentation,
Poker faces put on chef's aprons and went to different areas to work, and the back kitchen became lively again.
However, as everyone started to get busy, William didn't get involved.
He climbed onto the kitchen counter and slept peacefully in the noisy kitchen environment with the cutting board as a pillow.
Seeing this scene, Chef Timmy got up excitedly, pointed at the monitor and yelled, "How did you sleep!" Do you sleep during this time? β
But Timmy finally stabilized his emotions and didn't go to the back kitchen to intervene,
Unbeknownst to him, William's sleep was actually a projection of consciousness into the memory palace, communicating with his alter self in the aquarium.
"Yi Chen, I need your help for the next performance."
(End of chapter)