"Li Xiang, I'll order something, and the bar will be handed over to you for the time being."

Li Xiang stopped wiping his hand on the table, looked up and replied:

"I see, Tony, go ahead."

After hearing Li Xiang's response, Tony, the bartender, made an OK gesture and followed the small door behind the bar into the warehouse.

The number of customers at this time of year is generally not large, so the bar has always been stocked at this time. If there are not enough ingredients for the bar, such as ice cubes and lemons, they are usually made up at this time.

After wiping the table, Li wanted to rinse the rags and wipers he used and put them away. I washed my hands carefully with soap before entering the bar.

During this time, Li Xiang has been working part-time at the night shift at Siyuan Bar. After occasionally showing Tony a hand in the bartending skills he had honed when he was bored in the halberd world, he was promoted to the "bartender assistant" of Siyuan Bar, well, in fact, he is an all-round handyman.

Unlike some college students who work part-time to make money, Li Xiang is not short of money. The Sword Art Online fananime "work" posted on the Internet has brought him hundreds of thousands of dollars under the operation of the Dengeki Bunko team, and this income continues to increase.

Although the profit of doing animation is relatively not particularly high due to the limitations of various costs, but it is the zero cost of Li Xiang to do animation.

The income from the video is already a lot for college students like Li Xiang who eat and live on campus. At least normal daily life will definitely not require so much living expenses.

And the reason why Li wants to participate in part-time work is to make his life more fulfilling.

A few days ago, the final results of the audition also came out. Li Xiang unexpectedly received a call from the crew.

After officially signing the contract with the crew and issuing a notice, Li Xiang successfully won the role of Zhang Qingmiao, the third male in the movie "qiang fire". When the dust settles, it can be regarded as an understanding of a heart.

During this time, I practiced acting skills and attended classes during the day, read scripts in my spare time to prepare for director Chen's films, and worked at Siyuan Bar at night. Li Xiang's life is very fulfilling.

Due to the strengthening of his memory, Li Xiang memorized all the lines in the script after reading them a few times, and spent most of his time polishing his demeanor and movements. Of course, in the end, it will be subject to the director's requirements, in short, be ready for what you can do, and wait for the crew to officially start up half a month later.

"Jingle Bell ......"

The old-fashioned doorbell at the door of the bar was driven by the opening and closing of the door of the store, and Li Xiang put his face directly at the door, and adjusted the most perfect smile expression for hospitality in seconds:

"Welcome, what do you want to drink with the two beauties?"

Entering the store were two female white-collar workers in their twenties and thirties, who were supposed to be colleagues and friends who came together, and sat directly in front of the bar after entering the store.

As soon as one of them sat down, he couldn't wait to take out two small boxes from his bag, Li Xiang glanced at them, and it seemed that one of them should be a box for contact lenses, and the other larger one could be sure to be an ordinary eye box.

Sure enough, the female white-collar worker lifted the flap of the box and took off her contact lens with a special small stick-like tool against the small mirror inside.

After putting away the contact lenses, the female white-collar worker breathed a sigh of relief, put on a big black plastic-framed eye, and said softly:

"Sure enough, it's better to wear glasses, but it's really uncomfortable to wear contact lenses. ¤八¤八¤Read¤Book,.☆.←o"

Another female white-collar worker said helplessly:

"Nan Nan, you don't need to be in such a hurry, just take off your contact lenses while you're still outside, look at your dirty plastic glasses, if the young male employees of the company see that you are like this in private, they will definitely be disillusioned. Hey, you see the bartender guy is laughing at you. ”

"Come on." The female white-collar worker known as Nan Nan waved her hand domineeringly, "When the old lady goes to work, she dresses up like a dog to respect her work, and she can look like she should be after work, which is called authenticity." As for the bartender, the formulaic smile is also interpreted by you as a joke on others, but I don't recognize it. ”

"Okay, okay, okay, I can't talk about you, my former college debate team captain, miss. Let's drink, drink well. ”

The female white-collar worker expressed her admittance, and turned to Li Xiang and said:

"Two mojitos."

"Okay, please wait."

Li Xiang replied softly, took out two tall cups, and began to make mojitos.

There aren't many customers in the restaurant right now, and although these two customers come together, they sit at the bar, and usually the customers who sit at the bar will have the need to chat with the bartender, which is also part of the bartender's job.

The English bartender is bartender, in this word, bar is bar, transliteration is "bar", but also the origin of various "bars" and "Internet bars" in Chinese; The word tender, on the other hand, has the meaning of gentleness. A romantic saying is that bartenders are the ones who bring tenderness to the bar.

But this is all off topic, since the service industry, the most important thing is to receive customers.

Two green oranges, put in two tall glasses to press out the juice of green oranges, add two fragrant mint leaves in each glass, add rum and soda water, a little sugar, and add half a cup of ice. Add two slices of green oranges on ice and add some rum and soda, swirl slightly and fill the glass with ice, garnish with a bunch of mint leaves.

All of Li Xiang's movements are neat and neat in one go, and the appropriate rhythm gives people a pleasing beauty. The two guests also seemed to be satisfied.

The mojito is a classic rum-based concoction. It is generally made from Wuzhong ingredients, rum, sugar, lime juice, sparkling water and mint. Sugar cane juice has traditionally been used instead of sugar, and in modern times, Sprite is sometimes used instead of sugar and soda, and many bar bartenders have their own modified recipes.

Regarding rum, Li Xiang first knew about this wine from "One Piece" when he was a child, and the pirates in it often ate meat and drank rum, which left a deep impression on Li Xiang. After being a little older, Li Xiang also saw it in the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean". In Li Xiang's mind, rum seemed to have always been inseparable from pirates.

In fact, there are many reasons why pirates like to drink rum.

First of all, rum is a distilled spirit with sugarcane molasses as the main raw material, and the alcohol content is about forty or fifty degrees. Alcohol at 50 degrees has a certain antibacterial effect, although it is not as good as the optimal concentration of 70~80%, but it is much better than doing nothing.

Secondly, pirates are engaged in the business of robbing houses, licking blood from the knife edge, and often getting injured, and the rough pirates can paralyze their nerves, reduce their pain and boost morale by drinking.

Third, living at sea does not eat fresh fruits and vegetables for a long time, and it is easy to induce scurvy due to insufficient vitamin intake. There are also certain trace elements in rum, which can prevent scurvy, and it can be regarded as a "miracle medicine" at sea.

Of course, there is also a very important reason for this, in the Middle Ages, sugar cane was widely cultivated in the tropics with the expansion of colonists, and sugar cane juice was cheap and abundant, and it was used to make wine. The raw materials are cheap, and the natural wine is also cheap.

The wine that the nobles and lords liked to drink, the pirates naturally couldn't afford it, and they didn't want to buy it, the alcohol content was too low and useless, it was better to have cheap and easy rum, and you could get yourself drunk without spending much money. The price is close to the people, which is the last word.

In modern times, the mojito made of rum has become a favorite of many city people. With the addition of sugar, soda, ice and mint, the alcohol is diluted and the taste is softer, making it more suitable for those who don't want to get drunk, but want a little taste enjoyment.

The female white-collar worker took a sip of the Mojito that Li Xiang had adjusted, and praised:

"Tony has found a good successor, the handsome guy's skills are not bad, I think it's a few points better than Tony."

"That ......" Li Xiang made a look of embarrassment, "Brother Tony just went to the warehouse in the back to order the goods." I'm just taking a substitute shift for the time being. He'll be back in a moment. The two sisters saw Brother Tony for a while, don't say that, if he knows, if I give me small shoes to wear, it will be uncomfortable. ”

"Poof, okay, okay, we promise not to say, let you continue to do it, okay?"

"That's great."

"I've never seen you before, are you new to this time?"

"Yes, I just came here a week ago to work part-time."

Li wanted to wipe a wine glass that was already too clean to be clean, and he felt that not having his hands idle when chatting with guests could make the atmosphere more natural.

"Part-time? Look at your age, are you a college student? ”

"Well, the students of the nearby Central Opera."

"Wow, that means you're going to be a star in the future, right?"

"Not necessarily, there is more than one difference between a reservist actor and a star."

"Little handsome guy, your appearance is good, I think it must be fine."

"I've borrowed two auspicious words."

While talking, Tony, the real bartender, came back after ordering.

"Okay, Li Xiang, I'm done. Thank you for your help. ”

"Okay, Brother Tony, it's almost time now, I'll go back first."

"Well, come back quickly, I've worked hard for you tonight."

After changing out of the suit-style uniform he used for bar work, Lee wanted to walk back to school.

It's late, and there are only a few people who get off work so late like the two female white-collar workers just now, and there are fewer people on the street when they get out of the pedestrian street where there is still nightlife.

Although he was busy all day, his strengthened body was still full of energy, and Li Xiang was walking like a fly. Of course, it is not good to walk as fast as flying, and it is not very comfortable to go back to the dormitory too late.

"Speaking of which, do you want to rent a house off campus?"

After all, there are such and such inconveniences in living on campus, not to mention anything else, if you travel through the world on campus, it will be a big trouble if the performance is seen by others.

"Let's take a look at it recently."

Li Xiang made a secret decision in his heart.

After finishing the morning class the next morning, Li Xiang took advantage of the free time in the morning to leave the school and go to a few locations that he had seen on the Internet last night and thought it was more suitable.

After all, Kyoto is a first-tier city, and the price of renting a house is not cheap, although Li Xiang is not unaffordable now, but he always feels uncomfortable when he gives nearly 10,000 yuan to others every month.

After thinking about it again and again, Li Xiang suddenly remembered something and smiled evilly. I simply changed directions and found a house for sale.

It was also his luck that he found a suite with a usable area of about 70 square meters not far from the school. The owners are a young couple who seem to be adding a new member to their family, so they plan to sell their original house and replace it with a larger new residence, because they plan to change to a new house in order to raise funds and do not accept the mortgage and need to pay the full amount, so the price is slightly lower than the market price.

Li Xiang communicated with Iriel.

"What? Host, you want me to make money for you with credits? ”

"Hmm." Li Xiang nodded.

"Host, you see, after the protagonists of the people are possessed by the system, they are all working hard, doing tasks desperately, and making a fortune with their own hands. Why did you go directly to the system to ask for money? ”

"Irir, listen to me, we can discuss this matter. You see, an advanced artificial life like you, although it may not be as good as the human mind in some aspects, but this is determined by your thinking mechanism. If you talk about computing power, then you must be more powerful than the supercomputers on Earth right now. ”

Li wanted to open the pages of several securities software through the computer.

"With such strong computing power, isn't it easy to make money through futures or the stock market?"

"If that doesn't work."

Li Xiang clicked on a classic film "God of Gamblers" by actor Fa Ge.

"Look at this, the ugliest nature of human beings is vividly reflected in gambling, I don't know how many people have been ruined in the word gambling, as a good young man in the new era, we should lead by example, we join forces, through your computing power, let the casino go bankrupt, and completely end this evil industry......"

"I think you just want to get a handful, host, just run. According to what I've gathered, gamblers who have repeatedly won large sums of money from casinos are almost non-existent. ”

"I understand the host's situation and thoughts, but it's not right to do so. As an oracle representing the righteous gods of the worlds, Irel refuses the host's request. ”

Li Xiang touched his head and seemed to have some regret:

"Sure enough, it still doesn't work, then forget it, I'll rent a house according to the original plan."

"Ariel can give the host a suggestion on this."

"What advice?"

"Does the host remember what Irel said about the point exchange function? There are many of these items that can be exchanged for currency. ”

"yes, I didn't think of that. I almost forgot about the redemption function. ”

Somewhere in the universe, "sounds" from distant places spread to the vicinity of the Earth.

"Fetters, why did you put something made of wisdom in Iriel?"

"When he is not confused by the so-called 'money', he will take the next step faster."

"Is that so?"

"Fragile life is finite, and so is the corresponding energy. When he is attracted to reality, it is not easy for him to continue to evolve. ”