Chapter 45: Preparing for the Opening

Good news with the smell of money always spreads very quickly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info is just one night, "There is a boss upstairs who recruits people to paint, and he can earn at least 5 silver coins a day." The news spread throughout the Chicken Feather Hotel.

Fortunately, everyone is an artist, and they are more decent, and they are not sure of the authenticity of the news, so no one came to the door overnight to recommend themselves.

After all, the price is still too exaggerated and too generous.

The purchasing power of silver coins is still very strong, a silver coin can almost be eaten in a small restaurant for two or three days, save a little, make it yourself, or even eat it for a week.

Just like this chicken feather inn, the lowest-grade Chase bunk bed below is only 10 silver coins a month. And these are only 10 silver coins, most people are difficult to take out, can sell the painting to recover the cost of a little money is good, those who can't sell, often have to put down the painting, go out to find some undignified manual work, work to serve people, make some extra money. Those who couldn't find odd jobs had to be in arrears and on credit, so that they were finally swept out of the house and had to leave Vienna, abandoning this path to becoming an artist and finding another job.

And everyone is a person who pursues art, painting paper, paint, brushes, these are all consumables, all of which are actually billed in silver coins, and the effect of inferior products is often far inferior to that of superior products, as a painter who seeks the most perfect paintings, no one will refuse to use better products.

Therefore, in the rooms of several large shops, everyone gathered around the few people who had just come down from the upper floor, and in the faint light of the candles, they kept asking about the specific situation of the job and the recruitment standards and requirements.

Early the next morning, without waiting for the group of street painters downstairs who had been excited all night to find the door, Zhang Ang took Adolf out to choose a site.

After all, in order to produce comics on a large scale in order to quickly distribute them throughout Austria, it is necessary to have a large enough production space, in addition to enough artists.

Yes, Zhang Ang is going to carry out a large-scale production! At the expense of spending a lot of money, he also wants to quickly make this cartoon famous in Austria, so that more people can watch it and get a better publicity effect on the introduction.

In fact, at first Zhang Ang thought of a newspaper, and when he was in Germany, he had planned to start a newspaper, but in view of the current literacy rate of the entire continent, he still dismissed this idea. It wasn't until he came to Austria and saw the art street of the lowest artists, and the low-level painters who were struggling to make ends meet, that he picked up this idea anew. After all, comics are much more intuitive than words, even if you don't know big words, through that realistic picture, you can roughly guess the basic story towards the background framework, even if there are some things you don't understand, ask a few people, and it will be clear. It's infinitely better than taking a newspaper and it doesn't know you, you don't know it.

The Art Street is located in the old town of Vienna, the location is remote and old, and the housing prices are naturally not high. After some careful examination and selection, Zhang Ang spent 120 gold marks to buy four of the houses at a premium, and commissioned craftsmen from the building association to open and strengthen the four small houses.

It would take a few days for the construction to be completed, and Zhang Ang and Adolf did not wait, and returned to the chicken feather hotel in the evening.

There are a lot of people in the chicken feather hotel today, and many people have come out, some stay in the corridor, some stay at the door of the hotel, looking out of the hotel, not knowing what they are waiting for.

"Oh, Adolf, you're back. The old man still saw it, and first said hello: "Have you found a house?"

"Well, I've found it, it's not far to the east, a few hundred meters away. Adolf responded.

"You guys, this ......," the old man's tone was a little uncertain, "Are you really going to make a big deal?

Well, the news spread fast.

"Yes, it's going to be a big deal!" Adolf confirmed, "I think this comic should be very interesting, not only to make money, but also to help everyone." ”

"Oh, how many people are you going to recruit?" the old man laughed, and his smile was very bright: "I'll introduce you." ”

"Let's recruit a hundred in the first batch. Adolf said casually: "I will add it later depending on the situation." ”

"A hundred!"

A group of onlookers watching in disbelief were in an uproar.

"Oh, dear Mr. Adolf, count me as one. ”

"Mr. Adolf, this is my work, you can take me one. ”

"Do you have any criteria for accepting people?"

"Yes, Mr. Adolphus, what kind of painter do you want?

"If it's a hundred, wouldn't the whole hotel be covered?"

......

In addition to all kinds of self-recommendation, all kinds of problems, of course, there are also all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred, which come from those who make music.

Adolf clapped his hands and quieted everyone down, before he said: "Our recruitment standards are very relaxed! Whether you are sketching, gouache, or oil painting, as long as you have solid basic skills, are down-to-earth and hardworking, and can paint more than 9 hours a day, we will accept them." However, since our current workplace is still being renovated, three days later, everyone will go to our comic club in the east to sign up. We'll test you on the spot, and if you pass, we'll take you in. I promise that as long as you pass and can stick to 9 hours a day, your salary will not be less than 5 silver coins. ”

After a pause, he continued: "And we work very freely, we work by the day, roll call at 8 o'clock every day, until 5 or 6 o'clock in the evening, we can leave work when we have done our work, and our salary is paid on a daily basis! Come at any time, leave at any time, you don't have to work every day, and it doesn't matter if you come when you are short of money." ”

Adolf's conditions made everyone's eyes shine, and this kind of free and casual way of working tickles everyone's itch, after all, they are painters, walking on the broad road of pursuing art, in order to paint masterpieces that will be passed down to the world, not just to make money. With such a job, they have enough money to support their artistic career, and they can even buy more high-end painting equipment and paint better works.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes on Adolf became more eager, and their eyes were watery, as if they could drip water in the next second.

"Okay, if you are interested, you can come to Barry to sign up first, pass his assessment, and go to work directly in three days!" After thinking about it, Adolf still gave the right to choose people to the old man of the chicken feather inn. I don't know if it's because of his level of art appreciation, or to repay him for helping me before.

I finally left the enthusiastic crowd and returned to my room.

Adolf let out a sigh of relief: "Alright, the comic book club is about to open, what are you going to draw? Can this really shake the rule of the Austrian royal family?"

"Absolutely. Zhang Ang smiled confidently: "But at the beginning, we still have to draw a little old-fashioned bloody story." ”