Valkyrie Europa

Chapter 307 Ready to Open

Good news that smacks of money always travels very fast.

But in one night, "There is a boss upstairs who recruits people to paint, and can earn at least 5 silver coins a day." The news spread throughout the Chicken Feather Inn.

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

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

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

Just like this chicken feather hotel, the lowest-grade Datong bunk bed below is only 10 silver coins a month.And these are only 10 silver coins, which are difficult for most people to take out. Those who can sell the painting to recover the cost are good enough to make a small profit. Those who can’t sell it often have to put down their decency and go out to find some dirty and tiring physical work. , or serve people's work, earn some extra money.But those who couldn’t find a part-time job had to default on their debts and pay on credit, so that they were finally kicked out, had to leave Vienna, gave up this path of becoming an artist, and found another job.

And everyone is a person who pursues art, drawing paper, paint, brushes, these are all consumables, all of which are charged in silver coins, and the effect of inferior products is often far inferior to that of high-quality products. As a painter of paintings, no one will refuse to use better products.

Therefore, in several rooms of Datong shop, everyone surrounded the few people who just came down from upstairs, and in the faint light of candles, they kept asking about the specific situation of this job as well as the recruitment criteria and requirements .

In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Ang took Adolf out to choose a location before the group of street painters downstairs who had been excited all night came to the door.

After all, if you want to produce comics on a large scale in order to quickly distribute them throughout Austria, in addition to needing enough painters, you must also have a large enough production site.

Yes, Zhang Ang is going to do a large-scale production!No hesitating to spend a lot of money, but also to quickly make this comic famous in Austria, so that more people will watch it and get better publicity effect.

In fact, what Zhang Ang wanted to start was a newspaper. When he was in Germany, he had planned to start a newspaper, but in view of the current literacy rate in the entire continent, he dismissed the idea.It wasn't until he came to Austria and saw the art street of the lowest-level artists, and met those low-level painters who were struggling on the line of food and clothing, that he picked up this idea again.After all, comics are more intuitive than text. Even if you can’t read big characters, you can roughly guess the basic story going to the background frame through the vivid pictures. Even if there are some things you don’t understand, ask a few people, It's all clear.It is infinitely better than taking a newspaper, which does not know you, and you do not know it.

The Art Street is located in the old town of Vienna. The location is remote, the houses are old, and the housing prices are naturally not high.After some careful examination and selection, Zhang Ang spent 120 gold marks to buy four connected houses at a premium, and entrusted the craftsmen of the construction association to open up and reinforce the four small houses so that they are connected together. into one piece.

It will be a few days before the construction is completed, Zhang Ang and Adolf did not wait, and returned to the Chicken Feather Hotel in the evening.

Today, there were a lot of people in the Chicken Feather Hotel, many people came out, some stayed in the corridor, some stayed at the door of the hotel, looking out of the hotel anxiously, not knowing what they were waiting for.

"Oh, Adolf, you are back." The old man who guarded the gate was still sharp-eyed, and he was the first to say hello, "Have you found the house yet?"

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

"You guys, this" the old man's tone was a little uncertain: "Really plan to do something big? What kind of comics are you using?"

Well, the news spread really fast.

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

"Oh, then how many people do you want to recruit?" The old man laughed brightly: "Let me introduce you."

"Let's recruit a hundred for the first batch." Adolf said casually: "We will add more later depending on the situation."

a hundred!

A group of onlookers who were watching eagerly next to him were suddenly in an uproar.

"Oh, my dear Monsieur Adolf, count me in."

"Mr. Adolf, this is my work, you can take a look, what do you think of me?"

"Do you have any standards for income?"

"Yes, Monsieur Adolf, what kind of painter do you want? Do you want gouache?"

"If there are a hundred, wouldn't it mean that we have to hire all the painters in the hotel?"

In addition to various self-recommendations, various questions, and of course all kinds of envious and jealous eyes, they come from those hard-working people who make music.

Adolf clapped his hands to calm everyone down, and then said: "Our recruitment criteria are very loose! Whether you are a sketcher, gouache, or oil painter, as long as you have solid basic skills, are down-to-earth, and work hard, you can paint for more than 9 hours a day. , we accept them all. However, since our current workplace is still being remodeled, so three days later, everyone will go to our comic club in the east to sign up. We will conduct an on-the-spot test, and if you pass, we will accept you. I promise, as long as you If you are qualified, you can continue to paint for 9 hours a day, and your salary will not be less than 5 silver coins."

After a pause, he continued: "And our working mode is also very free. We work on a daily basis, roll call at 8 o'clock every day, and until 5 o'clock or 6 o'clock in the evening, we can leave work when we have finished the work, and the salary is paid on a daily basis! Come anytime, You can 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.”

The conditions Adolf said made everyone’s eyes shine. This kind of free and undisciplined working method scratched everyone’s itching. After all, they are painters, walking on the broad road of pursuing art, in order to paint immortal masterpieces that can be handed down from generation to generation. And not just to make money.With such a job, they will have enough money to support their artistic career, and even be able to buy more high-end painting tools, and maybe draw better works.

Immediately, everyone looked at Adolf more eagerly, and their eyes were watery, as if water would drip out in a second.

"Okay, those who are interested can come to Barry to register first, pass his assessment, and go to work directly in three days!" After thinking about it, Adolf still allocated some of the selection rights to the janitor of the Chicken Feather Hotel old man.I don't know if it's because of his art appreciation level, or to repay his previous help to me.

After finally leaving the enthusiastic crowd, he returned to his room.

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

"Of course." Zhang Ang smiled confidently: "But at the beginning, we still have to draw some old-fashioned stories."

(End of this chapter)