"Upgrade!" Charlotte blurted out, making the decision in an instant.
[Upgrading... Please wait]
[Upgrade Complete]
[Resort Hotel: Level 3]
[Please select the number of rooms: Single Rooms 0 (+/-) Double Rooms 0 (+/-) Available Rooms 15]
In the blink of an eye, the bathtub was now several meters away from the door, and the once closely placed furniture now only occupied the edges of the bathroom, leaving a vast open space in the middle.
"Add 7 single rooms and 8 double rooms," she decided. Currently, there were only two double rooms, but six single rooms.
[The breakfast room is now available for all-day dining. New options include lunch (+5) and dinner (+3). Please select.]
A menu popped up in front of her, featuring items like fried rice, mixed rice, rice bowls, noodles, and more.
For lunch, she chose minced eggplant rice, stir-fried meat rice bowl, curry chicken rice, braised pork rice, and pig's feet rice.
For dinner, she selected beef brisket noodles, egg noodles, and fried sauce noodles.
Lunch was priced at 16 points, and dinner at 12 points—affordable for everyone.
Breakfast would remain the same, still offered in the original style.
However, the business hours had changed to 7 AM to 8 PM.
Seeing the new hours, Charlotte frowned. Although she didn't have to wake up early, her working hours were extended. She needed to either hire staff or adjust the hours.
"System, if Bear can work as a staff member, then I should be able to hire someone, right?"
The water was getting cold, so Charlotte got out of the bathtub, grabbed a towel from the rack, dried herself, changed into a comfortable bathrobe, and put her hair in a quick-dry cap. She then took out her electric toothbrush and began brushing her teeth.
[Yes, you can. What kind of staff would you like to hire?]
Charlotte, curious, asked, "What kinds are there?"
Originally, she expected a pop-up window from the system, but instead, she received another message.
[Indigenous Employees and Virtual Employees]
"Tell me about the virtual employees first." Charlotte swished some mint mouthwash in her mouth, enjoying the refreshing sensation.
[Virtual employees are similar to Bear. They can be upgraded and can have various sub-systems like language and understanding. However, virtual employees have fatal weaknesses.]
[Example: Bear's fatal weakness is fire. If it comes into contact with fire, regardless of its level, it will instantly disappear, and the points used for upgrading cannot be refunded. The advantage is that they do not need food or sleep and can work 24/7.]
"Now tell me about the indigenous employees." Charlotte applied a warm facial mask, using the remaining essence on her neck and ankles.
During the mask application, she also rubbed milk-scented body lotion on her skin and then relaxed in the massage chair, closing her eyes.
[Indigenous employees need to be recruited by the host. The system can provide relevant location information.]
[Advantages: Do not require upgrading with points, protected by the hotel's mechanisms, and can develop loyalty.]
[Disadvantages: Require the host to provide food and accommodation, and can work a maximum of 12 hours.]
Charlotte was uncertain which type of employee would be better.
Bear was efficient but couldn't interact with customers verbally. If she went out, she would have to close the shop. On the other hand, hiring indigenous employees meant she wouldn't have to be on-site to handle everything.
Both types had their pros and cons.
She furrowed her brow, noting that the indigenous employees had many uncontrollable factors, and she couldn't guarantee their absolute loyalty.
"System, show me the list of virtual employees."
[V-world Unemployed Employee List: Employee 1: Yuko, Nature: Scheming, Service Attribute: 8/150, Affinity Attribute: 11/150, Fatal Weakness: Water]
[Employee 2:Wensy, Nature: Proud, Service Attribute: 11/150, Affinity Attribute: 7/150, Fatal Weakness: Hair strands cut]
[Employee 3: Anna, Nature: Cute, Service Attribute: 15/150, Affinity Attribute: 18/150, Fatal Weakness: Tears touching the body]
[Employee 4...]
"System, why are they all girls?" Charlotte flipped to the last page and found that all the candidates were women. She was reluctant to have them do dirty or strenuous work.
System: ... Do you know what entrapment is...
[...]
"Also, why is there no information about their skills? Bear can handle cleaning; they can't just be for show, right?"
Seeing the system not responding, Charlotte sat up, removing the facial mask with irritation. "You don't think I'm hiring people just for them to look cute at the door, do you? I've been working hard to serve customers!"
[That's exactly what hosts in other worlds do...]
Charlotte was both angry and amused. "So this is your idea of a vacation? As the boss, I still have to work hard? Fine, I'll hire indigenous employees instead! Get out of here!"
In a huff, Charlotte pushed open the bathroom door and was pleasantly surprised to find that the room had doubled in size. The living room area was now 6 meters wide, and the bedroom had also expanded, adding a walk-in closet and a kitchen.
She dashed into the walk-in closet, which was about 25 square meters. The floor was covered with plush carpeting, with floor-to-ceiling wardrobes on all sides. In the middle of the carpet was a round sofa, and across from it was a massive full-length mirror.
Charlotte opened the wardrobe, finding her previously collected clothes neatly hung by color. The last two rows held varying thicknesses of tops, pants, and coats. The final wardrobe was filled with an assortment of bags, hats, and jewelry. Her gold and silver jewelry was neatly arranged in the central drawer on a black velvet lining, illuminated by soft, bright lights.
"Perfect... absolutely perfect..." Charlotte murmured, a materialistic person who loved beautiful clothes, shoes, bags, and jewelry. She had no depth but relished in being stunningly self-indulgent.
System, you must provide more of these mundane items in the future! Let me be vain to my heart's content!
Summer clenched her fist secretly. Once this world's tasks were completed, she would pack up everything in the walk-in closet and take it to the next world to continue her beauty journey!
[Host, would you like to switch to the upgraded flooring?]
After a while, the system returned to its main task.
Charlotte, still in the walk-in closet, had not noticed the flooring style outside. "Let me see the upgraded version—no, let's keep it as it is."
The current flooring was the one she had improved, and she didn't want the system to downgrade it, especially when the only high-quality flooring was in the walk-in closet.
"If the hotel's flooring isn't as good as my upgrade, use my current flooring and don't make any changes."
She was worried that the system might replace her marble tiles, so she made sure to specify.
[Understood]
The system immediately restored the flooring to her original high-quality choice.