The next afternoon, Willy and several workers were busy over there, while Wayne and the other two sat in a temporary shed and started interviewing people one by one. Lina's ability to make the murderer "tie himself up in a cocoon" on the spot, Wayne's background of being taken away by a team of police officers and returning quickly without any trouble, plus the special license of "allowing extraordinary people to live in the sun\ ,"This caused some companions and those who received the news afterwards to respond quite positively. Although the old man in the local hunter association was a little dissatisfied with Wayne's "poaching" behavior, But he still helped to pass on the message. So nearly thirty people arrived one after another to prepare for the interview. The city of Kansas is now considered a big city in the "West", but looking at the entire America, compared with the cities in the prosperous states on the East Coast, it is at most the size of a "third-tier city". Therefore, based on the population ratio, Wayne was still a little surprised that so many extraordinary people came. According to his original plan, at the beginning of the detective agency, five or six people at most would be enough.
Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street was a place where two people could solve the case and publicize it. The first person to be interviewed was "Mr. Bird". "Mr. Bird" seemed a little nervous, and his speech became a little unfluent: "My name is Doug Stamp. My ability is 'bird affinity', but it can actually only be used on the birds that I feed for a long time." Inesa made a simple note on the side and drew a circle in the field column to indicate that it passed. Wayne thought about it for a moment. "Affinity with animals" sounded like an ability in the "nature" field, which was incompatible with the Hunter Association. No wonder it was not accepted. But since he has not been "hit" and even has a few hunter friends, there should be no problem with his character. "Well," Wayne encouraged him with a smile, "Mr. Stamp, can you accept working away from home for a long time? Our detective agency may deal with cross-regional cases. Even if we go to Virginia, our work location may not be fixed." “No problem!” The other party first expressed his willingness to accept, and then added, “Just call me Doug.” "Okay, Doug." Wayne thought for a moment, "Can you tell me why you want to join us?" Doug thought for a while: "Due to my status as a Beyonder, the jobs I could find weren't very good. I've actually been working with a few companions for a while, but I could only participate in some auxiliary tasks. "However, participating in your plan this time, Mr. Wayne, makes me feel that I can actually play a greater role, and I hope to have a chance to prove myself." Wayne then talked to him about salary, benefits, life and career planning. To be honest, Wayne spent a long time thinking about the salary and benefits last night. The establishment of this detective agency was actually just a sudden idea of Wayne, and it was even a question whether it could continue to operate. If you offer too low a salary, you won’t be able to recruit anyone; if you offer too high a salary, you’ll probably lose everything. So Wayne, based on his previous life experience, came up with a plan of base salary plus performance: If there is business, the participants will share the profits in proportion; if there is no business, everyone will just eat whole wheat bread together.
Considering that not all cases may require the participation of all people, if there is a temporary team assigned to solve a case, the detective agency will also charge a certain percentage of the bounty received. It is used to fill the gap of "basic salary" and is also the source of profit for the detective agency. As for the "detective agency" itself, it is a model of partners plus employees. Partners participate in the dividends, but usually they can only work for free. Employees will follow the remuneration plan and at least get a basic salary, and the proportion of the bounty they receive for directly participating in solving the case will be higher. However, there are only two partners in the detective agency at present, Inissa and Lina. They not only have advantages in the extraordinary field, but are also willing to invest in proportion. If there is another suitable one, the partners will hold a meeting and vote to decide, and the vote ratio will be calculated based on the equity. Then, after Doug's interview, Wayne stood up and shook his hand: "Thank you for coming for the interview. However, out of respect for other interviewees, we will not notify you of the final result until everyone has finished the interview. I hope you can understand." After Doug shook hands, I also tried a little harder, "I really hope to seize this opportunity, and I hope you can consider me more." In fact, for those who have participated in the action before, as long as they come to participate in the interview, Wayne and the other two are willing to accept the general opinions in principle. Putting aside personal abilities and the like, Anyone who is willing to take the initiative to participate in catching criminals under the premise of "possibly without reward" and "without mandatory obligations" is already qualified as a "companion who can be initially trusted." So we screened out some interviewees who were unwilling to leave Kankers City or could not accept the salary package, and also eliminated some interviewees who participated in the interview halfway but had poor performance and ability. Finally, Wayne and the other two considered it for a long time. Although I have chosen ten candidates for the interview, I can only arrange for three to start working first. As for the rest, I will have to wait and see how they go before deciding whether to contact them. The first moment of becoming a boss, what I felt was not the joy of “I have people under me”, but the sense of responsibility of “I feel like I have to pay salaries as soon as I open my eyes every day”. These days, the average worker in an East Coast city works 12 to 14 hours a day and earns about $7 to $8 a week, which means the average monthly income is around $30. In a narrow sense, "cowboys" who are responsible for driving cattle long distances in the West have a slightly higher monthly income, roughly around US$40, but they do not have work all year round. And in terms of specific working hours and working environment, "cowboys" actually have a harder time. This is about the price these days for non-technical civilian jobs that don't involve working hard with others. As for the specific living standards, we also need to refer to local prices. Moreover, for all jobs, salary is almost the "total income" of ordinary people. If one gets injured or has an accident at work, whether or not there is compensation or pension or how much it is depends mainly on the conscience and generosity of the employer. ——As for some people saying that "slaves on the plantation could even get paid more than 500 US dollars a year", we can't say it is absolutely impossible, but we can only wish them to be reborn on the plantation. Wayne only brought $6,000 in cash, which is the total income of an ordinary person without food or drink for more than ten years. But if it is used to feed people, it is really not much. Therefore, the initial basic salary of the detective agency is US$5 per week, and accommodation and meals are provided by the detective agency.
If the detective agency cannot continue to operate and goes bankrupt within two years, the agency will be compensated with at least US$8 per week based on the local average income, plus travel expenses, and then the agency will be disbanded. Anyway, if I lose all the cash on hand, Then Wayne would have no choice but to return to Blackrock Town, and live on the thousands of acres of land next to the town, the old belongings in the cellar, and the shares in the factory, mine, and steam locomotive operating company. I hope the land price will go up soon.