Even dogs love it, let alone people!

Chapter 64: If Even a Dog Loves It, Let Alone Humans!

Qin Lin bought large, twenty-catty transparent containers, washed them thoroughly, and filled them with the purely wild honey harvested from the game before transporting them to the resort.

As soon as he arrived at the resort and moved the honey into the storage room behind the bar counter, he saw Gao Yaoyao leading six people toward him.

The number of tourists at the resort had been steadily increasing over the past few days, and recruitment notices had been posted consistently. Still, he hadn't expected six applicants to show up all at once today.

Four of them were young women around the age of twenty, and the other two were middle-aged women.

"Boss, they're all here for the interview," Gao Yaoyao said as she approached.

Qin Lin glanced over the six individuals. The four young girls clearly hadn't been out in society for very long, as they still carried that characteristic hesitation and caution typical of job seekers.

He led the six of them aside and took the application forms from Gao Yaoyao's hand.

Naturally, the four girls were applying for service positions in the scenic area, while the two middle-aged women were applying for housekeeping and cleaning roles.

He then proceeded to ask the four girls the standard questions every recruiter would ask, such as whether they had relevant work experience, why they resigned from their previous job, and even whether they were single...

While these questions might seem like nonsense and are often ridiculed by many online, he had come to realize after actually becoming a boss that these seemingly boring questions actually made a lot of sense.

The questions themselves weren't the real point; rather, these simple inquiries at least offered a preliminary glimpse into an applicant's personality and character.

For instance, when asking the four girls if they were single, did he genuinely care about their relationship status?

He simply wanted to observe their reactions to the question. Since it was a tourism service industry, if they could answer without feeling awkward, embarrassed, or flustered, and respond with a calm smile, it showed they had thick skin—definitely well-suited for the service industry.

Another example was asking applicants why they left their previous job.

Some people would subconsciously start complaining endlessly, claiming that their former job was terrible in every way and that their colleagues were awful. No boss would ever like that kind of person.

However, his resort was a scenic tourism service business, so things didn't need to be overly rigid. The main criteria were whether these four girls had sufficiently lively personalities, sharp conversational skills, and enough poise.

These traits could be roughly gauged during the questioning process.

After all, they couldn't afford to be humorless and maintain a stern expression when dealing with tourists, could they?

The four girls turned out to have lively personalities and seemed likely to adapt well to the job positions, so he decided to hire all of them.

Next, he questioned the two middle-aged women applying for the cleaning positions. Finding no issues with their responses, he hired them as well.

Afterward, Qin Lin brought out six employment contracts and signed them with the six new hires, setting a one-month probation period. He then instructed Gao Yaoyao nearby, "Take the two older ladies over to Sister Hong, and then take the other four to collect their uniforms. Familiarize them with the environment before the tourists arrive."

Sister Hong was the head supervisor of the resort's cleaning staff. She was formerly the head housekeeping supervisor at the Zhongmin Hotel in the county town, but she had resigned from the hotel to take care of her daughter-in-law who had just given birth to a baby.

"Got it!" Gao Yaoyao nodded and said to the six new employees, "Follow me, please!"

Leaving the newly recruited staff in Gao Yaoyao's care, Qin Lin stepped behind the bar counter. He picked up the small jar of pure wild honey from yesterday, took out a few empty cups, and began adding honey to brew batches of honey water.

"Qin Lin, what are you making so much honey water for?" Zhao Moqing walked in, holding Wangcai on a leash.

Wangcai seemed to have caught the scent of the honey, placing its front paws onto the bar counter and grinning at him.

Feigning innocence, Qin Lin made up an explanation: "Wasn't the medicinal honey water I brought back yesterday pretty good? Yesterday was just a test to see how it tasted, but I happened to find another channel that can supply a batch of medicinal honey every day. I'm thinking about launching a medicinal honey water project at the resort. After all, we lack beverage options here—we only stock canned cola and bottled mineral water."

"Right now, I'm experimenting with the proportions to find the absolute minimum ratio of medicinal honey per cup without compromising the flavor and texture."

While the game-produced Grade 2 wild honey was undoubtedly a fantastic product, he couldn't expect a single drop of honey to make an entire cup of water delicious; a 100ml serving of water required a proper proportional mix at the very least.

He needed to figure out the exact proportions, specifically the minimum amount required.

Furthermore, he had no intention of selling the Grade 2 honey water cheaply, considering its remarkable effectiveness.

"Qin Lin, I'm starting to think you have the potential to be a profiteering merchant!" Zhao Moqing teased with a smile, then walked behind the bar and said, "Let me help."

She took the spoon from Qin Lin's hand and carefully added honey into the cups, as if afraid of adding too much.

Watching this scene, Qin Lin mentally complained that she was calling him a profiteering merchant while she herself was putting in even less than he would have.

Yet, wasn't that how business worked? As long as it didn't impact the customer experience, one should cut costs wherever possible, especially when dealing with rare commodities.

Before long, the two of them found the optimal ratio: about 5 grams of Grade 2 honey per 100ml of water yielded the best taste—neither overly sweet nor too bland, and most importantly, delicious.

"5 grams per 100ml!" Qin Lin pulled out a calculator and began crunching the numbers.

Grade 2 honey yielded roughly 20 catties a day, which equaled 45,000 grams. The large plastic-sealed cups commonly used for milk tea held 700ml, requiring 35 grams of honey each. That meant a large cup of honey water could be made 1,286 times.

This quantity seemed a bit insufficient. He believed that most people would buy it once they learned about the honey water's effects, and furthermore, many customers would surely return for a second cup or even take one to go.

After all, back when he and Zhao Moqing used to travel with university classmates on group trips, it was mostly the same: they would buy a local delicacy when entering a scenic area, buy another when leaving, and some classmates would even pack a few portions to take away.

Zhao Moqing then asked, "Qin Lin, how much do you plan to sell this medicinal honey water for?"

Qin Lin smiled and replied, "Those scenic area bubble teas dare to sell for 20 yuan a cup. My medicinal honey is top-notch stuff; selling a cup for 100 yuan isn't excessive, is it?"

That certainly wasn't unreasonable, considering the wild honey produced by his game also possessed the game-infused medicinal properties of Fatigue Relief +2, Constipation Relief +2, and Chronic Gastritis Relief.

Hearing that it would cost 100 yuan per cup, Zhao Moqing gasped slightly, "Uninformed tourists will definitely be startled by a 100-yuan price tag. How about we add some coconut jelly to the honey water so it at least looks like a generous portion?"

"Hmm, that could work. Adding something inexpensive will allow us to sell a few more cups," Qin Lin nodded. Coconut jelly didn't cost much, so adding a bit more would give tourists the impression that they were running an honest business.

Handled this way, the 1,286 cups could easily be stretched to 1,500 cups. At 100 yuan per cup, that amounted to 150,000 yuan. After deducting costs and expenses, a single catty of honey could yield over 1,600 yuan.

This already surpassed the price of many medicinal honeys, placing it in the category of top-tier medicinal honey and luxury goods.

Still looking somewhat worried, Zhao Moqing said, "100 yuan a cup sounds terrifying just hearing it. We should do some promotional work, list and introduce the effects of this medicinal honey, and ideally host a tasting event. Otherwise, with so many online haters these days, I'm afraid we'll get dragged to death."

"Whatever you say goes," Qin Lin nodded. "The visitor center can be put into use right away, so we can use it to promote the visitor center at the same time. We'll set up the medicinal honey water project right there."

Without promotion, ordinary tourists who were unaware of its value might indeed find a 100-yuan beverage difficult to accept, and receiving backlash was an absolute certainty.

Therefore, promotion was necessary, starting with a free tasting event!

"Awoooo!" The dog's bark rang out.

The two turned their heads to see the dog lying by the bar counter, looking at them with pleading eyes as if reminding them that they had forgotten something.

"It's been waiting this whole time to drink its honey water!" Zhao Moqing laughed and said.

Qin Lin picked up a cup of honey water and poured some into the dog's special transparent bowl.

The dog cracked its mouth in a wide grin, sticking its tongue out to show its delight.

Seeing this, Zhao Moqing smiled, feeling even more confident about Qin Lin's medicinal honey water project.

If even a dog loved drinking it so much, let alone humans!