in2ebook Chapter 162 Competition
Chapter 162 Competition
Two taels of silver can cover their family's living expenses for half a year, but compared with a long-term stable income, two taels of silver is nothing.
The three of them came here for work, so naturally they didn't want to be the one who took the money and walked away.
Gao Zhu was the first to lose his temper. "Then I wonder what questions Manager Qian asked and what the rules are?"
"You are all experienced masters, and I think you are all familiar with the tools in front of you. The task given by Manager Qian is to use these tools and the wood in the house to make a finished woodworking product. The time limit is one hour. If you cannot hand in a complete work within one hour, you will be eliminated directly."
Huang Qiushi immediately noticed the loophole in Lin Chuyi's words: "Are there no restrictions on the content and size of the work?"
If these are not limited, even if the final result is just a shaved piece of wood, it can be judged as a work of art. Then what is the point of setting this topic?
Lin Chuyi heard Huang Qiushi's thoughts clearly, looked at him approvingly, and then added: "Yes, there are no restrictions on these. You can start with what you are best at, or you can play it safe and make a simple thing to hand in."
"But let me remind you that your works will eventually appear in front of Manager Qian, and it is likely to affect his judgment of your professional ability. So, I hope you can carefully consider what to do and how to do it."
After Lin Chuyi finished speaking, the three people on the opposite side fell into deep thought. After a while, Huang Qiushi spoke again: "I don't have any other questions."
Lin Chuyi nodded to Huang Qiushi, "Okay." Then he turned to look at the other two, "Is there anything else you two don't understand?"
Zhang Fadada and Gao Zhu, who were being stared at by Lin Chuyi, shook their heads.
"Well, since there are no other questions, let's get started." As she spoke, Lin Chuyi walked behind the wood, took out an exquisite wooden hourglass, and placed it upside down on a piece of wood that was almost as high as her waist. Tiny grains of sand fell from the tiny hole in the middle of the funnel.
When the three saw Lin Chuyi take out such a strange thing, they all looked puzzled.
"This thing is called an hourglass. It takes exactly half an hour for the sand inside to drain out completely. In other words, if the hourglass drains twice, it means that one hour has passed. In other words, at the moment the hourglass drains out, no matter whether you have completed your work or not, you must hand it in. The countdown has begun now, and you can start taking action."
After Lin Chuyi's brief explanation, the three immediately understood the function of the hourglass. Without wasting any more time, they distributed the tools to each person in the order they entered the room, and then the three of them took action.
The three of them moved in different directions. While Huang Qiushi was still standing there thinking about the content of his work, Zhang Fadada had already gone to select suitable wood, and Huang Zhu squatted down to check the series of tools assigned to him.
When Lin Chuyi saw that they had already started to act, he took off his mind-reading device and turned around to get a stool from behind the wood.
After sitting down, she propped her elbows on her legs, supported her chin with her palms, closed her eyes and dozed off, while her consciousness entered the game space to begin learning skills for today.
The skill Lin Chuyi was learning today was sketching, a skill in painting. After the progress bar was full, she came out of the simulated studio space, began issuing new daily tasks to the many NPCs in the game space, and began to clean up the inventory of items in the space warehouse.
By the time she finished her tasks in the game space, half an hour had passed. Her consciousness returned to reality and she waited for the sand in the hourglass to run out.
After she turned the hourglass upside down again, she did not sink her consciousness back into the game space. Instead, she took out a carving knife, selected three small rectangular pieces of wood of the same size in the wood area, and returned to sit on the stool.
Huang Zhu noticed Lin Chuyi's series of actions, but did not take it to heart. He just thought that Lin Chuyi found it fun to fiddle with the wood and wanted to try it himself.
Lin Chuyi looked like a child of only about ten years old, an age when he was curious about everything. He did not think there was anything strange about this matter, but he also did not think that Lin Chuyi could produce any good work as this was his first experience with woodworking.
Lin Chuyi's behavior did not affect him, so he just glanced at Lin Chuyi lightly, then looked away and continued with his unfinished work.
It is not difficult for Gao Zhu to make a finished product in an hour. The difficulty lies in how to make it delicate and outstanding within the limited time.
Huang Zhu thought about it again and again and finally decided to make a toy boat. When he was at home, he often used the leftover scraps from furniture to make some small toys for the children at home to play with.
He already has experience in making small boats, which can greatly improve work efficiency. After the boat is made, the remaining time can be used to carve some patterns on the boat, or make some decorative embellishments.
If you don't have enough time, you can just hand in the polished finished boat. At least you won't be eliminated because of unfinished work.
Due to the time limit, Gao Zhu's performance was affected uncontrollably, but fortunately the boat was still made as desired. What he had to do now was to polish the hull, and then he could consider the decorative items.
Zhang Fadada's idea is exactly the opposite of Huang Zhu's. He has been doing carpentry work for others for more than 30 years. He has received a variety of orders, but the requirements of the bosses who pay him to do the work are all the same, that is, he is required to work quickly and with good quality.
He believed that the only difference between Qian Laiye and the bosses who hired him to work was that one hired a long-term worker and the other hired a short-term worker, but their requirements for the finished product were the same.
So he thought that Qian Laiye's purpose of asking questions was to test their work efficiency. He was the oldest among them and had certain disadvantages. If he wanted to get this job opportunity, he had to work faster and better than the other two.
So after a brief thought, Zhang Fadada decisively began to select suitable wood and saw it into boards with the saw on the ground. What he wanted to make was the square table, which was the furniture he was best at. Half an hour later, the square table had been assembled by his hands.
Huang Qiushi's idea was similar to Gao Zhu's. He understood that the question posed by Manager Qian was mainly to test their actual carpentry skills.