There is indeed a problem with my summoning spirit system

Chapter 138 136. Rum and the Prelude to the Third World
"Li Xiang, I'm going to order something, and I'll leave the bar to you temporarily."

Li Xiang stopped wiping the table, raised his head and replied:

"I see, Tony, you go."

After hearing Li Xiang's response, the bartender Tony made an OK gesture, and entered the warehouse through the small door behind the bar.

There are generally not many customers in this time period, so the bar has always purchased at this time.If there are not enough materials for the bar, such as ice cubes and lemons, they are usually made up at this time.

After wiping the table, Li wanted to rinse and put away his rags and wipers.After washing my hands carefully with soap, I entered the bar.

During this time, Li Xiang has been working part-time at the Siyuan Bar.After occasionally showing Tony the bartending skills he had practiced when he was bored in the Shiji World during the break, he was promoted to the "Assistant Bartender" of Siyuan Bar, well, he is actually an all-around handyman.

Unlike some college students who work part-time to make money, Li Xiang is not short of money.The Sword Art Online fan animation "work" published on the Internet has brought him hundreds of thousands of income under the operation of the Dengeki Bunko team, and this income is still increasing.

Although the profit of animation is not particularly high due to various cost constraints, but Li Xiang can't stand it. Animation is a special zero cost.

The income from the video is already a lot for a college student like Li Xiang who lives and boards at school.At least the normal daily life will definitely not need so much living expenses.

The reason why Li wants to work part-time is to make his life more fulfilling.

A few days ago, the final results of the audition came out.Li Xiang received a call from the crew as expected.

After officially signing a contract with the crew and making an announcement, Li Xiang successfully won the role of Zhang Qingmiao, the third male lead in the movie "Gunfire".When everything was settled, I finally understood something that was on my mind.

During this time, I practice acting skills and attend classes during the day, read scripts in my spare time and prepare to participate in Director Chen’s movie, and work at Siyuan Bar at night.Li Xiang lived a very fulfilling life.

Due to the strengthening of memory, Li Xiang memorized all the lines in the script after only reading it a few times, and spent most of the time polishing his demeanor and movements.Of course, in the end, it still depends on the requirements of the director. In short, make the preparations that can be done, and the rest will wait for half a month before the production team officially starts.

"Jingle Bell……"

The old-fashioned doorbell at the entrance of the bar was driven by the opening and closing of the store door. Li Xiang turned his face to the door and adjusted the most perfect smiling expression for hospitality in seconds:

"Welcome, what do you two beauties want to drink?"

Two professional female white-collar workers in their twenties and thirties came into the store. The two should be colleagues and friends who came together. After entering the store, they sat directly in front of the bar.

As soon as one of them sat down, he couldn't wait to take out two small boxes from his bag. Li Xiang glanced at it, and it seemed that one of them should be a box for contact lenses, and the other, which was bigger, was definitely an ordinary box. eye box.

Sure enough, the female white-collar worker opened the flap of the box, and took off her contact lenses with a special stick-shaped tool in front of the small mirror inside.

After putting away the contact lenses, the female white-collar worker let out a long sigh of relief, put on a big black plastic framed eyes, and said softly:

"Sure enough, it's better to wear glasses. It's really uncomfortable to wear contact lenses."

Another female white-collar worker said helplessly:

"Nan Nan, you don't need to be in such a hurry, take off your contact lenses while you're still outside, look at your dirty plastic glasses, if the young male employees of the company see that you are a financial flower in private You must be disillusioned by the way you look. Nong, you see, the bartender brother is laughing at you."

"Come on." The female white-collar worker known as Nan Nan waved her hand domineeringly, "When I go to work, I dress up like a dog to show respect for my work. After work, I can do whatever I want. That's true. As for the little bartender brother, your formulaic smile is also interpreted by you as a joke, I don't recognize it."

"I can't say enough about you, Miss, the captain of my former university debate team. Let's drink, let's drink."

The female white-collar worker expressed her admiration, and turned to Li Xiang and said:

"Two mojitos."

"OK, just a second."

Li Xiang replied softly, took out two tall glasses, and started making mojitos.

There are not many customers in the store now. Although these two customers came together, they were sitting at the bar. Generally, customers sitting at the bar would want to chat with the bartender, which is also part of the bartender's job.

The English name of a bartender is bartender. In this word, bar is a bar, and the transliteration is "吧", which is also the origin of various "bars" and "Internet cafes" in Chinese; and the word tender has a gentle meaning.A romantic way of saying it is that a bartender is someone who brings tenderness to a bar.

But this is all a digression. Since it is a service industry, the most important thing is to receive customers.

Put two green oranges into two tall glasses to squeeze out the green orange juice, add two pieces of mint leaves for each cup, add rum and soda water with a small amount of sugar, and add half a cup of ice.Add two green orange slices over ice and add some rum and club soda, swirl a bit and fill the glass with ice, top with a bunch of mint leaves for garnish.

All of Li Xiang's movements are done cleanly and in one go, and the appropriate rhythm gives people a pleasing aesthetic feeling.The two guests also seemed to be very satisfied.

Mojito is a classic rum-based drink.Usually made with five ingredients, rum, sugar, lime juice, soda water and mint.Traditionally, sugar cane juice is used to replace the sugar in it. In modern times, Sprite is sometimes used to replace sugar and soda. Many bartenders will have their own improved recipes.

Regarding rum, Li Xiang was the first to know that this wine originated from "One Piece" he watched when he was young. The pirates in it often ate meat and drank rum, which left a deep impression on Li Xiang. .When he was a little older, Li Xiang also saw it in the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean".In Li Xiang's mind, rum seems to have always been inseparable from pirates.

In fact, there are many reasons why pirates like to drink rum.

First of all, rum is a kind of distilled liquor with sugarcane molasses as the main raw material, with an alcohol content of about 70 to 80 degrees.[-]% alcohol has a certain antibacterial effect. Although it is not as good as the optimal concentration of [-]-[-]%, it is still much better than doing nothing.

Secondly, the pirates are engaged in the business of robbing houses, licking blood with knives, and are often injured. The rough pirates can numb the nerves, relieve pain and boost morale by drinking alcohol.
Third, people living at sea cannot eat fresh fruits and vegetables for a long time, and scurvy is easily induced due to insufficient intake of vitamins.There are also certain trace elements in rum, which can prevent scurvy, and it can be regarded as a blind "magic medicine" at sea.

Of course, there is another very important reason in the end. During the Age of Discovery in the Middle Ages, sugarcane was widely planted in tropical regions with the expansion of colonists. Sugarcane juice was cheap and full of sugar, and was used to brew wine.The raw materials are cheap, and the natural wine is also cheap.

The wine that the nobles like to drink, the pirates naturally can't afford it, and they don't want to buy it. The alcohol content is too low and it's useless. It's better to use cheap and easy-to-use rum, which can get you drunk without spending a lot of money.The price is close to the people, is the last word.

In modern times, Mojito made with rum has become the favorite of many urbanites.After adding sugar, soda, ice and mint, the alcohol is diluted and the taste is softer. It is more suitable for people who do not intend to get drunk, but want to enjoy a little taste.

The female white-collar took a sip of the mojito that Li Xiang had adjusted, and praised:

"Tony has found a good successor. The handsome guy is not bad at his skills. I think he's a bit better than Tony."

"That..." Li wanted to put on a troubled look, "Brother Tony just went to the warehouse behind to order some goods. I'm just temporarily taking over the shift. He'll be back in a while. The two sisters don't do that when they see Brother Tony." Said, if he finds out, I will feel uncomfortable if he gives me small shoes to wear."

"Pfft, let's go, let's promise not to say anything, can we let you continue working?"

"That would be great."

"I've never seen you before, did you just come here this time?"

"Yes, I just came here for a part-time job a week ago."

Li Xiang wiped a wine glass that was obviously too clean. He felt that keeping his hands idle while chatting with guests would make the atmosphere more natural.

"Part-time job? Judging by your age, are you a college student?"

"Well, a student from the Central Opera nearby."

"Wow, that means you might become a star in the future?"

"That's not necessarily the case. There's more than a Rift Valley difference between a reserve actor and a star."

"Young handsome boy, your appearance is good, I think there will be no problem."

"Borrow two good words."

While talking, Tony, the real bartender, came back after taking orders.

"Okay, Li Xiang, I'm done. Thank you for your help."

"Okay, Brother Tony, it's almost time now, so I'll go back first."

"Well, go back quickly, I have worked hard on you tonight."

Changing from his suit-style uniform for bar work, Li wanted to walk back to school.

It was already late, and there were only a few people who got off work so late like the two female white-collar workers just now. After leaving the pedestrian street that still had nightlife, the number of people on the street gradually decreased.

Although he has been busy all day, his strengthened body is still full of energy, and Li Xiang walks like flying.Of course, it’s not good if you don’t walk like flying. It’s not very comfortable to go back to the dormitory door control when it’s too late.

"Speaking of which, do you want to rent a house off campus?"

After all, living on campus has all sorts of inconveniences. Among other things, if you travel across the world on campus, if someone else sees you performing a major transformation, it will be a big trouble.

"Let's take a look at it recently."

Li Xiang made a secret decision in his heart.

After morning classes the next morning, Li Xiang left school in his free time in the morning, and went to several locations that he had read online last night and found to be more suitable.

After all, Kyoto is a first-tier big city, and the price of renting a house is not cheap. Although Li Xiang can't afford it now, he always feels uncomfortable when he gives nearly [-] yuan to others for nothing every month.

After thinking about it again and again, Li Xiang suddenly remembered something and smiled evilly.I simply changed direction and found a house for sale.

It can be considered that he was lucky, and found a suite with a usable area of ​​about 70 square meters not far from the school.The home owner is a young couple. It seems that a new member is going to be added to the family, so they plan to sell the original house and replace it with a new one with a larger area. Since they plan to change the new house to raise funds and do not accept the mortgage, they need to pay the full amount, so The price is slightly lower than the market price.

Li Xiang communicated with Yrel.

"What? Host, you want to use points to let me help you make money?"

"Yeah." Li Xiang nodded.

"Host, look at the protagonists in the novels, after being possessed by the system, they are all working hard, doing tasks desperately, and relying on their own hands to make a fortune. Why do you directly ask the system for money when you come here?"

"Yriel, listen to me, we can discuss this matter. You see, although advanced artificial life like you may not be able to compare with human thinking in some aspects, it is determined by your thinking mechanism. If Speaking of computing power, then you must be stronger than the supercomputers on Earth right now."

Li wanted to open several securities software pages through the computer.

"With such strong computing power, wouldn't it be easy to make money through the futures or stock market?"

"If this doesn't work."

Li Xiang clicked on another classic movie "God of Gamblers" by actor Fa Ge.

"Look at this, the ugliest nature of human beings is vividly reflected in gambling. I don't know how many people have been ruined by the word gambling. As good young people in the new era, we should set an example. Computing power, let the casino go bankrupt, and completely end this evil industry..."

"I think host, you just want to make a profit and run away. According to the information I collected, there are almost no gamblers who have won large sums of money from casinos many times."

"I understand the host's situation and thoughts, but it is wrong to do so. As the envoy of the God of the Worlds representing justice, Yrel refuses the host's request."

Li Xiang touched his head and seemed a little regretful:
"Sure enough, it still doesn't work, forget it, I'll rent a house according to the original plan."

"About this matter, Yrel can give the host a suggestion."

"What advice?"

"Does the host still remember the point exchange function that Yrel said before? There are many exchanged items that can be used to exchange for currency."

"Yeah, why didn't I think of this. The exchange function was almost forgotten by me."

In a certain corner of the universe, a "sound" from a distant place spread to the vicinity of the earth.

"Fetter, why do you put something made by wisdom in Yrel?"

"When he's not confused by so-called 'money,' he's going to take the next step faster."

"Is that right?"

"A fragile life is limited, and the corresponding energy is also limited. When he is attracted by reality, it is not easy to continue to evolve."

(End of this chapter)