New Gods of North America

Wayne first chatted with the several strangers who were interested in joining the detective agency to get to know each other a little.

The motives of the strangers wanting to join the detective agency were not difficult to understand. What they most wanted to confirm with Wayne, the founder of the detective agency, in person were mainly three categories of questions.

"If I join the detective agency, will I really not have to worry about the local church anymore?"

"Does the detective agency really only take 30% of the commission for each assignment, and at most 51% including management fees, with the remaining profits distributed to the members?"

"If I don't want to continue being a bounty hunter in the future, or if I want to leave the detective agency, can I really leave normally?"

It sounded like Doug was a relatively "sincere" type of interviewer. He didn't exaggerate too much when introducing the detective agency, and his answers were quite detailed, even somewhat conservative on certain issues.

So, what Wayne needed to do at this time was very simple: as the founder of the detective agency, he just needed to personally answer and confirm each question again.

After roughly understanding the situation and learning that these people were all bounty hunters and paranormals who only dared to be active in western Virginia, near the state border, Wayne asked the interested parties to wait in Doug's room.

Then he pulled Doug aside for a private chat.

If the detective agency is regarded as an "organization", then this is the first time that recruitment has been carried out without the step of "partners pre-determining potential candidates."

However, for an organization, as long as it can develop to a certain scale, this kind of thing will almost inevitably happen.

Even in a slightly larger manor, ordinary servants are usually no longer personally interviewed by the owner of the manor one by one.

If viewed from an optimistic perspective, this shows that the detective agency has begun to move onto the right track of development, and some affairs can be carried out normally without the partners having to intervene.

But if interpreted from a pessimistic perspective, it may mean that the partners are gradually moving away from controlling new members of the detective agency, and things like "internal factions" may gradually arise.

Wayne and the others had already envisioned similar problems when considering allowing the so-called "offices" to recruit people on their own.

Therefore, the right to determine whether an external member can become a "detective" of the detective agency was ultimately collected into the hands of the detective agency's "partner meeting."

For an outsider to become a member of the detective agency, they must go through three processes: "recruitment", "observation", and "confirmation", which roughly correspond to "recruitment", "internship", and "formal employment" in modern society.

In the envisioned "detective agency archives", each detective will have their own file, which will include the signatures of the recruiter and observer, as well as the minutes of the confirmation meeting.

Doug knows this process relatively well, or rather, the detectives in the detective agency actually know a rough idea of it.

What Wayne is doing for Doug at this time is mainly ideological work:

"Doug, the head of the detective agency's office, is envisioned to be a non-permanent appointment, which will be rotated every once in a while. At that time, the personnel arrangements of other detectives in the office may not be adjusted at the same time, so if you intend to recruit them, then you may have to seize the time to lead them to familiarize themselves with the detective agency as soon as possible, form a preliminary opinion report, and then submit it to the partner meeting after observation."

"Our detective agency is not yet large in scale, and many internal processes are still being explored. But some things need to be standardized from the beginning. Doug, as a member of the initial team of our detective agency, you must play a leading role in this regard."

"By the way, in order not to dampen your enthusiasm, there are some things I must say in advance—not all of the recruited candidates may eventually become new members of the detective agency. The observation and confirmation process is set up for this purpose, so if that kind of thing really happens, I hope you can reserve your own opinions and respect the detective agency's decision."

Doug's attitude was still very good. He nodded while listening, and finally gave Wayne a statement:

"Mr., don't worry, I will take good care of them. As for the follow-up arrangements, I and the other detectives will support the detective agency's decision. In fact, neither Ryan nor I have too much desire to become the head of the office. We just feel that we, as members who came earlier, can't lose to others. After all, legal organizations with such generous treatment as the detective agency are actually rare, and we also hope that the detective agency can develop smoothly."

After giving Doug a "preventive shot", the rest was "pouring chicken soup."

So Wayne patted Doug on the shoulder, "Then let's work together."

Returning to Doug's room, Wayne re-stated the detective agency's requirements and answered some of their questions again.

Finally, he packed these people as reserve "probationary detectives" and gave them to Doug to lead.

If he can get relatively long-term commissions, it seems that he can contact those bounty hunters he met in Kanks City before.

Although theoretically, the "recruiter" and "observer" of new members of the detective agency should be different people, for example, ordinary detectives can introduce or recruit people they are familiar with, and then the head of the office or small team will conduct the observation, and finally submit it to the partners.

But now the detective agency does not have this condition, so it can only let Doug take on part of the responsibility of observation in fact, and Wayne, Inisha, and Lina are responsible for supervision.

Even though the sparrow is small, it must have all the vital organs.

By the way, Wayne realized at this time that many processes and norms that are already commonplace in modern society actually seem very forward-looking in this era.

So Wayne also decided that in the future, every new "detective" who joins must meet with the partners at least once before becoming a formal "probationary detective", and at least hold a new employee meeting at the so-called "headquarters" or something.

If there is a chance in the future, he can also run some small internal publications or something, and create some "local news" or "local knowledge" belonging to the detective agency to build consensus.

The detectives must know that they are members of the "detective agency", and not just members of some "office" or small team.

After finishing these, Wayne went back to his room to take a shower and prepare to sleep.

As a result, after taking a shower, Wayne saw that the big spider Peter had already found a 5-cent copper coin from his pile of clothes and was stomping his long legs on it.

Um……

Lina's anger, hasn't passed yet……?