As the person who arranged this scene and edited this script, Yuto naturally wouldn't let Lumine sit in Furina's usual spot in the office.
After all, that was her exclusive spot, unique, just like Furina's significance to Yuto.
...
As time passed, Yuto and the two had interviewed over a hundred job seekers, but… not a single one of them was hired on the spot by Yuto.
This was somewhat illogical in Paimon's little head.
After all, the current situation was that Yuto urgently needed people, but he seemed… not in a hurry?
As Paimon thought this, she looked at Yuto, who had a rather leisurely expression, and a question suddenly popped into her mind—it seemed… the salary advertised in the public notice and the monthly salary those people just mentioned were quite different?
Paimon's nature wouldn't let her hold onto this question for too long; as soon as the occasion was suitable, she would ask.
"Yuto, I remember the public notice Sedna showed me said… the basic monthly salary is 200,000 mora. Why did so many job seekers just say it was 100,000 mora?"
Paimon asked, tilting her head.
At this moment, Traveler also focused her gaze on Yuto, seemingly having the same question.
In response, Yuto simply smiled faintly, then said quite frankly:
"Civil servants of Palais Mermonia are divided into two categories: one is similar to the clerks in the Momang Hall, and the other belongs to the security officers of the Shadowy Court and the Special Patrol Team."
"Let's talk about the security officers first. Their basic salary is around 500,000 mora, and Vision Holders have a monthly salary of around 800,000."
"However… they rarely get performance bonuses, as not everyone encounters those cases."
"As for the clerks, their basic salary is lower than that of security officers because they only need to sit at their desks and handle paperwork, while security officers have to deal with various situations."
At this point, Yuto paused slightly, then continued:
"Palais Mermonia can't wait until security officers have safety issues before giving them a raise, can it?"
"To ensure such a gap always exists, I… made some adjustments to the salary structure."
"If we consider a normal working state… there are always four or five days a month that require mandatory overtime, so their performance bonuses are relatively high."
"Their basic salary is 100,000 mora, but I give a very high performance bonus, so in the end, it adds up to… about 300,000 mora."
"Of course, if someone is willing to work 100 hours of overtime in a month, their salary will naturally not be low."
"As for why they say 100,000 monthly salary… I can only say that they inferred it themselves based on the basic salary of Palais Mermonia clerks."
"After all, no job position will tell you the base salary when recruiting; instead, they tell you how much you can usually earn,
or even… the upper limit of your salary, which is actually the advertised amount."
Hearing this, Paimon's face stiffened, as if she remembered what the pale-faced young man had said earlier, and she asked hesitantly:
"Wait… isn't this tactic just like those old nobles who exploited others?"
"On the surface, it does seem the same, but intrinsically… it's completely different."
Yuto said, shaking his finger, a meaningful smile appearing on his face.
"Old nobles recruit people but don't increase the average salary, while Palais Mermonia recruits… as long as they are officially employed, their monthly take-home salary will only be more than advertised, never less."
"The fundamental difference lies here: one draws a cake but doesn't let you eat it, while I am responsible for baking the cake for them and handing it to them."
"This way, they work for themselves, and their work efficiency will naturally increase."
"Once work efficiency goes up, coupled with policies that promote trade, Fontaine's development will naturally accelerate."
Hearing this, Paimon's eyes widened slightly. She felt… that at this moment, Yuto was like another person
—Tianquan Star Ningguang.
Equally shrewd, equally understanding of human nature, and both standing at the pinnacle of power…
These two are really alike…
Paimon thought to herself.
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