CH 87.4

Chicken, the boss of the Schenker Headquarters and a candidate to be my family’s retainer, tried to bow before me.

「No, you shouldn’t worry about that. Do you have enough manpower to move in?」

「So far so good. All the ladies on rest days are coming to help which is a big help.」

「I’m glad to hear that. Is that why they are all here today?」

「Yes」

I guess she treats it as indoor clothes that’s okay to get dirty. She rolled up her sleeves on her well-tailored shirt that matched his three tuck beige trousers and prepared a notepad and pen.

Chicken’s clothes are no longer much different from what I would normally wear in terms of quality.

「The apartment we are going to build on the site of the former headquarters will be seven story high and the site will be bigger than other apartment complexes. The headquarters will be on the 1st floor.」

「It’s as you say」

「I think it would be a good idea to put a store or something on the second to the fourth floors. I’m talking about the middle of the building. It would be convenient to have a store or something that is open late at night.」

Well, I like going to the convenience stores at night.

And what’s better than that? A convenience store in the building itself.

「Well, yes, I agree……it would be convenient if there’s a cafeteria or bakery there.」

She put the butt of her gold-plated pen to her lower lip and seemed to be pondering something.

She’s probably trying to figure out who to place and how to place them which is awesome since she’s not even looking at one of the documents.

「We’re not aiming to turn it into a shopping district so it would be nice to have one store where you could buy everything from pre made snacks to medicines and sanitary products for starters.」

「It would be nice if there is a place where you could buy medicine at night. It would also be great if they sold bread there.」

Chicken swallows fast. I guess it’s better to leave these things to her than to have me mess around it.

If a bigwig who doesn’t know the field makes a lot of suggestions, it will only cause confusion.

「What about the other stores? We are talking about making the second to the fourth floors. That means there should be more than one store, right?」

「Right……we have a lot of women which means we’re going to have a lot more children in the future so I’ll leave it up to you. I don’t know what will make them happy so Chicken would have to think of that yourself.」

「Eh? On one store?」

「Whatever you think is needed, decide it yourself.」

「Okay. Right……」

「I don’t mind even if you build a clothing store and put all the clothes you want on display.」

「Eh!? A clothing store!?」

It looks like it tugged her heartstrings. Chicken’s voice suddenly grew louder and she leaned forward to me asking that.

「Y-yeah…..」

「Does that mean I can decide what products I want to put in that clothing store?」

「Well, yeah」

「How much profit margin are you expecting?」

「No well, I don’t care how much as long as you won’t get any red……」

「Then, then, ehto……」

Chicken seemed to be a bit flustered, which is unusual these days.

Does she really want a clothing store that much?

Well, she probably likes clothing stores as much as I wanted my own theater.

「It’s right above the headquarters. If you’re willing to pay the rent and labor costs, you can even be the owner at the same time.」

As I said that, Chicken looked like a kid that just received a Christmas present. She asked me “Really!?” full of enthusiasm.

「Y-yeah…..」

「I’ll do it, I’ll do it! Please let me do it!」

「Yeah….ano, just within reason, okay?」

For a while after that, Chicken got a little flustered over the clothing store and the conversation didn’t go that far.

Maybe it’s possible that I’m like this too when talking about my theater hobby……

In terms of hobbies, I can be Chicken’s tutor……I secretly thought so that day.