自收到老廖的电子邮件的一个小时之后。。。
老黄乘搭电梯上升,来到了空间站上层的经济区,他走出了电梯之后,便走路来到了附近的民营酒馆。
老黄来到了酒馆的门前,钢门上面的电子招牌写着《有一间居酒屋》六个繁体汉字,汉字下方比较小的文字者是英文字,应对汉字的译名。
钢门上的传感器感觉到有来人,钢门便自动向旁边滑开。
老黄见门打开,便踏步走了进去。
让各位读者们失望的是,由于空间站的空间有限,租金也贵,一般上民营店铺的大小也只是两间民居合并起来的大小而已。
这间酒馆并非像地球时代欧美电影那种赛博朋克风格,有大大的舞池、五光十色的镭射灯四处扫射、唱片骑士刷音响、穿着各异的男女吸食大麻在舞池跳舞的那种。
那种酒馆在处于空间站里的高级区域才有,老黄自认为自己的钱包并不配在那种酒馆消费,而且他也不喜欢这种乱糟糟的气氛。
《有一间居酒屋》的装潢非常朴素简单,一个钢制柜台,四张钢制桌子,八张钢制椅子,桌子之间也只是以合成塑胶的板子隔离。没有五光十色的镭射灯,没有响亮的音响,就只有一台很有时代感的48寸10厘米厚的OLED电视机挂在柜台上方。
电视机此刻播放着SCOPE新闻,只是电视机的声量被店主降得最低,所以这家酒馆的气氛非常宁静。
此刻店里的客户就只有老廖一人,他很快地看到坐在店里最里面的老廖,老廖见他走了过来,便对店主喊道:“嘿!老板娘,给他上一瓶Quafe Zero!”
“哦!”店主应声答应。
老黄才在老廖的面前坐了下来,店主便棒着酒精饮料放在他的面前,店主还贴心地在杯子里插着吸管。
老廖本是在同一个恒星系的加达里钢铁集团(Caldari Steel)的仓库里当物流操作员的,他没有当值的时候都会乘搭每小时一轮的星际巴士从本恒星系第三行星、第一天然卫星上的空间站来到第七行星上空的空间站找老黄一起去鬼混。
而如今老廖告诉老黄他自己也失业了。
老黄通过吸管吸了一口酒之后,便问道:“老廖,你在电邮里说你失业了是什么回是?”
老廖也通过吸管吸了一口酒,抱怨:“还不是我的监工说最近经济不景气要炒人,气得我跟监工打了一场架,结果便直接被警卫丢了出来,吃了张行政警告!”
“你这脾气得改一改才行。。。”老黄听闻,双眼不禁翻白。
接着他又问:“那么你接下来打算怎样做?要去哪里找工作?”
老廖这才伸出戴着智能手表的手,智能手表投射了一个小小的全息投影,低声地说到:“这就是我来找你的原因了。”
老黄看着老廖的智能手表的投影,发现是EVE姐妹会(Sisters of EVE)的招聘广告,不禁感到狐疑:“这是。。。”
怪不得老黄狐疑,因为他几乎没有看过传说中的组织EVE姐妹会在大众媒体里大事发布招聘广告,这类神秘组织要招聘的时候,通常都会在类似探险者工会的机构里发布招聘广告。
就在老黄在思考老廖到底是从何取得这个招聘广告的时候,老廖神秘地说道:“偷偷的告诉你吧,我打算跑路了,既然在这个恒星系里找吃难,我打算去邻国碰碰运气,去应征EVE姐妹会的招聘。”
老黄吃惊,问道:“老廖你这是要跟我告别了?”
老廖关闭了智能手表的投影,摆了摆双手,答道:“是啊,你还有工作,我也不可能叫你辞掉工作跟我跑路到邻国,你说是不是?”
老黄脸都绿了,说道:“呃,说了你别笑我,我今天失业了,辞退原因跟你的监工给的借口一样。”
老廖听闻,不顾老黄的脸色哈哈大笑起来,连正在洗杯子的店主也不由自主地看向老黄与老廖。
“他妈的,不愧是损友,我这是前世干了什么坏事导致这一世我摊上了你这号家伙?”老黄在心里苦笑。
老廖笑了一会儿,才正色说到:“这样就好了,你也跟我一起跑路到邻国应征EVE姐妹会的招聘吧!我把招聘广告也传给你一份。”
说完他便在智能手表上操作了一会儿,老黄的智能手表便响起了有邮件进来的提示音。
老黄便操作了智能手表,射出投影查看最新电子邮件。
EVE姐妹会的招聘广告数百个英文单词,不过简单的解释就是EVE姐妹会正在招聘多名负责驾驶冲锋者级(Venture)采矿船来帮忙打扫遗迹现场,好让科研团队进去被陨石堆包裹的古代空间站。
再简化一下就可以一句话说完,就是EVE姐妹会组织准备招聘一群矿工。
这时老廖的声音传来:“只是啊,你得去买船票,船票需要500万ISK。”
老黄惊得连忙抬起头来,看着老廖,脸色都绿了:“哈?500万???”
翻译: Chapter 2: Sisters of EVE Recruitment Advertisement An hour after receiving Liao's e-mail. . . Wong's took the Elevator up and came to the Economic Zone on the upper level of the Space Station. After he got out of the Elevator, he walked to a nearby Tavern. Wong's came to the Door of the Tavern. The Electronic Sign Board above the Steel Door read "There is an Izakaya" in six traditional Chinese Characters. The smaller Characters below the Chinese Characters are English Characters, which correspond to the translation of the Chinese Characters. The Sensor on the Steel Door senses someone coming, and the Steel Door automatically slides open to the side. When Wong's saw the Door open, he stepped in. To the disappointment of Reader's, due to the limited space of the Space Station and the high Rent, the size of Private Store's is generally only the size of two Residential Houses combined. This Tavern is not in the Cyberpunk Style like the European and American Movies in the Earth Age. It has a large Dance Floor, colorful Laser Light's shooting everywhere, Disc Jockeys playing Music, and Men and Women wearing different Clothe's smoking Marijuana and Dancing on the Dance Floor. That kind of Tavern only existed in the High-Class Zone of the Space Station. Wong's thought that his Wallet was not worthy of spending Money in that kind of Tavern, and he didn't like the Messy Atmosphere. The decoration of "There Is an Izakaya" is very simple and simple, with a Steel Counter, four Steel Tables, and eight Steel Chair's. The Table's are only separated by Synthetic Plastic Boards. There are no colorful Laser Lights or Loud Speaker's, just a 48-inch, 10-centimeter-thick OLED TV in old time styles hanging above the Counter. The TV was playing SCOPE News at the moment, but the Volume of the TV was lowered to the minimum by the Shopkeeper, so the Atmosphere in this Tavern was very peaceful. At this moment, the only Customer in the Tavern was Liao's. He quickly saw Liao's sitting at the back of the Tavern. When he saw him coming, Liao's shouted to the Shopkeeper: "Hey! Landlady, give him a bottle of Quafe Zero!" "Oh!" the Shopkeeper agreed. Wong's sat down in front of Liao's, and the Shopkeeper put an Alcoholic Drink in front of him. The Shopkeeper also thoughtfully put a Straw in the Cup. Liao's worked as a Logistics Operator in the Warehouse of Caldari Steel in the same Solar System. When he was not on duty, he would take the hourly Interstellar Bus from the third Planet in the Solar System. The Space Station on the first Natural Satellite of the Planet came to the Space Station above the seventh Planet to find Wong's to fool around with. And now Liao's told Wong's that he was also unemployed. After Wong's took a sip of Wine through the Straw, he asked: "Liao's, why did you say you were unemployed in the e-mail?" Liao's also took a sip of Wine through a Straw and complained: "My Supervisor said that People would be Fired due to the recent Economic Downturn. I was so angry that I had a fight with the Supervisor, and was thrown out by the Guard and ate a piece of wine, Administrative Warning!” "You need to change your Temper..." Upon hearing this, Wong's couldn't help but roll his Eye's. Then he asked: "So what are you going to do next? Where are you going to find a job?" Liao's then stretched out his hand wearing a Smart Watch. The Smart Watch projected a small Holographic Projection and whispered: "This is why I came to find you." Wong's looked at the projection of Liao's Smart Watch and found that it was a Recruitment Advertisement for the Sisters of EVE. He couldn't help but feel suspicion's: "What this is..." No wonder Wong's was suspicion's, because he had almost never seen the Legendary Organization, Sister of EVE publish Recruitment Advertisements in mass media. When such mysterious Organization's want to Recruit, they usually publish Recruitment Advertisement's in Organization's similar to the Adventure Guild. Just when Wong's was thinking about where Liao's got this Recruitment Advertisement, Liao's said mysteriously: "Let me tell you secretly, I plan to run away. Since life is difficult in this Solar System, I plan to try my luck in a neighboring Country and apply for Recruitment by the Sister of EVE." Wong's was surprised and asked: "Liao's, are you saying goodbye to me?" Liao's turned off the Projection of his Smart Watch, waved his hands, and replied: "Yes, you still have a job, and I can't ask you to quit your job and follow me to a neighboring Country, don't you think so?" Wong's face turned Green and he said, "Well, I told you not to laugh at me. I lost my job today. The reason for my Dismissal is the same as the excuse given by your Supervisor." When Liao's heard this, he laughed regardless of Wong's face. Even the Shopkeeper who was washing the Cups couldn't help but look at Wong's and Liao's. "Damn, you are worthy of being a bad friend. What bad things did I do in my previous life that led me to fall in with a guy like you in this life?" Wong's smiled bitterly in his Heart. Liao's laughed for a while and then said seriously: "That's good. You can come with me to a neighboring Country to apply for the Sisters of EVE Recruitment! I will also pass you a copy of the Recruitment Advertisement." After saying that, he operated on the Smart Watch for a while, and Wong's Smart Watch sounded a reminder that there was an incoming e-mail. Wong's operated the Smart Watch and projected it to check the latest e-mails. The Recruitment Advertisement for the Sisters of EVE contains hundred's of English words, but the simple explanation is that the Sisters of EVE is recruiting a number of people to drive Venture-class Mining Ship's to help clean up the Ruin's Site, so that the Scientific Research Team can enter the Meteorite Pile. Ancient Space Station. To simplify it further, it can be said in one sentence, that is, the Sisters of EVE Organization is preparing to recruit a group of Miner's. At this time, Liao's voice came: "It's just that you have to buy a Boat Ticket. The Ticket cost's 5 million ISK." Wong's was so shocked that he quickly raised his Head and looked at Liao's, his Face turned Green: "Huh? 5 million???"
