This year's work is not expansion, but stability, so the young ladies in the General Affairs Department feel relieved.
Indeed, since entering the city project, they had been dragged forward by Takumi at full speed.
Either expanding or already on the way to expansion.
The city was built, but many details were left unfinished.
Now, what Takumi wants everyone to do is to perfect these existing structures.
The workload will be relatively lighter than before.
Takumi assigned many tasks.
Then the meeting ended.
Everyone who received tasks immediately began arranging their work.
Takumi stretched.
Feeling very relaxed.
With work starting again on Liyue's side, tasks from various departments were also released.
Many contractors received cooperation notices from Liyue officials.
When they saw the information, they became excited at once.
Without hesitation, they got up and headed toward the General Affairs Department.
Having work meant having income.
Naturally, everyone took it seriously.
For a time, many contractors rushed to the General Affairs Department or the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
They went over to submit bids.
Several upcoming projects required their participation.
Liyue's actions were extremely fast.
In a short period of time, people from various departments began moving.
They started arranging work for the new year.
At the same time, many areas of Liyue gradually became lively again.
In some places, work resumed even earlier than at the General Affairs Department.
The Chinese New Year had passed, and schools were about to reopen.
At this time, Zhongli finally enjoyed rare leisure.
Because he had no major tasks this year.
Last year, many schools had been built, requiring him to arrange teachers and staff.
But this year was different.
No new cities were being built, and no new teachers needed assignment.
As the person in charge of education, he only needed to oversee school openings.
At the beginning of the year, there was little to handle.
It was not yet time to manage graduates during summer vacation.
There was still a full semester ahead, so he would not be busy until summer arrived.
During this period, he could finally relax.
So Zhongli was in an excellent mood.
After Takumi finished arranging affairs at the General Affairs Department, he began strolling around Guili Plains.
Not long after, he received a message from Diluc.
Diluc invited Takumi to visit his company.
After seeing the message, Takumi did not hesitate.
He went directly to the headquarters of Dawn Winery.
Takumi already knew why Diluc wanted to see him.
It was nothing more than dividends.
Last year, Diluc had not distributed dividends to Takumi.
Instead, he postponed them to this year.
There were too many financial details.
His staff had been extremely busy, so the matter was delayed.
After all, he did not have Nuwa to assist.
Everything had to be calculated manually.
Handling such a large amount of data was troublesome.
Since it had not been arranged in advance, it was settled this year.
Takumi arrived at Dawn Winery.
He entered smoothly.
Then he went straight to Diluc's office.
Many employees there knew Takumi and also knew he held shares in the company.
The beverages sold were jointly developed by Takumi and Diluc.
So Takumi was naturally considered one of the bosses.
Moreover, many Liyue residents worked here, even among the guards.
It was impossible for them not to recognize Takumi.
Even among Mondstadt locals, many people knew him.
Takumi's reputation across Teyvat was extremely high.
After all, he was regarded as the new generation of the Geo Archon.
Takumi entered Diluc's office.
Diluc had already prepared tea and was waiting.
"Sit."
Seeing Takumi arrive, Diluc invited him to sit.
After Takumi sat down, Diluc poured him a cup of tea.
"Because the accounting was complicated, it took some time."
"This year's dividends have been calculated."
"Take a look."
After speaking, Diluc handed a document to Takumi.
Takumi accepted it and began reviewing.
After a brief scan, Takumi said:
"I'll grant you Nuwa's authorization."
"In the future, let Nuwa handle your accounting."
"Managing this much finance manually is exhausting."
Takumi felt somewhat displeased.
It had taken far too long.
"Artificial intelligence?"
"That's fine."
"I also dislike how slow people can be."
"And mistakes still happen."
Diluc fully agreed with Takumi.
He was also dissatisfied.
Originally, he handled accounting himself, but after expanding the beverage business,
and with products selling overseas, he had to hire staff.
Their performance, however, was far from ideal.
If Liyue's artificial intelligence assisted, things would become much easier.
He had thought about this before.
But he believed artificial intelligence was too advanced and not easily shared.
So he never brought it up.
Since Takumi mentioned it himself, he naturally agreed.
Hearing this, Takumi said immediately:
"Good."
"Nuwa, you heard that."
"You'll take over the finances here."
"The computer should have Dawn Winery's financial records from last year."
"Diluc, you don't mind Nuwa accessing them directly?"
"It would be best to recalculate everything."
"At least compare the results."
Diluc nodded without hesitation.
He had no objections at all.
"Do as you see fit."
He agreed completely.
Rechecking the accounts might uncover issues.
After all, last year's income had been enormous.
Diluc even suspected more.
It was possible someone had misappropriated funds.
Reexamination was the safest approach.
With Diluc's approval,
Nuwa immediately began processing.
She started organizing all financial data from Dawn Winery.
Then began recalculating.
Takumi and Diluc were in no rush and continued drinking tea.
"Many of your beverages were sold through small shops last year."
"Sales were extremely good."
"I've been thinking about opening large supermarkets."
"They could sell all kinds of goods."
"Like your large shopping centers in Guili Plains."
Diluc expressed interest in opening malls.
After all, he had stores in Guili Plains' largest mall.
He knew exactly how profitable it was.
So he wanted a share.
Takumi felt helpless hearing this.
"Don't."
"Many people are already doing this."
"You can ask Nuwa for market data."
"After reviewing it, you'll drop the idea."
Diluc was surprised.
But he stopped questioning.
"Is that so?"
"That's unfortunate."
If Takumi said so, it must be true.
Too many competitors meant low profits.
In that case, it really was not suitable for him to enter.
If there were too many stores, no one would make money anyway.