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When the meeting room filled itself with Vincent's servants, he was waiting impatiently until all his butlers had entered. He was especially waiting for the house's 'pleasure servant' to arrive. When he finally entered, Vincent started his routine: "Good morning servants. Today I am going on an important business trip, so I will not be around the house for a week or so. To ensure that everything still runs smoothly here, I have appointed a good friend of mine as head butler too look after your work properly. Please welcome my dear friend and your new boss: Martijn." As Vincent uttered those last words, a mature, formally dressed butler walked to the front, when he was standing straight up in frond of the crowd he spoke: "Good day to you all, my name is Martijn Maarssen. I am here to ensure everything runs smoothly and I will be the one keeping you in check and ensuring every butler here knows their task and will not fail to operate their task. The one thing you servants must know of me is that I am a man of honour: deliver good work and you will earn my respect; bad work and you will be punished. That's all." When Martijn stopped talking everyone was standing completely motionless, afraid of the dictatorship Martijn would set into place. No-one talked for a while until Vincent interrupted the silence with his final words: "I am sure my mansion will flourish in your hands Martijn, goodbye everyone!" Vincent left, and as he exited the house, all personnel screamed: "Goodbye sir!". With those words, a new regime started within the house.
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