Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!

Chapter 63: Chapter 61: Current Development Status

Having left the Fumen Breeding Farm Laboratory, Su Jie arrived at a meeting room.

At that time, Liu Yingying, Chen Yaoguang, and Liang Lianjun, who were the core of Su Jie’s team, were already waiting.

Among the three, Liang Lianjun was responsible for the lumber business of Tianyuan Furniture, Chen Yaoguang handled the breeding, production, and acquisition of Poison Insects, and Liu Yingying managed all the affairs, big and small, of the Jieke Company in the Mande Region.

“Mr. Su.”

“Mr. Su.”

Liang Lianjun and Chen Yaoguang quickly stood up when they saw Su Jie.

Especially the former, Liang Lianjun hadn’t expected Su Jie to cause such a commotion in Chan Country, becoming akin to a local overlord in the Mande Region.

Su Jie nodded and spoke, “Everyone, please sit, let’s first discuss what has been going on recently.”

Liang Lianjun stood up first and said, “Mr. Su, the last shipment of lumber returned to Hua Country has been sold out. Tianyuan Home Furnishing has sent back a payment of 4.3 billion yuan, which is the income after tax deduction. Aside from holding back three billion for company development, the remaining funds have all been transferred to Jieke Company.”

Su Jie tapped the table and praised, “Very good, do not worry about resources. I have prepared another batch of precious lumber in the warehouse. It can continue to be shipped back to Hua Country for sale after clearing customs.”

Liang Lianjun’s eyes lit up, and with Su Jie’s words, he felt reassured.

As long as the supply of precious lumber was ensured, he was confident that he could make Tianyuan Home Furnishing the number one high-end furniture brand in Hua Country.

After Liang Lianjun had reported, Chen Yaoguang promptly stood up.

“Mr. Su, the Poison Insect Breeding Outreach campaign I was managing is nearly complete. Now, families throughout the Mande Region have taken up Poison Insect breeding. Our industry is very prosperous, only the funds for buying Poison Insects are being spent too quickly.”

“Money matters, Yingying will sort it out for you.”

Su Jie was noncommittal and looked at Liu Yingying.

Liu Yingying took out some documents and reported, “Currently, Jieke Company’s accounts still hold 800 million Hua Yuan. Besides the payment from Tianyuan Home Furnishing, after taking over the Mande Region, we have cleared out Lu Wenbo and his officials’ assets. They had squeezed the locals of the Mande Region for years, amassing substantial riches including luxury cars, shops, and gold, which significantly supported our building efforts in the Mande Region.

Further, according to your instructions, Mr. Su, aside from developing public facilities in the Mande Region, we have also increased our investment in Jieke Security.

We have now recruited retired soldiers from other countries for relevant military training. After streamlining Jieke’s security forces, we have a total of five thousand combat-ready personnel. Those who were let go are now working in logistics and production. As for weaponry, several arms dealers contacted us, and Jieke Company has purchased a batch of weapons. This has been our largest expenditure apart from the breeding factories.”

“Did buying the weapons go without a hitch?”

Su Jie showed little reaction; Chan Country was a nation constantly disturbed by internal conflicts, where the presence of arms dealers was perpetual as long as there was war.

After disturbances arose in the Mande Region, many arms dealers reached out, hoping to make a profit from arms trading. This aligned perfectly with Jieke Company’s needs, and they have since purchased a batch of arms worth several billion Hua Yuan.

“No, we dealt in cash transactions within the Mande Region, so the arms dealers could not play any tricks. The weapons purchased, as advised by foreign retired officers, are primarily light weapons, which suit our current needs given the tropical, mountainous terrain in Chan Country,” Liu Yingying confidently stated. Her company’s unprecedented influence in the Mande Region meant ordinary arms dealers wouldn’t dare cause trouble unless they wanted a harsh retaliation.

“You all worked hard; inform me if there’s anything you can’t handle.”

Su Jie nodded; with the development of the Mande Region now on track, he needed not worry too much.

“Working for Mr. Su, I am now filled with drive,” Liang Lianjun frankly stated, his mind set on expanding Tianyuan Furniture to become the leading timber furniture enterprise domestically.

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“Mr. Su, I feel the same way.”

Chen Yaoguang scratched the back of his head and gave a silly smile.

He was extremely satisfied with his current life. In the past, he had managed a small scorpion breeding farm, and now he was the actual controller of over a hundred thousand household small breeding farms in Mande Region. It was still the career he loved; he couldn’t ask for too much more.

After talking in the conference room for half an hour and instructing the next steps for development, Su Jie and Liu Yingying shared some affectionate time, then returned to Tianyuan World once again.

…

Mountain Gate of Ghost Ridge Palace.

Su Jie returned here alone.

As soon as he entered the gate, a disciple looked over skeptically, obviously recognizing Su Jie, the lucky one.

Indeed, in the eyes of most disciples, Su Jie, who had obtained the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword, was seen as someone who had stumbled into good fortune, profiting from the capture of an Alien Ghost that someone else had hunted.

Su Jie pretended not to notice, since, if anyone couldn’t hold back and wanted to take action, Su Jie wouldn’t mind laying them to rest.

Instead of returning to his own stone cave, Su Jie went straight to the Command Hall and stepped inside.

“Brother Wu.”

In front of a counter, Su Jie found Wu Bin, the manager of the Command Hall.

Wu Bin, who had been dozing off out of sheer boredom, lifted his head and showed a surprised look upon seeing Su Jie.

“Haha, dear brother, where have you been these past two months? I haven’t seen you come by to visit even once,” Wu Bin warmly stood up, expressing slightly reproachfully.

To Wu Bin, Su Jie was impressively memorable, not merely for hunting three Alien Ghosts, but also for being favored by Taoist Qiu who bestowed upon him the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword, likely marking him as a future inner disciple.

Being a manager of Command Hall with moderate authority, Wu Bin was keen on building good relations with Su Jie, a potential stock, gambling on Su Jie’s future promotion to being an inner disciple. Becoming friends with an inner disciple would highly benefit him.

Su Jie sighed and said, “It’s not that I don’t want to, but recently too many people have been keeping tabs on me, and I couldn’t find the time to come here.”

Hearing this, Wu Bin nodded in understanding and said, “I still have confidence in your strength, brother.”

“To avoid those troubles, I’d like to ask for your help, Brother Wu.”

Su Jie coughed twice, taking the opportunity to make his request.

“What is it?”

“I’d like you to help me arrange a mission,” Su Jie stated his intentions. In Ghost Ridge Palace, any disciple movement had to go through the Command Hall.

As the manager of Command Hall, though Wu Bin didn’t have the authority to dispatch inner disciples, he could assign tasks to Outer Disciples.

For instance, for a mission requiring herb collection or insect capture that Ghost Ridge Palace would announce, it specified which tier of disciples should take it.

But with so many disciples in Ghost Ridge Palace, who specifically takes on the mission could be manipulated.

This was entirely dependent on the arrangements made by Command Hall, and since rules were set by humans, they were inevitably influenced by human factors.