182: Chapter 182 Opening a Cafeteria

Soon, Lady Feng led her people to withdraw from the Su Residence and headed to meet up with Xia Zhong.

Just by looking at Xia Zhong's expression, she guessed that some major mishap must have occurred on this end.

Seeing Lady Feng return, Xia Zhong seemed to see a glimmer of hope: "How did it go? Did you find that Su Quanzhong?"

Lady Feng said, "The Su Quanzhong who participated in the auction was a fake. The real Su Quanzhong was knocked unconscious."

"How is that possible?"

Xia Zhong was unwilling to believe it.

Then, he looked at Shangguan Jingyu again: "Miss Shangguan, did you examine that Su Quanzhong at the auction?"

Shangguan Jingyu nodded, "I checked him with my Spiritual Sense and found he was just an ordinary person, so I didn't pay any more attention. If he was a fake, then he is highly likely to be that spellcaster. He must have used a special technique to deceive my Spiritual Sense!"

"Then what Realm does Miss Shangguan think this spellcaster is at?" Xia Zhong asked again.

"At least the Primordial Spirit Realm, and not an ordinary Primordial Spirit Realm!" Shangguan Jingyu said with absolute certainty.

Because she was certain that even an ordinary Early Stage Primordial Spirit would not be able to deceive her Spiritual Sense.

"What should we do now?"

Lady Feng asked, "Should we lock down the entire city and conduct a massive search?"

"It's useless!"

At this moment, Shangguan Lingnan said, "Since he can use a technique to deceive my Junior Sister's Spiritual Sense, if he disguises himself as an ordinary person, your people definitely won't be able to spot anything unusual. You can't possibly kill everyone in the entire city!"

Hearing this, both Xia Zhong and Lady Feng felt their hearts sink.

"Should we go back and plead guilty to the Marquis?" Lady Feng said.

"Sigh, that's our only option!"

Xia Zhong said with a face full of dejection, looking as if he had suddenly shrunk by half a head.

On the other side.

The Fierce Tiger Gang's General Hall.

Chen Hu had already swapped back with the Clone that was disguising as him.

Thinking of the three pieces of special Spirit Medicine he had obtained, a smug smile couldn't help but curl on his lips.

Marquis Weiwu wanted to use the three pieces of Spirit Medicine to bait him.

Now, he had made him try to steal a chicken only to lose the rice, suffering a double loss.

"Someone, come in!"

Two maidservants entered in response.

Chen Hu said, "Send someone to notify the three Deputy Gang Leaders and the Elders. We will hold a high-level meeting in half an hour!"

Half an hour quickly passed.

Chen Hu also arrived at the Fierce Tiger Gang's meeting room.

"Greetings, Gang Leader!"

Everyone stood up together and saluted Chen Hu.

"Sit down, everyone!"

Chen Hu pressed his hand down and sat in the main seat. "I've gathered everyone today because I have two ideas. First, the size of our General Hall seems a bit small. We either need to expand it or choose another General Hall."

"Second, considering that it's inconvenient for everyone to eat, we can open cafeterias in the General Hall as well as in each branch hall."

"Let's discuss this!"

After swallowing up the Yiqi Sect and the Iron Blood Society,

the Fierce Tiger Gang not only took over all of their territories but also took in all of their personnel.

Since they had joined voluntarily,

they couldn't possibly all be demoted. Therefore, after the Elders of the two Gangs came to the Fierce Tiger Gang, they continued to serve as Elders.

As Elders, they had to have their own offices, right?

Therefore, the offices in the General Hall were no longer enough.

"Gang Leader, the original General Hall of our Yiqi Sect is relatively large. How about we move over there?" Deputy Gang Leader Gao Hangzhou suggested.

But Leader Gao Zhan immediately opposed, "Since the founding of our Fierce Tiger Gang, our General Hall has always been here. How can we just move it on a whim? I suggest expanding. We can completely buy the courtyards on both sides and connect them. What's more, our Fierce Tiger Gang will definitely continue to expand. The Yiqi Sect's original General Hall is indeed slightly larger than this one, but only by a limited amount."

"We can't just keep moving again after some time, right?"

As soon as Leader Gao Zhan finished speaking, the two Elders from the original Fierce Tiger Gang and the Elders from the original Iron Blade Sect all chimed in to agree.

With so many people, it was inevitable that small cliques would form.

Chen Hu didn't care about this; it was impossible for any organization to be perfectly harmonious.

In any case, with his faction buff, Chen Hu wasn't worried that his subordinates would betray him.

If they wanted to form cliques, they could do as they pleased.

Therefore, the Elders from the original Fierce Tiger Gang and the Elders of the Iron Blood Sect currently stayed relatively close to Leader Gao Zhan.

Naturally, the Elders of the Yiqi Sect closely followed Gao Hangzhou's footsteps. Similarly, the Elders of the Iron Blood Society were closer to Deputy Gang Leader Xiao Yue.

"Let's acquire the courtyards on both sides for expansion!"

Chen Hu thought about it. Although Leader Gao Zhan had some selfish motives, what he said indeed made sense.

Seeing that Chen Hu had made a decision, the dispute between the two sides subsided.

The three Deputy Gang Leaders all understood that they could fight among themselves, but they could not disobey Chen Hu's orders.

"Alright, let's discuss the matter of the cafeterias!"

"Gang Leader, will these cafeterias be free, or will they charge a fee?" Leader Gao Zhan asked.

Currently, the Fierce Tiger Gang had quite a large number of members, totaling around four thousand people.

If they ran free cafeterias, it would be another huge expense.

Chen Hu said, "We won't make it free. We'll just charge for the cost of ingredients and labor. This way, it will be more convenient for everyone, and it can also save them a lot of money on food!"

"The Gang Leader is wise!"

Everyone said in unison.

Chen Hu's gaze swept over the three of them, finally landing on Deputy Gang Leader Xiao Yue. "Deputy Gang Leader Xiao Yue, I'll leave this matter to you to handle. Oh, by the way, the cooks and handymen for the cafeterias can be recruited from the refugees outside the city. It's best to recruit those who have families with them."

"The Gang Leader is merciful!"

Deputy Gang Leader Xiao Yue offered a word of flattery.

"Also, I've thought about it. We can recruit some Martial Artists from the refugees to strengthen our own foundation. We don't want those who are single; it's best if they have families!"

Leader Gao Zhan asked, "How many should we recruit?"

Chen Hu thought for a moment, "Let's recruit five hundred people first. If we come across young boys and girls with decent talent, we can also recruit them and send them to the Reserve Hall to study. I'll leave this matter to Hangzhou to handle. Any problem with that?"

"This subordinate obeys your command!" Gao Hangzhou said excitedly at once.

"Alright, that's all for today. Does anyone have anything else? If not, meeting adjourned!" Chen Hu said.

"Gang Leader!"

At this moment, Hall Master Yang Siyou of the Internal Affairs Hall spoke up, "Recently, grain prices in the city have been rising. Should we purchase some grain from other places to store up? After all, we are going to run cafeterias. If we buy everything from within the city, it seems we'll be at a disadvantage!"

"There's no need for that!"

Chen Hu said, "I have a channel for grain, and I can sell a batch to the Gang at a low price."

He had obtained so much grain from Mingjian Villa, and keeping it in his Storage Ring took up too much space. It would be better to sell it to the Fierce Tiger Gang at a low price.

"Old Yang, go find a larger warehouse. I will arrange for someone to secretly transport a batch of grain into it. The price will be seventy percent of the current market price!" Chen Hu instructed once again.

"Yes, this subordinate obeys your command!" Originally, he had thought Chen Hu's so-called channel was a way to amass wealth by selling grain, but now it seemed he had misunderstood Chen Hu.

"Even if they transported grain from elsewhere, the cost could absolutely never be reduced to seventy percent of the current market price."

The meeting ended.

Chen Hu went to his office.

Soon after, Hall Master Yang Siyou arrived.

"Gang Leader, here are the keys to the warehouse!"

"So fast?"

Chen Hu was somewhat surprised.

"Gang Leader, this is our Fierce Tiger Gang's own warehouse."

"Alright, tell me the address!"

Hall Master Yang Siyou quickly told Chen Hu the address of the warehouse.

Having sent Hall Master Yang Siyou away, Chen Hu planned to sneak over to that warehouse to fill it up with grain.

Suddenly, someone came to request instructions, saying that a pair of siblings outside wanted to see him.