Thief arrested

It was already past ten when Chen Dong and Luo Qiyuan arrived. The three large characters for Qi Luo Chang on the storefront looked very poetic.

There were already four or five flower baskets placed at the entrance, likely sent by Luo Qiyuan's friends.

Chen Dong took out the flower basket he had prepared from the trunk and placed it at the entrance as well.

"Auntie, congratulations! From today onwards, you are the manager of Qi Luo Chang."

"Then I still have to thank you for giving me this opportunity."

A blush spread across Luo Qiyuan's pretty face, and her crystal-clear earlobes felt faintly warm. Whenever she saw Chen Dong, her heart would always stir slightly.

"I'm actually working for you; you're my boss."

Chen Dong quickly waved his hand. The reason he opened this shop under his own name wasn't for the sales bonus, but to see if the system would grant a lucky draw opportunity or something similar.

He had never opened a shop related to embroidery or clothing before.

This opening was much quieter compared to the supermarket, almost to the point of being deserted.

However, that didn't mean there was no business. Luo Qiyuan had already taken several orders. For this kind of work, a single order could earn one or two thousand yuan, and even small ones could bring in close to a hundred.

After taking an order, she could work on it slowly; more complex tasks might take several days.

"Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host! The clothing store under your name has officially opened for business. You are awarded a special skill: Garment Master."

"Garment Master: After integrating this skill, the Host will be proficient in the design, production, marketing, and other aspects related to mainstream clothing."

"Host, do you wish to integrate this skill?"

Although there was no lucky draw, perhaps there hadn't been any good market trends recently, or perhaps the scale of this shop wasn't large enough.

But it didn't matter; with this skill, he could start planning for a clothing factory.

Food, clothing, housing, and transportation—clothing comes first! The market for it is incredibly vast, with an extremely wide audience, and it is indeed worth operating in.

Integrate directly! A massive amount of information surged into his mind. Chen Dong even wondered if his little brain could handle so much information.

Fortunately, there was no tragic incident of his head exploding due to too much knowledge.

"Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host! The system has successfully upgraded to Level 5."

"Effective immediately, you will receive a 50x cashback on the turnover of all shops, companies, and enterprises under your name."

"Note: The system level is unlimited, but the cash reward amount has a cap. This cap is 50 times."

"As the system level increases, more special skills and special rewards will be unlocked. We hope the Host will continue to strive, expand commercial ventures, and conquer more exceptional beauties!"

He had thought that with the system upgrade, he would be able to receive hundreds or thousands of times the turnover as a reward every day, which made him quite excited just thinking about it.

He didn't expect there to be a cap.

However, even 50 times was a lot; once his business expanded, the daily turnover would be an astronomical figure, and a 50x reward would be even more exaggerated.

Chen Dong stayed in the shop for half an hour. During that time, only one customer came in and bought a few small embroidery pieces for 450 yuan, saying that her home was renovated and she bought some small items to hang in the rooms.

He had planned to have lunch with Luo Qiyuan to celebrate her official opening, but a call from Hu Wei disrupted the plan.

Chen Dong apologized to Luo Qiyuan and her daughter, then drove to Dongsheng Real Estate.

It was still the same company location, just with the name Sheng Yuan Real Estate changed.

Hu Wei seemed to have tanned a bit more and lost some weight, but his spirit seemed to have undergone a complete transformation, appearing more mature and stable, subtly exuding the demeanor of a superior.

"Boss, please have a seat." Hu Wei showed more professional changes and less of a student's naiveté.

"Bang!" Chen Dong slapped Hu Wei on the shoulder.

"Don't give me that. Tell me, what have you found?"

"The necessary courtesies still need to be observed. You're the CEO of a large group now; you can't be too casual."

Hu Wei grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"Our project at Apartment No. 1 has undergone several checks recently, and the construction and decoration materials don't match up.

At first, I suspected the procurement manager was embezzling and fooling me, which made him quite wronged.

Later, Xiaoman suggested I install some hidden cameras near where the materials were stored, and it turns out we really did discover something.

The night before last, we found a group of people, three men and one woman, who snuck into the construction site in the early hours of the morning and stole a large amount of construction and decoration materials.

If we calculate it, the value of the items we lost is over ten thousand yuan.

Last night, we dispatched about twenty people to take turns on watch, monitoring the cameras, and finally caught those four people red-handed. They've been sent to the police station."

"Oh, that's not a big deal, is it?" Chen Dong raised an eyebrow. Thieves who stole ten thousand yuan—just let the police handle it, and it's over.

"But after the police handled it, they found out they were also involved in another home invasion theft, and your phone number was left on it."

"Is it the group of thieves who stole from my girlfriend's house?"

"It should be. That's the information left by Nanshan Police Station, but they are currently at Beilin Police Station."

Fortunately, information is quite advanced now, and many police stations can share information.

Otherwise, if these people committed crimes in different districts, they would be truly hard to find.

"Tell the police station to expedite the judgment. Why do something bad like becoming a thief? Counting it up, they effectively stole forty to fifty thousand from me. That's enough to give them a good lesson."

Chen Dong had no good feelings for such people, wishing they would rot in jail and ideally spend their lives practicing sewing skills inside.

"That's where the difficulty lies." Hu Wei frowned.

"Those four petty thieves showed no remorse and even threatened me, saying that if we didn't forgive them, our project would definitely be halted."

"Hmph, a few petty thieves, quite the big talk."

"Tu, the manager of the engineering department, seems to know the boss behind this group of thieves. He said it's a person named Brother Qiang, who has some influence in the Jinghai area and employs many street thugs under him.

If these people really cause trouble at the construction site, it won't cause too much loss to the company, but it will indeed affect the construction progress."

Chen Dong narrowed his eyes. This matter indeed had a bit of trouble.

His security company only had two core members in place. Blade and General Xu had already contacted many people, and some core members were arranging their family matters; they should arrive one after another soon.

But before that, Chen Dong had no violent players on hand!

And in the current real estate industry, Dongsheng Real Estate doesn't have its own construction team; they hire Nanjiao Company for construction.

Asking another company to fight with those street thugs for him was a bit unrealistic. If he had his own construction team, it would be easy to solve.

Chen Dong pinched his nose, and a fierce light burst from his eyes.

"A-Wei, arrange to have dinner with the manager of the Nanjiao Construction Team tonight. If that so-called Brother Qiang dares to send his street thugs to cause trouble at the construction site, have the Nanjiao workers beat the hell out of them.

As long as no one dies, it's fine. If anyone gets injured, I'll cover all medical expenses.

Also, establish a new department: the Construction Department. Start recruiting people today; we need to have 300 people by the beginning of next month.

We need our own construction team. In the future, if we encounter such things, our own workers will directly beat them back!

I don't believe that a few street thugs can stand against my construction team of several hundred people."

Hu Wei looked at Chen Dong's confident and composed smile, and instantly felt reassured.