532: unscrupulous merchants

"Purple Imperial Garden should still have some unsold units from back then, right? I'll look for the real estate company later to find out how to buy those properties."

Having refreshed such profitable intelligence, Ye Su would naturally not miss this opportunity.

However, he didn't intend to buy properties from those owners.

For the past two years, the housing project had been unfinished, and the owners had been living in misery. Now that they had finally seen a glimmer of hope, Ye Su felt it would be immoral for him to swoop in and cut them off.

Furthermore, the previous two pieces of intelligence and one hidden task already guaranteed him a minimum profit of over forty million this week.

A unit of about one hundred square meters in Purple Imperial Garden would only earn a few hundred thousand after construction resumed.

Ye Su felt there was no need to compromise his conscience for that amount of money.

In case he bought from an owner with an extreme personality who changed their mind after hearing the news that Purple Imperial Garden was resuming construction, and refused to sell with shameless persistence, he would end up with unnecessary trouble.

"That's decided then. I'll go to the real estate company tomorrow to buy twenty unsold, large-sized units."

The system only stipulated a limit of twenty units; it didn't specify the size of each unit, so naturally, Ye Su would choose the larger ones.

With his mind made up, Ye Su swiped to the next piece of intelligence.

[Weekly Intelligence (Level 7): Zhang Fengmao has a 'Qing Dynasty Xianfeng Baoyuan Large Palace Coin Carved Mother' in his collection, which is actually a Mysterious Surprise Item. Upon successfully obtaining the carved mother coin, the Host can activate a Hidden Attribute and gain a mysterious surprise function!]

"My godfather has a Xianfeng Baoyuan carved mother coin at home, and it's a Mysterious Surprise Item?"

The Mysterious Surprise Item refreshed this time gave Ye Su a bit of a headache.

Previously, the Mysterious Surprise Items that had appeared were all relatively inexpensive things, generally costing within a few thousand yuan, and the difficulty of obtaining them wasn't too high.

If the Mysterious Surprise Item mentioned in the intelligence were a trinket of that price range, Ye Su could have just thickened his skin and asked Zhang Fengmao for it directly.

But a Qing Dynasty carved mother coin usually sold for over a million at auctions, and it was kept by Zhang Fengmao as a collection piece in his home.

Unless he took it out voluntarily and asked Ye Su to help him dispose of it, Ye Su really had no good way to get that carved mother coin from Zhang Fengmao.

"If all else fails, I'll just be proactive and say a friend wants to buy this kind of carved mother coin, and ask if Godfather has any in stock."

After deciding to play it by ear later, Ye Su tried swiping up on the system screen to see if there was any new intelligence.

[Weekly Intelligence (Level 6): The Barbecue Sauce used at Xingfu Barbecue Restaurant at 23 Danfeng Road is a special recipe developed by the owner, possessing immense commercial value for the Host to exploit. If the Host can successfully purchase the recipe, the system can help the Host improve it, further enhancing the flavor of the Barbecue Sauce!]

[hidden easter egg (Sauce Processing Plant): After successfully purchasing the Barbecue Sauce recipe, the Host can unlock the system's [Sauce Processing Plant] function. By paying a certain processing fee, the Host can consume raw materials and automatically produce the sauce for which the Host holds the recipe!]

"Another special sauce recipe?"

The shacha sauce recipe he bought from Jiang Lingling last time had already shown Ye Su how miraculous a system-improved recipe could be.

He had used that recipe to establish a catering brand and opened his first Beef Hot Pot Restaurant, and business had been thriving these past few days.

If he could get his hands on the Barbecue Sauce recipe this time and have the system improve it, he could make the Barbecue Sauce his signature and open a chain of Barbecue Restaurants.

"With the Beef Hot Pot Restaurant and the Barbecue Restaurant running side-by-side, combined with the [welcoming guest golden toad], the expansion speed of my catering brand will accelerate even further!"

"And unlocking the system's [Sauce Processing Plant] function saves me the trouble of having to build a sauce factory after expanding the stores. It's truly the best of both worlds!"

The recipe wasn't going anywhere, so Ye Su wasn't in a rush. He planned to find an opportunity in the next couple of days to visit Xingfu Barbecue Restaurant, figure out a way to get the recipe, and then swiped to the next piece of intelligence.

[Weekly Intelligence (Level 3): Old Xus Rice Noodle Roll Shop outside Yucai Middle School in Yang County illegally adds borax to the rice batter to make the rice noodle rolls more refreshing and elastic. Long-term consumption will severely endanger the Health of the customers! Evidence regarding the illegal activities of Old Xus Rice Noodle Roll Shop has been compiled on the [Intelligence Page]. The Host can open it to view it!]

[hidden easter egg (Punishing Evil and Promoting Good): Report the illegal activities of Old Xus Rice Noodle Roll Shop to the relevant authorities, and the Host will receive a cash reward of one hundred thousand yuan!]

"Adding borax to rice noodle rolls, and opening right in front of a middle school!"

After reading the intelligence content, a nameless rage surged in Ye Su's heart.

Food safety issues were so serious nowadays that everyone turned pale at the mention of them.

It was precisely because of these unscrupulous merchants who, for the sake of petty immediate gains, disregarded the Health of their customers and added various toxic and harmful substances to food.

And this Old Xus Rice Noodle Roll Shop not only added borax to the rice noodle rolls but actually opened the shop right at the school gate, letting students eat his poisonous rice noodle rolls.

Forget about the one hundred thousand yuan cash reward from the hidden easter egg; even if there wasn't a single cent, Ye Su would report every one of these merchants he encountered!

"The first thing I do when I wake up tomorrow is report you bastards!"

Still unsatisfied, Ye Su cursed the owner of Old Xus Rice Noodle Roll Shop a couple more times before swiping to the next intelligence, only to find that all the intelligence for this week had finished refreshing.

"If I count the emergency intelligence regarding Zhang Xiuying, that's seven pieces of intelligence maxed out for this week. Not bad."

Ye Su took stock of his intelligence gains for the week.

"Zhang Xiuying's emergency intelligence triggered a hidden task worth 5.16 million."

"bitcoin 19.4 million, gold 18.4 million, and twenty units in the unfinished building—let's call that 8 million."

Ye Su did the math and discovered that his intelligence income for this week was as high as 50.96 million!

This amount made Ye Su grin from ear to ear in the middle of the night.

"Plus, there's another Mysterious Surprise Item, a Barbecue Sauce recipe, and I'll ignore the 100,000 yuan from reporting the rice noodle roll shop."

After a quick count, Ye Su calculated that after this week, he would be a wealthy person with assets over one hundred million!

"Time to sleep. I'll start working hard tomorrow!"

After closing the system, Ye Su rolled over and fell asleep under the effect of the [Sleep Aid Service].

...

At eight o'clock the next morning, Ye Su woke up on time.

After rubbing his eyes, Ye Su opened the system, turned to the intelligence regarding Old Xus Rice Noodle Roll Shop, opened the criminal evidence on the details page, and then dialed the 24-hour complaint hotline of the Market Supervision Bureau.

The call connected after two rings, and a female voice sounded:

"Hello?"

"Hello, is this the Market Supervision Bureau complaint hotline?"

"Yes, I have an issue to report."

"I discovered that the owner of Old Xus Rice Noodle Roll Shop outside Yucai Middle School in our county has been secretly adding borax to the rice noodle rolls."

Then, Ye Su told the staff member on the other end all the evidence compiled by the system, including where the owner bought the borax.