Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 56 The Shi Family is Rich
"We don't agree!"

Deng Kai, with gauze wrapped around his arm, slammed the table and stood up, looking indignant, and said sternly:

“Why give up Bo City?”

The person Deng Kai was calling out to was sitting at the top. He was the leader of the advisory group sent by his superiors to be responsible for the resettlement of residents in Bo City.

The consultant team leader also looked distressed at this time. This kind of work is indeed a bit offensive, but someone has to do it. After sorting out his thoughts, the consultant team leader replied:
"Alliance Leader Deng, I know this is difficult for you to accept emotionally, but there is nothing the superior can do."

All the people present were senior executives, so the consultant team leader only needed to present facts and reason.
"The higher-level organization also made detailed considerations before making this decision."

"Look at Bo City now. Seventy percent of the buildings have been destroyed, nearly 40 percent of the people have died, and countless people have been injured."

"Moreover, we cannot rule out the possibility that the demons from Nanling will take advantage of the situation and invade. If they attack again, what will Bo City do to stop them?"

"The only solution now is to relocate most of Bo's residents."

"Of course, if some residents are unwilling to leave, we will also make corresponding compensation. I hope you can understand this."

Deng Kai was about to stand up, but was stopped by Principal Zhu. He could only shake his head and then spoke.
"Is it true that Bo City can never be restored to its original state?"

"As much as I regret it, this is impossible."

The head consultant said slowly:
"The current Bo City is too dilapidated, and the resources required for reconstruction are enormous."

"More importantly, reconstruction takes time. Even if the Winged Wolf is killed, no one can guarantee that there won't be other demons attacking during this period."

Speaking of this, the consultant was secretly surprised. No one had expected that Bo Cheng could kill the demon leader on his own.

It was also thanks to Zhan Kong that he brought the corpse of Yi Canglang to the Xuefeng Mountain defense line in time, forcing the demon army to retreat on their own initiative. Otherwise, who knows how many more casualties would have been.

In a normal Bloody Alert, if a city could have 30% of its population alive it was considered a blessing from God, but in Bo City the number was doubled.

But even that was of no use.

"As I said before, the magician force is tight and we simply cannot allocate too many people to be permanently stationed in Bo City. The area behind Bo City will definitely be greatly reduced so that we can focus on defending against the attacks of demons."

“If we don’t relocate early, how will we accommodate the current population?”

"and……"

The consultant team leader poured cold water on them again.
"Don't forget, everyone. Bo City developed because of the Holy Spring. But now your holy spring is missing. Without the Holy Spring, how will you develop in the future?"

At this point, it seems that migrating the population has become the only option. Even though the senior officials are unwilling, they cannot refute it.

For a city, the most important issues are survival and development. Without guarantees and development prospects, the existence of Bo City seems to have lost its corresponding meaning and value.

"What if Bo City can solve the surrounding demon invasions on its own?"

Just when several senior executives were about to give up, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Zhan Kong, Li Yu who had just awakened, and an old man in elegant clothes appeared in front of everyone and said words that shocked the whole audience.

"Kill the Air Commander, and...Feather Dust Hunter!"

Deng Kai and the others looked delighted, but soon their faces turned pale with fright at Zhan Kong's words. They were very happy to see two heroes who killed the Winged Wolf, but they could not agree with Zhan Kong's outrageous remarks!

"Kill the Air Force Commander, please be careful with your words!"

The head of the advisory group frowned. Although he recognized the other party's achievements, he did not want Bo City to be destroyed because of the arrogance of this military commander.

A single Winged Wolf had already caused heavy casualties in Bo City. How could a city with such limited strength possibly resist the crises it might encounter in the future?
"Yes! Zhan Kong, the current Bo City really can't hold on any longer, but at least the people are alive, which is better than anything else!"

Several other senior executives actually acted as lobbyists for the advisory group leader at this time, persuading the other party not to act in a moment of excitement and recklessly cause trouble.

"rest assured!"

Zhan Kong glanced at everyone and took out a proposal from his pocket.
"Since I dare to say this, I must have made a plan."

“It just takes some time and money.”

"Advisor, how much resettlement funds did our superiors give us?"

"besides……"

Zhankong looked at the three big families, Yang Zuohe, Mu Zhuoyun, and Deng Kai.
"How much money can you guys allocate?"

“Zhankong, what do you want to do?” Several people came to their senses. Are they going to lose money again?

"I didn't plan on doing anything."

Zhankong still had a smiling expression on his face.
"It's simple. Money makes the world go round. If the military can't spare the manpower, we can ask hunters to help defend the city. We can find some capable hunters to temporarily station in Bo City."

"Ok?"

Everyone was a little disappointed. They thought Zhan Kong would have some good ideas, but this was the result?
Who doesn’t know that you can hire a hunter?
But the money needed to hire hunters is not a small amount. Considering the size of Bo City and the threat level of the surrounding monsters, even if all the income of Bo City is invested, it may not be able to fill this bottomless pit.

"Zhan Kongkong Tong, your idea is indeed good."

"But don't we need to consider the funding issue?"

The consultant team leader spoke in a submissive tone, but his attitude was quite clear, he was just short of saying that Zhan Kong was unrealistic.

"I think the funding issue should be no problem."

Everyone:? ?

It was not until the old butler spoke that the others realized that today was unusual.

"You are...Butler Chen?"

Mu Zhuoyun was perhaps the only person present who knew the old butler. After all, he was one of the representatives of the Shi family who came to visit in person.

However, Mu Zhuoyun did not have a deep impression of Butler Chen at the time, and his attention today was focused on Zhan Kong. If the old butler had not spoken, Mu Zhuoyun would not have noticed.

"Butler Chen?"

The others looked at Mu Zhuoyun.

"Brother Zhuoyun, can you introduce me?"

Mu Zhuoyun glanced at the old butler obscurely, and when he found that the old butler did not make any other moves, he also spoke.

"This is the Shi family's housekeeper Chen, who is currently in charge of all the affairs of the Shi family."

"Shi family? I have some impression of them."

Principal Zhu thought for a while and said uncertainly:

"It should be the Shi family that returned to Bo City more than a year ago, right?"

"Yes, I remember it too." Mayor Bo also found the memory of the Shi family in the corner of his memory.
"And it seems that he bought several stores in Bo City and runs businesses related to potions and magic props."

At that time, because the store business involved magicians, the mayor of Bo City was also aware of it.

Deng Kai and Yang Zuohe were the last to react. After all, they had no contact with each other and had no impression of it for a while.

But this is not the point. The point is what the old butler just said.

"Butler Chen, you said that funding is not a problem?"

Mu Zhuoyun and the others were full of suspicion. After such a long time, they hadn't seen any big moves from the Shi family, otherwise it wouldn't have taken them so long to remember it.

Is this kind of family really rich?

The old butler was calm and ignored the questioning looks from others.

"My family is not wealthy, and we can't compare to those big families."

"But it's no problem to ask for some money for the hunter's expenses."

"If you are willing, the contract will be signed and the funds for hiring the hunter group will be in place within three days."

His words showed that he was not short of money.

In a trance, several people seemed to see a golden light shining behind the old butler, which was a symbol of wealth.

(End of this chapter)