A Maybach on a rainy night? Talk to my Levadin!

Slumped in his chair, Zhao Zizhan stared at the ceiling. Now that the survival crisis was over, he could start thinking about what to do next.

Now that he was exposed to Kassel's gaze, Zhao Zizhan intentionally or unintentionally made him appear to be the effect of the Word Spirit Kamaitachi, so that he could explain himself if asked.

As for how Deadpool died, he can just play dumb and say that he didn't see it clearly. He only saw a black shadow that was incredibly fast and killed by the monster. Then, in the blink of an eye, he was outside. He can't answer any of the rest.

Go ahead and look, but they won't say a word!

Our city of Shilan is full of hidden talents!

Doing this might expose Old Chu, but it's better to sacrifice a friend than myself. Besides, Chu Tianjiao is indulging in self-pity and doing some lousy things. Exposing him might actually be a good thing for him.

Zhao Zizhan believed that with Chu Tianjiao's stamina, it would be very difficult for the people of Kassel to even touch him.

As for what if things get exposed and the testimonies don't match up? I never said he killed Deadpool, did I? Are you mistaken?

Of course, there's a second thing: ACE and Scout have saved his life. They may not care about this favor, but he has to remember it.

The news has been received.

Chapter 23: Not Afraid of Brothers' Suffering

My first encounter with ACE was through his death.

This guy didn't have much screen time in the main storyline; he died in Chernobog shortly after his appearance while covering the retreat of the others.

Zhao Zizhan didn't feel much at the time, because death was a perfectly normal thing in a post-apocalyptic game setting.

But as the plot unfolds, Zhao Zizhan realizes what a good comrade-in-arms, a good brother, and a true right-hand man he lost at the very beginning.

Each elite operator represents not only himself, but also the entire squad he leads. The members of the ACE and SCOUT squads were all killed in action, with no survivors.

For Zhao Zizhan, these people were no longer just names or numbers in the game text, but living, breathing people.

Softcore was the first person to chat with him. She was a very curious person. The elite operators were also very kind and treated Zhao Zizhan very well.

Zhao Zizhan hadn't received much kindness from others in his previous life, so he cherished everything he had now. If possible, he didn't want everything from the original story to repeat itself.

He had a somewhat immature idea.

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Terra is 7,5 hours ahead of Earth, but the time on Earth is completely different from that on Terra. This means that during the time Zhao Zizhan is on Earth, the time on Terra will not change. Scout might notice this, but it doesn't really matter.

However, taking advantage of this time difference, Zhao Zizhan could use his connections from the procurement trips to go out and make contact with the integration team, and perhaps he could accomplish something.

Whether the future can be changed, and what it will become, Zhao Zizhan didn't know, but...

It's man-made.

With the help of bilateral trade, Zhao Zizhan can now test his current capabilities.

As for the supplies, around 500 kilograms wouldn't be a significant burden for Zhao Zizhan; at most, he'd be mentally exhausted. However, carrying people across the border would be much more difficult and burdensome. The two round trips carrying people had almost completely worn Zhao Zizhan out.

It took Zhao Zizhan quite a while to recover before he returned home, which was one of the reasons why he came home late.

It would be best not to take more than two people with you when you travel through time in the future, otherwise Zhao Zizhan is really afraid that he will collapse on the ground unconscious as soon as he travels through time.

I still need to get stronger...

I just don't know if there are any good ways to get stronger. I can't learn the spells from the Logos side; only the Banshee can. Originium Arts are innate skills, so I can't learn them either. As for the Dragon Clan, I have no clue about bloodline awakening or incantations.

Go back and ask around. There are so many strange and powerful people in Terra, surely you can find some ways to become stronger?

Whether it takes time or resources, I accept it. But if I have the resources of an entire world to rely on and still can't take off, then I'll really be slapping myself in the face.

Let's take a break now, I'm so exhausted.

There was never enough time to rest. Zhao Zizhan lay in bed for a while when his phone rang.

This Nokia 7610 was a new phone that Zhao Zizhan begged his parents to buy for him before the Lunar New Year. The couple doted on their son to the extreme, giving him whatever he wanted.

The Nokia 7610 was characterized by its black, red, and silver color scheme and a spiral keyboard, which was very fashionable at the time. Such an appearance was a direct hit to the original owner, a teenager, who then begged his parents to buy it for him.

Looking at the note for his father, Zhao Zizhan answered the phone.

"Hey son, are you rested enough? If you are, come over to the Regent Hotel, I'll show you around."

"Okay, Dad, I'm coming right now."

Riding his bicycle, Zhao Zizhan headed straight for the Regent Hotel.

The Regent Hotel is one of the few high-end venues in Shilan City, and it is owned by Zhao Zizhan's maternal family.

The Dou Di bloodline part!

As soon as he arrived at the entrance on his bicycle, a young lady in a cheongsam spotted Zhao Zizhan and quickly stepped forward to help open the door: "Young Master, you've arrived."

"Don't call me that..." Zhao Zizhan felt a little awkward. As a young man raised under the red flag and in the spring breeze, he always felt strange hearing such a form of address.

Seeing Zhao Zizhan's expression, the young lady secretly smiled.

She even gets shy, how cute!

Old Zhao often boasted about his son, Zhao Zizhan, whose appearance was inherited from the Zhao family's genes. He had fair skin and a handsome, sunny look. The bloodline of the Dou Di was quite reliable in terms of heredity.

The modeling deserves a lot of credit for the fact that the Zhao family's Dou Di bloodline has been passed down.

Therefore, all the employees in the company had an impression of Zhao Zizhan and had a good impression of this young master Zhao.

"Mr. Zhao is waiting for you in the Xiahe private room." The young lady led Zhao Zizhan to the elevator and pressed the floor button for him.

"Thank you," Zhao Zizhan nodded to the other party.

You're welcome.

After the young lady knocked on the door, she pushed open the door to the private room, bowed slightly to make way for Zhao Zizhan to enter. Several people were already seated at the round table inside.

"Oh, young master has arrived!" As soon as he entered, several middle-aged men greeted Zhao Zizhan with smiles.

Old Zhao stood up with a smile: "My son's here."

"Hello, uncles," Zhao Zizhan greeted politely, and was pulled by his father to sit down in the host's seat: "Come, come, everyone, let me introduce my son. Today I'm here to tell you all that my son has a business with a pharmaceutical company... what's it called again?"

Rhodes Island

"Oh right, we've reached a cooperation agreement with a pharmaceutical company in Rhode Island to supply their employees with meals and some daily drinks and snacks. My son is now in charge of this project. He's just a kid, always wanting to help his parents out. There's not much I can do as a father, so I hope you guys can lend a hand."

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Old Zhao, supporting Zhao Zizhan's shoulder and holding a wine glass, went to each seat and introduced them one by one: "This is Uncle Zhang from your Industry and Commerce Bureau, this is Uncle Wang from your Fire Department, this is Uncle Li, your purchasing manager..."

After making his rounds, Zhao Zizhan, as a new business leader, had met everyone he would need to interact with in the future, whether they were officials or business associates.

Old Zhao, like a proud husky, wagged his tail and showed off to his old friends: This is my son, Old Zhao's son! What do you think? What do you think!

"You old Zhao, is this even a member of your Zhao family? He can make a name for himself? He's much better than you. You deserve to die..." The brothers drank and complained through gritted teeth.

It's not so bad if your brother drives a Land Rover, but it's really upsetting if your brother's son also drives a Land Rover!

Chapter 24: It's so nice to have someone at home!

As Zhao Miao led Zhao Zizhan and several older men in toasting and drinking, Zhao Zizhan finally figured out the identities of these uncles and elders.

Almost all of them were either comrades-in-arms of Old Zhao's brothers or old classmates of Zhao's uncles. His network of connections was truly extensive.

At this table alone, almost everyone was a powerful figure from a key department. Although they weren't as powerful as Director Qi, they were still figures Zhao Zizhan had to look up to in his previous life.

However, Zhao Zizhan now has the right to address his elders as uncles and elders because of his family background.

Several older men, arm in arm with Old Zhao, complained: "Is there some kind of feng shui story behind your family's fortune, Zhao Sanshui? The eldest son is hardworking and capable; those people in the municipal committee praise him all the time. The second son, needless to say, thrived in the army. And you, Zhao Sanshui, seemed to have no talent, so you went into business, and lo and behold, what a miracle! In the blink of an eye, you married a golden phoenix! Now even your son is so promising, already working at such a young age."

“You brothers are already annoying enough, and our parents keep nagging us. Now even our only son is like this. I’m going to start nagging about my son too. Why should all the good things fall into your family? Come on, you have to have a couple more drinks today! If I can’t get the kids drunk, I can at least get you drunk!”

"That's right, that's right, you're not getting out of this room alive today!"

Old Zhao's face was flushed from drinking. He accepted all the drinks offered by his brothers, who were gritting their teeth and pouring them alcohol. His mouth was always wide open in a grin. This round of drinks was sweeter than honey!

"Oh, not at all, it's just small-scale stuff. Your son is doing quite well too; I've heard his grades have always been excellent. He's definitely going to be successful in the future..."

Chatting after drinking is a habit of older men. Zhao Zizhan quietly acted as a waiter, refilling drinks for this person, calling him "uncle," and offering cigarettes to that person, calling him "elder brother" to get acquainted with them.

Everyone kept pouring wine for Lao Zhao, making him drink even harder.

The group poured Old Zhao a good drink, checked the time, and patted themselves on the back. "Sanshui, it's almost time. We should go. You don't need to say anything more. This kid wants to get things done, and we, as his elders, should naturally help him out."

The older man from the fire station slowly spoke up: "However, you'll need to keep a close eye on him lately. Shilan City hasn't been very safe lately, and with such a young child running around outside, you have to be careful in everything."

Upon hearing this, the others' expressions changed. Zhao Miao, who was still reeking of alcohol, sobered up considerably and quickly asked, "What happened? What rumors did you hear?"

The old man waved his hand: "It's about a case that just happened today. Apparently, there's some major murderer. Today, in an abandoned factory in the East District, the police put up a safety net and shot him dead on the spot. But the body wasn't taken to the hospital; it was taken away by higher-ups. Anyway, it's a bit strange. We old men don't care, but the kids should be more careful when they go out to work."

Zhao Zizhan quickly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, Uncle."

The old man glanced at Zhao Zizhan: "What are you thanking me for? We're all brothers. Your son is really handsome. If I had a daughter..." He trailed off, "I wouldn't let you, Old Zhao, have such a good life!"

The group laughed heartily and left in twos and threes, leaving only the purchasing manager behind.

"Alright, the rest are all family. We'll talk about the rest with your Uncle Cui." Old Zhao sat down and took a bite of food. He had really been forced to drink a lot of food earlier.

The surname of the purchasing manager immediately tells you their family background; they're definitely one of us.

"No, no, I've watched Zizhan grow up. Just tell your uncle what you need, and I'll take care of everything."

However, Uncle Cui also had some concerns: "But, Zizhan, are you sure you haven't been fooled? I have some connections in Shilan City, but I've never heard of any pharmaceutical company called Rhodes Island? And they need to purchase employee catering? They're just asking for ordinary things... Could there be something fishy going on here...?"

As an elder, one would naturally do everything in one's power to help one's nephews and nieces, but Zhao Zizhan's business seemed suspicious at first glance.

"Rhodes Island isn't a domestic company; it's based overseas. I only got in touch with them by chance. As for being scammed... I don't think so."

"Okay, as long as you know what you're doing." Seeing Zhao Zizhan's expression, Uncle Cui didn't say anything more. If the child has ideas, then let him do them. Even if he gets cheated, suffering a little loss is a good thing.

People can't teach people, but experience can. One lesson is enough. Once you have experience, you won't suffer losses in the future. Anyway, this business isn't that big, so let the child give it a try.

Zhao Zizhan rarely experienced this kind of care from his elders. Because of his father in his previous life, his relatives treated his family like the plague, and were unwilling to open the door for them. Have you ever seen someone bring a bar of AD calcium milk and two packs of Chacha sunflower seeds to someone's house as a guest? They would come in, eat more than 200 yuan worth of barbecue, and come back with their mouths dripping with oil. Because of this, Zhao Zizhan also never received a good face from his relatives.

"Your collaborative project can just be registered under my company's name. The business license and all other qualifications can be mine; everything has already been arranged."

In this way, Zhao Zizhan's long-standing worries about warehousing, transportation, and goods procurement were all resolved in the time it takes to eat a meal.

It truly gave Zhao Zizhan a feeling of being in another world.

So there are people living here? Is that how it is?

No wonder everyone criticizes scions of aristocratic families, yet they all regret not being born into one.

After Zhao Zizhan arranged for the first batch of supplies to be delivered to the warehouse, he had someone pick them up. At the same time, he also purchased a batch of freezers. After listening to Uncle Cui explain some of the ins and outs of warehousing and freezer knowledge, he turned around and returned to Rhodes Island with a pot of old oil hot pot.

The list previously included hot pot base ingredients, which were clearly from Huang, the boss of Yan. Since Zhao Zizhan has the backing of the most high-end hotel in Shilan City, it would be quite simple for him to make a pot of old-fashioned hot pot.

"Old oil hot pot" is a term used in Chongqing. The so-called "old oil" is actually a special oil made by chefs. However, in most cases, in order to reduce costs, restaurants use the oil that settles after filtering and separating the residue from the hot pot, also known as "saliva oil".

Whether it's dirty or not, it's absolutely delicious!

This stuff has been a signature product of Chongqing for a long time. It might sound a bit off-putting, but it's really fragrant. The taste of old oil and new oil is completely different.

In fact, new oil is the cleaner and more hygienic option, but it is also much more expensive, not to mention that the taste is not quite as good. In comparison, old oil that has been infused with flavor hardly needs any additional seasonings, and the taste is definitely strong enough.

Moreover, given the physical constitution of the Terrans, even the people of the mountain city can eat this every year without any problems, so the Terrans would have even less of a problem.

He wanted to give the Rhodes Island operators a big surprise.

P.S.: Sorry for the late update today. I was mainly thinking of taking advantage of the book's decent performance and trying to boost the click rankings on Monday. Thank you for your understanding.

Chapter Twenty-Five: The So-Called Comrade

For the first batch of payments, Zhao Zizhan directly slipped his father a gold bar, which terrified his father.

After he had someone specifically test it and confirmed that it was 9999 pure gold with extremely high purity, even better than the commemorative gold from the Swiss bank, his expression changed.

Son, what kind of business are you running? How come pharmaceutical companies don't use cash transactions? Is that right?

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Zhao Zizhan quickly reassured him, "That's right, that's right. Multinational corporations face transfer risks with US dollar transactions. Using gold bars is more convenient and stable. What's wrong with that?"

Zhao Miao was still worried and repeatedly told Zhao Zizhan that he would take him to meet the person in charge of Rhodes Island later. Only after Zhao Zizhan agreed did Zhao Miao let him leave, still feeling uneasy.

Although there might be some trouble, it is far riskier to let a fifteen-year-old like Zhao Zizhan go out and exchange gold at a gold shop than to persuade his father. Not only would he be pressured to lower the price and pay a handling fee, but it could also bring some unnecessary trouble.

It's 04 now, and public security is far from what it is in later years. Serious crimes are still quite common, so we try to avoid trouble whenever possible.