I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 466: The Lively Year of Gengshen
"This He Yuelian is using chicken feathers as a token of authority. She is totally ignorant! Deputy Minister, why don't you give the store manager a call and ask about the situation?"

After hanging up the phone, before Cao Yanhua could say anything, Zhao Jianguo on the side hurriedly expressed his attitude, but Cao Yanhua did not stop him.

In other words, this time, the attitude of most people in the headquarters towards He Yuelian became very bad.

Just because they finally got a few places from the "store manager", even if they are just employees of a branch, they are considered to have entered the system of the Peace Hotel. There should be a great probability that they can obtain the supernatural protection of the "store manager", which is a great benefit for the person in charge of the headquarters or the team leader.

But when it came to He Yuelian, they just recruited some ordinary people to work as waiters in the branch.

Not only can I not get in touch with the real core, but I can only do some ordinary work. The gap is so big that it is simply indescribable in words.

"The one who is close to the water gets the moon first. The power of speech is in other people's hands. There is nothing we can do about it. If I bother the store manager with this matter, I'm afraid I will be considered incompetent."

Shen Liang denied what Zhao Jianguo said, and then said: "Now we can confirm that the operation mode of the branch is the same as that of Caesar Hotel. As long as we plan carefully, we may get what we want."

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Cao Yanhua waved his hand and said, "Let's do this for now. Since He Yuelian has already made a request, we can take our time. Tong Qian is obviously slow in opening branches, but our main focus is virtual games. Let's go. Cao Yang and the others should be waiting."

As a convention, after each virtual game ends, the members participating in the game will go to the headquarters to attend a secret meeting, and this time is no exception.

Although Liu San was in the city he was in charge of, he sent a paper man to attend the meeting.

In addition to him, Cao Yang, Wei Jing, and Xiong Wenwen, Li Jun, A Hong, Zhang Lei, and Lu Zhiwen, who collected supernatural files, also got off the supernatural bus and came to the meeting room.

"Old Lu, your condition is getting worse and worse. Could it be that the evil spirit revived during the meeting?" Cao Yang joked, but his eyes were full of worry.

All of them, including Li Jun, have close ties with the "manager" of the Peace Hotel.

Apart from not staying at the Peace Hotel and not participating in the virtual game, Li Jun also accepted the animal training services of the "store manager" and helped to control the second ghost - the ghost skin that originally belonged to Chen Yi.

The only exception was Lu Zhiwen. He had only gone to the Peace Hotel to eat and had not been affected by any other supernatural influences.

"Old Cao is right, Old Lu, your condition is getting worse and worse. If you really can't find a suitable method, you might as well go to the store manager. Even just a ghost can restore your condition to its peak." Liu San also advised.

Lu Zhiwen's eyes moved slightly, scanning everyone present, but his face had become almost wooden, and he was unable to make any other movements: "Don't worry about my situation. During this period, except for the headquarters meeting, I will stay on the supernatural bus. With its suppression, I will not be revived by the evil spirit."

As the driver of the ghost bus, he is in little danger on the bus.

He can choose to avoid accidents such as full load, ghost collision, etc., and basically he will not encounter accidental stalling, so naturally he does not have to worry about the revival of evil spirits.

After all, he doesn't have to influence the supernatural bus at any time.

According to Mr. Qin's arrangement, although he is still some distance away from being a qualified bus driver, it is not impossible as long as he follows the steps.

When Cao Yanhua and his companions came in, they happened to hear everyone talking about Lu Zhiwen. "I have discussed his situation with Mr. Qin. With Mr. Qin here, we don't have to worry about him for the time being. Let's start the meeting now. Let's talk about the game last night. Cao Yang, you go first."

"Yes, Deputy Minister."

Cao Yang nodded and began to narrate his experience in the game last night, while Lu Zhiwen began to record it on the side, using his unique supernatural power.

Then came Wei Jing, Liu San, and finally Xiong Wenwen.

Not only the content of last night's game, but also what happened at the Peace Hotel this morning, as well as the price issues of cards in the virtual game, points mall, and peripheral mall were all explained one by one.

"I can obviously become Xiao Wang's father through the card, it's all their fault, humph!"

When Xiong Wenwen finished speaking unwillingly and lay on the table unwilling to move, Li Jun frowned and said, "The background of the game is Dadong City, so Wang Chaling was involved? Then the previous games were in Taiping Ancient Town. Is it possible that Boss Liu, the middle-aged woman and the faceless man were also involved in the game?"

"It's not impossible. When Captain Yinzi returns to reality, we still need to have a good communication. In terms of the Peace Hotel, we can be teammates, not enemies." Shen Liang glanced at Cao Yanhua and said, "The most important issue now is that there are foreigners participating in the game, and it is very likely that they will join as BOSS. This is not a good thing for us."

Zhao Jianguo also spoke up, "That's right. Does this virtual game mean that there will be more foreign ghost riders in the Peace Hotel? And will the virtual game become a faction game between us and them? Does the store manager think that we are too slow to play the game alone, or is there some other reason? These are all things that need to be considered."

"The owner of the manor is a member of the King's Organization, and he is a high-ranking king. Perhaps the Peace Hotel will really have a lot of troubles in the future, and we need to prepare in advance. But we are not afraid of challenges. At least the manager has no intention of opening branches abroad, right?" Ah Hong said.

That is true, but the owner of the manor is different from the twins.

The latter was sold into the Peace Hotel as a slave, while the former contributed his own foundation, the Terror Manor, as soon as he entered the Peace Hotel, making it clear that he was planning to develop with all his strength in the Peace Hotel!
And the effect is also outstanding, directly gaining the same status as the four major chefs, which is a very dangerous thing.

"Conquering the Peace Hotel is not a matter of one day or one night. We can only take it one step at a time. However, we should perhaps invite Wang Chaling to this meeting. He should have received a new diary from the manager this morning. It is very likely that it contains content related to the manager, which may be helpful for us to conquer the manager." Wei Jing said.

Cao Yanhua nodded and immediately arranged for someone to contact Wang Chaling. He then sighed, "I didn't expect that in that era, there were so many foreign ghost riders who were so unscrupulous in breaking into foreign countries to kill people. The country was weak and the world was in turmoil."

Everyone looked at each other, but they all agreed with what Cao Yanhua said.

Just like now, the country's strength has surpassed most countries in all aspects, including supernatural powers, and is among the best in the world. This can deter those ambitious people who want to extend their hands into the country.

In fact, many dog ​​claws that have reached into the country have been cut off.

On the top floor of Ning'an Building in Dadong City, Wang Chaling was looking at the newly published diary with a frown on his face. His secretary Azhen knocked on the door and came in. "Mr. Wang, Deputy Director Cao Yanhua of the headquarters wants to talk to you."

Cao Yanhua?

Wang Chaling's brows furrowed even deeper. It was obvious that he didn't want to contact the headquarters right now.

Ah Zhen understood and said, "Boss Wang, do you need me to refuse?"

"No, just answer the phone." Wang Chaling shook his head. "Some things still need to be faced. Avoiding them is not appropriate and can easily lead to unnecessary misunderstandings."

Ah Zhen nodded, left the room, and quickly answered the phone.

The call was to invite Wang Chaling to a meeting at the headquarters. Wang Chaling said, "I didn't participate much in the game last night. After all, I am just an ordinary person in the game without any supernatural protection. If you want to ask about the contents of the diary..."

"The headquarters will not let its own people suffer. The price for the diary contents this time is ten ghosts, right? We can pay five ghosts in the form of Peace Hotel commemorative coins." Cao Yanhua said.

Wang Chaling raised his eyebrows slightly, "That will be hard work."

Five ghosts, which is commemorative coins worth fifteen yuan, is a good income for Wang Chaling now, so he should not miss it.

There are still eight entries in the diary in his hand that need to be unlocked, which means he needs another 240 yuan.

The commemorative coins he has now are not enough to support him, and he doesn't want to take his grandparents and parents out to hunt in the wild. Now that the headquarters is willing to pay half of the amount, that's about it.

It's just the contents of this diary...

"Dad used to have such deep communication with the store manager. What happened twenty years ago? Why did he erase everything about the store manager? Even the older generation couldn't escape it?"

[Gengshen year, twelfth month, ninth day, heavy fog.]

[This year, the Peace Hotel did not disappear like it did 20 years ago. It has been a month or two and is still standing here, receiving visitors from all over the world.]

[No one dared to cause trouble here, because all those who caused trouble became the food for the Peace Hotel, or the nourishment for the white fog outside the hotel, including the ghosts they controlled.]

[But as long as you follow the rules of the Peace Hotel, you can get what you want from here. However, everyone who has been to the Peace Hotel and walked out safely will not have any memory of this place, except me.]

[He said, I am special. This made me very proud, but also very scared, because I knew very well how cold he was underneath his gentle smile.]

[I am a little afraid of him.]

[Despite this, I still respected him, as if he were my closest elder who never aged. We talked about many things, and he would tell me about his experiences, such as a place he had visited called Taiping Ancient Town, where many people opened shops one after another, and gathered together to form a market for strange people... no, it should be called Yugui Market, and the background was not small, with a top figure from the Republic of China supporting the place.]

[I asked him who that person was, and he smiled but didn't say anything.]

[I asked him who was better between him and that guy, and he just smiled, but I already knew the answer. ] [The main reason I came this time was that I wanted to ask some questions, so I brought a few ghosts with me as a reward for the information I got. ]

[In fact, he has always said that if it were me, I wouldn't need to pay, but I don't want to not pay, because free things are the most expensive, and I know this very well. And the question I want to ask is also very simple, that is, although the pendulum clock in the old house is running well, there are occasionally some supernatural events in the old house, and ghosts from the past return to the present. How to solve this problem? ]

[He said he wanted to go and see it together. So this time, for the first time, I brought him... home.]

The diary ends here.

Among the several diaries Wang Chaling had read, this diary had a lot of content, but in terms of time, it was somewhat similar to the time on the diary in Liu Qingqing's hand.

Both were in the Gengshen year, but one was August and the other was December, a difference of four months.

"Is it that too many diaries go missing, or is it that my father doesn't write in his diary regularly and only writes down important things when they happen?"

Wang Chaling was not sure of the answer, but he guessed it was the second one. The content of this diary also mentioned a lot of things, which were also very interesting.

The contents of the diary were also transmitted to the headquarters and projected onto the big screen.

"After so many meetings, this is the first time I see you studying a dead person's diary so seriously. It's really unlucky." Xiong Wenwen was actually quite quiet today, but her mouth was rather foul when she opened her mouth.

Considering that he did not regard Wang Cha Ling as his father, no one bothered with him and instead read the contents of the diary carefully.

"The time points of the two previous visits to Taiping Ancient Town are almost the same as what is recorded in this diary, so it can be regarded as a piece of supporting evidence," said Cao Yang.

In the first two virtual games with Taiping Ancient Town as the background, the time was indeed the Gengshen year, which is around 80.

The "store manager" appeared in Taiping Ancient Town at that time, and then went to Dadong City and told Wang Lu about his experience in Taiping Ancient Town. The timing was quite appropriate.

Wei Jing nodded, "If all this is true, then the store manager is at least of the same generation as the Wang family."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiong Wenwen said excitedly: "See! Brother Yuan and Old Wang and Old Lu are from the same generation. So what's wrong with me buying Wang Lu's character card? Why can't I be Wang Chaling's elder?"

The entire conference room suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Xiong Wenwen with a ridiculous expression.

Especially at this time, Wang Chaling was still on a video call, and the contents of the diary were also projected from his hands.

Hearing Xiong Wenwen's outrageous remarks, Wang Chaling, a good young man who didn't want to make enemies with others, looked at Xiong Wenwen with an extremely cold look.

If he had been at the scene, Xiong Wenwen would probably have been torn to pieces by the ghosts of the Wang family under his command.

Xiong Wenwen was still unaware of it, and still said proudly: "Just wait and see! One day, I will successfully introduce Brother Yuan to my mother. By then, not only will Xiao Wang call me uncle, but you will all call me Uncle Xiong too!"

"Ha! Master Xiong, right? Well today, let me, Little Cao, see what you, Master Xiong, can do!" Cao Yang stood up with a sneer, and had already picked up Xiong Wenwen in his hand, like a chicken.

At the same time, in order to prevent our Uncle Xiong from talking nonsense again, he covered Xiong Wenwen's mouth with his other hand.

No matter how Xiong Wenwen struggled, it was useless in Cao Yang's hands. Instead, he was easily controlled. At least Cao Yang looked very relaxed. He even said to everyone apologetically: "Everyone continue. I will go and teach this kid a lesson."

"Xiong Wenwen is still young, and it was our negligence in education. This kind of thing will not happen again in the future." Cao Yanhua also said immediately.

Wang Chaling snorted coldly and did not pursue the matter further, giving Cao Yanhua face.

"The content of the diary this time is very interesting. Among all the people who went to the Peace Hotel to do business, no one has any memory except Wang Lu. In other words, the manager at that time already possessed supernatural powers involving consciousness, and was able to erase or even change memories. No wonder the current situation has occurred." Wei Jing said in a deep voice.

Liu San nodded, "Yes. It's not just that no one remembers him, it's also..."

He didn't continue to say the following words, obviously because he had some concerns, or maybe he couldn't say it out loud, but Li Jun didn't have such concerns, and said directly: "It should be the supernatural effect of the White Mist Ghost Realm, and it can also affect people's minds. This is a very scary power."

There were not many people present, but people like Liu San, Wei Jing, as well as Cao Yang and Xiong Wenwen who had just left, were victims of this supernatural effect.

And Wang Xiaoming.

If Wang Xiaoming had not been forced to go to the Peace Hotel to survive and was not influenced by the manager's supernatural powers, he should be sitting here now, using his brain, which is smarter than most people, to help everyone analyze the contents of the diary and the pros and cons.

The content of this diary does not have much substantive meaning.

Or maybe it was just like that with Wang Lu’s diary, which was more like an “archaeological” effect, so this meeting did not last too long.

After studying the diary, this round of meetings ended.

For Cao Yanhua and others, the Peace Hotel branch opened by He Yuelian in Dahai City is more worthy of attention from the headquarters.

"The ghost grave incident caused heavy losses to the supernatural forum, and its control over Dahai City has weakened. We have also arranged some people to go in, but with Ye Zhen's return, our people's control over Dahai City is also weakening. If we can place them in the Peace Hotel, even if it is only for ordinary people and they cannot access deeper things, it is also a good choice." Zhao Jianguo gave a suggestion.

Cao Yanhua thought about it for a while and then agreed.

So while He Yuelian was still making preparations, eight people, five men and three women, came to the branch. They did not hide their identities and directly stated that they were from the headquarters.

He Yuelian had no objection to this, not because she was concerned about the headquarters' face, but because it was unnecessary.

What she needs to control is the part involving the supernatural circle. As for the business of ordinary people, she directly hands it over to her father, Boss He, to manage.

So the one who really has a problem is Boss He.

He had clearly already selected the personnel to staff this branch so that he could keep at least the part concerning ordinary people in his hands.

But now He Yuelian has not expressed her opinion, or has adopted a tacit attitude, leaving Boss He with no chance to even take advantage of the power of others and he can only let them join the company in frustration.

It was also on this day that the Peace Hotel Dahai City branch officially opened for business, of course, targeting ordinary people.

Boss He made the opening ceremony very lively. If you didn’t know, you might think it was a super hotel opening for some reason. But when you took a look, you found it was an imitation of a hotel from the Republic of China period.

Due to the geographical and historical reasons of Dahai City, there are many hotels imitating the style of the Republic of China.

Fortunately, when Boss He came to build the branch, he started to spend a lot of money on publicity. In addition, Dahai City is now in a state of disrepair, and many of the people who moved in are relatively wealthy, so this branch is also very lively today.

The manager of the Supernatural Forum also came in person and presented a large flower basket, which gave the branch enough face and made Boss He very happy.

But all this has nothing to do with He Yuelian.

This branch is a replica of the Peace Hotel and was specially renovated by He Yuelian during this period. The second floor, third floor and even the basement are almost exactly the same as the Peace Hotel.

At this time, He Yuelian was standing at the window on the third floor, quietly watching the lively scene below.

She was dressed in bright red, with a beautiful appearance that did not belong to reality. She looked like a young girl waiting to be married, cold and aloof, making people feel that she could only be admired from afar and not touched.

"Haven't you figured it out yet?"

A familiar voice came from behind. He Yuelian turned around and looked at Zhang Xianguang who had appeared on the sofa in the living room at some point. She said calmly, "The manager divided the Peace Hotel into two parts. One part uses the store's operating model, and the other part entertains ordinary people. So I will not agree to your request, and I will not cover the entire Dahai City in the ghost domain of the ghost painting."

Zhang Xianguang said calmly: "Have you ever thought that he specifically told you about ordinary people because he was hinting at you to do this, instead of asking you to distinguish between ordinary people and ghost riders so clearly?"

Ok?
He Yuelian looked at Zhang Xianguang in confusion, waiting for his further explanation, but remained vigilant.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just helping you analyze the situation. As for what he is thinking, only he knows. After all, he never says directly what he wants to do. He just does things through the store manager with an ordinary person's worldview." Zhang Xianguang said.

The neutral attitude made He Yuelian let down her guard a little. "It's better to act cautiously. My only competitor now is Liu Qingqing, and her progress is similar. There's no need to take risks. The cost is too high. I don't want to be blamed for misjudging the manager's thoughts. If the status quo is maintained, it can't be considered that I did something wrong, right?"

(End of this chapter)