Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

[The store rules are about to take effect. Are you sure?]

Li Zhi answered without hesitation: "Yes."

Prohibiting fighting or attacks is all just empty talk.

Because only one verb can be used.

If Li Zhixuan attacks, then Luo Hong, or anyone else who wants to capture her, could choose to capture her first if they saw this rule.

If Li Zhixuan is arrested, then they can attack her directly.

None of these factors could make her the absolute beneficiary.

All highly destructive items, weapons, and even innate skills require mental energy.

By maximizing the cost of using mental energy, 99.9% of attacks against her can be blocked.

Even someone with spatial talent like Luo Hong would have to expend a lot of mental energy to enter her territory.

In addition, with the shop's rule of consuming a hundred times more mental energy, I'm afraid I won't even last three seconds before my mental energy is quickly depleted.

During this time, Luo Hong could only stand.

Even D-grade weapons and items that only require 1 point of mental energy to use will directly become a consumption of 100 points of mental energy.

As for non-attribute weapons that don't require mental energy, Li Zhi's existing equipment is sufficient.

It's impossible to break through her defenses in a short time.

This also helps prevent customers from engaging in highly destructive fights.

After all, apart from humans, other races that are allowed to enter her safe zone have already undergone her screening process.

Those who can be let in are either those who can be suppressed by her strength and level, or those who are on good terms with her.

The only restriction this rule placed on Li Zhi was that she couldn't use the D license plate in the store.

Rounding down is equivalent to having no limit.

[Black Market Rules Implemented: Using talents, items, weapons, and skills within the shop will consume 100 times the Spirit Power]

Virtual text projections appeared on the shop walls.

Li Zhi appears to be in Chinese, but the game hints that other races will automatically translate this rule into their own language.

Bai Ge also saw it, and after a moment's thought, she understood the purpose of Li Zhi's previous questions to her.

Li Zhi was not the first merchant among humans to open a shop.

Several merchants have already upgraded their physical stores.

To date, the official team has over 209 Level 3 professional merchants. When the merchants were setting up their shop rules, the official team also conducted multiple tests together.

Because she was Li Zhi's contact person, she also knew the rule that "products prohibited by the store rules cannot be sold in the store".

However, she also needs to find the right balance in her relationship with Li Zhi.

Before Li Zhi upgraded her fixed stall, she informed her of these rules in advance. Firstly, this might arouse Li Zhi's suspicion that the authorities were urging her to upgrade her fixed stall. Secondly, offering help before she asked for it was actually a subtle overstepping of boundaries.

It is highly likely that this will generate resentment in people's hearts and will not be conducive to increasing her importance in Li Zhi's heart.

Only when Li Zhi needs her and she offers timely solutions can she gain his respect.

But Bai Ge didn't expect that Li Zhi would find the best solution that the official team had only found after many experiments, just by saying a few words.

—Increase the cost of destruction.

Bai Ge gave a thumbs up: "Boss, I didn't expect you to be able to think of something so comprehensive so quickly..."

She revealed almost everything without reservation, explaining that she had known about the rule for a long time and her reasons for not telling Li Zhi about it.

Bai Ge: "I originally wanted to use my experience to increase my value and get a raise, but I didn't expect that there would be no loopholes in your hands. With a boss like you, we employees have no room to make a difference."

Li Zhi was not surprised by Bai Ge's composure.

Instead, I realized her intelligence even more clearly.

She knew very well that Bai Ge was so frank about his little schemes and ambitions because he was facing her.

And she does indeed admire intelligent, capable, and ambitious people.

If it were someone else, Bai Ge would still have other ways to gain that person's trust and confidence.

That's her skill.

Li Zhi: "Your flattery skills are a bit worse than your judgment of people. Next time you praise me, don't be so direct. You can be more subtle or use more details. I like praise that shows the big picture from small things."

Bai Ge: "Okay, boss! We'll definitely improve!"

Li Zhi: "Your base salary here is 10 silver coins a month, and for every item you sell, you can take a 1% cut of the profit. How much you earn and whether you can become a full-time employee depends on your abilities."

She gave Bai Ge the highest base salary among all the employees.

But Bai Ge is the only employee in the store.

Not only do they have to be store managers, but they also have to take care of cashiers and stock clerks, which doubles their workload.

Moreover, dealing with customers of different races is an extremely challenging job.

Li Zhi had high hopes for her.

Bai Ge: "Boss, what do we do now? I can't wait!"

Li Zhi: "Right now, the most important thing is to put the goods in the warehouse on the shelves and record the inventory to prepare for the opening the day after tomorrow. You can also look for suppliers when you have time. I will give you a 5% commission on the total order price if you successfully negotiate a deal. Do you have any suppliers that match our store's positioning?"