Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Suppliers are a matter for later.

There are so many things to do before opening.

Li Zhi: "I will be hosting a banquet on the opening day. This is the invitation to Minister Lin, Dr. Zhao, and the head of District 15. Please pass it on to me."

As she spoke, she laid out the shelves and furnishings that needed to be arranged, and handed the design to Bai Ge: "After you send out the invitations, arrange the items according to this design. I'll bring the merchandise up when I get back tonight."

Bai Ge accepted the invitation: "Okay, boss. Is there anything special you need to tell me?"

Li Zhi shook his head: "Just send the invitations. The decorations should follow the design drawings. I still need to invite some friends, so they might not be here for a while. You can decide for yourself."

"OK."

Li Zhi trusted Bai Ge completely. After making all the arrangements, he went to the Craftsmen's Town first.

Wu Yin has been found.

"Invitation. Come over when you have time. Where is Master Sivir?"

Wu Yin: "On the mountain behind."

Is it convenient for her to contact me now?

Why didn't you ask me that question when you came in without knocking?

Li Zhi: "By the way, could you give me a few of those surveillance cameras? And have the flyers been printed? I need to distribute them right away."

Wu Yin's prosthetic leg handed her a stack of flyers.

Li Zhi then sent stacks of teleports to Hua Yan, who had contacted him beforehand, along with an invitation: [Remember to come visit sometime.]

Huayan: [We'll definitely be there!]

After distributing the flyers, Li Zhi also arrived at the top of the back mountain.

Sivir was lying on a deck chair, sunbathing.

Hearing the noise, she turned her head and looked over. Sunlight shone through her transparent body, making it sparkle.

"It's you. Is there something you need?"

Li Zhi stepped forward with a smile: "Master Sivir, this is an invitation to the opening of my general store, located in a valley 15 kilometers from here. The opening is the day after tomorrow. Welcome to visit."

Sivir accepted the glittering gold invitation.

"Okay, I'll come over when I have time."

"Then I won't bother you any longer."

Li Zhi said goodbye very quickly.

It's highly unlikely that Master Sivir will go.

However, since her territory was too close to the artisan town and she had stayed with Master Sivir for a few days, sending an invitation was a necessary courtesy.

Including the Minotaur tribe with whom she had cooperation, Li Zhi sent an invitation to them as soon as she arrived at the Nonglv Market.

New Zealand readily accepted, saying that he would definitely arrive early.

Li Zhi crossed the giant tree and the wooden bridge to reach the trading hall, but surprisingly did not see the little tree people downstairs.

She went straight up, lifted the curtain of the shadow, and saw her lying there listlessly.

"Your business seems to be doing so poorly."

Ying Dong remained unmoved: "I charge 10 gold coins per consultation. Apart from you, no one else will contact me every day."

Li Zhi sat down on the newly sprouted leaves next to her, and feeling their softness, lay down as well.

"My grocery store is opening soon."

"congratulations."

Knowing you're being hunted by the whole world, I'm just letting you know that I won't invite you to come over.

She took out the durian she had previously obtained from her spatial storage.

"I heard you like strange plants and things with strange smells, so I'll give this to you as compensation for not being able to attend my banquet."

Ying sniffed, sat up abruptly, and grabbed a handful of durian: "What's this? The smell is so captivating!"

Li Zhi: "We call this durian on our planet. The flesh inside is edible. Do you see this corner? You can just break it open from here."

With a quick effort, Ying broke the durian open, revealing the yellow flesh inside.

"It smells so good!" Ying took a deep breath.

Li Zhi: "Try it."

Without hesitation, Ying carefully peeled off a piece of meat and took a small bite.

His expression brightened noticeably.

Li Zhi also tried a piece.

The dry bread is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, with an ice cream-like texture and rich sweetness.

Products from PaiKu are indeed of the highest quality.

But she doesn't really like durian, or rather, she doesn't really like anything too sweet except for cola.

So I only ate a small piece as a taste.

Ying devoured the durian piece by piece in no time, and even after finishing it, she still wanted more.

Li Zhi took a few fruit pits: "Let's see if we can grow them."

There are quite a few humans who love durian, and durian isn't cheap on Earth. If she gets any attribute points, she'll just put them in her shop and sell them as luxury items.

Ying carefully collected the remaining fruit pits: "I'll have someone try it too."

Li Zhi didn't linger: "Do you know where Zero is? And that little tree spirit who's been greeting me."

Shadow: "What do you need that little tree for?"

Li Zhi waved the invitation card: "She's a kid I know, so of course I have to give her one too."

Ying was taken aback, as if puzzled, or as if she had thought of something, and shook her head: "She's been kept after school for extra classes these past few days, she should be near the school, you can go and check on her."

Li Zhi waved his hand, "The opening is the day after tomorrow morning. You can have your little elf live stream it for you from the scene."

It's not far from the trading hall to where I had my last class.

Li Zhi also found the little tree person who was rooted in the sand and crying very easily.

She squatted down by the sandpit: "Why are you crying?"

Before the little tree-man could speak, Zero appeared silently: "She didn't hand in her homework."

Li Zhi touched the little tree's leaves and took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket: "This is chocolate, eating it will make you feel better."

"Really?"

The little tree man glanced at Zero discreetly, and seeing that she didn't object, he took the chocolate with a twig and placed it hesitantly on a tree root that had sprouted from the sand.

The tree roots quickly absorbed the chocolate.

Two seconds later, the little tree man cried even louder.

"Waaaaah, it's so bitter! It's so bitter!"

Li Zhi pulled out a bag of chocolates: 100% dark chocolate.

Feeling guilty, she stuffed the bag back into her pocket.

Zero: "This is human chocolate?"

Li Zhi immediately pulled it out again: "Want to try it?"

Ling broke off a piece and put it in his mouth, chewing calmly: "It's very smooth, it melts in your mouth, the texture is very unique."

Li Zhi observed her expression, which remained unchanged, and became even more certain that she was Qi Yuan.

"Some races on the Apocalypse Continent do not have the ability to perceive bitterness, but instead have an extreme pursuit of taste. If your chocolate were sold as a product, you would have a group of loyal buyers."

Li Zhi: "And you? Do you like it?"

Zero looked at Li Zhi: "I have no preferences."

Li Zhi: "Of course you have preferences. Every intelligent life form has its own likes and dislikes. If you feel that you have no preferences, it's either because you've learned too much common sense and the base is too large, so everything has become commonplace, or you haven't tried enough and haven't found a way to enjoy yourself."

"But in any case, new stimuli will bring new opportunities and new feelings."

She pulled out an invitation: "My shop is opening soon. I'll be making a lot of Earth's food. To understand a group of people, you can start by understanding their eating habits. To understand yourself, you can start by understanding your own food preferences. I look forward to your arrival."