Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

"To ensure balance, each race will only have one shareholder in the exchange. Yi, your Feathered Spirit race's shareholder has already been decided, Ling. If you want this position, you shouldn't look for my student, but for your niece."

When Celia's voice came from behind, she herself had already appeared beside Li Zhi.

He also greeted the dragons and the descendants of the saints: "Long time no see, the three of you."

Canghai nodded.

Mingchun: "It's not that we haven't seen each other for a long time. Didn't we just meet at the Green Market a while ago?"

Li Zhi's eyebrows twitched slightly, his gaze sweeping over Ming Chun, whose tone had changed from gentle to slightly sharp, before landing on Celia, whose expression remained unchanged.

Celia: "When I approached you last time to discuss a collaboration, you said you were Shadow, and I believed you. Turns out I wasn't mistaken?"

Mingchun: "...Kage does indeed like to go out looking like me."

The two tacitly stopped the conversation.

Celia said to Yi, "Your eldest niece seems to be looking for you."

Yi looked in the direction Celia was pointing and sure enough, he saw Ao not far away, seemingly searching for someone.

She gave Celia and Li Zhi a meaningful look, then said to Cang Hai Cang Su and Ming Chun, "I have some things to attend to, so I'll have to take my leave now."

After Yi left, Celia turned to Li Zhidao and said, "Mingchun manages the commercial district of Saint Shadow City. If you want to open an exchange in Saint Shadow City, it's more useful to talk to her than to anyone else."

As she spoke, she nodded to the dragon siblings and left once more.

Li Zhigang turned to look at Mingchun, who smiled and said, "I saw my friends, I'm going over first, you guys have fun."

She walked away nimbly.

A person's back view is a clear signal of rejection.

Li Zhi didn't chase after them, pondering the relationship between Celia and Mingchun, and the purpose of her choosing the location for the trade fair in front of Mingchun.

Just as she was lost in thought, a somewhat familiar figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"Sister Canghai, Brother Cangsu, Boss Lin, what are you three doing together?"

Li Zhi: "Zhao Xiao?"

The dragon agent who asked her for kitchen waste to feed the dragon cubs when the business opened?

Li Zhi then remembered that when their transaction ended, she had received gold coins and unidentified items as payment, but she had been too busy to check them at the time.

Canghai: "Where's Canglian?"

Zhao Xiao's expression changed: "That's right! I came to find you because Cang Lian suddenly flew up and disappeared without a trace! He vanished in the blink of an eye!"

Canghai: "They probably saw something to eat, don't worry about it."

She looked at Li Zhi and said, "You humans can send me any delicious food you have. If you can't find me, you can ask her. She's my sister's playmate now."

Zhao Xiao nodded immediately.

Cang Hai: "I have something to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

When she left with Cang Su, Li Zhi thought they were going to find their missing sister. But the two of them went straight to the restaurant, piled a lot of food on the table, and started eating as soon as they sat down.

Li Zhi: "...Shouldn't they go look for their younger sister?"

Zhao Xiao: "...Huh? Oh, actually Cang Lian has been lost several times, but she's tough and thick-skinned, plus she's a dragon, so no one dares to hurt her. Besides, the food in her storage space is enough for her to eat for several years, so she should be fine."

She chuckled, "But I have to act anxious. After all, I'm working for someone else now, so I have to show my employer the right attitude. Besides, the contrast between me, a fragile new race, worrying about the powerful dragons is quite touching."

Li Zhi: "When will you stop appointing dragons as acting scouts? Come directly to my company, and I'll arrange a position for you."

Zhao Xiao: "Then I think the identity of the Dragon Clan's representative is more irreplaceable for you."

Li Zhi: "Management position, starting salary of 10 yuan per month, including household registration, 15 months' salary, and all the necessary benefits are included."

Zhao Xiao: "Boss, I'm now a contract employee at this company. If you need any work, just let me know, and I guarantee I'll get it done!"

Regardless of whether she was joking or speaking the truth, Li Zhicai said directly, "Dragons seem to really enjoy eating. Is it because they have a special fondness for human food, or do they just love to eat?"

"Both," Zhao Xiao said. "However, I think our human food is probably more heavily seasoned and more complex, which they quite like. It's just that we transmigrated so suddenly, and we don't have a space backpack on Earth. Otherwise, if I had known earlier, I would have brought at least a space full of food with me."

Li Zhi: "So, do you think there's a high chance that opening a restaurant in the Dragon Clan will actually happen?"

Zhao Xiao was taken aback, then pondered carefully: "If we have to talk about possibility, it's definitely possible, but how high the probability is depends on many factors..."

While Li Zhi and Zhao Xiao were discussing the possibility of opening a restaurant in the Dragon Clan on Yuling Avenue, Li Zhi's clone in the Beast Market was also waiting for the results of the Northern District Elders' discussion on the possibility of a safe trading zone.

They chatted and talked, even arguing, but finally, because Li Zhi was standing to the side, they lowered their voices and barely reached a consensus.

It was the lion elder who spoke again: "My lord, we believe your idea is highly feasible. However, we still think the beastmen of the Northern District are too poor, and it's too difficult for them to afford a 1 silver coin entrance fee. Do you think it's possible to lower the ticket price?"

When Li Zhi proposed the concept of a safe trading zone, the elders of the three clans had already shown interest.

But when Li Zhi mentioned the price of 1 silver ticket, they immediately hesitated.

At the bottom of the Beast Market, 10 copper coins are worth fighting tooth and nail for, and 1 silver is enough for an ordinary family of three to eat for a month. Who would use it as an entrance fee?

Li Zhi did not back down: "One silver is already a discounted price, and it will only be valid for one month. I will raise the price after one month."

Shi Nan frowned, wanting to speak, but seeing the group of elders, he swallowed his words.

Sister Big Pancake seemed to be deep in thought: "Elders, I would like to share my opinion, which may be wrong, but please listen to it anyway."

"If this lord really opens a trading area here, not only the merchants from this area, but I believe the merchants from the North District will also flock here. Moreover, there are real doctors here, as well as weapons that are monopolized by the South District. Orcs from the South District will definitely come to see the doctors and sell their weapons..."

"With so many orcs, not everyone can afford a teleportation array. Traveling will take a lot of time, especially for orcs seeking medical treatment. They certainly won't be coming and going on the same day, so their food, clothing, and lodging for the next few days need to be taken care of..."

"The orcs living nearby could very well make money off these passing orcs. As long as the trading area remains open, everyone in this area will become wealthy because of its existence!"