Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Li Zhi: "My hospital is short of an employee. I wonder if you'd be interested? If you do a good job, I'll give you residency, plus a monthly salary and two social insurance benefits."

Big Pancake Sister was surprised, then delighted.

"My lord, do you have your own territory?! I..."

Her expression clearly showed interest, but after her gaze swept over the curtain separating the front hall from the slaughterhouse, she shook her head: "They need me more here."

Li Zhi did not insist.

She needs an employee to help her manage the Beast Market, but Big Pancake Sister isn't the best choice. She only invited her because she saw a talented person and didn't want to miss out.

"If you have any ideas, you can go to the hospital and talk to any employee at any time, and they will tell me."

Big Pancake Sister: "Thank you, sir."

The elders of these clans in the northern region have also reached a resolution.

"Sir, we agree to all your requests, including tax exemption and admission tickets. However, we also need to reach some agreements privately. For example, some areas in the North District are restricted areas, and we hope you will restrain your people from trespassing."

Li Zhi's eyes flickered slightly, but his tone was solemn: "Okay, you mark out the restricted area, and I will definitely keep my employees in check."

The orcs had no complicated formalities, and the contract was signed very smoothly. They took Li Zhi directly to the cleared ruins.

"How do you want it built? We have many young and able-bodied people here..."

Li Zhi immediately pulled out a construction platform: "No need, I have this."

The lion elder was taken aback, a hint of hesitation appearing on his face: "This...this can't be a construction platform that only lords can possess, allowing them to build any structure as long as the blueprints and materials are available, can it?"

Li Zhi: "Yes."

As early as when the cooperation agreement was reached with the government, Li Zhi had outsourced the architectural drawings and building materials to the government. Now all that's needed is to start the process with one click.

[Construction platform underway...]

[Estimated completion time: 00:59:59]

The hospital will take an hour to build. Li Zhi opened the career panel, selected this area as his free stall business location, and then clicked to upgrade to a fixed stall.

[Free-to-use booths are being upgraded...]

Upgrade successful

[Is a business license required?]

Li Zhi: "Yes."

The business license is essential for her to establish herself in the Beast Market; she can't do without it.

[Business license has been used]

Please add employees and set store rules.

Li Zhi closed this page, and another page popped up:

[Bet 2 in progress...]

[Task completion countdown: 24 days, 10 hours, and 36 minutes]

All three bets need to be completed within 30 days.

Therefore, the timeline starts from the day Li Zhi opened his shop at the Wilderness Market.

According to the plan, Li Zhi should have started the Beast Market mission much earlier, but she had already made the most of her time, splitting herself into two, and this was all she could manage.

After all, opening the grocery store and the stock exchange were more difficult and more important to her.

Complete the important and difficult tasks first, then take some time to tackle the important but not difficult tasks, and finally do the easy ones.

Li Zhi has always planned his time in this way.

She knew exactly how to allocate her energy and was confident that completing the three tasks in her career path within 30 days would not be difficult.

The only thing that troubled her was her professional skills.

Li Zhi looked at the beastmen elders who were marveling at the construction platform and couldn't help but wonder: how exactly should we complete the mission in the form of a gambler?

A high-risk, high-reward strategy?

put all one's eggs in one basket?

However, she is currently completing her tasks very smoothly and has no room to maneuver.

Moreover, if you're going to gamble, there has to be a reward to attract gamblers. The meager rewards at the Beast Market are really not enough to entice her to take the risk.

As Li Zhi pondered, he realized that the third clone card was about to expire.

"Everyone, I have to leave now. We'll be officially open for business tomorrow, so please remember to spread the word."

There's really no need for advertising.

The presence of merchants from the South District and those probing individuals of unknown races demonstrates that her hospital has already gained renown in the Beast Market.

Moreover, even without Li Zhi's reminder, these elders would definitely observe and promote it.

But the elders were staring at the construction platform, and it was unclear whether they heard what Li Zhi said or not, but he agreed very readily.

Not only the orc elders, but also the orcs from the surrounding shantytowns and the various shops on the street came out, either observing from afar or unable to resist getting closer, all watching the construction work with curiosity.

Li Zhichao nodded to Yan Gui, who was hiding in the shadows, and immediately dispelled his clone, disappearing from everyone's sight.

Lion Clan Elder: "To be able to teleport directly without a teleportation array?! This person's strength is simply unfathomable!"

She let out a joyful roar, her deep voice echoing throughout the area: "We are about to establish our own hospital, weapons shops, and secure trading zones, orcs! We have new opportunities and hope!"

Behind the streets and alleys, the shantytown beastmen who heard the commotion either numbly rolled their eyes or crawled out of their shantytowns and looked in the direction of the construction platform.

Further away, on the rooftop of a seven-story building where the broken rails cut across the sky, two people wearing cloaks looked past the chaotic shantytowns and the dusty, yellow earth towards the hospital under construction, speculating:

"What do you think that level 5 merchant's purpose is?"

"Orcs don't have level 5 merchants, and merchants never do anything without profit. She probably knows something she shouldn't know and deliberately opened a hospital here to try and extract more profit."

"Do you think the Lion Clan and the Monkey Clan know about that? That fight was so realistic. The newly built shantytowns were destroyed, and both clans suffered heavy casualties. At least 20 of their people were sent to the dinner tables of those higher races. If it were ruined by an outsider merchant, they would be furious."

"They will also cut open that foreign merchant, remove his internal organs, and serve him to the higher races."

"I'm really looking forward to it."

"I'd like to know more about how the orc shamans view this."

The conversation here did not affect the progress of the platform construction, but the two fox clan elders who left could not help but contact their clansmen halfway through their journey.

"We need the shaman's guidance, we need the beast god's direction."

Within the magic circle, a burly old beast, wearing a colorful bone crown and appearing blurry and aged, slowly turned around and walked to a door.

There was also a magic circle at the entrance, with three women and three men sitting at each of the six corners of the circle, and six old orcs.

The six orcs turned their heads at the same time to look at the orc wearing the bone crown.

The bone-crowned orc walked to the center of the formation, humming a tune and dancing wildly.

"Merciful yet cruel Beast God, please guide us on the path ahead..."

Above the formation, shimmering light appeared, and a phantom figure materialized.

The phantom was enormous, with mixed and vibrant fur that varied in length. Its face and voice constantly shifted between different beast faces, genders, and ages: "Focus on the goal, focus on the origin, focus on the beast tide... Opportunity will bring change, and it will also bring hope."

"Find the possessor of the heart of a powerful being from the new race; she is the key to everything."