Arknights, the Angel of Justice is waiting for level 16

"Chen, you have misunderstood me in many things. Please give me a chance to explain clearly."

"Oh~ Explain? You don't have to explain to me, explain to the judge."

"No! We should just solve our own problems internally. Why waste public resources?"

"Who is your family?"

"Partners, partners, right~"

Ji Luo had actually foreseen that Chen would come looking for him after spending so much money. Ji Luo had already prepared an excuse... no, an explanation.

"Chen, you should know how difficult my situation is right now. The little money you gave me is only enough to build a company, and it can't even pay the employees' salaries for a few months!"

"The Longmen Guard Bureau's business of confiscating goods! Do you know how popular it is and how many people are eyeing it?"

"I know... I know. I know that there are many people who put pressure on you through various connections, and you held up for me."

Ji Luo was well aware of Chen's difficulties. She had always been upright and fair in the Longmen Guard Bureau. It was she who proposed the business of confiscating goods to Ji Luo, and Jiu was just a pusher.

This kind of thing of cutting off someone's source of income is no different from killing their parents. Some people were afraid to confront Chen, so they made up a bunch of rumors behind his back.

But even so, Chen never argued or wavered. She trusted Ji Luo and gave him freedom.

"Ji Luo! So this is how you repay me?"

"Oops, you misunderstood me, I am really working on something!"

Ji Luo moved his body and changed into a comfortable position, completely discarding his previous cautiousness.

"There are only four people in Dawn Toy Company now. I am absolutely loyal to our business. Yeban is a bounty hunter. He doesn't care about relationships, he only cares about money."

"As for Xuezhi, you've seen her before. She's a very pitiful little girl. I can't possibly bully her. As for Ansuo, he's a famous thief in the Lower City and an acquaintance of your Longmen Guards."

"The company doesn't have much money, so the salary level is low. To retain employees, I can only pay more attention to food and accommodation to stabilize their hearts. Besides... the rental price of that villa is actually very cheap~"

When Ji Luo said this, he showed an evil smile. Chen, who was driving the car, paused and suddenly thought of something.

"Is that the villa haunted? No one dares to rent it?"

"Alas~ Ghosts have no intention to hurt people, but people are harmful to people's hearts~"

Ji Luo sighed in a pretentious manner, which was a bit like the cat crying over the rat. Chen instantly understood that the haunted incident was Ji Luo's doing. No wonder he had the courage to rent a villa like that with such a small amount of money.

"Ji Luo, you are breaking the law, do you know that?"

"How is that possible? I actually didn't want to rent that villa, but he forced me to lower the price!"

Ji Luo made a 70% discount gesture, but his face showed an expression that he was a kind person and could not resist the landlord's request, so he rented the house.

"I specifically checked and found out that the guy is in the 'aquatic products' business and has hundreds of millions of assets. He has a dirty mind and is afraid of these things."

"alright."

Chen understood Ji Luo's metaphor and stopped pursuing the matter. Chen might not be able to punish those rich and unkind people, but he would never protect them.

"You have explained the matter of the villa and the mistress. What about the goods confiscated by the Imperial Guards? Why don't you sell them?"

"Chen, I don't believe it... You don't understand what it takes to do business in Longmen."

Ji Luo suddenly pointed to the artificial lake outside the window and made a stop sign. The girl nodded silently and found a spot to park the car.

Afterwards, the two walked to the shore and looked at the schools of koi swimming lazily around in the lake.

"Ji Luo, you have filled your pockets so full that the jackals that are watching you are not all out in the open."

"What do you mean by open or dark? There is an old saying in my hometown: Strike the first blow to prevent a hundred blows from coming."

"What do you mean?"

"That is to say, if you are targeted by a group of jackals, you should kill one of them in the most cruel and brutal way to scare the other beasts."

What Ji Luo felt most deeply during the past year in Terra was that no matter what you do, if you want to make it big, you must have a big enough fist.

Otherwise, you are just a stupid pig sleeping among wolves, a piece of meat on someone else's chopping board.

"So, you're going to go too far?"

Since Chen gave Ji Luo money and provided him with a way to make money, she would not interfere in business matters.

But if it is protection within her job duties, she will not stand idly by.

"I can only say, it depends on them..."

At this time, Ji Luo's cell phone suddenly rang. He took out his phone, took a look at it, and hung up without answering it.

"A call in the middle of the night. It seems like she thought I was being lazy today."

"Something must have happened."

Chen already knew Ji Luo a little bit. If there was nothing wrong, he would be happy to talk nonsense in front of him. But if something really happened, he would bear it silently by himself and not tell anyone.

"It's just a small matter. They mentioned it to me in the middle of the night. Some people couldn't sit still and came to force their way in."

"Want me to come over?"

"No, they cleaned it up in the middle of the night. There's no need to call in the Guards this time."

"Those people...are testing you?"

"Of course, they want to know how strong my connections are in the Longmen Guard Bureau."

Ji Luo sent a message to Yeban, then put the phone back in his pocket, his eyes becoming dark and gloomy.

"But I will...let them never know."

Chapter 55: To be known by everyone in Longmen

On the shore of the artificial lake, Ji Luo and Chen chatted for a long time, but no one knew what they talked about...

After separating from Chen, Ji Luo took a taxi to the company. As soon as he got off the car, he saw Snow Pheasant watering the flowers and plants in the garden outside the villa.

Recently, the girl's food has improved, and she is no longer as thin as before, but her introverted and timid habits have not changed. At this moment, she was talking to the flowers and plants, and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Snow Pheasant, this kind of rose family flower should not be watered too frequently, it is best to water it once every three days."

"Ah?! President!"

Snow Pheasant was so absorbed in talking to the flowers and plants that she didn't even notice Ji Luo approaching. When Ji Luo spoke, she shrank back in fear.

To be honest, it really looks like a frightened chicken.

"I...I'm working hard! Now it's just..."

"I know. Rather, Xuezhi, you work too hard, you need to take some rest."

As the boss of the company, Ji Luo has already developed the awareness of a capitalist, but in recent days Xuezhi's work situation has been so severe that he has to work overtime to the point where it is unbearable.

"Product development is not something that can be done overnight. You are the only designer in our company. You must take good care of your body. Do you understand?"

"Okay...Okay! From today on, I will work until twelve o'clock and then go to bed!"

Xuezhi listened to Ji Luo's concern and nodded vigorously as if inspired. He decided to shorten the overtime time by three hours.

"..."

Ji Luo didn't say anything else. He patted Xue Zhi's head, turned around and walked into the company.

After a simple renovation and division, the villa building has become an office on the first floor, the second floor is the girls' dormitory, and the third floor is a public rest area.

However, because no one else is allowed to enter the second floor, there is no way leading to the third floor at all. The so-called public rest area is left to the dog manager alone.

Although they have only moved in not long ago, the three girls, Yeban, Ansuo and Xuezhi, have already gotten used to life here.

As the second-highest leader in the company after Ji Luo, Ye Ban has a lot of responsibilities and is extremely busy every day.

And most of the time, Ji Luo was only responsible for talking, and the real executor was alone in the middle of the night.

This also led to the girl going out frequently, and often she would just meet someone and they would disappear in the blink of an eye.

Compared to midnight, Xuezhi never goes out. The task of product development is entirely on her, and her working time is roughly equal to her awake time.

During the day, Xuezhi designs and tests toys in the studio on the first floor. At night, she continues to work overtime in her room until she falls asleep.

As for the last Anso, her job is 'besides the work of Yeban and Xuezhi', everything.

Receptionist, clerk, cleaner, security guard, nanny - Ansuo holds several positions and performs them perfectly.

Recently, she has been working hard to learn how to cook, planning to take over the kitchen duties and put an end to the days of ordering takeout.

"Boss! You're here~"

As the most idle person in the company, Ansuo is the only one who runs over to greet Ji Luo every time he comes in. His awareness and performance are almost perfect.

Different from Xuezhi calling Ji Luo "President" and Yeban calling Ji Luo by his name, An Suo would call him "Boss" in a very social way.

Moreover, every time Anso shouted, his voice was loud and clear, his emotions were sincere, and he was extremely professional.

"Ansuo, which gang is causing trouble today?"

"It's the Hesha Gang. They've been dealt with by the Minister."

An Suo is now nominally the deputy director of the security department, so she calls Ye Ban the director. Compared with her daily flattery of Ji Luo, An Suo is very respectful to Ye Ban, or even afraid of him.

Ji Luo was also very curious about how Yeban trained Ansuo, turning a thief addicted to stealing into a hardworking and versatile person.

But unfortunately, Yeban always refused to answer, citing business secrets as the reason.

"How did you deal with the person in the middle of the night?"

"It was sent directly to the Longmen Guard Bureau."

At this time, An Suo wanted to pour tea for Ji Luo, but Ji Luo stopped her by waving his hand, motioning her to bring paper and pen.

"Ansuo, if the same thing happens again in the future, you don't need to fight or risk your life, running away is fine. But you must ensure the safety of Snow Pheasant! It's a must! Do you understand?"

"understand!"

An Suo took the note handed to her by Ji Luo. Ji Luo didn't explain, and she didn't ask either. She just put it carefully in her pocket.

"There are two phone numbers on the paper, one is Chen's and the other is Jiu's. I think you know her identity very well. Remember... don't contact them unless necessary."

"clear."

The emotional intelligence that An Suo had developed in the slums made her answers and performance extremely appropriate, but Ji Luo didn't care too much about it. After all, he would see her actual performance in the future.

After confirming that everything was fine at the company, Ji Luo stood up and prepared to look for Ye Ban, but before he reached the door, Xue Zhi ran over.

"President! The machinery factory just called and said that our customized machine is ready."

"So fast? You and Ansuo go to inspect it later. If you have any questions, contact me."

Ji Luo had something important on his mind at the moment, so he didn't pay much attention to the things that had been arranged earlier, but Xuezhi obviously didn't think so, and suddenly reached out to stop Ji Luo.

"President, does our company really want to produce this... divergence terminal? It's really too..."

"That's pretty stupid, isn't it?"

Ji Luo knew that Xue Zhi was concerned about her own face and did not dare to express her true feelings, but in fact she felt the same way.

Seriously, in anyone's opinion, the first product officially produced by Dawn Toys Company was extremely stupid.

Although it is called the [World Divergence Terminal Arbitration Machine], this thing is actually two pieces of plastic with handles, forming a cylinder.

If the two people have a disagreement, they can each put their hands into the plastic cylinder and play rock, scissors, paper in the cylinder. Then use the other hand to pull the small handle on the plastic cylinder apart, so that neither of them can change their moves temporarily.

"Xuezhi, believe me, once this groundbreaking product is released, our Liming Toys Company will be completely popular in Longmen!"

"Stupid..."

Xuezhi covered her cheeks, she could already imagine how much blame she would have to bear and how many people would laugh at her as the company's chief and only product designer.

"Stupid fire is also fire! Watching is power, traffic is king!"

Ji Luo doesn’t know how to make products, but he understands marketing. He used to be marketed to all the time, and he can remember all those routines with his eyes closed.

"Xuezhi, I have come up with an invincible marketing plan. I never expect such a funny thing to make money. What I want is that everyone in Longmen knows the name of our company!"

"President, can you please specify... that this thing was invented by you?"

Chapter 56: Everything Has Changed

"I have something urgent to do now, let's talk about this later..."