I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property
Chapter 1231 1225: You're Just Leaving Like That?
The street still bustled with crowds, Zhang Menglong was busy attending to customers, while a group of demon beasts scurried around helping him collect money and deliver goods.
Several of his other demon beast buddies had come to the Land of Chaos one after another. Since everyone was idle, they decided to help Zhang Menglong set up a stall.
On such a small stall, it gathered the Clan Leaders of the nine major demon beast clans, and yet they were enthusiastically helping Zhang Menglong with tasks humans and martial artists would consider as work only done by the worthless.
With such a powerful lineup, no one dared to cause trouble. Even the unruly ones became obedient as babies here, quietly and honestly lining up.
"Menglong, that manager from the Haotian Chamber of Commerce is here again!" Shadow Moon spotted him.
This time, Du Shang completely lost his previous arrogance; instead, he appeared somewhat apprehensive, like a child who had done something wrong.
"Um... May I meet with Mr. Zhang?" Du Shang approached the stall cautiously and asked.
"Haven't you already seen me? Now you can beat it!" Zhang Menglong didn't even look up at him.
Though Du Shang was angry, he dared not speak up, "Mr. Zhang, I'll only take a few minutes of your time, it won't affect your business."
"A few minutes? Do you know how big my business is now?" Zhang Menglong asked, "My time is precious, worth millions of Martial Crystals every minute, do I have time to chatter here with you? Can you afford to compensate for my lost earnings?"
"Exactly! We've been waiting half a day to be here, now you want to take up Mr. Zhang's time, have you asked for our consent?"
"Exactly! Get lost and stop bothering us doing business!"
"You lot from the Haotian Chamber are crooks, buying at rock-bottom prices and selling at sky-high rates. Look at Mr. Zhang, now that's a true model entrepreneur!"
"Kindly disappear from my sight, I just finished lunch, I'm afraid I'll yack!"
The martial artists were all eager to get their turn to buy stuff; who'd let Du Shang take up Zhang Menglong's time? If delayed, they might miss out on what they want to buy today.
The queue here was so competitive, even when Zhang Menglong packed up, people continued lining up, reaching this point was no easy feat for anyone.
"If you don't want to die, shut up!" Du Shang dared not to fire at Zhang Menglong, but how could he tolerate being reprimanded by those loose cultivators?
Threatened by Du Shang, the martial artists hurriedly fell silent; the manager of Haotian Chamber was someone they really couldn't offend.
"Who the hell are you cursing here?" Zhang Menglong glared at him, "These customers are my lifeline, cursing them is like cursing my parents; what do you mean by that?"
Nine god-breaking peak powers suddenly pressed upon Du Shang, his bodyguards struggled to resist, their faces turning crimson with effort; the pressure from the clan leaders of nine demon beast clans, they simply couldn't withstand. If Du Shang were to bear it alone, he'd probably be crushed to death by this force!
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I spoke nonsense," Du Shang apologized immediately, "Alright, you go ahead, I'll wait on the side and speak to you after you've finished packing up."
"Hmph!" Zhang Menglong snorted coldly, only then did Li Man and the others withdraw their pressure.
Du Shang wiped the sweat from his forehead and obediently headed to the corner. Though the sun was blazing and the chamber was just around the corner, he dared not go back, after all, he was here to apologize, he had to show some attitude.
Finally, as the sun set, Zhang Menglong finished a day of selling; the stall was still crowded but nobody left, some even brought chairs and pitched tents right where they stood.
Seeing Zhang Menglong ready to leave, Du Shang hurriedly ran up.
"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, please wait!"
"What's the matter?" Zhang Menglong shot him a glance, "Have more rubbish to talk about? Or are you here to threaten me?"
"How dare I threaten you," Du Shang wore a flattering smile, "I'm here to apologize. Back then, I was ignorant, my dog eyes failed to recognize you, I hadn't heard of your Sun Heaven Sect, so I spoke carelessly and told you to leave."
"Now, we have seen your strength, you are completely qualified to attend our auction, this is your specially made VIP invitation," Du Shang presented the invitation with both hands.
"This VIP invitation is only meant for those like the Clan Leaders of the demon beast clans. We'll arrange the best seats for you, providing premium services, and waiving all auction participation and service fees."
Zhang Menglong glanced at the invitation, "I don't have time to attend, I've a separate auction to host myself then, here's our poster!"
Zhang Menglong pointed to the LED screen beside which flashed the following content:
Sun Heaven Auction, anything you can't imagine, we've accomplished.
It's a succinct slogan, with a few bold words in the center: "Personnel related to Haotian Chamber of Commerce and dogs are not welcome!"
Du Shang flushed; Zhang Menglong was simply going too far, equating them to dogs was clearly insulting!
"Menglong, isn't this a bit much?" Feng Cong spoke, "After all, people are people, dogs are dogs."
"True," Zhang Menglong quickly revised the content, "I shouldn't insult dogs, they're our best partners and friends."
A stroke of his pen transformed the sign to say personnel related to Haotian Chamber of Commerce and dog shit are not welcome.
That's even worse than not changing it!
Du Shang's fists clenched audibly, when had he ever been cursed and still had to show a smiling face?
"Mr. Zhang, I beg you!" Du Shang was breaking down, he directly knelt before Zhang Menglong, "Our Haotian Chamber of Commerce truly cannot withstand your wrath, please be lenient, spare us!"
"This time you must be interested in a particular item at our auction, right? We're willing to pay to directly purchase it from the buyer to give to you, please offer us a way out!"
"You should've said this earlier!" Not attending the auction yet getting the item, Zhang Menglong naturally wouldn't refuse, "You have a golden mysterious fragment this time, right? I want it!"
"Deal!" Du Shang felt as if pardoned from death; Zhang Menglong agreeing to take his item meant willing reconciliation with some additional cost.
"Leave it to me, I'll surely handle it for you!" Du Shang promised, "Tomorrow! I'll deliver the item to you by tomorrow!"
Zhang Menglong clearly could have seized it, choosing this way showed immense kindness.
"Let me go arrange!" Du Shang impatiently exclaimed.
"Wait! You're leaving just like that!" Zhang Menglong called back Du Shang.
"Is there anything else you'd like to instruct?" Du Shang inquired.
"I said my time is worth millions of Martial Crystals per minute, you've just wasted a precious 7 minutes of my life, rounding up let's make it 10 minutes, I'm not swindling you. Pay me 20 million Martial Crystals as consultation fees!"
Zhang Menglong extended a hand, "Cash or shares, either works, dear!"