Chapter 155: Rectifying the Elders of Wuhun City

These Elders made Jerry feel very disappointed.

Usually, it's "Lord Jerry this" and "Lord Jerry that"; one would think they were all very close.

As it turned out, when trouble arose, not a single one stood up to help, even though the Spirit Hall had regulations, and Jerry had even stated he was seeking help in a personal capacity; they just looked on coldly.

Since these Elders are like this, then don't blame him for being heartless in the future!

Having seen through the true faces of these Elders, he directly announced the end of the meeting, and Jerry personally went to the Spirit Hall's newspaper office to notify them to print an extra edition.

The content written in this extra edition was personally drafted by Jerry; it clearly stated the true reason the Heaven Dou Empire provoked the war, and also wrote that this war was instigated by the sects behind the scenes.

Afterwards, he had the newspaper office print it today, and by tomorrow, he wanted this newspaper to spread throughout the entire continent.

Regarding the matter of the extra edition, the president of the newspaper office had some objections, but he dared not refuse directly to Jerry's face. So, after Jerry left, he reported it to his superior, the Minister of the Information Department, Elder Ghost Leopard.

As soon as Elder Ghost Leopard saw the content, he came to find Jerry.

"Even if you publish the truth now, how many people will believe it? A few victories have let the Heaven Dou Empire taste the sweetness, and those nobles have all received benefits. Do you think that even if you tell the truth now, how many of them will stop?"

"I can't worry about that much; at the very least, I must give everyone on the continent the truth!"

"But you also know that our personnel have always been insufficient. If we print an extra edition, it requires additional mobilization of manpower and material resources, and that is no small expense!"

"Elder Ghost Leopard, are you preparing to talk money with me? Then that's easy to handle." After saying this, Jerry directly tossed out an account book, which recorded the debts the Spirit Hall owed Jerry personally from the beginning until now.

Spirit Douluo Ghost Leopard picked up the account book and took a look, and immediately felt his scalp tingle; the Spirit Hall owed Jerry various debts totaling 27.9 billion points.

The flow of all funds was recorded in the account book, among which 800 million had been advanced to the Information Department for development.

"Spirit Douluo Ghost Leopard, I have decided to collect payment now. How about we start with the Information Department? 800 million points; do you see it as convenient to repay the debt now?" Jerry was now smiling as he stared at Spirit Douluo Ghost Leopard.

Spirit Douluo Ghost Leopard was truly caught in a dilemma now; on one side was the Spirit Hall's regulations, and on the other was this massive debt.

No wonder the Great Elder often said he wanted to appoint Jerry as the Saint Son of the Spirit Hall; besides Jerry's good talent, another reason was that the debt was too high to pay back.

Once Jerry became the Saint Son, the Spirit Hall would belong to him to manage in the future; by then, Jerry couldn't exactly ask himself for the debt!

"Lord Jerry, look, isn't this being a stranger? We are all one family. If one family has difficulties, how can we not help? I will go and have them print the extra edition now. Even if we don't sleep, it will definitely be printed by tomorrow." After saying this, Spirit Douluo Ghost Leopard put down the account book and ran off without looking back, fearing Jerry would ask him for money again.

That same evening, the Spirit News was released, and by the next day, it had spread throughout the continent.

Suddenly, the people of the entire continent were in an uproar of discussion.

Heaven Dou Empire

"Your Majesty! It's bad. The new issue of the Spirit Hall's newspaper has been distributed. It writes about the cause of this war. Now the people are discussing it heatedly, and many subjects have started parading in the streets, demanding an explanation from the Empire." A minister reported to Xue Beng.

"This Spirit Hall has actually intervened and even published such remarks in the newspaper. And these subjects, they believe whatever the Spirit Hall says; shouldn't they believe in the Empire?" Xue Beng said irritably.

"Your Majesty, the Spirit Hall's status in the hearts of the people has always been very high. Last time, the Two Great Empires stopped issuing Spirit Master subsidies, which directly caused many Spirit Masters to harbor resentment. So, as soon as this Spirit Hall newspaper was distributed, they jumped out, took the lead in causing trouble, and directly demanded an explanation from the Empire."

"Hurry and send people to suppress them. Do I need to instruct you on every single thing?"

"Yes!"

At the same time, Wuhun City was not peaceful either; Jerry had started to make things difficult for the other Elders.

First, for all financial applications during this period, Jerry rejected them all, with the reason that the Spirit Hall had no money.

Jerry even took a group of people from the Finance Department to collect debts from various departments.

He also audited the accounts along the way, because now that the Spirit Hall's development was going well, many families had arranged idle positions for their juniors. In the past, Jerry had turned a blind eye and let it pass, as they hadn't made any major mistakes.

Now that the time for settling accounts after the autumn harvest had arrived, the first one investigated was the grandson of the Holy Dragon Douluo, who was currently arranged as a manager in a small department under the Business Department, doing nothing and often not coming to work for days.

During this audit, when the salary distribution situation was checked, he was directly crossed off, and then the Personnel Department was notified to fire this person. At the same time, there were many such cases, and Jerry issued dismissal letters for all of them.

And he issued a public notice: The Spirit Hall does not support idlers!

As luck would have it, this month's salaries were about to be issued. Except for the departments under Jerry, all other departments had their salaries suspended, with the reason that the departments had outstanding debts, and all salaries were to be used to repay the debts.

Because the people of the Spirit Hall were already accustomed to receiving salaries every month, now that the Finance Department refused to issue them, everyone went to their department heads. These department heads had no choice either; after using force to calm everyone down, they promised that salaries would be issued as soon as possible.

Now these department heads were truly at their wits' end!

There was no way around it; after Jerry brought out the factual evidence, he gave these department heads no chance to argue back.

Even in the past few days, the Wuhun Bank had been approaching many families to urge repayment. Ever since Jerry opened the bank, many families had applied for loans from the bank for development, but now they were being approached by the bank to urge repayment.

Moreover, Jerry followed all the formal channels. You don't follow the Rule? Then I will follow the Rule, so he arranged for people to go directly with the personnel from the Procuratorate managed by the Great Elder to urge repayment at their doors!

Jerry directly closed his doors to guests and saw no one, executing everything according to the rules and regulations.

Although Jerry implemented various methods, these families still had some assets and kept holding on, wanting to hold out until the Great Elder returned.

But they underestimated Jerry too much.

Then their industries encountered this kind of suppression. Jerry was wealthy and imposing; one price cut directly caused many of the families' shops to have not a single customer.

The service for exchanging Spirit Rings over 60,000 years was directly closed by Jerry using the excuse of being out of stock.

These things were originally provided by Jerry for free, so now they were directly taken back, and it didn't matter who came.

The Soul Power Pill previously given to the Great Elder had been placed by the Great Elder in the Logistics Department, and since the Minister of the Logistics Department was Jerry's person, it was also directly taken off the shelves.

This wave of Jerry's operations didn't have much impact on other people in Wuhun City, but for these large families, it could be said to have cut off all their paths of retreat.

Elder Hall

A group of Elders were surrounding Elder Jin'e.

"Second Offering, you have to do something. With Jerry acting like this now, our families are almost bankrupt."

"Exactly! My family opened several shops, and all our income depends on these shops. Now Jerry's shops have all started promotions: clothing stores are rewarding old customers with 50% off the entire store and have launched dozens of new styles. Hotels have directly launched many special-priced rooms, as well as advance booking, car pick-up and drop-off, and buy-one-get-one-free drinks. Tea drinks are half price for the second cup. The bank has stopped loans, and there are many more; basically, every industry has it! Our shops can't even see a ghost in a day now!"

"That's right! Previously, I begged the Second Elder to arrange a job for my grandson, and now he's been fired, and many others have been fired too!"

"There's something even more miserable: several people in the family are waiting to exchange for Spirit Rings, and now those over 60,000 years have stopped being exchanged!"

"Second Offering, if this continues, our families will all go bankrupt. Please persuade Lord Jerry!"

"Alright, stop talking. I'm even more miserable than you. One of my sons broke through to Spirit Douluo and took the family's soul bone fragments to exchange for a Spirit Ring, and the people there directly told my son that they don't accept services with self-provided materials." Elder Jin'e said.

"Then what should we do now?"

"What to do? It's all because, at the time, none of you gave Jerry any face. The Great Elder has said more than once to appoint Jerry as the Saint Son; he is just exercising his rights in advance now. You all wanted to follow the Rule, and even when Jerry said he was seeking help in a personal capacity, not one of you stood up. Now Jerry has gone directly to the Star Luo Empire, and the Teleportation Array is closed. What can I do? I can't even see the person!" Elder Jin'e complained.

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