Chapter 41: Winning big!

After signing, Chen Qingjing hesitated and said, "Are you free after work? I'd like to treat you to a meal……"

Seeing Chen Qingjing's somewhat embarrassed expression, Chen Shoushan wasn't particularly surprised; in his previous life, his rapid rise had something to do with his face, of course not by selling his ass, and he wasn't yet obsessed with power to that extent.

"No need for a meal; Miss Chen, if you have any questions, just bring them up now."

Chen Shoushan looked at Chen Qingjing, smiling as he spoke.

"Are you a Ghost Master? Was it you who influenced me with your ability last time?"

Chen Qingjing asked directly.

Hmm!

Chen Shoushan nodded, giving Chen Qingjing before him a strange look; although paranormal events are frequent worldwide now, it's not something a small clothing store owner could know.

Meeting Chen Shoushan's gaze, Chen Qingjing furrowed her brows and asked, "Why?"

"That pile of trash is filthy; I don't want to touch it."

Chen Shoushan said lightly.

"Sincerity is an eternal killing move"; after hearing Chen Shoushan's words, Chen Qingjing's expression went blank.

Good! Very good!

Chen Qingjing's face remained expressionless, but inside she was raging madly.

"Nothing else, I'm leaving first."

Chen Qingjing stood up to say goodbye.

"Please go ahead!"

Chen Shoushan nodded,

When she reached a deserted corner outside the Public Security Bureau, Chen Qingjing angrily punched the air in a flurry of blows before finally getting into her car and leaving.

At that moment, Chen Shoushan in the Public Security Bureau had no idea of Chen Qingjing's actions; instead, he sat in his office listening to Zhu Sihai's report.

"Chief Chen, it's my inadequacy……"

Zhu Sihai said cautiously.

"You mean that out of the dozens of billionaires in Dahe City, including Chen Ruhai, only five have joined my Foundation?"

Chen Shoushan asked, his smile unchanged.

Not knowing why, the more Chen Shoushan acted this way, the more Zhu Sihai feared, feeling that at any moment Chen Shoushan might suddenly lash out and twist his pig's head off.

"Yes, yes, I'm incompetent!"

Zhu Sihai lowered his head, not daring to look at Chen Shoushan.

Given Chen Ruhai's situation, Zhu Sihai managing to recruit four people could be considered doing his utmost, even if not a desperate effort.

"It's not your concern; go tell the warriors to get ready—there might be a paranormal incident tonight, and when it happens, pay attention to my orders."

Chen Shoushan glanced at Zhu Sihai with a light chuckle.

"Yes!"

Zhu Sihai hastily saluted and left, feeling relieved.

After leaving the office door, Zhu Sihai finally relaxed, his heart skipping a beat as he recalled Chen Shoushan's earlier words—"……could this cost lives?" But then he thought, whatever, the person in charge can mobilize police; I'm just following orders.

Back in the office, Chen Shoushan dialed Chen Ruhai's number.

"Officer Chen? I was just about to call you; I've already finished the Foundation's paperwork here, and by the way, I've donated one of my buildings free of charge to our Foundation—makes future office work easier, right!"

As soon as the call connected, Chen Ruhai blurted out the news to Chen Shoushan; he also knew Zhu Sihai's situation, and to make sure Chen Shoushan wouldn't vent his anger on him, Chen Ruhai produced another building.

Chen Ruhai's motive was simple: to tell Chen Shoushan that he'd taken care of things, even adding a building voluntarily—no merit, but hard work, right? Do you really want to keep bothering him over this?

"Boss Chen truly lives up to being my friend; I just wonder if Boss Chen could help me with a small favor?"

Chen Shoushan said lightly.

Chen Ruhai's heart tightened, but he forced himself to say, "Tell me, I'll help if I can."

"Hehe, I want to hold a meeting with all the billionaires in Dahe City to clarify a few things; let's set the venue at the Foundation's building, and the time tonight at eight o'clock—please, Boss Chen, help spread the word."

Chen Shoushan's words let Chen Ruhai relax a bit; just passing along a meeting notice, given his stature others likely wouldn't refuse, so he didn't object to Chen Shoushan.

After hanging up, Chen Ruhai thought, "It must be that Chen Shoushan knows hard tactics won't work; tonight he'll probably promise benefits—right! Who'd agree to spend money on something pointless?"

If Chen Shoushan said to spend money building a few more shelters, surely no one would object—money spent should bring returns, right!

He then turned and began contacting the other tycoons.

"Hey, Lao Jiang, that kid might be about to yield……"

…………

At the same time Chen Ruhai was making contacts, Dahe City's Public Security Bureau was covertly moving; although they didn't know what to do, a tense, pre‑battle atmosphere spread through the bureau.

Under that atmosphere, everyone bustled about, and in Chen Shoushan's office he sat in his chair turning the Golden Revolver in his hand.

"Isn't this getting too big?"

Ye Feng asked, somewhat helplessly.

He felt that Chen Shoushan sometimes didn't act like a Ghost Master at all, and at other times was even crazier than one.

"What's getting too big?"

Chen Shoushan pretended not to understand what Ye Feng was saying.

"I mean, after all they're prominent figures in Dahe City; if something happens to them, won't it cause turmoil in the city? Maybe even headquarters will have objections."

Ye Feng had to explain his point more carefully.

"With so many paranormal incidents worldwide, Dahe City doesn't mind one more; as the person in charge, I'll give headquarters an explanation."

Chen Shoushan said with a laugh.

"How to explain?"

"How else could I explain? Just give them a ghost."

"Where did you get that ghost?"

Ye Feng asked, his face full of doubt; during this time he had basically been following behind Chen Shoushan, where would he have seen any ghost?

Chen Shoushan just smiled and said nothing. Ghosts? He really didn't have any, but he casually gave headquarters a welded-shut box—could headquarters even open it for inspection? If they dared to open it, Chen Shoushan would dare say the ghost escaped the moment it was opened.

Of course, under normal circumstances Chen Shoushan wouldn't do that; besides, he still had a spiritual record seized from Paul's hands. Using the pretext of an investigation, he had them gather together for questioning, then simply tossed the record away, and the matter was settled.

If he wanted to be gentler, he could simply say there was a supernatural incident in their business, and incidentally seal off something a few centuries old—what could they do about it?

Before an Extraordinary Person who held great power as a lawyer, playing them to death was truly easy; Chen Shoushan merely thought that while dealing with them, he could make use of waste to digest some of his own magic potions.

Thus came this Public Security Bureau operation: contemptuous of Dahe City's rules, using his own power to change Dahe City's rules, making the rules serve him—this undoubtedly satisfied all the conditions for digesting 【his potions】.

In the end, the Foundation's affairs were also settled—money, magic potions, rituals, all obtained, killing three birds with one stone.

Chen Shoushan simply won; as for who lost, it doesn't matter, as long as it's not Chen Shoushan himself.

Under Chen Shoushan's eager gaze, time flew by, and night soon arrived.

Scores of public security officers sprang into action at Chen Shoushan's mere thought; they hadn't even moved yet, and Chen Shoushan felt that, aside from the barbarian magic potion, all his other magic potions were being rapidly digested within his body.

(End of chapter)