Chapter 110: Designing the Engraving, the Secret of the Neutral Tavern

"This contract will be kept by the Neutral Tavern on my end, and the information will be simultaneously synchronized to the Neutral Tavern and the Saiyang Organization headquarters."

Fan Er spoke again.

"The transaction will be supervised by the Neutral Tavern throughout the entire process; I presume Miss Luosha has already informed you of the Neutral Tavern's rules."

Lu Chen nodded slightly, glanced at Luosha, and walked straight out.

After closing the meeting room door, an attendant walked over.

"Sir, are you choosing to use the Neutral Tavern's exchange service for the first time?"

"10 Silver Coins, please."

Lu Chen nodded slightly and responded in a low voice.

"Please follow me. For your first Silver Coin exchange, you need to design an exclusive mark for your coins; it will become your unique mark within the Neutral Tavern."

The attendant bowed slightly, reached out, led Lu Chen to the elevator, and arrived at the entrance of a workshop on the bottom floor.

Lu Chen felt a wave of heat, nodded slightly at the attendant, and pushed the door open to enter.

The lighting was much brighter than in the meeting room just now.

"Newcomer, you can choose your engraving. How much are you exchanging this time?"

A bearded man sat behind the counter, watching Lu Chen walk in, a flash of surprise in his eyes.

Lu Chen nodded slightly, took out his checkbook from his breast pocket, wrote down ten million, and placed it in front of the bearded man.

He spoke softly.

"10 coins. Follow this for the engraving."

Lu Chen drew a simple Mobius Ring, only it was relatively simple and had two small tails added.

The bearded man nodded slightly, put the check into a drawer, took out a seal, looked at the engraving Lu Chen had designed, and then glanced at Lu Chen.

He began to carve the mark Lu Chen had drawn onto the side of the seal.

After finishing the last stroke, he pushed the seal and Lu Chen's design draft toward Lu Chen.

"Take a look. If there are no issues, I will officially engrave it. From now on, this seal will be yours exclusively and will be synchronized to all taverns."

Lu Chen picked up the seal; it was exactly the same as what he had drawn!

He looked at the bearded man with some surprise, then nodded slightly and pushed the seal back to the bearded man.

The bearded man took a huge machine out from behind the counter.

Then he began to calibrate it.

After a good while, Lu Chen realized that this thing was a microscope!

After finishing the last stroke, the bearded man spoke softly.

"This Mother Seal will be stored at headquarters. All branches will only have rubbings to verify the authenticity of every Silver Coin. After this exchange, future exchanges will need to be sent from headquarters to any tavern; depending on the distance, there will be a time lag of 7 to 60 days."

The bearded man paused, then continued speaking.

"You can choose a codename. This codename will help you quickly verify the Silver Coins without having to search endlessly."

"semsn2."

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes and casually said a string of letters.

He also wrote it down in cursive script, which counted as adding an anti-counterfeiting mark for himself.

The bearded man frowned but said nothing, instead carving it onto the other side of the seal according to the style Lu Chen had written.

And on the other end, he engraved it onto the circular head.

After finishing all the engraving, the bearded man took out 10 minted Silver Coins.

There were only patterns on them, no text at all.

The circular head of the seal was exactly the same size as the Silver Coins.

The bearded man tapped twice lightly with a hammer.

The special texture of a Silver Coin had already appeared.

After repeating this 10 times, the bearded man carefully checked them and then handed them to Lu Chen.

"Thank you for choosing the Neutral Tavern. You can live here and exchange for various services; as long as it is your need, we will do our utmost to satisfy it."

The bearded man took out a Canvas Bag, handed it to Lu Chen, and bowed slightly.

Lu Chen nodded slightly, left the workshop, and returned, tossing the Silver Coins into his portable space.

Returning to the somewhat dim lobby, Luosha was already there, sitting on a sofa and smoking silently.

Seeing Lu Chen, she stood up, said nothing, and walked straight out of the tavern.

After returning to the car, Luosha spoke softly.

"Exchanged 10, right? Losing one costs 9 million pounds."

Lu Chen nodded slightly and spoke softly.

"The matter is finally resolved. The Neutral Tavern and the Saiyang Organization—interesting. One provides resources, the other gives money; they play quite a fancy game."

"That is the privilege of the strong. The Neutral Tavern plays by absolute neutrality and various services. It's like a Silver Coin: you can live inside for years, but as long as you don't return to the Neutral Tavern within 72 hours, the service of that Silver Coin will end."

A smile appeared on Luosha's face.

"One Silver Coin can purchase about 5 million in services."

"So that's how it is."

Lu Chen nodded slightly and spoke softly.

"Then what is the situation with Old Zhao? Have the gangs been pacified?"

"Old Wang is handling it; it will take some time. However, I heard that Old Shi gave you the land deed for the Tianran Gang?"

Luosha's tone also became relaxed, and a hint of laziness unconsciously crept into her voice.

"Yes, the construction blueprint for the Tianran Gang can be put on the agenda. When construction starts, you, Professor Li, and Wei Er should all come to attend the ribbon-cutting."

A trace of a smile also appeared on Lu Chen's face.

"This mess in Nitan is finally about to be straightened out."

"You're so capable, but what about Elder Shi? And all the landlords, they also need an explanation. For such a big matter, I have to contact the Governor. We've finally sent Saiyang away; you and the Governor can meet then."

Luosha stretched, let out a yawn, and only then continued to speak.

"Liu Xiaofeng's suspicions have been cleared, so let's put him back on your side. However, tell him to keep a low profile; things haven't been stable lately."

"Got it, got it, Miss, it's not like I don't know them, I was just relaxing for a moment."

A bitter smile immediately appeared on Lu Chen's face.

There were simply too many stakeholders involved in Nitan.

Lu Chen naturally wouldn't forget them; he had only missed one, and Luosha had pointed it out.

Simply...

After sending Luosha back to the Zhuangyuan, Lu Chen then returned to the Zhuangyuan.

He immediately returned to his normal state from his previous relaxed state.

"Xiaofeng, you rest first. Once you've recovered, then go out. During this time, Miss Luosha has also reminded you, so I won't say anything more."

Lu Chen patted Liu Xiaofeng, who was sitting in a wheelchair, a trace of reluctance in his eyes, but he still spoke in a cold voice.

"Notify Manager Zhao and the others to have a meeting in the conference room."

Lu Chen glanced at Chen Mo, and after handing Liu Xiaofeng over to a servant, he went straight back to the study.

He took out a small notebook and started writing and drawing.

After a good while, Chen Mo finally knocked on the study door.

"Boss, everyone at the Zhuangyuan has arrived at the conference room."

Lu Chen then closed the notebook.