Junior Uncle is too cunning.

Three hundred years have passed, and "Fire Love" has become an established merchant guild in Donghai Town, no less than Wanli and Lingbao Pavilion. On the surface, it is only managed by a fat man named Qiao An, but it is said that the boss behind it is extremely mysterious and has enormous power.

The name "Huolian" was chosen by Li Shundao to express his gratitude to Liu Lian for her help. He took one character from each of their names, Huo Gong and Liu Lian, and used them as the name of the group company.

This is why Sanbao always says that Liulian has something to do with him. Of course, he doesn't deny that he has feelings for Liulian.

Besides getting closer to Liulian, what made him happiest was that he had finally unlocked the power of attracting wealth. Moreover, as "Fire Love" became more and more important in the market of Donghai Town, he also gained some insights into the power of bringing good fortune.

Of course, Li Shundao was not a stingy person and never mistreated his own people.

Not only does Liu Lian hold 30% of the shares in the "Fire Love" Group, but Qiao An also holds 10% of the shares, making the "Fire Love" Group a total of three owners.

With Li Shundao's guidance, Qiao An successfully advanced to the Celestial Immortal level; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to support such a large group as Huo Lian.

What left him speechless was that the higher Qiao An's cultivation level, the greater his weight became, steadily increasing at a rate of about one pound per year.

At this moment, Qiao An finally finished his report, took a big gulp of water, and concluded, "Overall, the group's revenue has increased by 30% compared to last year, and I can guarantee it will be even higher next year."

This is clearly a modern reporting model. At first, Qiao An wasn't quite used to it, but as his business grew, he found it increasingly useful, saving time and effort, and being concise and clear. He secretly glanced at Li Shundao, wondering where the adult got so many good ideas.

Li Shundao nodded in affirmation, rehearsed his words, and prepared to persuade... well, to convince Qiao An, paving the way for the upcoming God of Wealth mission.

“Well, Qiao An, we’ve been doing business together for years, haven’t we?” Li Shundao decided to start with the word “affection.”

"Two hundred and eighty-nine years and twenty-three days."

"You remember so clearly. Yes, almost three hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. Back then, you were just a thin boy."

Qiao An's nostalgic expression was abruptly interrupted by Li Shundao's two words about being thin. She gave him a resentful look, almost wanting to hit him, "Don't you know it's cruel to say someone is thin in front of a fat person?"

Li Shundao realized as soon as he said it that it was inappropriate. He should have prepared his lines in advance. It had been too long since he had used a sentimental version of inspirational quotes, and he was a bit rusty.

Cough~ cough cough

"As you know, although our group is developing well now, it only has some influence in Donghai Town. Moreover, I have received news that the Donghai Campaign is going to be stopped."

"What? Why did it stop?"

"The dragon race was a bit overwhelmed and made peace ahead of schedule."

"The dragons are too cowardly! They've only fought for three hundred years and they're already exhausted. What should we do? My lord, perhaps we should quickly stockpile some spirit flesh and think of another solution?"

Qiao An stood up anxiously. He knew that since Li Shundao had told him the news, it must be true, and that was what worried him the most.

Why is it that the "Fire Love" Group has become as influential as a long-established business association like Wanli in such a short period of time?

It's all because its catering industry has formed a monopoly in Donghai Town. What's the most profitable thing in the world? Of course, it's creating a monopoly!

The reason why the "Fire Love" Group's catering business was able to monopolize the entire East Sea Town was not only due to the cooking secrets contributed by Li Shundao, but also largely due to the cheap spiritual meat provided by the East Sea Battle.

Now that the war in the East China Sea has ended, the price of spirit meat will definitely rise. As the source of food, the rise in the price of spirit meat will definitely affect the price of vegetables, labor costs, and so on. The entire catering industry will be affected.

As the main body of "Fire Love", the catering industry will definitely be affected. Because the industry plan was made in advance, it will not collapse or become unprofitable, but it will lose its original influence.

"Okay, it's not that serious, sit down and talk," I really couldn't stand Joan's fleshy attacks, they were too hot to handle.

Looking at Li Shundao, who remained as steady as a mountain, Qiao An felt much less anxious and sat back down, waiting for his brilliant move.

Li Shundao took another sip, waved to Qiao An, activated the defensive array in the shop, then activated a spirit-defense array before slowly sitting down and quietly speaking to Qiao An.

"Do you know why 'Fire Love' has been able to grow stronger over the years without encountering any major problems?"

Qiao An was also taken aback. Speaking of this, as the executor of "Fire Love," he was genuinely curious, as there were some truly unbelievable aspects to the process.

When he first opened his first spirit meat shop, it wasn't so magical. It just did one or two times more business than other spirit meat shops every day. At first, he thought it was because of him and that he had many regular customers.

Just when they were preparing to open a hotel, a restaurant in a prime location happened to be for sale, and they were able to take it over smoothly. Of course, this could also be attributed to good luck.

He continued his acquisition spree, and similar incidents occurred more and more frequently, with all sorts of bizarre reasons: either he had just gone bankrupt, or he had a family emergency, or he urgently needed money... Later, he became suspicious and sent someone to investigate, and it turned out that the incidents were indeed true.

The most outrageous thing is that Donghai Town is huge. If "Huolian" wants to rise to prominence, it will definitely attract the attention of its competitors. However, "Huolian" has hardly encountered any competitors. Even when it does encounter competitors bidding for a piece of land or a restaurant, the competitors will definitely withdraw within two days, and may even sell their own properties to "Huolian" at a low price.

Qiao An was fat, but he wasn't stupid. He could only secretly guess that Li Shundao had made the move behind the scenes. After all, in his eyes, Li Shundao was incredibly powerful and capable of anything.

Of course, being a smart man, he kept these questions to himself and never dared to ask them.

Now that Li Shundao was going to tell him, he was secretly pleased, because this meant that he was finally qualified to know some important inside information about the "Fire Love" Group, which was an increase in trust in him.

Qiao An's excitement left Li Shundao somewhat bewildered. Of course, he didn't know that Qiao An was happy because of his approval. He could only guess that she was holding back her excitement because of the bizarre events that the God of Wealth had orchestrated over the years.

"What I'm telling you today, you absolutely must not tell anyone, otherwise even I can't save you, understand?"

Qiao An's body trembled. He hadn't expected the next secret to be so advanced. He nodded excitedly and even swore an oath to the heavens.

Li Shundao nodded in satisfaction, glancing at him with pity. It seemed that he had indeed been tormented quite a bit by the God of Wealth's methods. He had a vague understanding of how divine power came about, and he seemed to have grasped the essence of the gods.

"Actually, I am not the owner of the 'Fire Love' Group. The owner of the group is someone else."

Qiao An stood up abruptly, her face changing drastically, staring intently at Li Shundao, "This, how is this possible?"

"Alright, alright, sit down and talk. Saying it's not entirely true isn't entirely accurate either."

Qiao An was completely bewildered by Li Shundao.

Seeing Qiao An's appearance, Li Shundao gave himself a mental pat on the back. The first stage of the "God of Wealth" mission—bluffing—was perfectly completed.

Next, Li Shundao told Qiao An about his miraculous encounter with the God of Wealth of the East Road, how he found him, and finally, under the God of Wealth's protection, the "Fire Love" Group flourished and became the large company it is today.

Li Shundao took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, looked up at Qiao An who was already somewhat skeptical, and slowly said, "That's why I say I can be considered a boss, but I can also say I'm not, because everything I have was given to me by the God of Wealth, so everything I have belongs to the God of Wealth."

At this point, I silently reminded myself that I should show some enthusiasm on my face.

The performance finally stopped, and Li Shundao breathed a sigh of relief. He had finished performing the first stage of the script he had prepared, and now it was up to Qiao An to react.