66: Decoration shops

As soon as Xiao Xing went online, he entered the sales hall once again.

At this time, the person at the front desk was no longer the previous NPC; because she had sold a large number of houses, she had already been transferred away.

In the eleven cities where he had purchased houses, the ones who received him were all young female NPCs.

However, aside from Tang Lili in Star Sea City, the others were just ordinary NPCs and provided no further proof, though they all told Xiao Xing he could seek them out whenever he needed help.

“Hello, Lord Viscount, is there anything I can help you with?”

Just as Xiao Xing walked in, the woman at the front desk asked politely.

Li Xue had just been transferred here, but seeing that almost all the good houses in the city were sold out, she was nearly moved to tears.

Even if those ordinary houses were sold, the commission wouldn't be much; if she hadn't worked so hard to become a civil servant, she would have run away already.

That was why she acted so politely upon seeing someone arrive; she hoped to sell more residential houses so her salary wouldn't be too low.

“Hello, I want to renovate my shop.”

Seeing how polite Li Xue was, Xiao Xing nodded and stated his purpose.

After a player purchases a shop, they still need to renovate it and then buy counters and a checkout System before they can open for business.

As long as the corresponding gold coins are paid here, the city will dispatch personnel to help with the renovation and layout.

The System provided a large number of renovation patterns, allowing one to choose whichever style they liked.

Xiao Xing planned to open a Chamber of Commerce, both for the gold coins and for the popularity; with his ability to obtain equipment, he wasn't afraid the Chamber of Commerce wouldn't be a hit.

“If My Lord needs to renovate a shop, you can make your selection here.”

After opening the map, Li Xue gestured for Xiao Xing to make his choice.

Xiao Xing did not hesitate, clicking directly on a 9-story building next to the plaza, and then began choosing the renovation style.

He planned to sell top-tier treasures on the ninth floor, such as items that increased attributes or some Epic equipment.

The eighth floor would serve as the warehouse space for the Chamber of Commerce, and the seventh floor would be a warehouse for players to deposit and retrieve items.

The five floors below were for Alchemy, Forging, Cooking, Tailoring, and Alchemical refining, with each floor containing 100 corresponding Production rooms.

These Production rooms could be leased to players, who would then go inside to craft the corresponding items.

For example, if a player wanted to forge a piece of equipment, they would need to be in a Forging room using a hammer and furnace; the same applied to making potions, Cooking, or Alchemy, which required the appropriate tools.

Players usually went to the city's blacksmith shops to forge equipment, but the blacksmith shops didn't have nearly enough space because there were simply too many people.

Therefore, when those large guilds bought chambers of commerce, they would build these Production rooms for players to rent, thereby increasing their income.

If a player had a relatively large house, they could not only rest there but also set up their own Production rooms, so they wouldn't have to spend money on rent.

On the first floor, Xiao Xing set up a long row of counters equipped with over a hundred checkout Systems, leaving the rest of the space as a spacious hall.

Here, he would sell ordinary equipment and provide a place for players to sell their own equipment and treasures.

After Xiao Xing finished the entire layout, the System gave a price of 365 million gold coins.

The main expense was the Production rooms; the luxury renovation Xiao Xing chose only cost 10 million.

There were 500 Production rooms in total, costing 300 million gold coins, divided into three levels: Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced; the better the Production room a player used, the faster the crafting speed and the easier it was to produce high-quality items.

For instance, when Forging equipment, the better the Forging room, the easier it was for the equipment to gain extra attributes.

In addition, Xiao Xing spent another 50 million gold coins to set up five Super Production Rooms, which were the highest level the city could build.

He planned to use the Super Production Rooms himself, but if players were willing to spend the money, they could also rent them, as they cost 10,000 gold coins per hour.

This amount of gold wouldn't be much in the mid-to-Late Stages, but in the early stage, it was enough to make one's heart ache.

“That's it then. Here is the gold.”

Once finished, Xiao Xing didn't waste words and handed the gold directly to Li Xue.

However, when he looked at Li Xue, her eyes were wide and she stood frozen with a dazed expression; she was likely shocked by Xiao Xing's layout.

“Back to work.”

Xiao Xing used his old trick and patted her small face.

These people really... is it that shocking?

Xiao Xing was utterly speechless; perhaps it was because he had seen so much since his Rebirth that even if he were given a super divine artifact now, he would only be pleasantly surprised and would never show such a stunned expression.

“Ah, My Lord, are you sure you want to renovate it like this?”

After Li Xue snapped back to her senses, she hurriedly confirmed whether Xiao Xing had made a mistake.

This renovation was far too luxurious, costing many times more than the building itself; mainly, since Xiao Xing was spending 365 million gold coins, she could get a commission of over 3 million.

She had originally thought she would spend her life living on that small base salary, never expecting to land such a massive deal right after arriving.

“Stop talking nonsense. Here is another 650 million gold coins to hire two Level 100 Super Soldiers for 6 months and 100 female Super Salespeople for 6 months.”

Super Soldiers corresponded to Great Lord monsters and were the strongest NPCs one could hire from the city; with these two Level 100 soldiers, Xiao Xing wouldn't have to worry about the security of the Chamber of Commerce even if he wasn't there.

Don't think those people wouldn't dare to act; as long as there was enough profit, people might rob the Chamber of Commerce or hire someone to use skills to destroy it.

Even if those people were eventually locked up, if your Chamber of Commerce and items were already destroyed, the loss would be your own, so hiring experts to guard the place was necessary.

As for how good the Super Salespeople were, Xiao Xing didn't know either because the price was so high that no one had ever hired them.

“Understood, My Lord. You will need to wait 12 hours for the renovation to be completed.

As for the Super Salespeople, our city is short-staffed and we need to go to other cities to transfer them; however, once the Chamber of Commerce is renovated, the soldiers and salespeople will all be arranged, so please do not worry, My Lord.”

After receiving the gold coins, Li Xue explained the situation to Xiao Xing.

Those Super Salespeople were one-in-a-million existences who had reached the pinnacle in all aspects; Holy Light City simply didn't have that many.

However, Xiao Xing didn't need to rush; the Chamber of Commerce wasn't finished yet, so it was useless to arrange for them now.

Immediately after, Xiao Xing chose a Luxury manor closest to the Chamber of Commerce and began setting it up as well.

The System had handled other aspects of the manor; depending on their needs, players could hire servants for cleaning and soldiers for guarding, and if they needed to build Production rooms or place decorations, they would also need to spend the corresponding gold coins.

“Here is 1 billion gold coins. Set up the decorations and Production rooms according to my choices, and also hire two Super Soldiers for 6 months and 100 female Super Servants for 6 months.”

After making his choices, Xiao Xing threw another 1 billion gold coins to Li Xue and pointed to the manor on the map.

This manor was about 1,000 square meters; there were only 10 such Luxury manors in the entire city. Resting inside would restore stamina at 10 times the speed of meditation.