I had planned it long ago. My current restaurant focuses on high-end dining and banquets, while your restaurant, selling common dishes and various snacks, will be under my management. Jiang Ye said, I'll help you pay off the loan, and you'll get twenty percent of the profits from now on.
Isabelle's forehead veins throbbed. I only get twenty percent?
You've already lost the battle, how much more do you want? Jiang Ye's smile became even more infuriating. Or do you think I'm giving you too much and want to ask for less?
Isabelle glared at him for a long time, her gaze suddenly softening. She covered her head with her hand. Fine, just help me pay off the loan.
Jiang Ye smiled and picked up his chopsticks to eat.
How much did this restaurant cost to build? Isabelle asked. Now that the dust had settled, she could ask whatever she wanted.
The main building, plus renovation and machinery, cost a little over two hundred million.
What the hell? Isabelle was stunned. My restaurant's building alone cost two hundred million, and with equipment, renovation, and staff, it's close to two hundred and fifty million. It's much more expensive than yours, so why is yours of such high quality?
Connections, Jiang Ye said casually. I'm an old customer of White Ant Real Estate. They built this building for me at almost cost price. For the same restaurant, if you were to build it, it would cost three hundred million, but I got it for one hundred and fifty million.
There's such a thing? Isabelle's eyes widened completely. How is that possible?
Of course, it's possible. I'm the one who facilitated the construction of houses in town, and White Ant Real Estate can only enter with my permission. Jiang Ye slowly picked up food and ate. I'm equivalent to White Ant Real Estate's umbrella on this planet. If other real estate companies want to come, I directly refuse them. So Xu Yan doesn't make money from me, but relies on me to make money from everyone else.
Isabelle gritted her teeth. She suddenly realized that she and Jiang Ye were not on the same level at all.
She hadn't lost unfairly.
Putting down her chopsticks, Isabelle suddenly stood up.
I'm not eating anymore. You eat by yourself. I'm going back to sulk. She turned and left.
Jiang Ye shrugged, like nothing was wrong, and continued eating. It was as if the entire table of food was meant for him.
After eating and drinking their fill, they left the restaurant.
Jiang Ye ambled back to the base vehicle.
As soon as he entered, he heard a message notification sound.
He sat down in front of the base panel and opened the chat channel.
A pinned message was prominently marked in red:
[War End Announcement]
[Satellite monitoring shows that the water ghosts from all regions have returned to the sea]
That was it, with no further details.
However, the fewer the words, the bigger the matter. For everyone who had been desperately hiding from the water ghosts, this sentence was enough.
As expected, the public channel erupted in cheers:
It's finally over! If it didn't end soon, we would have lost our lives!
There are only forty-five thousand people left in the world. The losses are heavy.
It's better to have peaceful days than anything else. I'm almost broke. I'll go out and farm tomorrow.
Alas, my friend died the day before yesterday. If only she could have hidden for two more days.
Jiang Ye also breathed a long sigh of relief. It was then that he realized he hadn't heard any gunshots for the past two days.
Although the town's defenses were as solid as iron, there was always a sense of unease with the daily attacks from the water ghosts. It was good that it was over, and they could develop further.
Jiang Ye closed the public chat channel and entered a small group.
[Quick Response Force Squad Leader Online Meeting Group]
The group owner was Jiang Ye. Besides him, there were 14 group members. Each group member was a squad leader responsible for the defense of an entire town and was among the earliest officers of the Quick Response Force.
Jiang Ye: @All members, we will have a meeting in the group tonight at eleven o'clock. Please inform each other.
Town 1 Captain: Received!
Town 4 Captain: Received!
A large number of "Received" messages followed. All the squad leaders had received the notification.
It was already ten fifty. With ten minutes left, Jiang Ye was not idle. He typed and edited a long message.
[Planetary Development Plan]
[Although the coastal towns are cozy, they cannot sustain us forever. Outward, there is a vaster world. After careful research, it has been decided that the Quick Response Force will officially launch the Planetary Development Plan.]
[The Planetary Development Plan is to comprehensively understand the planet we are on and focus on developing valuable regions.]
[The development plan is divided into four stages:]
Jiang Ye paused here, scratched his head, took a sip of water, and made a slight revision:
[The development plan is temporarily divided into three stages:]
[Stage 1: Understand the main biological species, terrain, landforms, and distribution of population forces on this planet.]
[Stage 2: Develop various resources on this planet and establish infrastructure, military bases, and settlements in different regions.]
[Stage 3: Build large-scale cities and a fast transportation network, integrate with the development of the entire galaxy, and become a prosperous and strong planet.]
Jiang Ye nodded with satisfaction. He thought he had compiled it quite well, and it sounded plausible.
This was the first time he was preparing to be a planetary governor, and he felt he had done a good job.
With the content edited, he listed the names of all the Quick Response Force squad leaders, copied and pasted them. Jiang Ye stared at the time, waiting quietly.
Ten fifty-eight.
Ten fifty-nine.
Eleven o'clock sharp!
Jiang Ye sent a message in the group: Is everyone here? Starting with Captain 1, report in!
Town 1 Captain: Captain 1 is here!
Town 2 Captain: Captain 2 is here!
The rest followed suit quickly. All 14 squad leaders had arrived.
Jiang Ye was very satisfied and pasted the compiled development plan into the group.
After a few minutes, assuming everyone had finished reading, Jiang Ye spoke again:
Previously, we assigned each team to send personnel to learn about the spider mechs in rotation. How is the progress?
Captain 1 was the first to report, "Reporting, the first squad has a total of 60 soldiers, and 30 of them have mastered the operation of the spider mechs."
Captain 2 followed closely, "Reporting, Commander, 28 people in the second squad have mastered the operation of the spider mechs."
The other teams reported one after another. They were all similar, with about half of the personnel having learned to operate them.
Jiang Ye was quite satisfied with the speed and efficiency.
Jiang Ye: Give yourselves another week. Ensure all soldiers complete their training and can operate the spiders proficiently. One week later, the first stage of the development plan will officially begin.
Jiang Ye: Next, I will tell you what to do in the first stage. As captains, you must memorize it thoroughly and convey it to your subordinates. If any squad fails to convey the information properly, I will remove the captain from their post.
All the captains replied with "Yes."
Jiang Ye pondered for a moment and began to type his instructions:
In one week, all squads will be mechanized, meaning all team members will be driving spider mechs.
Afterward, each squad will leave the town and explore the entire landmass where we are currently located.
For every ten kilometers traveled, you must record your location and transmit the information back. Report what creatures you encounter, what resources you find, such as water or minerals, and any valuable information.
If you encounter a suitable location, you can stop and establish a military base. The construction of the base will be handled by me, and I will contact the construction team.