Chapter 135 Progress 2

Li Mochen's emotions were exceptionally complex upon learning that the former residence had been successfully sold. On one hand, he had inherited 1.66 million gold shields, which could serve as a stimulant to further expand his comprehensive store plan—a cause for joy. On the other hand, this villa carried the feelings of the original Li Mochen, containing all the memories of the original owner before the age of fifteen. Thus, upon hearing this news, he felt deeply sorrowful.

If possible, Li Mochen did not want to sell the original owner's former residence; he would even buy it himself, as this might help him merge with the remnant soul of the original Li Mochen.

But Li Mochen also clearly knew that Jennifer could not possibly keep this villa, and even if he had enough money, it would be difficult to buy half ownership of the villa from that cheap sister.

All he could do now was to earn gold shields as quickly as possible and find a way to buy back the villa someday in the future.

So Li Mochen quickly adjusted his emotions. After withdrawing that 1.66 million gold shields, he promptly injected almost all his savings, totaling 2.72 million gold shields, into the account of Rising Sun Company at the bank, keeping only 200,000 gold shields as reserve funds.

At this time, the total capital of Rising Sun Company had reached over 12 million gold shields.

Among this, the company's original账面 funds plus recovered debts were about 1.7 million gold shields; the income from the packaged sale of the Archibald Apartment project was 8.6 million gold shields—since the contract stipulated that the real estate transaction tax for this project was paid by the buyer, this money was fully retained on the books; then there were the company's own assets, including several warehouses, an office floor, etc., which Cardillon had mortgaged to the bank, totaling a loan of 2.4 million gold shields—all these together amounted to over 15 million.

However, during this period, the company's operating expenses, the five-day cruise trip for all employees' families, recruitment advertisements, rents for several store locations, and advance payments for renovations had already cost nearly 2.7 million.

And the ambitious Cardillon, upon obtaining this capital, immediately increased the originally planned nine stores to eleven, preparing to cover the entire Upper City and East City.

The capital pressure on Rising Sun Company was unexpectedly smaller than they had previously anticipated, mainly due to several home appliance manufacturers from Japan and Korea.

These enterprises, perhaps eager to seize the market, were willing to accept a 30% advance payment method.

Li Mochen, however, was surprised by the smooth implementation of the comprehensive store plan. It wasn't that he was overly suspicious, but the entire process was astonishingly smooth.

The loan Cardillon needed was suddenly approved, with no difficulties from the bank; the lease negotiations for several store locations encountered no significant obstacles, and the negotiation team led by Li Mei easily obtained five-year contracts from several landlords, with rents very reasonable, not exceeding Atlanta's current average.

Then there was their former residence, which had no news at all, but suddenly sold successfully that day, and at a high price of 5.86 million gold shields. It was even paid in cash, allowing him to get the money that very day.

Li Mochen suspected that his cheap sister might be planning to give in order to take.

She might have predicted that their ambitious plans would inevitably fail, and might even personally intervene at some stage to completely bankrupt their comprehensive store plan.

But although Li Mochen had suspicions, he didn't care. He thought that no matter what Jennifer thought, it didn't matter.

He only needed three months; after three months, Atlanta would have a place for him no matter what. If someone was unwilling to give it, he would not hesitate to go to war with the entire city.

Even against Jennifer, who had the backing of the Wiltonshire family, Li Mochen was confident he could compete.

Also on Wednesday evening, Li Mochen received a notification from Nathan Sports Laboratory. His exclusive battle armor 'Gushan' and exclusive combat sword 'Leixiao' had been completed. The former was based on Nathan Sports Group's 7S-class battle armor 'Rising Sun Bright Light', while the latter was modified from the 7S-class sword 'Holy Thunder Judgment', maximizing the capabilities of the armor and longsword within the rules of personal combat.

It is worth mentioning that both the sword and armor were named by Li Mochen himself, as a tribute to his two previous随身 spiritual artifacts.

After receiving the call, Li Mochen drove his Norfolk Lotus 350 directly out, with Brent Goodman and Qi Tai following closely in their off-road vehicle.

Their luck was poor; they encountered a serious traffic accident near the city museum and were stuck on the road for twenty minutes, unable to move.

At this time, even Qi Tai, a level 9 magical energy hunter who was within ten meters, did not know that the real Li Mochen had temporarily left the sports car under the cover of illusion magic, quietly departing through a sewer beside the street. Near the overturned three trucks at the intersection, Lawrence Collinson and his two subordinates each pulled up their coat collars and left the scene without hesitation.

Fifteen minutes later, Li Mochen returned to the driver's seat of the Norfolk Lotus 350 carrying the imitation Dragon Might, and withdrew Xuan Huo, who had been driving in his place, back into the 'Dragon Witch Bracelet'.

Angela had not deceived him; the security of this museum's Warehouse 4 was virtually nonexistent. Li Mochen had no difficulty throughout, easily finding what he wanted in Storage Room 7, Cabinet 394.

Only when replacing it with a counterfeit did a small problem arise: the two guns differed in weight by fifty grams, nearly triggering the alarm. Fortunately, Li Mochen noticed quickly and stuffed something into the gun barrel in time, allowing him to withdraw from Warehouse 4 without alerting anyone.

Then there was the unpleasant smell on his body; Li Mochen had to use immortal arts to thoroughly clean himself from head to toe until there was no odor left.

After this, Li Mochen began to appreciate the gun in his hand. This was an imitation of Dragon Might, but it had its own name, with the cursive text 'Dragon Might·Saxon' at the end of the grip.

In the British language, 'Saxon' means 'sword-bearer who conquers others'. Three thousand years ago, the Saxons from Germania, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, almost conquered all of Britain.

This was a magical energy firearm of up to level twelve, crafted with extremely fine workmanship. The magical patterns engraved on the gun body were not just accurate; they were nearly artistic, each set of carvings exquisitely beautiful.

The materials used for the gun body were also high-grade; Li Mochen identified 'Dragon Pattern Wood', 'Dragon Blood Copper', and 'Eternal Flame Stone' among them. The latter cost as much as 3,000 gold shields per gram.

It was evident that the gunsmith who made this gun was quite confident in his craftsmanship, and ultimately, the gun lived up to his exquisite skill.

Unfortunately, since World War I, this gun had only been an exhibit in the museum, unfired for a hundred years. Fortunately, the staff at the city museum had been diligent in maintenance, and the gun itself was in good condition.

Li Mochen thought that as the dignified 'Divine Firmament Ultimate Void Purple Immortal King', crawling through a sewer was indeed beneath his style and grace. But this gain was truly worth the effort and genuinely delighted him.

Although the parts of Dragon Might were all illicit and Li Mochen's chances of using them were minimal, as long as he had this gun, along with the 'Divine Firmament Spiritual Fortune Purple Gold Tower' that had accumulated enough merit, he could find a way to blow off the heads of even legendary experts.