Chapter 42: Ambushed?
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Chapter 42: Was He Being Ambushed?
“Mom, everything I said is true.” Lu Feng immediately began explaining. “I went into the tea business with my cousin and the others. We got hold of a special tea recipe, and this tea business is very profitable.”
He had directly used his cousin, Yang Ming, as a shield.
Otherwise, even if he claimed to be doing business, he would still need capital. Given his family’s former circumstances, they could not even have come up with the initial funds.
Lin Shuang still found it hard to believe and asked worriedly, “Xiaofeng, you… you’re telling the truth? Is tea really that profitable?”
It was no wonder she was concerned. Many towns throughout You City cultivated tea on a large scale, and plenty of people were in the tea trade. Yet she had never heard of anyone buying a car and a house so quickly.
“Mom, didn’t I tell you? We have a special tea recipe, and it’s extremely popular!” Lu Feng explained again. “I’ll show you the tea house’s sales records.”
The tea house’s revenue was linked to his bank account, so he opened the backend records on his phone and handed it over.
Lin Shuang took the phone instinctively and saw that the account was indeed registered under her son’s name.
But when she saw the incoming payments listed below, her face filled with disbelief.
“…Your Clear Breeze Tea House account… income received: 37,500 yuan!”
“…Your Clear Breeze Tea House account… income received: 187,500 yuan!”
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“…Your Clear Breeze Tea House account… income received: 75,000 yuan!”
Lin Shuang saw that most of the incoming payments were five-figure sums, with some even reaching six figures.
She could hardly believe that anyone would spend so much money on tea in a single purchase. The tea her family drank cost only a few dozen yuan per pound.
In such a short time, the recorded income had already nearly reached two million yuan.
Besides, she had heard people say that tea was an extraordinarily lucrative business.
Even if her son was working with his cousin, the profits should still be enough for him to make the down payment on a car and a house.
Just as Lin Shuang was marveling at the figures, another payment appeared in the backend.
“…Your Clear Breeze Tea House account… income received: 22,500 yuan!”
The tea house had just sold another three boxes of Clear Breeze Tea.
Lin Shuang asked blankly, “Xiaofeng, are people really willing to spend that much money on tea?”
“Mom, people in the south all love drinking tea,” Lu Feng immediately replied. “Besides, our tea costs 7,500 yuan a box, and it’s specifically sold to wealthy businessmen.”
“These people aren’t short of that little bit of money. Some businessmen can’t even buy tea that costs over 200,000 yuan per pound. If I bring out this kind of tea, they’ll definitely pay on the spot!”
Naturally, he was referring to Hu Quan. If he really brought out a Level Two Clear Breeze Tea, Hu Quan would certainly pay immediately.
Lin Shuang could not help clicking her tongue in amazement.
She truly found it difficult to imagine anyone spending so much money just to drink tea.
“Mom, once you’re discharged, I’ll take you to the tea house to see how things are going,” Lu Feng said.
“All right!” Lin Shuang immediately began looking forward to it.
She had been ill for some time and had constantly worried about her son’s future. She had never expected that he had already established a business of his own.
If she had not still been in the hospital, she would have wanted to visit his tea house right then.
After reassuring his mother and chatting with her for a while, Lu Feng left her in the care of the nurse and departed from the hospital.
As soon as he got into the car, he received a call from Da Fei.
“Young Master Feng, we found a site for the tea factory. Do you want to come take a look?”
“Sure. Send me the location.” Since he had nothing else to do, Lu Feng agreed.
After receiving the location, he started the car and drove over. The site was in the Red Earth Industrial Zone. The area was not very large; after all, they were just starting out and were only purchasing one tea production line.
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As for expanding and strengthening the business in the future, they would still have time to find another location.
By the time Lu Feng arrived, Da Fei was already waiting for him.
“Young Master Feng.” As soon as Lu Feng got out of the car, Da Fei came forward to greet him and led him inside while speaking. “This is a ready-made factory building. It used to be a biscuit factory, but it went bankrupt. The building was transferred to us at a low price, so we only need to add a drying yard and a sun-drying workshop. That’ll save us quite a bit of work.”
“As for the investment from the rest of us, Brother Ming and I have each put in 300,000 yuan. Brother A-Lin and A-Pao also managed to raise 150,000 yuan each. The money has already been deposited into the tea factory’s account.”
Da Fei delivered the entire report in one breath.
“Good.” Lu Feng nodded.
He had always intended to let his cousins become shareholders in the tea factory. When his mother fell ill, these men had managed to gather 200,000 yuan for him. He remembered that kindness.
In this society, even borrowing 1,000 yuan was difficult, let alone having someone voluntarily take out such a large sum to help you.
But kindness was not repaid with words. It was repaid through concrete action.
With the Clear Breeze Tea recipe provided by the game, the tea factory would certainly make money once it was up and running.
His cousins had invested a combined total of 900,000 yuan, and he planned to give them a 20 percent share.
Under normal business conditions, they would never have received such a large stake. If he were dealing with outsiders, he would also have to calculate the value of the recipe and production technology.
But his intention was to help his cousins get onto the right path. They could not muddle through life forever, could they? Besides, he intended to be a hands-off owner himself, so there was no need to haggle over it.
Moreover, this time he was investing 4.8 million yuan. After deducting expenses such as the factory building and production line, that money would be enough to produce 2,000 boxes of Clear Breeze Tea, generating a profit of 10 million yuan.
Twenty percent of that would amount to 2 million yuan.
With this single batch, his cousins would be able to recoup their investment and still make a handsome profit.
Naturally, he would earn even more.
If the tea factory expanded in the future, it could make even greater profits.
“Have you ordered the production line?” Lu Feng asked.
Da Fei nodded. “It’s already been ordered. We paid a deposit of 100,000 yuan, and the production line should arrive within the next couple of days.”
Upon entering the factory, Lu Feng saw two men cleaning the place.
They were none other than Da Fei’s two younger associates, Lin Qian and Chen Hai.
When the two saw Lu Feng, they hurried over and greeted him respectfully.
Da Fei continued, “Young Master Feng, once the tea factory begins operating, we’ll need to promote the tea. I’m thinking of having Lin Qian and Chen Hai lead some people to visit tea shops in the surrounding cities. We’ll pay them a salary plus commission.”
“Good.” Lu Feng naturally had no objections. If Lin Qian and Chen Hai could do well at this, it would be far better than their drifting around in society.
After leaving the tea factory, Lu Feng went to the Clear Breeze Tea House.
When he entered, several tables in the main hall were occupied by people brewing tea. Every one of them had tattoos, clearly members of his cousin’s circle.
The moment these people saw Lu Feng enter, they respectfully greeted him. It was obvious that even within their circle, everyone knew about Lu Feng’s current status.
Lu Feng nodded in response.
When he reached the office and found that there was nothing to do, he locked the door and turned his attention to the world of After the Apocalypse.
None of the four women—Lin Jiao and the others—were in the Clear Breeze Tea Shop. Clearly, they had gone to investigate the gold shops for him again.
With a single thought, he entered the game. Another thought brought the steel saber into his hand.
He was bored, so he decided to go have some fun cutting down zombies.
After all, killing zombies granted experience. Once he accumulated enough experience, he could level up, increasing his stamina, strength, and agility.
Becoming stronger could only benefit him, right?
At the very least, he could fully appreciate the benefits of increased stamina whenever he was with Yang Qingxue.
After leaving the Clear Breeze Tea Shop, he had not even gone down two floors before encountering several zombies.
With one and a half times an ordinary person’s strength and agility, he could deal with them effortlessly.
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[Congratulations! You have killed a zombie and gained 5 experience points!]
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[Congratulations! You have killed a zombie and gained 5 experience points!]
In the blink of an eye, he had cut down several zombies, gaining another 35 experience points. His experience had reached Level 4: 345/800.
Lu Feng descended to the eighth floor, arriving at the place where he had previously dealt with his first mutant beast.
There were somewhat more zombies in this area. Before long, he cut down thirteen more in succession and gained 65 experience points.
Level 4: 410/800.
At that moment, everything felt like a real game.
And this was, in fact, a real game world.
But when he descended to the sixth floor to investigate, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.
There was not a single zombie anywhere on the entire floor.
He remembered that when he had taken the gold, there had still been plenty of zombies on this floor.
He even noticed that the several floors below were frighteningly silent. Not a single zombie growled in the distance.
Something was definitely wrong.
There should have been even more zombies downstairs.
Just as he was preparing to lean out and inspect the floors below, he suddenly discovered a zombie staring at him not far away.
In the otherwise empty corridor, that lone zombie was extremely conspicuous.
The scene was deeply strange.
Lu Feng frowned and prepared to rush over with his steel saber and cut it down. But then he suddenly heard the frenzied roars of zombies erupting all around him.
They were coming from the stairwell.
By the time he reacted, a dense horde of zombies had already poured out of the stairwell.
At the same time, dense waves of zombies began surging from the shops beside the strange zombie.
They came rushing straight toward him.
“What?”
Lu Feng was completely baffled by the sudden turn of events. Why did it feel as though he had been ambushed by zombies?
Soon, several zombies pounced at him.
He hurriedly swung his steel saber and cut down a few of them, but the zombies behind immediately surged forward, leaving him no room to counterattack.
Unable to understand what was happening, he quickly entered the shop beside him, then exited the game. He intended to use this glitch to slowly clear out the zombies.
Under normal circumstances, once he left the game and there was no longer any movement, the zombies would stop moving as well. Nor would too many of them enter the shop.
But this time, the situation seemed to have exceeded his expectations.
Even after he had exited the game, the zombies continued swarming into the shop. Before long, it was packed with them, leaving barely any room to move. A large number of zombies had even gathered in the corridor outside.
“Damn it.”
Lu Feng stared at the game screen in astonishment.
Even if he entered the game again, there would be no room for him to maneuver. The moment he appeared, he would probably be facing a horde of zombies pouncing at him.
If one of them managed to scratch him, he would be finished.
In other words, the place where he entered the game had been staked out.
But being staked out by a horde of zombies was just bizarre!
What the hell was going on?
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