“Wow! A rare guest! The famous Boss Mag from Mamy Restaurant is actually here in my teahouse for tea,” Bennett said with a smile to Mag, who was standing before a wooden statue, as he walked out.

  Mag turned around and looked at the balding middle-aged man. He looked exactly like the picture. Smiling, Mag said, “That’s right. If it hadn’t been all thanks to Boss Bennett, I wouldn’t have the time to come over and have tea with you.”


  Bennett froze a little. He could sense something, but he quickly regained his composure as he smilingly said, “If that’s the case, please, follow me to the VIP suite. Let’s have some tea.”


  “That won’t be necessary. I suddenly don’t feel like having tea anymore.” Mag looked at Bennett in the eye and took two steps forward. He whispered softly by his ear, “I’m here to tell you something today. Don’t touch my people. Otherwise, you will lose everything.”


  The corner of Bennett’s lips twitched. He scoffed, and whispered back, “You’re really confident. You have no say in Chaos City. We’ll see whom she’ll choose ultimately.”


  “This is not even a multiple choice question, because you, as an option, have long been eliminated.” Mag smiled. He turned to walk towards the exit, and just when he reached the door, he raised his hand with a smile, and said, “You’d better wipe your *ss clean so it’ll look a little nicer when your pants are pulled down.”


  Bennett looked at Mag who disappeared out of the door as he pulled a face and clenched his fists.

  A tall and slender man appeared beside Bennett, and whispered, “Should I show him who’s boss?”


  “Don’t touch him first.” Bennett shook his head. He thought for a while, and said, “But Miss Rena is really quite disappointing. Give her a little warning tonight.”


  “Sure.” The tall and slender man nodded as he flashed a cruel smile.

  Bennett smiled.

  He had his ways to make sure that Mag wouldn’t be able to continue operating.

  After coming out from the teahouse, Mag turned back to look at the glittering gold signboard. He walked away while pushing his bicycle as the staff at the door watched in bewilderment.

  Informing your opponent about the show that was to come was basic courtesy.

  He always meant what he said. If he said he wanted all his business assets to close down, then none would be left.

  He was going to strip him naked to let everyone see how hideous he actually was.

  ***

  “Bennett Marquis?” Rolan looked at the report Borg passed him, and thought for a while before nodding, and saying, “Go ahead with the investigation. I also want to take a look at how much filth and dirt is hidden beneath the glorious facade of the four major families.”


  Borg nodded. He took the report back and exited the room.

  Rolan smiled. He tapped on the table gently.

  The Gray Temple’s intelligence department quickly became busy. The investigators left the Gray Temple one by one, and started going to their dedicated area to investigate. Most of them were Gray Temple’s most experienced and most capable investigators.

  ***

  Mag had prepared a table full of food for lunch.

  He looked at everyone who was already seated and ready to eat with a smile, and said, “Before we begin, I would like to announce two things.”


  “Huh?”


  Everyone looked at Mag curiously.

  “Firstly, due to the restaurant’s profits, everyone’s basic salary will be increased to 20,000 copper coins per month from today onwards. For those who have yet to pass their probation, you will be converted to our permanent staff immediately. At the same time, we will set up a system for employees’ salary with a 20% increase every year,” Mag said with a smile.

  Everyone was stunned; afterward, they quickly smiled with delight and surprise.

  “Wow, our salary is going to increase by five folds all of a sudden!!!” Miya exclaimed with joy.

  “20,000 copper coins can buy a lot of beggar’s chicken.” Gina started calculating very seriously.

  Rena’s eyes lit up a little, but her gaze soon became dim. To her, the amount of salary she received no longer held any meaning.

  “20,000…… that’s a lot of money.” Jane swallowed. She was a little in disbelief that she would be able to receive such a hefty amount as her salary every month. She hesitated for a while before softly asking Mag, “Boss, I don’t think I should be getting the same amount as the other big sisters? I can’t do anything well right now.”


  “I also think that my current salary is enough. It’s a lot more than in my previous job. I am merely doing something that everyone can do well in. I shouldn’t be taking so much money.” Yabemiya also looked at Mag, and smilingly said, “I like this job, and I also like the restaurant.”


  Before anyone else could say anything, Mag seriously said, “As all of you can see, it is because of you all that the restaurant could operate so efficiently, and at the same time gain quite some profit, so this is what all of you deserve. If you were to reject my offer, it would make me seem a little too capitalistic.”


  This was something that Mag had been considering for a long time. The employees’ efficiency allowed the restaurant to remain highly efficient despite the limited manpower.

  A restaurant of a similar scale would need to increase the manpower alone by 10 times if they had to serve customers of such high volume, and deal with all the complicated matters that came along with having so many people on top of that.

  Mag was really very satisfied with this group of ladies, and their low wages made him feel a little embarrassed about himself.

  Rena’s matter could be considered the trigger. An outstanding, talented, and capable employee should be receiving a salary on par with their abilities and efforts. Otherwise, they would not feel happy. He did not want to paint a beautiful picture to his employees, and expect them to continue slogging their guts out for him.

  Even though they did not really understand what being capitalistic meant, they could see Mag’s attitude towards this matter from his seriousness. Although they were still a little hesitant, they no longer rejected the offer.

  “As for the second matter.” Mag looked at Rena with a smile, and said, “I’ve decided to officially make Rena the supervisor for the designated hot pot area. She will be completely in charge of all operations in regard to the restaurant’s hot pot business.”


  “Me?” Rena, who had a lot going on in her mind, was stunned. She looked up and met Mag’s gentle gaze. She was a little hesitant and troubled. If it had been in the past, she would have definitely been elated. However, right now, she didn’t even know how she could protect her mother, much less if she could carry on working in the restaurant. She hesitated as she shook her head, and said, “I think my abilities are limited. I might not be able to take on such a heavy responsibility……”


  “It doesn’t matter what you think. You can do it if I think you can do it. Listen to me.” Mag looked into Rena’s eyes, and seriously and sincerely said, “Remember who you are. You belong with Mamy Restaurant. You will forever have a strong restaurant as your backing. A restaurant stronger than anyone can imagine. Here, take a look at our list of members.”


  Mag pulled out a small notebook and passed it to Rena. “These are all our salon…… restaurant’s paying members.”