Level Upgrade

With his one hand in his pocket, his other hand was holding up his phone in a seemingly careless manner.

And on the screen, showed the balance within his credit card. The number had not changed by as much as it was supposed to, and this was because it was naturally impossible for all the businesses he had to instantly credit the profits straight tot his bank account on the day of earning itself.

Although the balance displayed on his phone may not be the most updated one, the one within his mind could show how much cash he truly had.

While he was thinking of this, he also thought of instructing his two assistants to prepare a monthly statement for each of his businesses.

These two people should be enough to settle this issue for him.

7 days had passed, and the deadline for the task he had assigned to Meng Yao was approaching.

He wondered how the progress was.

[Mission Task 3 Completed]

In his room, he lied down on his bed, while his subconscious entered his mind space.

He was greeted with the ever so familiar wide space that seemed both illusory and real at the same time.

The place was glittering with light from an unknown source, and other than the host panel displayed in mid-air, akin to a holograph, there was nothing else but empty space.

No matter how many times he had entered here, he could never shake off the strange sensation that crept up his mind.

In fact, he couldn't even see his body in this space, and it was as though he was looking at everything through the lens of a camera, with the only difference being that he could urge his thought and move around this space.

He turned his vision towards the screen panel, where his stats lay visible.

Host: Si Chen

Level: 10 – (535000/750000)

Net worth: $348000 => $535000

Cash – [$94000] => [$170000]

100% Shares – Crystalline Bubble Tea [$26000] => [$40000]

90% Shares -- Hui Yuan Drink Store [$77500] => [$90000]

90% Shares – Orchid Garden [$21000] => [$42000]

90% Shares – OnShop [$23000] => [$30000]

85% Shares – Seafood Restaurant [$73500] => [$95000]

80% Shares – Eternal Fashion [$32000] => [$70000]

Host Attributes:

Charm: 9.0

Strength: 11.0

Wisdom: 16.0

Free Attribute Points: 0

Skills:

Business Management – Level 2

Host gains knowledge of the intricacies of business management, and can navigate more smoothly within the business world.

Passive Effect: 15% Increase in profits; 15% increase in customers.

Food & Beverage Business Expertise – Level 9 (200/900)

Host gains knowledge of the secrets behind the Food & Beverage Industry, and can develop better tasting food and more flavourful drinks.

Passive Effect: 9% Increase in profits; 9% increase in customers

[Only applies to F&B related Businesses]

Design and Art – Level 7 (100/700)

Host gains knowledge on the study of visual thinking, and can create greater and more attractive design, and more innovative art.

Passive Effect: 7% Increase in profits; 7% increase in customers

[Only applies to Predominantly Art & Design related Businesses]

Note: Clothing, Handbags, Shoes, Bags Businesses etc.

As he levelled up to Level 10, the requirements for the next level up has largely increased to become $750000.

His cash on hand had almost doubled its amount, which was mainly due to the fact that he hadn't been investing in any businesses yet, so there were all left in the bank to collect the pitiful interest.

And speaking of the bank, he didn't even know how the System did it, but it registered an account of his within the International Global Bank.

The International Global Bank, or IGB in short. Just judging by its imposing name alone, this was naturally an unordinary entity.

It could be considered to be one of the largest banks in the world, and less creditworthy countries even depend on the funds in the International Global Bank for money.

Which meant that these entire countries were borrowing money from that international financial institutions to pay off their debts.

Just by this alone, one could see how great and powerful the International Global Bank was.

Although, of course, the interest of this bank could be considered meagre was compared to if he was using his funds to invest.

The values of his shares had been raised because of the huge income he was raking in every day from these various lines of businesses.

He had upgraded to the next level a few days ago, and allocated his attribute points to his Wisdom.

Right now, he really had that impulse to test out his IQ, because his learning speed was absolutely phenomenal.

His brain processing speed had been enhanced to a level where even he felt slightly dazed by.

His two knowledge skills had got their promotions, and this was not surprising as he had studied every single day, without fail.

Although his cash seemed adequate though, he had to leave a portion out in the events of emergency, while another portion had to be left out for the deal that Meng Yao was negotiating for the HoneyChef Restaurant.

He then went on to check out the rewards he received for completing Mission Task 3.

[Host has completed Mission Task 3]

[Rewards]

- [Business Management] Skill has upgraded from Level 2 to Level 3

- [Art & Design] Knowledge Skill has upgraded from Level 7 to Level 8

Si Chen clucked his tongue delightfully. It was good that he had raised the Art & Design skill to Level 7. If not, the Art & Design skill would only be upgraded to Level 7 only after the rewards were issued, and he had to spend a load more time to increase his proficiency.

This was because if his Art & Design skill was upgraded when it was at Level 6, then what he would gain would only be 600 Proficiency.

On the other hand, if his Art & Design skill was upgraded when it was at Level 7, then he would have gained 700 Proficiency instead.

That 100 Proficiency made a huge difference, even when his brain power had been enhanced, because it was always getter harder and harder to earn more proficiency when he had already learnt a great portion of the fundamental knowledge.

During this one week period, he had already completed both Standard 2 Grade courses for both Art & Design, and F&B, and was now moving on to the Standard 3 Grade one.

He had spent a few thousand for these courses, but he did not feel any pain or regret at using his money, since he would have earned much more than this after going through the course.

This, could be considered as an investment, an investment in himself.

The Hui Yuan Drink Store had now released all 5 of its signature special drinks, and the region around the two stores it was located in had already became the Hui Yuan Drink Store's dominated area.

Almost no one didn't know of their names, and many students would come over and enjoy their drinks after school, or even before school.

It had now became a brand, a place where many would find comfortable with going, as well as their first choice that comes to mind if they want to have a nice refreshing drink.

The Northwest Drinks had a few branch shops located in the region around the Hui Yuan Drink Store. Their main customers now consisted of the people who wanted to try out the two drinks from Hui Yuan Drink Store which they were granted the selling rights for, and not many even touched their original produced drinks.

Their customers were swiftly dwindling, and the bulk of their profits came from the revenue of selling the 2 Hui Yuan Drink Store's drinks.

Li Hao Tian, upon being informed of this circumstance, had threw a tantrum in his office room, and instantly went to the WaterLake office building to find Chen Wang, but who knew that Chen Wang was unfortunately sick, and was supposedly not in the office that day?

All Li Hao Tian could do was wait for Chen Wang's response, and if the conditions were not ideal, then he had to think of some ideas to deal with them.

Si Chen did not know how the Northwest Drinks were doing right now, and exactly what were they thinking, but all he knew was that the Hui Yuan Drink Store is now slowly suppressing their influence, and stealing away their market shares, just like the other drinks stores near to the Hui Yuan Drink Store.

Three new branch shops will be opening soon, and their rate of development is sure to rapidly increase.

While he was having these thoughts within his mind, he peered to see what the next mission was about.