Chapter 466 The Lively Gengshen Year
"This He Yuelian is holding a chicken feather as an orderly arrow. He doesn't know what to say! Deputy Minister, why don't you call the store manager and ask about the situation?"
After hanging up the phone, before Cao Yanhua could speak, Zhao Jianguo on the side quickly expressed his attitude, but Cao Yanhua did not stop him.
In other words, this time, the attitude of most people in the headquarters towards He Yuelian has become very bad.
Just because they finally got a few places from the "store manager", even if they are just employees of the branch, they have entered the Peace Hotel's system, and there should be a high probability of receiving the supernatural protection of the "store manager". It is a great benefit for the person in charge of the headquarters and the captain.
But when he arrived at He Yuelian's place, it became a direct matter of recruiting some ordinary people to work as waiters in the branch.
Not only are they unable to get in touch with the real core, they can only do some ordinary work. The gap is so huge that it can't be described in words.
"First comes first, and the right to speak is in the hands of others. There is nothing we can do about it. If we trouble the store manager for this kind of thing, I'm afraid it will be considered incompetent."
Shen Liang denied Zhao Jianguo's words, and then said: "Now we can determine the operation mode of the branch, which is the same as that of Caesars Hotel. As long as we plan carefully, we may not be unable to get what we want."
Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Cao Yanhua waved his hands and said: "Let's do this for now. Since He Yuelian has already made the request, just take it slow. Regarding the branch, Tong Qian is obviously moving slowly, but Our main strategy is virtual games, let’s go, Cao Yang and the others should already be waiting.”
As usual, after every virtual game, the members participating in the game will come to the headquarters for a secret meeting, and this time is no exception.
Although Liu San was in the city he was responsible for, he sent a paper man to attend the meeting.
In addition to him, Cao Yang, Wei Jing, and Xiong Wenwen, Li Jun, A Hong, Zhang Lei, and Lu Zhiwen, who collected supernatural files, also got off the supernatural bus and came to the conference room.
"Lao Lu, your condition is getting worse and worse. Could it be that the meeting was going on and on, and the evil ghost revived?" Cao Yang joked, but his eyes were full of worry.
These people, including Li Jun, are inextricably linked to the "store manager" of the Peace Hotel.
In addition to not staying at the Peace Hotel and participating in the strategy virtual game, Li Jun also received animal training services from the "store manager" and helped control the second ghost - Ghost Skin, which originally belonged to Chen Yi.
Only Lu Zhiwen had eaten at the Peace Hotel and had not received any other supernatural influence.
"Lao Cao is right, Lao Lu, your current condition is getting worse and worse. If you really can't find a suitable method, you might as well go to the store manager. Even just one ghost can restore your condition. At its peak." Liu San also advised.
Lu Zhiwen's eyes moved slightly, scanning everyone present, but his face had turned almost wooden, and he could not make any other movements: "Don't worry about my situation. Apart from the headquarters meeting during this period, I will always stay on the supernatural bus. With its suppression, I will not be able to revive.”
As the driver of a supernatural bus, he is in very little danger on the bus.
He can choose to avoid accidents such as full load, collision with ghosts, etc. Basically, he will not encounter accidental stalling, and naturally there is no need to worry about the resurrection of the ghost.
After all, he wasn't going to influence the supernatural bus at any time.
According to Mr. Qin's arrangements, although he is still some distance away from becoming a qualified bus driver, there is nothing he can't do as long as he follows the instructions step by step.
When Cao Yanhua and others came in, they happened to hear everyone talking about Lu Zhiwen, "I have communicated with Mr. Qin about his situation. As Mr. Qin is here, there is no need to worry about his situation for the time being. Now the meeting begins, let's talk about what happened last night. Game content, Cao Yang, you come first.”
"Okay, Deputy Minister."
Cao Yang nodded and began to talk about his experience in the game last night, while Lu Zhiwen started recording from the side, using his own supernatural power.
Then Wei Jing, Liu San, and finally Xiong Wenwen.
Not only last night's game content, but also what happened at the Peace Hotel this morning, as well as the card price issues in the virtual game, point mall, and peripheral mall were all explained one by one.
"Obviously I can become Xiao Wang's father through a card, but it's all their fault, huh!"
When Xiong Wenwen finished speaking reluctantly and lay on the table unwilling to move, Li Jun frowned and said: "The background of the game is in Dadong City, so Wang Chaling was involved? What about the previous games? In Taiping Ancient Town, is it possible that Boss Liu, the middle-aged woman and the faceless man are also involved in the game? ”
"It's not impossible. When Captain Yinzi returns to reality, we still need to have a good communication. In terms of the Peace Hotel, we can be teammates, not enemies." Shen Liang glanced at Cao Yanhua and said, "Now The most important problem is that there are foreigners participating in the game, and they may also join as BOSS, which is not a good thing for us.”
Zhao Jianguo also said: "That's right. Does this virtual game indicate that more foreign ghost masters will appear in the Peace Hotel? And will the virtual game become a camp game between us and them? ? Is it because the store manager thinks it’s too slow for us to play the game alone, or are there other reasons that need to be considered? ”
"The owner of the manor is a member of the King's Organization, and he is a top-ranking king. Maybe there will be a lot of trouble in the Peace Hotel in the future, and we need to be prepared in advance. But we are not afraid of challenges. At least the store manager has not gone abroad. It’s about opening a branch, isn’t it?” A Hong said.
That's true, but the manor owner is different from the twins.
The latter was sold into the Peace Hotel as a slave, but as soon as the former entered the Peace Hotel, he directly contributed his foundation of horror manor, making it clear that he was ready to develop fully in the Peace Hotel!
And the effect is also outstanding, directly having the same status as the four great chefs, which is a very dangerous thing.
"Conquering the Peace Hotel is not something that happens overnight. Now we can only take it one step at a time. But this meeting should probably involve Wang Chaling. He should have gotten a new diary from the store manager this morning, and there may be something in it. Content related to store managers may be helpful to us in recruiting store managers,” Wei Jing said.
Cao Yanhua nodded and immediately arranged for someone to contact Wang Chaling. Then he sighed, "I didn't expect that in that era, there would be so many foreign ghost masters who would go abroad to kill people so unscrupulously. The country was weak and the world was unstable. .”
Everyone looked at each other, but they all agreed with Cao Yanhua's words.
Just like now, domestic strength has caught up with most countries in all aspects, including supernatural power, and is one of the best in the world. Only in this way can we deter those ambitious people who want to extend their hands to the country.
In fact, it has cut off the claws of many dogs that entered the country.
On the top floor of Ning'an Building in Dadong City, Wang Chaling was looking at the newly published diary, frowning, and secretary Azhen knocked on the door and came in, "Mr. Wang, Deputy Minister of the Headquarters Cao Yanhua would like to speak with you."
Cao Yanhua?
Wang Chaling's frown deepened. It was obvious that he did not want to contact the headquarters now.
Azhen understood and said: "Mr. Wang, do you need me to refuse?"
"No, just answer the phone." Wang Chaling shook his head, "Some things still need to be faced. Avoiding them is inappropriate and can easily cause unnecessary misunderstandings."
Azhen nodded, left the room, and quickly answered the phone.
The phone call invited Wang Chaling to the headquarters for a meeting. Wang Chaling said: "I didn't participate much in the game last night. After all, I am just an ordinary person in the game and do not have any supernatural protection. If you want to If you ask about the contents of the diary..."
"The headquarters will not let its own people suffer. The price of the diary content this time is ten ghosts, right? We can pay five ghosts in the form of Peace Hotel commemorative coins." Cao Yanhua said.
Wang Chaling raised her eyebrows slightly, "That will be hard work."
Five ghosts, which are commemorative coins worth fifteen yuan, can also be regarded as a good income for Wang Chaling now, so don't give it up in vain.
There are still eight entries in the diary in his hand that need to be unlocked, which means he still needs 240 yuan.
The commemorative coins he currently has in his hand are not enough to support him, and he doesn't want to take his grandparents and parents out to hunt in the wild. Now that the headquarters is willing to pay half of the amount, that's almost it.
Just the contents of this diary...
"Dad, he had such a deep communication with the store manager before. What happened twenty years ago? Why did he erase everything about the store manager? Even the older generation couldn't escape?"< br>
[In the Gengshen year, on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, there was heavy fog. 】
[This year, the Peace Hotel has not disappeared as it did more than 20 years ago. It has been a month or two and it is still standing here, receiving visitors from all over. 】
[No one dares to make trouble here, because the people who make trouble have all become feeders of the Peace Hotel, or nourishment for the white mist outside the store, including the ghosts they control. 】
[But as long as you abide by the rules of the Peace Hotel, you can get what you want from here. But everyone who has been to the Peace Hotel and walked out safely will not have the memory of this place, except for me. 】
[He said, I am special. This makes me very proud, but also very scared, because I know very well how cold he is under his gentle smile. 】
[I am a little afraid of him. 】
[Despite this, I still respect him as if I were an elder who is closest to me but has an ageless appearance. I also talk about many things. He will also tell me about his experiences, such as a place he went to. There is a place called Taiping Ancient Town, where many people have opened shops one after another, and they have gathered together to form a strange people... No, it should be the market called Yugui, and the background is not small. There was a period in the Republic of China. The top figures support the scene. 】
[I asked him who that person was, and he smiled and said nothing. 】
[I asked him who was better than that person, and he just smiled, but I already knew the answer. 】【The most important thing I want to ask about this time is that there are some things I want to ask, so I brought a few ghosts as a reward for obtaining information this time. 】
[Actually, he has always said that if it were me, there would be no need for payment, but I don’t want to deny it, because free things are the most expensive, and I know this very well. The question I want to ask is also very simple. Although the pendulum clock works very well in the old house, some supernatural events occasionally occur in the old house, causing ghosts from the past to return to the present. How to solve this problem? ? 】
[He said that he wanted to go and see it together. So this time, I brought him... back home for the first time. 】
The diary ends here.
Among the several diaries that Wang Chaling has read, this one has a lot of content, but in terms of time, it is somewhat similar to the time in a diary in Liu Qingqing's hand.
They are also in the Gengshen year, but one is in August and the other is in December, which is four months different.
"Is it because too many diaries are missing, or is it that my father's diaries are not written regularly and he only writes them down when there are important things?"
Wang Chaling didn't know the answer, but he guessed it was the second one, and the content in this diary also mentioned a lot of interesting things.
The contents of the diary were also transmitted to the headquarters and projected onto the big screen.
"After so many meetings, this is the first time I see you studying a dead man's diary so seriously. It's really unlucky." Xiong Wenwen was actually relatively quiet today, but his mouth smelled bad when he opened his mouth.
Seeing that he did not regard Wang Chaling as his father, everyone did not argue with him, but carefully read the contents of the diary.
"The previous two times in Taiping Ancient Town were similar to what was recorded in this diary, which can be regarded as a piece of evidence." Cao Yang said.
In the first two virtual games set in Taiping Ancient Town, the time was indeed the Gengshen Year, which was around 1980.
The "store manager" appeared in Taiping Ancient Town at that time, and then went to Dadong City and told Wang Lu about his experience in Taiping Ancient Town. The time was quite appropriate.
Wei Ding nodded, "If all this is true, then the store manager is at least the same generation as the Wang family."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiong Wenwen said excitedly: "Look! Brother Yuan and Old Wang Laolu are of the same generation, so what's wrong with me buying Wang Lu's character card? Why can't I be Wang Chaling's elder?"< br>
The entire conference room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Xiong Wenwen with a ridiculous expression.
Especially at this time, Wang Chaling was still making a video call, and the contents of the diary were also projected onto the screen from his hand.
Listening to Xiong Wenwen's outrageous remarks, Wang Chaling, a good young man who did not want to make enemies with others, looked at Xiong Wenwen with extremely cold eyes.
If he had been at the scene, Xiong Wenwen would have been torn into pieces by the ghosts of the Wang family he ordered.
Xiong Wenwen was not aware of it yet, and still said arrogantly: "Just watch! One day, I will successfully introduce Brother Yuan to my mother. At that time, not only will Xiao Wang call me uncle, but you all will also call me Xiong. Ye!”
"Ha! Mr. Xiong, right? Then let me see today, Xiao Cao, what you, Mr. Xiong, are capable of!" Cao Yang stood up with a sneer, and had already lifted Xiong Wenwen up in his hand, like catching a chicken. of.
At the same time, in order to prevent our Mr. Xiong from talking nonsense again, he covered Xiong Wenwen’s mouth with his other hand.
No matter how Xiong Wenwen struggled, he was of no use in Cao Yang's hands. Instead, he was easily handled. At least it seemed that Cao Yang was extremely relaxed. He could also apologize to everyone and said: "Everyone, go on, I'll go and give this kid a try." Go to class well.”
"Xiong Wenwen is still young, which is due to our negligence in education. This kind of thing will never happen again in the future." Cao Yanhua also said immediately.
Wang Chaling snorted coldly and did not pursue the matter any further, thus giving Cao Yanhua face.
"The contents of this diary are very interesting. Of all the people who went to the Peace Hotel to do business, except for Wang Lu, no one has any memory. In other words, the store manager at that time already had supernatural powers involving consciousness. , and it is the kind that can erase or even change the memory, so it is no wonder that this situation occurs." Wei Jing said in a deep voice.
Liu San nodded, "Yes. It's not just that no one remembers him, it's also..."
He didn't continue what he said. He was obviously worried, or maybe he couldn't say it out loud, but Li Jun had no such worries and said directly: "It should be a supernatural effect of the White Mist Ghost Realm, and it can also affect people's minds. , this is a terrible power.”
There were not many people present, but Liu San, Wei Jing, and Cao Yang and Xiong Wenwen who had just left were victims of this supernatural effect.
And Wang Xiaoming.
If Wang Xiaoming hadn't been forcibly taken to the Peace Hotel to seek a living and was affected by the store manager's supernatural powers, he would be sitting here now, using his brain that is smarter than most people to help everyone analyze the diary. content, as well as pros and cons.
The content of this diary does not have much substantive meaning.
In other words, Wang Lu's diary was like this. It had more of an "archaeological" effect, so this meeting did not last long.
After studying this diary, this round of meetings ended.
For Cao Yanhua and others, it was the Peace Hotel branch opened by He Yuelian in Dahai City that made the headquarters pay more attention.
"The ghost grave incident caused heavy losses to the Supernatural Forum. Our control over Dahai City has declined. We have also arranged for some people to go in. But with Ye Zhen's return, our people's control over Dahai City has also decreased. If we can safely Inserting into the Peace Hotel, even if it is only for ordinary people who cannot access deeper things, is a good choice." Zhao Jianguo gave a suggestion.
Cao Yanhua thought for a while and then agreed.
So while He Yuelian was still making preparations, a total of eight people, five men and three women, came to the branch. They did not hide their identities and directly pointed out that they were from the headquarters.
He Yuelian had no objection to this. It was not that she was concerned about the headquarters' face, but it was just unnecessary.
What she wants to control is the part involving the supernatural circle. As for ordinary people's business, she directly hands it over to her father, Boss He, to manage it.
So the one who really has an opinion is Boss He.
He has obviously selected the manpower and is preparing to enrich this branch, so that at least part of this branch for ordinary people can be firmly in his hands.
But now He Yuelian doesn't express his position, or it's a tacit attitude, so Boss He has no chance to pretend to be powerful, and can only let them join the company in frustration.
It was also on this day that the Peace Hotel Dahaishi branch officially opened for business, of course targeting ordinary people.
Boss He made the opening ceremony very lively. For those who didn’t know, he thought it was because a super hotel had opened. But when he came over and took a look, it turned out to be a hotel imitating the Republic of China.
Due to the geographical and historical reasons of Dahai City, there are many hotels imitating the style of the Republic of China.
Fortunately, when Boss He came to build a branch before, he started to spend money to promote it. In addition, today's Dahai City is in need of development, and many of the people who moved in are relatively wealthy, so today's branch is also Very lively.
The manager of the Supernatural Forum also came to the scene in person and presented a large flower basket, which gave the branch a good reputation and made Boss He extremely happy.
But all this has nothing to do with He Yuelian.
This branch is a replica of the Peace Hotel, and it was specially renovated by He Yuelian during this period. The second floor, third floor, and even the basement are almost exactly the same as the Peace Hotel.
At this time, He Yuelian was standing at the window on the third floor, quietly watching everything happening below.
She was dressed in bright red, and paired with her unrealistic beauty, she looked like a young girl waiting to be married, cold and unapproachable, with a feeling that she could only be viewed from a distance but not played with.
"You haven't thought about it yet?"
A familiar voice came from behind. He Yuelian turned around and looked at Zhang Xianguang who had appeared on the sofa in the living room at some point. She said calmly: "The manager divided the Peace Hotel into two parts. One part uses the store's operating model, and the other part entertains ordinary people. People, so I will not agree to your request, let alone cover the entire Dahai City in the ghost realm of ghost paintings.”
Zhang Xianguang said calmly: "Have you ever thought that when he specifically told you about ordinary people, he was hinting at you to do so, instead of asking you to distinguish so clearly between ordinary people and ghost masters?"
Um?
He Yuelian looked at Zhang Xianguang doubtfully, waiting for Zhang Xianguang's further explanation, but still remained vigilant.
"You don't have to look at me like that. I'm just helping you analyze it now. As for what he thinks, only he knows. After all, he never says what he wants to do directly. He just uses the ordinary people's worldview through the store manager. Come and do something." Zhang Xianguang said.
The relatively neutral attitude made He Yuelian lower his guard a little, "The main thing is to seek stability. My current competitor is only Liu Qingqing, and she and I are at about the same progress. There is no need to take risks, the cost is too high." . I don’t want to be blamed for guessing the store manager’s thoughts. If I keep the status quo, it won’t be considered a mistake, right?”
(End of chapter)