It was already early morning when Ke Jin left the card pool that night. After relaxing his mind, the intense fatigue made him fall into a deep sleep quickly. When he opened his eyes again the next day, it was almost noon.
Ounuo had gone to school a long time ago, and Qi was not there either. Ke Jin got up slowly, washed, and dressed. After he was done, he opened the door and was not surprised to see quite a few people standing in the yard of Kachi.
Ning Qiyuan and his group were there, as were Uncle Zhou and Su Yufeng. It was obvious that both sides had just finished a negotiation. As for the result... it could be seen from the angry expressions of Ning Qiyuan and the others.
Ke Jin's appearance immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, especially Ning Qiyuan - although his expression was still stern and serious, his dark eyes had exposed his naked hostility towards Ke Jin - before this, although he regarded Ke Jin as an opponent, he did not completely classify him as an "enemy" because he was afraid of his "unpredictable background".
Ke Jin understood this very well: this group of people came all the way from Zhoufu, thinking that they could easily deal with Su Yufeng's card pool, but they repeatedly hit a wall. Later, they finally convinced Su Yufeng that merging the pool was the only way out. As a result, when they were about to formally sign the merging agreement, Su Yufeng suddenly changed his mind, causing the previous plan to fall through in an instant. Even if Su Yufeng would not tell Ning Qiyuan and others what he had done during the ten days of the card pool linkage, any fool could guess that Su Yufeng's defection was definitely related to him, and it was "very, very related".
But so what? I succeeded. Not convinced? Hold it in!
Ke Jin walked to Su Yufeng and smiled at Ning Qiyuan opposite him.
"Mr. Ning, long time no see."
Ning Qiyuan stared at Ke Jin gloomily for a long time without responding, and then looked at Su Yufeng for the last time.
"Mr. Su, have you really thought it through? Are you really not afraid of regretting it if you miss this opportunity?"
Su Yufeng nodded firmly.
"Okay." Ning Qiyuan said coldly, "In that case, we won't bother you anymore."
They were determined to get Su Yufeng's card pool, but in the big picture, the other party was at best just a chess piece with relatively useful value in their plan. They had wasted too much time and resources on this card pool, and even if they persisted, they might get what they wanted, but that kind of "miserable victory" was not what they wanted at all.
Uncle Zhou nodded and ordered Su Yufeng to leave: "Everyone, please leave slowly. We won't see you off."
Several people turned around and left, but perhaps because she was too angry, Leng Liangxue couldn't help but turn around again after walking a few steps, looking straight at Ke Jin with cold eyes.
"Mr. Ke, you have no idea what you have stopped." Her cold voice was filled with anger. "Do you think you are helping Su Yufeng? You are gambling with the future of all the card users in Qixing City!"
"That's our Qixing City Card Master's business," Ke Jin said calmly, "Miss Leng, please don't worry about it."
Leng Liangxue snorted coldly, turned around to catch up with her companions, and soon disappeared outside the courtyard gate.
Ke Jin looked at them leaving, thinking. Judging from their reaction, they probably hadn't noticed the changes in Su Yufeng's card pool yet? Could it be that they were not actually in the same group as the "devil"? Or even if they were related, they were not very close, at least they had no communication, otherwise they would have known that Su Yufeng's card pool had "resurrected" long ago, and would not have been so sure or even pitiful to think that Su Yufeng was "self-destructing".
So...was it Ning Qiyuan and his gang who were responsible for the sudden deterioration of Su Yufeng's card pool? Or did they just get intelligence from some source and knew that the Demon King would make a move here, so they used a knife to kill someone in order to force Su Yufeng to surrender?
...It seems that just as Qi said, the backgrounds and identities of these people are very problematic.
Putting these doubts in his heart for the time being, Ke Jin glanced at his watch, turned around and smiled at Uncle Zhou and Su Yufeng.
"Do you all have time now? If so, let's go over the card pool linkage plan for the next month, shall we?"
***
A few days later, the joint activities of "Xiao Ke Snacks Card Pool" and "Guoyun Fruit Card Pool" officially began.
According to the prior agreement, Su Yufeng did not open the second and third card pools, and continued to maintain the "fake death" state, allowing only the first card pool to continue operating. Because Ke Jin's card pool currently has no card spirits, the two sides can only use a more troublesome method to link up - Su Yufeng used the card user authority to add 15 quicksand bottles in the card renewal room of the first card pool. As Ke Jin's "card maker", he remade all the 15 most popular snack cards selected by Ke Jin, and then put them into the first card pool. The cards are valid for exactly one month.
Due to time constraints, Qi was too late to produce the full set. These fifteen cards do not contain SSR cards. Those who want to draw SSR cards still have to go to Ke Jin's native card pool in Dadas Town. However, this did not affect the fact that Su Yufeng's card pool was crowded on the first day of the official start of the card pool linkage. Compared to having to wait until the weekend to drive for an hour to Dadas Town, people in the city are obviously happier to be able to draw their favorite snacks directly at their doorstep. What's more, the quality of snacks in Ke Jin's card pool is guaranteed, and the taste of the SR cards drawn is comparable to SSR. Most people who are not particularly obsessed with SSR cards or extremely confident in their luck will choose to draw cards directly from Su Yufeng's card pool.
But what Ke Jin and his team didn't expect was that the joint event was as popular on weekends as on weekends. Even though some customers who used to go to Ke Jin's original card pool were diverted, the number of new card draws during holidays still far exceeded the diverted crowd. Many people lined up outside the Su Yu Feng card pool early in the morning, and when it officially opened, the long queue extended to the main street.
The Qixing City Card Pool Bureau is very happy to see the cooperation between the only two first-draw SSR card pools in the city. They specially squeezed out a part of the publicity expenses from the limited remaining funds to publicize the news of the joint cooperation between the two parties on various platforms in the city, which attracted more and more people to come.
The surge in customer flow directly affected the entire old street. The flow of people in the card rooms that were deserted in the past also increased sharply. Even the gates of several card rooms that had been neglected for maintenance were broken by the endless stream of customers, and they had to find people to rebuild new doors overnight.
The "second spring" of Su Yufeng and his group's old card pool district has made many card users on the card commercial street envious. If it weren't for the fact that only card pools of the same first-draw level can be linked, other card users in Qixing City would probably have lined up to ask Ke Jin to link with their card pools as well.
“I really don’t know how many years it has been since I last saw such a lively scene.”
Looking at the bustling crowd in the card pool courtyard, Uncle Zhou sighed, his voice choking a little. He thought he would never see such a grand scene again in his life, and even a few days ago he was worried that the old card pool that carried half of his life's memories would disappear. But fate is so wonderful, in just a few days, they not only got out of the trough, but even climbed to the peak again. Everything was so incredible that it seemed like a dream.
"Yeah." Su Xiaolan murmured, and couldn't help but think of the days when she was a child, when her family's card pool had not yet declined. This yard was also very lively every day, with people coming and going. "If my parents could see this scene, they would definitely be very pleased."
Su Yufeng touched his sister's head and nodded silently. A smile of relief appeared on his expressionless face.
"This is just the beginning." Ke Jin coughed and smiled a rare sly smile, "Starting next week, you guys will probably be busy here."
***
Soon, Su Yufeng and the others knew why Ke Jin said that -
A few days later, the "road construction plan" of Dadas Town approved by the Qixing Municipal Government was finally officially started. Most of the mountain road leading to Ke Jin's Kachi Courtyard was directly blocked, and the remaining path was very difficult to pass. Ke Jin directly announced on the public platform that "the flow of people in the Kachi Courtyard will be limited during the road construction period" and the "Sweet Train" will also be suspended during the road construction period. Everyone is encouraged to go to the card pool that is currently linked to him to draw cards.
Some of the customers who had been diverted away suddenly all flocked to Su Yufeng's card pool. Within a few days, Su Yufeng and his team had to adopt the "appointment queuing" method implemented by Ke Jin. Several people were so busy that they were almost bald. Even after recruiting several groups of people, they were still very busy. On weekends, Su Xiaolan was even captured to serve as a soldier. When she saw Ke Jin, she was in tears and kept asking him when the road would be repaired.
"Xiao Jin, I find that you really have the potential to be a profiteer." After watching the "miserable situation" of Su Yufeng and others who were busy to the point of vomiting blood, Qi, who had also had a "bloody experience" in this regard, looked meaningfully at the black-haired young man beside him.
"You've calculated the time a long time ago, right? You can use the time when the road is being repaired to link up with the card pool. Not only will it not affect your continued earning, but it can also transfer the operating pressure to others. How come I just realized that you're actually a tough guy?"
"Really?" Ke Jin blinked innocently, "Do you think this is bad?"
"Of course it's good, very good, exceptionally good, great, keep it up!" Qi was extremely happy - the linked home card pool would be responsible for all operational work, and as the card maker of Ke Jin's native card pool, he didn't need to work hard to renew cards. He was so happy that he couldn't contain himself. He really hoped that Ke Jin would find more linked card pools to share all the pressure of the native card pool. Wouldn't it be great if he could have some free time!
"Don't be too happy too soon." Ke Jin stroked his chin and said slowly, "As a 'profiteer', do you really think I would leave you completely idle? Not letting go of any opportunity to exploit your employees is the basic quality that a qualified profiteer should possess."
The smile on Qi's face suddenly froze.
"Xiao Jin, you...you don't have to make things so difficult for me..."
How did he just realize that Ke Jin actually had the potential to be a dark person!
"My Chief Card Master," Ke Jin remained unmoved, patted Qi's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Come with me to Rainbow City in a few days."
The Kachi Courtyard was under road repair and was basically in a semi-closed state; Su Yufeng and his team were working hard to ensure the operation of the Kachi Linkage; I had a rare moment of free time, so I could naturally devote my energy to new work, such as...
Open your first card pool chain store!
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