After much consideration, Ke Jin finally decided to make Rainbow City the first stop for external expansion.
Although Rainbow City is not large in scale, compared to Qixing City located in the far east, Rainbow City is a transportation hub in the east of Chikongzhou, with a large flow of people. It is also the city that Ke Jin is most familiar with besides Qixing City, so it is relatively safe to use it as a starting point.
There is another reason - Director Mo of the Rainbow City Card Pool Bureau and Director Tai of the Seven Star City Card Pool Bureau have a very good relationship. When Director Tai heard that Ke Jin wanted to open a chain store, he strongly recommended Rainbow City. Director Mo was also very sincere and brought people to introduce the situation of the Rainbow City card pool market to Ke Jin. It was obvious that he very much wanted to make this happen - after all, Ke Jin's card pool is currently very popular. If any city can win his intention to settle in, the driving effect on the local card pool industry will be very obvious.
Ke Jin had been to Rainbow City several times before, mainly to investigate suitable locations for chain stores, and he actually found a few good ones. Now he happened to be free, so he took advantage of the weekend and not only brought Qi, but also Ounuo, who could read the fortune, along. The three of them went around Rainbow City together and finally decided on a card pool location in the city center.
This card pool is not a new one. Previously, there was an old SSR first draw card pool operating here. However, the card user moved to another planet with his family a while ago, so it was idle. Now its ownership belongs to the Rainbow City Card Pool Bureau. Because the location is good, many card users come to inquire about the rental price, but the Rainbow City Card Pool Bureau has not relented. Director Tai privately revealed to Ke Jin that this is because the Rainbow City Card Pool Bureau has been waiting for Ke Jin to choose a location first, hoping that his sincerity in moving in is really sufficient.
After selecting the address, Ke Jin did not delay and immediately informed Director Mo of his intention to move in and submitted an application to rent a card pool.
Director Mo was of course very happy, and everyone in the Rainbow City Card Pool Bureau was as happy as if it were a holiday. Not only did they quickly complete all the procedures, they also promised to cut the rental fees in half for the first three years. This meant that Ke Jin saved a large sum of money before he even started investing.
——It’s great to be famous and have a good reputation!
Ke Jin sighed. He knew that the Rainbow City Card Pool Bureau was able to treat him with special courtesy because of his card pool, so after obtaining the settlement permit, he immediately began to renovate the card pool so that it could open for business as soon as possible. The card pool he chose was very good, except for one shortcoming: it was originally a furniture card pool, which was completely different from his snack card pool. Therefore, after taking over, he needed to renovate the interior of the card pool, especially the core area, which needed to be completely replaced with the snack card pool system.
This kind of work can only be done by a card user who can manipulate and control the card pool, but there is also a shortcut: driving the card spirit to transform.
There is no card spirit in Ke Jin's own card pool yet, but that doesn't mean he can't use it - there are too many card users who need to move or modify the pool, and not everyone owns a card spirit, which has given rise to a new business: card spirit leasing.
Some large chain card pool groups have countless card spirits bred in their various card pools. They will post the information of some excellent card spirits on a special information exchange platform. If a card user needs them, they can contact them for negotiation. After paying the full fee, the other party can drive the card spirit to help these card users complete some specific tasks.
This was Ke Jin's idea. After returning from Rainbow City, he began to look for information about Kaling rentals everywhere, and even asked Gu Qianqian to help with the selection. The two of them often stayed in the room for a whole day, greedily searching for all kinds of information, and were dazzled by the selection. If they couldn't find a suitable one, they would be depressed and sigh, and if they found a good one, their eyes would light up and they would smile happily. In Ou Nuo's words, "Are you two here selecting concubines in the harem?"
Compared to Ounuo, the one who was even more unhappy was Qi.
He had been hanging around in front of Ke Jin for several days, listening to Ke Jin and Gu Qianqian praising how cute, practical and reliable some card spirits were, and his ears were almost callused. Finally, no one could bear it any longer, so when Gu Qianqian was not there, they sat directly in front of Ke Jin and spoke seriously.
"Did you forget something?"
Ke Jin glanced at him, then looked around the room and shook his head in confusion: "No, I've turned off all the water and electricity, and I sent Ounuo to school on time. I also fed Xiaochu an hour ago. I don't think I forgot anything."
Qi's eyes twitched a few times and he opened his mouth. After a long while he finally gritted his teeth and spoke in one breath.
"Have you forgotten that I am also a Kaling?"
In the past, Qi would never have believed that he would actively promote himself to a human. But he felt that Ke Jin had been a little distant from him recently, probably because he had concealed the matter of the "demon king" before, which made him still a little unhappy. This made Qi a little uneasy. Although he could not tell the specific reason, he did not want this grudge to continue, and always felt that he should do something to try to save the situation.
Ke Jin looked at Qi again in surprise: "Your native card pool is the snack card pool?"
The card spirit that can help him transform the card pool must come from the snack card pool system. For a card spirit like Qi who is born with superpowers, the native card pool is most likely a superpower card pool, so Ke Jin never thought of asking Qi to help, and of course it is even more impossible for him to notice what the other party has been thinking about these days.
“I’m a high-level card spirit, how can I compare to those vulgar creatures?” Qi said arrogantly, not realizing how hard he was trying to sell himself. “High-level card spirits are not restricted by the system at all, and the speed of transforming the card pool is much faster than that of ordinary card spirits. The efficiency is so high that you can’t imagine!”
Ke Jin: “Oh…”
Ke Jin: “Yeah, that’s pretty impressive.”
Then Ke Jin continued to lower his head and sort out the list of candidate card spirits selected in the past few days, still so focused and serious.
Qi: “…”
Qi was so angry that he almost vomited blood - is this guy a blockhead?! He had hinted so clearly, why didn't he just ask "Are you willing to help me improve the card pool"?! Even if he pretended to refuse at first, he would definitely help in the end! !
Although Qi was so depressed that he almost exploded, he still couldn't bring himself to speak out, and could only huddle in the corner and draw circles. But when he went to bed at night, Oului looked at the list of card spirits that Ke Jin had selected, and suddenly asked him why he didn't use Qi.
"I think the resentment in him is almost materializing. He must be eager for you to ask him for help right away." Oloy said with a half-smile.
"It would be a waste of talent if I ask him to do it." Ke Jin said frankly, "Besides, after the card pool is modified, the card spirits usually have a period of weakness where they can't use their mental power, right? I also need him to remake the 30 snack cards in the original card pool in the chain card pool. This time, they need to include SSR cards. Even if he works all night, it will probably take him two weeks to make it. How can I let him divide his energy on the small task of modifying the card pool? Tsk tsk, it's not worth it."
Oloy: “…”
Ouluoyi suddenly felt deeply that what Qi said about Ke Jin actually had the potential to be a profiteer was indeed very reasonable...
***
A week later, the two card spirits that Ke Jin had chosen were in place. These two card spirits came from the pudding card pool and the cake card pool, which were considered to be separate branches under the snack category. Moreover, these two card pools were chain card pools, and their base camps were not in Chikongzhou, but from another continent - the second largest continent of Azure Star, Qingyuzhou.
"Mr. Ke Jin, nice to meet you."
The one who brought the two card spirits was a capable woman in professional attire named Deng Lin. She was in her early thirties and had a good temperament. Ke Jin looked at her business card and found that she was not a card envoy, but an operations representative sent by Qingyuzhou Kachi Group to Chikongzhou.
Sure enough, after handing over Ka Ling, Deng Lin chatted with Ke Jin for a few words, and then suddenly asked, "Mr. Ke, since you are willing to expand outward, have you ever thought about cooperating with some large groups with strong financial strength?"
Ke Jin smiled, and did not refuse, nor did he appear overly enthusiastic, but calmly asked back: "For example?"
Deng Lin politely handed over another business card: "The second director of our Qingyu Group has been paying attention to your card pool for a long time and is very optimistic about the development potential of your card pool. However, due to his busy schedule, he has not been able to find time to visit you. If you are interested in our group, even if you have no intention of cooperation for the time being, you can call his hotline at any time. The second director is looking forward to having an opportunity to communicate with you."
Ke Jin remained calm on the surface, but he was actually wondering in his heart - it was not that he was belittling himself, but the influence of his card pool was currently limited to Chikong Continent. How could the Qingyu Continent Card Pool Group, which was thousands of miles away, notice him?
He looked at the dark blue business card carefully. He had no impression of the name "Qing Buyu" written on it, and he didn't know whether it was a real name or a pseudonym. The only title written was "Member of the Board of Directors of Qingyu Group". The style of the business card was simple, elegant, and even a little mysterious.
"Thank you." Ke Jin finally accepted the business card and nodded to Deng Lin, "I'll consider it."
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