Ti-tiring!!
Icons shifted. Lights danced and mechanical sounds whirred.
[Congratulation Host!! You have successfully completed the monthly quest> Earn a net profit of $200,000 in the month of May from the Business Domain> Food Industry!]
[Congratulations! Host and system have been fully bonded permanently!]
Ti-tiring!
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[You have leveled up!]
[Level 6!]
[Title Unlocked!]
[Investment Messiah!]
[Rewards> 50 BGS Credits]
[Total BGS Credit available> 100 BGS Credits]
Ti-tiring!
[New skill unlocked!]
[EYE OF APOLLO]
[Composition> Allows host to find out an object or a person net worth just by looking at them.]
[Cooldown> Can be used three times in the space of 24 hours.]
Keith could not hold back his glee as he watched the system continuously shower him with praises. Eight days of gruesome work and labour was worth it and not only did he become a millionaire, he leveled up significantly too.
Ti-tiring!
[Every month you are tasked to earn a target profit in a particular business domain. This is your path to becoming A Business God!]
[As long as the income received is earned through the chosen business domain, your innate skill> Income Multiplier< will be activated.]
[Failure to reach target profit will result in dire consequences!]
[June Business Domain task is ready!]
[Choose Your Business Domain]
[You have been given options to choose from. Choose wisely as choice is irreversible]
[>Retail Chains]
[>Tech Startups]
[>Antique Business]
The cursor blinked slowly. Three options shown brightly.
Keith thought for a few seconds and instinctively made his choice.
Ti-tirng!
[Congratulations, you have chosen a Business Domain for the month of June!]
[Domain Expansion: Antique Business]
[NEW QUEST> Using the chosen Business Domain >Antique Business< achieve a net profit of $100,000,000]
"Huh!" Kieth gasped in shock.
The jump from the previous target profit to the new target was high, up to fifty percent increase. He wasn't sure he was going to make that much money.
But, if he could make $200,000 in eight days, it would be a walk in the park to make the target profit now that he has at least 30-31 days to do so.
'How many zeros is there?!!' Keith thought to himself.
Ti-tiring!
[Skill Multiplier Effect Upgrade> X100 on all income streams gotten from the chosen Domain]
'Hundred times the income!? this is it! If I manage to complete the mission successfully, I will make a big leap towards achieving my goals… becoming the wealthiest man in this new world taking revenge on those that wronged me in my past life' Keith thought to himself.
But after some pondering by himself, he snapped out of his delusion.
'I know nothing about Antiques nor the business of it. I just chose it because I used be an antique collector in my past life— as a hobby. It has a high level of barrier to entry and how do I even delve into the world of antiques without any contacts?'
"Hey Keith! Why are you furrowing like that? Isn't this a happy occasion? We have really done the impossible here!" Daphne exclaimed, her bright eyes shining with glee as she waved her arms around to show her excitement.
"Indeed we have." Keith smiled snapping out of his thought process. "Now that The Pine Cone is getting on the right track, there will be no more need for me…"
With the utterance of his words, the surrounding sounds died down immediately in anticipation.
"As the highest share holder in this partnership, I would like to give 19% of my shares to Daphne and appoint her as the general manager to oversee business operations."
"What? Why would you do that?" Daphne's father, Lucio asked Keith. Even Daphne was confused about Keith's decision.
This goes back to Keith's statement to Daphne back at the clothing store, he promised to make her the General Manager if the mission was successful.
He did not because of she gave him the opportunity to do so, but he realized that Lucio was unfit to be a General Manager in his absence long term.
Although he will be moving to another Business Domain, he still wanted to earn an income from this establishment— The Pine Cone, after all he is the largest share holder and sole investor.
But, he can not be a General Manager from a distance and Lucio wasn't a good fit because he feared Lucio would someway along the line slyly regain sole ownership and eventually push him out of the partnership.
He was sure of this because the systems Business Partner Panel evaluated Lucio's partner loyalty at a steady 50% without increasing, and throughout the course of the eight day promotion event it fluctuated to a deeping 30% once.
However, Daphne's business partner loyalty was a whooping and steady 90% and now that he just appointed her as the general manager, it increased to a 95%. So she was sure to be a safe option long term.
"Don't worry Daphne, besides the 19% shares will come with it's own set of challenges. I intend to develop The Pine Cone into a franchise that will bloom across the country. So, Daphne, you have a lot on your plate! Can you do it?" Keith asked as he placed his hands on her shoulders gently.
"Yes… I think…" Daphne replied nervously.
"Your dad here has age against him, it would be unfair to burden him with that task when there's a young, strong woman like you around."
Over the course of the next few minutes, Keith ironed out what the future of The Pine Cone would look like without his daily presence and made sure to keep his subordinate partners in check. It took a while to get Daphne to accept her new role confidently but once she did, most of his work was done.
***
The next day, after Keith was finally free from his business, he agreed to meet up with someone he had been dying to see since he transmigrated to this new world. The woman that screwed him over in his past life, and somehow managed to screw him over again in this new life— Jena Carpenter.
In this world, Jena was Keith's wife, up until the night he transmigrated. That night was their one year anniversary and he caught her cheating on him with some rich bourgeoisie in a well to do hotel.
That was why Keith woke up in front of a hotel after his transmigration, because the old Keith of this world just caught Jena cheating on him.
From that night onwards, Jena had been bombarding him with non stop calls all day long. Due to him being extremely busy with The Pine Cone restaurant, he wouldn't give her the satisfaction of his attention. Even though he too was yearning to see her.
And so, his mission today was to identify the people in his life and categorize them in slots: Exert revenge or leave them to the husk of the wind.