Chapter 204 - Double Victory (2/2)

“Our mouths are sealed, Sir!”

In actuality, even if they uttered such things, it would all be irrelevant.

Upon reaching Fengli colony, the man waiting at the gates to welcome them was naturally Zheng Yang’s old subordinate, Xue Xingfu. Seeing the man’s rounded body, it naturally implied that life was rather enjoyable here at this colony.

“Mayor!” Xue Xingfu looked nervously at Zheng Yang. There were hints of embarra.s.sment and guilt painted on his face.

Of course, he had already caught wind that Zheng Yang was here to talk with Qin Feng about the shares he owned in Fengli colony.

“Old boy Xue! You’ll be staying here from now on! Don’t sweat it! It was me who had wronged you back in Chengbei!” Zheng Yang a.s.sured Xue Xingfu while patting his shoulder.

“Mayor, if you’d like to use our land in the future, please do not hesitate to ask me about it.” Xue Xingfu felt a heavy load slide off his shoulders and at the same time, he felt a sense of grat.i.tude toward his old boss.

It did not take long for them to get a conversation going as they walked up the skysc.r.a.per, heading toward the grand conference room.

Qin Feng stepped forward to welcome his guest.

“Mayor Zheng, I welcome you to our humble colony.”

“Ha ha, what’s that? I have yet to express my grat.i.tude for your actions, Mayor Qin!”

After going through the formalities, both of them finally took their seats.

Zheng Yang’s seat was placed on one end of a long table with Qin Feng on the other end.

Both of Zheng Yang’s subordinates sat on the other side of the table, beside the mayor himself. On Qin Feng’s end, there were a great deal of people, both seated at the table as well as around his seat.

There were more people than Zheng Yang originally imagined there to be.

Silently, he started sizing up his counterpart. Zheng Yang grew more and more surprised as he did so.

Seated on Qin Feng’s right was, as he had expected, Bai Li. On his left was a young man who appeared bone-thin. Something seemed off about him but it was hard to pinpoint exactly which part of him was weird. Still, based on his aura alone, Zheng Yang could make out that he was a solid E-tier user⁠—it was Lin Wuyi.

Fengli colony was only about as large as Han Town, which was by no means a big city. Despite this, they already had three E-tier apt.i.tude users roaming around!

Moving along, there were Qin Feng’s subordinates, Xue Xingfu and Lin Derong.

Zheng Yang was already well-acquainted with these men.

Even for those who he was not familiar with, he made sure to gather data about them to study on.

Liu Xue, w.a.n.g Chen, He Ling, Zhao Xiang and the rest were all those who Qin Feng personally rescued from Han town. These were all F-tier users.

There were some who appeared as complete strangers to Zheng Yang.

For example, there was Liu Heng, the former slave owner outside Sea City. Ever since he provided Qin Feng with slaves, he was appointed as the minister of the propaganda department, whose job was to recruit fighting troops for the colony and to increase their population, all of which he had done well, hence the reason why there was a recent spike in his popularity.

And then there was… Zhou Hao!

He was the only G-tier user on the scene but surprisingly, no one looked down on him. Standing on his shoulder was a palm-sized golden ant. It had wings which appeared disproportionate to the rest of its body to the point where people doubted its ability to fly.

This F-tier Golden Ant Queen was in the process of recovering from its wounds, so its wings were still far from its usual size.

It appeared to be trembling in fear, as if trying to minimize its presence in the room.

Before entering the room, both of Zheng Yang’s subordinates still had the same dissatisfied look on their faces. However, upon seeing the higher-ups of the colony, they were so intimidated that they uttered not a single word more.

The talks that day ended smoothly.

Zheng Yang transferred forty percent of his own shares to Qin Feng, which could be said to have been done under the table. Apart from that, Qin Feng was also rewarded with two of the most prosperous streets in Chengbei colony. That included the high-end street where Qin Feng bought clothes for Bai Li. The second street was located near the central square where Wanzong’s store was set up.