In just a few days, the number of members in the Baiyun Restaurant Association kept increasing. The number of members exceeded three thousand and became a major force that spanned across seven islands.
Moreover, the number of members was still increasing.
Of course, the new recruits were all peripheral members. If they wanted to enter the inner circle, they could only earn contribution points. Once they had more than a thousand contribution points, they could be promoted.
"Baiyun Restaurant, the Baiyun Restaurant from Baiyun Town. I didn't expect it to be so terrifying. It seems like I have to apologize to them personally!"
In a private room in the Zhang Family Hotel, the window was facing the Baiyun Restaurant. The person who spoke was a middle-aged man.
This person was none other than Ge Long's father, Ge Wanhao.
"Dad, the Baiyun Restaurant is developing very quickly now. Even the local forces on Megrez Island don't dare to provoke them."
Ge Long also said.
Now, whenever he met Ou Shaotian, he would take a detour.
"Fortunately, they didn't kill us last time. Otherwise, our Ge family would be finished. Don't provoke them again in the future. Think of a way to ease the relationship!"
Ge Wanhao sighed.
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The growth of the Baiyun Restaurant Association naturally caused the Ge family to feel uneasy. After Ge Wanhao returned, he personally brought gifts to Baiyun Town to apologize sincerely.
After obtaining the forgiveness of Baiyun Town, he allowed Green Wood Town and Baiyun Town to cooperate fully.
One had to admit that Ge Wanhao was really smart. He knew to take action in Baiyun Town to ease the relationship between both parties completely.
At least, he wouldn't have to worry about the revenge of the Baiyun Restaurant Association in the future.
Ou Shaotian didn't know about all this. At this time, he was in seclusion. Yun Duo, Zhang Pengpeng, and the others were also in seclusion.
The matter of recruitment had been handed over to others.
In this world, wealth wasn't the most important thing. Strength was. Without absolute strength, it was impossible to protect the amazing wealth.
The current Baiyun Restaurant's financial resources were increasing every day. The daily income even exceeded the income of the Nine Dragons Chamber of Commerce on Big Dipper Island.
One could imagine how terrifying that was.
Therefore, if he wanted to protect the wealth, he had to work hard in cultivation. Therefore, Ou Shaotian decided to go into seclusion.
It was a good opportunity for him to digest his previous gains.
This time, he had spent more than a week in seclusion. He had already eaten the Dragon Blood Pill that he had obtained as a reward for first place. He had also used up the large amount of resources that he had obtained during this period of time.
"Not bad, you've become much stronger!"
After coming out of seclusion, Ou Shaotian looked at his own attributes and revealed a satisfied expression.
Character: Ou Shaotian
Realm: Level-Five Great Fishing Master
Innate Spirit: Purple-Gold Black Tortoise
Spiritual Power: 550,000
Contractual spiritual pet: Red Koi, Red Vine
[Weapon: Purple Jade Fishing Rod, Tiger Soul Saber]
Main Cultivation Method: Spirit Evolution Technique, Extreme Path Body Forging Technique. Current Level: Tendon Refinement 5 times
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His strength had increased. Nine Refinements of Skin, Nine Refinements of Flesh, and Five Refinements of Tendons had made his strength even more terrifying. It was no longer as simple as just challenging those of a higher level.
He was only a level-five great fishing master, but his strength was comparable to that of a level-five fishing grandmaster. In other words, he could kill a junior fishing grandmaster in seconds.
Yun Duo and the others also came out of seclusion and their strength had also soared.
Yun Duo had also been promoted to a level-seven great fishing master. After completing three Refinements of Skin, Five Refinements of Flesh, and Five Refinements of Tendons, her spiritual power had increased to 150,000.
She also had the physical strength of a level-one fishing grandmaster.
In addition, her soul was good at killing, so she could even fight an intermediate fishing grandmaster!
Long Xiaoxia and the others had also made breakthroughs. Among them, Long Xiaoxia had officially been promoted to a level-one fishing grandmaster and could apply for graduation.
On this day, as soon as Ou Shaotian came out of seclusion, he was summoned by the Wenqu Island Master.
"Shaotian, thanks to you, our Megrez Island has obtained the management right of the level-three fishery and can monopolize 30% of the fish tax."
The Wenqu Island Master said happily.
Although students didn't have to pay taxes for fishing, the residents on the island had to pay taxes. There were millions of residents on each floating island, and many of them were great fishing masters.
The fish tax that these people paid every day was quite amazing. 30% of the resources was enough to make the Megrez Island develop rapidly.
"You're welcome, Island Master. I'm just doing what I should do!"
Ou Shaotian looked indifferent and didn't have much expression. He was no weaker than the other party now, so he naturally didn't need to curry favor with the other party.
"Now that we have obtained the management right of the fishery, I want to ask your opinion. Do you have any ideas about the management of the fishery?"
The Wenqu Island Master asked.
"I think we can adopt a gentler management method. The previous management of the Kaiyang Island was too violent, and many weak forces couldn't survive."
Ou Shaotian suggested.
In this sea area, in addition to the Big Dipper Island, there were many town-level islands on the sea, such as Green Wood Town.
And now Baiyun Town.
There were many great fishing masters in these towns, but these great fishing masters were undoubtedly much weaker than the great fishing masters of the floating island.
Because the management rule of the Kaiyang Island was that the strong preyed on the weak, the people from the weak islands didn't dare to come to the level-three fishery at all.
They could only enter the level-two fishery.
And there was no doubt that the improvement speed of great fishing masters in the level-two fishery was relatively slow.
"Yes, your idea coincides with mine. I also want to adopt a new management method, which is to prohibit fighting in the level-three fishery!"
The Wenqu Island Master said aloud.
He was also very satisfied with Ou Shaotian's idea. He was a scholar and actually didn't like fighting and killing.
He preferred people with gentle personalities.
In the past, under the management of the Kaiyang Island, the level-three fishery was allowed to rob each other, which also led to the fact that the weaker people didn't dare to go to the level-three fishery.
This led to the waste of resources in the level-three fishery.
After all, there were countless resources in the sea, and the level-three fishery contained even more resources. Even if the number of people on the Big Dipper Island was several times greater, it would still be enough.
But because of the permission to rob each other, the weak didn't dare to go to the level-three fishery.
In this way, the number of people going to the level-three fishery was reduced by more than half.
As a result, the level-three fishery was not fully developed, which was a complete waste of resources.
Although it was easier to cultivate strong masters by allowing plunder, he didn't like it. In his opinion, there was no need for human beings to fight among themselves.
There were endless marine creatures in the sea. If they wanted to fight, they could just fight with those marine creatures.
"Island Master is wise!"
Ou Shaotian also nodded.
Then the two discussed again to further improve the management method.
To Ou Shaotian's surprise, the Wenqu Island Master actually gave him 5% of the fish tax revenue, or more accurately, to the Baiyun Restaurant Association.
Although the Baiyun Restaurant was a new force, the Wenqu Island Master was very optimistic about the potential of the Baiyun Restaurant, so he stood his ground.
He gave the Baiyun Restaurant 5% of the fish tax revenue.
It should be noted that the entire Megrez Island's fish tax revenue was only 30%, and the floating island at the bottom only got 5% of the revenue.
When leaving the Island Master's residence, Ou Shaotian was also full of excitement. With this 5% fish tax revenue, the gourmet restaurant would basically not lack seafood ingredients.
This was very helpful for the development of the Baiyun Restaurant!