Chapter 129: Scott Here Looks Down On You!
Golden Lane, Scott strutted arrogantly down the main street. The idea from the powerful yesterday to get the Chamber of Commerce APP sealed really worked. Today at a glance, the cargo volume at the dock had decreased by nearly half.
“Big Brother Powerful, what do we do next? The Chamber of Commerce’s business has indeed been greatly affected, but it’s still much stronger than before. It doesn’t seem enough to take back the dock’s authority.” Scott asked in his mind.
“Of course, while their official APP is sealed, we quickly make a pirated version and call it Golden Man Alley Chamber of Commerce APP. When those customers who recognized the wrong one place orders, we don’t ship, or send some trash over. If customers complain, the customer service attitude is a bit nasty, curse them viciously, and completely ruin the Golden Man Alley Chamber of Commerce’s reputation!” The powerful suggested.
“Brilliant, truly brilliant! Big Brother Powerful, when it comes to despicable and shameless, insidious and cunning, cruel and ruthless, unscrupulous means, it has to be you. Little brother yields! If I had met you earlier, little brother would have definitely soared to success long ago!” Scott showered flattery like a stream.
“You’re too kind, it’s not too late now. You’ve grown very fast, and soon you’ll be as despicable and shameless, insidious and cunning, cruel and ruthless, unscrupulous as me. With the two of us joining forces, what are those mere Ten Lords’ Commission people? We’ll trample them underfoot sooner or later.” The powerful encouraged in return.
“Hahahaha~” Scott let out a smug laugh. The passersby around thought he was a lunatic and all kept their distance from him.
When Scott reached a corner, Star, who had been ambushing in the flower bed for a long time, suddenly rushed out and put a trash can over Scott’s head.
“Duang!”
Star smashed a baseball bat on the trash can, causing it to vibrate violently on Scott’s head, leaving his brain dazed.
Putting away the baseball bat, then a flurry of punches and kicks, finally kicking hard on Scott’s butt. Star patted her hands satisfactorily and slipped away.
Scott finally got up with difficulty, took the trash can off his head, looked around furiously and shouted: “Who? Who exactly?”
“It seems to be that Nameless who opposes the Chamber of Commerce and us! Recently, all those Suiyang who escaped from Xianzhou with me seem to have been caught back by the Ten Lords’ Commission, so I didn’t make a move just now. Otherwise, once exposed, it would attract the Ten Lords’ Commission people. You won’t blame me, right?” The powerful said.
“Of course not, you’re right to do so. Only after little brother applies to transfer away from Xianzhou will it be our brothers’ time to shine! Damn Nameless, daring to hit me with a black stick, I’ll go settle accounts with them right now!” Scott said menacingly.
Scott alone certainly didn’t dare to cause trouble. First he went back to call a few company employees and team leaders to bolster his presence, then got the surveillance footage of him being beaten from the Bureau of Operations, and only then swaggered to the Chamber of Commerce headquarters.
“Everyone come look, Golden Man Alley Chamber of Commerce hired a Nameless to beat people! Look at my injuries. Today they dare to beat people, tomorrow they’ll dare to kill. This kind of unscrupulous violent chamber should be shut down and revoked of its business license!” Scott cried miserably in front of the headquarters, attracting countless onlookers.
But perhaps because Scott was despised by everyone and annoying everywhere, no one sympathized with him. They were all gloating and watching the spectacle.
Star swaggered out from the Chamber of Commerce, without any guilt, and said: “Don’t talk nonsense, be careful I sue you for slander. You’ve offended so many people, isn’t it normal to get beaten? Why say it’s me who hit you? Got evidence?”
“Still not admitting it, look at this! This is the surveillance of me being beaten!” Scott had the company employees play the surveillance video to show the people around.
“Oh no, forgot to ask Huai Feng to block the surveillance.” Star scratched her head, somewhat annoyed.
“Hey! I heard it, it was you who hit me, you admitted it!” Scott said.
“Admitted what? Is this me?”
“Isn’t this you?”
“I said this is not me!”
“Look at this brown trench coat, this height, this build, this baseball bat. If not you, who else?”
“What about the face? The most crucial face? For a cosmic celebrity like me, isn’t it normal for fans to imitate my outfit? And someone with the same build as me is possible too, so she wore a hood. Why say it’s me?” Star argued confidently despite lacking reason.
“What about the baseball bat?”
Star took out the baseball bat, stuck a sticker on it, and said: “The baseball bat in the surveillance is different from mine. Look, mine has a star sticker.”
“Oh? So brazen…”
“When beaten, think about your own reasons. So many people on the street, why were others not beaten but only you? Since you were beaten, there must be a reason. Don’t slander others casually. Next time I wear your company’s uniform to go, would you say you beat yourself?” Star raised her chin and questioned.
“This is the first time I’ve met someone as shameless as me. Nameless Star, I recognize your despicable and shamelessness. This time, I, Scott, admit defeat! But I won’t let it go. Wait for me!”
Star refused to admit it, and Scott was helpless. After all, the person who beat him in the surveillance wore a hood, so her face couldn’t be seen clearly. No matter how similar, it couldn’t be nailed down.
“Who fears who? Be careful not to get beaten again by that enthusiastic heroine.” Star laughed smugly.
Scott’s departing steps quickened a bit.
“For my future, for promotion, for the future, even if beaten, I, Scott, won’t give up!” Scott shouted in his heart. For the company, I’ve given too much!
In the next few days, Star and Scott engaged in fierce commercial competition!
Meng Huaifeng helped Star seal off the pirated Chamber of Commerce APP launched by Scott.
Zhu Zhuqing stole back the God of Wealth and Lucky Cat from the company branch that Scott had sent people to steal.
Hong Kou and Po Xiao respectively caught the cleaning auntie who caused the Chamber of Commerce to lose power from time to time and the locksmith who frequently came to change the Chamber of Commerce’s lock cores.
Scott arranged for people to sell stinky tofu at the Chamber of Commerce entrance, driving away quite a few customers, but was chased away by Sushang, this Cloud Cavalry.
When the Chamber of Commerce’s sewer was clogged and sewage surged up, March 7th quietly formed an extremely slippery ice surface under the feet of Scott, who was among the crowd watching the fun. Scott was squeezed by the people behind and couldn’t brake, sliding straight into the sewage, plunging headfirst into the sewer.
In the blink of an eye, the day for the company to officially collect payment arrived.
Scott’s methods were low-class, but they did affect a lot of the Chamber of Commerce’s business, so whether they could pay the overdue rent was unclear until Mingxi settled the accounts.
Mingxi calculated the accounts overnight. Star confidently invited Meng Huaifeng and March 7th to watch the fun, and Sushang similarly invited Gui Naifen and Huo Huo.
To prevent the other party from not recognizing the debt, both sides tacitly invited the Astral Bureau for notarization.
At the negotiation table, the Astral Bureau representative Xikui cleared her throat and said: “I, on behalf of the Astral Bureau, coordinate the rent dispute between the Interstellar Peace Corporation and the Golden Man Alley Chamber of Commerce.”
“Does this need coordination? I’ll say it straight, the Chamber of Commerce should have rolled out of Golden Lane long ago.” Scott said without politeness.
“Can’t the company send a normal person to negotiate?” These days, Sushang was thoroughly annoyed by this guy who kept causing trouble for the Chamber of Commerce.
“Ha? Speak louder, I can’t hear clearly.” Scott pretended not to hear.
“I said, does the company have no one else?!” Sushang shouted furiously, with astonishing lung capacity.
“Uh… this girl’s voice is so loud, my eardrums are about to burst. I hope when you apologize to me later, you shout as loud as just now.” Scott said sarcastically: “As the company’s business representative, attending this negotiation is legal, reasonable! Who does your Chamber of Commerce plan to send? The Cloud Cavalry wild girl who doesn’t seem too bright, the cowardly president I’ve never seen, or this despicable and shameless Nameless?”
Xikui interrupted: “Enough, company representative, please don’t engage in personal attacks. Please state the company’s demands.”
“The company specially leased the operation rights to the Golden Man Alley Chamber of Commerce for mutual development, but the Chamber of Commerce operated poorly and can’t even pay rent. My demand is simple: take back the dock’s operation rights!” Scott said.
Star represented the Chamber of Commerce in debating with Scott. Scott talked about the Chamber of Commerce’s poor operations, while Star kept accusing the company of secretly sabotaging.
After talking a bunch of nonsense, Scott finally couldn’t hold back, with a face full of confidence: “Don’t talk nonsense. I just want to ask, can the Chamber of Commerce pay the overdue rent? If not, according to the lease contract, the Chamber of Commerce should voluntarily hand over the dock’s operation rights and pay additional compensation!”
“Who says we can’t pay the rent?” Star was equally confident.
“If you can pay, show the evidence!” Scott said disdainfully. He had already sent people to estimate; the Chamber of Commerce had turned a profit, but that transaction volume wasn’t enough to cover the debt.
Chamber of Commerce little secretary Mingxi took a deep breath and placed a large box of cash on the negotiation table: “This is the Golden Man Alley Chamber of Commerce’s rent, including the previous arrears, already paid.”
“What? You actually paid it? How?” Scott said in disbelief.
“Thanks to you, the Chamber of Commerce’s profits were indeed short a bit, but the Chamber of Commerce employees united as one, saying this month’s wages don’t need to be paid urgently, just enough to make up the difference. The president has decided to double compensate everyone next month.” Mingxi gratefully looked at the Chamber of Commerce employees, then apologetically to Star: “Benefactor helped the Chamber of Commerce turn a profit, but your reward might be delayed for a while. Truly very sorry.”
“No problem, I’m not short on money.” Star said indifferently. Just delayed a bit, not not paying.
If really short on money, there’s a rich dog next door to her bedroom.
“The president decided to allocate ten percent of shares to thank the benefactors: Miss Star six percent, Miss Sushang two percent, and Miss Zhu, Po Xiao, Hong Kou, Huai Feng together own two percent.” Mingxi took out several share transfer agreements and gave them to Star.
Undoubtedly, Star contributed the most, and the others helped a lot too.
“Huh? Do I have a share too?” Sushang widened her eyes.
“Wait! You’re deducting workers’ hard-earned money! As a member of the company that believes in the Amber Lord, I don’t accept such unrighteous behavior! Give back the workers’ hard-earned money! Return everyone’s hard-earned money! Astral Bureau representative, I, on behalf of the company, complain to you. Such a conscienceless chamber should be shut down, at least… at least suspended for rectification!” Scott protested excitedly.
“The Chamber of Commerce has already filed this with the Astral Bureau. Upon investigation, the employees did so voluntarily, not forced. Complaint invalid.” Xikui refused.
“The materials provided by Golden Man Alley Chamber of Commerce are authentic and reliable. According to the lease contract, the Chamber of Commerce still holds the dock operation rights.” Xikui formally announced.
“Yay! We won!”
The Chamber of Commerce crowd cheered.
“Damn it! How could this be! Just a little bit short, just a tiny bit! Xianzhou people don’t play fair!” Scott said annoyed.
“Don’t forget our previous bet. Now, apologize to me in front of everyone!” Sushang said loudly with arms crossed.
“I won’t. Why should I apologize to you! You paid the arrears by cheating!” Scott refused.
“Don’t worry how we paid, we paid it anyway!” Sushang said.
“You’re using other people’s money to pay rent, doesn’t that count as cheating? If any rich dog giving the Chamber of Commerce money counts, wouldn’t I definitely lose? Is that reasonable? If that counts as your win, is it glorious?” Scott retorted.
“This…” Sushang was somewhat speechless.
“The Chamber of Commerce did exploit a loophole, but we won the bet anyway. The folks of Golden Lane can all testify. What, you want to welch?” Star said with hands on hips.
“I… anyway, I don’t accept it!” Scott said stubbornly.
“Maybe just forget it. Do you expect a faithless, uncredited villain like him to honor his word?” March 7th said disdainfully, glancing at Scott.
“…Yeah, forget it.” Star felt March 7th was right and said somewhat dispiritedly.
Everyone turned to leave and disperse.
Scott’s face changed colors, then suddenly shouted loudly: “Wait!”
Everyone stopped.
“You can call me despicable and shameless, insidious and cunning, cruel and ruthless, unscrupulous. That’s praise for me, Lone Wolf Scott. But you can’t say I’m faithless and uncredited!” Scott shouted hoarsely.
“Who asked you to refuse to honor your bet loss.” March 7th said.
“Who says I won’t honor it!” Scott said.
“What are you doing? Don’t honor it! Those shameful words, I won’t allow you to say them! To climb up, so what if faithless and uncredited? Saying it out would ruin your reputation, disgrace the company, how to get promoted and raise?” The powerful stopped him.
“What do you know? Other things don’t matter, but honoring my word is my bottom line as a lone wolf!” Scott said.
“What bottom line? You still have a bottom line?” The powerful sneered.
“Hey, since you’re honoring it, why freeze? Say it or not? If not, forget it. Anyway, no hope you’d honor it.” Star said impatiently.
“I… I’m sorry to the folks of Golden Lane…”
“You can’t say it!” The powerful instantly seized control of Scott’s body and changed his words: “I didn’t lose, why should I…”
Though the body was out of control, Scott could still see and feel the outside.
The onlookers’ gazes gradually turned to contempt. Denying at first was one thing, but admitting midway then reneging was even more despicable.
“No! Don’t!” Scott struggled frantically, fighting for body control.
Scott’s expression kept twisting, anxious one moment, angry the next.
“What’s wrong with him? Lost his mind? Did we go too far?” March 7th said somewhat at a loss.
“Looks like a Suiyang possessing and fighting for body control!” Huo Huo said with wide eyes.
“Is the last Suiyang on him?!” Gui Naifen said delightedly.
“You… what are you doing! Don’t struggle, I’m helping you!” The powerful said anxiously using Scott’s body.
“Powerful, I recognize your despicable and shameless, insidious and cunning, cruel and ruthless, unscrupulous means, but faithless and uncredited, I, Scott, don’t recognize! I look down on you!” Scott shouted. A green flame suddenly burst from his body!
“It’s really Suiyang!” In broad daylight under everyone’s gaze, Huo Huo wasn’t scared at all. She perfectly executed her skills, cleanly sealing the powerful.
“Huff… pant, huff… pant…” Scott supported his knees with both hands, panting heavily.
“You… you okay?” March 7th asked with concern.
Scott suddenly straightened up and said loudly: “I apologize to the folks of Golden Lane! I’m a blind idiot, ignorant of the heights of heaven and earth, only knowing to yap madly! Woof woof woof, woof woof woof woof woof, woof woof, awoo!”
“Honoring your word, you’re a real man. I recognize you.” Meng Huaifeng praised first.
“I thought you were just a despicable villain, I recognize you too.” Star scratched her head, quite surprised.
“Though you’re very annoying, surprisingly you have some merits.” Sushang also said.
“Hmph, don’t think a few nice words make me forget today’s humiliation! I, Scott, am not done with you! Let’s go!” Scott flicked his head and left with the company employees.
Once Scott’s figure disappeared into the crowd, Star distributed the agreement Mingxi gave her to everyone.
Meng Huaifeng casually gave his to March 7th.
“Huh? Why give it to me?” March 7th asked delightedly.
“I’m a big UP main, don’t care for this little money. You have no extra income and spend extravagantly, so take it as pocket money.” Meng Huaifeng said indifferently.
Zero point five percent of Chamber of Commerce shares—not much, but not little.
“Who says this lady has no extra income? The photos I take posted online have copyright revenue too, though… not much.” March 7th said unconvinced.
“Um, really giving it to me?” March 7th confirmed again.
“Mm.” Meng Huaifeng smiled and nodded.
“Huai Feng, you’re too good!” March 7th cheered joyfully and signed her name: “Mm-hmm, if you run out of money in the future, this lady can support you some.”
……
Scott returned to the Interstellar Peace Corporation branch. On his desk, someone was sitting with their back to him.
“Who are you?” Scott said grumpily.
“I saw what happened at Golden Lane earlier.” The person turned around.
“L-Leader!” Scott’s eyes widened, cold sweat pouring. This was the leader sent by superiors to replace him!
Why was no one notified when people arrived?!
“Though you disgraced the company a bit, your last few words salvaged your image. The punishment for the last mission failure is on hold. I’m giving you a task: succeed and all punishments canceled; fail and penalties doubled. How about it?” The leader asked.
“No problem! Thanks leader, through fire and water!” Scott was overjoyed, turning disaster into fortune.
“Keep it up, I think highly of you.” The leader nodded satisfactorily.
