The name of this Tiger List master is Toad. It’s a name that sounds a bit unflattering, but it’s this name that makes it impossible for people below the Tiger List to get on the Tiger List for fifty years. It’s such a person who has maintained his reputation for fifty years.
The Dragon and Tiger Ranking of 2018 remains unchanged. Such a person is a very powerful guy no matter where he is. It has been a while since he has met anyone who wants to challenge him. Some people on the Dragon Ranking are too powerful.
, he was looking for death when he challenged in the past. Although there was a ranking match this time, he was not worried. He was always challenging people who were better than him, and he definitely did not challenge anyone who was lower than him, so he was still very safe.
It’s really great that the people below want to challenge themselves, and they are giving themselves money again. Recently, I have spent a lot of money on my cultivation. These things need to be replenished. Nothing can be done faster than this.
Although Toad is a good person, if you look at his face, this guy must be trash, because no one wants to look at such a person, his face is like a huge centipede.
Similarly, it is said that this thing was left to him by a monster in the Magic Beast Mountains. Now that monster has been killed by him. It seems that the teeth he wears in his neck belong to that monster.
It can be seen from this incident that this guy is a narrow-minded person, and he must avenge himself. If he did not need this quota, Li Cong would not want to have anything to do with such a person, but now he must enter
Only those on the Tiger List are qualified to talk to some of the experts in it. You must know that the information of those people is still in the hands of the four empires. Except for them, they are the experts on the Dragon and Tiger List. If you want to enter, you can still do it.
Entered this club.
What the Cao Family Commercial Bank needs now is a large number of talents, whether they are literary or military, they are all in great need. Now, in addition to those people who came out of the training camp, the Cao Family Commercial Bank's military personnel are the Warcraft in the Warcraft Mountains. For
These Cao Family Trading Firms are not very popular. They must have some strong people, strong people who are well-known on the entire road, so that those young people will not come to them to cause trouble. That's all.
Only in this way can some transactions of the Cao Family Trading Company run normally. Just like some bandits on the road. If you are in charge of a dragon list master, they will probably starve to death and will not bother you. If you have
A person who is similar to the master of the Dragon Ranking, but not famous. Then he is no different from a passerby. At best, he is just a very powerful passerby. Such a person probably has no ability to change the entire situation.
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Toad finished the homework he had to do today and asked his housekeeper to come in. Normally, no one can come to this yard without his permission. At the beginning, there was still something urgent.
, but now that so much time has passed, the servants here can also understand that their boss is not an ordinary person on this continent. Some things do not need to be done so urgently, just do it slowly.
That’s it.
"Is there anything different about this newcomer? Do you have any information about him?" Toad said while wiping his sweat. I don't know why, but it seems that this kid makes him feel a little different. No matter what the situation was in the past
I have never felt like this. This feeling this time made me a little flustered, as if I just couldn't beat others. This feeling made Toad feel uncomfortable, but he could quickly get himself out of this state.
Come out, this is the psychological quality of a Tiger List master. He has not seen his opponent yet. If his opponent is intimidated by his feelings, he will not need to mess around on this road.
It's better to just go back and live incognito as soon as possible.
"We don't have any information about this person. Generally speaking, the four major empires will give us some information about ninth-level warriors, but this person doesn't have any information, and he is not wearing a magician's robe, so we can't
I am sure if he is a magician, but this person gives me the impression that he is very powerful. I have never seen his skills, but what you can see from his face is calmness. Sir, I say this to you.
Don't be angry, the calm feeling he gives people makes me think he must be feeling low." This manager has been with Toad for a while and knows what kind of person his master is, so
I watched carefully when I said these words, fearing that this guy would jump up and kill me immediately. This is possible, because the toad back then had a nickname, that is, he was called a tyrant. Such a person
You can imagine what kind of character he has.
"Haha, after living an ordinary life for a long time, there should be such a challenge. In fact, I have felt that such a life is too ordinary for a long time. Although I am still making progress, sometimes it is too slow.
, it is incomparable with my time back then. I have never been able to find the reason for the slow progress. Now it seems that the reason has been revealed. That is because I no longer have the threat of death. It seems that this time I can
Let me feel the threat. Let me have some recovery pills prepared for me. It is estimated that I will be seriously injured this time. I will arrange for the three of them to fight with that kid soon. I want to see where this kid comes from.
Where it comes from, you can more or less see it in some of the moves." Toad said with a smile, he could still trust his three subordinates, although they were all ordinary ninth-level warriors.
But under constant fighting, their abilities are pretty good.
The manager agreed and went down. He could only say that his master was a little crazy. Most people would definitely find an excuse to postpone such a thing for a while, and then go find out what was going on with their opponent. As the old saying goes.
It is said that if you know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles, but now I don't know anything about my opponent, and I actually want to fight with him in the past two days. Such a person really doesn't know whether to blame or praise.
Still in the capital, still in Minde's study. It's still the same two people, Minde, the general manager of the Southern Empire's Internal Affairs Office, and Wu Zuoxi, the first-class steward of the Cao Family Trading Company. The only difference from the previous time is that the faces of the two people now
They were all smiling, and things were almost in progress. Minde's adventure was a success. Those three people were just the first wave to pass by, and there were three more people who passed by later. He already knew what was going on.
What is the identity of this person? He was originally from Jianghu. He became a worshiper of the Southern Empire in the past year. These people are all tenth-level warriors. It doesn’t matter how many tenth-level warriors there are in an empire as offerings. It’s just their bodies.
They all seemed to be seriously injured. This is the news that the Cao Family Trading Company needs most. Now the transaction between the two parties is basically completed. The two people are naturally relatively happy. But now Minde is a little worried about himself.
This is a head-turning thing. If something goes wrong, you will die. Although things are fine now, how can the people of the Cao Family Trading Company let you go so easily?
"Manager Wu, now that the information you need has been given to you, my grandson has also come to my place. Shouldn't we stop contacting each other in the future? You also know that this matter is too serious. I don't want to
I hope our connection is too close. If the imperial court discovers this, I will have a sad life in the future." Minde said a little worriedly. Naturally, the Cao Family Trading Company is not very afraid of the Southern Empire royal family.
There is nothing uncomfortable about the confrontation between the empire. What does the Southern Empire mean to him? Going against them is simply a matter of course, but it is completely different for Minde. Minde has been a Southern Empire since he was a child.
Although a person is forced to do such a thing, he still feels uncomfortable in his heart.
"Haha, when the manager said this, I felt very uncomfortable. He actually wanted to kill the donkey. We would be very sad about such a thing. Our Cao Family Trading Firm has been cooperating with you for some time.
Why can't we cooperate well? Many times we can have cooperation opportunities. The general manager knows how capable our Cao family firm is. In fact, after this time, I saw an opportunity for cooperation. The imperial court is not
Are you about to provide disaster relief? I heard that a large amount of food is needed, but you also know the food reserves of the imperial court. I wonder if the general manager can take action on this matter. Everyone knows that our Cao family business is the largest in the world.
We are a grain merchant, we must be involved in such a thing." Wu Zuoxi said with a smile, he has already cooperated with your line, you want to get rid of yourself so easily, how is that possible?
What? If I don’t make good use of your words, I’m really sorry for myself. It’s not in line with my own style of life, and it’s really uncomfortable.
Minde's face twitched when he heard this. Damn, this is what he fears most. He originally thought that the last incident was over, but he didn't expect that what they wanted was to control him.
Can you do such a thing by yourself? This is simply impossible. Recently, more than a dozen provinces in the central part of the Southern Empire have suffered from drought. The imperial court has to transport 70 million tons of grain to provide disaster relief. This is only the first phase, and there will be more in the future.
It will be added. He also knows this matter. Some ministers in the imperial court have already started to do this. It's just that he, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, also wants to intervene in such a matter. If some censors or something like that are asked,
If you are targeted, your life will definitely not be easy. I don’t know what will happen in the future. The people from the Cao Family Trading Company really think that they are omnipotent, and they don’t even know what they have.
With so much ability, how can you be so powerful?
"Master Wu, I really can't do anything about this matter. As you know, I am the general manager of a small internal affairs office. I don't have the ability to handle some of the military and national affairs of the court. As far as I know, the person in charge of this matter is
I am the Minister of Household Affairs ***. If you people from the Cao family business want to do this business, I can introduce you to you. I can do such a thing, but I have to keep this list in my hands.
I can't do it." Minde said with a smile. This disaster relief requires a total of nearly 200 million tons of food. This is definitely not a small amount. Estimated based on the price, the total is about 6 billion silver. For a head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
This little bit of money is nothing, but he knows very well what it means to do this. Officials do their own thing. If you reach out here, according to Minde's instructions,
Face. As long as he opens the mouth, the deal will definitely be his, because he is the emperor's favorite. Although the people in the household department are all about money, who would offend him? He has no brains, right? But people also
You would think, usually people don't do such offending things, but Minde did it. What does this mean? It must be that he has an unusual relationship with the Cao Family Trading Company. Ordinarily, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs can say
They are two opposing departments. The Ministry of Household Affairs is thinking about the affairs of the common people, while the Ministry of Internal Affairs is thinking about the affairs of the royal family. How can this not be in opposition? Generally speaking, it is impossible for Minde to use such things.
It's troublesome to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but now that he has done that, can people keep some things secret? This guy must have some ulterior secrets. His relationship with the Cao Family Trading Company is...
"Haha. The manager is so humble. There are very few things that Mr. Minde cannot do in the entire Southern Empire. We at the Cao Family Trading Company have calculated that you have invested 7 billion in food for disaster relief.
Silver. If Master Minde can give it to us, one billion silver will be our thank you gift. Of course, we will do our best if Master Minde has anything to do in the future." Wu Zuoxi simply pretended that he had not heard what Minde said.
Now he has begun to think about the issues of profit distribution. Minde can't keep up with this guy now. What he is thinking about is how he should get rid of the Cao Family Trading Company. If he can't get rid of this,
From now on, I will be the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for someone from the Cao Family Trading Company, which I absolutely do not want.
"Master Wu seems to have not understood what I mean. I don't want to have any cooperative relationship with you people from the Cao Family Trading Company. This matter is not what I want to do. Our relationship should end here. My grandson
If you want to take back the monster, just take it back. I just hope that this matter will rot in our stomachs from now on, and no rumors will spread. This is the best comfort for me. Other than that,
I have nothing else to say to you." Minde saw that Wu Zuoxi still didn't say anything to him, and could only make a face like this. He didn't want to say anything anymore. He really didn't expect that this Cao
The shopkeepers of the family business are all like this. Why can't they understand what they mean?
How could Wu Zuoxi not understand what he said? He was just pretending to be stupid. He must have understood such things, but the Cao Family Trading Company had spent so much on this person, how could it be possible that he could let him go so easily?
Let this person go. Wu Zuoxi is like this. From now on, you will be a member of the Cao Family Trading Company, just like men and women. Doing such a thing once is enough. If you want to just abandon the Cao Family Trading Company
, and then you have to rely on your own affairs. How is this possible? The people at Cao's Trading Company will never let you do what you want. Some things are not as easy as you think. It is easy to get on the ship, but it is difficult to get off.
"I understand very well what Mr. General Manager means, but our Cao Family Firm also paid a lot for this matter, and you received a lot of benefits, didn't you? This matter is also a good thing for you. In fact,
I think if the emperor of the Southern Empire also knows about this, I guess your head will definitely not be on your shoulders, right? If you fight against such huge pressure on your own in the future, it will definitely not work. We Cao
No matter what time comes, people from the family business will not abandon their comrades, so I think it is better for us to continue to cooperate, otherwise something unexpected will happen." Wu Zuoxi said with a smile, Minde was already angry.
He was about to go berserk, but Wu Zuoxi didn't look uncomfortable at all.
"What do you mean, Manager Wu? Do we have to mix with the people from your Cao family business in the future? What if I don't want to do that?" Minde will still have some courage of his own after all, just think about it now.
For example, there are not many people who can say such things even if they have the control in their hands. It is not bad to have such courage. Wu Zuoxi also looked at his partners happily.
, the guy in front of me is really good, and having such a partner is also a benefit for the Cao Family Firm.
"The manager still has a very bad temper, but you have already cooperated with our Cao Family Trading Company. If you don't want to cooperate with us, this matter may be leaked. It will not be simple at that time.
If something happens, your Emperor may want your head at that time, and your entire family may have nothing. You are afraid of him, but you betrayed him. Isn't this a bit too much?
?If someone he is not familiar with betrays him, he won't be too angry, but for you, this matter is difficult to say." Wu Zuoxi said, his words were like nails piercing Min De's heart.
De also knew clearly that he might be a member of the Cao Family Trading Company for the rest of his life. The Cao Family Trading Company really killed two birds with one stone. He relied on himself to figure out the news there. He also became their pawn and their vassal.
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"Master Wu is threatening me. I, Minde, have been the manager of Wufu for so many years, and I also know some things very clearly. If Master Wu wants to threaten me with these things, I don't think so.
It was established. I can be considered a tycoon after all. Master Wu, please don’t find the wrong person." Minde also understands the need to use both hard and soft methods to do things, but he didn’t know that the Wu Zuoxi in front of him is someone who has used these methods badly. For
For him, these things are nothing at all. If it comes to playing, you are still very young and you are not their opponent at all.
"Haha, the general manager can just take care of it himself. If the general manager can help us solve this matter, I heard that the deputy general manager Wang Chengzhu has been quite good at jumping recently. I also know that when he was the Queen Mother, you
We are His Majesty's people. Sometimes there will inevitably be some problems in your cooperation. It doesn't matter. As long as we are willing to come forward, nothing will be a problem. It just depends on whether you do it or not.
Don't worry, I will tell him to shut up with you. If Minde doesn't do this, I'm afraid your position as manager will be moved. Although Wang Chengzhu is not very capable, he is the best at opportunism.
If we cooperate with him, it is really not difficult to get him to the top. I think you will know more clearly what will happen to you by then. In this case, we will not talk about it anymore. I will leave first.
, I just listened to your news in the past few days, don't force it, if you can do it, do it, if you can't, it doesn't matter, there are many people who want to cooperate with our Cao Family Trading Company." Wu Zuoxi didn't do it after he got up.
Say anything to this guy and go out, as if this is his home.
Suddenly Min De felt that what he just said seemed a bit excessive. This Wu Zuoxi was not an ordinary person. He used to be the prime minister of the Western Empire. Everyone knew about the Tuoba clan's rebellion in the Western Empire. If not
If this guy is the case, the pattern of the mainland may change in tens of thousands of years. Many people in the Western Empire may make trouble, but this guy has stabilized things. Of course, there will be some other factors, but it cannot be said that
It's all because of this guy, but no matter what, he's still doing quite well. Just because of this, this guy is also very powerful. He became even more powerful after becoming the big shopkeeper of the Cao Family Trading Company. I followed him.
After bargaining, it seems that I underestimated the person in front of me.
Wang Chengzhu? Thinking of that guy made Min De's heart sting. Although the Queen Mother is already very old, and she doesn't know when she may pass away, and His Majesty the Emperor doesn't like this guy very much, but it's this guy.
But he gave half of his rights to it. At least he couldn't get involved in the affairs of Cining Palace. Strictly speaking, there were only two masters in the entire palace, one was His Majesty the Emperor, and the other was the Queen Mother. As for
The queen, the concubine, and so on are just floating clouds. Who knows how many days they can stay up there. Only their two mothers are the most noble people in the palace. Although I often try to please the queen mother, I have no choice but to
If you are not the Queen Mother's person, you can't talk to the Queen Mother about going together. The most important thing is that the emperor does not want him to become the Queen Mother's person, so he has to fight with that guy. Although it is a matter of course, there is no time to do it.
As time went on, I still felt a little uncomfortable. After all, the things the Queen Mother did were really not very good.
That guy Wang Chengzhu has been jealous of his position for I don’t know how many years. Whenever there is a chance, that guy will come out and dance. I don’t know how many times these two people have fought openly and secretly over the years, but there is no winner.
He vaguely occupies the top spot, but he is very clear about this guy. This guy is a real villain. If he hangs out with someone like him, he doesn't know what his life will be like.
But if he gets on his own head, then he will never have a good life. In the past, the two parties were almost the same, but now the people from the Cao Family Trading Company have their own control. What if it happens to the people from the Cao Family Trading Company?
If you cooperate with that guy and regard your own affairs as a bargaining chip for their cooperation, your life will be really difficult. No, it should be said that it is over. That guy will definitely report it to the Queen Mother immediately.
At that time, even if His Majesty the Emperor cares about his friendship, he will definitely kill him first. There is no doubt about this. The emperor's thoughts are powerful enough.
Forget it, that's the fate of him. If he doesn't admit this, he probably won't be around in the future. It's not something he can afford to offend. Min De called his servants and asked him to give
Change your clothes by yourself. Then let the carriage outside take you to the Minister of Tobe. This matter is not difficult for Minde. As long as he goes there and talks about it, he can handle it. But this matter will come later.
The news that came out is not very good. Now the entire Southern Empire has to draw a clear line with the people of the Cao Family Trading Company. But if he does such a thing, if His Majesty the Emperor takes notice of him, he will lose his position.
, but if he doesn’t do it now, his head will be gone. Little people are so sad. If gods fight, he will also be unlucky. He also feels now that although he is some kind of manager, in these real high-level positions
In front of me, this is bullshit.
Looking at the other side, Er Sha and San Wa Zai had a very comfortable time this night. Of course, they would never go to places they shouldn't go, such as those places with colorful flowers and green willows.
They couldn't go, and they couldn't even go to the casino. When they came out, their grandma told them that they couldn't spend the money on anything other than buying food and eating a hard meal for the two brothers.
However, the two brothers had a hearty meal of mutton skewers. The good guy ate a full meal of 500 Wen, which is 100 skewers. In this way, the two brothers felt that they were not full. If they continued to eat
If it goes down, there is no problem if it costs another 100, but both of them know that their homes cannot allow them to eat like this.
"Haha, brother, do you feel comfortable eating? Didn't you say you just ate a bunch last time to satisfy yourself? Now you have eaten so much." Er Sha looked at San Wa Zai happily and said, the two of them were on one side.
Those who eat steamed buns and meat at the same time are very stretched now. Even if they have more than twenty taels of silver, they can't open their stomachs and eat hard, so they thought of this method. If they eat hard, the money will not be known to them.
How much money do they have to go in? The 500 yuan they spent will cover their family's living expenses for a long time. If they continue to eat like this, their lives will be...
"Haha, yes, the food we ate today was really enjoyable. I said, silly, let's make money after we go back. As long as we have money, we can just eat these things every day. It's not too late now, let's go
Let's buy some cloth for the eldest sister and the others, and we two brothers should also change our clothes. Look at what they have become." The two of them looked at their clothes, they really didn't look good.
I have to go and have a look quickly.
"Well, of course we have to make money well. Just look at our life now. We couldn't even think about it before. Now we are living very happily. We will just do that in the future.
Aren't you very familiar with the mountains? I'm very good at those things. As long as the two of us work hard, the situation at home will definitely improve even more in the future." At this time, Er Sha seemed to have forgotten that he was
Who is this person? In his mind, this person seems to be his, but what he doesn't know is that the investigation against him has already begun.
No one knows about the Investigation Department of Cao's Commercial Bank, but it is a well-known department within Cao's Commercial Bank. This department cooperates with people in the intelligence system and is basically invincible. It is one of the four empires.
To a certain extent, the intelligence departments are not their opponents, because the intelligence departments of the four empires are basically very powerful in their own countries, but if they go out of this country, they will not be of much use.
It is obtained by looking at other people's faces everywhere, but the investigation department of Cao's Trading Company is different. No matter where they are, they can make all the difference. Now in this city, in this county, their eyes are focused on Er.
Stupid, in their opinion, this man should not look like what they see in front of them. How could a sixth-level warrior like him beat those things and sell them for money? For such a person, their investigation department gave three possibilities.
The first one is that this guy is a top expert. But he was injured for some reason, or suffered from amnesia, so he went to such a place. I also found their address. It was a very desolate place.
Small mountain village, but no masters have disappeared from the surrounding area in recent times. In fact, they can guess that it is not easy. As long as they are given a certain amount of time to summarize some of the surrounding news, they can always find it.
There are some clues, such as a big river flowing through that place. If you search up and down, you can always find a lot of information, but they are a county branch here, so this kind of work is not suitable for them.
It's still a bit high-intensity, so I'd better report some of the news here. You don't need to think about the rest. There will be more people to help you think. It's better to be honest.
The second is that this guy is a person with potential, but he has lived in that small mountain village since he was a child and has no master to educate him. Therefore, he is not very clear about how much ability he has. This guess is also valid.
, but some people have raised objections. The people there have been out many times, but why have they never seen this guy? A sixth-level warrior is nothing in the capital or even some larger cities.
Yes, because in a place like that, people like this are everywhere, but in such a small mountain village, this is a big deal. It’s just that I haven’t seen this person come out before. Even if he hadn’t, I would definitely
There will be some news coming, but it is obvious that there is no news at all. Er Sha's cousin can be regarded as a non-staff member of the Cao Family Trading Company. What he has to do is to bring information from their place every time.
Some news has been reported, although it is all insignificant, but if it is reported, it will also be rewarded with thirty pounds of wheat. Although it is not a lot, it does not take much time of my own. Of course, it is a matter of choice.
, as long as anyone with a brain will probably do it, there are many possible doubts about this second one, so only after careful investigation can we draw some conclusions.
The third is that he knows that he has that ability, but the reason why he did this is his own reason. Maybe he wants to get someone or something in that mountain village. This is absolutely possible. If
They didn't care about such a thing. After all, such a sixth-level warrior was not what the Cao Family Trading Company wanted to pay attention to. It's just that his appearance and speech and behavior didn't seem to be such a scheming person, or this guy
Either he is a very scheming person, or this guy is really a fool.
In any case, it is possible to live in the city with three options, but more people still prefer the first option, and they all understand this very well.
At this moment, the two of them were very happy to eat and play well, but the cousin was not feeling very well now. He took three people to collect the debt. He had traveled all over the country for so many years, and there were many people who owed him money.
Yes, this one is the most difficult one to get. It is the owner of a wholesale point. Last year, he took away several fox skins from his place, and he still hasn’t paid for it. This is totally wrong.
It's just something that's against the rules. Originally, he didn't want to do business with this guy. This guy is notoriously not very good. It would be nice if the people who do business with him can get their capital back. That's it.
One of the guys was actually stained by his cousin. Three fox skins are worth seventy taels of silver. This is the capital. If you include the profit, it will be more than one hundred taels of silver. If this money is
If I don't come to ask for it, how will my cousin do business in the future?
It's just that my cousin has been here more than ten times, and every time he either can't see this guy or has no money to make you cry. Now this time my cousin has seen this guy, and his life is very nourishing.
Look at the outfit he is wearing, which costs a hundred and ten taels of silver. There is absolutely no problem in repaying his own money, but it seems that the guy in front of him doesn't really want to repay the money. There is nothing to say about such a person.
We have to make him look good. We have brought a few brothers here. If you can honestly give money, everything will be easy to talk about. But if you don't give it, this matter will...
"What's the matter? Have you become more capable recently? Did you know that you brought people to my place? I know that the people in your place are all hunters, and they all have some real skills, but you also showed me clearly, here
What kind of place is this? This is the county seat, not your small village. If you want to be violent, I think you'd better get out early, lest something happens and you can't escape one by one. I originally thought about going through this.
After a while, your money will be given to you. As you can see, it’s not that I don’t have money here, it’s just that I can’t transfer it for the time being. I really didn’t expect you to be so disrespectful to me and come to my place with such a few things.
Here, I am open for business, and the losses you bring to me are more than your money. People like you had better see things clearly, otherwise you will have to blame yourself if you suffer losses."
The boss turned his face and saw that these people were all practicing boys. But since he was a bully, he had to have his own skills in this street. Normally, he would definitely have his own assistants.
No, there are relatively few people here today. They have all gone out to call for people. This will only take a while. When everyone comes, you will know the benefits one by one.
"Boss Yu, I don't want this either. You've seen it too. What time is it now? It's been eight months. It's almost the end of this year. You didn't even give me the money from last year. How can you do this?
How can I survive? Don’t I need to give my family some money to live on? This matter is not as simple as you think. I also have my own life to live, and you should also pay attention to it. Everyone is a business.
Man, can you do something like not paying the debt? We can't do that. Sometimes some things are not that simple." My cousin was not intimidated by his two sentences. After he finished speaking, he followed
The brothers have all taken a step forward. It seems that if you don’t give me money today, I will have to give you something powerful. Anyway, the boss is also an ordinary person. He is not a powerful person at all. If so, they would not dare to
The door is already closed for those who are acting wild here. No one outside knows what is going on inside, so they must be given some color. (To be continued...)