In the exhibition hall on the first floor of Knight's Billiards Hall, a middle-aged man with a big belly looked at various images of "happy to show Harmony" in the crystal ball, looking thoughtful.

The salesman came over quietly, and after the middle-aged man finished reading the contents in the crystal ball, he asked, "Sir, is there anything that can help you?"

"I plan to join your billiards hall." The middle-aged man said.

"Sir, if you want to join, please talk about it in detail here. We have a variety of franchise methods for you to choose from. You can spend a franchise fee of 10 to 20 gold coins, open a small community billiard hall, or 50 gold coins, and open a large billiard hall." The salesman introduced.

"I choose the most expensive one." The middle-aged man said without hesitation.

The salesman was happy and thought to himself that this was a big customer. If he had handled this big customer, he would definitely have a considerable bonus.

But the middle-aged man continued, "I plan to open ten stores, all of which are the most expensive!"

The salesman was shocked, obviously shocked by the customer.

"Sir, are you joking? Joining ten billiard halls is still the most expensive, but it costs 500 gold coins!"

"Isn't it just 500 gold coins? It's nothing to me." The middle-aged man with a big belly curled his lips and continued, "You probably can't make a decision for such a big business. Let's do this, please come over and I'll talk to him in detail."

Not long after, Phil came to the billiards hall and met this big client.

"Sir, I am the boss of Phil Knight. I don't know what you call me?" Phil greeted enthusiastically.

"My name is Kaunas, and I'm from Jingang City." The middle-aged man with a big belly said.

"It turned out to be Mr. Kaunas." Phil continued: "I heard that you are very interested in joining the billiard hall, and you also want to join ten billiard halls at one time?"

Kaunas nodded calmly: "I've seen that crystal ball. I think the billiards hall is very profitable, so I plan to open ten billiards halls first to try it. If it really makes money, I will continue to invest. Even if it opens hundreds of billiards halls, there will be no problem."

"I'm so angry, I wonder if he is a real fat sheep or a bluffing guy?" Phil said in his heart. Then he began to talk to Kaunas about the franchise fee.

After another trick, Phil finally mentioned the franchise fee: "Mr. Kaunas, as you ask, joining ten large billiard halls will require a franchise fee of 500 gold coins. I wonder if you plan to pay it in one lump sum, or pay a part of the deposit first?"

"I didn't bring that much money!" Kaunas said, taking out a bag from his arms and smashing it directly on the table, and then said, "There are 100 gold coins here, which is the deposit I paid. The remaining 400 gold coins will be sent tomorrow!"

"You are so generous in your actions!" Phil smiled and took the bag on the table, then asked someone to count the gold coins inside, and at the same time brought a contract.

Kaunas picked up the contract and read it, then took over the pen and planned to sign the contract, but at the moment of writing, he stopped again.

"Mr. Kaunas, is there something wrong with the contract?" Phil asked.

"There is no problem with the contract. It was because I suddenly thought of another thing." Kaunas put down his pen and continued: "This is my first time opening a billiards hall, and there are ten chain stores as soon as I open it, but I don't know anything about the business operation of the billiards hall, so I hope that Boss Phil may go to Jinggang City in person and give me some business guidance."

"Well..." Phil hesitated a little. Jingang City is not very far from Ashes City, but not close. If you go back and forth, it will take about four or five days. If you provide some business guidance, it will probably take a week.

"Boss Phil doesn't have to worry about the expenses of food and accommodation during his stay in Jingang City, I will be responsible for it." Kaunas said generously.

"The cost of food and accommodation is all a little bit, but I still have business in Ashes City, and these businesses are probably inseparable from me!" Phil said.

"Boss Phil, if the billiards hall can bring me benefits, I hope to cooperate with you for a long time, that is to say, I will join more than these ten billiards halls in the future. This time I invested 500 gold coins, which represents my sincerity. I also hope that Boss Phil can show some sincerity in cooperation." Kaunas said.

Phil could feel that Kaunas’s implication was that if you don’t give me face, not only will the franchise of these ten billiard halls be ruined, but even future cooperation will be exempted.

"I finally caught a fat sheep, but I can't let it go. If this fat sheep really opens dozens of billiard halls in the future, I can make a lot of money."

Thinking of this, Phil smiled and said, "Since Boss Kaunas has made an appointment with me, I will be disturbing you!"

...

Phil handed over the business in Ashes City to Old Harry, and took two bodyguards to Jinggang City.

Jingang City is truly a port city. The city is surrounded by the sea on three sides. Whenever sunrises and sunsets, the sunlight will dye the entire city and the surrounding sea into golden color, so Jingang City is named for this.

Phil was invited to Jinggang City and came to the luxurious hotel Kaunas booked for him.

"Are you Boss Phil? Mr. Kaunas told me that we must give you a sense of being at home!" the waiter greeted enthusiastically.

"Where is Mr. Kaunas? When will I see him?" Phil asked.

"Mr. Kaunas has a very important business temporarily. He left Jingang City and would not come back until the day after tomorrow." The waiter said.

"The day after tomorrow?" Phil frowned, feeling a little displeased. He had made an appointment with Kaunas before, but Kaunas broke the appointment temporarily, which was equivalent to Phil wasting a day in vain.

The waiter continued: "In order to express your apology, Mr. Kaunas specially arranged a yacht for you. Tomorrow you can take a yacht to sea, fish in sea or go to nearby islands, or enjoy the beautiful sea."

"It's not bad if you have a yacht." Phil's anger disappeared halfway. Although it would take a day to waste, it was also a very enjoyable thing to be able to take a yacht to sea.

...

Phil lies on the deck of the yacht, basking in the sun, enjoying the gentle sea breeze, which is so comfortable.

A black dot appears at the sea and sky communication. The black dot gradually becomes larger and can be distinguished that it is a ship.

"It is not easy to encounter a ship on this endless sea!" Phil sighed softly.

However, what Phil did not expect was that the ship opposite actually drove towards the yacht.

The yacht Phil was riding in did not hide, and sailed straight towards the ship opposite.

Phil didn't care at first, and only realized this when the two ships gradually approached. He sat up from the deck and shouted at the helmsman on the yacht: "Let's get a little bit aside, don't bump into it!"

However, the helmsman of the yacht turned a deaf ear and he still approached the ship opposite.

Phil felt something was wrong. At this moment, several water columns suddenly spurted out from the stern of the ship opposite, pushing the hull forward quickly.

"It's the magician who is casting magic!" Phil frowned. There was obviously a magician on the ship opposite, and Phil subconsciously clasped his wand.

"It seems that something bad is coming from the opposite side, let's go back!" Phil shouted at the helmsman.

But the helmman directly lowered the anchor and parked the yacht in place.

The ship opposite quickly arrived next to the yacht under the water column.

Three men stood on the deck of the ship, looking at the yacht with a fierce look.

Finally, the three of them stopped at Phil.

"Is this the fat sheep Kaunas found for us!" one of them said.

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Chapter completed!