The sale of Laser Weapons in Central Province was controlled by Huo Jiujian, who had even taken on part of the Five Friends Alliance's detector business.
The current Five Friends Alliance was basically doing errands for Great Leaf City, but this had always been a gray industry and needed white gloves.
As for True Immortal Yongheng saying that City Lord Huo was very pleased, that was indeed the case.
All the Laser Weapons sold by Great Leaf City were smuggled goods, and it had been an exclusive business, so the sales risks had previously been considerable.
The key was that Red Leaf Ridge did not want prices raised too much. They were basically "taking on the risks of selling drugs while earning the profits of selling cabbages."
So, much of the time, City Lord Huo used this business to do favors.
Now that Star Palace had also obtained similar goods, the pressure on sales had suddenly eased considerably.
Although it was no longer an exclusive monopoly, with only two operators, the market was basically orderly and controllable, so the impact was not significant.
After Huo Jiujian confirmed the news, he went drinking with True Immortal Yongheng that very day—he could finally make money easily.
Qu Jianlei had not expected things to develop in this direction, and for a moment, he did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Besides that, Huo Jiujian had done two other things. The first was obtaining the Seven Stars Needle Manual.
As for how he had obtained it, City Lord Huo did not say, and True Immortal Yongheng did not ask.
Most remarkably, while acquiring the needle manual, he had also obtained a set of golden needles from the Eight-Armed Ape.
There were thirty-six golden needles in total, forged from various materials. They were called