"I thought I'd gotten a high-end start, but it turned out to be all downhill. Damn it, I inherited a funeral company? The books are spotless, and it can't even break even?"
Su Chen looked at the somewhat shabby funeral company before him and could not help lowering his head in dejection.
After transmigrating to this world, he had inherited the estate left behind by his bargain-bin father, supposedly a company.
He had thought it would be some decent listed corporation, but it was just such a shabby storefront—a little shop merely calling itself a company!
And it was not exactly an auspicious sort of business either.
The words "funeral services" alone were enough to make countless people stop in their tracks.
Looking at the storefront that was already on the verge of losses and could not even afford the rent, Su Chen felt a headache coming on. If this kept up, he was afraid he would lose even the pants off his body!
If he held on for another month and still could not pay the rent, he would have to shut down for good!
Whenever he thought of his landlady's haughty expression, her face animated with smug delight, looking down her nose at him, Su Chen felt terribly stifled.
If he were not fairly handsome, with a decent temperament and a somewhat high appearance score, that old woman would have thrown him out long ago!
Ding! Activating the God-tier Funeral System!
At that moment, a crisp voice suddenly rang out by his ear!
A system?!
Su Chen froze for a moment, then quickly came to his senses. This had to be the kind of system from web novels!
In his previous life, he had read quite a few novels!
A transmigrator's standard-issue divine tool—he had not expected that he, too, would get a system!?
Sure enough,
Congratulations, Host, for successfully binding the God-tier Funeral System!
This system can provide funeral services at various price points, striving to create the most perfect mysterious funeral for customers, complete with premium one-stop services!
As long as the payment is sufficient, funerals of varying levels of grandeur can be arranged, allowing customers to possess a mysterious and terrifying past!
The current prices offered by the system have been published on the relevant online platforms. Customers may contact us on their own!
For every funeral service order completed, the Host will receive additional rewards from the system!
Listening to the system's voice, a smile appeared on Su Chen's face.
Not bad!
This system was still related to his actual profession.
In truth, Su Chen had not really wanted to work in funeral services. The yin energy was too heavy, and he was constantly dealing with things steeped in twilight gloom.
But now that the system had appeared, there was no way he could refuse.
He hurriedly looked over the prices and services offered by the system.
Pay ten thousand yuan, and one hundred black-clad people wearing wireless earpieces will appear at your funeral. A black Maybach will arrive at the funeral site. An elderly man with a weathered face, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, will bow deeply before your gravestone and offer a bouquet of flowers before leaving solemnly!
Pay one hundred thousand yuan, and rain will fall continuously on the day of your funeral. A Chinese-style Hongqi Car will arrive at the funeral site. Three thousand black-clad people holding umbrellas will appear at your funeral, along with three elderly men in black Zhongshan suits and two tearful women, all paying tribute before your gravestone!
Every one of these arrangements was overflowing with style. Even an ordinary person's funeral would make everyone wonder just how mysterious and terrifying the deceased must have been in life!
After all, where would an ordinary person's funeral ever feature such mysterious figures and such a grand display?
The arrangements corresponding to nearly every price point were different. The higher the price, the grander and more high-end the display became!
Looking at the arrangements for those prices, Su Chen turned to the most premium option out of curiosity!
Pay one trillion yuan, and your funeral will be announced to all heavens through a live broadcast. Every renowned figure in the current world will come before your grave and kneel in worship! Heaven and earth will tremble, all things will dim, and nine dragons will pull your coffin! Strange phenomena will appear across heaven and earth, while the stars of all heavens become your gravestones, and the sun and moon see you off!
The coffin drawn by nine dragons will hide you away in the eternal void, while all living beings worship and sing your praises!
Emperors of all worlds will see you off!
Buddhas in temples throughout the world will chant sorrowful scriptures for you!
Gods of all heavens will weep for you!
Women from countless worlds will cry bitterly for you!
Countless supreme treasures will protect your body and become your burial goods!
After seeing the final service package, Su Chen was utterly stunned!
He did not dare keep reading. His heart raced, and he wished he could immediately have such a funeral himself!
To have a funeral with such grandeur, it would be worth dying on the spot!
This funeral setup was absolutely incredible!
He wondered what kind of person could possibly afford such a funeral arrangement!
What kind of spectacle would it be when these events, figures, and supreme treasures all appeared together?
A moment later,
Su Chen slightly reined in his wandering thoughts and returned to reality. His little shop was so shabby that it was nearly out of business.
Now that all the necessary arrangements were in place, all that remained was to wait for a destined customer.
Since Su Chen was the only person in the store, he could only manage the shop himself.
Soon, it was noon.
The funeral company's phone rang!
It was a landline. Su Chen hurriedly put down what he was doing and answered the call.
"Hello! Is this Su's Funeral Company?"
An elderly man's somewhat hoarse voice came from the other end of the line, his tone filled with the vicissitudes of life.
Since Su's Funeral Company had been operating in Qingyang County for several years, some people knew of its existence.
Upon hearing this, Su Chen replied,
"Yes, this is Su's Funeral Company. We specialize in funeral services!"
"Mm, that's good! I'd like to arrange a funeral service package, but I'm not very mobile at the moment. Could you send someone over?"
The old man sounded weak and drained.
He probably truly had difficulty getting around.
So be it. He could not let the first job after activating the system slip away so easily!
Su Chen immediately said enthusiastically,
"Alright, no problem! Tell me the address, and I'll personally come over right away!"
Soon, after the other party gave him the address,
Su Chen quickly tidied up, threw on his rather handsome black leather jacket, kick-started his motorcycle, and hit the road.
The address was No. 648, Huanhe Residential Area, Qingyang County. It was not too far away.
At this moment,
Huanhe Residential Area was called a residential area, but it was actually just a cluster of old houses.
No. 648 was a dilapidated old residence.
Its front door was tightly shut.
A huge red character for "demolish" had been painted on the wall, especially glaring.
An elderly man sat in the courtyard. His face was ravaged by time, pale and weak, while his hands trembled slightly.
An old military cap sat on his head. It had been patched many times and looked heavy and worn.
His name was Chu Guozhong, and he was an old soldier.
A medal on his chest gleamed brilliantly under the sunlight.
However, time had left too deep a mark upon him. The wrinkles on his face seemed to be filled with life's hardships. He no longer possessed the heroic bearing of his fighting days, and even taking a few steps left him gasping for breath!
Back then, he had charged through storms of bullets and raging artillery fire without even furrowing his brow. How valiant he had been!
Chu Guozhong was filled with emotion. Now, he suffered from a terminal illness, and he did not have much time left.
A hero in his twilight years, the sun setting beyond the western hills~
Just moments ago, he had seen an advertisement pop up on his phone. It was from Su's Funeral Company, and its funeral services gave even this old soldier an inexplicable sense of excitement! He had lived plainly and kept a low profile; if people could stand in awe of him after his death, perhaps that would not be so bad?
After retiring from the military, he had been qualified to take up a post in the capital. Yet, for various reasons, he had returned to this small county, married, raised children, and lived an ordinary life. His later years should have been spent happily enjoying the blessings of children and grandchildren around him, but not long ago, he had been notified that his house would be demolished, and he received a sum of relocation funds!
Those relocation funds immediately became like a death warrant. His children began fighting madly, arguing and brawling as they tried to divide the money among themselves!
The affection and filial piety of the past became worthless before the temptation of money!
Enraged by his children's reaction, the old soldier Chu Guozhong donated all of the relocation funds to charity!
Decades ago, he had braved barrages of bullets for Dragon Country, fighting loyally for his nation!
And now, he had once again donated this money selflessly, contributing it to the country!
When he saw Su's Funeral Company's advertisement, he was tempted!
His gaze fell upon the memorial photograph of his late wife beside him, and tears surged in Chu Guozhong's eyes.
"Old woman, I'll be coming down to keep you company soon. Let me be selfish one last time!"
At that moment, someone knocked on the front gate!
Chu Guozhong shakily went to open it.
Standing outside was none other than Su Chen.
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