Li Wei thought over Ovelia's invitation and agreed. They arranged to head to Bisbalu in a week to attend the Steam Mechanics Expo.
After all, Li Wei needed a break, and he still had a few things to take care of in Fog City.
His investments, for instance.
When Li Wei returned to Anvil Street, it looked almost exactly as it had before. Almost, but not entirely. At the very least, the single factory bearing the sign "Kellida Steam Mechanics" had become three. And judging by the familiar vehicle models passing back and forth along the street, business was going fairly well for now.
"Ah, Mr. Li Wei!"
Hank was still dressed like a working man, in oil-stained overalls, and welcomed Li Wei inside with great enthusiasm.
"It's been a while! How have you been?"
"Not too bad. From the looks of things, your business seems to be doing pretty well?"
"Yes, just as you can see, Mr. Li Wei."
Hank was very excited.
"We followed your advice and divided our models into two tiers, high-end and low-end. The high-end cars are mainly for the nobility, while we've been marketing the low-end fleet vehicles to various government departments. So far, that's been quite effective too. Of course, much of that is thanks to you driving the Phantom all over Fog City. People often come to ask us about it..."
Hank rubbed his hands together as he spoke. Though they had run plenty of advertisements, in his opinion, their best-known advertisement was still Li Wei and the Phantom. After all, Li Wei frequently drove the Phantom all over Fog City, which naturally attracted plenty of attention.
Among those interested were quite a few rich young heirs with money and time to spare. To Hank, these young heirs were excellent customers. They