Back at the hotel, everyone sat down in the lobby.
Li Tianming asked, "So, are we still having a celebration dinner tonight?"
Zhang Kuang yawned. "Let's take a break. We've been busy for days, and I didn't even get to sleep in today. Tomorrow."
"Tomorrow it is. I'll book a restaurant."
Lu Daoxing looked at Qin Siyang and gave him another friendly smile.
He seemed to have forgotten all about asking him for the bird at the ceremony.
"Xiao Qin, how are you planning to divide up that Crimson Crystal of yours?"
Qin Siyang already had an excuse ready.
"I left it with the Zhao Merchants' Association in exchange for a vice-chairman position. If you want some, Professor Lu, talk to Principal Zhao about how to divide it."
Lu Daoxing chuckled. "Xiao Qin, ultimately, isn't that thing still yours? What's so great about being a vice-chairman? Give it to me, and I'll make you a Tier-Five God-Hunting Artifact! Isn't that better than being a vice-chairman?"
"Besides, you were so imposing onstage today that you intimidated everyone from the Three Major Merchants' Associations. What have you got to be afraid of?"
Qin Siyang waved a hand. "Professor Lu, stop pulling my leg."
"The ones who intimidated the Three Major Merchants' Associations today were Chu Xiaoang, Yan Budong, and Qin Yingguang, not me."
"If I keep hiring people to kill for me, it'll come back to bite me. It's not a long-term solution."
"The reason I got myself a vice-chairman position was to put a powerful backer behind me, so the Three Major Merchants' Associations would think twice before making a move against me."
"Right now, the Zhao Family is the only one in the Safe Zone willing to protect me. If I offend them too, how am I supposed to stay