Chapter 489 First Income, Again
The following day, Jack also decided to go to the store that had been rented by Samantha and Denali. It was not that he had a lot of free time, but, he had decided that on the 1st day, he was going to be there.
He had already asked the system the previous night if there was going to be a first income reward, but the system did not give him a positive or negative response. Rather, it informed him to explore it by himself.
Although he was feeling a little helpless, Jack had no choice but to go over to the store. And if things went well, and they managed to sell something good, perhaps he might actually go ahead and open another store.
But of course, the thing that he wanted the most was to first of all own a store of his own. After that, it would no longer matter if he was going to rent the shop where he was going to sell his products or not.
The location of the store that had been rented by Samantha and Denali was not that far from where they were living. So, they took a car, the one that had been brought over by the arrangements that Samantha had made, one that was given to Jack by the system as a reward, and headed there.
Since the car was capable of caring four people, nobody was left behind. And after they arrived at the place where the store was, Jack could not help but get a little impressed.
"How much did you spend to acquire this store?" Jack could not help but ask after entering the store. Although it was true that there were not that many items present within the store, Jack did not care about that.
Instead, what he cared about the most was that, the location of the store was not that bad. He believed that as long as the items within the store were good, then, it was not going to be a difficult task for the sales of the store to increase.
Additionally, he had already thought about the mission that he had been given by the system. Although he was calling it a mission, it was just a requirement for him to be able to upgrade his authority to the second level.
He was supposed to start an organization that was going to be well known within the entire Stronghold domain. That was something that Jack was thinking about, starting an organization that mainly dealt with business.
If he did something like that, with the system, it was definitely not going to be troublesome for him to be able to be well known within the entire stronghold domain. It was just that, by getting popular, he was definitely going to attract attention, and not every attention that I was directed towards him had good intentions.
So, as he developed the organization that was required by the system, he had to make sure that he is strength also increased as well. Otherwise, he might end up losing everything, even his life if he was not careful.
"We spent $175,500 star coins to be able to acquire this store. The owner of the store was reluctant to rent it, so, we had no choice but to spend a lot of money in order to acquire it." Samantha responded.
Jack on the other hand did not think much about what Samantha had said. Although he was not sure about the prices of the items within the store, to him, it did not matter about the prices. What mattered to him was that he had acquired a store, a source of his own income.
Of course, he knew that he had borrowed the money from Samantha. So, rather than just letting her continue remaining with the same strength that she possessed, since she had decided that she was going to follow him, then, he was going to make sure that she also became stronger.
Becoming a superhuman was definitely not out of her reach as long as he was concerned about it. Although he could not utilize the free chances that he had been given by the system to increase her strength, that did not imply that he was not capable of using resources to upgrade her.
With the system, the resources could be increased in terms of quality and quantity. So, what Jack really cared the most about was the increase in quality, rather than quantity.
"That's not bad. It should not be troublesome for us to be able to recover that amount of money in a short time. But of course, that is on a premise that there is going to be customers that are going to come over." Jack nodded his head as he responded.
Samantha could not help but look at Jack blankly. According to the normal market price, to be able to acquire this store, the price was not supposed to go higher than 160,000 star coins. But, Jack really thought so low on 10,000 star coins?
'Perhaps to the people from the big stronghold, this small amount of star coins is nothing to them.' Of course, Samantha had not given up on the thought that Jack belonged to a big stronghold. If he was not from the big stronghold, then, how was it possible that he possessed the incredible capabilities that he currently had?
Jack did not know what Samantha was thinking about. So, he entered the store, inspecting the products that were inside. There were several pills, serums, and several other equipment that were used inside the stronghold.
Even the syringe like the one that he had utilized to inject the serum that he had been given by Maxwell into Celine's body was also present. It seemed that this store did not specialize on anything.
After looking at the products inside the store, Jack finally decided to relax while waiting for a customer to arrive. The rest of the girls also found a place and waited.
While waiting, Jack thought about something. Until now, he had not claimed his first income reward that came from the grocery stores. According to the system, the reward that came with opening a store was a Suzuki GSX-R1000.
But, as they continued to accumulate, the value of the reward was going to be increased in terms of quality. It was just like how he had received the Bugatti Veyron, although he had received the reward from the stores.
'System, is the reward that was supposed to come from the grocery stores still available?' Jack asked a little anxious. He was worried that the system was going to cancel the reward that he had not claimed yet because as of now, he was no longer receiving any first income reward from the companies that came from the normal world.
[The host does not have to be worried about this. Since the host had not claimed the reward, it is still available. Additionally, the level of the reward is increasing with the increase in the opening of more grocery stores. Until the host claims the first income reward, they will continue being accumulated.]
Jack: "…."
Jack could not help but be a little speechless. After all, if the system had informed him that he was going to be capable of accumulating the first income rewards even after the first income rewards of the normal companies had been already been canceled, he would have purchased even more companies.
Additionally, he would have also informed Grace to continue expanding the influence of the grocery department to other countries. Not only was he going to dominate Azima, but, he was going to dominate the entire continent if possible. It was just that, he did not know about that.
He really wished that he could blame the system, but, there was nothing that he could do. But still, since there was still the grocery department, Jack decided that he was going to inform Grace to start that plan. He was not sure what kind of reward he was going to receive as of now, but, but he really was looking forward to the first income reward from there grocery department.
[The host is not allowed to continue getting involved in the matters concerning the grocery department. Once the host involves himself in that matter, there will no longer be an increase in the first income reward of the grocery department.]
[The moment that the host informs his subordinate to make a move, then, the first income reward from the grocery department is going to give retrieved at this moment.]
[The circumstances surrounding the grocery department are unexpected, and it is expected of the host not to get involved and let the matter proceed as it should.]
Jack: "…."
Jack was once again left speechless. What the heck was wrong with the system? It was now preventing him from informing Grace that she was supposed to improve and purchase even more grocery stores?
Wasn't this too much from the system? Jack really wanted to complain, but, knowing that the system was not going to make any compromise, he decided not to waste his breath. But at least, the system had already informed him about not claiming the reward at this moment. He would only do that if he had no choice.
[You have earned 800 star coins. Multiplier applied. You receive 80,000 star coins.]
[First income. As a reward, you gain boosting pill.]
Jack: "…."
Jack's mind momentarily went blank. He was wondering to himself, a sale of 800 star coins had already been carried out? Why was it that he did not even realize it?
He immediately looked up, only to realize that there was an old man that was exiting the store. As for the one who had taken care of the customer, it was none other than Celine.
Deciding not to dwell on the matter, Jack decided to focus on the reward that he had received. He wondered if he was supposed to claim it, or if he was going to let it continue accumulating.
'System, can I see the properties of this boosting pill?' Jack questioned in his mind.
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