Mixed Blessing System

While the store staff attended to the first dozen or so customers, and others were watching, walking in, and feeling the sensation of being in a car, Lothur was with his wives.

They were watching everything from one side of the vehicle presentation hall, smiling, seeing their business coming off the paper and already starting to make a success.

"Lothur, how will we do to deliver all the vehicles that are ordered?" Elke asked. "I mean, I think we will easily reach a thousand orders today alone... So if we only produce four cars a day, it will take us 250 days to deliver just the orders placed today.

In the meantime, there will certainly be people from outside Peters City who will order vehicles as soon as they find out.

That's without considering those locals who didn't come here today..."

Viktoria and Annaliese looked at Lothur, waiting for his answer.

He then said. "Well, that production rate will increase. It's just that many of the factory employees are working on several projects simultaneously.

They are not focused on just producing these cars.

So once we develop a few more vehicle models, the daily production rate will increase quite a bit." He said, remembering the buses, trucks, and agricultural vehicles he had in mind.

"In any case, the plant, with its current personnel, can produce up to 20 vehicles a day, regardless of type." He considered the area, amount of tools, and personnel in that place. "Then we will be able to decrease the wait time a lot."

"Still, some people will have to wait a few months to get their vehicle..." Annaliese commented.

"Not exactly." Lothur disagreed, shaking his head negatively. "Our store requires payment for at least half of the vehicle at the time of order and the other half upon delivery. So if the orders are high today, we can immediately start the second factory and hire and train the new employees.

So in less than a month, we could more than double our production."

First, he wanted to ensure people liked his vehicles before making heavy investments in the Ritter Motor Company. But when the number of orders was so high that it would take years for some people to have a chance to receive their car, he would set up factories all over the province!

He could also create unique product lines for each model to optimize each station's output.

Anyway, Lothur had several plans in mind, so he wasn't worried about not being able to meet the demand.

His wives understood what he had in mind and went back to watching the many orders being placed in that area.

Everyone was pleased, be it those store employees, the car buyers, Lothur's partners, and this young man's family.

Even though they had to pay for part of their vehicles in advance, practically everyone was happy in that area!

"How long will it take for me to receive my cars?" One of the local patriarchs asked, full of anxiety.

"From 1 to 4 weeks, sir." One of the attendants in that area said, making that person less smiling.

Lothur had directed his employees to give a more extended deadline for the delivery of cars so that customers coming later would not have to hear even more extended deadlines than that.

They could deliver vehicles as early as the next day, but it would be better to hold those cars until next week and ensure everyone waited a bit. That way, those who came last would feel that the production delay would not be too bad for them.

On the other hand, in the meantime, Lothur and his men would be able to increase the daily production rate and make investments in expansions.

Since everyone who ordered cars there today would hear about it, there would be fewer complaints, and people would accept the deadline since it was not much, considering that almost everyone there was a cultivator.

After more than a hundred people entered the store, Lothur and his wives left to go to the academy.

Today the competition for places in the Secret Realm would finally begin, so even Viktoria, who would not participate in this little tournament, was interested in attending the academy.

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When it was already 10 a.m., the arena of the Morning Star Academy, a place where students usually competed against each other in everyday challenges, practically all the students were already there.

They were there to watch the event, as was the case for most of the thousands of students at this institution, or to participate.

Each sector had a competing spot for its students to try their luck. Still, many would simply give up because they had no hope of passing the competition or surviving the Secret Realm.

The Secret Kingdom was a home of opportunity, but like any such place, it was hazardous!

Not everyone who went returned, so it wasn't so interesting for weak and low-talent people to covet it.

Anyway, the competition for places in the Secret Realm lasted three days and was a bit simpler than the Province Conference since only fighting skills were tested at this event.

As such, the competition model was simpler. The students in each sector would just fight each other until there was one last one standing, the one who would win the appropriate prizes and the spot in the Secret Realm.

The winning students could win Soul Bones for sectors 4, 5, and 6. So many individuals in this place were excited, shouting in the stands of this 8,000-person arena.

In this atmosphere, Lothur, Viktoria, Annaliese, Elke, and Rebecca, who had joined them earlier, arrived to compete or watch the event.

Because of her situation with the Ancient Poison Body, Rebecca would not be allowed to participate in the Secret Realm, so she could only attend this event that would mark her graduation.

For students in Sector 6, like her and Viktoria, after this competition, they would graduate from Morning Star Academy, ending this journey in their lives.

Only Lothur, who had a special condition within that institution, would have to continue studying there longer.

But even he would not take long since he could graduate by finishing his activities in Sector 4.

Lothur was already in Sector 3, so this would not take long to happen!

Anyway, he, Annaliese, and Elke would participate in the competition that would begin in a few moments.

After arriving in that lively arena, they quickly said goodbye to Rebecca and Viktoria.

With that, Lothur looked at his status and that of the two who would be competing in sectors 3 and 5.

[Name: Lothur Ritter]

[Physique: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger]

[Bloodline: Life Devourer]

[Cultivation: level 15]

[STR: 177.1] [CON: 378.9] [DEX: 182.9] [AGI: 178]

[INT: 113] [PER: 199.9] [WIL: 143]

[EVF: 0]

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[Name: Elke Becker]

[Soul Cultivation: level 14]

[Body Cultivation: level 12]

[STR: 63] [CON: 268] [DEX: 65] [AGI: 66] [SOU: ???]

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[Name: Annaliese Frost]

[Soul Cultivation: level 15]

[Body Cultivation: level 12]

[STR: 74.4] [CON: 270] [DEX: 70.9] [AGI: 74.5] [SOU: ???]

He saw how strong they already were and was satisfied, feeling that there was a great possibility that the two would join him in the Secret Realm.

'Very good, only Larissa will be a risk to them!'

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