Tang Shuying and Jiang Kai’s manner of eating wasn’t particularly ugly, but they each had their own mild or intense means of exploitation.
Ren Zhong had a simple chat with the captains of the five affiliated teams.
He was well aware of the strength of these five teams, similar to Zheng Tian’s team before he joined.
In each team, at least two or three members, or even the whole team, were about to reach the Second Level.
Ren Zhong generally expressed his stance, that starting today, the commission for teams affiliated with him would be reduced to 15%, matching Tang Shuying and Jiang Kai’s rate.
This was his way of making his mark as the new leader.
Upon hearing this, the five people were immediately grateful.
Seeing that Ren Zhong was indeed as approachable as rumored, one of them cautiously asked Ren Zhong if he could participate in the Second Level certification exam.
He didn’t dare mention the whole team.
Ren Zhong patted this person on the shoulder, looked at the others, and seriously said, "Lin Wang is Lin Wang, and I am me. Of course, you can take the Second Level exam. I even hope you can grow faster. I emphasize again, I am different from Lin Wang."
Beside him, Wen Lei and Zheng Tian also spoke up to vouch for Ren Zhong’s reputation.
Although in the past, Zheng Tian had some minor disagreements and tensions with these captains, they had often hunted Third Level Ruined Beasts together.
They were both competitors and people suffering the same fate, making their relationships very complicated.
Now that they had latched onto Brother Ren’s golden opportunity to soar, Zhong Tian, influenced by Ren Zhong, subconsciously wished these old partners could live a little better.
Even if Ren Zhong reducing the commission for others meant losing income, which could have been used for the equipment of her and other team members, it didn’t matter.
After all, Brother Ren never shortchanges his own people.
After feeling Ren Zhong’s kindness towards her, Zheng Tian also began to earnestly learn how to be a good person like Ren Zhong.
The five captains were overjoyed upon hearing this.
No matter what doubts they had in their hearts, they were at least genuinely happy on the surface.
The person from earlier boldly asked directly, what had happened with Captain Lin and his team.
Ren Zhong smiled slightly and simply replied, "They’re dead."
The atmosphere paused momentarily.
Their lips slightly curled, wanting to laugh out loud, but didn’t dare to, so they held back.
Ren Zhong also rubbed his own face, "Alright, that’s all for today’s chat, you can go back if you have nothing else."
Only then did the captains feel relieved.
Soon after these people left the courtyard, there were deafening cheers outside.
The long-awaited excitement in the town began with a bubble from Zheng Tian’s small courtyard.
Gradually, the cheers spread farther, radiating across the whole town like waves, even making the clouds in the sky become brighter.
Ren Zhong smiled with eyes narrowed.
He recalled a timeline where there was a graffiti of the rising sun pasted by some brat on the wall of his shack.
Though it was afternoon, the sky was equally beautiful.
Beside him, Zheng Tian handed Ren Zhong a cup of warm tea with a straw and said, "Everyone seems like they’ve seen the hope of changing their lives. It’s really nice."
Ou Youning chuckled, "Yeah, it is!"
Chen Hanyu returned to her room, no one knew what she was doing.
Earlier, Ou Youning had eavesdropped by the wall, saying there were sounds of crying inside.
Wen Lei made an accurate judgment, "It’s the change Mister Ren brought to the town."
Yujin wasn’t here at the moment, he seemed to have returned home to help his mother with sewing.
Nowadays, Yujin wasn’t in much need of money, but his mother still didn’t want to stop her little sewing stall.
Since being praised by Ren Zhong for improving his gun skills through needlework, Yujin no longer felt burdened by it, and when he had time he transformed into a little tailor.
The clothes of the team members and Ren Zhong’s were taken care of by him.
Zheng Tian said again, "People outside actually all know about Lin Wang’s ruthless dominance; as for me, sigh. Thinking back on the past, I was naive. Every time I recall that more than a month ago, I stupidly planned to take everyone to the Second Level certification exam, I feel ridiculous. I wasn’t as aware as the Scavengers outside and almost got everyone killed."
Ren Zhong smiled slightly but didn’t speak.
Zheng Tian continued to speak to herself, "Actually, the first time you warned me, Brother Ren, to be careful of Lin Wang and his group, I was a bit dismissive in my heart. Because at that time I thought Fourth Level professionals were like heavenly gods; even the grains of sand falling from their fingers were enough for us to build a wall. But now facts have proven your correctness, Brother Ren, and my stupidity."
Ren Zhong turned his head to look at Zheng Tian.