Became a billionaire with system

4. Starting a business

After school, Aslan decided to look for Devon. Even though Kyle wasn't looking for him anymore as usual, Aslan wasn't strong enough, so he was still afraid to go home alone. Fortunately Devon was kind, he said he would accompany Aslan as long as he cooked dinner.

The condition is not difficult, Aslan likes to cook. So Aslan, David, Devon and Jaden went to the supermarket to look for ingredients. Jaden was the son of his neighbor John. Jaden's house was big and luxurious, even so Jaden was very friendly and often came to the dormitory to play with Devon and David.

After shopping, they returned to the dormitory. But their path was blocked by thugs sent by the owner of the orphanage.

Aslan's chest was pounding with fear.

"What do you want?" Devon asked, complete with a scary look.

"None of your business, that boy is our business!" One of the thugs pointed at Aslan.

"Oh, Aslan? He's my friend, if you have business with him, then you have business with me!" Devon was so scary, some of the thugs looked terrified to see his figure. Indeed, approaching Devon was the right choice, especially since Aslan wasn't that strong yet.

Besides Devon, David looked just as scary. Both of Aslan's dorm mates looked strong, but the thugs outnumbered them.

In the end, they have to fight. Aslan and Jaden also joined in, because they had to.

When they were cornered, police cars arrived and broke up the fight. The thugs ran away from the place.

"Shit!" Devon looked upset.

"I'm sorry, this is all my fault" Aslan said.

"You're not at fault, they're just shameless" said David.

[Master has a new mission!]

[You treat them with magic potions at the system store, then help wash their dirty clothes]

[The reward is something random, the punishment is nothing]

They arrived at the dormitory, battered.

"I'll treat you as my guilt, I don't want rejection, let me do it. Now you change your clothes first, your clothes are dirty, let me wash them too."

There was a laundry in the dormitory, so washing clothes was not difficult.

They just shut up and agreed to Aslan's words, they didn't want Aslan to feel burdened.

After they changed into their casual clothes, Aslan brought two bottles of potion and cotton wool. First the cotton was soaked in low-level healing potion water, then gently rubbed over the wound.

"We can do it ourselves, Aslan, you just cook for us, right? We'll use the medicine and cotton," Devon said.

Aslan nodded in agreement, then went to the kitchen together to start cooking.

For dinner, it had to be a nutritious meal. So Aslan decided to make a stew of vegetables and meat, plus instant seasoning that was already famous for being delicious. Aslan bought all the ingredients himself, deliberately choosing high quality ingredients. Aslan wanted to eat well too.

The rice was cooked, the vegetable and meat stew was also cooked, plus the fried chicken that Johnny had bought. They ate in silence.

Aslan could see that their wounds were healing.

Jaden came to the dormitory, eating with them too. Aslan gave Jaden some healing herbs and cotton wool too, because Jaden had a little cut.

The cheerful Jaden was so happy to be given the potion and cotton, he thanked Aslan many times.

[Mission completed, please check the reward in the system account!]

"Your cooking is good, isn't it?" Johnny commented, he was curious and tried Aslan's cooking.

"Right, you have your own recipe huh? I often make it with instant seasoning, but it's not as good as this," David said.

Aslan scratched his head, which wasn't itchy. Actually, he put in other spices. Since there was no pepper in the kitchen, he bought pepper at the system store, and also bought garlic powder.

The system store had various items for sale, Aslan bought them out of curiosity. He didn't know that their reaction would be that excited.

"It's like something from a famous restaurant!" Jaden said.

"You guys are overreacting, I only added pepper and garlic powder, nothing special," said Aslan.

[Friends are satisfied with your cooking!]

[You got a special gift!]

[The reward is in the system account, please open it!]

There's a reward! 

It turns out that making people happy also triggers rewards from the system. Maybe some kind of bonus.

It was clear that Aslan was very happy to get a reward even though he didn't know what the reward was.

After eating, Aslan excused himself to his own room. He opened the system store, looking at the information for the kitchen spices sold there.

Aslan knew why his food was so delicious. It turns out that the average spice can increase the flavor of a dish by up to 10%. That's very interesting, Aslan can sell all the spices into premium spices and get a big profit.

Nowadays, digital marketing is everywhere. People prefer to shop through online shops, but in the city of Batavia, offline shopping is still loved. They are already aware about safe shopping. Even when they shop online, they already think whether the store is safe or not, if it is not trusted, they will not want to shop at that store.

"How do I sell all this? Should I buy a new store? Or entrust the merchandise to another shop?"

It was the first time Aslan had racked his brain for business, but he was excited, he wanted to do business now.

"Oh yes, my gift!"

Aslan opened the system account, there were two pictures of treasure chests. Aslan touched one of the pictures, and it opened.

[Prize open!]

[Master got a shophouse on Cotton Street]

[Here are the ownership papers of the shophouse]

A shophouse is a kind of shop building with a house on top.

Cotton Street is in the Atlan district, it is a street famous for selling all kinds of goods. There are various street foods that are popular too.

A good place to start a business. Aslan had a big smile on his face, until he remembered.

"Oh yeah, I have to have a good plan for this, do I need employees too? Or do I have to make the first move myself? Gosh, I'm so nervous!"

[You can do it!]

[The system will always support you!]

If you think about it, the system has always given Aslan the gift he really needed.

Now the second prize!

[Congratulations! You got an extra 200 system points!]

"How many points do I have?"

[Your current system points are 1430 points]

[You can increase points by doing missions, or making others happy.]

Sounds easy, but missions from the system are unpredictable, sometimes easy, sometimes difficult.

While it was still seven in the evening, Aslan wanted to see how the shophouse that was his prize looked like.

He came out of his room and saw his dorm mates in the living room.

They were playing a popular battle game, and Aslan wanted to join in, but seeing the shophouse was important too. Aslan's curiosity was at an all-time high.

"Excuse me...."

Devon, Jaden and David turned to Aslan. In front of them were a lot of snacks, such as cassava chips, potato chips, a one-liter cola drink, and also a jar of ginger candy. It looked like they were ready for battle.

"What's wrong?" David asked.

"Nothing, I'm going to the cotton road, can I borrow your bike?" Aslan asked.

"You can't go alone, I'll come with you." Devon stood up and got ready to leave.

"I want to come too! There's a new viral food there, jumbo takoyaki!" Jaden said.

"Me too!" David joined in.

"But aren't you guys playing a game?" Aslan asked confused.

"We're playing games because we're bored, if we're invited to go for a walk, we'd love to!" David said.

Aslan smiled resignedly, "okay, you guys can come."