Chapter 62: The Hospital's Dilemma

Driven by the employees' frantic self-exploitation, the Landscape Courtyard underwent a complete transformation in just two days!

Even the manager of the Fallen Shopping Mall remarked that he had never seen employees with such exceptional "self-management capabilities."

Boss Chen's crop of leeks grew and harvested themselves—a sight that made everyone green with envy!

Never had anyone encountered such premium leeks; missing out on harvesting them was practically a regret in any employer's career.

Yet, the Fallen Shopping Mall manager understood that this was entirely due to Chen Mu's ability.

Otherwise, why were Chen Mu's employees so remarkably exceptional among so many eerie workers?

Back during the days of the Midnight Canteen and the Dark Night High School, it was the exact same group of employees, so why hadn't they worked themselves to the bone back then?

If an employer treats their staff like fools and tries to fool them, the employees will certainly treat the employer like a fool in return.

Treat others as you wish to be treated!

Chen Mu treated his employees well; though they didn't voice it, they kept it all in their hearts!

No one is a fool. Everyone keeps a mental ledger, perfectly aware of who truly treats them well and whom they should repay. They simply didn't talk about it every single day.

With the renovation of the Landscape Courtyard finished, the final cost calculation left the Fallen Shopping Mall manager utterly astonished.

Thanks to the employees working with a do-or-die attitude, the project was completed seven days ahead of schedule!

Not only that, but the workers treated the renovation as if they were remodeling their own homes.

Whenever a job could be done, they made sure it was done to absolute perfection; wherever materials could be saved for Boss Chen, they saved them!

For instance, a carpenter might ordinarily need to cut two or three times and ruin three boards before managing one usable piece.

Yet the eerie employees remained utterly focused, determined to succeed on the first try whenever possible, refusing to make a second attempt and strictly avoiding any unnecessary increase in Boss Chen's budget!

Consequently, a vast amount of waste was avoided, and construction costs were actually slashed by over two million!

Furthermore, the renovation results far exceeded expectations, with every detail remarkably refined and durable.

It was a standard that no regular decoration team on the market could ever hope to achieve.

Not because of superior technique, but because of genuine care!

Chen Mu was overjoyed. Spending a little over fifty million extra on overtime pay had brought in so many benefits while saving over two million in return.

All in all, it was equivalent to making an extra profit of over one million!

How exhilarating!

With a wave of his hand, Chen Mu pulled fifty thousand from the hundred and fifty thousand saved and distributed it as bonuses to the participating workers.

Those employees who had worked overtime already harbored a sense of guilt toward Boss Chen for earning so much overtime pay and bleeding him dry.

Little did they expect that Boss Chen would actually hand out bonuses on top of that!

What kind of underworld overlord of a boss was this?

A warrior will give his life for one who truly understands him; being able to encounter such a boss made even working oneself to death a willing choice.

Finally having finished renovating his new home and lying inside a massive luxury villa spanning several thousand square meters, Chen Mu felt a deep wave of emotion.

Just a few days ago, he was still a penniless nobody.

Now, in the span of just a few short days, he had been transformed overnight, moving straight into a grand house.

Right outside the door lay a crystal-blue swimming pool and expansive green lawns...

The Duke had also moved into the neighboring villa; though he frequently stayed at the Misty Museum, he would visit the villa for a vacation whenever he had free time.

A life of luxury truly makes one decadent...

Chen Mu took a deep breath, knowing that now was not the time to rest.

The eerie apocalypse had been underway for just over a month, and early on, Underworld Cash was in extremely short supply, with every industry desperately craving it.

At a time like this, it was the absolute best opportunity for acquisitions!

He had to move fast!

Right now, Chen Mu already held three major assets: the Midnight Canteen, the Dark Night High School, and the Landscape Courtyard. He had also established an excellent relationship with the Misty Museum and hired the Netherworld Taxi.

Tucked away inside Chen Mu's ring was even the Underworld Bank. Though he couldn't take the bank out physically just yet, he could continuously draw funds straight from it.

Somewhat humorously, because Chen Mu had reaped massive profits while acquiring those three major industries, he now found himself with plenty of idle cash on hand—so much so that he had even deposited several sums back into the Underworld Bank!

There was no need to worry, however; the Underworld Bank resided within Chen Mu's ring and would forever belong to him, with zero chance of his deposits ever being swallowed up.

Chen Mu began turning his gaze toward his next acquisition target.

With everyone currently facing such severe cash shortages, numerous industries had plunged into debt crises, desperately needing Boss Chen to swoop in with bundles of cash and save them from fire and water!

The next target was, naturally, the finest and sole hospital in the entire city—the Terror Hospital!

Following the descent of the eerie apocalypse, a previously abandoned hospital had transformed into an eerie zone during the second week of the apocalypse.

This eerie zone was known as Terror Hospital.

To speak of this Terror Hospital, its medical techniques were not actually all that sophisticated.

Or rather, the techniques of hospitals throughout the entire eerie world left much to be desired!

The guiding motto of the eerie hospital was—

As long as you don't cure the patient to death, it counts as a win!

Even if they did cure someone to death, it simply meant the patient of this generation was just too weak and beyond saving.

Out of ten eerie patients, if even one could be cured, that was an absolute victory! A massive win!

Even so, a hospital remained an intensely sought-after commodity among the eerie.

Even powerful eerie entities dared not offend the hospital.

Because they were rare!

Hospitals capable of treating eerie ailments were far too scarce.

Across several surrounding cities, only the city where Chen Mu resided possessed a Terror Hospital capable of treating the eerie.

Though its effectiveness left much to be desired, eerie beings had no other choice when they fell ill or sustained injuries; they had no option but to pay exorbitant medical fees to treat themselves.

Simply put, there were no other places left to seek medical treatment.

No matter how poor the medical techniques of eerie hospitals might be, in the late stages of the eerie apocalypse, as the number of eerie beings steadily multiplied, hospital beds became exceptionally scarce commodities.

Large numbers of powerful eerie entities, when suffering from severe, fatal injuries, had no choice but to queue up and present gifts to the hospital director, praying merely to be granted treatment.

Therefore, by acquiring the Terror Hospital, Chen Mu would essentially gain control over "food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and medical care," effectively allowing him to master the entire city.

As it happened, the operational state of the Terror Hospital at this very moment was utterly abysmal!

To put it simply, the Terror Hospital was bogged down in severe distress.

Because the hospital's medical techniques were so poor, eerie entities dared not visit lightly unless they suffered fatal injuries, fearing the doctors might cure them straight to the grave.

Moreover, since it was still the early stage of the eerie apocalypse, the total population of eerie beings was not particularly large, and countless eerie entities had yet to manifest.

Furthermore, human capabilities remained minuscule, and many people were still entirely unaware of the rules governing eerie tasks, let alone capable of inflicting any substantial harm upon the eerie.

With fewer eerie beings around, the probability of injuries was naturally low.

Naturally, almost no eerie entities visited the hospital.

The financial condition of the Terror Hospital had predictably deteriorated to an extreme degree.

One could say that the first two months following the onset of the eerie apocalypse constituted the most agonizing period for the Terror Hospital.

Once it weathered this difficult phase, as eerie entities grew more numerous, conflicts gradually escalated, and injured eerie beings piled up, the status of the Terror Hospital would soar directly into the skies, bringing in astronomical profits!

Consequently, Chen Mu had already set off on his journey, eager to seize this prime opportunity and swiftly purchase the Terror Hospital!