He wore an expression of profound anguish.
After the Seven Nations Ticket Shop was established, the revenue of his Celestial Treasure House had skyrocketed. In good months, it even doubled, a veritable river of gold. The Taichang Trading Company was doing just as well.
Nearly seventy percent of the Spirit Stones that Independent Cultivators borrowed from the Seven Nations Ticket Shop ended up back in their pockets.
With such immense profits, these two Great Trading Houses had long considered the Seven Nations Ticket Shop their private domain. When the time came to include other trading companies in the payment system, the two of them had tried everything in their power to stop it.
But it was beneficial to all directors and shareholders, so the two Great Trading Houses were powerless to prevent it.
