The shop assistants arranged by Ye Bufan, plus those Lin Tan helped recruit, already numbered over twenty, a figure based on neighboring shops.
A woman named Ye Xiaorong was appointed as the manager.
Ye Bufan stated that she was trained by their family from a young age, was absolutely capable of managing a shop, and was completely loyal and trustworthy.
Zhou Yan naturally trusted her and was saved the trouble of finding someone himself.
After recruiting the staff, their first task was to come up with a shop name.
Ye Bufan suggested including the character "Long" (Dragon), and Zhou Yan agreed. They finally settled on the name "Long Feng Shang Pu" (Dragon Phoenix Shop).
Ye Bufan personally designed the signboard. When it was delivered, it was truly impressive, shining with a golden hue, featuring a dragon and a phoenix presenting auspiciousness – a very fine piece.
Zhou Yan contacted the senior students who had previously added him as a friend and also informed the students of the current year to patronize his shop.
Having done all this, Zhou Yan, in order to attract customers, specifically brought out nearly a million items.
The equipment section was filled with items ranging from Silver to Diamond quality, and also included many rare accessories and other equipment.
Especially the equipment that increased luck, they were specifically instructed to sell these as limited quantities daily.
There were also blueprints, job change scrolls, low-level skill books, materials, various single-use items that he no longer needed, and even many things they had never seen before.
Upon seeing these items, Ye Bufan and the others were utterly dumbfounded.
However, considering Zhou Yan's wealth, they quickly came to terms with it.
But they were still very shocked by the sheer quantity of what he possessed.
Many of Zhou Yan's items were purchased from the Myriad Realms, so there were countless things they hadn't seen.
What he brought out were only things of lesser value, purely to attract customers.
Zhou Yan naturally wouldn't neglect his friends. He presented them with some Platinum quality accessories and said, "These are all equipment that increases luck. Consider them gifts from me."
"Holy crap, Brother Zhou, you're too generous! Platinum accessories that increase luck are probably hard to find anywhere on the Cang Lan Continent, and you have so many. You're truly amazing!"
Lin Tan unhesitatingly picked one out. Luck was equally important to them, as it related to the quantity of their harvest from farming.
"Then I won't be polite."
Ye Bufan also needed such equipment, so he didn't stand on ceremony and picked one.
"Kid, you're pretty good. From now on, I'll look out for you."
Luo Yushuang said this and then happily began choosing.
"Thank you."
Li Qingjin and the others also didn't refuse. Such equipment was very rare and not something one could buy just with money.
They didn't ask Zhou Yan about the origin of these items; there was no need to.
Matters like these were personal privacy. The principle of Ziwei Academy was to maintain mystery.
Afterwards, Zhou Yan and the others explained the items they needed to purchase to Ye Xiaorong. She recorded them one by one, and then they waited for the grand opening the next day.
They spent the entire day decorating the shop and arranging the displays, with everyone working hard to help.
Zhou Yan even took out a spatial stone and expanded the shop's space considerably, making it look more grand and allowing it to hold more items.
They hadn't expected Zhou Yan to have a spatial stone; such items were truly difficult to find.
After a day of busy work, everyone looked at the new shop with smiles.
Fearing a crowd on the opening day, Ye Bufan specially arranged for over a hundred young women to temporarily serve as shop assistants. Zhou Yan naturally didn't refuse and promised to compensate them well.
Ye Bufan knew Zhou Yan was very wealthy, so he didn't decline; the money wasn't his anyway.
When the shop opened the next day, Zhou Yan saw Lin Tan arrive with a group of people and say, "Zhou Yan, these are my clan siblings. I invited them to support you."
"Welcome, welcome, please come in," Zhou Yan said gratefully.
"Since you're Lin Tan's brother, you're naturally our brother too. If you need anything in the future, just ask us!"
They entered the shop and began to browse. To their surprise, the variety of items inside astonished them, and many items immediately caught their eye, leading them to start purchasing.
"Lin Tan, your brother is no simple man. He can get his hands on these items."
They were all quite surprised, not expecting Zhou Yan to have such capabilities.
"Of course. My brother Zhou Yan placed second in individual combat and first in lord combat. As for Ye Bufan, you should know he's from the Dragon King family. He placed first in individual combat and second in lord combat. Their futures are boundless, and their achievements will surely surpass mine."
Lin Tan quickly introduced them, making his clan siblings praise him. It was indeed very fortunate to be brothers with such individuals.
"Such a great shop shouldn't just be known to us. I'll contact my friends."
"My friends will definitely be interested in the items here."
"My sisters will surely love these accessories."
"They even have equipment that increases luck! I bet those silly girls will be green with envy."
They had been at Ziwei Academy for at least a year and naturally had many friends who would, no matter what, come to show face.
Subsequently, Ye Bufan also led a group of Ye family disciples to the shop.
Then, the entire entry-level disciples, like a long dragon, arrived in an orderly fashion at Zhou Yan's shop, attracting the attention of countless people.
Each person held a flower basket and announced to the surroundings, "Congratulations to Boss Zhou on your grand opening!"
"Come, come, everyone, take a look inside. Today, everything is twenty percent off for the grand opening."
Zhou Yan was not short of money; what he needed were various precious materials.
"What are you waiting for, everyone? Let's go in and take a look."
"Definitely. I just happen to need a batch of equipment."
"It's time for me to change my weapon too."
A group of people entered the shop, significantly boosting its popularity.
Fortunately, Ye Bufan had invited over a hundred young women yesterday, otherwise, the number of shop assistants would have been far too few.
Even so, with an influx of over a thousand people at once, the shop assistants were still insufficient.
Seeing the situation, Ye Bufan said, "Should I call for more temporary help? I think the shop might be packed today."
"I also didn't expect so many people to come today."
Zhou Yan truly hadn't anticipated it. They all had friends, and one calling another led to the number of people growing continuously.
Ye Bufan still temporarily called hundreds of people over. Only he had the capability to summon so many people to help in such a short period.
This was the influence of the Dragon King family.
These people arrived within an hour and, after a brief training session, began working immediately.
Afterwards, Zhuge Kaiming also approached Zhou Yan with a few people and said, "Congratulations on the new shop opening. These are my friends, and we've come to take a look."
Zhuge Kaiming was also from a prominent family. Although their influence was smaller, the Zhuge family was quite mysterious and respected by many major powers.
He naturally wouldn't refuse their visit and quickly said, "Thank you for coming to support us. Everything today is twenty percent off."
"Then we'll be going in."
Zhuge Kaiming led the group inside.
Subsequently, more and more people entered.
Many people had initially come just to show support, but they were unexpectedly drawn in by the incredibly attractive items inside. Many of the goods were exactly what they needed.
As a result, they all purchased satisfactory items, and with the twenty percent discount, many bought quite a lot.
Many items were even sold out quickly.
Zhou Yan had to restock. Today, no matter what, they couldn't run out of too many items.
Of course, they couldn't take out too many extremely precious items at once; they had to proceed slowly.