The businesses here were mostly owned by those in the government, and a big investor that would open four branches at the same time would surely get in their radar. Those who were in the same market and trade would surely try to obstruct the necessary paperworks, which would result in the delay of his plans.
For that, Roland thought that he needed the right person to smoothen things up inside their circle. Martin, a long time tycoon in Brine City was the perfect candidate.
"Brother Roland, only that? Then that's not a problem at all. Actually, I know someone…"
As the two of them continued to talk business, the Divine Destiny Yacht finally came into a stop.
At the same time, Captain Coleman and the cook got out of their respective places at the same time.
"Sir, we're here!" Captain Coleman said, while the cook stated that the food was also ready.
Earlier, Roland told Captain Coleman that he wanted to experience some light fishing, and that Captain Coleman should bring them to a spot with a lot of fish.
As Captain Coleman was not familiar with the waters in this area, it was 'Captain' Denis who told him this location through a phone application that Denis had been using to mark special spots that they managed to get a special harvest.
Roland nodded his head and allowed the cook and his assistant to bring the food over. As usual, Roland made everyone eat the meal together.
Everyone was surprised except for Stacey and Martin.
For Stacey, she already knew of this beforehand, while Martin learned of his from the hotel workers who served Roland that day. Although the hotel workers did not eat together with them in the end due to the rules of the hotel, the news still reached Martin's ears.
Hearing that in person made Martin nod his head, as he praised Roland from the bottom of his heart.
Captain Coleman and the cook only hesitated for a few moments until they finally accepted Roland's kind gesture.
Roland finished a few minutes later. He only ate a plate, nothing more nothing less. It was because he did not quite like the dish that was served by the cook.
The level of his cooking was also not great, it was just barely passable in Roland's standard.
However, as respect for him, Roland did not try to complain and just silently ate the man's hard work.
As for the others except Stacey who could always eat Roland's cooking, they thought that it was among the top of the dishes that they had eaten in terms of taste.
In the end, Martin, Denis and the others ended up finishing the entire menu, which made the cook quite happy.
As they say, the best compliment to a hard working cook was by eating the entire meal that they were cooking.
Anyways, after the meal, Roland immediately tried to fish.
This time, he did not buy the corresponding skill from the system shop as he thought that there was no use to it for now as he was not trying to show off.
Among all of the people here, only Denis was a fisherman. And as far as Roland knew about his character, he was never one of those people who always looked down on others.
Thinking that he would get anything in return, Roland decided just to fish leisurely with Stacey beside him.
At the other side were Denis, teaching Martin how to cast the rod and how to reel properly.
At the end of the day, Roland managed to hook two Giant Trevally fish weighing over 4 kilos each, earning the awe of everyone present.
As for Martin… Well, he learned how to cast his fishing rod properly so it was a good harvest already.
With everyone's awe, Roland managed to get 50 FS Points, to his surprise.
Even without trying, it seems that someone would really try to have some wrong opinions about him.
Roland just ignored the person who was having those thoughts towards him. He was here to relax with Stacey, not to occupy his mind with face-slapping matters.
As he did not like the cooking of the cook earlier, Roland decided to cook this time.
Stacey cheered in support, thinking that she would finally taste Roland's cooking again.
However, aside from her, everyone in the yacht seemed dubious about him being able to cook.
After all, to them, someone as rich as Roland should have never held a ladle his entire life, right?
'Does he even know how to cook instant noodles?' This thought emerged from the cook's assistant as he looked at Roland dubiously.
However, they were only hired workers. They don't have a say to what Roland was trying to do. He would just be wasting his own money, and they would still receive their pay anyways.
Of course, at this moment, Roland doesn't know what they were thinking about him yet.
He took the fileting knife, and with great control and masterful movements, Roland fileted the two Giant Trevally in no time.
The bones and the meat were separated neatly. It was as if the meat of the fish were only their dress, and that Roland was just merely trying to undress them in front of the amazed crowd.
Roland's level 1 knife cutting skills were already powerful enough before, after he bought the unarmed combat skills, his control over his body became even more refined, and as a result, it made his knife skills even more better.
The result was obvious. The two Giant Trevally was fileted as if it was undressed like a woman.
The crowd look at the now boneless or fileted trevallies with astonishment in their eyes.
Their way of looking at Roland changed, it was as if they were seeing a monster in human skin.
His knife skills were out of this world. Even the professional chefs in television shows don't have as much skills as he has, right?
Roland did not stop his movements.
The Giant Trevallies were fishes that should be fried or seared.
He marinated the fileted meat of the fish and allowed the seasonings to seep deep into the meat.
The pan and the oil was heated five minutes later, and it was then that Roland showed his masterful movements yet again.
Seeing his skill over the kitchen, the cook and his assistant could not help but blush a little, feeling ashamed of their own skills.
The inferiority they were feeling was like a mountain pressing above their head, this was especially so for the assistant cook who looked down the most on Roland earlier.
The scent of the fried filet finally entered everyone's nose. From the smell alone, one could already determine that it would be a tasty dish.
In fact, most of them were already salivating even before the filet was cooked.
At the same moment when Roland took the filets out of the pan to serve them for everyone, system reports after system reports suddenly flashed in front of his eyes.
His movements did not stop but his eyes and focus were already on the flashing system report.
Seeing the amount of FS Points he earned, Roland could not help but grumble.
'What the hell. I'm only here to relax with my girlfriend. Forgive me, I truly did not want to slap everyone's face in here!'
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Bonus Chapter!
Remaining: 5(+1 For reaching 100 Golden Tickets)= 6