Richard slowly smiled.

Then his gaze drifted toward the remaining empty spaces inside the dealership.

Phoenix Auto Trading suddenly felt too small.

Much too small.

And for the first time...

The idea of expansion entered his mind.

At that exact moment, a familiar blue holographic screen suddenly appeared before him.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, Host.]

[You have successfully earned legitimate profit through the sale of reconstructed products.]

[Calculating quota progress...]

A loading bar appeared.

A few seconds later, it stopped.

[Current Profit Quota Progress: ₱18,645,000 / ₱50,000,000]

Silence filled the office.

Richard blinked.

Then blinked again.

Then sat upright.

"Eighteen million?"

He immediately looked at the screen again.

The numbers didn’t change.

Eighteen point six million pesos.

That meant he had already completed over one-third of the system’s quota.

In one month.

One freaking month.

Richard suddenly felt his heartbeat accelerate.

He still remembered the first time he saw that quota.

Fifty million pesos.

At that time, it looked impossible.

Completely impossible.

He was a phone technician from Divisoria.

Someone who earned enough money to survive.

Suddenly being told to earn fifty million pesos through legitimate means?

That sounded like a joke.

Now?

The quota suddenly didn’t look impossible anymore.

Not even close.

At his current pace, he might complete it in a few months.

Maybe even sooner.

Richard leaned back in his chair.

Then looked outside the office window.

One BMW X3 remained.

One Camry remained.

A pair of Fortuners.

A Civic.

The remaining inventory was still worth millions.

And if those sold?

The quota would increase even further.

A grin slowly appeared on his face.

The system was right.

Cars were infinitely more profitable than watches.

A Rolex sale made him hundreds of thousands.

A single car sale made him millions.

No wonder the system allowed vehicle reconstruction only at Level 2.

The money involved was simply insane.

Then another thought suddenly entered his mind.

What would happen after he completed the fifty-million-peso quota?

Level 3.

The screen didn’t explain much about Level 3.

It only stated that additional reconstruction authority would become available.

That was it.

But Richard knew the system well enough by now.

Every level upgrade had been ridiculous.

Level 1 allowed him to reconstruct phones and small items.

Level 2 suddenly unlocked vehicles.

Then what about Level 3?

Could he reconstruct larger vehicles?

Construction equipment?

Luxury vans?

Motorhomes?

Industrial machines?

The possibilities were endless.

And if the system’s pattern continued...

The profits would become even more absurd.

Richard slowly exhaled.

No.

One step at a time.

He couldn’t get ahead of himself.

The dealership was only a month old.

There were still many things to do.

In fact, the success of the past month had exposed several weaknesses.

The first problem was manpower.

He couldn’t keep doing everything himself.

There simply weren’t enough hours in the day.

Every morning he had to answer inquiries.

Then entertain walk-in clients.

Then clean vehicles.

Then post advertisements.

Then respond to messages.

Then update listings.

Then handle documents.

Then reconcile accounts.

Then update inventory.

Sometimes he didn’t leave the office until midnight.

At this rate, he would burn himself out.

The second problem was inventory.

The dealership was selling vehicles faster than he expected.

At the beginning, twenty vehicles seemed excessive.

Now?

The lot looked half empty.

That wasn’t a good thing.

People liked choices.

Customers entering a dealership with only five or six units available immediately assumed the business wasn’t doing well.

More inventory attracted more customers.

More customers generated more sales.

More sales generated more profit.

It was a cycle.

And right now, Phoenix Auto Trading needed fresh inventory.

A lot of it.

Richard opened his laptop.

Then opened his banking application.

The numbers still looked surreal.

Over twenty million pesos.

Legitimately earned.

Taxable.

Properly documented.

Completely clean.

A month ago, possessing this much money would’ve been unimaginable.

Now he was already thinking about spending it.

Business really changed a person’s perspective.

Then another message notification appeared on his computer.

Someone was asking about the remaining BMW X3.

Another inquiry quickly followed.

Then another.

This time regarding one of the Fortuners.

Richard smiled.

The advertisements were still working.

The dealership’s momentum hadn’t slowed down.

If anything...

It was accelerating.

Word of mouth was spreading.

Satisfied customers were recommending him.

The Facebook page was growing.

People were beginning to recognize the name Phoenix Auto Trading.

That was incredibly valuable.

Reputation couldn’t be bought.

It had to be earned.

And somehow, in barely one month, he had started building one.

The phone vibrated again.

Another inquiry.

This one asking about the Honda Civic RS.

Richard laughed.

At this point, he might actually run out of inventory.

He looked outside once more.

The empty spaces seemed to multiply by the day.

Then his eyes slowly narrowed.

An idea suddenly formed in his head.

A crazy idea.

Actually...

Not crazy.

Just ambitious.

What if he didn’t buy twenty salvage vehicles this time?

What if he bought forty?

Or fifty?

The lot could be expanded.

The roofing could be extended.

He had the capital.

He had the system.

He had the reputation.

And most importantly...

He had proven demand.

The thought made his heartbeat quicken.

For the first time since opening Phoenix Auto Trading, he wasn’t worried about finding customers.

He was worried about finding enough vehicles to sell.

That realization was strangely satisfying.

Richard leaned back in his chair and smiled.

Outside, the afternoon sun continued shining over the dealership.

Inside, the blue holographic screen still floated before him.

[Current Profit Quota Progress: ₱18,645,000 / ₱50,000,000]

Eighteen million down.

Thirty-two million to go.

For the first time since obtaining the Divine-Grade Reconstruction System...

The quota looked less like a challenge.

And more like an inevitability.