Pokémon: I just became a Gym Leader, and Cynthia proposed to me.

Chapter 647 Returning Home in Glory

Before Li Shuwen returned, Li Fei made a point of asking him which flight he was on and when the ship would arrive, apparently to make it easier for the mayor to put on this show.

Li Shuwen stepped forward, and the mayor greeted him with a very kind smile.

"Thank you to the Librarian for winning the Sinnoh Chief title for our Veilwall City. I believe that in the coming year..."

"Our Veiled City is sure to usher in new development opportunities. On behalf of all the citizens of Veiled City, I would like to express my sincere gratitude!"

"At the same time, Veilstone City will be holding the Snow Festival Battle Tournament in two weeks. All trainers traveling in the Sinnoh region are welcome to come and challenge us."

Another purpose of the mayor's welcoming ceremony, which included bringing reporters along, was to leverage Li Shuwen's current reputation to bring more development opportunities to Weimu City.

The mayor's plan is to invite Li Shuwen as the award presenter for the Ice and Snow Festival's competition.

Just like the anniversary celebration of the Curtain Department Store, let Li Shuwen and the champion of the battle tournament have a coaching match.

However, the mayor will definitely extend the invitation to Li Shuwen as a presenter after the welcoming ceremony.

The fact that the invitation was extended to so many people, including reporters and cameras, raises suspicions that Li Shuwen was coerced into agreeing to be an award presenter.

After nearly an hour of lively activity at the port, the welcoming ceremony finally came to an end.

Li Shuwen grabbed Li Fei's shoulder and gave him a benevolent smile. "I'll settle the score with you when we get back."

Upon returning to Veil City, the mayor specially invited Li Shuwen to ride in his car.

The mayor smiled and said, "I think the curator of the library also heard about the Ice and Snow Festival competition just now, and I would like to invite you to be the award presenter."

"After the champion is determined, there will be a coaching match against the champion. Of course, to make the tournament even more effective..."

"I might need to do some promotion on the effects of Midas Touch, to show that you'll take this tournament more seriously."

"The Midas Touch technique would be even more effective; I hope you don't mind."

Li Shuwen waved his hand, "The mayor can just call me Shuwen. The mayor's plan will allow Veil City to develop better, so why would I disagree?"

The mayor breathed a sigh of relief. "Because Curtain City has a series of expansion projects recently, the appearance fee for the award presenter can only be ten million."

"I hope you don't mind, Shuwen. Of course, recently, Veil City has hired a number of high-caliber construction teams that can help upgrade the Veil City Gym."

"The battlefield, the backyard landscape, your greenhouse, and those two martial arts towers can all be upgraded or completed more quickly."

"The latest plans for Veilwall City will focus on Pokémon training, breeding, and battling in the newly built streets near the Veilwall Gym."

"It will not affect the current training atmosphere at the Veil Dojo."

Li Shuwen raised an eyebrow. "Mayor, could you reserve a shop for me? I'm planning to invite someone to open a restaurant here."

The mayor readily agreed, "No problem. Have them send over the restaurant's design plans, and I'll have the construction team help with the renovations."

"Once the staff arrives, we can open a restaurant right away!"

Li Shuwen nodded. "Thank you, Mayor."

The mayor continued, "After this year's major development, the development fund that Veil City provides to Veil City Gym next year should be much larger."

"I will have the villages around Veilstone City that produce Pokémon breeding materials allocate a certain amount of their top-quality products to the Veilstone City Gym."

Li Shuwen is now the face of the Curtain City. With his "Golden Touch," Curtain City's entertainment venues and scenic spots, such as Curtain Game City, are attracting more visitors.

Especially at the Curtain Game City, because Li Dazhuang became the King of Fighters.

It was clearly Li Dazhuang who was neglecting his duties and playing games at the Curtain Game City.

However, some clueless trainers spread the story that Li Dazhuang attained enlightenment in the Veilgamesh Arena and successfully challenged the Elite Four.

Even the publicity department of the Curtain Game City only dared to say that Li Shuwen's Staff Tail Scaled Dragon was the top prize won by Li Dazhuang, the current fighting king, at the game city.

In other words, Li Meining and Lucario have not yet made enough of a name for themselves.

Otherwise, the Curtain Game City wouldn't have let go of the Li family's last bit of publicity.

The game studio is now just waiting for Li Meining and Lucario to win the Quartz Conference so they can cooperate on promotional activities.

The mayor escorted Li Shuwen back to the Veil Dojo. Upon entering, Li Shuwen immediately noticed that the Veil Dojo had changed somewhat.

The addition of some inconspicuous decorations, potted plants, and calligraphy and paintings to the interior immediately elevated the atmosphere of the curtained dojo.

Li Shuwen then looked at the indoor venue and saw that it was a carefully crafted rock court.

The four surrounding walls have also been reinforced and will not be easily damaged in battle.

The backyard water tank was even transformed into a standard water-based battleground.

In addition, the backyard also has a forest area and a standard empty space.

Li Shuwen raised an eyebrow. "Is this a plan to have Akai and the other three each take charge of a venue and simultaneously host four challengers?"

Li Fei and the others also got out of the car behind them. After entering the room, they stood obediently in a row in front of Li Shuwen without saying a word, their heads down.

Li Shuwen asked, "Was this site built with the mayor's orders?"

Li Fei nodded. "That's right. I thought that since Veil City was supposed to be responsible for supporting the Veil City Gym, I let them bring people to build it."

Li Shuwen continued, "If all four of you are facing challengers at the same time, what will happen to the referee?"

Li Fei immediately said, "It was the mayor who sent eight of the latest robot referees, allowing us to confidently receive challengers."

"I heard from the mayor that they plan to build another Pokémon center on that vacant lot."

Li Shuwen raised an eyebrow. "Build two Pokémon Centers? Has Veilgate City reached the required number of registered Trainers for construction?"

League rules stipulate that a sufficient number of Trainers are required to build a Pokémon Center.

When there are not enough trainers, or when trainers stop traveling along this route, the Pokémon Center will be closed down, and Nurse Joy will be transferred to another training location.

Li Shuwen nodded. "Alright, considering how hard you've been working lately, I won't hold this against you today."

"I'll go buy groceries and cook a nice meal for you all myself. Tell me, what do you want to eat?"

The four of them immediately showed their delight and happily recited the names of the dishes.

Li Shuwen arrived at the Curtain Market. "Uncle Ben, how's business lately?"

Hearing Li Shuwen's voice, Uncle Ben smiled and said, "Shuwen, I haven't seen you come to buy groceries in a long time."

"I was just watching TV, and the mayor was putting on such a grand welcome back for you. It's a pity I have to do business, otherwise I really wanted to see it in person."

"What would you like to eat?"

Li Shuwen handed Uncle Ben a menu, and Uncle Ben nodded, "No problem, I'll go prepare it for you right now."

Uncle Ben opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Li Shuwen's brow furrowed, and he planned to send Ah Jin tomorrow to find out if there was anything Uncle Ben was embarrassed to tell him face to face.

Then I went to Aunt Mei's shop next door to buy fruit.

"Aunt Mei, I'm here to patronize your business!"

Aunt Mei greeted him warmly, "Shuwen, you've been quite the big shot lately!"