Chu Mo, in Capital City, owned two buildings worth ninety billion in addition to fifteen jewelry stores. These stores were established during his earlier visit to Capital City in cooperation with several local jewelers. The total investment was just over ten billion; it was initially a trial run, so the scale was not large.
These fifteen jewelry stores served as Chu Mo's touchstone for entering the jewelry industry. It was because the early stages went smoothly that subsequent developments occurred.
Although on the surface Fan Zhijian controlled Bafang Kelai Jewelry Store, had it not been for Chu Mo's financial backing during the consumption phase against the eight great families, the Fan family would have been unable to hold on. Therefore, the true controller of these jewelry stores was still Chu Mo.
