Yang Ruoqian stared at the system panel until his eyes hurt.
Community trust accumulation detected.
The words were quiet. That made them worse. The system did not need fireworks anymore. It had learned to injure him with office language.
"This is not profit," Yang said.
The system panel did not care.
The old cinema's direct revenue remained modest. Snack margins were thin. Morning screenings were still not spectacular. The second hall was still closed. School cooperation did not exist. The staff were not teachers. The tickets were not commemorative. Every defensive line Yang Ruoqian had drawn was still technically standing.
Unfortunately, the system had started counting the ground under those lines.
Community trust.
He opened the project breakdown. The numbers were not large enough to look like success in the normal way. That almost comforted him until he noticed the categories.
Repeat family attendance.
Low complaint resistance.
Neighborhood merchant support.
