With a little bit of curiosity, I took Pandora to the door of the headquarters of the Fiari Void Consortium, which had just recently appeared in front of the citizens of Shadow City and is still mysterious. I wanted to see what the strange queen was planning to do.
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Not only did she openly apply for a business license here with the help of Emperor Xiling, but she also seemed to plan to create a business empire on the spot - Void Consortium, listen to this name! Lafeng is powerful and domineering, four words
I can smell the unification of business. Do you know that a good name can sometimes save the world? The first step in doing business is to learn to name it. If you name your company Wang Tiezhu Oil Factory, even if you are
Those who pump oil in the Middle East can't even name it. When I was a kid, there was a big company on the street. The boss of a large company knew this very well. He named his company Nelford Alloy Processing and Precision Research Company. The name was so thunderous that it became famous in the local area -
—Although they sell kitchen knives, and their license was later revoked by the Industry and Commerce Bureau due to false propaganda...
I see how Phyllis behaves. If she continues to sell stones pretending to be high-energy minerals from another world, her license will be revoked sooner or later...
"The facade is pretty good." I raised my head and looked at the huge building in front of me. This building should have been custom-built by the Philali people after applying to the Ministry of Urban Development. Its style is a bit different from the Shadow City standard houses, with rigid lines.
Hard and strictly symmetrical, it has an imposing front entrance and a landing platform for urban aircraft on the upper floor instead of on the roof like other buildings here: maybe this is the Philippine version.
The architectural features of the Yali Empire look pretty good.
The Shadow City allows customized buildings like this. When Pao Pao has nothing to do, he will give birth to children and play, and her gang of girls will produce a large number of builders' splinters when they have nothing to do. The builders are idle between wars. So I
Let them come out to assist in the construction of Shadow City. Anyway, the construction speed of this kind of civilian buildings is very fast. An ordinary builder can build a street for you in three days. Phyllis's magnificent building only takes about two hours.
The amount of work. A newcomer who has only been in Shadow City for a few days actually knows how to complete the city construction procedures so quickly... The survival and adaptability of a certain strange queen is off the charts. She won't give me up in two days
Is she finished studying the data terminal?
I’m very curious about what the Fiari Void Consortium does, but I couldn’t find any relevant explanations on the information projection or signboard in front of the gate. What’s displayed on the projection device in front of the gate is very domineering: Fiari Void Consortium.
, do any business that can make money and will not be shot by His Majesty the Emperor. If you are interested, please come here in two days to discuss in detail. I will take this time to think carefully about what is suitable to sell.
...This sign is seriously as high-energy as that bastard Cicaro's ad.
At this moment, the door of this majestic building suddenly slid open silently, and a tall figure dressed in black appeared at the door: "Ah! It's His Majesty the Emperor of Xiling! It seems that big business is coming!"
I had time to raise my hand and say: "Wait a minute, we're not here..." Then I was dragged to the consortium headquarters by the other party. When I realized what I was doing, I was already in Phyllis's temporary office. The office was very
It is spacious, and the interior is decorated like the captain's command room of a starship. There are big screens, consoles and shelves with spacecraft models everywhere: this is probably Phyllis's personal habit. Watch her lead a group of people across the world.
With a spirit of adventure, this is also a master who follows battleships around all day long.
The short adjutant lady prepared drinks for Pandora and me like a senior secretary. Phyllis excitedly came over with a large stack of brochures: "You have finally made up your mind to take my adjutant.
Bought it?"
The adjutant lady put a cup of piping hot... unknown drink in front of Phyllis without changing her expression: "Your Majesty, please be decent!"
Phyllis didn't even look at it, she picked up the cup and put it to her mouth. The next second she was squealing and rolling on the sofa: she still had the attribute of cat tongue. Of course, according to the drink that the adjutant brought to her, she was still there one second ago.
It's so bubbly, I don't think Phyllis can stand it even if she doesn't have cat tongue.
As expected, like a master, like a servant. From this, it can be seen that the group of Fialli scientists who are still conducting investigations all over the city are definitely not Phyllis' direct relatives. They are too normal.
I waved my hand: "Ahem, I was just passing by and saw that you really made such a big fight, so I came to take a look."
Phyllis was a little frustrated when she heard that I was not here for business, but she soon recovered, hersing, letting her tongue slow down, and then pointing to the office proudly: "How about it? I
I designed it myself, from the building to every decoration in the room. I’m very good at design. The spaceship model on the table over there is the Fairy Queen. Even the spaceship was designed by me, but it’s just that I designed it myself.
I didn’t bring it with me when I arrived because it was too big. We can’t send such a large single individual out of the universe..."
Phyllis was in high spirits, and I happened to be very interested in her business plan, so I casually talked about this topic. The first thing I was a little confused about was the location of her consortium headquarters: this problem is the most obvious, because she
We chose No. 1 Commercial Street as our starting point, but in fact... this commercial street with the name "No. 1" is not the most prosperous place.
There are many civil districts in Shadow City, as well as many commercial streets. Many commercial streets are more prosperous because they are close to the more densely populated Hongshijie residential area. This "No. 1 Commercial Street" here is only the earliest one in Shadow City.
Therefore, the commercial street has a special significance. In terms of prosperity, this place is far inferior to its new brothers.
"What I want is not prosperity," Phyllis heard my confusion and immediately replied, "Well, it seems you are not a professional businessman..."
I:"……"
It’s strange that your majestic queen is a professional businessman! Do you think all kings in the world know how to invest and manage money?
"I investigated the background of No. 1 Commercial Street," Phyllis leaned on the sofa and did not shy away from her plans. She probably felt that the person opposite was the supreme ruler of Xiling and she had nothing to hide in terms of business, "Here
It's adjacent to the Imperial Capital... Oh, it's the Shadow City. It's adjacent to the earliest civilian area of the Shadow City, and 99% of the people in this civilian area are Imperial Familia. The Imperial Familia are the servant army race, they are half military and half civilian, and Hong
The world's residents are very different, and the residential areas are relatively independent. I studied the differences between the imperial family members and the ordinary people of the macro world, and found the only truth——"
Phyllis's eyes became serious, and she tilted her upper body towards me, as if she was ready to proclaim the truth of this world: "The dependents are all biological sons, and the people of the macro world are raised by stepmothers..."
I:"……"
In fact, my first reaction was to quickly tell the strange queen in front of me that Xi Ling has always implemented the policy of great unity of the people of the world. The policy of fairness, justice and love is that children of all races are one family. However, after thinking about it, the other party
That's definitely not what I meant...
"The Familia, a race that fully accepts the rule of the empire, and whose entire civilization is dependent on the empire, is the most favored group." Felice pointed her fingers and listed them with me, "In the macro world, we have the most powerful people second only to the Xiling Apostles.
Because the Right of Passage is responsible for assisting the Empire in guarding such a vast territory, their power can spread to the entire macro world, giving priority to the Empire's technology and information from other worlds, and they are also vast in territory. In comparison. From
Although the ordinary citizens of the macro world occupy a larger population in the Shadow City, they are completely filled in by the huge universe base. The size of each force in the macro world is very small, and almost no one is outside their own universe.
There are other 'strongholds', they are real 'people', and the social circle or network is limited to the 'people' level. So I want to put the headquarters of the consortium here, so that doing business with the dependents can save a lot of time.
On detours, their connections can always be used."
I finally understood. In fact, Felice's goal is quite easy to understand: to do business, you must have a wide and large network to expand the market. Although Macro World is a super huge network,
But this network is in the hands of the Imperial Military, and all she can directly access are the knots on it, which are of little significance. And the only people she can find who are powerful enough and can be used as trading partners are the dependents.
The Familia are also ordinary races. They have not yet reached the level of the Empire where there is almost no need for business. Doing business with them is a huge profit. Of course, the main point of what I say is, where do these Fiyali people get such confidence...
"There are trading groups similar to yours in the empire," I glanced at Phyllis, "They started earlier than you, are more powerful than you, and there are two or three that are more technologically advanced than you. How do you get such a confident look?
of?"
"Fialis people are good at doing business," Phyllis said with a proud look on her face. "They are also good at developing technology, exploring, and meeting challenges. I have never been slower than others in unknown areas..."
I looked at the other party in stunned silence, wondering why she didn't blush at all.
I really don’t have much interest in doing business. I’m just curious about what the other party plans to sell. Now I see that this Phyllis has sold things, except for stones, which are her adjutants, and the first two things are
It has been proven that there is no way out, the latter one is a non-renewable resource... As a result, when she asked this question, Phyllis looked surprised: "Is this issue important?"
"Nonsense!" I twitched at the corner of my mouth, "You haven't even thought about what you plan to sell, right?"
Phyllis is quite open-minded: "Well, let's talk about it then. We will sell what we can to make money. Anyway, the chance of losing money in cross-world trade is very small. The Philis people dare to sell anything - by the way, you guys
Are you going to arrest those who resell arms?"
Me: "...You raised this issue with me directly?!"
"Well, business must be open and honest, whether your spaceship can be sold..."
I was almost fooled by this jumper guy: "...Fortunately you met me. The smuggling of imperial arms is strictly prohibited. Did you know that the AA batteries we usually use can cause the end of the world if it falls to other worlds?
, you should know from reading the information that we are currently too busy recycling the relics left by the old empire all over the world, and you are still thinking of taking out."
Phyllis curled her lips in frustration: "What about the weapons of the servant army? What about the civilian weapons below? What about the weapons below..."
"Do you have to resell arms?!"
"This excitement..."
In the end, I had no choice but to hand over a list to the other party. The list listed "castrated imperial weapons" that were allowed to be circulated among the people. These weapons were used by the lower-level troops of the servant army, and their power was within a controllable range. And like the Philippines
If advanced civilizations like Yali study hard enough, they can also imitate them. Phyllis can consider putting these things on her shelves, and then she can find excitement...
"Remember, there are strict restrictions on the circulation of these things. Although you can purchase them, you can only sell them in ten percent of the macro world. In other words, the race using these weapons must have a certain level of civilization.
A civilized species. All weapons are equipped with monitoring devices. If sold out of range, they will self-destruct, with enough power to blow your strongest merchant ships into plasma..."
Phyllis nodded. Then she asked the second sharp question: "By the way, selling information is no problem, right? What about smuggling cultural relics? What about the mercenary business? Smuggling..."
I banged my head on the table: "Can't you do some serious business?! Do you have to challenge the average moral index?"
The adjutant next to her looked at Phyllis silently: "My Queen, please be more decent..."
"Oh, then let me think about what else can be more profitable," Phyllis said in deep thought, "Making war fortune really doesn't look very authentic..."
I:"……"
Time flew by quickly. After chatting for a while, it was getting dark. According to my strange biological clock cultivated by Sandora, I judged that it was ten minutes before dinner at home, so I picked up Pandora and said goodbye to Phyllis. This strange queen
She was so ambitious about her business career that she didn't seem to notice what I said to her later. She just stood up and greeted Pandora and me like a reflex. Then she asked her female adjutant to see the guests off.
"Your Queen is a very interesting guy," after leaving Phyllis's office, I couldn't help but said to the adjutant who was following me. This female adjutant was Phyllis's absolute confidant and seemed to not care about anything.
Regardless of the situation, she followed Phyllis. Even when the strange queen was ambitious and wanted to put aside her own job to do business, the adjutant did not hesitate to transform into a personal secretary. From this short to
In the short-haired woman, I seem to see the shadow of Sivis: the same unsmiling person, the same conscientious character, and when her boss is unreliable, she resolutely plays a role that she is not good at, just like Sivis back then.
Weiss disguised herself as a teacher and sneaked into the school. "I have seen many racial leaders. She is the least like a leader..."
The rest of the sentence was left unsaid: Only this Phyllis seems to have something in common with me, because I am also quite unreliable...
"The Queen has a heavy responsibility, so when she does what she likes, we will all support her," the adjutant said softly. I could tell that hidden in this plain tone was absolute loyalty and admiration. This kind of respect for someone
I have seen many examples of people who are full of longing and determined to follow, "She also has an empire to take care of - although this empire may seem as weak as candlelight to you, it is the Queen's hard work, and the Queen has actually done it.
There is a plan to return home at any time, so let her do what she wants to do before leaving here."
I said oh and didn’t say anything else. There is also the Fialli Empire behind Phyllis—although her current appearance as a professional businessman often makes people forget this, but she does bear the heavy burden of her people and the country.
, so even though she is having fun in Shadow City in full swing now, she will actually go back soon.
"Then what will happen to this consortium then? Now it seems that it only has a reputation as a popular one... is it really just a joke?"
"No, anything the Queen does is not a joke," Miss Adjutant retorted seriously, "She really hopes to expand the Fiyali people's trade routes throughout the void. Now that we have finally jumped out of our home world, the Queen will not
Let this opportunity slip away in vain. The consortium will really be developed. The queen has contacted the country in the past two days. She wants some real business talents to come over so that she can take over the consortium activities here after leaving Shadow City. Although she does
I haven’t decided yet what kind of business I should do…”
"Arms... She insists on getting the qualification to sell arms. I'm afraid it's not just for business, right?"
I suddenly smiled and looked at the adjutant lady, who did not hide it and nodded calmly: "Yes, we are facing powerful enemies in our home world. The so-called arms business is just an excuse. The queen just wants to do everything possible within the limits allowed by the Xiling Code.
It's just a trump card for the Fiyali people within the scope. But as expected, you have already thought of the consequences of your unprecedentedly powerful things falling into the hands of mortals, so the Queen's plan has been greatly compromised."
"...You tell me this plan so blatantly to this key person, are you not afraid of bad things?"
"You will not take any measures against our tricks." The adjutant lady said very firmly. I raised my eyebrows: "Why are you so confident?"
"It's a waste of time," the woman in front of her looked indifferently, "You rule tens of millions of universes, but the Fiari people don't even unify their own galaxy. Given this gap, any action you take against the Fiari people is a waste.
Time, you will not help us, nor will you stop us. You may not even bother to send a few detectors to our home to take a look. The Queen has seen this a long time ago, so she..."
"So she seems very heartless all the time," I laughed dumbly, feeling a little embarrassed by the adjutant's blunt remarks, "Well, as long as you don't mess around, I won't interfere in your own affairs, but I really don't mean it.
...Forget it, how to explain this topic is embarrassing. Since all of you know it well, why doesn't Phyllis tell me clearly? It's perfectly fine for her to directly ask me for a batch of non-prohibited weapons and equipment. Don't forget,
Your three shiploads of ore are piled in the empire's warehouse, and I haven't paid you yet."
The adjutant lady thought for a while: "Because Her Majesty the Queen really wants to do the arms business. This is too profitable..."
Me: "..." In the end, that guy is still a hawker in nature, right?! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest support.
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