"Okay, who cares about getting a lot of bad bills? Grayson, tell me how much the Runwanjia has lost in total!"
Clarinda threw the pile of bills in front of her on the floor and asked the general manager of Runwanjia Spiritual Weapon Factory who had just arrived with a gloomy face.
Grayson had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, as if he hadn't slept for three days, and replied in a daze: "Sir, after factories in various places canceled the lighting assembly lines, in this lighting war, our Runwanjia lost a total of about 820,000 gold dragons.
”
After swallowing, Grayson continued to answer carefully: "In addition, if you breach the agreement with a partner from another city, you will need to pay liquidated damages of about 280,000 gold dragons. In addition, in addition... In addition, you will also have to pay Duke's infringement fees.
A total of about 120,000 gold dragons."
Clarinda was furious after hearing the report.
He punched the table, and the expensive desk made of Lingzhi wood was directly smashed into pieces by his arcane punch.
Standing on the debris of the desk, Clarinda asked gloomily: "How much does it add up to?"
"A total loss of 1.22 million gold dragons."
"What do shareholders say?"
"They..." Grayson didn't dare to answer.
Clarinda suddenly used the Mage's Hand and grabbed Grayson. As a third-level arcanist, he had also built the Mage's Hand arcane wonder. To him, the Mage's Hand was almost the same as the third one.
.
Caught Grayson.
After landing, Grayson grimaced in pain, but fortunately his skin was only bruised and he suffered no internal injuries.
Holding back his tears, he replied: "Sir, the shareholders of the company... The shareholders unanimously agree... No, no, no, Master Aziguli objects... They think you should bear 80% of the responsibility... Ah
Lord Ziguli is willing to share some of the burden with you..."
Clarinda's face turned blue and black, and she said after a while: "Okay! I fulfilled their wish!"
Then he said to Grayson: "I will pay 80% of the compensation. Aziguli does not need to bear it for me. Calculate how much compensation I have to pay."
"976 thousand gold dragon."
"It seems that it has been settled a long time ago." Clarinda said coldly.
Grayson remained silent, his body covered in bruises and bruises, each one hurting him so much that he had no intention of answering Clinda's questions.
After a long time, Clarinda waved her hand: "Get lost."
"Yes, sir!" Grayson quickly bowed and excused himself.
Clarinda quickly called her butler over: "Cross, how much money is left in the Tali treasury?"
"Master, there are still 150,000 gold dragons." Butler Cross replied.
"So few?"
"Sir, you have forgotten that the dividends from Runwanjia Spiritual Weapon Factory were not paid this year. In addition, we also lent a loan of 100,000 gold dragons to Runwanjia."
"When will the next funds arrive in the tower?"
"This..." Cross hesitated for a moment before replying, "Sir, our tower's funds mainly rely on the dividends of Runwanjia. The situation of Runwanjia in the past two years has not been good, so it is difficult for the tower's income to be increased.
Maintain normal expenses."
"How could this happen?" Clarinda couldn't believe it. "Is the income from the property in my hands so small?"
Cross thought for a moment and replied: "The main reason is that our tower has few research projects and cannot achieve balance of payments."
Saying this, Clarinda's originally dark complexion turned even darker.
He is an arcanist who changed careers. After his spiritual core was broken, it was difficult for him to participate in the pioneering war as before. He wanted to change his career to do research, but he could not get any scholar title, and he had no clue about the research topic. As a result, the mage tower could only rely on the outside.
Enter funds to maintain.
Originally, with the support of Runwanjia, my life was still smooth, so I never thought about this.
Now I understand the importance of the matter. Once there is a problem with the Runwan family, even the operation of the mage tower will have problems.
However, Clarinda was not without a trump card. She said with a black face: "In other words, in a short period of time, the Mage Tower will have no income?"
"I'm afraid so, sir."
"Huh, prepare an announcement for me." Clinda struggled for a while and made the final decision, "Notify the Xibidi Ling Mining Company that I will sell 1% of the Xibidi Ling Mining Company.
shares."
"Master!" Cross exclaimed.
Xibidi Ling Mining Company is the well-deserved money printing company in Shenjiao City. Even if it only has 1% of the shares, it is a family heirloom.
Enough to support the continuation of the family for several generations.
Now that Clarinda has made her decision, she has to think through all the consequences: "Go for it, it's just a small share. If your descendants can make a difference, why do you need this little share? If your descendants have no future, this little share is just a living thing." Cross said with moist eyes: "Master, you have to think twice, this may affect the family for several generations!"
"I have considered it very clearly. The shares in Xibiti Spiritual Mine Company were obtained because I was promoted to the third level arcanist, not because the family passed it down to me. It can be seen that the so-called heirlooms are empty talk, and the younger generations are incompetent and cannot be protected at all.
If not, I might as well use it to solve my current predicament."
Butler Cross had no choice but to follow Clinda's instructions to draft a share sale announcement.
Any change in the shares of Xibidi Ling Mining Company requires a voting resolution by all shareholders, especially the absorption of new shareholder members.
In fact, this is more like a high-level small circle.
Arcane mages of level 3 and above are all major shareholders of Xibiti. Arcane mages of level 2 can basically just drink some soup.
Even so, the arcane mages who were eyeing the shares of the Xibidi Spirit Mine Company still lined up in a long queue.
Therefore, when the announcement of the sale of Clerinda's shares was sent to Xibidi Ling Mining Company, the management followed the established procedures and sent invitations to vote on the resolution to all shareholders.
And the company's board of directors will decide how to deal with these 1% shares.
Is it an internal repurchase or looking for new shareholders?
……
Keyston Master Tower, white clouds lingering halfway up.
In the small villa in Genting Garden, Kirsten Fury, who has a golden lion-like hair, is playing a game of Othello similar to Go with his great-granddaughter Kyria Fury.
"Little Kiriya, you are a really good classmate. You have the title of Erudite. Hehe, my grandfather was already 70 years old when he got the title of Elemental Scholar. This kid has just turned eighteen. Tsk tsk, his head is full of
How long.”
Christian was talking while playing chess.
Kilia smiled sweetly and said: "Grandpa, you are good at accumulating experience. As for Duke, he is indeed gifted. I have to admit this."
"Oh, even my little dragon admits that Duke is excellent?"
"Grandpa, you are joking again. My talent is much worse than Duke's. Duke should be the kind of truly talented arcane mage." Kiriya thought about it carefully, "When we first met, I thought he was taciturn.
, the same temperament as Director Lidman."
"Then what?"
"Later I discovered that although he loves research and is obsessed with research, he is not rigid in life. On the contrary, he is very funny and has a very active personality."
"Well, he is very devoted when doing research and has achieved very good results, which means that his IQ is top-notch; he is interesting and active in life, and he can win the appreciation of my little Kilia, which means his emotional intelligence is also top-notch." Christian stopped playing chess and said with great interest: "Both businessmen are top-notch. What an outstanding young man he is!"
Kiriya nodded: "It is indeed excellent."
She recalled her classmates in Penrose Wizard Tower, Blanc was cynical and alienated, and Oriana and Bazaar were too flattering.
Only Duke gave her a different feeling.
I neither deliberately alienated myself by pretending to be aloof, nor did I try to flatter myself. Every time I got along, I was on an equal footing, and the feeling of being neither far nor close was just right.
But occasionally when the two of them were joking together, she could feel that Duke would inadvertently reveal a strong sense of confidence, as if he was the greatest in the world.
She had only experienced this kind of confidence from her grandfather.
But Grandfather Keithon is the well-deserved leader of the Black Flood River, the only 5th ring ocean arcane mage, and he deserves this confidence.
Duke has such self-confidence. In her opinion, it comes from having a clear understanding of her future.
In other words, this is the style that only belongs to the true pride of heaven.
"Little Kylia?" Christian stretched his head and shouted.
Kylia, who was recalling her interactions with Duke, finally came to her senses: "Huh?"
"Oh, my little dragon!" Christian shouted happily, as if he had discovered a new world, "Tell grandpa, little Kylia, are you attracted to this Duke?"
"No way!"
"Grandpa lived almost two hundred years old. How many people's lives have been fleeting in Grandpa's eyes? I can't guess their little thoughts?"
Seeing this, Kiriya simply opened up and said: "A little bit, right? Duke is neither as proud as a child from a noble family, nor as humble as a commoner. How can I put it, when chatting with him?
It’s really relaxing.”
"That's why Grandpa Grandpa said that this Duke Duoshang is a top-notch talent. Tsk tsk, Grandpa Grandpa really misjudged him before, thinking he was just a lucky young man, and classified him as a mediocre arcane mage." "Grandpa, what kind of arcane mage do you think he is now?" Kiriya asked with a smile.
Christian Raging Waves touched the snow-white beard on his chin. Only his hair is always golden, which may be related to the bloodline of the Raging Waves family.
"What kind of arcane mage..."
He pondered for a while, then suddenly stared at Kiriya and said with a meaningful smile: "Little Kiriya, how do you want grandpa to evaluate him?"
"Grandpa Zu, you are making the comments. Kilia didn't think about anything." Kilia covered her mouth and smiled.
"Cunning, you, you have inherited your grandfather's talent as an arcane mage, and you have also inherited your grandmother's cunning character." Christian thought of his wife who had died almost a hundred years ago. Although he had many stepchildren later, none of them were
No heirs were left.
It’s not that I can’t, but that I don’t want to.
Therefore, this family lineage is basically the result of him and his first wife.
Of course.
Illegitimate children are counted separately.
"Grandpa, I won't be fooled by you anymore. You lied to me and said Duke was boring and rigid, so I classified him as a mediocre arcane mage. Now I'm giving Grandpa eye drops and praising Duke for showing off a flower."
Christian leaned back in his chair and said, "I will meet him in person another day and then make an evaluation."
Kiriya was about to make fun of her grandfather.
Outside, housekeeper Gina knocked on the door and came in: "Sir, Miss Kilia, please excuse me. The general manager of Xibiti Spirit Mine Company is here to see the master."
"Who is the general manager?" Christian asked.
"His Excellency Philip White Rabbit."
"Oh, it's that boy from the White Rabbit family." Christian finally remembered who the general manager was, "Since you have something to do, let him come over."
"Okay, sir, I'll bring him over right now."
Housekeeper Gina went there for a while and then led a middle-aged man in his forties over, wearing a decent Arcane mage robe, his hair combed meticulously, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.
"Sir Kisson, junior Philip White Rabbit, I would like to say hello to you."
"You're welcome, sit down."
"Thank you, sir." Philip White Rabbit turned around and smiled at Kiriya, "Miss Kiriya, you are truly the flower of Shenjiao City."
"You are so flattering, Sir Philip."
After being polite, Christian asked directly: "Little Philip, what's going on in Hipbite that requires you to come and visit me?"
"It's like this. One of the shareholders of Xibiti, Your Excellency Clarinda, decided to sell 1% of his shares, so I came here to ask for your opinion."
"Hey, why did he want to sell the shares in Xibet?"
"It is said that Runwanjia suffered heavy losses and needed to pay a large amount of gold dragons, so it had no choice but to sell its shares in Xibiti."
Christian pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, I already know that you immediately convene the shareholders of Xibiti to hold a voting meeting in three days, and also contact the directors to convene the board of directors tomorrow."
"Okay."
Philip White Rabbit stood up to say goodbye.
Christian sighed with emotion: "Little Kylia, this guy Duke has made Clinda miserable this time. By the way, I remember you also invested in the Giant of Light, right?"
"Yes, I hold 7% of the shares of Giant of Light."
"You will make a lot of money by following this." Christiansen said with a smile, "The Erudite Tower in the Holy City of Alfa is already promoting strong light technology. Although the Giant of Light may not be able to share the market in other fields, it can only rely on patent fees to make a lot of money."
You can make a lot of money."
Kilia blinked: "However, the patents are all in the hands of Duke. He uses the patents as shares, and his rights and interests are limited to the wind interest market. In other words, the patent fees in the other eleven fields are Duke's private property.
Profit."
"What?" Christian was stunned, "This kid still has something up his sleeve? At this rate, isn't he going to become the richest man in Shenjiao City?"
"Grandpa, you are exaggerating. No matter how much the patent fees for bright light technology are, Duke will not be able to catch up with the wealth of the established aristocrats in a short time."
"Promote eleven fields together, a lot, and a lot of patent fees!" Christian exclaimed for a while.
Then he shook his head again: "Clarinda didn't lose unjustly. She usually relies on her ability to defeat others, but this time she was punched hard by the young man with his patented invention... Anyway, so was he.
I was injured in the pioneering war. Let’s hold a meeting to discuss it carefully.”
"Grandpa, I heard that Lord Clarinda was a deserter on the battlefield in the past?" Kylia asked curiously.
"In the face of the Yalong's advance, it is understandable to be a deserter. Besides, even the spiritual core is broken, who has the nerve to blame him for running away."
Christian didn't want to say anything more and quickly found an excuse to send Kilia away.
Then a person came to the wall of the garden and admired the white clouds outside and the great rivers and mountains below the white clouds.
……
Poof!
A gunshot sounded so subtle that it was almost inaudible. Five hundred meters ahead, a third-ring spirit beast - the Flying Flying Monkey - was drinking water, and a blood flower exploded on its head.
"It's done, let's go collect the corpse." Duke jumped down from the branch.
The Sand Eagle pistol flicked in the hand, and then it dispersed countless fluorescent lights and disappeared, returning to the orbit of the spiritual sea.
The mercenaries of the Broken Sword Mercenary Group were already familiar with the powerful strength of their big benefactor, so they sent a team of mercenaries to quickly collect the corpses, and then easily picked up the flying flying monkey whose head was shot, and patted Du with joy.
Gram's flattery.
"My lord's strength is more powerful than a second-level arcane mage!"
"It's so powerful. Five hundred meters away, one hit will kill you. It's so terrifying!"
"The Flying Flying Monkey can fly and run, and the solidified arcana is also powerful. It's a pity that it was killed by the adults even in front of us!"
The mercenaries feared Duke's methods as if they were gods.
Duke's expression was indifferent on his face, but in fact he was very proud of himself. This soul-piercing attack was unlike any other arcane mage's.
"With the sand eagle in my hand, I have the world!"
The power of the sand eagle is indeed strong, but its power is limited, and bullets may not be able to break through level 2 arcane defenses.
However, the sudden bullet makes it difficult to guard against.
Unless the spirit beast can also cast arcane magic instantly, it will be impossible to block it, especially the special effect bullets - the armor-piercing bullets in the physical version. No matter how thick the armor is, it will be difficult to parry it.
When the special-effect bullet-element version is developed, the power of the Sand Eagle bullet will become even more bizarre and unpredictable.
"Let's go, keep moving forward." Duke turned over and mounted the spirit horse, directing the team to continue moving deeper into the forest.
Xiao Hong hasn't returned from his wedding yet, so he has been camping in the forest for the past two days, hunting as a pastime.
Basically no one of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd level spirit beasts can escape his bullets, even the 4th level has tried a lot.
Some hunts fail, and some hunt successfully.
This mainly depends on whether the sand eagle's bullets can penetrate the spirit beast's defense. If it penetrates the defense, it will pursue it, and the bullets will be poured out like no money.
If you can't penetrate the defense, turn around and run away immediately.
In just two or three days, the spirit beasts hunted by Duke alone reduced the price of the spirit beasts in the Sheshou Town's spirit beast market by nearly half.
Of course.
He no longer values the benefits of hunting spiritual beasts. All the prey is handed over to Broken Sword, which will be used to develop and grow Broken Sword, providing him with resources in the forest anytime and anywhere.
Now he still focuses on studying.
When he reaches the period where research is the main focus, his demand for resources in the forest will be greatly increased, and then mercenary groups will have to run around to collect the resources he needs.
In the evening of the third day.
Xiaohong hasn't flown back yet, so Duke naturally won't leave and continues to choose to camp in the forest. Under the light of the campfire, he lies on the roof of the Black Beetle and stares at the starry sky above his head.
"Where is home?"
"Is the Earth, or the Milky Way, in the starry sky above my head?"
Duke often asks this question, even though he feels that life in the Seven Towers Federation is far more exciting than his life on earth.
"Hometown is always hometown..."
"However, if I really have the opportunity to choose, I will definitely stay in the Seven Towers Federation without hesitation. Not to mention the luxurious life of the arcane mage, my current body alone, this feeling of health and strength, is by no means a debauchery on earth.
I can compare to the delay."
He doesn't want to return to Earth at all, but that doesn't stop him from missing Earth.
"Among the seven towers of the Seven Towers Federation, there is a Star Tower. Its main job is astrology. It is responsible for predicting the future, enlightening the future, and leading the future. I wonder if the Star Tower can determine whether the star field I am in is the Milky Way." p>
"Well, it would be best if the Star Tower could draw an image of this galaxy, so that I can compare it with the image of the Milky Way in my memory."
"If I remember correctly, the Earth is in the third spiral arm of the Milky Way, at the inner edge of the Orion Arm..."
Looking at the starry sky and thinking about the earth.
Unknowingly, Duke felt that his eyelids were a little heavy, as if he had fallen asleep, and his breathing became longer.
But at the next moment.
Duke opened his eyes like lightning, grasped upwards with both hands, and quickly grabbed a small thing the size of a bird, but its whole body seemed to be transparent.
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The little thing was obscured by the night, and its body was basically invisible.
If it hadn't been for the faint light from the campfire not far away, which shone on it and created a reddish reflective color, Duke wouldn't have known what he was catching.
"Squeak!"
The little thing in his hand struggled desperately, but was locked tightly by Duke's fighting spirit armor attached to his hands, unable to move.
In the surrounding tents, the snores of mercenaries could be heard one after another.
In the Black Beetle, Vivian, who was already lying down, turned over. She would not fall asleep until Duke returned to the car.
No one noticed what Duke had caught.
After all, even Duke himself didn't know what he had grabbed. He sat up from the roof of the car, grabbed a small object with one hand, and manifested a Sand Eagle pistol in one hand.
Turn on the tactical light, shine the light in your hands, and completely illuminate the prototype of the small thing.
"This is..."
The body of the little thing is transparent, and its general outline is like a flat insect. Xiaoyi's database is running like crazy, and the results are quickly compared.
"Master, there is an 86% probability that this is the trilobite in the shadow of ancient times."
"Ancient shadow? Trilobite?"
Duke was surprised: "You mean, this is the phantom of the ancient times when the spring of spirituality erupted. Here, at this moment, the phantom of the ancient times broke out?"
He suddenly stood up and looked around. It was quiet all around, with only a few mercenaries holding strong light and shining their lights back and forth.
There is no sign of the eruption of the shadow of ancient times.
But the transparent trilobite in my hand does not look like an ordinary spiritual beast. It feels weightless and really looks like a transparent shadow.
Suddenly.
The trilobite he held in his hand seemed to have reached its limit, and it shattered like a bubble with a snap.
Duke caught an empty space.
But he could feel that a change was erupting in the spiritual sea. It was the protective and mysterious vine that existed in the spiritual sea like a vision. It was swaying crazily, as if facing a formidable enemy.
It was the reaction of the Guardian Vine of Mystery just now that made him wake up from his drowsiness and catch the trilobite.
"Xiao Yi, there's something wrong with this sign. It looks like the shadow of ancient times has really erupted!"
"Master, please be careful. Based on the trilobites we just caught, we can determine that the type of this ancient phantom outbreak should be the Ocean of Insects. The Ocean of Insects is the most ancient phantom of the ancient era, and it is not very dangerous, but
If you indulge in it, your vitality will be seriously damaged."
"I will be careful, and the Guardian Mysterious Vine will come in handy at this time, but what about the others?"
Xiaoyi judged: "People who possess the spiritual sea will be impacted by the Ocean of Insects. However, the spiritual apprentice's spiritual sea has a weak connection with the outside world. The impact of the Ocean of Insects will not be very strong. At most, there will be some damage to the vitality. Take a rest."
You can recover.”
Communication only takes a moment.
At this time, there was finally a new change in the night sky outside. It was waves of transparent sea water composed of spirituality, spreading from a distance until Duke was submerged in it.
Invisible.
But I can really feel this sea water composed of spirituality.
Xiaoyi has stopped the exclusive meditation method of hanging up, and is fully protecting Duke's spiritual sea from being impacted by the sudden outbreak of the insect ocean.
The same goes for the vines of protection and mystery, filling every corner of the spiritual sea.
Duke no longer looked inward at the spiritual sea, but instead fully felt the unique experience that the ocean of insects had brought to him by submerging himself.
At this moment, he felt as if he had transformed into a ray of life in the ocean of insects.
Being surrounded by the warmth of the ocean of insects, nourishing and washing his body bit by bit, giving him an unprecedented pleasure experience.
Suddenly.
A few meters in front of him, a trilobite emitting snow-white transparent light, about the size of a palm, wandered towards his direction, its two long tentacles undulating up and down with the water flow.
Suddenly, a sea lily grew out from beside him, swaying its arms and legs, exuding the same transparent luster.
Then in the distance, there was a nautilus with a long and pointed shell swimming in the sky. It was at least ten meters long by visual inspection.
Another unknown sea insect, which was as soft as a leech but fatter in size, swam to him from another direction.
In Duke's field of vision, more and more luminous shadows began to increase and gather.
On this quiet night, an illusory image of how various creatures survived in the ocean in ancient times was staged.
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In the new month, Lao Bai shamelessly asks for a guaranteed monthly ticket~