In the understanding of all residents of the Old World, it is a term full of hope and temptation, a land of sudden wealth and hope flowing with milk and honey, and filled with gold.
If ocean voyages weren't too dangerous and costly, they would have migrated at all costs.
Every year, civilians who cannot survive, exiled criminals, as well as self-organized companies and adventurers embark on flights to the New World.
Some of them disappeared, some were unknown, and some actually turned around and became famous rich people. Their stories spread widely, attracting generations of young people to take risks.
Even Fang Xian had to admit that the new continent was indeed too vast.
After hundreds of years of joint development and development by various countries in the Old World, it seems that adventures are still everywhere.
Similarly, after the first financial product was designed in Silver Eagle Federation, the power of capital immediately began to expand.
Among them, investment in the New World is the hottest part.
Affected by this, a large number of "adventurers" emerged among the people like wild dogs running amok.
They wandered around various wealthy families, city center squares, and even towns, promoting their dreams to those who yearned to get rich overnight but did not dare to risk going overseas, and raised funds for this purpose, guaranteeing them with future profits from the New World.
Such deceptive products are more unreliable than those issued by banks, but if you can't stand it, someone will be fooled.
As far as Daniel knows, many people have lost their money because of this. After all, 90% of the so-called "adventure investments" are scammers.
They never built a ship to explore the New World. Instead, they used false plans and forged documents to defraud a large amount of money and squander it wantonly.
The remaining 10% were adventurers who really had dreams but were short of money, but most of them died on ocean voyages.
After all, in addition to the harsh climate, various magical creatures that are hostile to humans are also features of the New World and the deep sea.
Even if you are lucky and successfully reach the New World, your adventure may not be successful. It is normal for your investment to be lost.
This kind of investment plan, which is full of huge pitfalls, will fail 99% of the time. Only a handful of lucky people who are favored by the goddess of luck will succeed and receive huge returns.
The Roland family was relatively wealthy before, otherwise there would be no way to send Daniel to study abroad.
Only three years ago, the current head of the family listened to the deceit of an adventurer. Not only did he invest heavily in the other party, he even mortgaged the real estate to the bank and borrowed a large amount of money from relatives and friends.
Daniel suspected at that time that the fake navigator named 'Ferdinand R. Columbus' was not a real adventurer, but a fraudster with extraordinary power!
Otherwise, how could the Roland family be fooled into investing so much as if they had lost their souls?
Ferdinand R. Columbus!
This adventurer is said to have a certain amount of alien blood, so he added the word "river" to his name in accordance with the custom of that alien race.
No one knows how he persuaded the head of the Roland family in the first place. They only know that after the other party gathered the funds, he bought an ocean-going ship, recruited sailors, and started an adventure to the New World.
A year later, news came that his fleet encountered a storm, and someone saw his ship sinking with his own eyes.
The investment failed miserably, the bank pursued debts, and the Roland family almost went bankrupt.
Daniel, who originally lived a comfortable life, suddenly lost his funding and moved to a slum to live in poverty.
'Now it seems...that Ferdinand R. Columbus is still alive? Not only alive, but also really made a fortune? Hundreds of thousands of gold coins, is this a gold mine?'
Fang Xian's heart moved: "According to the equity certification... the Roland family can occupy at least 40% of all his income in the New World..."
This certificate has been notarized by the Tower of Wisdom Sage, and it is unknown how many curses and contracts with mysterious power are attached to it.
As long as the person concerned still wants to live, or his soul will not be tortured after death, he will definitely not violate it.
'The Roland family is going to make a fortune... Unfortunately, this level of wealth far exceeds the size of the Baron family...'
'I even suspect that if I hadn't been a noble, someone might have kidnapped me...'
After realizing this, Fang Xian immediately no longer wanted to stay in Firenster.
If we don't go back, maybe the Roland family will be gone.
Although it is not his family, it still leaves a little regret that he cannot repay the favor.
Thinking of this, he slowly backed away, his figure blending into the darkness.
Karl Hepburn stood there and waited for a while, confirming that the terrible wizard had left, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "He didn't kill me... It's definitely not because of my strength, but because of my background... and , and you are not afraid that I will call someone..."
He looked at the street outside. As long as he ran a few more steps, he might be able to meet a few patrol officers and contact the kingdom's special agency that handles extraordinary affairs through them.
However, if you do that, things will get really messy.
Moreover, the wizard still holds the voodoo doll that cursed him, and it may be able to curse him to death remotely.
"By the way, that curse is the most deadly."
Karl Hepburn ran to the Mystery Academy in a panic. He was going to find his mentor, his backstage, and seek help to lift this damn curse!
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Dock area.
In a low-cost apartment.
Fang Xian casually lit the debt contract, turning it into ashes along with the voodoo doll that had lost all its effects.
After pouring all the ashes into the toilet and destroying the remains, he pulled out a huge suitcase from under the bed and opened the closet.
"There's nothing to get... Daniel's face was clean in the past, and the biggest asset I have now is the 100 gold fish I just got..."
"Well, I'll go to the steam train station tomorrow morning and buy a ticket home..."
After randomly stuffing in a few clothes and daily necessities, Fang Xian made a decision.
As for the graduation certificate or anything like that, he doesn’t want it!
What Fang Xian did before was just playing the role of 'Daniel Roland', telling the outside world that he valued that diploma and would never leave until he got it.
In fact, he didn't care about the piece of paper at all, he just released the smoke bomb and ran away.
If you want to break the situation, you need to be surprised.
'What would he do if the old Daniel were here?'
'Probably, after struggling for a while, he will make the same choice as me? It's just that he doesn't have the strength... When he goes back, he just goes to deliver a plate of food...'
Fang Xian picked up a photo frame and stared at the black and white photos inside.
This is a family portrait, with a couple sitting in the middle. The man is wearing a tuxedo and a round hat, and the woman is wearing a lace skirt.
Around them, there were four children.
Daniel was the shortest, standing at the front, wearing suspenders and a plaid shirt, and seemed to be a little dissatisfied.