Chapter 48: Crystal Song's birthday and the status quo of the Kezhou boxing match
Of course, Ling still remembered that February 15th was the tenth birthday of her second disciple Jing Ge. On this day, after finishing her official duties in the empire, she returned to Crossbell early. From what she could do
The dream pastry chef of Golden Bread picked up a birthday cake that had been ordered a week in advance. She stopped by Bell's jewelry store chain "Bright Jewelry" and picked out a piece that she thought matched the color of Jingge's hair.
Matching ruby hairpin.
Many new apartments have been built in the old city over the past year, but the exchange shop "Nainwali" in the southwest corner is still the same, blending in with the surrounding old houses without any sense of disobedience. In fact, Jingge's mother Ya
Xiu Li is quite rich. As a well-known local arms dealer, she would have no trouble buying a store in the surrounding street if she wanted to. It's just because she hates trouble or hates having to deal with trouble, so she has always kept a low profile.
After loosening some of the pressure and releasing her breath, Xiao Jingge ran over and opened the door.
"Master!"
Unlike Fei, Jingge was initially a registered disciple, and she also practiced a different style of "Tai Dou Style" from Fei. After a half-year inspection period, she was actually included in the "Tai Dou Style" door.
Unlike Fei, who had passed her test a few days ago and obtained the first pass of "Hamel Style", Jingge is still in the stage of laying the foundation, and the first pass assessment is still far away from her. However, in Qi training,
In the book, Jingge, who is still in raw jade, has a much better advantage than Fei, who was born with a thin body. Almost at the same time as Fei, he completed the task of cultivating fighting spirit assigned by Ling. Fei is already fifteen and a half years old, while Jingge is only ten years old today.
That's all.
When Jingge led Ling into the store, her steps gave people a sense of stability as steady as a mountain. Although her feet were very fast, her upper body did not shake at all.
"Hey, I've been practicing the lower body very well. Have you found the feeling of "Shukuchi"?"
"That one is still gone."
It's rare that Ashuli is actually in the store instead of going out to drink. It seems that she will pay attention to her daughter's birthday.
After blowing out the candles and eating the cake with the mother and daughter, Ling followed Jingge to the underground arena in the sports area next door to watch the game to kill time.
When we came to the VIP area of "Rainbow Group", there were already several senior management of the group here.
"Hey, Gilbert-kun, you are here too. There are so many people today, is there a competition for our group?"
"Lord Ling!"
Seeing Ling's appearance, the blue-haired young man in a suit and leather tie stood up respectfully and bowed. Because of his actions, several other senior management of Rainbow Group also noticed this.
"Ah, you don't need to be formal. Now that you are the CEO, I basically don't care about the company's operations anymore." Ling herself is the chairman. After acquiring the shares from Mrs. Ilmeida, she has always held an absolute proportion of the shares.
But directly stepping in to do everything to promote floating urban technology was not in line with her original intention. However, she would have no psychological burden by leaving the necessary basic technologies in the research institute and leaving product development to the group's employees.
"Yes, today there is a competition between our group and the Gourd Merchant Alliance of the Republic of Kalvad. The competition is over whether the three eastern and southern states of the Kalvad Republic allow them to sell mobile phones."
After listening to Gilbert's explanation for a while, Ling probably understood the whole story.
The patent law protection in this world is very weak, but the companies in the Republic of Kalvad have good copycat capabilities. In just six months, they have produced mobile communication equipment similar to the ones here. Because the Rainbow Group is slowly moving to the Eastern Continent. During the dumping, there was also resistance from some local forces. Although the performance was not as good as here, the price was very advantageous. The latest mobile phone from Rainbow Group cost 50,000 mil. The copycat phone from Hulu only cost 10,000. Mira also used installment payments and credit guarantees, which are transaction methods that are convenient for local forces.
So Kilbart and the others smoothed the relationship and wanted to sue the other party for stealing technology through the courts of the Republic, and the energy behind the other party was not small. Things continued to be stalemate, and eventually it became a matter of deciding the outcome through fists in a commercial boxing match. situation.
"Actually, there is nothing wrong with losing. If the free supply is not too suspicious, I would even like to give everyone a communication terminal. Applying for a landline in Crossbell is free. Only after connecting to the platform can the above services It’s probably the big profit from Mira.”
Ling held her chin and said to herself that after all, only she knew that she had specially added data collection functions including eavesdropping in the basic design. It was also a pretext that she deliberately did not encrypt and lock the prototype to make it easy to be copied. In order to let it spread, what she learned was the secret of the giants in the previous life on earth who dominated the market by allowing piracy.
"But even so, we have no intention of losing. Our 'Rainbow Group' and other companies compete for profits through boxing matches, with nine wins and three losses in twelve games. The overall winning rate is second only to IBC and Black Moon."
"That's right. Kilbart-kun will do it as you like. After all, the operation and management still rely on you. Please give me a copy of the fighter's information."
Because Black Moon has a huge talent system, it can easily pull out a bunch of masters who can compete with the guerrillas. In addition, it controls the underground world of the Kalvard Republic. Not many companies are willing to fight with them. And the IBC winning rate The reason for high purity is... they give too much money. Problems that can be solved with money will basically not be discussed in a boxing match. And for problems that cannot be solved in a boxing match, Dita does not mind using a little off-the-table thinking. Means. In addition, if you have money, you can recruit masters. Many first-class fighters don't mind working for Dita. The actual winning rate is higher than that of Black Moon.
After getting a thick stack of printing paper, Ling took Jingge to the lounge and watched the game together to pass the time.
"It's obviously my birthday, but the entertainment activities in the evening are no different from usual ones. Is that okay?"
"Originally, my birthday is not a big deal. And this is good. After all, Master, you haven't come to watch the game with me for a long time."
"That's true..."
Since focusing on the Imperial Martial Arts Tournament last year, she has basically given up running the business here. And after seeing the peak showdown there, she feels that she is not that interested in watching it here. She only does it occasionally when she has free time. That's all. But for Jing Ge, the off-court competition is still enjoyable to watch. Even if the level of the battle is not as good as hers, she will not feel bored. Well, because such low-level battles will not easily kill people. , it’s really pretty to watch.
From the very beginning, Ling made an unwritten rule that expert martial artists would not be allowed to participate in the boxing match. On the one hand, this was to save the "face" of the experts. It would be embarrassing if the experts lost to ordinary martial artists. On the other hand, it was also
In order to limit the scale of the boxing match to a certain level, one or two is fine. If that kind of top boss appears in Crossbell in large numbers, both the Erebonia Empire and the Kalvard Republic will turn their attention. Then
It's not beautiful. In the end, it was out of precaution against a certain possibility - if there is really that kind of super master who is persuaded, and no one can beat him, then the boxing match will become that company.
ATM machine. If it is one-sided, no one will come to the "tribunal" here to resolve commercial disputes in the future. This is not a good thing.
When Jingge was only a registered disciple, she participated in a few competitions because of Ling's wishes. After Ling recognized her fighting spirit and officially accepted her as a disciple, she was told not to bully the children. Well, despite her age,
It seems that Jingge is just a kid here, but in the martial arts world, strength has always spoken.
Nearly a year has passed since Ling asked Fei and Jingge to practice to release their fighting spirit. Not only have they made great progress in quantity, but the two of them have completely realized Ling's task in controlling their fighting spirit. She
The move I used to love, the warrior's armor - "Fighting Qi Coating".
Before their fighting spirit is exhausted, or before the damage received per unit time exceeds the protective ability of the fighting spirit coating, neither swords nor bullets nor guided magic can cause any substantial harm to them.
It is precisely for this reason that in a boxing match without a master, ordinary fighters who cannot break through Jingge's defense will have no problem being treated as "children" by her.
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The two of them briefly browsed the information, and then started the usual guessing game.
"Master, who do you think will win?"
"The fighter that Mr. Kilbat recruited is a disciple of the Eastern Duanliu Shui. His skills and strength are better there. But his compatibility is a bit restrained. If he can play his own style, his chances of winning are quite high. And Hulu Na
One side is an employee of his own company, so his momentum will be higher. However, both sides are just entering the advanced stage of fighting spirit, and they are still far from being able to spread their fighting spirit, so it is difficult to say who will win and who will lose."
"Does that mean Master can't tell who will win?"
"Well, I won't say whether I won or lost until the end. I'm very cautious."
"I think Naidong from the gourd side will win. Because his consciousness is different from the sect disciples who came to experience life." After Jingge finished speaking seriously, he asked the waiter to place a thousand bets for Naidong.
Wan Mira.
"Experience life...what you said makes sense."
Although there was a lot of opposition to banning the masters from coming, these voices gradually became less and less.
In fact, it is not that no one wants to have a larger-scale, lower-level, and more open unlimited competition in other places. The Crossbell Autonomous Prefecture is of course a state under the Kalvard Republic, but the degree of autonomy is relatively high.
If it can work here, why not other places? Many people have thought this way. Various competitions have sprung up in Calvard, but not long after they started, they were banned by the Republic Police because of the tragic death rate.
As a result, a year later, this is still the only place where semi-official competitions to some extent are being held steadily.
Although the boxing match was only held for one year and the intensity of the fight was not too high, it attracted many middle-class people born in the boxing genre because of this.
You can earn money and accumulate combat experience without having to worry about being beaten to death. Some schools have developed a one-stop fighting service. For companies that have not trained their own masters, it is a win-win cooperation.
Not to mention the most intense corporate competitions, ordinary alien fighting competitions are now gradually becoming more popular.
The result is just like Jing Ge said, this is just some kind of more efficient "experience life". It is obvious that the Duan Shui Shui Gao disciple with higher technology and strength was defeated one-sidedly after failing to defeat his opponent in 1 minute.
Hammer. After losing momentum, the original strength cannot be used, and in the end it will be a humiliating defeat.
Later, Ling and Jing Ge watched more than a dozen games together, discussing the pros and cons of each player. Ling's original intention was to give Jing Ge some guidance, but the result was that Jing Ge "guessed correctly" an overwhelming number of times.
It was almost midnight on the way home. After we separated from Jing Ge, we were walking on a quiet road. Soon, a masked man in black appeared from the trees on West Crossbell Street.
"Just act with the goal of killing her."
"learn……"
After reluctantly speaking, the high-ranking assassin from the Republic hired by Ling fell to the ground.
What appeared behind Ling was the legendary assassin wearing an ancient mask and holding the demon-slaying sword "Hachikarasu".
The initial blow hit the empty space, and Ling had already moved three meters away in one step, looking at "Silver" with a somewhat surprised and somewhat expected expression.
"It's later than I thought. I thought you wouldn't come to me. Why did you change your mind again? Does it mean 'Bai Lanlong'?"
Yin just walked slowly around Ling without saying a word, and as she walked, she also left runes on the ground with her boots.
"It seems it's not him. In other words, it was the elders of Black Moon who directly entrusted you."
This time, the other person had a little bit of air.
"You are a nuisance to your employer. Moreover, you are Crossbell's evil."
Although he had used secret techniques to change his voice, it seemed that he was still the same person. Ling stopped testing.
"You know clearly that I have a good relationship with Illya, but you still say that? Miss Lisha?"
Ling instantly appeared at "Yin's location" at this moment. She stretched out her hand and tried to take off Yin's mask, but she only found a charm with exhausted spiritual power... In other words, even the conversation just now was not spoken by her.
Is it the voice that was left in advance? Ling feels that the degree of completion of her clone is really close to that of Levi's clone, although the principles of the two are different.
"Eh? Ran away!?"
She closed her eyes and took a look, but she didn't detect any sign of anyone within a hundred meters. A single blow would not cover a thousand miles, and the "silver" was much slipperier than she thought.
"I don't know if she heard my last words. She didn't run away fast enough. She probably didn't hear them."
Ling walked up to the killer who was beheaded by "Silver", pointed out a few sparks with her finger, and then burned the body into ashes.
"The third birthday gift I prepared for Xiao Jingge didn't arrive, forget it. I'd better go home and sleep."
No longer obsessing over such trivial matters, Ling pretended that nothing had happened and returned to her "Rozenberk Workshop".