Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

that night.

Dragon Defense board member, chief marketing officer, marketing manager Santos came by dragon.

At his level, there is already a special dragon pick-up treatment.

This senior working man, who was recognized by the dragon as a human, met with Kant in the outer sea of ​​Far Harbor.

Twenty minutes later, he said goodbye and left.

The sea is bleak, the star screen hangs high, the huge steel battleship stands outside the Far Harbor, the city is ablaze with light, and the giant dragon silently sank into the depths of the sea, avoiding the Far Harbor and flying to the north.

The Golden Dragon Stigl uses magic to condense the shield to block the oncoming night wind and maintain the temperature of the back, so that the passengers on the back are more comfortable. After all, he is only a human being.

And also his boss and employer.

This giant dragon was specially assigned to Santos by the Dragon King. It was a means of transportation on weekdays, a bodyguard in times of danger, and even an assistant at work. These tasks were fully capable.

In view of the fact that the dragons who joined Dragon Defense have been brainwashed by Dragon Emperor's staff training, high-frequency team building, corporate culture indoctrination and incentive plan, this secretary dragon is not ashamed of his current job, but instead I feel very cool.

After all, even if you go to the security department to work as a mercenary in the field, you have to be ridden by others, and you have absolutely no idea whether the owner is a pervert, a playboy, a pervert, or a combination of the three, and it is still risky to be a mercenary. The company takes a cut of the hard-earned money, and buying insurance is an expense that can’t be ignored. After all, it’s not worth it—especially when compared to this kind of clerical work.

Anyway, they have to be ridden by others, so it is better to choose one who has the ability.

And the secretary, he just accompanies Mr. Santos to run across the continent and works as a bodyguard with very low risk. After all, most people will not go to the idea of ​​​​the dragon defense market manager. His greatest use is to show deterrence, and to accompany Mr. Santos on business. There are also a series of public expense reimbursement items such as travel expenses, nutrition expenses, and overtime expenses.

Anyway, it's much easier than the idiots in the security department who go out to work.

This kind of mentality is extremely popular in the civilian department of Long Island Defense. The dragons in charge of logistics, finance, R&D and other departments have a certain sense of superiority to their colleagues who go out to fight, because they go out for two stinky money. In the face of the humble short-lived kind of selling laughter, it is simply lost.

For the opposite reason, the dragon operators who went out to work also sneered at the idiots who sat in the office hole, thinking that they were just moths, and they made less money than they exchanged their efforts for tomorrow.

The two groups do not like each other, and there is a contradiction of mutual contempt. Of course, this is inseparable from the efforts of the founders of the company. In short, the civilian department receives less money, but the work is stable and elegant, so cultivate their sense of superiority and work in the field department. Hard work, relatively more money, so stimulate their sense of honor.

As for Jinlong Stigl, who can be the secretary of the marketing manager, accompany the company executives to travel around every day, living less and more money, not suffering or tiring, has the dual advantages of the field and the civilian department, it is because it is humble and honest, Long Fate is very good, simple and hardworking, good at thinking, hard work, and his father is the judicial elder, a die-hard supporter and staunch ally of His Majesty the Dragon Emperor.

These advantages make it stand out, and through hard work at a young age, it has achieved far more achievements than dragons of the same age.

The air was cold, and after walking for half a day, Santos moved his back and lowered the chair to lie on his back. The half eggshell structure fixed on the back of the chair blocked the cold air from behind, and the temperature control array on the inner layer of the eggshell blew warm air. , He picked up the thermos cup, drank a little refreshing tea, and slowly exhaled.

Secretary Jinlong's voice sounded.

"Mr. Santos," it said, "Kant, the Aurora, makes me feel apprehensive and terrified."

"Isn't this normal?" Santos laughed. "Mr. Stigl, he is the Dragon of Aurora. In terms of destructive power, he is already the world's top powerhouse, and even His Majesty the Dragon Emperor treats humans equally."

"I know... well, Lily."

Jinlong thought of the meeting just now, when his childhood playmate came across the sea with Kant. Even though he already knew about them, he still felt sour in his heart when he saw that scene.

Santos frowned and sat up: "Mr. Stigl, I am not qualified to emphasize anything to you, I just remind you that this time dozens of giant dragons, including Trixis, have fallen, the Dragon Emperor His Majesty's attitude is not to pursue it, but to make an agreement with Kant - you have to remember this."

"I know…"

The dragon sighed and changed the subject: "Then can I know what the Aurora people asked you to do?"

Santos breathed a sigh of relief. Dragons are different from dragons, and the second generation of dragons is also different. The grandson of the arsenal elder was arrogant and ambitious, so he ended up with no bones left, while the son of the justice elder was more sensible. Be cautious, as it stems from the stern teachings of his father.

He replied, "One time white glove, one day labor."

Jin Long noticed the key point: "What's the pay? You can't do freelance work, right?"

"Five percent." Santos laughed. "Five percent of the income this time."

"It's not generous, but it's definitely not stingy." Jin Long commented, "It's just not worthy of your ability. Mr. Santos's business methods are among the best."

"It's hard money and favors. This time, the matter was rushed, His Highness Kant was incapable of doing things, and his subordinates were insufficient, so he entrusted me to do this order, and only charged this 5%. It was Longdao who lost money, but the business was not at a time. , depends on the long-term follow-up, this is also the order of His Majesty the Dragon Emperor, we will do it."

Santos lay back on his back and shifted comfortably.

"So..." Jin Long wondered, "What exactly are you doing?"

Santos looked at the beautiful scene of the bright stars in the sky and replied: "The nobles of the Far Harbor are dissatisfied with His Highness Kant's power and arbitrariness, and have united the elites of Bibo Province to try to demonstrate against His Highness Kant and attack him by manipulating food prices. Prestige, the price of food has skyrocketed in the past few days, and many black hands are helping to fuel the flames, His Royal Highness Kant thinks he has a chance to win, so he will take advantage of the situation to kill some people who are his enemies."

Jinlong has been with Santos for a long time, and after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly realized: "He wants us to lend usury loans to the Goethe nobles who are cooking grain in the name of the dragon family, pledge real estate, and then start to break the grain price when the grain price reaches the highest point. , bankrupt the nobles to collect their assets?"

Santos nodded and said, "Yes."

Stigl was shocked: "Is this what His Majesty the Dragon Emperor taught him!?"

"…I'm afraid not."

"...Could he be a giant dragon? A distant relative of His Majesty the Dragon Emperor?"

"Probably not."

"Then he is really vicious... I thought only His Majesty the Dragon Emperor could do such a thing."

"…"

Jin Long thought about it for a while, and then felt that something was wrong: "Wait a minute, you said that this time it was a part-time job to make white gloves... That is to say, this time Kant paid for it, and we did it for him?"

"That's it."

"What is considered?"

"Because in essence, Longdao paid the money, which is equivalent to him borrowing from us."

"...What collateral?"

"It is said to be the money and land deeds plundered from the wealthy families of the Far Harbor."

"Show you?"

"I didn't see it."

"-why?"

"Because the loan contract is only his word, the so-called collateral is actually his strength and promise, so there is no need to check and estimate how much his collateral is worth. This time the amount is unlimited, that is to say, we How much money can be mobilized is equivalent to how much money Kant has loaned."

After Santos finished speaking, Jin Long was silent for a while.

For a dragon family, such a human being of Dior is a bit shocking to the world view.

A single sentence can let the dragon defense work for him, mobilize countless torrents of funds, and there is no need for asset pledge or even a contract.

Is the forbidden spell so amazing?

After being shocked, the mood that emerged became unhappy.

"Wait a moment."

Jin Long seemed to have thought of something: "It seems that His Majesty the Dragon Emperor and you both feel that Kant is sure to win, so this time the loan to the Goethe nobles is a big business that can make a profit without losing money, so can we..."

"-no."

The refusal was crisp, and extremely serious.

"why?"

"Because His Royal Highness Kant promised us a commission, five percent."

Jinlong still didn't understand: "But in addition to this, we can also invest our own funds..."

"The five percent means we can only make five percent."

Stigl was stunned.

"It seems that you have already understood." Santos said, "His Royal Highness Kant did not say that he would join forces with the Dragon Race, but proposed a 5% commission and pledged to mortgage the treasure land deed. His attitude is very clear. It was a free gift of this financial service, but it was still rejected by the Aurora people, and he insisted on paying the remuneration, which is enough to explain the problem.”

"The reason is very simple, here is Goethe, the country of his fiancée, the assets of the nobles who oppose him, flowing into his hands through financial means, are the spoils of the victors, and are plundered by us in the same way, it is Goethe's Wealth outflow, we stole money from his pocket."

"Giving five percent means you're only allowed to earn this hard-earned money."

"And the subtext is..."

Santos said faintly: "If you take more, you will have your claws chopped off."

The dragon was silent again.

"The news we heard before was that the wishes of the empire, the elves and the council to support food were rejected, which means the same thing. He fights the war himself, and he has to make the money himself."

"So this is advice, Mr. Stigl, His Majesty the Dragon King said that a qualified businessman must not only be able to see where there is money to be made, but also know what money must not be earned."

"Look at it." The human manager of Longdao Defense shook his head, "This time, there are huge funds flowing in the Bibo province, no matter which force they belong to, whether their purpose is to make money or conspiracy, This time, they will all die ugly."

"…I see."

"Then let's speed up. I'm going to take a nap and wake me up when I land in Xiliu County." Santos raised his hand and activated the magic circle of the eggshell cabin. In the quiet darkness, he quickly fell asleep, "I hope they are ready."

Tonight is still a sleepless night.

During the daytime, Kant reached a preliminary agreement with the Dragon Emperor through Lily, and the orders of the Dragon Island had been issued. Information was collected, personnel were transferred, and gold was transported. One giant dragon took off from various dragon posts around Goethe, and the entire continent Dragon Emperor money is everywhere.

After Santos landed, personnel and intelligence were initially in place.

"The list is compiled, checked and compared, starting from Xiliu County, I want to know the names of the most fierce and greedy nobles and wealthy businessmen who purchase and hoard food."

Under the bright light, Santos faced a team he taught and cultivated, showing a determined smile: "Now, let me tell you what I want to say to them."

Preparations, planning and scheduling lasted half the day and the whole night.

Early in the morning, the opened grain store advertised the new price, attracting a long line of buyers amid the curses of the citizens and the despair of the poor. Good opportunity, most wealthy people don't care about the game between nobles and His Royal Highness Kant. They only see that the price of food is rising day by day. If you buy it today, you will earn it tomorrow. The more you buy, the more you earn.

The problem is... not profitable.

Because since the day before yesterday, there have been many extravagant outsiders or mysterious buyers who have spent a lot of money to harvest food. The money seems to be inexhaustible. The methods are fast, the prices are fierce, and the shots are accurate. The food sold in the city was bought in almost a blink of an eye.

The local dignitaries and wealthy people who have a heart to vote see it in their eyes, and they are greedy in their hearts.

After all, the **** price of food has risen so fiercely that everyone else has made it, so I will lose!

Why don't you just buy it?

Because they don't have enough money.

Although these well-positioned local wealthy owners do not understand the concept of cash flow, they still have a similar sense of risk, and they do not want to sell their ancestral property and collections to buy grain.

Just then, uninvited guests came to visit quietly.

Elegant smiling faces, stamped business cards, with different names, but the same origin, the dragon pattern on the business card contains a trace of awesome dragon power, and these anti-counterfeiting signs are difficult to crack.

From Long Island, a six-hundred-year-old shop, trustworthy.

They are here to provide loans.

Short-term targeted loans with reasonable interest, only allowed to invest in food trading, daily interest, repayment as needed, provide cash support to high-quality customers, and help good friends to fight in the business world and win the future.

I was dozing off when someone brought a pillow.

The first reaction of the rich and powerful is to be on guard and alert.

Such a profitable business, you have so much money, why don't you do it yourself?

After pressing the question again and again, they were even about to see off the customer. Only then did the salesmen show embarrassment and beg to retreat. Only then did they tell the truth - Kant and the Dragon Clan had a deep feud, but now the international situation is uncertain, they dare not rashly go to war, nor dare to go to war. Get directly involved in this economic war, so as not to arouse Kant's greater disgust.

But trying to find a way to add to this arrogant Aurora Dragon, the dragons are still very happy.

This reason is reasonable.

Some of the dignitaries were still hesitating, and the salesman didn’t say much. He only left his business card and left, saying, please think about it, the city’s funds are limited, and there are many people who are willing to borrow from the Dragon Clan.

Not long after, they heard the news that acquaintances from the city came to the grain market to kill all over the world.

heart.

The fourth day has passed.

On the fifth day, the funds injected by the Dragons into Bibohang Province have been completely released and activated. The surging food market is in full swing, driving up the price of food. City and even Goethe's grain market.

After all, everyone knows that the bird place in Bibohang Province is dropping money from the sky recently, and the food is transported there, even if factors such as freight and damages are added, it can also benefit several times.

So what are you waiting for.

Of course, the food was shipped there and sold!

What? Local people can't eat food? Fuck, it's none of my business.

A convoy, a truckload of food, urgently shipped overnight, hired escorts, and set off quickly.

River transport, land transport, under the urging of the gold owners behind and the wealthy nobles who are eager to make a fortune, set off at the fastest speed to make money from these big fools in Bibo Province.

They are eager to catch up with this wave of gluttonous feasts.

The game between the dignitaries of Far Harbor and the Dragon of Aurora should let us pick up a lot of bargains.

-However.

However, the point is however.

The greedy people who are full of expectations have missed a point. They feel that now the war is over and the bandits have disappeared. Just like in peacetime, under the **** of fully armed guards, the food can be smoothly transported to Bibo Province, and soon, very soon, very soon. You can get a lot of money back.

But they forget who the peace is for.

They have also forgotten whether it is peaceful or not, who has the final say.

The grain-carrying teams that set off along the major national highways and rivers to Bibo Province encountered the interception of the nearby Elf garrison without exception.

These elven expeditions, who have been stranded in Goethe because the peace treaty has not been signed, are usually just huddled in their respective camps, and they do not violate each other with Goethe, so that they have been forgotten. He rushed out like a man, and without saying a word, he tied the food team with the goods back to the barracks.

Although these fully armed guards claim to be well-trained, they are for bandits and bandits. Facing the regular army of elves, they are not even a fart. It was to escape a fish or two that slipped through the net and send the terrible news back.

The Goethe nobles who were ready to make a fortune were all dumbfounded.

Fuck, the elves are grabbing food, is there anyone who cares?

Hello, no.

They reported to the local defenders, and they were all fooled.

- Just kidding, I was almost killed by the elf army before, but now they neither massacred the civilians nor attacked the city, but only intercepted a few groups of caravans, you asked me to lead the troops to kill them? Fuck you.

Even if a responsible Goethe officer went to ask questions, the answer he got was polite. We suspect that the caravan had hidden prohibited items that were trying to harm the interests of the late moon. After the investigation was clear, they would all be returned. Even with people and goods, it must be complete.

When the news came back, the nobles felt very **** together.

-It must be that the Dusk Moon Dynasty secretly embarrassed Kant, not allowing a grain of food from other places to be transported into Bibo Province, and must let the Dragon of Aurora lose face in this battle. It's really a vengeance, elf.

But it's delayed our earning money, what is this called?

But what can be done?

At this time, Goethe's dignitaries suddenly discovered that even if they won the war in name, they still spoke in a low voice when they faced the front of Duyue's soldiers.

What they didn't know was that at the same time as this, at the border entrance of Bibo Province, a team that looked like an **** of a chamber of commerce was escorting truckloads of grain, preparing to enter the country.

If there are residents of Valentine here, many of them must be familiar.

But the dignitaries in Far Harbor and even Bibo Province must not know it.

They don't know what's going on outside, and they don't really know what's going on inside.

They are still gearing up to buy every grain of food that comes in, make a lot of money, force Kant to make concessions, and push the price of food to a very high level. Someone must take over. The benevolent and kind-hearted Dragon of Aurora is a good candidate, because He will definitely make a lot of money in the next negotiations, just to share with his friends in Bibo province, after all, he needs food to restore people's hearts, doesn't he?

A large net has been slowly compiled.

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PS1: Sun...Usually go to bed at four o'clock and wake up at twelve o'clock, mentally, nothing happened, yesterday I fell asleep at eleven o'clock, woke up from seven o'clock, yawned all day... continue to try to adjust.