Ilian City is located on the eastern coast of the Yaoxing Empire. It has a very developed economy and is known as one of the three pearls on the east coast. Businessmen from all over the world gather here. Huge cargo ships come from the sea every day. They unload countless goods and then fill them with countless goods and leave. The dock has become a bustling place in Ilian City. The place.
Many merchants sell their goods directly here. The low prices of these goods are nearly 30% lower than the prices of goods in the containers of stores and shopping malls. Therefore, a large number of citizens come here to pick up bargains every day. Although the city manager has repeatedly asked merchants to leave as soon as possible after paying taxes in accordance with the procedures, and they are not allowed to peddle goods in this way and damage the city's economic environment, the huge profits still make many merchants take risks and risk being fined here. "Factory direct sales".
Ilian, with its developed economy, rich products and beautiful environment, has become one of the best choices for people to travel, vacation and live for a long time. The huge population has allowed the city of Ilian to have seven administrative districts, with a total population of more than 800. Ten thousand! Here you can see the hottest stars, enjoy the most delicious food, and use the most advanced things. Some people don't want to leave after coming here, shouting that this is heaven on earth.
In the early morning, the sea breeze with a faint fishy smell blew from the coastline and wiped away the floating dust on the streets. Cleaning staff did not need to clean it carefully. It was difficult to see large pieces of garbage on the ground near the seaside. Groups of seagulls also emerged from the cracks in the rocks and landed neatly on the pallets on the beach. Their little heads may not know why people feed them here every day, but they know that as long as they are here You will definitely be able to eat until you vomit.
The sound of kicking footsteps immediately cheered up the sleepy boy who was rubbing his eyes. He added a little milk to the freshly filtered coffee, then took another pancake and sent it to table No. 2 outside the room.
"Good morning, Mr. Dulin, you are still so punctual!", the boy said with a complimentary smile. The golden sunshine in the morning shone on the street facing the east, and the golden light filled the whole street with a kind of feeling. The breath of holiness. The guest in front of me has been coming here almost every morning for the past six months to sit for a while, drink a cup of coffee, and then casually order a snack.
As a prosperous metropolis, the consumption level here is not comparable to that of other small places. For example, the cup of coffee in front of Dulin would cost about one dollar if you drank it in Tener. With half a Napa burrito, the total would be one dollar and a half. But here, just coffee costs two dollars and ninety-nine cents, and a burrito costs one dollar, which is almost two to three times the level of Tenaire!
Perhaps this is the main reason why people like to go to the pier to sell bargains, because they cannot afford to buy things in shopping malls.
In fact, it cannot be said that consumption is unaffordable. Super high prices mean higher income. An ordinary worker’s monthly income is about 20 yuan, which is almost as good as some of the middle class in Tener City. But in Here they are still poor.
Du Lin nodded and took off his round hat. His fit suit seemed to be sparkling. His white striped shirt and his temperament made people who knew him think he was a low-key rich man, although this was indeed the case. .
The sound of running and rapid breathing in his ears made Du Lin take out a one-dollar note from his pocket. The newsboy took off his cap and wiped the sweat on his face and head with his sleeves, and carefully wiped both hands. After wiping his pants clean, he placed today's latest newspaper on the chair next to Du Lin, and took a brand new dollar from Du Lin's hand with both hands. The newspaper actually only cost fifty cents, and the other fifty cents was Dulin's tip.
Beggars and homeless people are rare in the city, and the local government's policy is to exterminate anything that might affect the city's image. It is almost impossible to find homeless people, beggars, and street gangsters. Even if a few appear, they will soon be sent to the seventh district by the "reception" personnel to be forced to work.
Among the seven administrative districts here, only the sixth and seventh districts can build factories, and they are far away from the main city. Industry here will never be the main force of the regional economy, and naturally it will not receive strong support from the city hall. If it were not for the city's supporting enterprises and the integrity of the project, there might not even be a factory.
So the intelligence network here is mainly composed of these newsboys. Each district has an intelligence organization composed of two to three newsboys. With the bar as the core, their complete and professional system makes the intelligence transactions here very orderly and safe. Dulin could go directly to the bar to buy information, but the information he bought would never be as fresh as the information possessed by the newsboys running on the "front line."
The daily consumption of 50 cents has allowed Du Lin to obtain a lot of valuable information, so he comes here every day and sits here.
"Thank you very much for your generosity, sir, and wish you a happy day!" The newsboy took off his peaked cap again and bowed in salute. He liked Dulin very much, because Dulin was very gentlemanly, even in the face of an inconspicuous society like him. The bottom floor is still very polite and very polite.
After Du Lin nodded, the newsboy took a few steps back with a smile, ran back to the end of the street and started handing out newspapers in order.
Du Lin withdrew his gaze and focused on today's newspaper. When he unfolded the newspaper, his eyes narrowed, his pupils shrank slightly, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
On the front page of the newspaper, under the bold and bold font, there was a guy he knew - "The Reichs Central Bank admits failure, and the president of the Kamles branch resigned." Mayor Peter, who is sitting on the left of the photo, has an ugly face. Du Lin couldn't help laughing a few times, and then began to read the full text.
In fact, after leaving Dulin, the State Police Investigation Bureau immediately dispatched a large number of agents to Turnel. On the one hand, they were investigating the gold robbery, and on the other hand, they were investigating the reasons why Prondeau was killed in the attack and Xiu En was seriously injured. Carrure was secretly arrested and eventually disappeared. Lewis was shot in the head by three men on the steam locomotive leaving Turnell. The entire city's underground forces were purged, many clues were broken, and the investigation work made no progress.
Anpu then returned to Aldo to continue to solve his serial murder case. It was meaningless to stay after knowing that the robbers had left. But he didn't have enough evidence to prove that Du Lin and his group were the robbers, so he knew it in his heart, but he couldn't say it out. He is a fair prosecutor, and his pleasure and pursuit is to send self-righteous people to prison to receive appropriate punishment. He could say that Du Lin was the robber, but what if he wasn't? He knew very well that the three parties working on this case came from the highest level, so he did not dare to speak nonsense.
Especially on the second day, when he originally thought Alyssa would be a weapon to punish Du Lin, but found out that it was a useless clue, An Pu decided to leave.
He believed that he would meet Dulin again in this empire, because he and Dulin were both people who were unwilling to be lonely. Such people always wanted to do something to attract attention.
The newspaper omitted the specific information about the treasury being robbed. Even the stolen materials were turned into some gold jewelry and one million in cash. The Imperial Central Bank was trying its best to reduce the impact and found two people to take the blame. The first is the president of the Kansas branch, and the second is the president of the Turner City branch. Not only do they resign, they will also face prosecution from their old employers.
But are things really that simple
Dulin put down the newspaper and pondered, there was absolutely no way things would end like this. The bank will definitely continue to pursue the case, and the so-called admission of failure may be just a smokescreen to paralyze this group of robbers so that they can reveal their flaws. This is not something to talk about casually. After all, it is not a simple matter to use half a ton of gold and one million hundred dollar bills. What if Du Lin really believed this report and started to use the gold in his hand to use those hundred dollars? Big money will definitely show flaws.
But he is not worried at all. Sometimes people always say that the law is a positive protective umbrella for privilege, but sometimes the law can also protect ordinary people with money from privilege. If you want to prove that the gold was embezzled by him, Du Lin, it's easy, just show evidence. Within half a year, those gold bricks had long been turned into gold jewelry and sold to tourists from the entire empire and even other countries. There was no evidence to arrest a regional celebrity, a businessman who had made outstanding contributions to regional tax revenue. This was simply joke!
Yes, Dulin is now the owner of a jewelry store. The stolen gold from the Imperial Central Bank is being sold to customers openly, and those hundred-dollar bills are also washed cleanly through underground financial channels. Of course, for this reason, he He paid 20% of the money laundering fee, which was the discount given to him by the vampires for the sake of their generosity.
He flipped through the newspaper casually, thinking that there would be no news that could attract his attention, but he unexpectedly discovered another acquaintance, an actress whose name he had forgotten. The newspaper said that she had become the first supporting actress in a movie called "Ilian Holiday" and that she would be filming and filming in Ilian. This gave Dulin an indescribable strange feeling. He had run so far and still met an acquaintance. At the same time, he also thought about another thing.
Money is just an embellishment on the road to pursuing his goals. He wants to be a great person rather than a rich person. There was no conflict between them, so while he was hiding here for a period of time, he was actively preparing to come out and do something again.
(End of chapter)