With a slightly curious mood, I took Pandora to the gate of the headquarters of the Fiali Void Consortium, which had just appeared in front of the citizens of Shadow City recently, and wanted to see what the weird queen was planning to do. .
Not only did she grandly apply for a business license here with the help of Emperor Xiling, but she also seemed to be planning to shape a business empire on the spot—Void Consortium, listen to the name! The wind is powerful and domineering, and I can smell the smell of unifying business in just four words. A good name can save the world sometimes you know that? The first step in doing business is to learn how to name it. You name your company Wang Tiezhu Oil Factory. Even if you are dumping oil in the Middle East, you can’t call it an export. When I was a child, there was a big company on the street. Knowing this, I named my company Nerf Alloy Processing and Refining Company. The name is very famous in the local area—although they sell kitchen knives, and their license was later revoked by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau because of false propaganda...
I see Phyllis's behavior style, if she wants to continue selling stones as high-energy minerals from another world, sooner or later her license will be revoked...
"The facade is pretty good." I raised my head and looked at the huge building in front of me. This building should have been custom-built by the Fiali people seeking an application from the Urban Construction Department. Its style is a bit different from the standard houses in Shadow City, with straight lines Rigid and strictly symmetrical, it has an imposing front entrance and has landing pads for urban flying vehicles on the upper level, rather than on the roof like other buildings here: this may be the The architectural features of the Yali Empire look pretty good.
Shadow City allows such customized buildings. Bubbles will have children to play when they have nothing to do, and her gang of girls will manufacture a large number of builder split organisms when they are free. Builders are idle between wars, so I Let them come out to assist in the construction of Shadow City. Anyway, the construction speed of this kind of civil buildings is very fast. An ordinary builder can build a street for you in three days. Phyllis's magnificent building only takes about two hours. Work volume. It's just that a newcomer who has only been in Shadow City for a few days knows how to complete the city construction procedures so quickly... The survival and adaptability of a certain strange queen is beyond the charts. She won't give me the data terminal I gave her within two days Are you done researching
I am very curious about what this Fiali Void Consortium is doing, but I can’t find any relevant instructions on the information projection and signboards in front of its gate. What is displayed on the projection device in front of the gate is very domineering: Fiali Void Consortium , to do all kinds of business that can make money and will not be shot by His Majesty the Emperor. If you are interested, please discuss it in detail after two days. I will take advantage of this time to think about what is suitable for sale.
… This sign is literally as powerful as that bastard's ad in West Carolina.
At this moment, the door of this imposing building suddenly slid open silently, and a tall figure in black dress appeared at the door: "Ah! It's His Majesty the Emperor of Xiling! It seems that there is a big business coming!"
I just had time to raise my hand and say: "Wait, we're not here..." Then I was dragged and dragged to the headquarters of the consortium by the other party, and by the time I realized it, I was already in Phyllis's temporary office. The office is very spacious, and the interior is decorated like the captain's command room of a starship. There are large screens, consoles, and shelves with spaceship models everywhere: this is probably Phyllis's personal habit. Seeing her leading a group of people The spiritual head of cross-world exploration, this is also a master who runs around with warships all day long.
The short adjutant lady prepared drinks for me and Pandora like a senior secretary, and Phyllis excitedly came over with a stack of brochures: "You finally made up your mind to send my adjutant Bought it?"
Without changing her face, the adjutant lady put a cup of hot... unknown drink in front of Felice: "My Lady Queen, please be decent!"
Phyllis didn't even look at it, she picked up the cup and put it to her mouth, and rolled on the sofa screaming in the next second: she was still a cat tongue. Of course, according to the fact that the drink served by the adjutant lady was still bubbling a second ago, I guess Phyllis can't stand it even if she doesn't have a tongue.
Sure enough, like a master, there must be a servant, so it can be seen that the group of Fiali scientists who are still conducting investigations in the city must not be Phyllis' direct descendants, they are too normal.
I waved my hand: "Ahem, I'm just passing by. Seeing that you have made such a big fight, so come and see."
When Phyllis heard that I was not here for business, she was a little frustrated, but soon she recovered, let her tongue slow down first, and then proudly pointed at this office: "How is it? I I designed it myself, from the building to the decoration of the room. I am very good at designing. The spaceship model on the table over there is the Fairy Queen. Even that spaceship was designed by me, but it came out I didn’t take it with me when I was there, it’s too big, we can’t send a single body with such a large volume outside the universe…”
Phyllis was in high spirits, and I happened to be very interested in her business plan, so I casually chatted about this topic. The first thing I was a little confused about was the location of her consortium headquarters: this problem is the most obvious, because she chose the first commercial street as the starting place, but in fact... this commercial street with the name "first" is not Not the busiest place.
Shadow City has many civilian areas and many commercial streets. Many commercial streets are more prosperous because they are close to the more densely populated Hongshi residential area. The "No. 1 Commercial Street" here is only the earliest one Therefore, the commercial street has a special significance. In terms of prosperity, this place is far inferior to its new brothers.
"What I want is not prosperity," Phyllis replied immediately upon hearing my confusion, "Well, it seems that you are not a professional businessman..."
I:"… "
It's strange that your majestic queen is a professional businessman, okay? Do you think all kings in the world should know how to invest and manage money
"I investigated the background of No. 1 Commercial Street." Phyllis leaned on the sofa, not shy about her plan. She probably felt that the opposite was the supreme ruler of Xiling, and she had nothing to hide in terms of business. "Here Adjacent to the imperial capital... oh, it is the shadow city, which is adjacent to the earliest civilian area of the shadow city, and 99% of the people in this civilian area are imperial family members. The imperial family members are the servant army race, they are half army, half civilian, and the macro world The residents are very different, and the residential area is relatively independent. I have studied the difference between the imperial family and the ordinary people of the macro world, and found the only truth—"
Phyllis's eyes became serious, and her upper body leaned towards me, as if she was about to announce the truth of this world: "Families are all sons, and the people of the macro world are raised by stepmothers..."
I:"… "
In fact, my first reaction was to quickly tell the strange queen in front of me that Xiling has always implemented the policy of great unity of the people of the world, and that the children of all races are a family of fairness, justice and love, but after thinking about it, the other party Definitely not what it means...
"Family, completely accept the rule of the empire, the race whose entire civilization is attached to the empire, the most favored group," Phyllis snapped her fingers and listed it to me, "in the macro world, it is second only to the apostles of Xiling The right of passage, because they are responsible for assisting the empire in guarding such a vast territory, so their influence can spread to the entire macro world, they have priority in enjoying the technology of the empire, they have priority in obtaining information from other worlds, and they all have a vast territory. Although the ordinary citizens of the macro world occupy more population in the shadow city, it is completely filled by the huge universe base. The scale of each force in the macro world is very small, and almost no one is outside their own universe. There are other 'strongholds', they are real 'people', and the social circle or relationship network is limited to the level of 'people'. So I want to put the headquarters of the consortium here, and it will save a lot of walking with the family members Detours, their context can always be used."
I understood it. In fact, Phyllis's goal is quite easy to understand: To do business, you must have a network that is wide enough to expand the market. Although the macro world is a super huge network, But this net is in the hands of the Imperial Army, and all she can directly touch is the knots on it, which don't make much sense. And the only people she could find who were powerful enough to be business partners were those family members. Familiars are also ordinary races. They have not yet reached the state of the empire, where business is almost unnecessary. Doing business with them is very profitable. Of course, what I mean by saying so much is, where on earth do these Fiali people have such confidence...
"There are also trade groups like yours in the empire." I glanced at Phyllis, "It started earlier than you, has more power than you, and there are two or three more technologically advanced than you. How do you look so confident?" of?"
"Fiali people are good at doing business," Phyllis looked proud. "They are also good at developing technology, exploring, and meeting challenges. In unknown fields, I have never been slower than others..."
I stared at the other party dumbfounded, and thought to myself why she didn't blush at all.
I'm not really interested in the way of doing business. I'm just curious about what the other party is going to sell. Now I see that Phyllis has sold things outside, except for stones, which are her adjutants. The first of these two things is It has been proven that there is no way out, and the latter is a non-renewable resource... As a result, when she asked this question, Phyllis was surprised: "Is this question important?"
"Nonsense!" The corners of my mouth twitched, "You don't even think about what you plan to sell, do you?"
Phyllis is quite open-minded: "Well, let's talk about it when the time comes, let's see what to sell to make money, anyway, the chance of losing money in cross-world trade is very small, and the Fiali people dare to sell anything—by the way, you guys Are you selling arms?"
Me: "... you asked me this question directly?!"
"Well, you have to be open and honest when doing business, whether your spaceship is for sale..."
I was almost fooled by this wire jumper guy: "... Fortunately, you met me. The Empire prohibits smuggling of military equipment. Do you know that the AA battery we usually use can cause the end of the world if it falls into other worlds? After reading the information, you should know that we are still busy recycling the relics left by the old empire all over the world, and you still want to sell them."
Phyllis curled her lips in frustration: "What about the weapons of the servant army? What about the civilian weapons below? The ones below..."
"Do you have to resell arms?!"
"This stimulus..."
In the end, I was at a loss, and handed over a list to the other party. The "castrated version of imperial weapons" that were allowed to circulate among the people were listed on the list. These weapons were for the low-level troops of the servant army. If a high-level civilization like Yali puts all its effort into research, they can also imitate it. Phyllis can consider putting these things on her shelf, and then she can find excitement...
"Remember, the circulation of these things is strictly restricted. Although you can purchase them, you can only sell them in 10% of the macro world. That is to say, the races that use these weapons must have a certain level of civilization. Civilized species. There are monitoring devices on all weapons. If sold outside the range, they will explode themselves, powerful enough to blast your sturdiest merchant ships into plasma... "
Phyllis nodded her head, and then asked the second sharp question: "By the way, it's okay to sell information, right? What about smuggling cultural relics? What about mercenary business? Smuggling..."
I put my head on the table: "Can't you do some serious business?! Do you have to challenge the average moral index?"
The adjutant next to her looked at Phyllis silently: "My Lady Queen, please be decent..."
"Oh, let me think about what else is more profitable," Phyllis was deep in thought, "It's really not a proper way to make money from war..."
I:"… "
Time passed quickly, and it was evening after chatting for a while. According to my peculiar biological clock cultivated by Sandora, I judged that it was ten minutes before dinner at home, so I pulled up Pandora to say goodbye to Phyllis, this strange queen She was in a state of being ambitious about her business career, as if she didn't notice what I said to her later, she just stood up to greet Pandora and me like a conditioned reflex, and then let her female adjutant see off the guests.
"Your queen is a very interesting guy," after I left Phyllis's office, I couldn't help but say to the adjutant lady who was beside me. In any situation, she always followed Phyllis, even when the strange queen was ambitious to put down her own job to do business, the adjutant turned into a personal secretary without hesitation. In the woman with short hair, I seem to see the shadow of Sivis: the same unsmiling, the same dedication, and when my boss is unreliable, I resolutely play a role that I am not good at, just like Sivis back then. Weiss pretended to be a teacher and sneaked into the school, "I have seen a lot of racial leaders, but she is the least leader..."
There was half a sentence left behind: only Phyllis seems to have something in common with me, because I am also quite unreliable...
"My Lady Queen has a heavy burden, so we will support her when she is doing what she likes," the adjutant lady said softly. I can hear the absolute loyalty and admiration hidden in this plain tone. I have seen many examples of people who are full of longing and determined to follow, "She also has an empire to take care of—although this empire may seem to you as weak as a candle, but it is the queen's hard work, and the queen has already prepared it at any time. plans to return home, so let her do what she wants before leaving here."
I groaned and didn't say much. Behind Phyllis is the Fiali Empire—although her appearance as a professional businessman often makes people forget this, but she does bear the burden of the people and the land, so don't look at the current enthusiasm for playing in Shadow City , she will go back soon.
"Then what will the consortium do then? By the way, it seems that it only has a cool name now... Is it really just a joke?"
"No, any of the queen's actions is not a joke," the adjutant retorted seriously, "she really hopes to let the Fiali people's trade routes spread throughout the void, since we have finally jumped out of the home world, the queen will not Let this opportunity slip away. The consortium will really be developed. The queen has been in contact with the country in the past two days. She wants some real business talents to come over so that she can take over the consortium activities here after she leaves Shadow City, although she does I haven't figured out what business to do..."
"Arms... She insists on being qualified to sell arms, maybe it's not just for business, right?"
I suddenly smiled and looked at the adjutant lady, and the other party did not hide it, and nodded frankly: "Yes, we are facing a powerful enemy in our home world. The so-called arms business is just an excuse. Within the range, it is just to create a trump card for the Fiali people. But as expected, you have long thought of the consequences of your unprecedentedly powerful things falling into the hands of mortals, so the Queen's plan has been greatly reduced. "
"... In other words, if you tell me this key person so blatantly about this plan, aren't you afraid of bad things?"
"You won't take any measures against our tricks." The adjutant lady said with certainty, and I raised my eyebrows: "Why are you so confident?"
"Waste of time," the woman in front of her looked indifferently, "You ruled tens of thousands of universes, but the Fialis didn't even have their own galaxy unified. Under such a gap, any action you take against the Fialis is a waste Time, you won't help us, you won't stop us, I'm afraid you don't even bother to send a few detectors to our homeland to take a look, the Queen has already seen this, so she... "
"That's why she looks heartless all the time." I laughed dumbfounded, and was a little embarrassed by the adjutant lady's outspokenness, "Well, as long as you don't mess around, I really won't intervene in your own affairs, but I really don't ... Forget it, how embarrassing it is to explain this topic. Since you all know it well, why didn't Phyllis tell me clearly? She can just ask me for a batch of non-prohibited weapons and equipment. Don't forget, you guys The three shipments of ore are piled up in the warehouse of the empire, and I haven't paid them yet."
The adjutant lady thought for a while: "Because Her Ladyship really wants to do arms business, this is too profitable..."
Me: "..." At the end, that guy is really a peddler by nature, right? ! RS