Chapter 86 Sky City
No matter what, except for Li Pan who wanted to change jobs, no one else in the team offered to resign after going through a mission.
The head office also responded quickly. They were always lenient with business settlements. They recognized the completion of the two tasks of 'Fountain of Youth' and 'Jin Yao Academy'. They also recognized the contribution of Kotaro, Shiranui and Yamazaki in completing the tasks. They also received the rewards. With their respective formal attire and a silver key, they are considered members of the company.
Since everyone is a team from now on, Li Pan also made some arrangements for his grass-roots team.
Aqi and Rama continued to cooperate and continued to be responsible for the logistics department and the warehouse, as well as the human resources department.
Regardless of whether there is any interference from ACA, personnel recruitment will definitely continue. It is difficult to recruit temporary workers for the company's headquarters business, but the warehouse management staff of the 41 external warehouses must also be filled.
In addition, Li Pan sent Liu Heitu's resume information obtained from Lao Wu to Aqi to arrange a recruitment trial. This little old man in Bajiquan is so good at fighting, it will definitely be useful to recruit him as a temporary worker, and he himself definitely wants to heal his old back.
If the filing cabinet can restore Old Man Liu's combat effectiveness, a large number of experts from the Tianlong Gang can be poached and recruited.
As for Kotaro, Shiranui and Yamazaki, their ability to make investigative reports must be placed in the sales department. There are still too few people at present, otherwise Li Pan would also have a Secretariat of the Intelligence Division Operations Division or something.
In addition, Li Pan also sent them the big case in his hand, the 'Holy Grail Bid'.
"This is the company's long-term goal. Everyone can prepare first, including investigating the holder of the Holy Grail, its storage location, our competitors, etc. Of course, there is no rush in this matter. Prepare slowly first and do some
ordinary things. Just investigate and purchase. Oh, by the way, in order to avoid losing contact and support each other, the sales department should follow the regulations when going out to work. Let's work in pairs. How about..." Li Pan just wanted to say, Sister Shiranui, let's work in pairs
. Well, when we have nothing to do, we can do some exercises together. Even if we don’t practice, it’s good to relax our eyes.
Unexpectedly, the other party picked up a task book first and said,
"I discovered that part of the company's 'Monster Procurement' case is for the 'Demon Sealing Weapon'. Lord Feng Demon, as the heir of the Feng Demon Family, You must be aware of these 'demonic seals', so why don't we cooperate and transfer these out-of-control 'evil things' to the company to seal them and keep them under strict supervision to prevent them from being captured by Iga's ninjas and abusing the power of the demons to cause disaster?"
Demon-Sealing Kotaro smiled and said,
"That's what I had in mind. I've heard about Shiranui Jonin's methods for a long time. You are a senior with rich experience in demon-sealing. With your cooperation, I don't think I have to worry about Iga ninja sneak attacks from behind. The monsters will be sealed for sure." You can get twice the result with half the effort."
I'm here, you two are on board, right? Don't bring personal grudges into work!
Yamazaki Ayato, an undercover agent with no eyesight, also took the initiative to raise his hand and said,
"General Manager, I found that the target of this procurement case is an old acquaintance of my family. Why don't we go purchase monsters together? Maybe I can persuade his family. The price is reduced and transferred to the company."
Li Pan said, "...Oh, okay, let's arrange it like this."
So Aqi Rama went to recruit people, the two ninjas went to seal the demons, Li Pan and Yamazaki went to purchase, and Eighteen He stayed behind to look after the house, be responsible for technical support and always pay attention to the curve of the stock market...
Well, the black gold has not risen back yet, and he cut two million for emergency use before, so the trap is tighter now. When can I earn my small target? I'll go...
"Boss, my friend and I made an appointment and got the permit. We can fly directly to Sky City." "
Damn it, you have friends who live in Sky City? What the hell? Why are you still working?"
Sky City is the most upscale community in the Night City. It is a floating island floating in the sky, flying higher than the top of the clouds. The entire community is an independent villa of the top chaebols, with several small goals. A building like that, even the doorman is from the security department.
Yamazaki Ayato also smiled bitterly and passed the information over,
"My grandfather used to be a guard for the Imai family. The young master of the Imai family and I have been playing together since childhood, so we can be considered friends." "The
Imai family? Oh, from Sakai Port. The gathering..."
Li Pan also looked at the information compiled by Yamazaki and Shiba. Initially, the Oda family were samurai, and the gathering in Sakai Port was the royal merchant of the Oda family.
Later, the first generation Oda gradually reformed the governance model and stopped being a shogun and switched to business. As a result, Takamagahara Shoji was gradually established and participated in the trade of the heavens. The role of the indigenous warriors in the past was not great, but these indigenous merchants He became a confidant of the Oda family, and joined the shopkeepers to become professional managers and investment consultants under Takamagahara. Although they did not own Takamagahara's shares, they could receive high remuneration and bonuses based on their performance.
This model of samurai as directors and businessmen as managers has continued.
The Imai family is the royal manager of the Oda family. Although they have no power, they have plenty of money. Moreover, the directors of Takamagahara are fighting for power and profit. No matter who wins in the end, they will still have to deal with business owners like them. of. So these people are also happy to have paid time off.
So the float vehicle came to Sky City 'Sakai Port' under the guidance of automatic navigation.
This sky city is essentially a colonial ship transformed from an aircraft carrier. In fact, it is more fuel-efficient to park on the ground or on track. It is floating in the sky without going up or down. The main reason is that there is no place to burn... Sky City and
Night The gap in the capital is indeed huge. One side is cyberpunk, and the other side is atomic punk. There are automatic shuttles coming and going in the city. The clothes are all futuristic. Almost everyone is level six. Superman is full of prosthetics, and he's also followed by a medical ball.
Oh, some people don’t know what a health insurance ball is. To put it simply, it is a drone the size of an exploding ball. This is high-tech equipment that even Takamagahara cannot produce. Each ball is purchased from Zhutian Private Health Insurance Company. Genetically customized and imported at a high price.
As long as you purchase a monthly platinum card from a private medical company, which costs about a few million per month, you can enjoy round-the-clock protection from the medical insurance sphere. In addition to providing you with constant medical monitoring, it can also provide you with molecular space suits, deflection positions, bulletproof and anti-virus, and nano-recombination. , air purification and other customized services, and of course the aforementioned chip data uploading and prosthetic reincarnation insurance services are also indispensable.
To put it bluntly, even if this place is leveled, it won't hurt them even a hair. They will be reincarnated into another world in a matter of minutes.
Guided by the automatic navigation, the two of them came to the large garden in the city, which was probably the entertainment venue of Sky City. It was like a maze, filled with villas and restaurants. The waiters who came and went were all level 5 smart dolls with smooth curves. On the top, not even the screws or metal structure can be seen, and they look like human-shaped ceramic vases that have just been fired from the kiln.
Although these dolls are minimalist in style, each one is a terminal robot with its own system intelligence. The whole process is monitored by QVN network, and it can turn into a top killing machine in an instant. Once a case occurs, it can be linked to the security department at any time. Agent comes in.
Under the guidance of the doll, Li Pan and Li Pan entered the maze and met Yamazaki's friend in a villa-like bar.
Shoichiro Imai was lying upstairs in the bar lounge with a man and three women, drinking and chatting, using QVN to surf the Internet and wandering around in the world. The two came in under the guidance of a doll, and they also went offline and floated over to meet each other.
"Long time no see Ayato, sit down casually and want to drink something."
Li Pan took a look at the young master of the Imai family. Hehe, he is blond and blue-eyed. He has undergone plastic surgery to the point that his race has changed. His whole body is covered with level six prosthetics, and his spine is also equipped with an anti-gravity device. He is a superman in a literal sense. It can be seen that the full-body prostheses are luxuries that cannot be produced locally in 0791. The other people are similar. They are all surrounded by medical insurance players. They are obviously people from the same circle.
If there is any obvious difference from the people on earth, it is that these people in heaven seem to be very lazy and at ease. They are lying in this paradise-like garden, surfing the Internet, chatting and drinking. , enjoying a nearly long to endless life.
It is true that there is nothing to do. I am not the kind of social worker who works day and night, works overtime, works a side job, earns money, squeezes into the subway, and pays off the loan. These people are truly the rich second generation! Even though he doesn’t have much power, he is damn rich!
The ancestral pocket money can be squandered for hundreds of generations. Even if they lie there all day, watching TV shows, surfing the Internet, and drinking, the various assets in their accounts, banks, funds, and stock markets will be raised at home. With the hard work and hard work of the social animals, it continues to grow. What a small goal, like a Star Destroyer, it can be achieved in the blink of an eye.
And since there is no Chinese family name to bear, as long as you think about it and don't worry about the ranking on the board of directors, and don't scheming over Gao Tianyuan's shares, you don't have to curry favor with those young masters and princesses.
Even if the Ye Group is in power and they have money, they will still be valued customers and the most popular 'consumers' of Zhutian Company.
The stars and the sea, the bright future, and the infinite possibilities, this is the portrayal of life they were born with.
"Imai-san, this is Manager Li of our company. As I said before, we are here today hoping to purchase a collection from your family."
This boy Yamazaki is indeed an elite. He smiles like spring breeze and has a sincere and polite attitude. It doesn't make people feel humble and fawning at all. Maybe handsome people have a social bonus.
"You kid, why are you being polite to me? Just have a drink first when you come. I remember your taste, bourbon, right? Then you have to take it orally. I have a bottle of master's work here, which has been passed through charred white oak barrels. Twelve years of aging, the caramel flavor and oak flavor in the entrance are very rich. Unfortunately, it has been discontinued. You must try it." Shoichiro
Imai smiled and pulled Yamazaki towards the bar.
Li Pan also wanted to follow him and taste the aged wine, but Imai smiled at him and made an inviting gesture towards the private room on the other side, "
Manager, the things you want have been brought. You can go and take a look." Look."
Oh! You won’t even give me a glass of wine! Snob!
Behind Imai, Yamazaki apologized to Li Pan with a wry smile.
Work was urgent, so Li Pan had no choice but to keep a straight face and follow the smart doll to the backstage of the bar to check the goods.
Arriving at the private room bar, the doll took a wooden box from the warehouse and opened it under Li Pan's eyes. The box contained the target of this purchase, the 'Golden Buddha'.
This is an ancient golden Buddha statue from Theravada Buddhism in South Asia. It is about 50 centimeters high. It is a unique vertical walking Buddha from the ancient Sukhothai Dynasty. The shape of the Buddha statue is characterized by a flaming halo on its head, a long face with conch hair, and an aquiline hook. Nose, broad shoulders and thin waist, use the fearless mudra with the left hand and the wishing mudra with the right hand. It symbolizes the Buddha's protection, preventing disasters, forming good relationships, increasing wealth, and ensuring peace.
This item appeared at an auction before. Due to its cultural relic and asset attributes, as well as its Feng Shui effect, the enthusiasm of businessmen was high. The final transaction price greatly exceeded the budget of the company's finance department, and it was auctioned off by the Imai family.
And given that Gao Tianyuan was at its peak at that time, nothing serious happened to these 'Golden Buddhas' just sitting in someone's warehouse, and Monster Company didn't do anything to them.
Li Pan transferred to the prosthetic body of the intelligent doll through the QVN secure link, picked up the golden Buddha, weighed it and checked it. It was heavy, and the scan showed that it was indeed pure gold.
And through his own eyes, he could clearly see that the face of the 'Golden Buddha' was full of black energy, the fingertips of both hands were covered with blood, and bursts of black smoke were clearly emitting from under the gold foil of the Buddha statue. He was definitely a 'monster'.
Then Li Pan focused on the wooden box containing the Buddha statue.
This wooden box is made of sandalwood, with flowers, birds and beasts painted on the surface with vermilion lacquer. It looks like it is just for decoration, but when I touched the lid of the box, I found that under the silk interlayer, there were layers of talismans stuck on it. The golden Buddha emanated The black energy was sealed by these talismans. However, in order to avoid destroying the effect of the barrier, Li Pan did not tear it open to see the specific spell.
Even the storage measures for the monsters are shipped in one set. You really get what you pay for. If you are willing to spend money, the 'monsters' will be packaged perfectly for you.
After identifying the 'Golden Buddha', Li Pan returned to the bar.
"The stuff is good, let me give you a price."
Imai Shoichiro and Yamazaki Ayato looked at each other and smiled,
"Then I'll transfer it to you at the original price, 27 million, excluding tax. Do you want to see the invoice?"
Although the other party was quite easy to talk to, Li Pan's face still froze,
"It's too expensive. Cheaper."
After all, the company originally valued this thing at only 5 million, and the budget was only 10 million. The price has been raised for these lucky chaebols...
Imai laughed and said,
"Manager Li, it's you who want to buy it. I'm not short of money, and I don't have to sell it. It's very polite to transfer the original price to you."
Li Pan was also a little bit Embarrassed,
"Give me a discount and make a friend."
Yamazaki Ayato also advised,
"Yes, Ichiro, there are some things you don't want to keep at home, why don't you just treat it like us helping you deal with a hidden danger."
Imai Shoichiro said noncommittally,
" That thing has been in my family's treasure house for so many years. It has no impact. It's just an object. How can it have any hidden dangers? Okay, Ayato, I'll give you face this time and take care of
your business. Even if it's 25 million That's all right."
Yamazaki Ayato also gave Li Pan a wink. His business is interesting enough. Isn't it enough to lose two million for one face?
However, Li Pan was still in a dilemma. It was so much over budget, so it would be weird if the finance department at the headquarters could agree to it.
Imai smiled when he saw his expression,
"Can't I take this? Although my father often says that I am a prodigal son, I can't give it to you for free, right?
Ayato, I don't mean to embarrass you, but you come to ask about this thing Yes, I just went online and asked for a quote. Look, this is from someone else."
Then he raised his hand and projected the quote from another online company.
Sixty-five million, excluding tax.
Well, who else could it be, the ACA Collectors Association.
"Hiss..."
Good guy, the front foot is here, and the back foot is going to raise the price to disrupt the market, right?
Li Pan's face was livid, "Wait for me to make a call."
Imai also smiled and asked Ayato to have another drink.
So after Li Pan went out and talked with the headquarters for a while, he came back with a new quotation.
"We offer 10 million..."
Imai Shoichiro smiled at Yamazaki Ayato and shook his head.
"Buy that box."
"Buy... the box?" Imai frowned, "In cash?"
Li Pan nodded,
"Yes, in cash, buy the box. ACA's quotation is for the 'Golden Buddha', but it's not. Then you can give it to them separately. Also, If you can make another fortune, it won't be a loss."
Imai looked at him suspiciously,
"Do you really just want the box?"
Li Pan smiled,
"Just the box. And in order to avoid the monster getting out of control, we can wait, wait until You and ACA will take the box away during the on-site transaction. What do you think of this?" "
Oh, do you want to meet the people from the Collection Association?"
Shoichiro Imai agreed after thinking about it for a while. After all, the battle between the two companies and the He had nothing to do with it, but he made 48 million in cash from this change of hands!
Even if the Imai family is not short of money, this is not a small sum. Isn't speculating on antiques just for investment? It's safe to leave the bag alone. When it's time to take action, businessmen will not be greedy.
So the two parties reached a purchase agreement, buying a casket for a pearl. The company spent 10 million to buy a box containing the 'Golden Buddha', and now they are waiting for Imai Shoichiro to contact someone from ACA to pick up the goods.
Yamazaki Ayato said it was difficult to understand.
"Manager, is this really feasible?"
Li Pan nodded,
"The head office has agreed to my proposal, free market and free competition. The higher-ups also want to see what the origin of ACA is and what confidence it has to fight with us. Of course, if they don't have the ability to take the 'Golden Buddha' out of the box, it's none of our business. Anyway, they have to take the box back today, I said." Yamazaki hesitated, "But since ACA poached
the
company There are so many people, maybe they are prepared, right? If they can think of other ways to deal with the 'Golden Buddha'..."
Li Pan chuckled and said,
"Silly, then just snatch it back, isn't that what the monster mission is? Come and snatch it."
Li Pan also estimated that the company would be willing to spend 10 million to purchase the 'Golden Buddha'. When the time comes, he can snatch the 'Golden Buddha' back and sell it to the company, and he can still make a small profit.
In addition, to be honest, if the defense of this sky city was not too tight, Li Pan would have snatched the 'Golden Buddha' right now and sold it to ACA for 65 million... The monster is really valuable. ...
But Yamazaki is still a little worried,
"Then if there is no box to save it, what if the 'Golden Buddha' really goes out of control and goes berserk? Will there be a disaster that destroys the Night City..." "Okay, okay,
I just watched it , it’s not something that will explode when you take it out. Didn’t Akira also say that it’s been okay for so many years? It’s okay, it’s okay.” Imai also quickly contacted him, “They immediately sent someone to pick up the goods
,
tonight Someone will come."
Li Pan nodded and smiled, "That's good. I don't want to delay too long. It's best to end the transaction as soon as possible."
Imai also nodded and smiled, "Please look at that thing, Ayato. , let’s have two more drinks!”
Wow…this Zhang Lang is really annoying…
(End of Chapter)