Chapter 421 A luxury
Chen Ling spent one night reading all the newspapers.
Chen Ling just swept through those tidbits. Although there was occasionally important information, it was hard to tell whether it was true or false... The most outrageous one was that there was even a rumor that a certain star was accused by hostile capital because he liked to play poker. A member of the Dusk Society, a case that resulted in him being severely interrogated for half a month before being released.
Of course, it was eventually confirmed that he was not a member of Twilight Club, and he himself came into the public eye due to this popularity, which caused his celebrity status to rise to a higher level. It is said that he is now preparing to hold a concert.
But what puzzled Chen Ling the most was a survey conducted by the closed tabloid:
"Data Census: The average life expectancy in the main city has increased compared with previous years, and the current average life expectancy is 52 years."
In this article, the author investigates the average life expectancy in the past five years, which has increased from 51.8 years to 52 years old, and praises that it may be the advancement of medical standards that has led to the increase in average life expectancy...
But the more Chen Ling looked at it, the more she felt something was wrong.
How can medical standards improve in this era? And the average life expectancy is 52 years? This is too low...
As far as he knows, the average life expectancy before the catastrophe was about 78 years old. Even if the medical level drops now, it will not drop to such a low level. Moreover, when he was in the Aurora Realm, all the old men were quite strong. .
Although Chen Ling was confused, she didn't have a clue. She put away a few valuable newspapers for the time being. At this moment, the sky in the distance was already a touch of fish belly white.
Tuk-tuk-tuk——
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Special envoy, people from the Whale Shark Consortium and the Paradise Consortium are here. They said they wanted to apologize to you in person for not being able to come to greet you immediately last night." Gu Kaixian's voice sounded.
Chen Ling narrowed her eyes slightly, and after a brief pause, she spoke calmly:
"not see."
"Okay, I'll reject them right now."
Since he has chosen this arrogant and domineering character, he naturally has to continue to stand up to him. After browsing through the newspapers last night, Chen Ling also got to know these consortiums. The "Whale Shark" and "Paradise" are both the same as yesterday. "Dinglu" is a top consortium at the same level, but because the location is too far away, it is natural that they could not make it last night... However, Chen Ling naturally will not "understand" them.
After a while, Gu Kaixian's voice sounded from outside the door again:
"Special envoy, I have already seen them off, but before they left, they left an invitation."
"invitation?"
Gu Kaixian handed over a well-made invitation from the crack in the door. Chen Ling took it in his hand and narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw the font on it.
This is an invitation to a dinner, which is tonight, and the dinner is being held by the five major financial groups in the main city of Hongchen... Whether it was the Dinlu Flower Capital last night or the Whale Shark Paradise today, they are all here In this invitation.
It seems that they know that no matter which consortium can invite them alone, so they directly join forces to form a bureau and compete fairly at the dinner?
"Special envoy, what about this dinner party..." Gu Kaixian asked tentatively.
"go."
Chen Ling calmly answered with one word.
"Okay, I'll tell them right now." Gu Kaixian was about to leave, but then he seemed to remember something, "Special envoy, Beidou Consortium also sent someone just now, saying that their chairman has been seriously ill in the past two days, and he really can't." The special envoys have prepared a large gift for you. Do you think I should give it to you now or..."
Prepare a generous gift?
Chen Ling's mind was racing. He glanced at the messy newspapers on the floor, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
"No, there's no need to send it over." The corners of Chen Ling's mouth raised slightly under the mask, "Just ask them to deliver it to the dinner venue...I will receive it personally when the time comes."
Chen Ling's answer surprised Gu Kaixian, but he would not disobey Chen Ling's intention. Instead, he responded respectfully and turned around to leave.
Wearing a black trench coat, he walked step by step through the newspapers on the floor and came to the carefully prepared mahogany desk. With a flick of his fingertips, the invitation fell on the surface of the desk...
"It's a good opportunity."
Chen Ling picked up the pen and casually wrote five names on the white paper: "Huadu", "Dinglu", "Paradise", "Whale Shark" and "Beidou", and surrounded the invitation. He squinted at these five names for a long time. They began to draw intricate lines between each other...
Like a director who carefully lays out the plot, he begins to outline the invisible net bit by bit, gradually catching all the prey in it.
Finally, Chen Ling put down the pen tip and placed the list of gold goods on top of the five names.
"We still need to make some preparations..."
Chen Ling raised her hand to rip it off on her chin, then turned into a flying mosquito and disappeared into the room along the ventilation duct.
…
"Is he here..."
In the shadow of the street, the eyes of two figures fell on the auction venue not far away at the same time.
"What to do next?" Jian Changsheng turned to look at the 9 of Hearts.
"Wait." 9 of Hearts said firmly, "He can't stay here forever. After he leaves, we can go in and search his room carefully... maybe we can find some clues."
“What if we can’t find any clues?”
"Then just some gold."
"..."
Jian Changsheng couldn't help but complain, "Is this your true intention?!"
"Since we've already gone, how can we return empty-handed? Either we find out the true identity of this guy, or we earn some living expenses... We can't just wait outside for a long time and end up with nothing, right?" Heart 9 said confidently.
"... If it were normal times, I would think you were making up stories." Jian Changsheng paused, "But now I'm hungry, I think you're right."
Just as the two were talking, a figure hurriedly ran past the street, holding a new newspaper in his hand, and shouted loudly:
"Morning News, Morning News! The Golden Club's special envoy has made friends with the five major financial groups and invited them to dinner!"
"The Beidou Financial Group has reached a consensus with the special envoy, and will make progress and prosper together in the future!"
"Singer Lu Huaguang, newcomer Liu Qingyan, and the popular Rose Girls Group will attend the banquet together! Raise your glasses to witness the friendship between the special envoy and the five major financial groups!"
Hearing these words, the eyes of Heart 9 and Jian Changsheng lit up slightly.
"The opportunity has come!"
"He's going to a banquet tonight, there must be a loophole in the auction house, we can take the opportunity to sneak in."
The two hit it off immediately, but looking at the sky, it was already morning, and there was still some time before the banquet started...
Gurgle--
A light sound came from Jian Changsheng's stomach, and his expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.
Red Heart 9 glanced at him, and was about to laugh at something, but the next moment his stomach also started to rumble... His smile suddenly froze.
"Anyway, it's still early to act... and if everything goes well tonight, we shouldn't be short of money." Jian Changsheng said tentatively,
"How about a little extravagance?"
"Let's go!" Red Heart 9 slapped his thigh, got up and walked to the noodle shop next door.
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Sorry everyone, I was going to resume three updates today, but maybe I came into contact with a lot of people during the Chinese New Year, and I was accidentally infected, and I have a fever... Let me wait a day or two, and I will recover as soon as possible