On November 6th, it was sunny, and the first ring of the city was moved to the arena.

"Bang!"

When the 12-gun salute sounded, the bunting and balloons were released into the sky, and the whole city completely entered the festive atmosphere.

From now until the end of the year, it is already the stage of resting at the end of the year, and foreign travelers who can afford it will choose to return to the nearest city to have a good year.

Although the times are very different, and the new calendar that is reorganized after the fragmentation has no difference between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar, the custom of the Oriental reunion at the end of the year has been retained from generation to generation.

And watching the year-end event has also become a routine program at the end of the year...... Years of war history have made people accustomed to the year-end party.

Previous rookie preliminaries? Well, that doesn't count.

Just like the rookie division/minor league of many events, the parties concerned are quite concerned and try their best to block their lives, that is all they have, and it is the only opportunity for them to step on the stage, but it is very realistic....... The audience's attention is still only a fraction of the real drama, and many people don't even know about the existence of the rookie game.

The closer to the end of the year, the more lively the city will be, but throughout December, it will only be reserved for the main drama, the Single-edged Sword God Tournament and the Unlimited Sword Saint Tournament.

In those two actual battles, the real top fighters are likely to play...... Considering that this year is a big year, in order to get a place, there will basically be a large number of ruthless and quasi-mythical appearances.

Therefore, the time left for the newcomers is only this November....... The main tournament has started, who cares about your minor league and rookie competition.

But at least for now, until December, they were the focus of the entire city.

All the attention is on them, there are their posters on the streets, and TV and the media are scrolling with news about the new people.

Now, the best of them even have the treatment of being able to sign on the street, well, it seems to be a bit similar to some people, but in fact, this is the treatment that the real strong should enjoy.

Next time, if you want to get such treatment and get a battle medal above the second level, then there will be news reports on the streets and alleys, and you will have the opportunity to make a name for yourself.

People may forget history without conscience, but it is absolutely impossible to ignore the ongoing war.

In this era, it is still the sought after and respected of the strong........ After all, any sword master who chooses to leave the city is, in a sense, the protector and continuator of the human race.

Compared with other similar cities, Shiqian City, which is only more than 400 years old, is not a long history, but it is full of vitality and the atmosphere of the times.

Perhaps someone has forgotten because of a peaceful life...... But every year, the swords and deaths in various media remind them that being able to stay in the city safely and choose their own way of life is the urban safety zone and peripheral safety belt laid by their ancestors and ancestors.

Even now, every day, there are still countless people of the same kind and compatriots fighting outside, and they can't collect their bodies when they die outside.

Well, you don't care about tradition or history, and you don't have any ideas about self-worth realization and social contribution...... But you're going to pursue the money, and you're going to think about it.

Not to mention doubling the salary outside, it is easy to multiply it tenfold, and the harvest of a hunting by a top powerhouse is enough for you to work for a lifetime.

In such an environment, people respect the strong, worship the strong, and aspire to become strong themselves, and every year countless people embark on this path, eager for exciting and rewarding adventures, but many people are injured and retired.

"This is the human society of this era, a cycle that constantly produces strong and combative power. Although it is cruel, our peaceful daily life is indeed based on the list of war dead. More than half of the people who left the city did not come back in the end......."

It is precisely because of this that some behaviors are untouchable, if the artificial idol god of war can easily harvest wealth, then will young people still aspire to become strong, eager to become warriors who protect their families and countries.

Not to mention that young people can see clearly...... Hell, if you really see it clearly, those experts and scholars with high salaries have devised routines that specifically target human weaknesses and your so-called "common sense" and "online wind reviews".

Routines one after another, how can you, a young man who has not experienced actual combat, see through it, if you really see through it, shouldn't those experts who take money be unemployed?

I have to admit that the professionalism of the fighters and the comfortable life of the civilians have indeed caused a difference in "common sense on the battlefield", which has given some people the opportunity to play tricks...... They exploited the simple worship of the strong, which was the dominant value at the official level.

You exaggerate the strength of your "star personnel" and make a little extra profit, which I can tolerate when I move to the city, this is the development of the times, and in a sense even the choice of the times, which is promoting new employment and economic development.

You interfere in the rookie competition to make your star shine even brighter....... As long as you don't shake the fundamentals, there will be large-scale fraud, and in terms of high taxes, it is actually barely acceptable, after all, there are newcomers every year, and there are a few who become talents (become the top).

You use the influence of your star to cash in traffic and influence the development of the market....... This is a bit of a cross-line, you are now starting to have side effects, warning to you, you have to be careful.

You are interfering in the most important military industry, and you are starting to play a set of bad money to drive out good money....... Hehe, let me check your bottom and see if you have any other urban/foreign ingredients.

You are dissatisfied with the punishment imposed on you by the city, and you start to use your traffic advantage to incite some unspeakable things...... Uh, have you chosen that cemetery?

The thirst for money is endless, and it does not even have to rise to the level of capital and production relations, how can a greedy businessman give up the opportunity to make money easily and without limits.

What? That will bring about the collapse of the entire society's values and pursuits, so what does it have to do with me, can't I just change places?

Now that the city is not peaceful and rich enough to play involution and harvest, if there is really a large-scale attenuation of combat power....... Those foreigners who are eyeing each other are probably coming immediately.

Most people don't look that far ahead, they just vaguely feel that the situation is wrong, but a good politician/city leader is either bad or stupid if he doesn't look far, and it's not a good thing.

Therefore, when Zheng Li completed the temptation of the upper echelons and determined that they should not have stood with some people, and that the city was still the city of the majority, Zheng Li acted as the sharp knife of this charge.

Associated ....... Suddenly, his company declared bankruptcy.

Cause? Well, it's nothing, it's just the inexplicable business dealings and contract loan problems, which directly make the leather bag company a non-performing asset.

inexplicably has hundreds of thousands of more debts, and Zheng Li doesn't bother to pursue it....... He knew that it was useless to pursue it, and he was afraid that he had become a public enemy and a traitor in the eyes of some people.

In this world, no one is smarter than anyone else, and anyone can treat anyone as a fool, and it is very difficult for a prophet and prophet in advance, but it is not difficult to be a prophet in hindsight.

If a large amount of money is sprinkled, how did Youmi's company and the Golden Palace end, it will naturally be found out, and even the meeting between Zheng Li and Zhao Yu at a critical time point cannot be hidden.

Undoubtedly, Zheng Li offended the business community that moved to the city...... At least the part that engages in a new type of entertainment industry.

Fight to the death on someone else's turf and the ground? Zheng Li is not so boring, he doesn't even bother to find out who cheated him, it must be one or two companies, and it is more likely to be the consensus of many people.

"Well, like, I can't step into this field anymore. Tsk, the rabbit's operating costs haven't been recovered yet. ”

Zheng Li was a little heartbroken, and he suffered a lot of losses, and from now on, Lan Mengqi may also be rejected by the entire live broadcast industry, and can only focus on the traditional route.

In a sense, he also completed a standing, completely standing on which side of the city...... Well, considering his background, it doesn't seem to be an option, the former intelligence officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the former secretary general of the district government, there is no second option at all.

But, these days, he is a little inexplicably unhappy.

"Do you know the rules? I've all handed over the vote, I still have losses, don't you give something real reward? ”

Zheng Li didn't bother to dwell on the ideas of the upper echelons, and he didn't think about the more elaborate faction issues (he was not qualified to choose, someone else chose him), he just looked at the deficit and was very unhappy, complaining about the stinginess above.

But on the first day of the official event, he actually received the above gift.

It was a large two-meter box, which was so low that it looked a little heavy.

At the first sight, Zheng Li was ready to move, and instinctively told him that there was something in it that he longed for.

"Divinity material? What do you do with such a strict seal? ”

And the seals and text messages on it made Zheng Li a little confused.

"Paid for shipping in advance? What a freight, oh, that. ”

Zheng Li then remembered that Mayor Li Zhenjun said before that when he went to the Digital City to participate in the finals, he would send something by the way by the way, which was the freight.

It seems that the other party paid the freight in advance, and it was jointly and severally used as a reward for this time.

"It's really heavy enough, the long-distance between the big cities is customary, if it is not the specific freight agreed upon, it is 3% of the total cargo..... Is the thing you want to give away valuable? ”

Transporting the box back to the warehouse in the car, Zheng Li opened the box under layers of protection.

After just one glance, Zheng Li was frightened.

"The freight is 3% of the value of the goods, and the freight is so outrageous, the goods are ........"

Inside the box, there were only two items, one was a huge white bone that he had ever seen....... Whale bones.

The other one, which vaguely resonates with the bones, is a huge eyeball like a precious jade.

Whale Eyes and Whale Bones?! Just shipping?

“......... Mayor, what exactly are you going to want me to give? It's a task I can complete, it's not a reward! You're going to kill me. ”

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