Chapter 189: A New City [Fourth Update]

Ilian City is located in the eastern coastal region of the Shining Star Empire, and its economy is very developed, and it is known as one of the three pearls on the east coast. Merchants from all over the world gather here, and huge cargo ships come from the horizon every day, unloading countless goods and then loading countless goods to leave, and the docks become a lively place for Illian City.

Many merchants sell their goods directly here, and the low prices of these goods are nearly 30% lower than the prices of goods in the containers of stores and shopping malls, so a large number of citizens pick up bargains here every day. Although the city administrators have repeatedly asked merchants to leave as soon as possible after paying taxes according to the process, and they are not allowed to sell goods in this way to destroy the city's economic environment, the huge profits still make many merchants take risks and risk being fined to carry out "factory direct sales" here.

Illion has become one of the best choices for people to travel and stay for a long time, and the huge population makes the city of Ilian have seven administrative districts, with a total population of more than eight million! Here you can see the hottest stars, enjoy the most delicious food, use the most advanced things, and some people come here and do not want to leave, shouting that this is the kingdom of heaven on earth.

In the early morning, the sea breeze with a faint fishy smell blows from the coastline, sweeping the dust on the street along the street, and there is no need for the cleaning staff to clean it carefully, and it is difficult to see large pieces of garbage on the ground near the sea. Flocks of seagulls also emerged from the cracks in the rocks and landed neatly on the pallets on the beach, their little heads probably not knowing why they were being fed here every day, but they knew that they would be able to vomit as long as they were here.

The sound of the tapping footsteps immediately lifted the sleepy-eyed man to his senses, and he added a little milk to the freshly strained coffee, and then took another pancake and brought it to table number two outside.

"Good morning, Mr. Doolin, you are still so punctual!", the young man smiled with a flattering smile, and the golden sunlight shone on the street facing east, and the golden light filled the whole street with an air of holiness and holiness. The guest in front of me has come here almost every morning for the past six months to sit for a while, drink a cup of coffee, and then ask for a snack at random.

As a bustling metropolis, the level of consumption here is not comparable to other small places. For example, the cup of coffee in front of Durin is about one dollar if you drink it at Turnier, plus half a naba burrito, a total of five pieces. But here, coffee alone costs two dollars plus ninety-nine cents, and a burrito costs one dollar, which is almost two to three times Tenell's consumption level!

Perhaps this is the main reason why people like to go to the dock to sell bargains, because they can't afford to buy what is in the mall.

In fact, it can't be said that you can't afford to spend, ultra-high prices mean higher incomes, an ordinary worker earns about 20 yuan a month, which is almost enough to catch up with some of the middle class in Turnaire City, but here, they are still poor.

Durin nodded in acknowledgment and took off his round hat, his suited suit seemed to shine, and his white striped shirt combined with his temperament made people who knew him think that he was some low-key rich man, even though he did.

The sound of running and rapid wheezing made Durin take out a one-dollar bill from his pocket, and the newsboy took off his cap and wiped the sweat from his face and head with his sleeve, carefully rubbed both hands on his pants, and then put the latest newspaper on the chair next to Durin and took the new dollar from Durin with both hands. The newspaper actually only cost fifty cents, and the other fifty points were tips given to him by Duhring.

Beggars and homeless people are rare to see in the city, and the policy of the local government is to exterminate anything that might affect the image of the city. Tramps, beggars, and street thugs are almost impossible to find, and even a few will soon be sent to the 7th Ward by "containment" personnel to force them to work.

Only the 6th and 7th districts of the seven districts can build factories, and they are far from the main city, where industry is never the main force of the regional economy, and naturally does not receive strong support from the city hall. If it weren't for the integrity of the city's supporting enterprises and projects, there might not even be a factory.

So the intelligence network here is mainly made up of these newsboys. Each district has an intelligence organization composed of two or three newsboys, and they have a complete and professional system with a bar as the core, so that the intelligence transactions here are very orderly and safe. Durin can go directly to the bar to buy information, but the information he buys is never as fresh as the information that these newsboys who are running on the "front line" have.

The daily consumption of fifty points has allowed Durin to get a lot of valuable news from it, so he will come every day and sit here.

"Thank you very much for your generosity, sir, and have a nice day!", the newsboy took off his cap again and bowed, he liked Durin very much, because Durin was very gentlemanly, even in the face of such an inconspicuous bottom of society, he was still very polite and very polite.

After Durin nodded, the newsboy smiled and took a few steps back, ran back to the end of the street and began to distribute the newspapers in order.

Durin withdrew his gaze and focused on today's newspaper, his eyes condensed as he unfolded the newspaper, his pupils contracted slightly, and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief.

On the front page of the newspaper, under the enlarged, black and bold font, there was a guy he knew-"The Imperial Central Bank admits defeat, the president of the Canres branch resigns", the photo sits on the left, Mayor Peter's face is ugly, Durin couldn't help but laugh a few times, and then began to read the full text.

In fact, immediately after Durin's departure, the State Police Investigation Bureau sent a large number of agents to Turnier, investigating the gold robbery on the one hand, and investigating the cause of Planto's death in the attack and the serious injuries of Thorn. Carol was secretly arrested and eventually disappeared, and Lewis was shot in the head by three men on the steam locomotive leaving Tenell. The entire underground forces in the city were purged, and many clues were broken, and the investigation work made no progress.

Amp then returns to Ordor to continue solving his serial murder case, knowing that there is no point in staying on the basis that the robbers have left. But he didn't have enough evidence to prove that Durin and his gang were robbers, so he knew it in his heart, but he couldn't say it. He is an impartial prosecutor whose pleasure and pursuit is to send self-righteous people to prison for punishment in response. He could say that Du Lin was a robber, but what if he didn't? He knew that the three forces that were working on this case were all from the highest level, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense.

Especially on the second day, when he thought that Alyssa would be the killer weapon to sanction Durin, but finally found out that it was a useless clue, Amp decided to leave.

He believed that in this empire, he would meet Durin again, because he, and Durin were people who were not willing to be lonely, and that kind of person always had to make something to attract attention.

The newspapers omitted specific information about the robbery of the vault, and even the looted materials were turned into some gold jewelry and a million in cash, and the Reich Central Bank tried to minimize the impact, and found two people to take the blame. The first is the president of the Canres State branch and the second is the president of the Turnell City branch, who will not only resign, but will also face a lawsuit from their former employer.

But is it really that simple?

Durin, who put down the newspaper, pondered that it was absolutely impossible for things to end like this. The banks will certainly continue to pursue the investigation, and the so-called admission of defeat may be just a smokescreen designed to paralyze the group of robbers and expose their flaws. This is not a casual thing, after all, it is not a simple matter to use half a ton of gold and a million hundred yuan bills, and if Durin really believes this report and starts to use those hundred yuan bills for the gold in his hand, it will definitely reveal flaws.

But he is not worried at all, sometimes people always say that the law is a positive umbrella for privilege, but sometimes the law can also protect the wealthy ordinary from privilege. If you want to prove that the gold was embezzled by him Durin, it's simple, come up with evidence. For half a year, those gold bricks have long been sold as gold jewelry to tourists from the entire empire and even other countries, and there is no evidence to want to capture a regional celebrity, a businessman who has made a remarkable contribution to regional tax revenue, this is just a joke!

That's right, Durin is now the owner of a jewelry store, the stolen gold from the Imperial Central Bank is being sold to customers in the open, and the hundred-dollar bills are also laundered through underground financial channels, for which he pays twenty percent of the money laundering fee, which is still the favor given to him by the vampires for the sake of the big money.

He flipped through the newspaper casually, thinking that there was no news that could attract his attention anymore, but he unexpectedly found another acquaintance, the actress whose name he had forgotten. The newspaper said that she became the first supporting actress in a film called "Illian Holiday", and that Illian would be filming and filming in the future, which gave Durin a strange feeling that he couldn't put it into words. He had run so far that he could still meet acquaintances, and at the same time he was thinking about another thing.

Money is just an embellishment on the road of his pursuit of goals, and he wants to be an amazing person more than a rich person. There is no conflict between them, so he has been hiding here for a while, and he is actively preparing to come out again and do something.