Chapter 146: The Blackstone Institute's sky-high bills
Nishizawa Empire, Imperial Palace.
Scotti looked at the fresh bill from the Blackstone Institute and fell into a long silence.
The bill she received was 2013020 Blackstone, the largest amount of any transcendent organization, and the largest number of detailed items of charges - the amount of the bill was represented by Blackstone coins, and if converted to the official currency of the Xize Empire, the unit of measurement of the amount went straight to 10 billion Western dollars.
There are two main types of charges on the bill.
The first major item is "Assisting in the Resolution of the 'Internet Transmission Pollution Incident'", which includes travel expenses, service fees, labor fees, nutrition fees, intellectual property fees and so on for the transcendent Caroline and Yanluge herself, which is quite normal, after all, it was Scorti who took the initiative to seek help from the other party.
The second major item is "Retrieving the Remains of Mangula Xize, the 'God Slayer'", which mainly includes the demolition fee of the Akkad slum, the relocation fee of the Tower of Babel, the labor fee of the subspace explorers, the medical fee, the mental health fee, and the subsidy fee for spiritual power consumption...... Even the private villa that Yan Luge accidentally lifted off was on her head.
At the end of the bill is the official seal of the Blackstone Research Institute, the QR code for receiving the payment, and the postscript written by Yan Luge himself: No thanks, pay for it.
- It was a response to her solemn thanks when they parted.
Shi Curti held the bill in his hand, looking at the exaggerated figure that had to be paid off by selling one-ten-thousandth of the treasury in a certain treasury in the Nishizawa Palace, and his ten fingers gradually tightened, and he felt like he would clench into a fist and punch someone in the face at any moment.
She originally thought that Yan Luge was a hero who was affectionate and righteous, silently guarding the world, and did not ask for anything in return.
As a result, the man raised his hand and sent her a sky-high bill.
Clerk Alice saw that the face of her eldest daughter was getting more and more ugly, and she vaguely had a tendency to be uncontrollable and ready to run away, swallowed her saliva, and said dryly: "Your Highness, Your Highness, what are we going to do?" Do you have to pay? ”
Do you have to pay?
Scotty took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
Although the amount of the bill made her blood pressure soar, it was ...... After all, they are a truly extraordinary organization with a large scale, and after all, they have really done things.
If nothing else, just the other party's willingness to show their extraordinary power and share it with them is much better than other existences in the transcendent world.
Moreover, according to the comprehensive analysis of the Staff of the Xize Empire, the Blackstone Research Institute is likely to be the only transcendent organization in the transcendent world that is willing to contact ordinary people, and seizing their line and establishing a good relationship with Yanluge is the top priority of the Tower of Babel during this time.
So, is she going to pay for it?
After a while, Scotti opened her eyes, took a deep breath, and said to her clerk: "Alice, in the name of Babel, we invite people from all over the country who are engaged in procurement price comparison, financial management, insurance claims, housewives and other professions to form an advisory group. You are in charge of the primaries and give me the list of candidates by tomorrow. ”
"Your Highness, what are you looking for these people?"
Shi Curti tried to strain his face, and said in an elegant, indifferent, and calm tone: "Teach me how to bargain." ”
It is impossible to sell 1/10,000th of the palace treasury.
I had to sacrifice the face of the next empress and deign to bargain.
……
The day after the bill was issued, she received a request for communication from Scorti.
The background of the other party is still the conference room in the palace, the windows are bright and clean, and the atmosphere is magnificent.
But Yan Luge keenly noticed that the decoration in the conference room seemed to be a little different.
For example, the conference table he saw last time was carved from walnut wood, and the four sides were carved with Nishizawa's classical reliefs such as stars and moons, birds, and clouds.
The conference table I see today is much simpler, not only the materials are inferior, but also the workmanship is rough and the lines are stiff, and it looks like a large road goods bought in a certain market.
With the exception of the conference table, the other decorations seem to have changed slightly.
For example, the huge classical oil painting that used to hang behind the seat of the eldest lady has now disappeared and has been replaced by a cheap painting that looks like a street painter.
For example, the pair of antique white copper vases with flowers in the corner of the conference table are gone, and even the cherry wood triangular table where the vases are placed is gone, replaced by a pair of ordinary wooden shelves and ordinary glass vases that don't seem to match the atmosphere of the conference room.
Even Scorti's own clothes have changed...... Although it is still the same set of gilt tones on a black background that has not changed for thousands of years, the materials and accessories have obviously dropped countless grades, and the real gems inlaid on the shoulder collar have become glass beads.
What the hell is this eldest daughter doing?
Yan Lu Song was a little confused.
When did Nishizawa's royal family become popular with hardship, simplicity, diligence and frugality?
On the other end of the spectrum, a distant Scotti struggled to adjust to the discomfort of ill-fitting clothing, looking up at the advisory group hidden behind the cameras.
In the place where Yan Luge couldn't see, a purchasing manager from a large enterprise raised the sign in his hand with a serious face, which used a thick black pen to write the first stage of the bargaining strategy: crying poor and selling miserably, arousing the sympathy of the other party and taking the initiative to reduce the price.
Scotti read the words on the whiteboard, but her face remained unmoved, maintaining her usual calm and elegant smile.
However, just as she was about to speak, her purchasing manager consultant quickly wrote another line of words: Your Highness, your expression is a little heavier! It should be like a major change in life that has made the already not wealthy family even worse!
…… What does it look like to have a major change in life that makes the already not wealthy family even worse?
Scotti diligently dug into her mind, and found that the closest feeling she had was when she found that eating sugar would turn into salt, and she would never be able to eat sweets again.
Taking a deep breath, the eldest daughter of the emperor held back the shame in her heart and decided to believe that this purchasing manager, who has been in the procurement market for many years and can always buy the lowest price goods from suppliers, which has made countless suppliers cry and love and hate, released her heart and revealed her ...... Vicious, brutal, irascible expression.
Keeping that in the mood, she began to read the lines written to her by the purchasing manager's consultant: "I'm so sorry! Had to meet you in this environment! Recently, there have been some changes in the palace! I had to sell my property to get by! Makes you smile!! ”
- That's right, she was so irritable when she found out she couldn't eat sweets! Grumpy enough to want to hammer people!
- Although I don't know who I can hammer! But the hammer is right!
Purchasing Manager Consultant: ???
Song of Words: ???