Life Dungeon Game

During the Q&A session, a female reporter with a pale face stood up and asked, "As far as I know, this incident ended before the FBI's support arrived. In such a major disaster, the FBI seems to have played no role at all."

Her words made the already grim faces of the FBI headquarters officials turn completely dark.

"In fact, the FBI has been involved in the investigation of this case all along,"

Thorin replied slowly, "We assigned a highly skilled agent with an investigative spirit to participate in the in-depth investigation of this incident. Of course, we must mention that a former FBI employee who has since left the company provided us with significant assistance during this investigation."

At this point, his expression turned somewhat somber. "He provided us with a lot of information with a strong sense of justice. In this incident, he was the first to discover the problem with the Starry Sky Pharmaceutical Building. He went deep into the Starry Sky Pharmaceutical Building despite the danger, guided the conflict between the evil god's power and the evil god's artifacts, and saved the city."

"Could we please know this 'hero's' name? Is he still in Limen City?"

The reporter pressed for an answer.

"I'm sorry, due to confidentiality principles during the investigation, we cannot release his name at this time. As for whether he is still alive,"

Thorin sighed softly, "In fact, we haven't been able to contact him since the incident ended."

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat somber, and everyone present knew what this meant.

After being involved in the evil god incident, the chances of surviving are extremely slim.

After that, several reporters asked questions, and Sorin gave a detailed account of the findings of his investigation into Qunxing Pharmaceuticals.

Thorin, who was originally sitting at the very edge, clearly became the star of the press conference, while the other FBI officials were left out in the cold.

After the meeting, Nock watched Thorin and the headquarters officials walk backstage. A while later, the headquarters officials left backstage angrily, while Thorin walked out with a smile.

Nock quickly went over and said, "Director, didn't headquarters tell you not to say those things...? It will affect the prestige of the Federal Parliament."

“How many senators and representatives have been embroiled in scandals over the past few centuries?” Thorin chuckled, then said to Knok, “Don’t call me Director anymore. I’ve already submitted my resignation to headquarters.”

"Who were those people? They ostracized you? Just because you told the truth?"

Knok was stunned, and said angrily, "Are all the people at headquarters such incompetent fools? If you resign, I'm quitting too."

“No, they didn’t ostracize me,” Thorin said with a smile, leading Nok out. “In fact, we had a very pleasant conversation.”

"Why then?"

Nock looked somewhat confused.

"The senator from Limen City is dead,"

The two had already stepped off the court and looked out at the somewhat quiet city through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows. Thorin took out a cigarette and handed one to Nock as well. "And the Senate position can't be vacant."

Nock took the cigarette, seemingly understanding but not quite. "You're running for senator? But the expressions on the faces of those headquarters officials just now..."

Don't be too

"Don't believe facial expressions," Thorin said, lighting a cigarette. "People can lie."

The flickering cigarette butt emitted wisps of smoke. "In this world, sometimes you have to learn to compromise, and sometimes you have to learn to find ways to not compromise within compromise. Young man, you have a long life ahead of you."

Thorin turned his head and looked at Nok with a smile, "I've already written you a letter of recommendation and recommended you to headquarters. Do a good job there. As for those guys who came today, build good relationships with them. They've been my old buddies for many years. If you perform well, they'll give you a hand too."

Nock looked at the director in front of him.

He suddenly felt that the bureau chief, who regularly made milk tea and went home to spend time with his family every week, seemed somewhat unfamiliar.

He hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Chief, what's wrong...?"

“I used to think,” Thorin glanced out the window at the city, “that in a safe little town, the FBI director would be able to protect his family.”

He turned back to look at Nock again, smiled, and said, "Now I realize I was wrong."

He lifted his foot and, as he brushed past Nok, patted Nok on the shoulder. "Good job, kid."

His figure gradually disappeared at the end of the corridor.

As Nock watched the chief's retreating figure, he suddenly remembered something and shouted, "Chief, I know a hospital that has exceptionally good hair transplant results!"

In the empty, deserted corridor, Thorin's figure disappeared into the depths of the shadows.

hum-

Just then, Nock's bracelet vibrated; it was a message from the director.

Send me your address.

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Kaya City

"We never got in touch with him again..."

Annie stared blankly at the press conference on TV.

"Come here," Lina, with her hair in a high ponytail, walked over carrying a black and white dress that looked somewhat like an evening gown. "Aini, look at this dress I bought for you. Try it on and see how it looks."

After spending these days together, the two have gradually developed a harmonious relationship, and Lina takes good care of this young girl who came to the city alone.

Annie looked up and stared blankly at the 'young lady'. Ever since she moved into this rented apartment, Lina had been coming over frequently.

"This looks really expensive."

Annie turned off the TV and looked at the dress in Lina's hand.

“You’re a wealthy woman with tens of millions in assets now,” Lina said with a smile as she walked over with some clothes. “You need to wear something that suits your status.”

"What do you mean by a net worth of tens of millions?"

Aini was a little confused.

"do not you know?"

Lina gave Aini a strange look. "Your father entrusted Mr. Vian with about 300,000 Federal Dollars in cash to manage. Mr. Vian initially used this money to trade and finance in the stock market, leveraging it several times over, and then engaged in long and short trading along with the group's funds. He then used the profits to further leverage the money."

"Well, how should I put it, you used some 'legal' means to increase the hidden leverage of this money to a terrifying level. However, it's only because your initial capital was small that you were able to achieve such a high level of leverage. We are unlikely to encounter this opportunity again in the future."

"In short, now this"

The sum is already worth about thirteen million, and it will probably be even more after the final stages.

"what?"

Lina's words left Annie stunned.

"However, according to your father's wishes, this money will be deposited into the family trust fund company under the group, and the trust fund will invest and manage it for you. You can only receive a fixed living allowance from it each month."

Lina continued to add.

Aini was still a little confused. "Where did all this money come from?"

"It's about trading long and short positions in the stock market against a super-large conglomerate and its related companies. Well, mainly short selling. You can think of it as being bearish on a conglomerate's stock, and then making money when the stock price falls."

Lina pondered for a moment, then said with some emotion, "Mr. Vian is really bold, pledging a lot of the consortium's fixed assets to leverage and enter the market. However, Mr. Danilo said that after this, we will probably be able to obtain more than tens of billions of dollars in cash flow from the market, which will greatly alleviate our current financial crisis."

What Lina was saying was beyond Aini's comprehension, so she could only stand aside and nod obediently.

At this moment, Lina realized that she had rambled on a bit. She picked up the clothes in her hand and said, "Anyway, you're a little rich woman now. Try them on."

“So, sister,” Annie said, touching the high-quality, comfortable dress she had never dared to dream of before, “am I a rich kid now?”

"Really?"

Lina tilted her head and said softly.

"Ah."

Annie nodded gently, her hand stroking the hem of the dress, the glistening liquid blurring her vision.

-

November 11st

The federal president announced the formation of an investigative team to investigate Starstar Pharmaceuticals.

Qunxing Pharmaceuticals' stock price plummeted again.

Mayor Christos of Dawn was assassinated while giving a speech on limiting healthcare prices.

The assassination attempt failed, and the assassin committed suicide before being arrested.

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November 20st

After two months of turmoil, Qunxing Pharmaceuticals' stock price ultimately fell by %, with over 500 billion federal dollars evaporating in the process.

As a result, Starsun Pharmaceuticals fell out of the top ten conglomerates in the federal market capitalization rankings.

Due to sanctions imposed by both the federal government and the Limen City government, Qunxing Pharmaceuticals announced a reduction in its operations in Limen City.

Former FBI Director Sorin was elected senator in the reopened senator election.

On the same day, the Morningside City Council passed the Medical Price Control Act.

The bill imposes mandatory limits on the increase in medical prices in Morningtown, requiring that the annual increase in medical service prices not exceed twice the increase in Morningtown's consumer price index for that year, and that the increase in drug prices not exceed 1.5 times the increase in Morningtown's consumer price index for that year.

Each time prices are raised, healthcare consortia are required to disclose to the public detailed reasons for the price increase, including the manufacturing and R&D costs of drugs and medical services, net profit, and marketing and advertising expenses.

In addition, the bill mandates that medical foundations cannot engage in price discrimination against consumers. Low-cost medical services available in other cities must also be provided in Dawn City. They cannot use differentiated catalogs to rename and raise prices for the same low-cost medical services in other cities in Dawn City.

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November 21st

The Norlanca Group announced an investment of one billion federal dollars to establish a private medical school in Limen City, named 'Pete-Enlightenment Medical School'.

The project has been approved by the city government of Riman and certified by the federal Ministry of Education.

The medical school is expected to enroll a cohort of pre-university students in the spring semester of January next year, and begin formal enrollment in the fall semester of the following year. The program will last four years.

At the same time, the school offers a one-year short-term training program for students who already have medical experience but do not have a formal medical professional qualification certificate.

Later that day, the Nolanca Group announced that it had established "Pete-Enlightenment Hospitals" in Dawn City, Kaya City, Rock City, and Limen City to provide "high-quality" and "affordable" medical services to these cities.

The hospital has obtained operating licenses in the aforementioned four cities.

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November 10st

Limen Store

The Nolanca Group purchased a building and its attached campus, which were then converted into the main campus of Qiming Medical College.

There are still many places under construction at the school.