Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Does the fact that Li Lingjun sent several groups of people to buy your stocks at Shengying City count?

"Not really."

Anyone on Earth who knows about Xia Guopengcheng's "subscription certificate incident" will try every means to buy her stock on the exchange at this time, let alone Li Lingjun, who is always quick to sense things and best at taking sides.

This is why she wasn't worried at all about not being able to sell the 1.2 million shares.

Even if the alien races don't buy them, the Earthlings will buy them all.

Tu thought for a moment: "Not long after Qiyuan and the Council appeared on the sky, your human race officials sent someone to find Li Lingjun. She wanted to buy stocks from you in advance through Li Lingjun and blamed Li Lingjun for not informing the officials about the establishment of the stock exchange in advance. They had a dispute because of this. When that high-ranking human left, one of Li Lingjun's believers with the talent of curse secretly planted a curse on that high-ranking official."

Li Zhi slowly sat up straight.

"curse?"

"What kind of curse?"

Tu: "It can cause people to make mistakes in battle, or stumble and choke in life—similar little curses."

Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Tu: "However, this type of talent has a high growth potential. At first, the believer of that curse talent could only cause minor injuries from falls, but now that believer can cause people to fall into underwater breathing apparatus and almost suffocate when they fall."

Li Zhi's expression turned serious.

The gun is easy to hide, and the dark arrow is hard to prevent.

This kind of talent that comes from the shadows is the most troublesome.

Moreover, Li Lingjun is quite cunning, and having such a lackey as a crony is like adding wings to a tiger.

Tu: "You don't need to worry."

Li Zhi: "Why do you say that?"

Tu looked at the Lingqiu Leaf hanging on Li Zhi's waist, which he was preparing to use for promotion today: "You have the Lingqiu Leaf on you. Wearing the Lingqiu Leaf not only has a healing effect, but it can also resist most curses. In addition, your mental strength is higher than that believer with the curse talent, so none of her moves can work on you."

Li Zhi was finally relieved.

Lingqiu was indeed her savior.

Once I'm done with my work, I'll go visit her in Nanqi.

After confirming that there was nothing else to do, Li Zhi ate breakfast and then teleported directly to the exchange in Holy Shadow City with Bai Ge, Lu Huang, Tan Sheng Pass, and others.

After the exchange was built, she, as the store manager, could teleport freely. Bai Ge and the others were marked as temporary store employees and could also teleport along with them.

Upon landing at the exchange, one person exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! This is our exchange? It's huge! It's beautiful! How much did it cost to build this?!"

The exchange's internal teleportation point is located in the very center of the trading hall.

Ahead lies the exchange's main gate, a clean and clear door crafted from special crystals, offering an unobstructed view of the street outside and the Saint Shadow Central Garden across the street.

The left and right sides are the reception areas of the hall, with sofas of different sizes and races arranged in a staggered manner. Each seat offers a view of the bustling street scene or a stunning view.

The first rays of sunlight fall through the high, arched dome above.

The light shone precisely on the exit of the teleportation array, like a broad road paved with golden light.

Li Zhi was the first to step out.

She stepped into the sunlight, and the light fell on her head, enveloping her in golden light.

"Let's go, I'll show you inside. Just follow the procedures from yesterday's meeting, don't panic or get flustered."

She walked in front, leading the group to the trading area at the back.

This space is composed of a series of high-tech and magical arrays, forming private trading rooms.

"The second floor has meeting rooms and offices, and the third floor is a database. We won't be using it much today, so you guys..."

As they were talking, the teleportation array lit up, and Celia walked out from it.

Li Zhi's tone was much calmer: "Teacher."

Celia nodded indifferently.

As Tan Sheng and Dui were exchanging glances, the teleportation array lit up again, and Shen walked out from inside.

Her gaze swept over Li Zhi and Celia, and just as she was about to speak, Duan also stepped out of the teleportation array.

As soon as Duan entered, he exclaimed, "Wow! This exchange is incredible! How can it be so huge? How much money must it cost? By the way, I heard that people from the Northern Territory have also come. Li Zhi, do you know about this?"

Li Zhi: "The Northern Border?"

Chen: "You don't know? The Snow Demon Clan sent someone over, probably Fu Shan, their only possessor of the Heart of a Strong One."

Li Zhi nodded nonchalantly: "So what if you're here?"

He raised an eyebrow: "You don't even respect Fushan anymore?"

Li Zhi clicked his tongue: "Do you know what you look like?"

Chen: "I don't know."

Seeing Li Zhi's expression, she added, "I don't want to know either."

Li Zhi: "A troublemaker."

Li Zhizhi quickly changed the subject: "Why hasn't Senior Canghai arrived yet? And Sister Mingchun and Ying, we haven't seen them either."

Chen: "A troublemaker—?"

Perhaps Qiyuan's translation system was a beat slow, because this slight delay made his already gloomy face even angrier.

"Li Zhi, you're just a C-level, how dare you say such things to me? I—"

"There are already so many people at the entrance! There's a long queue at the passage from the Green Market to Holy Shadow City. My sister and I originally planned to come in through the main entrance, but we have to use the teleportation array now."

The shadow's voice appeared before the person's.

She strode out, saw the quantum knife in Shen's hand, retreated, and then came out again.

"I thought my bounty had been delivered to the exchange. What's going on? A fight on opening day? What's the reason?"

Mingchun and Canghai walked out from behind her: "Canghai was also going to come through the main entrance, but we pulled him over."

Li Zhi: "Now that everyone's here, let's go over the procedures one more time..."

The appointed opening date gradually arrived.

The double doors, reaching a height of twenty meters and connected to the magic circle, opened as scheduled.

The door was crowded with customers of different races, heights, and styles.

These customers were all looking inside the exchange.

A golden light flashed, and a magic circle appeared on the exchange floor, which was covered with various colored crystals. It lifted Li Zhi and the seven shareholders present to a height that all customers could see clearly.

"Welcome everyone to the grand opening ceremony of the first exchange on the Tianqi Continent, which is jointly supervised and approved by Qiyuan and the Council."

"I will briefly explain the role of the exchange, the trading rules, and the certificates of deposit that can be traded at present."

"The role of an exchange is to provide a centralized trading venue that accurately reflects market expectations, supply and demand relationships, and value judgments for different commodities, providing a reference for various economic activities and investment decisions..."

"There is only one transaction rule, which is also the store rule:"

"For any contract established within the exchange, regardless of race, class, or amount involved, the exchange guarantees performance. Those who breach the contract will be permanently banned from the exchange, and their breach records will be made public to all partners."

"The currently tradable deposits are: Lingqiu Leaf deposited by shareholder Lingqiu, new barrier deposited by Yuling Clan, and deposited by Rongduan Clan... Finally, there is the microcrystalline energy converter of Yanchao Clan. Now, it is our shareholder Duan's turn to speak."

Duan sat in her mechanical chair, glanced discreetly at the cheat sheet written on her arm, and coughed seriously: "I am honored to announce that our Rock Nest Clan inventors have broken through the technological barriers and achieved mass production of the microcrystalline energy converter..."

The moment the forging words fell, a light screen was projected onto the exchange hall, displaying real-time price changes of Apocalypse Dust.

As the curve rose steadily, from 11.25 silver coins to 12.76 silver coins in just ten seconds.

Humans who can understand curves have gone mad.

The alien races who had previously bought or sold Apocalypse Dust in the Unforgettable Danger Zone have also gone mad.

Duan continued, "Therefore, our Rock Nest Clan has deposited 1 microcrystalline energy converters with the exchange—"

"Stop talking! I want one! I also want to buy Apocalypse Micro Dust! Process it for me right now!"

A human emerged from the gaps between the various races, which were of different heights and shapes, and accelerated toward the exchange.

As they spoke, the price of Apocalypse Dust rose from 12.76 silver coins to 12.98 silver coins.

"I want to buy Apocalypse Dust!"

"I want to buy stocks! I want 1 shares! Process it for me now!"

"I want two million shares! I'll go first!"

People from all races rushed into the exchange, only to be stopped by the barrier.

Duan jumped off the stool, stopped talking, but transmitted his voice to Li Zhi: "Li Zhi! You guessed right! No wonder you only made me memorize the first and second paragraphs! Sure enough, no one listened to the third paragraph!"

The people sent by Saint Shadow City and the Council began to maintain order: "Line up! Line up! Do you see the cursor on your hand? The exchange has recorded when you arrived, so line up in order!"

"Huh? I'm number one?!"

The flower fairy, with its petals unfolding above its head, flapped its wings and flew to the entrance of the exchange, curiously looking inside.

Li Zhi personally greeted him: "Please come in, guest."

She smiled and led the flower fairy to complete the formalities, while activating the communication card in her hand: "What race is this? I've never seen it before?"

Celia: "The Flower Fairy Clan is a race from Southern Qi. This race is gentle and friendly, but timid and shy. They almost never go out except for their adult training. You've run into one."

Li Zhi hadn't yet understood Celia's "encounter".

She swallowed hard when the tiny flower fairy, no bigger than a palm, pulled out a storage bag ten times her size, containing a million gold coins.

Flower Fairy: "I want to buy that thing of yours, um, the one mentioned on the celestial screen. How many can I buy?"

Li Zhi flashed eight teeth and said, "Alright, esteemed guest of the Flower Fairy Clan, please follow me to the VIP trading room to conduct the transaction. I will explain the details of the stock purchase to you in detail. By the way, we'd like to prepare some drinks for you here. What would you like to drink? Tea, juice, or honey water?"

The flower fairy flew to Li Zhi's side, looking around as she said, "Juice."

"Okay, I'll prepare it for you right away~"

As Li Zhi led the flower fairy into the trading room, things were also getting underway outside. Bai Ge, the European Emperor, Celia, and the other shareholders, a total of 70 people, greeted the investors one by one in order.

The Dongqi chat area was already flooded with question marks.

[What does this mean? Wasn't the exchange supposed to open at 8 AM? Why isn't anyone livestreaming yet?]

[Yeah! All those people who said they'd be live-streaming yesterday are nowhere to be seen!]

[I'm in line. Just taking a moment to say something: nobody has time to livestream right now. Everyone's frantically buying stocks and Apocalypse Dust.]

[By the way, here's a picture of the bustling exchange and the Tianqi Microdust curve screen (photo)]

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[Is Apocalypse Dust 18 Silver? ??? ? ? ? ? ? ]

What did I miss?!

Compared to the ordinary players in the chat area who had no intention of coming to Holy Shadow City, the official staff were now like ants on a hot plate.

[Reporting to the district chief, our people are now ranked 1000th or later in the queue. Based on our calculations, it will be very difficult to buy stocks.]

[Reporting, Commander! All Apocalypse Dust in all trading districts is no longer for sale. It's said that the securities regulatory agency has designated the Samsung-5 Fee Exchange as the sole authorized trading center for Apocalypse Dust on the Apocalypse Continent. From now on, besides the black market, their exchange is the only other place to trade Apocalypse Dust.]

[Report! Samsung's five-year warranty has been reduced to only 7713 million shares on your exchange!]

Various races and factions sent people to keep a close watch and deliver messages.

As Yu Linghuang was pruning flowers in the garden, Ao and Xu stood beside her with their heads down, listening to wave after wave of reports, their expressions shifting from resentment to shock to numbness.

Only Yu Linghuang had a faint smile on his lips: "Listen more, understand the gap between you and your peers, why Li Zhi was able to comprehend the heart of a strong person so quickly, reach professional level four within a month, and get the council and Qiyuan to support the opening of her exchange. Once you understand, you will know why I entrusted such an important position as the head of the guard to Ling."

Yi, from Yuling Avenue, had already smashed the mansion to pieces, leaving not a single piece of intact furniture or wall.

She roared as she tore the Lingqiu leaf hanging in the study to shreds, her eyes bloodshot: "Li Zhi! Lingqiu! I'll make you pay!"

In the royal conference room of the Forging Clan, the situation of the Holy Shadow City Exchange was being broadcast live.

The king sat in his personal mecha, breathing heavily.

Ollie remained silent.

Riley swung her leg, proudly puffing out her chest: "I told you Li Zhi is amazing! She's my friend!"

Master Odin stroked his beard and pondered, "This child has excellent taste; I can tell he'll amount to something at a glance."

Neither the Ministry of Commerce nor the court made any statement.

Scaled Clan, Snow Demon Clan, Titan Clan, Mechanical Clan, Witch Spirit Clan, Beast Alliance...

All races on the Apocalypse Continent, to varying degrees, have devoted some of their attention to the exchange in Holy Shadow City.

The same applies to parliament.

There are no emergency meetings today, but given that the securities regulator has just been established and the regulatory framework is not yet complete, most of the available members of parliament must participate.

Commonly known as working overtime.

Oliver, in particular, was slumped over the table as if he were about to melt, not wanting to stay there for even a second longer.

Until she received a message from her sister, Orielina, the monarch of the Twin Moon Empire.

Ollila: [Good job. You've met your performance target for the year. Buy me 1,000 shares of stock, and I'll give you a three-month vacation.]

As O'Lewisner sprang to his feet, the other members of parliament also sat up straight.

"Is it really 21 already?"

"Really! And it seems there are only 30 million shares left! They'll be sold out in less than half an hour!"

The councilors looked at each other, then stood up one by one:

"My stomach's a little upset... I need to go out for a bit..."

"Something has come up in the clan, I'm going to take care of it."

"What a coincidence, I also went ahead of time..."

"..."