Star Dome Railway, I am surrounded by strange things!

Topa's self-deprecating words made Jiang Yan laugh. He sent an emoticon with his hands on his hips to express his pride in his efforts. After successfully receiving a like, the two continued to talk about business:

"Of course, as a friend, even though this is a major project for the company, I don't recommend you let him bribe you. After all, those guys in the 'family' aren't as glamorous as they appear. If you really rush into the front line with this guy, you won't have his good luck."

Facing Topa's unreserved honesty, Jiang Yan said half-jokingly:

"You're holding him back like that. Aren't you really afraid that he'll come after you later?"

However, Topa said without any concern:

"I won't sacrifice my principles for his achievements. Besides, the 'family's' music ceremony will invite representatives from all factions to attend. A few distractions would be enough for this gambler to stir up trouble among the truly influential figures. Why should I become his bargaining chip?"

"what do you mean?"

When it comes to business, Jiang Yan feels that even a hundred of himself put together cannot compare to this workplace legend, so he simply asks for the correct answer:

"Pinocone is a great place. I'll give you some VIP tickets later. Take Miss Bronya and your other friends there to have a simple vacation during the Harmony Festival. How about that?"

"Not only is it free, but as a debt collection expert, I can also help the generous Mr. Gold Dust forgive a large debt of Beloberg's, you know?"

Topa's plan instantly impressed Jiang Yan.

Although he enjoys fighting, he is not foolish enough to become an enemy of his "family" for the sake of a "friendship" like gold dust, which has been quantified before it even begins.

But if the favor is sold to Topa, the matter is naturally different.

There is no deal without fighting, even if it starts with such a vulgar reason as "friend's fee", but to be honest, Jiang Yan still admires this girl who is always sincere despite her many clever tricks.

Jiang Yan had been receiving the friend fee for so long, so if it was just to help make his presence felt, there was naturally no reason for him to refuse, not to mention that it could also help Bronya a lot.

As for how much benefit and future Toppa could gain within the Interstellar Peace Company by leveraging this favor, how much gold he could extract from the gold dust, or how much closer he could become to Beloberg, Jiang Yan didn't care. After all, he was confident that no matter how much he gained, Toppa would always have a share. So Jiang Yan readily accepted the invitation:

"No problem, I look forward to hearing your good news. When we get to Pinocchio, I'll treat you to a meal!"

"Haha, forget it just this time. For safety's sake, if you see any of us, try to stay as far away as possible and pretend not to know us," Topa suggested.

Unlike her understatement when she described it to Jiang Yan, Topa didn't believe that with the resolute attitudes of both parties, this Pinocchio incident would have a peaceful conclusion. Otherwise, she wouldn't have risked seriously offending Shajin by persuading Jiang Yan to reject Shajin's offer. Suggesting Jiang Yan to remain a tourist and a neutral spectator was the limit of her acceptance.

Shajin often disdainfully criticized her for always striving to find the optimal balance between the company and her clients, but she said there simply wasn't such a thing as a perfect match. It was a waste of effort. However, Topa ignored this criticism. For her, work was a platform for realizing her dreams, not a tool for enforcing the company's will. So what if she achieved a 95% or even a 65% score?

So Topa casually typed, "If you have any other needs, feel free to leave me a message. Good night!" before ending the call with Jiang Yan and opening another video call request that had been ignored dozens of times:

"Hey, Gold Dust, this isn't working time."

"Oh? The time you stop me from working really doesn't count as your working time?" Sha Jin's tone was as exaggerated as ever, but with a hint of irritation.

He never feared exploitation or betrayal; after all, as long as there was an exchange of value, there was room for him to manipulate. However, people like Toppa, who prioritized ideals over practicality, were always his most hated targets. He saw such behavior as no different from the Masked Fool, a bunch of lunatics who sought pleasure over victory. Without desire, one becomes strong. When even a transaction couldn't be initiated, even the best business skills were useless; one could only follow their damned game.

Faced with Sha Jin's almost obvious questioning, Topa didn't want to explain anything to Sha Jin. They were not the same kind of people at all. Even if he explained more, how could he change what had already been solidified in the other person's mind?

So she didn't hesitate to throw out the result she got in exchange for her favor:

"After my persuasion, my friend has agreed to appear as a tourist at the Harmony Festival in Pinocchio. You can now go and find your next friend."

This answer did not surprise Shajin. His colleague had been punished by the company many times because of the principle of "protecting the interests of the majority of people", but he still insisted on this meaningless principle. This time his illness was purely routine operation, but this time it was only him who was affected.

But Shajin didn't intend to make a scene like his colleagues, imposing some mild punishment and then considering himself unlucky. Instead, he said firmly:

"not enough."

Topa said indifferently about Gold Sand's attitude:

"No problem. Jiang Yan is my friend, not my property. You can continue to talk to him at any time if you want. You don't have to notify me at all."

"Is there anything else? I don't want to wake up Zhang Zhang." After saying that, he wanted to close the communication.

At this moment, Shajin threw out the main point:

"I hate losing, and since I'm off to a bad start, I'm going to take a gamble. This time, I'll follow your principles and make your close-knit boyfriend an offer he can't refuse. You won't refuse this kind offer on his behalf, will you, Miss Topa, who is sincere and sincere?"

Damn this gambler!

When it comes to manipulating people and seducing them, the Gypsygian before him seems to possess an innate magical power. Not to mention, his friend is incredibly easy to understand. As long as he offers sufficient strength and guidance, there's no need to worry about his friend, who's obsessed with cultivation and power, not being tempted. Even if he risks exposing the company's strategic plans and explaining the dangers of participating, he's undoubtedly audacious enough to take advantage of the situation. He's afraid he won't be able to stop him.

And Topa had no doubt whether Sha Jin could come up with enough chips to attract Jiang Yan.

They all said that they often harmed the interests of the company for the sake of principles, but once this madman started gambling, he easily bet his life on the table countless times, and it was common for him to throw the company's interests on the table as chips. If it weren't for his innate good luck, let alone becoming P45, he would have been thrown into jail long ago.

I can even think of using broken gemstones as friendship fees, but this guy...

Thinking of this, Topa's face changed drastically, and he said quickly:

"Let's be clear in advance. The secret of the complete cornerstone and the refined star sand is not something we can trade. I don't want my friend to be forced to join the company in this way. Even if he is willing, I will dissuade him and report him to Diamond."

However, facing Toppa's threat, Gold Sand said without any concern:

"It's up to you. You can't stop me. As the project unfolds, the cornerstone will soon become a bargaining chip, and I will have temporary control over it. I believe your boyfriend will be willing to wait for a while."

Facing Gold Sand's strong confidence, Topa was silent for a moment before nodding with a strange expression.

"you're right."

The plan to recapture Pinocchio brought together almost all the strength of the Strategic Investment Department. As the most important fuse, bait and excuse, it was not difficult for the guy on the screen to obtain the disposal rights of the cornerstone of that period from "Diamond".

However, Topa recalled that after he paid the friendship fee, the other party changed with each passing day, which made him doubt the speed of learning in life. He said with emotion:

"But I regret to tell you that you have no idea of ​​that guy's terrifying talent. If it's just a cornerstone, this bargaining chip probably isn't enough."

"If he was willing to join the Interstellar Peace Corporation, he might have already formed his own foundation."

Similar to the cornerstone disposal rights that Sand Gold is about to obtain, Toppa's "friend fee" has also been approved by "Diamond".

While the Diamond granted the Stoneheart Ten various powers, their cornerstones could only be slowly refined by themselves from the star sand and meteoric prisms unleashed by the Amber King's hammer. While Topaz's friend's fee included various cornerstone fragments, the most important component was, of course, the topaz she had slowly refined herself. Given Jiang Yan's terrifying learning rate, Topaz felt that even though she hadn't lent him her cornerstone for a while, holding on for a while longer wouldn't make much of a difference.

In this situation, would Du Jin take out his own aventurine and expect his friend to go to Pinocchio to step into the trap for him? He's overthinking it!

However, facing Topa's ridicule, Shajin remained calm and said confidently:

"When did I ever say I only had one chip?"

"Three chips are enough for me to turn the tables and defeat your so-called principles and sincerity. Do you want to give it a try? I'm very interested in measuring the value of your so-called friendship."

Three chips? After hearing this, Topa's brain started working at high speed.

Power comparable to that of the cornerstone is not common in the entire universe, at least Topal himself does not have it.

Where did this guy get the other two chips that were enough to attract his friends?

Could it be... ?

After ruling out all the impossible situations, Topa couldn't help but think of an extremely exaggerated answer.

But considering Jiang Yan's personality and previous miraculous performance, Topa had to admit that although for ordinary people, this kind of pie in the sky was almost a scam, his friend was obviously far from an "ordinary person" and it was even possible that he could turn this drawn pie into a real pie and stuff it into his stomach.

"I will take you to meet him again, but don't expect me to say anything good for you. Whether it succeeds or not depends entirely on you." Topa said helplessly.

Since it is difficult to reverse the situation, it is better to intervene early so that any problems can be promptly reminded and controlled.

However, Shajin didn't care about this at all, and just said very casually:

"Don't worry, take a long-term view, this will be a win-win choice."

Oops, I've been entangled by a fool! : Chapter 97: Goods first, payment later

Although they were confident in Jiang Yan's Face Fruit, neither Bronya nor Pera anticipated the extraordinary effects of his actions. He returned that evening and claimed to have resolved the misunderstanding. The next day, Miss Toppa, whom they hadn't seen in a while, hurried over to Klipperburg, accompanied by another director claiming to be Gold Sand, hoping to meet with Jiang Yan and clear up the misunderstanding.

Isn't this a bit too exaggerated? Bronya and Pera looked at each other in surprise.

Although it was already exaggerated last time that this guy brought a bunch of bigwigs to support him and forced Miss Topa to make concessions, it was outrageous that the other party came to the door to clarify the misunderstanding. It was obviously another dimension.

"Is this guy really an ordinary person in Xianzhou? Could he be the child of a Xianzhou general?" Pella hesitated and put forward an idea. As she spoke, she became more and more confident:

"That must be the case. I felt something was amiss with this guy last time. The Xianzhou people were a little too nice to him. He must have been deliberately concealing his identity, wanting to surprise you, Bronya, at a crucial moment."

Pera, a lover of romance novels, couldn't help but imagine all sorts of clichéd plots: the hero, discreetly lurking beside the heroine, only to suddenly transform into a domineering CEO and slap the villain in the face, forcing him to bow and apologize. But admittedly, while these plots might sound cliché on paper, even watching them unfold up close, let alone experiencing them, is incredibly captivating! Pera's face flushed as she imagined these classic plot points from various novels.

What will this guy ask of Bronya, now that his true identity has been revealed? Will Bronya accept with a sense of gratitude, or will she hold back for a moment before accepting? Will he hug her? Will he kiss her? Will he... Hey, just thinking about it makes me both excited and shy!

Seeing Pyra's uncharacteristically confident look, Bronya couldn't help but wonder.

Could it be that this guy is really the descendant of some great and important person?

But right now is obviously not the time to delve into this issue, as there is a more serious problem.

It was almost dawn when Jiang Yan and Xier came back yesterday. After discussing the situation, they fell asleep in the guest room of Bronya's palace. They are probably still catching up on sleep now.

It would be easy to call Jiang Yan to the conference room for a meeting, but the problem was that Krippenburg was not only where the Great Guardian lived, but also the political and administrative center of the entire Beloberg. Countless officials and clerks were busy here, handling various tasks for the entire country.

It was broad daylight now, and Jiang Yan was being forced to come out of his own bedroom and start a meeting here in front of everyone? Bronya knew with her knees how explosive public opinion would be if she did that. All newspapers, magazines, radio stations, taverns, and restaurants would be shut down for a month.

However, the two directors of Interstellar Peace Company have already been humble enough to visit, so can they just wait until tomorrow?

If someone she had just met a few hours ago said they were away or busy, no one would believe her. This would only serve to irritate them to death, potentially affecting the relationship between Beloberg and the Interstellar Peace Corporation. With no other options, Bronya had to choose to let the minor ones go:

"Reception department? Please take Miss Topa and her guests to my bedroom reception room. I will be there shortly."

Since last night's conflict was a misunderstanding, Bronya naturally didn't intend to make it public. Hosting Topa in her bedroom as a friend was a common way to minimize a major incident and avoid further investigation. This way, Jiang Yan and his guests could conclude their negotiations without anyone noticing, even if it caused some misunderstandings. It was clearly better than being in the headlines for a month.

So, without alerting any officials, the two guests were led by Pera to Bronya's bedroom reception room, and were surprised to see Jiang Yan who had just woken up.

Even with Sha Jin's professionalism, when he saw his "future friend" who had obviously just washed up and the pillow marks had not completely disappeared from his face, his expression could not be restrained, and he looked at Topa, who brought him here, with an extremely strange look.

At the roundtable meeting of the "Stone Heart Ten", Topa's explanation for giving Jiang Yan the broken crystals of the cornerstone as "friendship fee" was: the target customer has a strong desire to pursue powerful power. As long as he can move the other party with sincerity like the ruler of Yalilo No. 6, and give him enough protective power to guide him, it will be easy to make him become a friend of the company as well.

Sha Jin never believed in the so-called "sincerity", but this time, he couldn't help but believe it.

He is so "sincere" that he even lives in the bedroom. Is there anything more sincere than this?

This guy Topa is so confident. Is he as sincere as the Great Guardian? When he comes to Pierpoint, will he stay in your dorm? Calling him "the well-hidden boyfriend" is not wrong after all!

But, my colleague, this aboriginal queen is jumping in your face to claim ownership! Aren't you always thinking about getting the best of both worlds for your company and your clients? Quick! Show me how to achieve both! I want to see it! I want to see it now!

Seeing his colleague's eyes full of gossip, Topa felt terrible!

who I am? Where am I? What am I doing?

Didn't this guy next to me come here to ask for a friend? How did I get dragged into this inexplicable, cheesy novel plot?

Although she had long been certain that the ruler of this planet must have an affair with her friend, otherwise he would not have worked so hard for Beloberg, but what did this have to do with her?

What is Bronya-san doing? Are you treating me like an imaginary enemy? Are you really that jealous?

Under normal circumstances, Topa, who had already decided to spend his life surrounded by pets, would definitely explain everything to the great guardian who was inexplicably jealous to avoid this unnecessary disaster.

But how could he explain this situation? What would that fellow, Gold Dust, think? What would he do to him when he returned to Pier Point? Just imagining it made Topa's vision darken, and he could only look at his idiotic friend with hatred.

You're public figures, after all. You haven't even gotten married yet, so why are you so extravagant? Why must you negotiate in the bedroom when you can't negotiate anywhere else? Don't you care about the interstellar impact?

No, I must let this guy clarify things for me, otherwise Feicui will die of laughter.

However, before Topa could organize his words, something even more terrifying happened. A long-haired girl, also looking haggard and disheveled, walked into the reception room, rubbing her eyes. As soon as she entered the room, she said to Jiang Yan without any courtesy:

"I'm going back to find Nata. Tell Bronya for me...Huh? That guy from yesterday!"

"Haha, yesterday was a misunderstanding, and that's why I came here, beautiful lady." Sha Jin was so surprised that he had to cover it up with laughter to avoid losing his composure.

However, Xier did not relax her vigilance at all towards this suspicious guy who suddenly appeared in the lower city. She just turned her head to look at Jiang Yan and said coldly:

"I can't handle talking, you guys continue." After saying that, he left the reception room, making the atmosphere even weirder.

Yesterday, Sha Jin saw this girl appear and disappear in the air like a quantum butterfly. It was obvious that she was a good infiltration and reconnaissance expert, not just a pretty face.

Then, thinking about the fact that this guy had actually been able to persuade Miss Estella and Ms. Ruan Mei to endorse him, Sha Jin looked at Jiang Yan with a look of admiration, not just curiosity, and of course, a hint of passion.

Goodness me! They say we Evikins are adept at socializing, but if we had that kind of skill, we'd have already clung to our superiors. Why would we coexist with our sworn enemies on the same planet and ultimately lead to their extinction? This time, I lose!

So Shajin quickly looked at Topa with a look that sought his opinion:

Should I throw money at her to slap her in the face, or skip the formalities and snatch her away? It's up to you.

Although this attitude is half joking, it is indeed sincere.

Although Gold Dust and Topaz often quarreled whenever they met, in the final analysis, it was just a dispute over their philosophies of how to behave in the world. As both were capable men of the Emerald Faction under Diamond, they were naturally comrades in the same trench. Gold Dust certainly couldn't bear to see her being bullied by two primitive men.

Are you really capable of this? It's one thing to not be able to defeat Miss Estella, but the total value of this planet, excluding its core, might not even be as valuable as your spaceship. And you look pretty good, but you can't even defeat the primitive natives armed with swords and spears?

If you win this battle and lure him back to Pierpoint with all his resources, why would I need any leverage? Wouldn't it be free?

This look, a mixture of sympathy and contempt, infuriated Topa so much that he wanted to whip out his gold coin gun and fire two shots at the man's peacock-like, seven-colored eyes. Of course, all the remaining bullets would be aimed at Jiang Yan's idiot friend's head, and he wouldn't stop until he had a shower of blood.

However, as a negotiation expert, she knew that when nothing she said could change the current situation, the best solution was to immediately and decisively withdraw and cut her losses, rather than struggling futilely and sinking deeper into the quagmire. So, without waiting for Bronya, the real boss, to arrive, Topa spoke directly:

"This guy wanted to make a deal with you, and he swore that he could offer you conditions that would satisfy you, so I brought him here."

"I have something urgent to do, so I'm leaving now!"

Don't you enjoy watching me have fun? Do you like adding drama to my drama? Then it's perfectly reasonable for me to just walk away out of jealousy! Don't even think about giving me a single ounce of face!