Beauty and the Bodyguard

"Your store is second to none in Jianghai City? But from what others have said, that doesn't seem to be the case?"

Lin Yi pretended to frown and tried.

Inquiring about the situation is inquiring about the situation. Unless necessary, do not reveal your origins, otherwise it will easily cause trouble. After traveling around Tianjie Island for so long, Lin Yi has naturally become familiar with this.

The shopping guide suddenly became anxious: "Our Lianxia store is a first-class store in Jianghai City. This is absolutely true. If you don't believe it, you can just go out and find someone to find out!"

"Really? But I heard from my friend that the best place in Jianghai is that building? Is he wrong?"

Lin Yi pointed at the building several hundred meters high not far away.

Although there are many high-rise buildings here, they are generally only a few tens of meters long. There is no comparison with that building. Looking at a radius of ten miles, that building stands out from the crowd, and there is no one around it that can hit it.

"You mean Central Industrial Group? Of course it's different..."

The shopping guide couldn't help but look suffocated, and his momentum was obviously lowered, but he still kept trying to make up for himself: "They are a cross-regional super group that is very impressive. Their services are high-end, but the prices are also high. It is not something that ordinary people can consume at all, unlike our store which is open to the public and pursues high quality and low price, it is not a type of business in the first place.”

Central Industrial Group?

Lin Yi and Wang Shiqing glanced at each other. Hearing the name, he knew that he had an inescapable relationship with the center. The center was really powerful and could do business successfully no matter where it was.

Having said that, Lin Yi has been dealing with the Center for so long and is well aware of the methods of those people. With their ability, it is not surprising that they can get ahead anywhere, but it is weird that they cannot get ahead.

"According to your statement, isn't their center standing at the top of the pyramid?"

Lin Yi continued to test casually.

The shopping guide shook his head repeatedly: "Guest, what you said is biased. No matter how powerful their central group is, it is only in the commercial field. At most, it is secretly colluding with some powerful people. If you really want to say that we are at the top of the pyramid in Jianghai, then It must still be the Lord of the City."

"No matter in name or in reality, the city lord is the real number one figure in our Jianghai. This is recognized by all the big guys."

Lin Yi nodded and continued to ask: "What about the City Lord and below?"

The shopping guide gave him a slightly strange look, but for business reasons, he patiently replied: "The city lord and below are naturally the deputy city lords and the powerful bosses in charge of various departments. Let me give you an example. Don't look at them. The Central Group is at the peak of its power, but if they don’t get access to the head of the Department of Commerce, they can be shut down with just a piece of paper!”

Lin Yi didn't believe this at all. With the huge power behind the center, even if it was just a business group on the surface, it would never be easily controlled by a mere department head.

However, from the shopping guide's words, Lin Yi has probably figured out the power structure here.

Unlike Fuidao, the power pyramid here is not controlled by pure warrior organizations such as the Warriors Guild or the Martial Alliance. Instead, it is more similar to the departmental structure of the secular world. From the city lord to the deputy city lord to the departments in charge, each performs their own duties, forming a A highly complete management system has been established.

The economic base determines the superstructure. Since the social form here has been highly modernized, it is natural for the power system to be modernized. This is the inevitable result of social development.

Following the other party's words, Lin Yi took advantage of the situation and inquired into some corners, and the feedback he received also verified his conjecture from the side.

Finally, Lin Yi asked insinuatingly: "Are there many outsiders here?"

"Of course there are many. Our Jianghai is a well-known metropolis, and it is also recognized as the most powerful city in the surrounding area. Tens of thousands of people come here every day. During grand festivals, hundreds of thousands of people can even come in in one day. Man, that scene was truly spectacular."

The shopping guide looked proud.

Lin Yi looked surprised: "Does it all rely on the teleportation array? The efficiency of the teleportation array is probably not enough, right?"

Although the teleportation array is convenient, there is an obvious upper limit on its capacity. Generally, teleporting dozens or hundreds of people is already the upper limit. As for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people in one day, it is simply unimaginable.

Unless Jianghai City has deployed thousands of teleportation arrays.

"Of course it can't all rely on the teleportation array. When there are a lot of people, it mainly relies on shuttles. Speaking of shuttles, I can talk about this..."

The shopping guide lost no time in making another sales call.

At first, she didn't think anything was wrong, but in the end, even Wang Shiqing couldn't stand it anymore and just wanted to run away.

However, Lin Yi was not ready to kill the donkey, not to mention that he was somewhat interested in these shuttles, so he immediately decided on a small two-seater shuttle.

"The Xian couple have really good vision. This shuttle is the best-selling model this year. You see, this streamlined shape is not only beautiful, but it also flies fast and stable. It is the most cost-effective among major brands."

The shopping guide was overjoyed and added the last sentence: "Chenghui Six Thousand Eight Spiritual Jade, do you think you should swipe your card or..."

The price is naturally not expensive. After all, it is an aircraft, and its speed is much faster than ordinary flying spirit beasts. However, it is hard to say how high-end it is. After all, it does not have any offensive and defensive formations or additional functions. It's just a simple transportation tool.

Of course, this bit of spiritual jade can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket for Lin Yi now. He is now a man who is not short of money.

He handed over a Lingyu card, but the shopping guide was stunned. He looked at his card with a hesitant look on his face: "Who are you, the customer?"

"Lingyu Card, is there any problem?"

Lin Yi couldn't help but wonder.

The shopping guide shook his head repeatedly: "Guest, don't be ridiculous. There isn't even a city logo on it. How can there be such a Ling Jade Card? Even if this is a Ling Jade Card from somewhere like you said, we can't get it here. ah."

Lin Yi was embarrassed now.

The little girl next to her was considerate: "Brother Lin Yi, why don't you just forget about it? Anyway, it's just for fun."

After she finished speaking, the shopping guide who had been attentive for a long time immediately became unhappy, and his tone suddenly became a little more unkind: "Guest, this is wrong. It is not easy for us to work in the service industry. We are here to accompany you." After chatting for a long time, I ended up not buying anything. Isn’t this just a joke?”

"Who stipulates that you will buy it after just asking a few questions? Then if I casually ask how much Jianghai City is worth, then do I have to buy the entire Jianghai City?"

Wang Shiqing saw that he had a bad attitude towards Lin Yi and decisively started the defense mode.

You may say that everything else is okay, but if you dare to talk about Brother Lin Yi, it is not okay!