The Fourth Financial Crisis

As one of the cities with the largest gap between rich and poor in Zhongzhou, Haiya City has developed naturally over thousands of years. The core area where cultivators and their servants live, and the residential area where ordinary mortals live, have formed clear natural boundaries. , the personnel exchanges between the two sides are very limited, which also makes the core area located in the center of Haiya City a relatively quiet area in the busy city.

Because the Qingning Chamber of Commerce entered Haiya City late, its headquarters could only be located at the very edge of the core area of ​​Haiya City. Neither cultivators in the core area nor mortals in the periphery would pass by this area.

However, recently, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce headquarters has been almost overcrowded by the surging crowds.

The people crowded at the entrance of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce were not cultivators, but ordinary people at the lowest level of Haiya City. Among them were even many homeless people in rags who looked like regulars of the charity hall.

The reason why they crowded in front of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce was simple.

Lingshi Reserve Bank plans to open bank accounts for all mortals in Haiya City. Every month, mortals can unconditionally withdraw donations from high-level cultivators to all mortals from their bank accounts. However, the Lingshi Reserve Bank office has limited land. Therefore, they temporarily requisitioned the Qingning Chamber of Commerce headquarters, which is "vast and sparsely populated", as a service window.

In fact, at the beginning, no one believed this pie-in-the-sky rhetoric.

After all, everyone is used to seeing cultivators fighting against each other in the name of "mortals". We have never heard of any cultivators who are really doing it for the good of mortals. What's more, if such a good thing is possible, why should it be the turn of mortals like them?

Moreover, things like bank accounts have never had anything to do with ordinary people.

Unlike Earth, where the economy is developing rapidly, deposits can earn interest. In the world of Kyushu Cultivation, where the economy is stagnant, not only do deposits receive no interest, but they even have to pay account custody fees to major commercial banks.

Ordinary mortals don’t have much money in their pockets. Isn’t opening a bank account a waste of money?

Some people even suspected that Haiya Bank deliberately deceived everyone into opening bank accounts, and then forced these mortals to sign a deed of betrayal after they could not afford the account custody fees.

This kind of drama of first forcing mortals to go bankrupt, and then forcing mortals to sell themselves, has not been done before in the history of the Haiya system. Ordinary mortals in Haiya City may not have much knowledge, but they can survive today only by being careful. purpose of behavior.

As for those mortals who credulously believe in the propaganda of cultivators, the grass on their graves may now be several feet high!

So at the beginning, there were very few responders to Lingshi Reserve Bank’s propaganda.

Originally, the cultivator in charge of the Haiya Department wanted to use violent means to crack down on these vicious rumors that were pouring dirty water on the Lingshi Reserve Bank, but in the end he was stopped by He Mingyuan, the spokesperson of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. According to He Mingyuan, the more you force mortals to believe in the propaganda of cultivators, the less likely they are to believe it, so it is better to lure them with benefits.

So at He Mingyuan's order, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce headquarters transported mountains of eggs from several nearby cities, and also sent cultivators to announce to the mortals in the city with lion roars that the first 1,000 mortals who came to Haiya Bank to open an account every day , you can receive two kilograms of eggs on the spot, and those who arrive late can also receive ten eggs. If the bank account opened this time for ordinary mortals, if the balance is less than 1 yuan of spirit stone coins, Haiya Bank can waive the management fee.

Although mortals were still hesitant, thinking that the cultivators of the Haiya system would not be so kind, the temptation of two kilograms of eggs was not small for the hungry mortals of Haiya City, so soon some quick-thinking mortals sent their own seventy-year-olds and eighty-year-olds to die. If the old man comes to open an account, even if he is really cheated by Haiya, the worst case scenario is that the person concerned will die on the spot!

However, the Sea Cliff Department did not dig a hole for mortals this time.

When the first batch of mortals who opened accounts received the eggs, word quickly spread.

As a result, more and more people began to line up at the entrance of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. Everyone did not want the cultivators to actually pay themselves, as long as they got the eggs first, and we would talk about the rest later.

At the beginning, there were only more than 1,000 people opening accounts in Qingning Chamber of Commerce every day. After all, most people still wanted those two kilograms of eggs. But not long after, a rumor with nose and eyes came out of nowhere, saying that Haiya The number of eggs that the Department will give to mortals this time is actually limited. If the Haiya Department’s eggs run out, let alone two kilograms of eggs, even ten eggs will not be given away.

As the saying goes, it is better to believe that something exists than to believe something does not exist.

Everyone didn't think that the Haiya family was very generous to mortals. After hearing that the number of eggs was limited, everyone didn't care whether they wanted two kilograms or ten. Anyway, let's get it in our hands first!

So in recent days, the peak number of account openings at Haiya Bank even reached 100,000.

The peak of 100,000 people is actually not the limit of Haiya City. It is just that when all employees of Haiya Bank are mobilized and clerks are urgently transferred from major branches using spirit boats, it can only handle this at most. Apply for multiple accounts.

This situation is exactly what He Mingyuan, the person in charge of this matter, wants to see.

In fact, the news that "the number of eggs is limited" that He Mingyuan deliberately spread was not a lie. Just when a huge crowd of people was queuing up to receive eggs outside the headquarters of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Lin Muhu, a guest of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, was also reporting to He Mingyuan.

"Manager He, we are almost running out of eggs. Do you think we should send Lingzhou to a city farther away to purchase some? Nowadays, we have purchased all the affordable eggs within a two thousand mile radius of Haiya City!"

In the Kyushu cultivation world, it is very outrageous for cultivators to report their work to mortals.

However, in the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, everyone has long been accustomed to this kind of thing, because everyone knows that when arranging positions in the Chamber of Commerce, Consultant Yang always only examines management ability and execution ability, and He Mingyuan's ability is selfless, even if he looks at the entire Haiya. He was also well-known in the city's business community. Even the arrogant Lin Muhu had to admit that while running errands for He Mingyuan during this period, he did learn a lot of practical knowledge that he had never had the opportunity to come into contact with before.

Because of this, both Lin Muhu, who reported on the work, and He Mingyuan, who took time out of his busy schedule to listen to the report, looked very natural, as if the superior-subordinate relationship between the two parties was very natural.

After hearing Lin Muhu's report, He Mingyuan stroked his gray goatee and said, "It's going to be all distributed so soon? So, the number of mortals who have opened accounts during this period is almost 2 million!"

Lin Muhu made some estimates, nodded and said: "There are even more, but it only covers most of Haiya City, as well as a small number of residents and foreign merchants in the surrounding areas. I heard that there are mortals further away who are trying to Drive this little profit this way."

"How many days will there be enough eggs left?"

"It's estimated to only be five days. If we can deliberately slow down our work efficiency, we can last for seven or eight days."

He Mingyuan waved his hand and said: "That's enough. According to the instructions of Advisor Yang, the merit account opening ceremony of City Lord Jiang and President Su is almost ready. The invitations have been sent to the heads of various sects. It is estimated that within five days The ceremony is about to be held, and 2 million people... should be enough for the two Jindan ancestors to create a golden wheel of merit on the spot..."

Lin Muhu is not completely unopinionated.

Hearing the highest instructions from Consultant Yang conveyed by He Mingyuan, Lin Muhu couldn't help frowning: "This is too hasty!"

He Mingyuan smiled bitterly and said: "Consultant Yang has nothing to do, and behind him there is also pressure from Leader Mo. Today's Zhongzhou is in a precarious situation, and the financial crisis of various sects is imminent. The reason why it has not erupted yet is because everyone is waiting for Mo The leader is trying to turn the tide. If Leader Mo fails to make big news, I'm afraid the whole Zhongzhou will be in trouble. In fact, you should have heard about it. There have been a lot of bad rumors being circulated during this time."

There are undercurrents surging in Zhongzhou today, and Lin Muhu, who often travels to major cities on behalf of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, certainly knows this.

It has been more than two months since Leader Mo replaced Leader Lin, and so far he has only made some minor repairs, which are far from meeting everyone's expectations; this kind of behavior is indeed wearing down everyone's patience.

I just didn't expect that Master Mo, the dignified Yuanying monk, would even condescend to directly put pressure on Consultant Yang. It seemed that the pressure on Master Mo was only greater than the rumors.