“Wow, so beautiful…”

Entering the old town and looking at the scenery in front of her, Illya couldn't help but sigh.

In front of her, the old city was no longer the dilapidated appearance it once was. The steel bridge that originally connected the old city had become a spacious and clean two-lane stone bridge. There was even a heavy gate with a Starlight Technology pattern erected at the end of the stone bridge. Fully armed soldiers in black uniforms stood outside the gate to maintain order.

“Many of them are residents of the old city.”

Tolixia also immediately introduced herself to Fang Zheng.

"Before, there were two bad gangs in the old city, called the Holy Book Society and the Sword Snake Gang. They were also the biggest obstacle for us to develop the old city. Fortunately, Lady Li Xuelu solved their problem. In the end, these bad boys were recruited into the security force. They were not bad by nature, but they went astray because they had nothing to do. Lady Li Xuelu also gave them strict training and requirements, and now these people are no longer the bad elements they used to be."

"Well, it looks pretty good."

Looking at the "security personnel" standing motionless in the guardhouse with serious faces, Fang Zheng nodded with satisfaction. If you don't know their past, just from the spirit of these people, it is obvious that they are soldiers who have received rigorous training. - But it is also normal. After all, Li Xuelu leads a knight group in her world. It is easy to deal with these bad elements.

Soon, the car that Fang Zheng and his group were riding in arrived at the gate. The leading soldier stepped forward, looked at Tolisha's ID, and saluted her. Then the gate opened, and everyone followed him into the old city.

The first thing that catches your eye is a park under the shade of green trees. Starting from this circular park, two intersecting roads run through the entire old city in a circle. On both sides of the street are simple yet modern apartment buildings. In the center of the old city are shopping streets, schools and affiliated community hospitals.

“The apartment buildings on both sides are mostly occupied by Starlight Technology employees and their families.”

Speaking of this, Tolisha also seemed quite excited. After all, this was just like a miniature kingdom, small but complete. As one of the builders of this "miniature kingdom", she certainly hoped that it would become better.

"Originally, Lady Lixuelu and I were considering using it to house residents of the old city and employees of Starlight Technology. However, after the renovation of the old city was completed, more and more people wanted to move in. We also received many applications, including residents and merchants from West Street. So after discussing with the Chamber of Commerce, Lady Lixuelu finally decided to rent out part of the apartment building. In addition, we also have a shuttle bus connecting to the city center, one every hour, responsible for picking up and dropping off staff from the old city to the Starlight Tower. Of course, the citizens of Crossbell are also using it now."

"very good."

After hearing Tolisha's report, Fang Zheng nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that Li Xuelu had perfectly implemented his plan and requirements.

It is not possible for Fang Zheng to control Crossbell, but considering his plan, he must get the approval of the citizens of Crossbell.

That's why Fang Zheng spared no effort to do these things. Small things like transportation buses naturally cost money. After all, it's public transportation, and it's not easy to get your money back. But for Fang Zheng, if he can connect Starlight Technology with the citizens of Crossbell through such small things, so that they can no longer be separated from Starlight Technology, then it would be great.

Not only that, Fang Zheng did not give up on places other than Crossbell City. For example, he asked Li Xuelu to represent Starlight Technology in signing a business agreement with Almorica Village on agricultural processing and tourism development. At the same time, he also spent a lot of money on the development of the mining town of Mainz.

These are things that the city of Crossbell itself would not spend money to do, but for Fang Zheng, if this little money can buy the hearts and support of the people in these two places, then it is simply a bargain.

"I have another question, Master Fang Zheng. It's about our financial payment system... We have received many external applications."

"Oh? A lot?"

"Yes, according to your idea, we have opened a financial network connected with the Kingdom of Liberl, as well as a 'Star Coin' system specifically for Starlight Technology. As long as you exchange your Mira for Star Coins, you can buy all the goods of our Starlight Technology at the same price. However, since many things are only sold in the old city, and foreign tourists and Crossbell residents outside the old city do not have this permission, they cannot buy many things, so many people have complained to the city council about this..."

"hehe……"

After hearing Tolisha's report, Fang Zheng's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a smug smile.

"What does the City Council say?"

“The city council expressed the hope that we could relax the exchange system for StarCoin, and IBC volunteered to act as an intermediary.”

“That’s not necessary.”

Fang Zheng waved his hand.

"We can do it ourselves. You can discuss it with Li Xuelu and tell them that we can allow people with legal identity documents to open accounts on our Starlight Technology's financial platform. They can store their Mira in Starlight Technology and exchange them for equivalent Star Coins. At the same time, we need to let them know that no matter where they are, as long as they have their account password and identity documents, they can withdraw their Mira and Star Coins on the Starlight Technology platform in any country or region."

Fang Zheng certainly understood why IBC was so impatient. Ever since his "Light Krypton Machine" was sold to neighboring countries, almost all countries began to build their own new financial networks. After all, this was a matter of national financial security. No matter how powerful IBC was, it was impossible to change the decision of the President of the Republic or the Emperor of the Empire. Therefore, according to the intelligence Fang Zheng had obtained, IBC's business at the financial level in various countries had shrunk greatly during this period of time. Now they could only barely maintain their base in Crossbell.

Well...but after Founder's Starlight Technology took action, it might be difficult for them to maintain their base.

This is also the reason why Fang Zheng designed the "Star Coin" system. He remembered that when he was young, the country was short of foreign exchange. At that time, many good things could only be purchased with foreign exchange coupons or US dollars. At that time, the foreign-exporting stores sold the most advanced, luxurious, and best-quality goods, such as refrigerators, washing machines, and televisions. At that time, they were all rare and precious goods. Only foreigners or Chinese with foreign exchange coupons were allowed to buy them. Even if you have 100 million RMB, it is useless. You must have foreign exchange coupons before people will sell things to you.

This is what Fang Zheng is doing now. He uses the star coin exchange system to absorb the Mira of the citizens of Crossbell and exchange it for internal currency specifically for purchasing internal products of Starlight Technology. This is actually the same as what he did with foreign-owned stores.

However, at that time, those foreign-operated stores only sold high-end goods, which ordinary people could not afford. On the other hand, Founder sold high, medium and low-end goods, and all the goods produced by Starlight Technology were of better quality and cheaper than those sold outside. In this case, even ordinary people would hope to get benefits through this financial trading platform.

Not only that, even going to school in the old city and seeing a doctor in the affiliated hospital also requires exchanging star coins for payment. From a certain perspective, this is like forcing everyone in a city to use Alipay for purchases and not recognizing other physical currencies for payment.

Of course, if it were somewhere else, Fang Zheng wouldn't be able to do this, but Crossbell is different, it's just a colony!

What's more, when Fang Zheng signed the agreement with the city council, the other party allocated the entire old city area to Fang Zheng as "commercial land". It is estimated that at that time the city council was only thinking about how to get rid of such a shabby place as soon as possible, and never expected that Starlight Technology would spare no effort and spend a huge amount of money to rebuild the entire old city area.

So now they can't do anything.

It's like when you go shopping in a store, buy a membership card, recharge it and use the points to get discounts. Can you say this is illegal?

Of course this is not illegal.

Not to mention that the Crossbell City Council does not have the power to enforce the law on citizens of other countries. This means that even if Fang Zheng did not commit a crime in Crossbell, even if he opened a water-themed park here for everyone to have fun, the Crossbell City Council would not be able to arrest him.

So areas without political sovereignty are so depressing, no different from concessions.

With the support of Starlight Technology, the old city is now like a cancerous tissue, madly absorbing Crossbell's energy, and then gradually growing stronger until it finally devours it...

Uh, why does it sound like a villain?

I am obviously a kind magical girl and the god of games.

Fang Zheng went over his thoughts and actions in his mind, and finally nodded.

Well, that makes sense and there's nothing wrong with it.

“Just stop here.”

Fang Zheng glanced at the street and then gave an order. Upon hearing his order, the driver immediately stopped the car on the side of the road.

"Master Fang Zheng?"

"I'll show Illya around, you go back to the company first."

Fang Zheng opened the car door, got out of the car with Illya, and made a gesture to Tolisha.

"Let's enjoy the scenery here. If you need anything, please contact me."

"Okay, Master Fangzheng."

Hearing this, Tolisha didn't say anything more, just nodded and left in the car. As Fang Zheng watched the dark car leave, he turned his head and looked at Illya who was standing beside him in confusion, and smiled slightly.

"Okay, Illya, let's go on a date."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Illya was stunned for a moment, and then she immediately showed a happy smile.

"...Okay, Master!"