"I have a bold idea..."
"What are your thoughts?" Xiao He, Wang Xuefeng, and Huo Lei asked in unison.
"Do you remember? The land auction last month." Dai Lele took out a newspaper, speaking to Wang Xuefeng and Xiao He, but handing the newspaper directly to Xiao He.
"What happened last month?" Xiao He curiously took the newspaper; he was clearly still asleep last month.
The newspaper had a striking headline: "Land in Beihu Park Villa Area Officially Goes on Sale!"
"This is..." Xiao He looked at it, somewhat tempted: "Is it sold out?"
Dai Lele shrugged: "No, not a single piece of leather was sold. Besides, you know the developer."
"I know her?" Xiao He flipped the book over, looking completely bewildered. "Juliet? Who?"
"You know Jinling, right? She said you two fought."
Xiao He was taken aback: "A wind-type warrior? With a big fan?"
Dai Lele nodded and handed him an old newspaper: "Look, this is Beihu Park before the changes, and this is Beihu Park now."
The contrast between the old and new photos is striking; the forest that was once lush and green has now become a barren "land".
“It’s been three months, and even though the monsters have been wiped out, nothing grows here,” Dai Lele explained.
Flying Dragon City has a rule that no tall buildings can be built within one kilometer of the city's rivers and lakes, which is why North Lake Park exists. However, ever since a demon awakened at the bottom of the lake, no life has been able to grow within one kilometer of North Lake.
The Zhu family leased the area surrounding Beihu Lake at an extremely low price and developed it into a villa district, hoping to sell it for a good price. However, they unexpectedly encountered Yang Xing's "urban planning," with shopping malls springing up like mushrooms after rain in the city center and various types of apartments available at low prices. No one would be foolish enough to spend an exorbitant amount of money to buy such expensive land in the remote Beihu District.
"I see..." Xiao He understood after seeing the price tag.
“Xiao Xing used all our money for research. Steel prices are too high here. He once said he wanted to acquire a smelting workshop in the suburbs, but we still don’t have enough money for raw materials.”
"This is the first time the Zhu family has passed the inheritance rights to Juliet. If the family suffers a huge loss this time, she may never have another chance. So we can..."
"Add insult to injury?" Horry blurted out.
Dai Lele rolled her eyes at him: "We're alumni, after all. This is called a win-win cooperation."
"We probably don't have the financial resources for an acquisition. You mean you want to help restore the ecology of the Beihu area?"
“That’s right, Beihu District is quite large, we can negotiate a big deal!” Dai Lele raised her eyebrows.
Xiao He stroked his chin; her suggestion was indeed good. In this era where the entire continent was filled with cavalry, flying magical artifacts were ultimately the vehicles of the upper class, and they had extremely high energy requirements, needing magic stone fragments for each activation, and even more for long-distance travel. Even the army couldn't afford to equip them, let alone ordinary people?
Yang Xing's account is different from theirs; even their starting points are different.
He can't be considered an elementalist, and he doesn't have any offensive skills.
His skill panel only contains various life skills; all he needs to do is improve the proficiency and level of these life skills.
In order to build Flying Dragon No. 1, Yang Xing emptied the team's warehouse. In the end, he only managed to earn back the money with the "Urban Planning and Design" document, but then spent it on materials.
Yang Xing is a guy who can be dull and sleazy at times, but once he enters his creation mode, he transforms into a cool and aloof academic genius, earning him the nickname "Professor Yang." In the Nuojin Continent, a professor's status is even higher than that of a college dean.
Soon the team will be heading to other continents, and the various vehicles Yang Xing has built will be indispensable, including reconnaissance aircraft. These tools will require materials and parts to be made into components, which will then be assembled.
Although design drawings and molds are not required, manpower and material resources still need to be considered, as it is not a one-click mass production system.
Therefore, Yang Xing needs not only patience and time, but also a lot of money...
He has both patience and time.
All I need is money!
“Okay, let’s go and check it out in person later. I’m not sure how much it can be restored.” Xiao He was a man of action. Ideally, Yang Xing would produce a batch of F-22 “Raptors”, or even Autobots or Transformers.
Perhaps in the future, these five people will become an entire army, so it's not a bad thing to be well prepared in advance.
“I was thinking of talking to you about this before…” Wang Xuefeng hesitated for a long time: “It’s about money. We really need money because the countryside around Flying Dragon City has been cleared. If we want to go further, we’ll need a spaceship. Other tools are too slow.”
"How much money do we have left?" Xiao He asked.
"The team's inventory is empty, and Xiao Xing probably doesn't have much left either. In short, we're very poor right now, and we're eating at our mentor's place..." Dai Lele sighed helplessly.
Wang Xuefeng, like Dai Lele, stuffed a piece of paper into Xiao He's arms: "Here, take this job posting."
"What is this again?" Xiao He had a headache; he woke up to a barrage of new messages.
"Hiring...female models? Holy crap...what are you going to do with this?"
Xiao He glanced at the title and promptly tossed it back to him.
“Nuojin Fashion Brand Omega, the commission is really high! And you meet the requirements, okay…” Wang Xuefeng reasoned with him, “Don’t be ashamed. Look at Lei Zi, the rich second generation. He gave all his savings to Xiao Xing, and he still works part-time delivering packages in his spare time.”
"Damn it! I was delivering a secret letter for the city lord, okay?!" Horry couldn't help but jump up in anger.
“Isn’t it the same? Lele even went to break big rocks!” Wang Xuefeng said again.
"Damn it! That was a demolition project, okay?!" Dai Lele also wanted to kick him.
Upon hearing this, Xiao He realized that in addition to running laps and attending school, the three of them also took on side jobs.
"Let's take care of the North Lake Villa area matter first." Xiao He neither accepted nor refused. Anyway, she was wearing her school uniform now, so it didn't matter whether she changed into a more expensive one.
He hesitated simply because he didn't know any of the female model's poses, and going to the interview would only humiliate him.
Perhaps other part-time jobs would be better, like setting up a stall to treat patients or something...?
Of course, it's also possible that this flyer was just something Wang Xuefeng was doing to amuse himself.
After all, he slept for three months straight, and the three of them were getting bored running the daily quests.
Like most small groups of friends, there is always a core figure. When this person leaves temporarily, the others always feel a kind of inexplicable sense of restraint.
Wang Xuefeng was the most mischievous guy in the studio; he'd be up to no good if he wasn't disciplined for three days straight. Upon hearing that Xiao He had returned to the team, he'd find a reason to see him, even if it wasn't one, otherwise he felt incredibly uncomfortable.
"Take this first. You can go for an interview whenever you happen to be passing by. What if you pass?"
Xiao He looked at the flyer that he had thrown at him again with a look of disgust.
I glanced at the commission figure, and as Wang Xuefeng said, it was a huge sum of money.
"Okay, okay, I got it."
Xiao He gave a casual reply and tossed the flyer into his system inventory.
【hint!】
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[The Netherworld series of quests has been triggered!]
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