The airship quickly arrived at the main planet of the trade fair, which was the territory of a fifth-tier lord. As a support-type lord, the territory appeared to be enormous.
Even in such a vast territory, the outer perimeter was already filled with airships that had come to participate in the trade fair. Fortunately, Ye Chen and his group had a special VVIP channel and flew into the planet amidst the envious gazes of the crowd.
"The trade fair is held in the central continent. There's a vast open space there used as the venue, and the opening ceremony is also held there!" Through the window, Si Meng pointed to a vast plain on the continent, where a magnificent building stood, and the colorful flags of the trade fair could be faintly seen fluttering in the breeze.
Ye Chen nodded, no longer looking at the product list Si Meng had sent him, and chatted idly while waiting for the airship to land.
The spacious landing pad was now full of airships. Most of them were not allowed to stay there for long and needed to leave as soon as possible to make room for the next ones.
The familiar VVIP passageway allowed the airship to quickly enter its landing trajectory.
"Tsk, I never thought I'd be able to enjoy the privileges of capitalism one day!" Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly as he felt the airship come to a stop.
"Then you'll have to get used to it. There will be many more situations like this in the future. It's just a pity that Duobao doesn't have any high-level lords yet, so it doesn't have much say in the major powers!" Si Meng said with regret. The lack of high-level lords who can keep the situation in check is the most embarrassing thing for Duobao Group right now.
This is, after all, an era of lords, where strength is the only true measure of power. Duobao enjoys enormous benefits, but if he doesn't have the strength to protect them, everything is nothing but a mirage.
Therefore, Si Meng often has to give up huge profits in order to seek protection.
For example, the large number of shares that Ye Chen previously gave to Qin Ming were intended to seek the protection of this chief. But if they could have an eighth-level lord themselves, why would they need to give up this benefit?
Moreover, the fourth-generation Primordial Armor and the sixth-tier mecha that Fatty brought back this time must be supplied to official forces at a low price first. If they were sold in large quantities on the market, they would definitely earn much more.
"It will happen!" Ye Chen said firmly. All they lacked was time.
"Yes, I believe you!" Si Meng smiled at Ye Chen, said nothing more, and the two got up and walked out of the airship.
Staff members had been waiting outside for a long time. When they saw the two of them come down, they immediately went up to them and led them to the venue for the opening ceremony.
Along the way, Ye Chen encountered many high-ranking members of powerful organizations, but unfortunately, he didn't recognize any of them. Si Meng, on the other hand, greeted these people familiarly, acting like a social butterfly.
When the two finally entered the backstage dressing room, they immediately felt powerful auras. These were managers of various forces. Although they were not heads like the two of them, they were definitely leading figures and naturally possessed great strength.
"Lord Si Meng! Lord Ye Chen! You two have finally arrived! If you hadn't come, the opening ceremony might have had to be postponed!" An Eastern man in a long robe stood up and greeted them, extending his hand to the two men. "Bai Shi Group, Guan Xingyan!"
"Hello! This is Ye Chen from Duobao Group!" Ye Chen paused for a moment, then shook hands with the other party and introduced himself. It had been quite a while since he had used this custom.
"Old Guan, you're here pretty early!" Si Meng lightly squeezed his hand and then let go, then teased him. Clearly, the two of them knew each other, or rather, she knew most of the people present.
"Of course! It's not easy to have a chance to meet our young and promising Boss Ye, so of course we had to rush over! Hello, this is Kajesi from the Tianshen Group!" Before Guan Xingyan could reply, a tall white woman walked over and shook Ye Chen's hand, which he hadn't yet withdrawn, and smiled.
"Hello!" Ye Chen smiled numbly. People surrounded him one after another, and he really didn't know what else to say besides "Hello".
"That's enough! If you scare away our Duobao's little boss, I'll fight you to the death!" Seeing Ye Chen's discomfort, Si Meng said with a smile, politely declining the large group of people behind her who she hadn't had a chance to meet yet.
Everyone present was shrewd, and they understood the meaning behind Si Meng's words as soon as she finished speaking. Those who hadn't had a chance to step forward retreated without any embarrassment, but their gazes toward Ye Chen were still full of scrutiny and curiosity, except for a certain person in the corner.
"Hmph! A bunch of ungrateful bastards, is it worth making such a fuss?" An untimely sneer rang out, and Ye Chen only then noticed the small group of people in the corner. His gaze swept over the familiar faction insignia on their bodies, and the corners of his mouth immediately curled up slightly.
"Hey! Isn't this a friend from our Wanwu Tower? I've been fighting in interdimensional wars for decades, and I heard that Wanwu Tower has been removed from the Blue Star plane? It seems the news is a bit untrue?" Ye Chen laughed, but anyone could hear the sarcasm in his words.
The room fell silent. Everyone from the major powers knew about the feud between Duobao Group and Wanwulou, but it was none of their business, so they sat quietly and watched the show.
"Hmph! It seems your information network is indeed not very reliable!" As soon as Ye Chen finished speaking, the people opposite him snorted coldly. However, their tone weakened as they spoke, since Wanwu Tower was indeed close to being removed from the Blue Star Plane. They could only put on a brave face.
"Tsk tsk, it seems we need to strengthen our intelligence system, lest we don't even know some fleas are still jumping around!" Ye Chen said to Si Meng beside him in a slightly exaggerated tone, making the members of Wanwulou blush.
"Hmph! You..." The other party was about to argue when the door to the room suddenly opened. An elf looked at the many lords in the room and timidly called out, "My lords, the opening ceremony is about to begin. You may all enter!"
“Okay! We’ll go right now!” Without giving Wanwulou a chance to speak again, Si Meng replied gently. Then, she glanced at the people from Wanwulou, stood up without a care, and walked outside with the people from the other major forces.
Everyone tacitly ignored the existence of the Myriad Things Pavilion. Officials and people from the Heavenly God Group even came over to greet the two and traveled together, leaving only a few people from the Myriad Things Pavilion waiting at the back with livid faces, watching everyone leave.
Only after everyone else had left did the group take a deep breath, exchange humiliated glances, and then file out.
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