Chapter 103 Commission
After seeing Li Ang hang up the phone, Lucy came to him tactfully and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Didn't we agree to go to the moon to relax? Why are you still busy?"
"No, Lucy, I'm not busy."
Li Ang shook his head and replied:
"I was just relaxing, chatting with others and closing some small deals. These were just easy things to do, and it wasn't tiring."
Although this statement is a bit pretentious, for a top corporate controller like Li Ang, this is the fact. If everyone exchanges interests with each other, they can make a lot of money.
It's nothing like the thugs in the street gangs, who fight to the death but end up snatching defective products from the company's assembly line worth tens of thousands of Euros.
For the top dignitaries, close combat can be left to lone wolves, and robots, soldiers, and fighter jets can also serve on the battlefield.
All they had to do was move their mouths and talk.
Even if they really can't reach an agreement, it won't be the boss' turn to fight to the death. The ones who will die will still be the mercenaries who are paid to do the job.
Even if there really is a super lone wolf mercenary who comes to the boss himself, he will most likely just force the boss to sign an unequal contract.
After all, extreme examples like Arasaka Corporation directly using soul killers to kill military technology CEOs and other senior executives are only a minority.
"Look Lucy! We're almost to the Crystal Palace!"
Just when Lucy wanted to continue chatting with Leon, Rebecca, who was lying by the window not far away, suddenly shouted in surprise.
The Crystal Palace, a miracle of mankind that appears every day on televisions, elevator advertising screens, and wall graffiti posters, is now right before their eyes!
The Crystal Palace is a super-large space station built 38 kilometers away from the earth and located at the Lagrange point. Its appearance resembles a spindle and is surrounded by bright neon lights.
It is like an exquisite crystal standing in the universe.
The average price here is a hundred times higher than on the ground. Even a bottle of the most ordinary drink can be sold at a sky-high price that the poor cannot afford.
In addition to the Crystal Palace, a luxurious place for spending money, there is also a flesh trade venue called the Garden of Eden, where the rich can enjoy all the extravagant desires.
Moreover, this place is not subject to legal restrictions on the ground, so the Crystal Palace is also an excellent escape place for many gang bosses who have retired.
It makes sense to make illegal money on Earth and spend it legally in outer space!
After a period of landing in orbit, Leon and his party soon arrived at the Crystal Palace station, where executives from Orbital Airlines warmly welcomed Leon.
"Mr. Leon, welcome to the Crystal Palace!"
The person in charge of receiving Leon was Aaron Guthrie, one of the executives in charge of the daily operations of the Crystal Palace. This time he came to receive Leon on the orders of the European Space Agency.
Although the ESA is indeed a very prestigious official force and is usually very cold and arrogant, they still attach great importance to the "God of Wealth".
Aaron came to pick up Le Ang personally from the plane, not only because he was a shareholder of the trauma team, but also because Le Ang was interested in taking over the airport and was eager to give money to Orbital Airlines!
The profit-seeking Europeans have always been affable towards wealthy big customers.
"Mr. Leon, this should be your first time at the Crystal Palace. I can take you to visit the popular consumption places here."
"With your current wealth, it won't be a problem for you to eat, drink and have fun here for hundreds of years. Haha, sorry, it's my professional habit to judge people by their wealth. I hope you don't mind."
Aaron Guthrie made no secret of his value of putting money first, but Leon had no objection to this because poor people cannot get into Crystal Palace.
"The world is bustling with people all for profit. The world is bustling with people all for profit. One must seek fame and fortune to survive. Mercy and kindness are things that only Jesus should do. They have nothing to do with us."
Li Ang couldn't comment on Aaron's ideas. After all, he was just after money, but he wanted it all. "Well said, Mr. Li Ang! It seems we have something in common."
Aaron raised the two small moustaches on his lips and respectfully greeted Li Ang as he walked towards the VIP-only route:
"Next, I will take you to the museum to see the latest art and cultural relics. I promise that this issue of human treasures will definitely open your eyes!"
The Crystal Palace is not only a place for spending money that is extremely imaginative and satisfies all human desires, but also contains all the collections in the field of human art.
Because of the unpredictable wars on the ground, more and more museums and collectors chose to transport their treasures to the Crystal Palace for exhibition.
Although media reporters all said that the exhibits sent to the Crystal Palace were high-quality imitations that were one-to-one copies, most people knew that the truth was just the opposite.
The antiques left on Earth are fakes, the treasures are all in the museum of the Crystal Palace!
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Night City, Company Square.
V has been feeling a little irritable lately. Not only because Johnny Silverhand has been chattering in front of him all the time, but there is also Goro Takemura, a lone wolf who is obsessed with revenge.
During this period, Goro Takemura kept begging V, hoping that he would follow him to the Arasaka board meeting to testify that Arasaka Yorinobu was the murderer of Saburo.
But now V just wants to get rid of the troubles of Arasaka Company as soon as possible. He has no intention of helping Takemura and getting involved in the internal strife of the Arasaka family.
Living well is V's primary concern in life.
In order to avoid Goro Takemura's harassment and to make some money by taking on some private work, V accepted a commission from Mr. Jefferson, a member of the Night City Congress.
This is the most suitable job for V that he has encountered recently with great difficulty, because he does not need to go out and fight with gang members and cause trouble, he just needs to investigate the truth of some things.
If Leon suddenly needs V's help, he can withdraw from the task at any time and give priority to completing the tasks assigned by Leon.
Soon, V arrived at the entrance of Ye’s Company’s headquarters according to the location provided by Congressman Jefferson.
"You must be V, right? My name is Sandra Dorsett, and I'm an employee of Ye's Company. Mr. Congressman is handling work matters upstairs, so I'll take you upstairs first."
At this time, a female employee wearing a black suit and with short blond hair took the initiative to receive V and was responsible for leading him upstairs.
The moment he saw this female employee, V immediately remembered the female office dog he rescued from the scavenger.
Sandra Dorsett!
V was infected by the residual AI data because he inserted his own data nanowires into Sandra's brain-computer socket.
Therefore, V was very impressed by this female office worker!
"Ms. Sandra, do you remember me?"
V followed closely behind Sandra and asked.
(End of this chapter)