blueteamnovel #855 - Buy a planet to play
#855 - Buy a planet to play
However, the value of money ultimately lies in its purchasing power.
In other words, only money that is spent can truly realize its value. If it's not spent and is just hoarded, it's just a pile of numbers.
Just like the astronomical amount of US dollars that the AI, Xiao Wu, helped him earn on the stock market back on Earth, the star coins and Sovereign gold coins he has now are the same.
Therefore, in order to prevent this money from becoming just another pile of numbers on paper, Liang Yue decided to invest it...
It had only been three months since his last visit to Xandar, but the little rundown building was now completely different.
Welcomed by the scientists and observers stationed inside, the group stepped through the door.
What greeted them was an exceptionally wide hall. The corridor from the entrance to the front desk alone was nearly a hundred meters long.
The walls on both sides of the corridor were covered with paintings of relics from various civilizations on Earth, as well as various wood and stone carvings.
The interior decoration of the hall was elegant and generous, with gold and white as the main colors, but it also had a touch of natural ruggedness.
The wall behind the front desk in the hall was a light gold transparent metal wall, inside which grew a huge ornamental tree, graceful and winding like a dragon, climbing straight to the top floor of the building.
The surroundings were also dotted with various flowers, plants, and white-gray ornamental stones, with pavilions and lounge chairs for visitors to sit and rest, and several brightly colored butterflies flying among them.
Clearly, the space inside the transparent wall was a garden.
Moreover, with the expansion of Liang Yue's spatial divine power, the area of this garden was much wider than it appeared.
Although the travelers this time were mostly high-ranking officials, knowledgeable, and well-informed people on Earth, the faces of each of them, as they stepped through the door at this moment, were filled with undisguised excitement.
It was still the same standard procedure as the last trip~
Liang Yue uniformly issued each tourist an activity fund of 100,000 star coins, a wristwatch computer, translator earphones, a personal virtual connection system, and provided free tea, meals, accommodation, and transportation daily.
Of course, those who had close relationships with him, such as Aunt Liu, Meng Xiaoyu, Stark, Natasha, Guna, and even old neighbor Coulson, each received one million star coins.
The luggage of these travelers was all sent by Xiao Wu to the top of the small rundown building.
At the atrium of the building, the dense branches at the top of the tree were like several huge umbrellas arranged in a scattered manner, covering one-third of the entire rooftop garden under the shade of the trees.
This environment was very suitable for temporarily housing pets such as macaws, kittens, and puppies.
As for how to sell these pets later~
Xandar had a very developed and complete network and virtual network sales system, with various commodities, gifts, pets, fresh food, meals, and other businesses.
Perhaps it was because the previous batch of travelers saw this that the second round of travelers thought of coming to Xandar to do this business.
Frankly speaking, this logic was correct, but the problem was that the costs in this business, such as venue, management, operating permits, etc., were basically borne by Liang Yue.
Xandar was a highly developed star civilization in the universe, and if you wanted to do business here, you naturally had to abide by various procedures, laws, and regulations.
Even if Liang Yue, considering the friendship with fellow Earthlings, did not charge them any venue rental fees, they would still have to handle some operating permits, pet vaccinations, and even subsequent tax work themselves.
Fortunately, these chores were taken care of by the AI, Xiao Wu, just like his own magic shop on the commercial street, which had always been managed by Xiao Wu...
Of course, it could not be ruled out that some ambitious people wanted to use the 100,000 star coin budget in their hands to open and operate their own shops outside.
For example, the two master chefs from China who came before, currently operating a Chinese gourmet shop, had already successfully gained a foothold in the snack street in the city.
According to Xiao Wu, the two chefs' shop seemed to be doing very well, and they had already started making a profit in just three or four months~
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"Xiao Wu, search for the most recent auction, and the items must include life planets."
"Okay, Master~!"
Generally speaking, auctioning the ownership of planets, especially those involving life planets, is definitely illegal on Xandar.
After all, as a developed civilization in the universe, some fig leaves on the surface should still be maintained.
But nothing is absolute, and rules, to put it bluntly, are sometimes meant to be broken.
As long as there is demand and a market, there will definitely be people in this world who dare to do this business, the only difference is whether they can control the situation.
The same is true for Xandar at present~
Although on the surface it is a developed, open, and free civilization, there are still many unspoken rules hidden in the dark.
Liang Yue discovered this when he first arrived. There were many industries and transactions on Xandar that were not allowed under the legal system but were deeply rooted in the dark.
For example, black markets, and various auctions of contraband, etc.~
It was just a pity that he didn't have much foundation at that time, and he didn't have the intention to engage in these things.
"You want to auction off a life planet?"
After distributing the activity funds, virtual connection tools, and other items to everyone, most of the travelers had already gone to their rooms under the guidance of the simulation robots.
There were also some scholars and scientists who were eager to connect with the scientific research laboratories established in this small rundown building by their own countries.
But this did not include some returning customers, such as Guna, Tina, Mirava, Natasha, and even Aunt Liu, who had nothing to do.
They basically came to Xandar to play.
At most, they would spend some money here with the funds in their hands, and when they returned to the city, they would bring back some local specialties or new technologies to Earth, but they did not bear too many missions.
That's right, just as this group of people was still in the hall, pointing and commenting on the garden in the middle of the building through the transparent metal wall.
Meng Xiaoyu, who had been paying attention to Liang Yue's movements, suddenly overheard his plan through her passable hearing, so she came over directly.
"Well, those zeros on the books always have to find a place to go, otherwise they're just a pile of numbers."
Looking at Meng Xiaoyu, who was walking quickly towards him with her eyes shining, and Aunt Liu and others who also paid attention after hearing her words, Liang Yue glanced at the girl and replied.
Soon, in less than ten seconds, the AI, Xiao Wu, had searched for some relevant information online.
Of course, auctions like this with contraband items would not be openly announced in the online world.
It also involved a whole set of disguises, investigations, and issues such as qualifications and capital, which required a series of tests such as strict identity verification and financial assessment.
Therefore, in order to successfully pass the assessment of the backstage staff of this auction, Liang Yue still had some work to do.
For example, expressing his strong desire to buy, etc.
As for the assessment of Liang Yue's identity, personal assets, and financial strength, it was not a big problem.
After all, he was not a local of Xandar, but came from a life planet within the sphere of influence of Asgard, and had recently brought people from his home planet to travel several times.
Therefore, there was no need to worry about him being an undercover agent of some local official forces.
In addition, Liang Yue's recent business was very big. Spiritual tea, a commodity with magical attributes, had become a star product on the market, and it was still the kind that was hard to come by.
500,000 star coins per gram was still the official purchase price. When it was Xandar's turn to digest it internally, the price was even more ridiculously expensive, and ordinary people could not afford it at all...
But there was no way, the more developed the civilization, the greater the gap between different classes and groups.
In short, in terms of financial resources, there was naturally a guarantee~
Therefore, it should not be very difficult for a high-quality customer like Liang Yue to obtain a qualification to enter a contraband auction.
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