Chapter 21: Heald Chamber of Commerce(1/2)
After nightfall, Jones rushed to Hilde as soon as possible.
Go and implement what the wine barrel explains?
No. He thought, however, today is Brotherhood Day again.
Since joining the Brotherhood, if Jones is the hardest day of the week, it is probably the Brotherhood Day. He is with the fraternity members of Adale to do things that he has no interest and wastes time. However, he could use excuses to shirk it, but now he cannot. Every Brotherhood party, he must arrive, and he must arrive early. After all, he has a soft hand and a short mouth.
The worst thing was that Adair said to Jones with a look of emotion: "My dear brothers Jones, I actually borrowed a lot of money to others. Some people disappeared after they borrowed my money. It seemed as if I would ask for a debt as soon as they met. This hurt my heart. Of course, I know you are definitely not like this."
The smiling gaze seemed to remind Jones, "If you dare not come to the fraternity party, you are a person who wants to pay for it!"
Helplessly, Jones could only participate honestly and every time, although he really didn't like it.
Today’s party day event is playing cards. Yes, it’s just a bunch of people playing cards together, and then chatting about various romantic affairs. What’s more, their bets are very big.
"This puts me in eight thousand gold coins."
"Eight thousand is so small? I'll put ten thousand and make up the integers. Follow?"
"Well... I'll follow."
"It seems that your cards are not very good. I'm going to be 50,000 yuan. Do you dare to follow them? Hahahaha."
“It’s a little too much, don’t follow.”
"Don't follow."
"It's really a shame. It's rare to get such a good card, but you don't follow me."
Does Jones know how to play this kind of card? Of course, I understand it. Basically, I understand it as long as I am a blood clan. However, Jones didn't play very well and didn't have the courage to play. In less than half an hour, the gold coins coming and going on the table had exceeded 500,000.
500,000... How long does it take to mine? The promise given to him by the wine barrel is to earn 20,000 gold coins a year. 500,000 will earn twenty-five times. Gray can upgrade from a Lich to a Lich King five times.
"How good is this 500,000 yuan?" Jones, who stood aside and watched the game with a wine glass in his arms, sighed helplessly.
"What's wrong? My Jones brother." Adale, who had just left the field to rest, asked, "Have you encountered something unhappy? Tell me, maybe I can help you?"
"No, no. Nothing." After thinking about it, Jones said again: "By the way, Adale, I have something to do later. Can you leave first? It's a very urgent matter."
"What is probably the matter? Can I help?"
"It shouldn't be helpful. I want to sell ore, gold ore."
"Is that gold mine you mentioned last time?"
"Yes."
"Has it been mined? It's so fast. It seems that my uncle is doing the ore purchase business in Hilde. Do you need me to say hello to let them come here?"
"No!" Jones was startled and said quickly: "No, thank you. I'll just go there myself!"
Another reason why Jones doesn't like to participate in fraternity activities is that fraternity is actually a place to show off their wealth by fighting for their fathers. And Jones has neither a "good father" nor a money. Well, no matter what you talk about, you can always get a 10,000-point heavy blow while chatting, one blow after another, and continuous.
How could anyone like such an event?
"Okay, it's okay if you insist on going over by yourself." After thinking about it, Adair asked softly again: "Are you doing business by yourself now? Buy castles, explore ore veins, and other things. Do you also want to sell ore by yourself?"
"Uh...yes." Jones nodded in his glass.
"It's amazing. When I was at your age, I only knew how to play all day long. By the way, are you a member of the Hilde Chamber of Commerce?"
"Uh...No. I didn't even know there was a Hilde Chamber."
"You will suffer a loss." As he said, Adair took out a reddish-brown medal and handed it to Jones: "You can take this."
Jones reached out and took it, held it in his hand, and looked at it with a puzzled look in the candlelight.
On the front is four golden fangs, with a ruby in it. A gold coin pattern is carved on the surface of the ruby. On the back is made of pure gold. The gold used seems to be not ordinary gold. With the candlelight, you can see the faint purple flickering hidden in the gold. It should be made of expensive metals such as secret gold. It is engraved with the surname "Sambo".
"What is this?" Jones asked softly.
"This is the membership medal of the Hilde Chamber of Commerce." Adale replied casually.
"Are you a member of the Hilde Chamber?"
"It can be said, but to be precise, not. Every member of the Sambo family will automatically gain all the authority of the Hilde Chamber of Commerce as soon as they are born. But you know, I just helped my father run the business and didn't do my own business. So, there is no name on it, only a last name. I honestly have never used it."
"How to use this...?"
"Come with me."
Taking Jones, Adair walked to the balcony and pointed far to a white building in the center of Hilde.
It was a very unique building, looking like five onions stacked upside down. The pointed tower felt like a flock of cranes among the Hilde's buildings. The most important thing was its garden.
Hilde is a place where every inch of land is valuable, and there is basically no such thing as a garden. Because gardens have no practical value in commercial use. As for living value... If you have money to build a garden in Hilde, why not just buy a castle and move it out of here?
The building is located in the most prosperous central area of Hilde. It not only has gardens, but also has large gardens. It covers at least five times the area of the building. So when you look from top to bottom, the originally crowded Hilde center seems to be a concave.
"There is the meeting place of the Chamber of Commerce. With this, you can walk inside. Inside, you can find anything you need. And the price will be slightly cheaper than the outside. Of course, it is just a little cheaper. In fact, many things are the same as those outside."
"Same, then why do you have to go inside? I can buy what I want outside, right?" Jones asked with a confused look on his face.
I saw Adair smile slightly, pat Jones on the shoulder, and said meaningfully: "Because, everyone who does business with you will hold such a badge like you."
Jones was stunned for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Generally speaking, what are the requirements for obtaining such a badge?"
"It must be a recognized and reputable businessman or lord."
"that's all?"
"It seems that there are also requirements for the property under your name. I forgot whether it is a wealth of 20 million gold coins or a wealth of 50 million gold coins."
Jones couldn't help but gasp.
Well, to put it bluntly, it is the super rich club.
Originally, Jones wanted to reject Adale's kindness, but considering that "it may be cheaper", Jones silently put it away. After all, God knows how big a "point" of Adale is? And now Jones doesn't have a gold coin, even if he is cheaper, he will be interested. After all, he has no money. He really has no money.
When he walks with these people, he is afraid he is no different from a beggar. Anyway, the property under his name is negligible.
...
After leaving Adair's house, Jones went straight to the clubhouse of the Hilde Chamber of Commerce.
From a distance, I can only say that the building stands out from a crowd, but from a close distance, it becomes extremely huge. Especially at the gate. Jones stood in front of the gate and looked up at the building. The two blood guards at the door looked at him intentionally or unintentionally.
After hesitating for a long time, Jones finally took the lead.
There is no doubt that there must be 100 million damage waiting for him in this super rich club, but poverty makes him rational. For the expenses that may be reduced, he decided to "a day trip to the Hilde Chamber of Commerce".
No matter what, it is always right to ask about the price first.
In order to avoid being embarrassed by being stopped, he had already taken out the badge in advance and stopped it on his chest.
The guards did not stop him, but as soon as they entered the door, a blood clan waiter in a dress at the door stopped him.
"Is it you..."
Jones pointed to the badge on his chest.
"Young Master, I saw the badge. I asked you... who? Are you a member of us?"
Suddenly, everyone around looked at Jones.
Jones's face turned red and he could only say, "My name is Jones Dracula."
"Dracula? But we don't have members of the Dracula family."
"My badge was borrowed from Adal Sambo. He is my friend." After thinking about it, Jones added: "I am a member of his fraternity. Can't badge be borrowed?"
"So that's it, of course. Please, please." The blood clan waiter smiled and immediately led him in.
Everyone around was busy going there again.
"You can ask, no, what a question." Jones murmured in a low voice, and walked in with the blood clan waiter.
The blood clan waiter turned around and said, "Mr. Jones is right? To be honest, we have almost never had visitors of our age here, so I noticed it as soon as you come in. I asked a few more questions, hoping you don't misunderstand it. We are a place that pays great attention to credibility and cannot let anyone with unknown identity come in. This is also to protect the interests of members."
"But I just told you the name, and you didn't even verify my identity. What's the difference between this and unidentified identity?"
“We just need to make sure your badge is real.”
"Um?"
I have to say that this place is really luxurious. Generally speaking, the places where the blood clan lives are either dark or golden.
It is easy to understand that it is dark. Why is it golden? Because the life of the blood clan is all night life, and the night is illuminated. The fire is red and yellow, so that any white object will slightly turn golden under the fire. Over time, they simply like golden.
But here, it is not. What is used for lighting here is a white ball hanging from the ceiling, the size of a thumb, radiating white, soft light. Although it is only the size of a thumb, the light emitted is very bright, so that the entire environment seems to be during the day at night.
At this time, the style here is highlighted.
Almost everything is almost white. The white floor tiles, white walls, white sculptures, door handles, and borders are all silver. Even the paintings hanging on the wall are white. The whole environment has a warm feeling. It is different from the past, any vampire lives.
The blood clan waiter took Jones all the way in, walked through the long corridor, stepped onto the stairs, circled a lot, and then came to the door of a room.
The waiter reached out and knocked on the door.
Jones asked in confusion: "I heard that this is a place for business. Don't you... ask what I'm here for?"
"You don't have a fixed consultant, right?" the waiter asked.
Jones nodded heavily: "I'm here for the first time..."
To be continued...