Urban Sims

Chapter 515 Xingtang City

Xingtang City.

It is a young emerging city.

It was established less than 20 years ago and has a population of less than 30.

The pillar industry of the economy is related to a tree called "Xingtangmu". This wood is a high-quality wood for making high-end furniture.

As for emerging small and medium-sized cities like Xingtang City, hundreds of them have popped up in Wancheng Kingdom in recent years.

The reason is that with the development of the economy, the joint families in some big cities, due to the uneven distribution of benefits and conflicts, have become the best choice.

As a result, big families occupied big cities, and small families came out to create new cities, which improved the utilization rate of undeveloped land and increased the economic vitality of Wancheng Kingdom.

Mu family.

A family of merchants that has been passed down for a hundred years, the family strength is average, and there is little property.

Therefore, after cultivating a genius fairy, facing the coveted and greedy gazes of various big families, the Mu family, which lacks strength and accumulation, can only use the businessman's brain to maximize the benefits under unfavorable circumstances.

Find the best Taoist partner for Mu Feiyan while not offending all the families that have requested marriage.

And in the nationwide attention-grabbing competition for recruiting relatives, he advertised his Mujia furniture.

After arriving at Xingtang City.

After getting off the passenger plane, Zhou Ming and others went straight to the City Lord's Mansion to inquire about registration.

August [-]th is the last day of the registration deadline. Players will be grouped on the [-]th, and the game will officially start on the [-]th.

registration point.

A man with the appearance of a housekeeper said: "The deadline will be over in an hour, and you are lucky to come in time."

Then the butler asked Zhou Ming's name, which city he came from, which family he was from, and what was his status in the family?
"Bai Feiyang, Xuan Qingcheng, the eldest grandson of the Bai family."

Zhou Ming did not use a pseudonym and answered truthfully.

"Xuanqingcheng...the Bai family?"

The housekeeper tried hard to think about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Could it be that Xuanqing City, which is famous for exporting Xuanqing fruits and breeding pot rabbits?"

The housekeeper became very happy: "Okay, great, great, I will write your name on it immediately and put it in the list of group A!"

It turns out that the Mu family will also conduct some investigation and screening of applicants from cities across the country.

The main reference targets are the GDP ranking of each city and the ranking of each family's asset value - there is a magazine called "Fortune", which analyzes and counts every year, and the data obtained are quite accurate.

There are too many families coveting Mu Feiyan's qualifications and appearance. Among the thousands of cities and tens of thousands of families in Wancheng Kingdom, 9000 to [-] people came to sign up.

Excluding those who falsified their age, were poor and weak, and were physically disabled and ugly, there were only a thousand or so people who actually registered.

And the more than 1000 people were divided into four groups, ABCD, according to family assets and strength.

Of course, the threshold for group A is the highest. It is said that only families whose family assets exceed 30 billion spirit coins and have more than two immortals can be assigned to group A.

Has the assets of the Bai family in Xuanqingcheng exceeded 30 billion?
I am very sure of that.

"Fortune" magazine conducted statistics and found that Xuan Qingcheng's GDP ranking did not even make it into the top 100 in Wancheng Country, but the assets held by Xuan Qingcheng's Bai family exceeded 50 billion Lingcoins. In the leaderboard, it ranks 55th and maintains a rapid upward trend.

As for the high-end strength of the Bai family, there is already one immortal and two immortal guests.

So, now that the Bai family is a veritable "tall, rich and handsome" family, how could it be possible to be classified in the hanging silk "Group D" with a threshold of only 1 million spiritual coins?
Sensing the incomparable enthusiasm of the housekeeper, Zhou Ming shook his head and sighed: "This competition is really better than anything else, the wisdom of the merchant family, even if you refuse to accept it."

After registration is complete.

Live in a superior courtyard arranged by Mu's family.

Then just wait.

Waiting for the promulgation of the competition rules and the announcement of the list of opponents... In fact, the arena culture of Wancheng Kingdom is already quite prosperous, and the various competition rules are very perfect, which can ensure that every contestant is very fair to the greatest extent .

However, on August [-]th, after the announcement of the competition rules formulated by the Mu family, the sound of "wo grass" was heard!
Especially the contestants who were assigned to the three groups of B, C, and D were smashing the table and cursing their mothers.

why?
Because the rules of the game are quite unfavorable to the players in these three groups.

After these three groups are eliminated layer by layer, the group champions of the three groups will compete against each other, and the final winner will be eligible to enter the top 16 elimination battle of Group A.

In other words, even if some of the players in these three groups can stand out and win the group championship, if they want to win the final championship, they will have to go through several more rounds of elimination battles.

What's more, in terms of the rhythm of the competition, the BCD three groups are required to complete all the competitions within three days, that is, an average of three competitions per day.

The competition rhythm of Group A is five days, with an average of less than two matches per day.

Therefore, in terms of recovering aura, mental strength, and even physical strength, under the fast-paced situation, the players in the three groups of BCD have no time to recover at all.

Even if someone can stand on the stage of the top 16 in Group A, it is impossible for him to go far when he is exhausted.

Therefore, the Mu family's rules and arrangements are not intended to give the BCD players the slightest chance.

For this reason there was a lot of scolding.

"Mu Zhenquan, can you be a little more shameless?"

"You hate the poor and love the rich, Mu Zhenquan, are you marrying your daughter or selling your daughter? Are you choosing a husband or a rich man?"

"It's not fair, it's not fair!"

"Immediately revise the rules, or we will all withdraw from the competition!"

All the contestants scolded Mu Zhenquan, the Patriarch of the Mu family, and demanded that the competition rules be adjusted immediately!
This request was of course rejected by the Mu family.

The housekeeper of the Mu family said firmly: "Anyone who wants to withdraw from the competition can withdraw immediately, and no one will stop you."

All the contestants really wanted to beat up the butler before retiring, but no one did it.

No one retired.

Because the probability of marrying Mu Feiyan in the competition is 0 in [-], and the probability of withdrawing from the competition directly becomes [-].

No one is willing to give up this one in ten thousand chance.

Everyone has a glimmer of hope.

As for the players in Group A, they are of course very satisfied with the rules and arrangements of the Mu family and agree with them.

Regarding the reaction of the BCD group, they were also sneering and sarcastic, collectively hehe.

"You are also qualified to participate in this kind of competition?"

"Really, don't come here to join in the fun, my concubine Yan is something you can get your hands on?"

"The family's total assets don't even reach 30 billion, and I don't even have the desire to talk to him."

"Without money, how can I give Feiyan a sense of happiness and security? My Zheng family's assets exceed tens of billions, and I am the most suitable person for Feiyan!"

"Hehe, with tens of billions of assets, do you dare to compare with the Zhang family in Zhenlin City? A finger of the Zhang family is thicker than your Zheng family's waist."

"The Zhang family is indeed rich, but the Zhang family did not send any nephews to participate in the competition. From the Zhang family down, my Wu family is the richest."

"My town Lin Xia's house is not bad at all!"

These families, young and old, began to compare with each other.

At this scene, Zhou Ming secretly shook his head.

When did the people of Wancheng Kingdom start to worship money and love comparisons so much?

There is also the Mu family, who held a contest to recruit relatives, but it turned out to be so vulgar and vain, and the face of the businessman can be seen at a glance.

But in the public opinion, few people expressed dissatisfaction and condemnation, but thought it was normal.

The social atmosphere is distorted and abnormal.

Zhou Ming didn't want to say anything more about this. The most difficult thing to change in this world is concept and thinking. If you want to change, you can only rely on time to slowly settle.

……

Fast forward to August [-]th.

The contest for recruiting relatives officially began.

In the north of Xingtang City, dozens of professional arenas have been built.

Next to the Group A competition area, a high platform for watching the game was also built.

The high platform was full of spectators.

The protagonist of this martial arts competition - the daughter of the Mu family, Mu Feiyan, with a white gauze on her face, accompanied by two maids, sat upright in front of a guqin, looking down with her beautiful eyes.

Seeing the goddess in his heart watching him on the high platform, the players in the competition area of ​​Group A all had their blood racing and their hearts were surging.

On the ninth ring.

In front of Zhou Ming, stood a tall and handsome young man with fluttering clothes.

He first turned his head to look at the goddess on the high platform, and then with great fighting spirit, he pointed the long sword in his hand at Zhou Ming, twisted his neck and said, "Anyone who dares to stop me from marrying Feiyan will suffer humiliation under this sword!"

"You're just a mediocre fish, do you have the qualifications to speak your lines?"

Zhou Ming suddenly disappeared on the spot, and with a gust of wind, he shot towards him like an arrow.

(End of this chapter)