Creed of the heavens

Through exchanges with local neighbors, Lu Xiao got a general understanding of their attitudes.

Most Italians always have subconscious resistance and distrust of the government. They believe that politicians have exaggerated the harm of the epidemic for their own political purposes.

Due to some historical reasons in the past, the Italian central government did not have strong jurisdiction over the various regions, and many regions still maintained their own independent decision-making power when they were duchies and republics.

Tuscany is no exception, and the residents of Bolgheri still retain a strong sense of pride and identity for the Republic of Florence.

In the eyes of the locals, the current prime minister is nothing more than a legal expert who likes to play word games. She cannot effectively integrate the political differences among the various regions.

Lu Xiao didn't intend to comment on the Italians' political system, after all, he was just a foreigner who came to invest and live here with a green card.

And there is one thing to say, the situation in Europe is not bad compared with the free lighthouse country on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Because Wang Wang is still stubborn and unwilling to issue a mandatory blockade order, the epidemic situation in the Beacon of Freedom is still breaking out, and there is even a trend of intensifying.

In contrast, Lu Xiaoyuan's hometown in Asia has basically brought the epidemic under control.

Except for occasional unexpected situations in some areas, the number of new daily cases in the country has been minimal.

Lu Xiao's parents recently resumed the store's business, and their busy work left them no free time to greet Lu Xiao all day long.

During the fifteen days of rest, Lu Xiao didn't plan to stay at home all the time.

After instructing Aletheia to continue to sit in the laboratory to prepare, Lu Xiao and Yongzhen drove out to visit the Holy Land of Monteriggioni Castle, which is also in the Tuscany region.

Outside the city of Monteriggioni, Yongzhen looked curiously at this typical medieval Western European castle: "This is Monteriggioni? The former Italian headquarters of the Assassin Organization?"

Lu Xiao looked at Monteriggioni Castle with nostalgia: "That's right, but in this world, it's just an ordinary ancient castle."

Chapter 422

Lu Xiao once planned to buy the Monteriggioni Castle, but after Aletheia's repeated efforts, the Italian government never agreed.

Monteriggioni was originally not a well-known scenic spot in Italy, but influenced by Assassin's Creed 2 produced by Ubisoft Potato Company in the early years, this unremarkable ancient castle has gradually become widely known.

For this reason, the Italian government rejected Lu Xiao's acquisition on the grounds that Monteriggioni is an important national historical heritage, and in the end Lu Xiao had no choice but to give up.

Because of the impact of the epidemic, when Lu Xiao and Yongzhen came outside the Monteriggioni Castle, they hardly saw anyone here.

There are less than 50 households living in this medieval castle, and most of them are engaged in tourism-related work. If you want to make money, you can only squeeze oil and water from tourists who are stupid and rich.

The epidemic has severely impacted the tourism industry of various countries in the world. When Lu Xiao and Yongzhen entered the castle through the city gate, the store owners in the city looked listless.

Counting Lu Xiao and Yongzhen, the number of tourists in the whole small city is only about 30 at most.

In all fairness, this small medieval castle wouldn't be very attractive if it weren't for some potato farm pushing the envelope.

There are no special products or attractive landscapes. If the dilapidated city walls on the outside are removed, this is just a country town that can be seen everywhere.

Lu Xiao visited Italy once before. At that time, the epidemic had not completely broken out, and the number of tourists in Monteriggioni was not bad. There were quite a lot of players from various countries visiting this holy place.

However, like Lu Xiao, most of the tourists who came here came with hope and returned disappointed.

Although Ubisoft is helping to solicit customers, the leading Italian Ministry of Tourism can't even copy homework.

There is no Auditore Manor in the city of Monteriggioni, and there are quite a few discrepancies between the structure of the entire city and the game.

If Lu Xiao is in charge of this project, he will definitely invest money to restore the city of Monteriggioni to the scenery in the game as much as possible, so as to attract more tourists to come here to spend.

Japan is very proficient at this set of techniques, and China has gradually begun to imitate the creation of IP and holy land tours to stimulate tourism. Italy can only say that it can’t even make money.

Lu Xiao called to the smartphone: "Aletheia."

"I'm here, what's the matter?"

"Taking advantage of the impact of this epidemic, you can talk to the Italian tourism department again."

"Even if they can't be persuaded to sell the castle, at least let them authorize us to develop and transform Monteriggioni."

"Well." Aletheia thought about it: "Italy is going through a difficult time now, as long as there is enough money, it should be feasible."

"Let me give it a try. You stay in Monteriggioni first, and maybe some local officials will come to you to discuss specific development matters in the near future."

In the main world, Aletheia is like an omnipotent goblin living in the Internet.

She can be distracted and multi-tasking, while letting her own body research projects in the laboratory, while incarnating into tens of millions, and using different identities to communicate with multiple departments in Italy at the same time.

Lu Xiao and Yongzhen randomly found a hotel in the town, endured the terrible living conditions, and finally waited for the contact from the local officials in Monteriggioni on the third day.

Because of the huge impact of the epidemic on the tourism industry, the Italian tourism department, which was still very rigid before, softened its attitude this time.

Although they were still unwilling to sell the ownership of Monteriggioni Castle, under Aletheia's communication, the officials finally agreed to authorize Lu Xiao's "Assassin Order" company to invest in the transformation of this ordinary town.

Aletheia spent a lot of money to buy the trademark and registered name of this company from a certain squatting studio.

In Aletheia's words, problems that can be solved with money are not problems.

Now the company has only an empty shell, but the strong registered capital on the books alone is enough to stun the Italian officials.

In a capitalist country, the rich are the masters.

Officials in Monteriggioni originally had very little authority, only at the level of village officials.

The grey-haired old man had a very low posture when he met Lu Xiao, and he had no right to make any decisions. He just wanted to keep the big benefactor who was going to develop and renovate the castle as much as possible, and wait for the senior officials who can really make decisions to come. come over.

If it was Lu Xiao, a former white-collar worker, he would definitely show timidity unconsciously when facing officials from other countries.

Having experienced experience in many worlds, Lu Xiao's vision is no longer what it used to be.

Just like what Aletheia said, if he had that idea, he could completely replace the king with a puppet who obeyed orders and brought the whole world under his control.

However, Lu Xiao doesn't want to go to war in the main world. This is a safe haven to cultivate her body and mind. Lu Xiao doesn't want to spend her time dealing with a lot of troublesome problems in reality every time she comes back from the mission world.

Through formal channels and strong capital, Lu Xiao finally successfully obtained the official renovation authorization of Monteriggioni Castle from the Italian Ministry of Tourism.

Aletheia and the Italian government will slowly wrestle with each other about the income sharing issue after the renovation, and Lu Xiao won't bother.

It is impossible to complete the renovation planned by Lu Xiao in just ten days. He is only responsible for providing the plan, and Aletheia will recruit employees to fill the company's establishment and coordinate the renovation project of Monteriggioni Castle.

Ubisoft has already drawn the blueprint, all Lu Xiao needs to do is to reproduce it according to the gourd painting.

"The most important thing in the city of Monteriggioni is the Auditore Manor. Let's first concentrate all our manpower and material resources to restore this manor."

After the disappointing trip to Monteriggioni, Lu Xiao and Yongzhen returned to the manor in the small town of Bolgli.

The talents selected and recruited by Aletheia through big data will support the "Assassin Order" investment company, and the selection of corresponding engineering companies is also on the agenda, so Lu Xiao does not need to follow up at any time.

Under Lu Xiao's instruction, Aletheia placed advertisements in advance on various social platforms on the Internet.