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Inside the Jiu Bank building..
"Thank you for your patronage dear Sirs. If I may suggest, since the amount of spirit stones you have stored under us have reached more than a 100 high quality spirit stones in value, and you were applied to a black-gold master card already, the bank could issue you a special privilege of converting your stored a.s.sets as credit points." the bank employee said as she bowed her head with an amiable smile and then handed out a unique looking card that was plated black and gold.
Black-gold master card?
This should be the one that the Princ.i.p.al was talking about when he purchased his residence court back then.
"How much credit points that would be in total? And what is the benefit of me doing this?" Duan Li asked as he cupped his chin.
The bank employee smiled, "The current exchange rate for this service has been fixed at 100 credit points per 1 high quality spirit stones value. Meanwhile, the benefit for this is that your converted spirit stones would be used by the Empire in numerous investment activity. Then, by the end of each month, you will earn a share of the profit that the Empire made according to how much you have converted" she explained slowly.
"In addition, to avoid confusion, the bank will issue you a second account meant to store your acc.u.mulated share, and you could if you prefer however, automatically issue us a command to transfer a certain amount of it per month to be converted as credit points and doing so would increase your future amount of shares continuously." she added.
Hearing this, Duan Li thought that the offer was extremely good. But because he was not familiar with these kinds of business and could only grasp the gist of it, he turned to Shen Lu beside him for consultation and advice.
"I think this is a very good opportunity to multiply your total wealth brother! In fact, owning black-gold master card in itself is actually a symbol of influence in the Empire! The more credit points you have, the more would the Empire favor you! By then, the Empire would definitely aid you in anything you requested whether openly or discreetly." Shen Lu said.
"Furthermore, if I am not mistaken, we could actually exchange back your credit points to spirit stones if you need a few in the case of emergency at just a slight loss!" he added.
Shen Lu was a Strategist, and these kinds of information were naturally known by him. In fact, he even knew of some of the inner workings behind the entire credit points scheme of the Empire!
Hmm..
"This offer they gave is just too alluring. Currently, I have over tens of Superior quality spirit stones, of which the total value should be about 10,000 high quality spirit stones each. Right now, I am still quite weak and might get targeted or even kidnapped if people knew I have such an enormous amount of wealth with me!"
"If I accept it, not only would this offer protects me, it would generate quite a number of high quality spirit stones per month as well! After all, no matter how precious these Superior quality spirit stones were, if they can"t be used normally in transactions, then they"re just c.u.mbersome to carry around and attracts the greed of people.."
After a long thought-process, Duan Li has finally decided - he would keep only one Superior quality spirit stone on hand and the rest, he would just have to store it in his first account to be exchanged to credit points!
He then asked the bank employee, "What if I were to exchange more than a few thousand of high quality spirit stones worth?" he said as he laid down both of his hands to the counter table while extending all ten fingers and signalled for the employee to look at it.
At first, she was a little bit taken aback by what Duan Li meant, but when she noticed the latter"s gesture to look at his fingers and counted that there were ten of it extended altogether, her countenance changed.
"He said a few thousand high quality spirit stones worth and extended all ten fingers.. 10,000 high quality spirit stones?.. could it be?!"
As an experienced employee that had toiled in the business field for already more than a decade, she quickly understood what Duan Li meant!
This young man wanted to store a Superior quality spirit stone!
At the thought of this, her whole body shivered.
The actual worth of even a single Superior quality spirit stones was more than just another form of money, it would become a part of the national"s strategic a.s.set!
If what the young man hinted at her was true, then she had to inform and let the Managing Director handle this. After all, such an amount of money was way beyond her authority to process!
"Please wait for a while our esteemed customer, I will bring someone here to enable such a process." she replied with a bow, and swiftly went to the back room.
Opening a gold box, a glistening blue jade slip rests inside that box with a grand aura to it.
After this branch was formed, there was only two prior occasions where she had to use this blue jade slip, and that was when the Princ.i.p.al and Vice-Princ.i.p.al of the Jixue Knights Academy themselves were here to make a deposit!
"h.e.l.lo Sir, this is me. We have a student of the academy here that wanted to make a deposit to the bank at a value equal to that of a Superior quality spirit stones and possibly more. May I know on what course of action should I proceed with?"
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Outside of the Jixue Knights Academy, there was a grand and large building located at the South area in the Nine Lotuses capital city. This building was grey in colour and was built symmetrically in the shape of a pyramid. This pyramid building stood tall mightily, reminiscent to that of an impregnable fortress and Mount.Tai!
This grand building is actually the headquarter of the Jiu Bank company!
Inside the building, at the topmost level of the pyramid, was a lavish restaurant where numerous influential figures across the whole Jiu Empire meet together to discuss business proposals with their clients.
Each and every single one of them could be considered as part of the economy backbone of the Jiu Empire, and they held tremendous authority over numerous things due to their colossal amount of wealth they possess.
Right now, in a private dining hall within that grand restaurant, was a few people having an active discussion over their meals.
These people sat on the left and right of the table respectively, and at the furthest end of this table, sat a middle-aged man.
His appearance was like that of a royal prince, long emerald blue hair with a sharp facial features. He wore a white robe donned with intricate details weaved in gold around it, similar to the characters that were used in runic formations and inscriptions.
At the moment, he was quietly listening to the conversation between the people in front of him, not uttering even a single word and continued to just eat through his meal.
The people that sat around the table were not offended by this man"s action in the least bit. This was because they knew, that even though the person in front of them appeared to be ignoring their existence within that room entirely, it was actually not the case.
In fact, this was a known unspoken rule that if people were invited to this private dining hall with this person in it, it meant that they had caught his interest!
All they had to do was just to converse with each other and pick any topic to discuss for an hour. This person would not speak at all for that duration of time but would just listen at them.
After the end of the meal, only then would this man call out their names. Those whom were not called, just meant that they weren"t able to impress him and had lost a significant business opportunity!
No one would be able to question the unorthodox way this person conducted the selection process like this. In fact, no one dared to.
This was because this middle-aged person was the Managing Director of the Jiu Bank company!
His name, Liu Sheng Juan!
The most powerful influence in the entire Jiu Empire, second only to the Emperor of the Empire himself in terms of seniority and power!
A single word from this man would be enough to cripple down a large corporate business into bankruptcy!
A single ire from him would cause countless business corporations to disfavor that person and they would go to great lengths to avoid any further connection they have between them.
Right now, as this powerful man was listening to their conversation, his countenance suddenly changed. This change immediately attracted their attention as they halted from talking even a single word any further, afraid that they had just mispoken about something with pale faces and their backs drenched in cold sweat!
Flicking his finger, a blue jade slip the size of a pinky appeared on his right hand, by which a message was then sent telepathically into his mind.
Standing up from his seat, for the first time ever, he had spoken in front of them.
"Everyone, pardon me, but I have to leave soon. Let us continue this talk another time."
The people then stood up from their seat and simultaneously bowed their heads toward him with utmost respect and reverence.
"We understand, travel safe Sir!"
With a nod, a blue portal rippled behind him. Turning around as his robes fluttered, he swiftly entered the portal.
Woongg!!
Just like that, he disappeared from the dining room, leaving the people behind.
Exhaling in relief, they felt as if a hundred years of their lifespan was just snuffed out from them!
It was fortunate that they hadn"t done anything wrong.
Each of them turned towards one another as they shrugged their shoulders and shook their heads.
Just what was it that causes him, the most powerful and influential figure in the whole Jiu Empire, to immediately have to depart in such a manner in the middle of their meeting?
Could it be that the Emperor himself has just summoned him to the royal palace?
No matter how badly these people wanted to know the reason behind this, no one dared to even poke their nose into it.
Only fools who wanted to court a certain and guarenteed death would do so.
If there was anyone in the whole Jiu Empire that one should not mess with, it would be this man..
Liu Sheng Juan!
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