Chapter 2031 - 2024: Five Times That Standard
Zhang Menglong led the way, taking his dozen or so Ice Demon Race followers toward the central area of Ice King City.
"Hey, by the way Levitz, where do the people of the five major tribes live?" Zhang Menglong asked.
"Oh, they’ve spent a lot of resources to contract some land in this royal city and built their own manors. We’ll be able to see them soon."
Sure enough, the manor Levitz mentioned soon appeared in front of Zhang Menglong.
What the heck is this called a manor? It was clearly just an area fenced with some barely decent materials, and inside those areas were buildings just like ordinary bungalows. They actually call this a manor?
Simply put, Zhang Menglong felt like he had returned to the countryside of the seventies and eighties. Apart from the land being slightly larger, there’s nothing that could be linked to the word "manor."
Moreover, this so-called manor wasn’t far from the slums, and it didn’t even enter the core area of the city.
"You guys call this thing a manor?" Zhang Menglong couldn’t help but voice his skepticism. Manor? Even calling it a small village was generous.
Levitz was also quite embarrassed, but he couldn’t help it. In the royal city, land is incredibly expensive, and the mere value of land resources was already frighteningly high, not to mention building structures on them.
"Is this stuff very expensive?" Zhang Menglong asked.
"The largest tribe’s manor has a land area of about 300,000 square meters, costing a whopping 300 million trillion Supreme Coins!"
"300,000 square meters? Not even as big as the largest manor on Earth!" Zhang Menglong rolled his eyes. "A bunch of paupers!"
But Zhang Menglong did the math; based on this area and price, the average price here requires 1 billion per square meter, which is by no means cheap.
A square meter of land is enough for ten people to leave this world.
"I’ve changed my mind," Zhang Menglong suddenly stopped, "Where did they buy this land from?"
Zhang Menglong suddenly thought of something: since he plans to rise to the top of the Ice Demon Race, he must appear with a very high profile; otherwise, no one would notice his presence.
Since he wants to be high-profile, he must make his name resound throughout the Ice Demon Race.
"There’s a Land Management Bureau in Ice King City. One only needs a land contract to go apply for land, but the price of the land is calculated separately," Levitz replied, "Sir, are you..."
"Come on, take me to the Land Management Bureau!"
Zhang Menglong had killed many Warcraft, and although the drop rate for land contracts was low, he still managed to accumulate a thick stack of them in his Space Ring. He was initially planning to get some land in the Great City of Aiville after completing his task.
Levitz and the others exchanged a glance, realizing they were following a remarkable figure!
The Land Management Bureau was located in the central area of Ice King City. In the royal cities of various races, these departments were very idle for simple reasons: nobody would spend the money to buy these things.
Without houses, there were no related businesses, while the security management department was very busy given the high frequency of brawls in the slums.
When Zhang Menglong walked into the Land Management Bureau, all the staff inside stood up.
A rare visitor indeed!
Until now, apart from rule-figures, hardly any adventurers had set foot in the Land Management Bureau.
But seeing Zhang Menglong and his group’s life aura, they all sat back down.
In this world, strength and wealth were correlated. Even the strongest among them were nowhere near Dao Realm’s 100 times strength. How much could such people muster up? Probably just came to take a look?
"Thud!"
Without a word, Zhang Menglong slammed a land contract onto their desk, "I want to purchase land!"
"Land contract!" The staff stood up again as if discovering a new world, "Sir, do you want to purchase land?"
"Isn’t that obvious?" Zhang Menglong had no fondness for the Ice Demon Race people, and there was no politeness in his tone.
But those people obviously didn’t mind Zhang Menglong’s attitude, as anyone bringing in business was their valuable patron.
"Sir, how much land do you need?"
"Let’s start with 500,000 square meters." Zhang Menglong said casually.
"Sir, land prices vary across different regions. The cheapest places are approximately 5 billion Supreme Coins per square meter, and closer to the city center, prices are even higher, possibly..."
"You think I can’t afford it?" Zhang Menglong had all the demeanor of a nouveau riche. "I want my manor built in the most central, most prosperous area. Give me a quote!"
"Sir, the most expensive places currently require about 25 billion Supreme Coins per square meter."
"I don’t have Supreme Coins."
"Ah?"
"Damn! You came here to make fun of us without money?"
"Lucky to snag a land contract and just came here to show off?"
The staff began to curse under their breath.
"I want to buy with Supreme Crystals, is that a problem?" Zhang Menglong glared, instantly exuding an overwhelmingly domineering aura.
"Supreme Crystals? You want to purchase land with Supreme Crystals?"
"The exchange rate for Supreme Crystals to Supreme Coins is 1:10,000,000, thus a bungalow requires 250 Supreme Crystals, but our City Lord said using Supreme Crystals for land purchases comes with a high discount. One only needs 100 Supreme Crystals to buy land anywhere!"
"500,000 square meters, that’s 5 million Supreme Crystals!" Levitz and the staff were taken aback.
Could any individual really come up with that?
Throughout, Zhang Menglong, aside from recruiting his Insect Clan army, had casually cleared several other Warcraft race nests, accumulating over 2 million Supreme Crystals, making the mere 5 million Supreme Coins trivial.
"Count them," Zhang Menglong tossed over a space storage device.
The staff took it with trembling hands and upon confirming the 5 million Supreme Coins inside, everyone’s eyes widened.
"How long until I can have this processed?" Zhang Menglong asked calmly.
"A single hour! No, no, just half an hour!"
The whole Land Management Bureau became a flurry of activity, completing the processing in under 20 minutes.
The land Zhang Menglong wanted was right next to the City Lord’s Mansion, and even bigger in size!
"Do you have any recommended architectural teams for me? Now that I have land, I want to build my mansion," Zhang Menglong asked.
"Yes, of course," the staff replied, "Our architectural department can help facilitate. You just need to tell us your desired style and budget. Once the plans are drawn, we can construct everything within a day."
"My budget?" Zhang Menglong pondered, "I don’t know your prices, how about I see the plans first!"
In those few minutes, Zhang Menglong had Gou Dan complete the entire design plan for his manor.
The whole design was magnificent, combining aesthetics with functionality, with very high security requirements.
"Sir, according to your design requirements, all material and labor costs may exceed 100 million trillion Supreme Coins."
"Then let’s set the budget at five times that standard!"