Chapter 2018 - 2011: Connections in High Places
"Buyout? Sir, what do you mean by buyout?" That formal character was stunned for a moment. So far, there have been countless people who’ve come to this Aiville Hotel, like a passing parade, but in his impression, those who inquire about the price appear every few days, yet those who actually intend to stay are extremely rare, haven’t been seen for decades.
It was rare to have a guest, and he initially thought it was another one of those who’d run off after asking for the price, but this person wanted the most expensive room and even mentioned the word "buyout."
"What I mean is that the room I want is for my sole occupancy from now on, effectively buying it, while you still provide daily hotel services to me. Even if I’m not in the hotel, you still have to tidy it up for me. You can think of it as a permanent lease!"
Although Zhang Menglong had already established Yan Huang City, after completing the task of the Ice Demon Race, he would certainly be frequenting between Yan Huang City and the Great City of Aiville. Naturally, he needed a fixed place to stay. Buying a house would entail the headache of maintenance, so a long-term hotel stay was the best choice.
"Sir, we have no precedent for this..."
Not to mention that formal character, even Lumes and Bai Dao were taken aback. What is going on? He wants a permanent lease? Did he not hear the price of 1.88 million Supreme Coins per day? If he were to lease it long-term, how much would it cost?
"There wasn’t any before, but now there can be," Zhang Menglong said, "If you can’t decide, you can ask someone who can!"
"Please wait a moment!"
That formal character hastily went to the back to contact someone who could make decisions.
Soon, she returned to the front desk, "Sir, our boss said if you want a long-term lease, we can offer you several options. The first is to lease by the year, with a price of 300 million Supreme Coins! The second option is a hundred-year lease, priced at 20 billion Supreme Coins, and another is a permanent lease, priced at 500 billion Supreme Coins, and we can also help you apply for residency in the Great City of Aiville!"
"500 billion?" Lumes and the others couldn’t believe it. Unless he was out of his mind, how could anyone spend so many Supreme Coins on a residence?
"Residence status? So I won’t have to pay fees when entering the city in the future. Let’s go with this price, three rooms!" Zhang Menglong didn’t even think twice before agreeing, and even requested three rooms, "But I don’t have that much cash, can I pay with Supreme Crystals?"
Zhang Menglong had killed many Warcraft, but the Supreme Coins he had were only around 100 million. It’s undeniable; the Supreme Coins dropped by those Warcrafts were indeed too few.
"You want to pay with Supreme Crystals?" That formal character’s face showed visible excitement, "Converted to Supreme Crystals, you’ll need to pay 150,000 pieces. Are you sure you have that many Supreme Crystals?"
That formal character didn’t know how long she’d been in the Great City of Aiville, but to this day, she hadn’t heard of anyone owning 150,000 pieces of Supreme Crystals. Even if the City Lord of this Great City of Aiville had more than 1.5 trillion Supreme Coins, he wouldn’t necessarily be able to come up with ten thousand pieces, because that stuff was just too rare!
Zhang Menglong didn’t say anything, he just placed a space storage device onto the counter, "150,000 pieces of Supreme Crystals, check it out."
The formal character’s mouth formed an ’O’ shape in astonishment as the instrument quickly confirmed the specifics of the Supreme Crystals inside.
"Sir, are you really sure you want to pay with Supreme Crystals?" 150,000 pieces of Supreme Crystals, which would absolutely alarm even the City Lord of the Great City of Aiville.
"I’m sure." The number of Supreme Crystals Zhang Menglong carried was nearly 100 million, these 150,000 were just a drop in the bucket for him, so why would he care about a few Supreme Crystals?
"What are you standing around for? Enter the information!" Zhang Menglong gave Lumes and Bai Dao a nudge.
"We get one too?" The two only just realized that Zhang Menglong was paying for the cost of three rooms, not just one room; he had actually bought out three rooms!
In other words, Lumes and Bai Dao had now also become official residents of the Great City of Aiville, something many people could only dream of!
...
Even after entering the room, the two of them were still in shock. But, to be fair, the price of the room was indeed worth it. Not to mention the quality and intelligence level of the room, the entire hotel also continuously provided catering without additional charges—a top-tier hotel, where could the food possibly be bad?
After settling a bit, the three of them left the hotel, as they were not there to enjoy but had important matters to attend to!
"They came out, they came out! Why were those three out for so long?"
"Not sure, maybe they stayed in there for a while to keep face, pretending they actually moved in?"
"Could be, but they’d be embarrassed if they can’t get back in tonight. It’s not allowed to stay overnight inside any business place in the Great City of Aiville!"
"Wait, isn’t that a hotel-exclusive vehicle? I’ve been here for hundreds of years, and that car’s never moved."
"I know this! That car is specifically for prestigious hotel guests, only those staying in the most luxurious rooms have the privilege to use it... And the car stopped in front of them?"
As Zhang Menglong and the other two boarded the car, the onlookers became increasingly astonished. Not only had these three genuinely checked into Aiville Hotel, but they were even staying in the most luxurious rooms!
Some immediately went into the hotel to inquire, but what they learned shocked them even more.
The three guests had actually permanently contracted three luxury suites!
Of course, she didn’t reveal the payment method, which was considered private to the guests.
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Zhang Menglong naturally didn’t consider what kind of shock his actions caused in the Great City of Aiville. Spending 15 million out of a billion Supreme Coins is like a person with ten thousand spending fifteen—would he feel the pinch?
"Brother Zhang, you have so many Supreme Crystals, you could just leave this world straight away, there’s no need to take any more risks!" Lumes advised.
"I could, but I just got here a few days ago, haven’t even had my fill of fun yet, it’d be such a downer to leave now!" Zhang Menglong chuckled, "Besides, my parents also left me a task, telling me to collect more Supreme Crystals before leaving. I’m just getting started!"
The amount of information revealed with Zhang Menglong’s simple remarks was enormous!
Zhang Menglong had been in this world for less than ten days! The Supreme Crystals he just spent would have been enough for thousands of people to leave this dreadful place!
The most crucial information was that it sounded like Zhang Menglong’s parents had come to this world themselves and even reached the Supreme World, otherwise how could they give him such instructions?
In other words, Zhang Menglong had connections above!