Darkstone Code-Chapter 741 - 0739 Minor Accident

The "Ledu Daily" is a newspaper from the Gafura Empire famous for its "entertainment," referred to as the moral sewer by men of virtue, yet for many who pursue pleasure, it serves as a guiding light.

Though its reputation isn’t good, its sales aren’t low, especially their "Monthly New Talent Rankings" and "Quarterly New Talent Rankings," lauded by gentlemen as "must-read happiness guides."

They select the new call girls debuting each quarter based on guest reviews, showcasing and evaluating them comprehensively to choose the winners.

Once someone becomes a quarterly new talent, it undoubtedly brings significant fame and fortune; reaching that level means they’re no longer just a call girl, but have the opportunity to enter the upper middle class, becoming a famous socialite.

Many girls unwilling to work hard develop in this direction; even if they can’t become a quarterly new talent, showing their face even once means business won’t be bad.

But a lawful job shouldn’t mock these legitimate workers; workers aren’t divided into noble or inferior!

In this user competition era, many boundaries are blurred, and if a major news story breaks, even if the newspaper has some reservations... it can bring more attention and subscriptions to the newspaper.

Those who’ve never read the "Ledu Daily" won’t discard it after picking up a paper; as long as they glance at other content, even if they’re a Priest, a missionary, as long as they’re male, there’s a high chance they’ll rebuy.

This is a rare opportunity, the editor immediately realized it, after sitting down, he picked up a handkerchief to wipe the tea-wet beard, then picked up the phone.

This level of news needs final confirmation from the newspaper president, even the nobles behind the newspaper need confirmation.

Less than twenty minutes later, the president arrived at the newspaper office, accompanied by a young man of apparent status and a stern-faced middle-aged man.

"Where’s the evidence?", the president, without much small talk, called the young newspaper staff to his office, requesting him to present the evidence.

The young newspaper staff hesitated no longer, opened the tightly held briefcase in his arms, and pulled out an archival folder.

The president divided the documents from the archival folder into pieces, handing them to those beside him, and while reading, asked, "How did you obtain this evidence?"

After a period of waiting, the young newspaper staff had calmed down, he began to narrate the cause of this bizarre experience.

"I was following a newcomer all along, the editor knows..."

People’s gaze turned to the editor, he nodded, explaining, "In September, a girl joined the new talent election, we’ve been following these girls, but a few days ago, this girl disappeared."

"Guests reported being unable to contact the girl through methods provided by our newspaper, so I sent him to check on the girl, to see if something happened, we could offer help if necessary." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Everyone nodded, acknowledging that although call girls are a lawful profession, they are also a vulnerable group, and sometimes the "Ledu Daily" provides help within its capacity.

Such as legal consultation or assistance, short-term loans, etc.

Generally, new talents don’t easily go missing, and losing contact means no opportunity to be ranked, so the newspaper’s action seems normal to the president.

He once again looked at the young newspaper staff, who continued, "I found the girl through various methods, she was hiding, and she said she overheard a client discussing serious matters about Yuanrong Capital on the phone."

"While eavesdropping, she made noises that alerted the client, and then she was nearly kidnapped..."

The silent young man raised his hand to interrupt him, "Can you find that client?"

The young newspaper staff shook his head, "Phone calls are anonymous, anyone can dial that number, that client could be anyone."

"The girl told me it was quite late at night, very dark, she couldn’t clearly remember that person’s appearance, and because it was so late, she barely escaped that person’s pursuit."

"After learning about this, I felt that it’s a big news story, you know, recently people have been talking about everything related to Yuanrong Capital."

Everyone in the office nodded, Yuanrong Capital is too hot, anyone early on buying its stocks has doubled their assets, making it impossible not to discuss it.

The young newspaper staff continued, "Then I found a ship, applied for a business trip, and went to the gold mine Yuanrong Capital mentioned, slightly farther from us, everything I found is now in your hands."

"Over there, some people discovered me, they had no intention of letting me return...", the young newspaper staff said, lifting his clothing.

It was summer, he dressed lightly, and lifting his clothing revealed a bandaged left side abdomen, with the bandages faintly tinged with red.

"They shot at me and hit me; fortunately, my camera helped me, I didn’t stay, rushed back all along."

Though his narrative wasn’t elaborate, people in the room could already feel the thrilling ordeal.

"This is murder, a scandal!", the editor added, looking at the newspaper president and young man.

They began seriously reviewing the materials in their hands, the young newspaper staff’s logic wasn’t significantly problematic, and it was normal for young people to have a strong sense of justice, and working as a reporter, having adequate sensitivity is also normal.

Many big cases are often first reported by the media.

The desire of journalists and media to become famous makes them overlook certain dangers, even if those dangers might threaten their lives.

The materials describe a gold mine, summarizing that this gold mine has been out of production for a long time, but not long ago, a group of foreigners bought it and started production again.

But production stopped again shortly afterward and never restarted.

The newspaper staff doesn’t need young people’s guesses; the chief and the young can roughly guess the reason.

It’s nothing but employing local labor which couldn’t hide the fact that the mine can’t produce gold; although the foreigners have power and influence, the locals unitedly couldn’t stop some rumors from spreading, so they simply stopped completely.

After stopping work, the locals wouldn’t pay attention here; they probably would think this foreign boss is a bit silly and then focus their attention elsewhere.

But what no one expected was that at this time, a fearless, fame-seeking reporter went over.

"I’ve finished reading the materials, come with me..." The young man beside the chief packed up the materials and handed them to a middle-aged man who should be an assistant, looked at the young reporter from the newspaper, and said, "You’re going to be famous!"

Nothing can motivate a young person more than these words; the young reporter from the newspaper instantly became excited; he was really going to be famous.

A few minutes later, the young man left with the young newspaper reporter by car; this matter still needs to be operated on to maximize benefits.

There is not complete harmony among nobles; in the past, wars often broke out among nobles, often beating each other’s brains out.

In modern society, nobles no longer hold power and soldiers; their conflicts have turned from wars to wealth battles, but this is silly because most nobles have deep-rooted family wealth, not easily attacked.

If you can knock your opponent down, your loss must also be significant, which is why it creates the illusion that noble battles are relatively restrained.

Everyone will stop after a bout, rarely resulting in bloody situations.

But once there is such an opportunity, in a case where not much of their own loss is required, yet making the opponent hurt financially, they won’t mind hitting hard!

The vehicle quickly merged into the traffic and disappeared; in the café across the newspaper office, a guest who seemed to be killing time stood up, walked into the phone booth by the roadside.

He took out two coins and inserted them into the public phone’s coin slot, picked up the phone, and dialed a number.

After a few rings, the phone was picked up, but there was no sound from the other side.

Both sides maintained silence; the man in the phone booth looked at the watch on his wrist, and after thirty seconds, he said, "The fish has taken the bait."

After saying, he hung up the phone.

Friday is a good day, which means the weekend is near; just hold on a bit longer, and relaxation can be gained.

The Empire Exchange began its normal operations. As the gate opened, traders surged in, and the entire Gafura financial market transitioned from extreme quietness to extreme activity.

The noise made everyone working there genuinely feel a sense of kinship; the curses, oaths, laughter, and various blended sounds are named the symphony of "Wealth Ambition."

Richard arranged for people to keep an eye on the exchange. The next period is very important; as long as they get through it, their wealth can soar again, followed by a calm departure.

Recently, there has been an increase in the number of people purchasing Gold Certificates; everyone believes they can leave smoothly as they planned.

The guy eating the toast and fish fillet stared unblinkingly at the bulletin board; now the price of Yuanrong Capital is stable, with small turnover, rising steadily.

When he leaves, he must first return to the Federation; he’s had enough of the food here; everything relates to fish, wanting to eat a delicious steak requires advance reservation!

Most farms in Gafura are noble estates; they only provide beef for their main family.

Other than that, the beef mostly comes from imports, which implies expensive.

Many restaurants supplying top-grade beef require reserving a spot three to four days in advance to eat delicious beef, unlike the Federation.

In the Federation, the beef simply sits obediently in the supermarket freezer, and if you want to eat something, just put it in the shopping basket and take it home!

While he was distracted, some traders began to display subtle strange expressions.

On the bulletin board, the price of Yuanrong Capital also started to fluctuate.