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Chapter 481. New Fashion Items
Because of the changes in the Vulcan Domain, the forums are now filled with discussions about the Rose Group.

Financiers frequently appear in various posts and enjoy immense popularity.

Some people are digging into her past, while others are gossiping about her before she joined the Rose Group.

Her appearance even has its own dedicated entry, and it remains at the top of the trending list.

The entire internet was searching for what she looked like without the wig, but of course, there were no results.

Rose Group has immense financial power; all the news about her as a "beautiful strategist" has been completely deleted, as if she had never caused any controversy because of her appearance.

After searching for more than ten days, people finally found only a blurry video, and they didn't know which brand of phone it was filmed with.

In the center of the image, a woman in a white suit is kneeling on the ground, her long hair disheveled and obscuring her face, but her trembling posture exudes a suffocating despair.

The surroundings were a sea of ​​frenzy. Her fans held up their phones, their flashlights aimed at her like a barrage of gunfire, their light sticks waving in a chaotic blur of light, and the cheers almost shattered the screens.

However, this absurd scene took place in front of a solemn and dignified building.
Inside the scene, countless well-dressed men and women, some in sharp black coats and others in elegant white suits, were trapped inside by this fervor.

The group of people wore expressions of elitist reserve and disgust, their brows furrowed as they watched the uninvited guests crowd the entrance, the blinding flashes of light even overshadowing the building itself.

The camera shakily captured only a few security guards forcibly dragging the woman in the white suit away. Only after she disappeared did the frenzied fans swarm after her, the commotion instantly shifting, leaving behind a mess.

The person who posted the video tagged it as being taken at a strategist conference some year, and the woman kneeling on the ground was a financier who was not yet famous.

At that time, she was still working at the TV station. She received an invitation to the Strategist Conference because of her outstanding performance, but was ultimately turned away, leaving her in a sorry state.

Perhaps because the image was too blurry and her face was not clearly visible, the Rose Group did not remove the video.

However, it's clear that the financier didn't have a good life before joining the Rose Group.

Before the apocalypse, academic circles were dominated by academic cliques; after the apocalypse, the strategist circles are also dominated by powerful strategists who monopolize resources.

The means of monopolization are simple and direct; all that is needed is to squeeze out the information resources that strategists need most.

For example, you could ban a strategist from logging onto a certain intelligence website, or ban a strategist from high-level occasions for exchanging intelligence. Without information resources, even the most brilliant strategist is just a smarter ordinary person.

The strategist conference, to put it simply, is a gathering of members of the top strategist circle to exchange information.

To extend a warm invitation to financiers to join, only to turn them away at the door, is an insult to any strategist.

However, all of the past was merely to satisfy people's curiosity.

Regardless of the past, financiers have now reached the pinnacle of the advisory circle.

Besides the extensive coverage of the financiers' exploits, another highly popular news item was...

The middle city has developed a new type of food.

This new crop is somewhere between rice and millet, with pale yellow grains and a soft, glutinous texture.

It has a chewy texture and a naturally sweet grain aroma.

What is most surprising is its survival ability—it is extremely productive and not picky about where it is planted.

It can be grown in saline-alkali soil, and it can even thrive in polluted areas.

The plump ears of rice, laden with strings of golden grains, gleamed brightly against the dim, apocalyptic sky.

Currently, the Central City has entered the final comprehensive testing phase. If all goes well, within three days, this new grain called Golden Rice will sweep away global famine and completely rewrite the underlying logic of human survival.

It is said that Dream Pavilion has taken the lead in reaching a strategic cooperation, not only monopolizing the distribution channels, but also promising zero commission, all to pave the way for this redemption.

While the Central City was bustling with activity in developing new grains, the Rose Group's headquarters in the ordinary world began purchasing large quantities of finely packaged rice and millet.

Perhaps they want to create new fashion items for the wealthy.

Perhaps the intention is to package a bowl of rice as a new luxury item and make it a star attraction at auctions.

In short, Jun Yunqi never misjudges, and Rose Group is always the most accurate investor.

After reading the news, Jiang Jianxin first stroked his chin and glanced at the rice bag in his kitchen.

She made a lot of money cleaning up the contaminated areas, so even during the most chaotic times, she was still able to afford rice.

However, if Rose Group wants to package its organic rice as a high-end luxury product, should she stock up on a few more bags?

The thought that rice, once sold by weight in the market, might one day sit on a crystal display stand at a luxury goods auction made Jiang Jianxin's lips twitch, a kind of absurd, almost comical smile creeping onto his face.

[The answer is the truth. Should I stock up on a few bags of rice, wait for the Rose Group to finish packaging it, drive up the price, and then sell it?]

Jiang Jianxin has now learned how to invest, and working with the Rose Group is clearly a sure way to make money.

It's up to you, but even if you want to stock up on premium rice now, you'll have to buy it at auctions.

The answer was truth.

It was true. Jiang Jian was eager to check the forum and found that although the Dream Pavilion's shops sold grain, most of it was coarse grain.

Jiang Jianxin browsed the forum and saw that there was a grain auction in Haidu recently.

She flipped through the auction display pictures and saw the natural cabbage lying in a jade box and the fine rice served in a gold-inlaid jade bowl.

Before the apocalypse, "cabbage price" meant cheap; now, mentioning "cabbage price" is a symbol of ultimate luxury.

Jiang Jianxin clapped his hands, then suddenly said as if remembering something:

"I've been so busy lately that I've forgotten. At the very beginning of the apocalypse, I think I looted a supermarket. I put everything from the fruit and vegetable section to the daily necessities section into my storage space. Later on, I bought whatever I needed from the Dream Pavilion, so I haven't used these much."

"So many years have passed, and they've finally become ancient relics!"

(End of this chapter)