I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 100 Another troublesome little devil (315)

Holding a coconut, Chen Yu sat by the roadside, occasionally taking a sip of coconut water, and then continuing to look at the shopping guide in his hand.

Coconuts aren't free, but you can buy them with just a little bit of magic power, and they taste pretty good.

The shopping guide in her hand was a small magical artifact, designed with magic, which allowed her to see the content she wanted with just a thought.

This small shopping guide possessed such technological capabilities, which made Chen Yu realize that the world outside Tianyuan was actually more advanced than he had imagined.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Mining giants can easily dig up a small mountain, the power of a star lord can easily control multiple areas, and elixirs and spells are even more amazing. It would be unreasonable for these places not to be developed.

But many people still live a very hard life, which only shows that the upper class is not incapable, but rather unwilling and indifferent.

The membership card the elevator operator gave him was officially called a "Registered Dream Maker Membership Card".

In theory, anyone who has posted a dream on the Dream Maker platform and whose work is of acceptable quality can obtain this membership card.

The initial level is Beginner, then Apprentice, Level 2, Level 1, and Expert.

However, due to the regional restrictions, Tianyuan Dream Weavers could not register through official channels, but this has now been made possible.

After becoming a member, you can post your own bounty on the trading platform and ask others to complete your tasks, thus bypassing some restrictions of the regional lock.

Some large corporations also open shops here or place advertisements in shopping guides.

Many shops even offer free trials and free shipping, hoping to influence dreamers to incorporate their products into dreams and thus increase product awareness.

After looking at the relevant membership content for a while, Chen Yu realized that the regional lock was truly heinous.

Many services that would normally be normal have become rare due to the existence of regional locks.

Some star deities have prepared various benefits to attract believers, but due to regional restrictions, these benefits are no longer available.

However, what angered Chen Yu the most was that the regional lock prevented him from spending money properly and caused him to suffer several infuriating incidents. This made him decide to give the Changsheng Prefecture Cultivator Committee a taste of its own medicine when he had the chance.

Even more insidious than regional locks are trade locks and secondary trade locks.

This kind of thing usually happens between large conglomerates and individuals, companies, or regions.

In order to sanction the other party, large conglomerates will announce that they and all their subsidiaries will not trade with the other party, thereby achieving the purpose of suppressing the other party.

The second-level trade lock goes a step further: any individual, company, or region that trades with the other party is prohibited from trading with itself.

With these two measures in place, the situation has become extremely close to war, a fight to the death.

After reviewing several cases of trade locks, Chen Yu shook his head and sighed, lamenting that capitalists were truly heinous.

Fortunately, I am not.

With a sigh, Chen Yu drank the seemingly endless coconut water and continued reading the booklet in his hand.

The booklet in my hand has only two pages, but as my thoughts flow, the content on it will change accordingly, revealing what the reader wants to see.

If the reader doesn't have a particularly strong preference, the ads will play on a loop, and then, based on the reader's gaze, the ads will gradually shift in the direction that interests the reader.

Without making a specific choice, Chen Yu looked around for a while and found that the advertisements here were all quite bizarre.

[A new spiritual root, rated 60 points, can survive hydroponics, requires low spiritual energy concentration, can generate magical power on its own when placed at home, can be taught if needed, fixed price 98,000.]

Seven recent college graduates, all jobs lasting only one year, 60% new. Contact for a face-to-face meeting if interested.

[Ancient Ghost Cultivator Blind Box, unopened, random contents, negotiable, 8,000 each.]

[A Golden Core cultivator's toenails, soakable in water, with a certificate, face-to-face discussion possible.]

[A mythical beast egg, 99% chance of turning into a cat, 1% chance of turning into a Bai Ze, fixed price 180,000. Consider it a scam, just buy one.] [New Dreamland "My Factory" screws, each can be played three times, single price 50, strategy guide included.]

[Painless moral cultivation process; details cannot be documented to avoid detection by the "Daily Travel God" (a term used to describe someone who exploits online scams). Price negotiable.]

……

Besides the bizarre advertisements, the scalpers are also being a bit arrogant, daring to sell screws from their own factory for fifty yuan. It seems they have to keep increasing production.

Although increasing production would allow the factory to make money and reduce its debt, this loss is insignificant in order to crack down on scalpers.

Moreover, many things on it felt a bit strange, leaving Chen Yu unsure how to spend his money.

After all, he just wanted to spend money, not act like a fool.

After watching the advertisement, Chen Yu began to read the contents.

By focusing on the keywords "Fire Virtue Star Lord" and "Heavenly Origin Cultivator," he saw things that interested him appear on the guide.

"The newspaper, *Industrial Daily*, costs 3,600 yuan a month, one copy a day... Is this newspaper made of gold, or is the postman made of gold?"

"The Factory Owner's Guide is full of tips and tricks that can keep workers loyal even without paying wages."

"The Art of Fines: From being late for work to failing to meet performance targets, you can find all the types of fines you want to know here."

"The Zombie and Ghost Repair Guide: With these two types of workers becoming increasingly common, it's time to learn how to create and utilize them. Reading this book will allow you to turn one worker into two, then only pay one worker's salary, while also collecting the land occupation fees for the Human Emperor's Flag and the body's repair costs. What are you waiting for?"

Seeing this, Chen Yu breathed a sigh of relief, calmed himself down, and managed to suppress the urge to kill the writers.

Damn it, why are all the authors under Huode Xingjun like this?
Shouldn't your backs be on the side of the workers? Why are you kneeling so thoroughly, bowing directly to the capitalists?
With someone like that around, how can the factory be managed properly?

And all of them are designed to save you money, but none of them are designed to make you spend money?
Adding the condition of spending money, Chen Yu saw that there was only one book inside: "Don't Spend Money on Workers".

Closing the guide, Chen Yu took a deep breath and decided to buy the puppets, then proceed to beat up the authors of those books.

Just as Chen Yu was having a headache, someone walked up to him and stood behind him, saying, "Chen Yu, what are you struggling with?"

Turning his head, Chen Yu subconsciously wanted to say "Hello, teacher," but he stopped himself before the words were even out of his mouth.

Dao Lingyun, clad in a Daoist robe, stood behind him, her tall figure impossible to conceal even in the loose robe.

Her expression remained aloof, but there was a hint of a smile in her eyes, as if she were happy to see an old friend.

Seeing Dao Lingyun, Chen Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

I was just about to ask if they could help me pick out some things when I remembered that we had only exchanged names at a previous conference and hadn't been in touch recently.

Just as he was considering whether to speak, Dao Lingyun came over, tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear, and looked at the guide in Chen Yu's hand, asking, "Chen Yu, are you planning to buy something?"

"Yes, senior, I'm preparing..."

I am sixteen years old.

"I'm going to... what?"

Dao Lingyun straightened the hem of her clothes and sighed with dissatisfaction, "I wanted to say this last time: I am actually only sixteen years old. I am neither a senior nor a teacher."

"Then how did you..."

"The reason is a bit complicated and hard to explain, but anyway, that's how big I've gotten. Okay, since I'm younger than you, is it okay for me to call you senior brother? Senior brother, what do you want to buy?"

Seeing Dao Lingyun's three-millimeter-thick smile, Chen Yu felt that the other party was also a troublesome little devil.

(End of this chapter)