Chapter 128: Fooling the Ghost

Ning Zhe looked up at the huge white beehive that was rising slowly like a mountain in front of him. Even he couldn't help but feel a wave of emotion in his heart at this moment: "Money printing machine, this nickname is quite appropriate."

"Ji Bochang has obtained a huge amount of funds by offering money to dignitaries to buy their lives for a long time. He used it to support Yunshan Pharmaceutical's research on cloning technology, and the cloned object was himself." Lan Shiwen raised his hand and pointed to the white honeycomb in front of him, and then said: "By selling the lives of a large number of clones to Wutong, Ji Bochang obtained a large amount of copper coins, which he then used to buy his own life."

Simply put, he has been using a fake self to fool ghosts all these years.

"Is that all?" Ning Zhe frowned slightly. "You and I both know the rules of Wutong. The price of buying a life is getting higher and higher, but the price of selling a life is getting lower and lower. If you just clone yourself and sell it for money, after a few transactions, human life will not be worth much."

"You're right, so cloning himself and selling it for money is actually just one of Ji Bo's ways of trying to 'print money'." Lan Shiwen's eyebrows relaxed and a polite smile appeared on his face: "His main source of income is to earn the difference from other people's transactions."

Ning Zhe's eyes narrowed slightly, and he instantly understood what Lan Shiwen was talking about.

"We found a large number of genetic sample backups in Yunshan Pharmaceutical's independent database and physical cold storage. There is no doubt that they do not belong to Ji Bochang, but to Ji Bochang's 'clients'."

Lan Shiwen turned around and faced Ning Zhe, with his back to the white beehive behind him: "As a company, Yunshan Pharmaceutical is large enough that their business scope covers all the nine states in the Central Plains. The beehive base in Yunzhou is only used by Ji Bochang, but the branches in other states may not be. Life is so precious that many people are willing to spend a fortune on it."

The transaction process between Ji Bochang and his "clients" is roughly as follows:
[The first step is for Ji Bochang to list his own calligraphy and paintings at auction houses and other channels, and give a reference price]

To be honest, Ji Bochang's handwriting is quite bad, and his painting skills are only slightly better than Nobita Nobi. Only some old customers and people in the circle who were introduced through private channels by old customers know the true value of these calligraphy and paintings.

[The second step is that the customer spends a huge amount of money to buy Ji Bochang's calligraphy and paintings, and then is invited to Ji Bochang's home. After Ji Bochang personally confirms that the other party is indeed trustworthy, he will hand over the calligraphy and paintings to the other party]

Each of Ji Bochang's paintings and calligraphy that he sold was decorated with red tassels and copper coins, which were his personal symbols. However, few people know that it was not his paintings and calligraphy that made the rich spend a lot of money, but the copper coins hung on the scrolls as "decoration".

[Step 2. High-quality customers who have traded with Ji Bochang more than times will be further invited to the Science and Technology Park in the western suburbs of Yundu to see the Beehive. Here, they will initially learn part of the truth about the money for buying their lives and become real "insiders" and Ji Bochang's core customers.]

[Step 4. Yunshan Pharmaceutical will collect genetic samples from core customers with their consent, and mass produce their clones. After the clones mature in the culture chamber, the core customers will be arranged to meet with Wutong.]

[Step 3. After the core customers sell the lives of their clones to Wutong and receive copper coins, Ji Bochang will take a commission from their earnings. The commission ratio is 7/7, 3 for Ji Bochang and 10 for the customer. For every 7 copper coins that the core customers receive from selling their lives, Ji Bochang will take .]

Hearing this, Ning Zhe already understood how heavy the weight of Ji Bochang's "core customer list" was...

After saying this, the bright smile on Lan Shiwen's face slowly faded away, his expression became a little regretful, and then he said:
"It's a pity that Ji Bochang had already planned for his own death. A week before his death, Yunshan Pharmaceutical had already begun to destroy all work records related to the Hive facility. We only have incomplete genetic data, and we also have Ji Bochang's bank statements and social interactions in recent years, but it is difficult to quickly determine who these genetic samples belong to."

"But it doesn't matter. Now is the information age. Our system can always find out the identity of anyone if they want to. It just takes a little more effort and more reports."

Looking at the serious expression on Lan Shiwen's face, Ning Zhe remained silent for a long time without saying a word.

After a long while, he spoke cautiously, "We can't check everything, right? What if we find out something?"

"You're right. Do you know what I found out recently?" Lan Shiwen asked with a smile.

Ning Zhe shook his head: "I don't want to know at all." "That's not up to you." Lan Shiwen didn't give Ning Zhe a chance to refuse. He said directly: "In the files I am authorized to access, Ji Bochang has been recorded to have died at least 7 times. This is only the part we can find. His actual number of deaths will only be more than 7 times."

Hearing this, Ning Zhe, who was about to leave here immediately, stopped.

"Seven times...?"

An expression of shock froze on Ning Zhe's face, causing him to freeze in place.

This is not right, absolutely not right, and it can even be said that this is impossible!
"The rule of Wutong is to set the price on the spot. Starting from the second transaction, the price of each transaction will be the square of the previous one."

That is a square multiple. No matter how good Ji Bochang is at making money, no matter how much he earns from the price difference from his customers, even if all the cloning machines in Yunshan Pharmaceutical are running at full capacity 24 hours a day to print money for him, Ji Bochang will never be able to afford the high price of buying more than 7 lives for himself.

Because according to Wutong's price increase rules, the price of selling your life to the God of Wealth for the seventh time is about 7 billion copper coins."

The price for buying life for the 8th time is 43 billion x 43 billion.

"Either Ji Bochang has other more efficient ways to print money, or he has found a loophole in the Wutong rules and is using a similar bug-like method to madly make money... Or, the price he paid for his life is not that high at all?"

Ning Zhe smoothed his breathing, not wanting Lan Shiwen to read any emotions from his reaction, and then asked: "What were the causes of Ji Bochang's seven deaths?"

"No comment." Lan Shiwen shrugged. "The strange archives room in Yunzhou is not open to the public for free. If you want to get information, you have to exchange it with something of equal value."

After a pause, Lan Shiwen said, "It's the same with money for buying a life."

"Of course, that's fair." Ning Zhe was not surprised: "Let me guess, you want to know information about Yanglao Village?"

Lan Shiwen nodded.

"I see." Ning Zhe looked around. The dome above the white honeycomb was covered with cameras and surveillance probes. "There is no such thing as a free lunch. I know that. You asked me to come here and reveal the results of your investigation of Ji Bochang's inheritance to me. This is what I wanted from the beginning."

For the Yin family's inheritance.

Lan Shiwen nodded and added: "This place has been fully taken over by our people, so there is no need to worry about eavesdropping."

"Because your people are already recording it, right?"

Ning Zhe lost his temper immediately. He turned his gaze away from the surveillance probe above his head and looked straight into Lan Shiwen's eyes: "Okay, okay... Have you heard of the 'Xiyi Ghost Domain'?"

(End of this chapter)

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