Chapter 8 Experience Store Location Selection
The next morning, Chen She took Zhang Sirui and two rebel soldiers disguised as employees in an ordinary commercial bulletproof car to investigate the location of the Super Dream Experience Store.
Of course, before leaving, Chen She asked Zhang Sirui about the safety of this trip for safety reasons.
The answer he got was that it was basically foolproof.
On the one hand, although armed conflicts often broke out in the wilderness in this world, it was relatively safe in a big city like Liming City. There would be no large-scale armed conflicts, only some violent crimes by small gangsters.
And Zhang Sirui's combat power was at least four or five levels higher than these small gangsters who had just been injected with genetic drugs and transformed their bodies.
Before these people wanted to threaten Chen She, Zhang Sirui's gun had already locked on them.
Of course, some big chaebols, such as the Fujido Group, have some masters, but at present these chaebols have no substantial conflicts with the Chen Group.
Under the protection of the "Enterprise Special Law", the possibility of the Chen Group being attacked and plotted against in Liming City without declaration is extremely low.
This is also why Fujido Yuki dared to personally go to the Chen Group headquarters to discuss cooperation.
However, for the sake of safety, Chen She did not take the more convenient floating car, but took a business bulletproof car.
For most consortiums, the floating car serves as a facade and can show the strength of the consortium.
These floating cars are very beautiful in appearance and very fast. The only disadvantage is that they are expensive.
Not only is the vehicle itself expensive, but most floating cars need to add a certain amount of space-time particles as fuel. During normal driving, they also burn much more money than ordinary vehicles.
Companies that can afford floating cars are not small players.
But Chen She’s current goal is to keep a low profile and try not to be too ostentatious.
Chen She believes that the biggest threat to him now is not those small hooligans and street gangs who are insurgents for money, but real big chaebols like Fujido Group.
So it’s better to keep a low profile.
Although it is a business bulletproof car, the vehicles in this world are also obviously different from the vehicles in Chen She’s previous life.
In addition to thicker armor and better safety performance, almost all vehicles in this world are equipped with high-level automatic driving functions, and generally do not require human intervention during normal driving.
Of course, the driver's seat still retains the corresponding configurations such as steering wheel, accelerator and brake. This is mainly to facilitate the members in the car to take over the vehicle by themselves in some special circumstances.
The genetic technology and mechanical prosthetic modification technology in this world are relatively developed. Some people will have very high driving skills after being modified.
Chen She looked out the window. This was the first time he left the Chen Group headquarters since he crossed over.
The location of the Chen Group headquarters is on the edge of the No. 3 satellite city of Liming City. It is necessary to pass through the expressway connecting Liming City and the satellite city to go to the outskirts of Liming City.
Chen She once had a doubt: Why are most of the population in this world concentrated in a few large cities, while the wilderness seems to contain endless dangers?
Yesterday he carefully checked the relevant information and finally figured out the answer to this question.
Chen She looked at his bracelet. The time on it showed that it was Saturday, February 8, 153 of the Silver Star Calendar.
153 years ago, most places in the world experienced a huge change that was later called "space-time activity".
Time snow fell from the sky, which would accelerate the passage of time and the corrosion of materials. Many space-time cracks and dangerous space-time creatures also appeared.
The entire human society suffered a catastrophe. The survivors protected the super-large cities through a special energy shield, and the areas that could not be protected were quickly corroded by the time snow.
In just over 100 years, the city turned into ruins, and then from the ruins into a vast snowfield!
However, this violent space-time fluctuation also naturally produced space-time particles with special properties in the wilderness, which profoundly changed the technology tree of the entire world.
Humans began to properly use this resource, allowing technology to develop rapidly, and many large cities were rebuilt.
Most of the current large cities are not the original cities, but were built by humans in places where space-time activities were relatively less intense after the emergence of space-time activities.
When naming these cities, they naturally also placed some good wishes.
For example, Dawn City is actually the largest city closest to the southeast end of the entire northern continent, because you can see the sun earlier.
So people named it Dawn City, hoping that the dawn of mankind can come sooner.
Taking Dawn City as an example, human settlements on the old land can be roughly divided into three levels.
The first level is a super-large city like Dawn City, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, and the innermost rich area is the safest place in the entire old land.
The second level is the major satellite cities around Dawn City. Although these satellite cities are relatively small in scale, they can be connected to Dawn City through various main roads.
It’s just that because they are close to the periphery, they are more likely to be harassed by external armed forces or space-time creatures.
The third level is various peripheral settlements closer to the wilderness.
These peripheral settlements can only use very simple means to prevent the erosion of time snow. They are often attacked, but for many wanderers, the peripheral settlements are freer and can easily obtain time and space particles and sell them to major consortiums in the city.
Although those wanderers in the wilderness live a precarious life, they also think that their lives are much better than those of the homeless in the big city.
The headquarters of the Chen Consortium is located on the edge of the No. 3 satellite city of Liming City. In the No. 3 satellite city, it is also an important consortium.
This location is just right for the rebels. Although Liming City is good, every inch of land is worth a lot of money. Not to mention that the land price is too expensive, it may also restrict their hands and feet, and all kinds of activities are easily monitored.
The headquarters in the No. 3 satellite city is convenient for entering Liming City and going to the wilderness.
Kill two birds with one stone!
Chen She looked at the distant sky.
Before, when he was in the Chen Group, he thought that the blue in the sky was because the technology tree of this world was different, so the environmental protection was better. Now he found that the blue was the color of the energy shield above the city.
The more he understood these contents, the more Chen She felt that the water in this world was very deep, and he couldn't help but worry deeply about his safety.
After learning that there were some strong people in this world who surpassed traditional cognition, Chen She considered whether to find a way to improve his personal combat power.
According to a small part of his memory that he had recovered again, Chen She knew that the original owner was once a very powerful resistance fighter.
He seemed to be a powerful superpower who could control objects with his will and even block bullets.
But the problem was that the accident that happened later caused the original owner to fall into a coma, and after Chen She crossed over, he found that he seemed to have no ability in this regard. He is now no different from a relatively strong ordinary person.
This made Chen She feel that his problem was either a problem that could be recovered naturally, or a very difficult problem to solve.
So after considering it, he decided to put this matter aside for the time being.
After all, he is not facing a huge safety danger now, and this kind of thing cannot be rushed. It is better to consider it after the most urgent matter is almost dealt with.
The distance between Satellite City No. 3 and Liming City is not very far, and the speed of the business car is also very fast. After just over half an hour, Chen She has seen the outer scene of Liming City at the end of the highway.
This is a huge and magnificent city. The large number of dense skyscrapers gives Chen She the feeling that it is more prosperous than any super-large city in his previous life.
After all, although the big cities in Chen She's previous life are expensive, the land resources are always much more abundant than this world. Except for individual landmark buildings, there is no need to build all the buildings so high.
But this world is different. The energy on the old land covers such a large area. In the case of being unable to develop more big cities and more satellite cities, these big cities can only develop inward and build higher and higher buildings.
Although the cause is very tragic, from the result, these cities do show a prosperous scene of luxury with the blessing of high technology.
After Zhang Sirui clicked a few times on the holographic projection of his bracelet, he brought up a thumbnail map of the entire Liming City.
"Mr. Chen, three addresses have been selected so far. The first two are in the inner city of Liming City, and the third is in a relatively peripheral place."
"Relatively speaking, I prefer the second one."
Holographic projection can show the whole picture of Liming City in a three-dimensional way, and distinguish different urban areas by color.
Chen She just took a rough look and figured out the characteristics of the three locations.
Super-large cities like Liming City are becoming more and more prosperous from the outside to the inside.
It is natural that the rich area occupies the best position.
A large number of refugees will pour into the periphery of Liming City, and for humanitarian considerations, the Liming City Council certainly cannot drive these people to the wilderness to die.
So in fact, there are a large number of slums on the periphery of Liming City. Many poor people and homeless people survive here with difficulty, and the security conditions are very poor.
In the middle layer, the situation is relatively better, economic activities are more prosperous, and many commercial centers have emerged.
But the public security is still not good, and there are often gang activities and various criminal incidents.
Only the inner city area in the center has the best public security and the most prosperous economy. However, the inner city area will be strictly restricted, and not everyone can enter casually.
The first two of the three locations selected by Zhang Sirui are in the inner city area in the center, which can be said to be the economic center of the entire Liming City. It is prosperous and wealthy, with the most wealthy people.
Opening the experience store here will undoubtedly play the best publicity role for Lishan Technology's Super Dream.
The third address is in the outer area of the inner city.
Although it is not deep into the slums and has a certain economic foundation, the number of residents in this area is large, but the consumption capacity is not that high, and gang activities are frequent, and the public security is very general.
Chen She thought about it seriously, and then said: "Choose the third one."
In fact, he decided on this location without much hesitation.
There are two reasons.
First, he actually doesn't want Lishan Technology's Super Dream to become popular, because once it becomes popular and makes money, it means that the rebels can get sufficient or even excessive military funds in a short period of time, and then they will die!
Second, this experience store is not only a window to promote Lishan Technology Super Dream, but also a shelter for Chen She's cunning rabbit three burrows plan.
Chen She considered that if the identity of the rebels was exposed, the corporate coalition army would inevitably besiege the headquarters of the Chen Group, and if he was in the experience store, he could escape in time under the protection of Zhang Sirui and others.
If the experience store was in the inner city, it would be quite inconvenient to escape.
Although the third location has some frequent gang activities and crimes such as gang fights in the outer area, the combat power of the rebels can definitely guarantee Chen She's safety.