Police officer Chen Shu

Upon reaching the seventh floor, as the elevator doors opened, Xiao Zhao, wearing a green ID badge, swaggered out.

Two soldiers in the park were leaning against the wall smoking. One of them glanced at Xiao Zhao's green identification tag, then turned back to continue their conversation.

To the left of the elevator lobby is the casino. Through the transparent glass door, you can see a real-life scene of online female dealers dealing cards. Each workstation is staffed by two people: one is the dealer who deals the cards with her face on display, and the other is the technician who operates the computer backend.

On the right is a scene-based exhibition hall, with individual rooms deliberately decorated to resemble specific scenes. In addition to offices of judicial organs such as police stations, courts, and interrogation rooms, there are even hospital registration counters and operating rooms.

The main selling point is authenticity.

Xiao Zhao only knew that Zhang Yang was on the seventh floor, but he had no idea where Zhang Yang worked, since it was his first time going upstairs.

Ding dong.

The glass door of the scene hall on the right opened, and several men escorted a bald, burly man out.

"Let me tell you, those card games, futures trading platforms, and cryptocurrency trading platforms are all outdated. Look at the fireworks display over there last night, how exciting was it? Live streaming!"

"Now we need to do live streaming, live streaming, you know? If you figure this out, money will fly into our pockets like a strong wind."

“People in China believe this now, they think it’s real! Whether it’s recruiting people, fake orders, or even engaging in pornography, it all has to start with live streaming.”

"When I have some free time tonight, I need to have a chat with the big boss. We have to get this live streaming thing up and running as soon as possible, otherwise if other companies start messing around with it, we'll only be left with scraps..."

"Wait, stop right there!"

The bald, burly man who came out was the manager of the floor where Xiao Zhao was located. When he saw his subordinate running up to the seventh floor alone, he realized something was wrong and immediately shouted and ran over.

Xiao Zhao shuddered and had no choice but to stand.

"How did you get up here, kid? This is..." The bald man snatched the green ID tag hanging around Xiao Zhao's neck, flipped it over, and exclaimed, "Zhang Chaonian? How did his ID tag end up in your hands? Holy crap, you trying to run away?"

Without thinking, the bald man kicked Xiao Zhao, sending him flying into a corner. The thugs following behind him immediately rushed over, one of them already looking around for a suitable tool.

Having witnessed the thugs' methods, Xiao Zhao immediately raised his hands and shouted, "He gave it to me himself! I didn't run away! If I were running away, I wouldn't be running upstairs! Why would I go to the seventh floor?"

The bald man thought it made sense, and with a wave of his hand, his thugs retreated.

What are you doing up here?

"Brother Xia sent me to find someone."

Looking at the red ID badge hanging on the bald man's chest, Xiao Zhao suddenly remembered that Li Xia also had a red badge. The two were of the same rank, so he should give him some face.

"Damn it, what a big shot! You've only been here a few days and you already dare to boss around my people!" the bald man cursed, raising his right foot as if to stomp down. Little Zhao was so frightened that he quickly covered his head.

"Hmph! I wonder if we'll even see the sun tomorrow after tonight." The bald man was clearly hesitant and ultimately didn't step on the elevator, instead snorting and leading his men into the elevator.

The green ID card that could be used to swipe a card was naturally taken away as well.

Xiao Zhao touched his throbbing ribs, then slowly slid down the cold tiles and sat on the ground.

He didn't know what to do next. Without his card, he couldn't go anywhere and could only sit at the elevator entrance and wait for Zhang Yang to get off work.

Fortunately, the two soldiers showed no interest in what was happening and continued chatting and eating sunflower seeds.

Several hours later, it gradually got dark.

As the elevator doors opened again, Li Xia stepped out.

"Hey, Xiao Zhao, why are you sitting on the ground?"

"Brother Xia? What brings you here?"

"I need to discuss something with Zhang Yang. Shouldn't you be working downstairs?"

“I also came up here to look for Sister Yang, but I don’t know where she is.”

Li Xia smiled, walked over to the scene gallery, swiped his card, and led Xiao Zhao inside to a transparent office with a "Court" sign hanging on the outside. Through the glass, Xiao Zhao saw Zhang Yang, dressed in a judge's robe, facing the camera with a serious expression. His mouth was moving, and it was unclear what he was saying, but the final strike of the gavel was quite authoritative.

Seeing that filming had temporarily stopped inside, Li Xia opened the door and went in first, then waved to the outside. Everyone except Zhang Yang obediently left the room.

Zhang Yang nodded to Li Xia as a greeting, and when he saw Xiao Zhao following behind, his eyes immediately showed more concern.

She walked quickly to Xiao Zhao's side, looked him up and down, patted her chest which even the wide judge's robe couldn't conceal, and let out a long sigh.

"Xiao Zhao, are you alright?"

Thanks to Li Xia, Xiao Zhao has been treated like one of the family members since entering the park, at least he hasn't been beaten too badly, but getting food has been a real problem.

If I hadn't happened to run into Li Xia at noon today, I would have been hungry for another half a day. Perhaps, just like that guard who was eating sunflower seeds said, by tomorrow, I might actually be crawling on the ground licking food.

When Zhang Yang brought this up, Xiao Zhao, though not hungry, instinctively patted her stomach and hesitantly asked, "Sister Yang, do you have any instant noodles here?"

"Let's go buy some food."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yang went to the table to retrieve his ID card, then pulled Xiao Zhao towards the door. Before leaving, Xiao Zhao glanced back at him.

The large national emblem hanging on the wall didn't look quite right in the sunlight streaming through the window, and it even seemed a little crooked.

Following Zhang Yang, we turned a few corners and arrived at a small shop. The place was small, but the goods were really dazzling, filling the shelves and even the aisle.

"Sister Yang, you even have a convenience store here?"

"Hehe, we also have a tea room, gym and billiards room for our employees. Apart from the fact that the work isn't very good, the facilities are really nice."

"real or fake?"

"Haha, it's both true and false. We occasionally use these places for work, like shooting videos and stuff."

Xiao Zhao was somewhat surprised, thinking that the treatment on the seventh floor was too good. On the fourth floor, where they did dog pushing, there were only offices and toilets. Where could they find so many nice places?

Thinking about it this way, Xiao Zhao roughly understood why the managers on the fourth floor had come to the seventh floor. He had thought it was for work, but it turned out they were here to relax.

Standing to the side, Li Xia also remarked, "At first glance, someone who doesn't know better would think this is a CBD office in China."

As they were talking, Zhang Yang bought a lot of food for Xiao Zhao, including instant noodles, sausages, and drinks, all of which were common brands in China.

It filled two large bags to the brim.

Zhang Yang handed the magnetic card to the waiter, and with a beep, a small speaker on the table emitted a mechanical female voice.

"Spend 1,170 yuan, balance."

"and many more!"

Xiao Zhao looked shocked, held the large bag in his hand to his head, and asked with wide eyes, "Sister Yang, this is all you have, and it costs over a thousand? Is this a pig butchering scam?"

puff.

Zhang Yang was amused and pointed at Xiao Zhao, saying with a smile, "Xiao Zhao, you've adapted pretty quickly. Well, just treat this place like a 5A-level scenic spot, that's the price."

Li Xia stuffed four more packs of Zhonghua cigarettes into the bag: "Call everyone you meet 'brother,' I'll stuff them in one pack at a time, don't be stingy, if you don't have enough, just ask me for more."

Just then, the mechanical female voice announcing "eight thousand yuan" rang out again in the convenience store, but Xiao Zhao was already pretty tired of hearing it.

Being in a foreign country, these two truly treated him like a younger brother, and didn't care about money at all.

Oh, it's not money.

in the country, people use RMB.

And here, piglets naturally use piglet coins. (End of Chapter)