No, let alone anything else, the key to the problem is:
Aren't you an Extraordinary of the "lawful" path? Why are you so skilled at asking for bribes?
And what value should I give as a bribe?
I have absolutely no experience!
Thoughts flashed through one after another. Graylint thought for two or three seconds and quickly came up with a countermeasure:
"No, Lieutenant General, in every sense of the word, I can be a 'bribe', a 'bribe' that satisfies everyone."
This means:
Ask Darnell to declare his Extraordinary Sequence level as Sequence 7, and he will give a bribe that satisfies the other party.
But he was still not sophisticated enough, and he even added "in every sense of the word" in a superfluous way, forgetting that even he himself could hear Darnell's overtones, so how could a veteran like him not understand him?
mean?
Fortunately, Darnell didn't mind the somewhat straightforward wording.
He originally gave him a reminder because of Gray Lint's identity and wealth. He was eager to get some benefits from him, and he was almost not prepared to lose face. In order to be able to get some benefits from him before leaving his job.
Be greedy for a fortune.
He nodded clearly and said:
"That's good!"
"In this case, of course I will not be stingy about giving you young people a chance to practice. Anyway, we people are already old and have no pursuit of power, extraordinary things, etc. We just want to buy things in Backlund
I will buy some real estate, buy some manors for my retirement, and spend my future time with my wife and children."
These words were beautifully said, but in fact they were just to tell Gray Lint what he wanted.
After all, he is getting older and is about to leave his position as deputy director of the Southern Continent. He has no intention to devote himself to promotion through the extraordinary path, so what he pursues is nothing more than wealth and real estate that can be used to generate wealth.
"Old man, he seems to be quite serious, but he is really greedy. He always wants houses and land...Didn't Russell spread the maxim of 'when you reach old age and your energy is exhausted, you should give up being greedy'?
?"
After slandering the two people in one sentence, Gray Lint's mind suddenly broadened:
"Oh? Is that so? Lieutenant General, I happen to have a small villa in the West District that I want to sell. I wonder if you are interested in taking a look?
If you are satisfied with it, I can give you an 'internal price'."
He was thinking of the fact that when he first came to the Southern Continent, the other party sold him the "Alien Pocket Watch" for 5,000 pounds, so on the one hand it was for bribery, and on the other hand he might not have the idea of returning the favor to him.
If you are willing to rent out the West End villa in Gray Lint, the annual rent will be around 1,100 pounds. Although there are neither famous paintings nor antiques there, and there are not those exquisite bone china saucers and gold-inlaid tableware. But it
It is large enough, with four floors and more than twenty rooms, as well as stables, servants' rooms, etc. In addition, there are many lords, from baron to baron, and a large number of wealthy businessmen living around it.
And it still has a 56-year lease term, so its value is roughly around 60,000 pounds.
Of course, it was impossible for Graylingt to directly bribe Darnell with such a large sum of money, and presumably he did not have the guts to accept it directly, so Graylingt's plan was to sell it to Darnell at a discount from the "internal price"
.In this way, not only does he not need to actually use money for bribes, but he can also get a large sum of cash back, and all he has to pay is a villa that is of little significance to him.
Sure enough, Darnell was very tempted by this and couldn't wait to ask:
"What kind of villa is it?"
But after listening to Gray Linte's account, he became embarrassed - the reason for the embarrassment was very simple. He really wanted to buy this villa, but he couldn't afford so much money.
This does not mean that his total wealth is insufficient, but that he cannot raise so much cash.
After roughly describing the situation of this villa, Gray Lint considered it for a while and made a quotation with a smile:
"If you want, I can give you a 30% discount, but you have to bear the corresponding tax."
It sounds like a discount of about 18,000 pounds, which is very exaggerated. But in fact, this account cannot be calculated like this, because the tax on large-scale real estate transactions in Lun is very heavy, and these high-priced properties are not particularly easy to obtain.
In some cases, Backlund may not be able to complete a similar transaction even once a year.
His offer made Darnell even more excited. He originally thought that Gray Linte would give him a discount of several thousand pounds as a bribe at most, but he did not expect that the Viscount would be so generous.
This made it even harder for him to refuse!
He pondered for more than ten seconds before saying:
"Although I have to say that I am very tempted by your proposal. But I still think that we should think more before making every decision.
But no matter what, I feel your sincerity to satisfy everyone."
Done!
Gray Linte nodded obediently and responded:
"This is as it should be. I have always admired your rationality."
Then just when he was about to say goodbye and leave, Darnell asked additional questions:
"By the way, are you still craving powerful magical items?"
What's the meaning?
Are you planning to trade magical items for more than 40,000 pounds? You shouldn’t be. This price is not even close to a demigod-level item, and far exceeds a fifth-level magical item in the sequence.
After a moment of confusion, he answered quickly and firmly:
"certainly."
After thinking for a moment, he added:
"If you have a more powerful magical item, I can make up the price difference."
Darnell obviously hesitated:
"Okay, you can rest where you were last time. I want to think about it carefully."
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After leaving Darnell, Gray Lint couldn't help but think about "bribery".
"Obviously it is the 'arbitrator' path that symbolizes 'lawfulness', why is Darnell so skilled at asking for bribes?"
This cannot simply be explained by character, because behavior that deviates from the core of the extraordinary path may cause the magic potion to backfire, or even directly cause people to lose control. Moreover, when extraordinary people digest the magic potion, the magic potion also affects the extraordinary person.
character.
Therefore, Darnell's behavior, to a certain extent, should be considered to be in line with the core of the extraordinary path.
He is used to working backwards from higher sequences:
"By the way, an interesting point is that whether it is the 'Judge' who maintains order or the 'Black Emperor' who distorts order, their counterparts in the past were both called 'Disordered Ones' and 'Shadows of Order', it seems.
Negative meaning? It's not just as simple as 'controlling order', but also includes the meaning of 'destroying order' or at least 'having the potential to destroy order'?
Moreover, the name of the complete source of matter in that strange space is also 'World of Order', which sounds like it simply means 'Controlling Order'... but its corresponding old name is 'Son of Chaos'.
This shows what?"
As a new "Son of Chaos", Gray Lint certainly knows the core of this old title without a doubt:
Chaos breeds order, and order brings its own shadow.
"But, why? Why does order have to be with the shadows?... If I can completely control the 'world of order', then as long as I don't want to, order can be eternal. Why does it have to be with the shadows?"
He still couldn't figure out this problem yet.
However, after thinking about it, Glerint realized something clearly from Trunsoest's behavior of tampering with the underlying rules, that is:
Whether they are "maintaining" or "breaking" rules, the purpose of extraordinary people is always to gain power from order.
By extension, as long as you obtain benefits based on certain explicit or implicit rules, it should not violate the core of the sequence approach.
Of course, the basis for the behavior of "bribery" is undoubtedly the secret rules - but the "reasonableness" of this behavior can also be said to be based on rules, based on the dark side of society that is not allowed by law.
above the rules.
"Well, 'Using explicit or implicit rules' should be said to be the core of the 'lawyer' approach, and the top-level 'Black Emperor' reverses the explicit and implicit rules and openly moves the rules he recognizes to
On the bright side, he is playing with the rules openly and openly."
So, what is a "briber"?
This question didn't require much thought, Gray Lint knew the answer.