A minute later, Luo Nan looked at the bill sent by the finance committee. He had already forgotten to walk.
The bill listed in detail the status of all his honor points since December 3rd. Luo Nan's only income came from the large red packet that Papercut had given him a few minutes ago. Everything else was expenses.
Only the expenses of the computing space existed in Luo Nan's memories. He had spent a total of 10 honor points. But the remaining 127 points, those inexplicable names...
"Appearance fees? Intelligence support? Network consumption? Lawyer fees? Accounting costs? What the hell is this? " Luo Nan was a bit restless. It must be known that the Society's honor points could be exchanged through official channels for a million points per point. This was a debt of over a hundred million... And it was a one-way exchange. He could only exchange points for money. He was not allowed to exchange money for points.
In reality, it was impossible for anyone to exchange points for him. Honor points were the only currency in circulation on the Society's resource trading platform. Aside from bartering, the rare resources on the platform could only be traded with this virtual currency.
Luo Nan was a bit far away from these things. Right now, he just couldn't figure out what these expenses meant!
Looking for He Yueyin and Secretary He was definitely the right choice. Secretary He was very surprised when she heard the news. She understood the situation before giving Luo Nan a more detailed report:
"The finance committee believes that you have consumed a large amount of the branch's internal resources starting from the night of the 8th. This includes, but is not limited to, the transfer of Society members, the use of contacts, intelligence work, and so on. Following this, the corresponding resources must be coordinated in order to ensure the effectiveness of your family members' response plan. Many of these resources are exclusive to the Society and even private individuals. So, if you want to carry out the plan, you must pay corresponding compensation. "
Of course, the compensation in the inner world, credits, and the like were meaningless. They were impossible to measure. The only thing that could be used to pay was the honor points that circulated within the Society. In other words, if Luo Nan's uncle were to use the SCA's resources to continue an in-depth investigation of Luo Nan's current situation, the corresponding expenses would increase according to the finance committee's new calculation method.
"Right now, your authority in the Society has been changed to be supported by the credit system. The Society expects you to have a thousand credits, but you need to repay a portion of the principal and interest every month. If you can't make ends meet, a thousand credits will be deducted. That would be bad. So... "
"So?"
"You've offended Her Majesty Empress Wu."
He Yueyin's conclusion was concise and clear, going straight to the heart of the matter. "Her Majesty Empress Wu is the person in charge of the Finance Committee. All accounts have to go through her signature for confirmation. She has the authority to adjust the calculation of the relevant accounts, as well as to make evaluations regarding certain privileges."
Luo Nan was a bit stupefied. Yesterday he was helping to shelter her from the wind and rain. Why did he turn hostile today?
"Did you bump into her somewhere?"
"How is that possible? I also … … Hold on!" Luo Nan suddenly thought of something. He raised his hand and sent a communication request to Zhang Yingying.
Luo Nan didn't say much after the call connected. He directly sent over his bill and his opinion on how to deal with it: "Do I count as having found the end?"
Zhang Yingying responded with a dumbfounded emoji, and then hurriedly replied, "Wait a moment, let me ask." She then left this side and went to confirm with Her Majesty Empress Wu.
However, once she left, there was no reply.
Luo Nan was helpless. He could only first settle Rui Wen down. It was already time for class, so he hurried to the classroom.
The first class today was a major class. Luo Nan and Xue Lei just so happened to be together. When the two met, they were both frowning a bit.
There was no need to talk about Luo Nan. Right now he was in trouble from head to toe, from inside to out. He could become a corpse on the streets at any time, and he could become a bloodbath at any time. He was without a doubt the number one troublesome source of infection in Xia City.
From Xue Lei's perspective, today was already the 10th. There were only 12 days until the Winter Solstice Battle with Duan Hong at the Thunder Falcon Dojo. He still hadn't found a perfect plan up until now, and he couldn't just stand by and watch Luo Nan's troubles with folded arms. His head was swollen to the point of pain.
The two of them didn't listen to what the teacher said in class.
Blessings never come in pairs, but misfortunes never come alone. For some reason, the teacher who was giving the major class actually played a question-and-answer game in this sort of class, and it hit Xue Lei in one hit.
Even if Xue Lei had the courage of a thousand men, he could only stand up stupidly and awkwardly say, "This student's intelligence is insufficient. Please, teacher, help me top up."
Luo Nan let out a rare laugh, but then the HexaEar's communication sound and the teacher's call for the student next to him rang out at the same time.
Poor Luo Nan. Even if he knew the color of the underwear of every student in the classroom, the teacher's standard answer was futile. Plus, the HexaEar's belated communication was still distracting him. He stood up unsteadily for two seconds, but his eyes could only stare at the ceiling. He released the most classic emergency answer of a grade 13 student from the year 2096:
"Teacher, I'm asking for a leave … … My stomach hurts."
Luo Nan scuttled out amidst the roaring laughter of nearly five hundred students in the large classroom. In just a few steps, he treated the experience in the classroom as an unreal dream.
He quickly walked down the stairs and contacted Qin Yikun at the same time: "Arrange a car. We're going to Heavenly Herb Arts."
"Which one?"
"God knows which one. They say it's at the Sky Luck Tower."
Qin Yikun understood and asked: "Are we going now? Are we all going? "
Luo Nan looked at the electronic invitation that Zhang Yingying had sent back. His name was the only one written on it. He shook his head: "You and me. Brother Gao De and Cat Eyes can accompany Rui Wen. In any case, there's no need for security over there."
The northernmost administrative district of Xia City was the Sky Terrace District. The city was built against the mountains, and the terrain was uneven. The three tallest buildings in the city, the tallest, the most expensive, and the most pretentious building, the Sky Luck Tower, was located there.
Luo Nan wanted to go to Heavenly Herb Arts, which was located in the Sky Luck Tower. It was the kind of place that people with less money could not enter just by looking at the door number.
Luo Nan and Qin Yikun arrived at the Sky Luck Tower forty minutes later. They took the elevator to the 222nd floor. They exited the elevator. The south side of the long corridor was an entire row of high tensile glass walls. Although this floor only reached the chest area of the Sky Luck Tower as a whole, due to the terrain, the entire Xia City seemed to be within sight when one looked south.
Of course, this didn't matter to Luo Nan. The icy cold rainwater covered the entire area of his senses. He didn't care about this scenery.
But in terms of his senses, there really was an area in front of him that was hazy and unclear. Plus, he was constantly getting closer to it.
"Over here!" Zhang Yingying was over a dozen meters away. She waved her hand in this direction, afraid that Luo Nan wouldn't be able to see her.
Today, Zhang Yingying walked with a light and familiar style. She wore an orange-red wool coat, leather pants, and short boots. She even wore a black brimmed hat that gave off a rather artistic feeling. She seemed bright and beautiful, and she seemed lively. She stood there radiating with splendor. Heads turned to look at her off the charts.
But after Luo Nan raised his hand to signal, his entire attention was drawn to the long-haired woman who was leaning against the glass wall and reading a book with her head lowered.
Compared to Zhang Yingying's thick and heavy colors, this woman only wore a simple pair of jeans paired with a white linen sweater that was a bit too loose. It was as if she was still living in autumn. The light from the outside was slightly dim. The outline of the silhouette, the hanging curtain of hair, the lightly held scroll, and all sorts of other elements converged together to form a nearly perfect composition.
Luo Nan didn't want to decipher anything. He just couldn't help but think at this moment: This woman reads a book and doesn't appreciate the scenery. This is because the world within the book is much more vast and profound than the simple scenery.
Cough, that's what I think too.
Qin Yikun hissed from the side, "It really is Her Majesty Empress Wu!"
She really was.
Though the name of the invitation was a baffling charity art exhibition, Zhang Yingying, who had sent the invitation, was following the decree of Her Majesty Empress Wu.
Her Majesty Empress Wu was undoubtedly waiting for him here. With this boss here, security work and the like really didn't have any meaning.
"Boss, Nanster and the others have arrived." Zhang Yingying was worried that Her Majesty Empress Wu would be engrossed in reading, so she reminded her.
Her Majesty Empress Wu didn't put on an act. She simply closed the book and held the scroll in her hand. She nodded to Luo Nan in greeting and smiled. Perhaps it was because of her makeup, but this woman didn't seem to have the dignified bearing of an Extraordinary. Instead, she seemed like a cultured and refined teacher, or perhaps an artist.
Luo Nan silently said 137 in his mind to rid himself of this misconception. Even now, he didn't know why Her Majesty Empress Wu would send him an invitation. He didn't know how he had offended Her Majesty Empress Wu.
Luckily, the tone of the woman in front of him carried a bit of the sharpness that should be there. "You're not slow, and it's quite a coincidence. The hateful ceremony just ended. Let's just go in. "
There was no need to introduce themselves. The four followed the sparse stream of people and slowly walked into the Heavenly Herb Art Gallery. This was clearly a charity art exhibition, but the security at the entrance was quite strict. There was a professional security company guarding the door, and one had to rely on an electronic invitation to enter. Each invited person was only allowed to bring one attendant.
Luo Nan saw this scene and subconsciously felt that the art exhibited in the gallery was certainly an extraordinary masterpiece of art. He held his breath and didn't use his mental senses. He wanted to use the most traditional method to seriously appreciate the art.
But this thought was completely corroded by the strange colors, the twisted lines, the exotic structures, and the eye-piercing designs that assaulted his face in half a minute.
Damn, why didn't she tell me that this was an avant-garde art exhibition?
Luo Nan blinked his eyes hard to eliminate the intense stimulation brought by the light. Her Majesty Empress Wu's soft voice entered his ears. "I heard that you're a decent artist."
"I just have a bit of experience in sketching."
Luo Nan wanted to be modest, but he was faced with all sorts of designs and drawings laid out in all directions. He couldn't help but spit out a sentence. "I don't understand these styles, and I can't appreciate them."
"It's fine if you don't understand. In today's society, people can't understand paintings. It's fine as long as the explanation is self-justifying. A successful expression, a successful operation …. In the end, this is a world that depends on the results. "
Her Majesty Empress Wu's voice wasn't loud, but she didn't deliberately lower her voice. It was hard to avoid some people giving her sidelong glances. However, they walked leisurely, and they soon pulled apart the distance between them and the people who were 'forcefully' appreciating the paintings.
"The skill lies outside the painting. When you understand the cause and effect of this art exhibition, perhaps you will have a new evaluation of the value of the works inside. "
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