Time was always the most mysterious of magicians, especially during the few years when the world changed. It was definitely not an exaggeration to say that the world changed the moment you opened your eyes.
Some changes were good, but most of the time, bad news and misfortune would befall you.
Oil crises, stock market disasters, and so on. The world changed overnight. On the second and third day, the rooftop was filled with people.
For some of the Seymour people in Vila Nova Dônia, it was the day when their economy collapsed. They had just left their tribal society not long ago and had a good taste of the stock market disaster in the world of capital.
Yes, it was Vila Nova Dônia, not Cape Town.
The arrival of the Aishi People brought with them new rules for industry and commerce. Naturally, it also brought with it the necessary "software" of modern society — the financial industry.
Insurance companies opened up one after another, but the life insurance companies went bankrupt. Without a loan company, the wastelanders were left with nothing to buy more and more expensive properties.
But the most popular thing, other than the lottery, was the stock market, which had risen crazily at the beginning of the business.
"What? The stock market can still fall? Aren't they just paper rolls waiting for the price to rise? "
From a certain perspective, this inconceivable statement was the stock market in the eyes of the Seymour people for a long time. At the same time, it was also a fact.
After all, Vila Nova Dônia's overall situation was on the rise. The various churches' business reports were on the rise every year. The huge population required a huge amount of goods and daily necessities. As long as a company or organization could be listed, it was basically impossible for them to lose money.
As for the unscrupulous stock agents and financial professionals, they would only exaggerate the returns of the stock market … Most of them were Seymour people who had gone through reemployment training, so they didn't know much about it. Even if the textbooks told them that there might be negative profits, the explosive returns every year made it so that no one would take it seriously before the misfortune struck.
Also, due to Vila Nova Dônia's annual bull market, the stock market never rose or fell. Many smart people could see this fact clearly … "It's much better to throw money into the stock market than to save it. Everyone is earning money in the stock market. If you save it and don't buy stocks, won't that be the same as devaluing it?"
Perhaps the current situation wasn't the situation where everyone bought stocks, but thirty to forty percent of the people bought stocks and the rest watched. This was a reality that anyone could see.
Then … the calamity came.
When the news of Cape Town arrived, the entire stock market of Vila Nova Dônia shook violently. Ninety-nine percent of the stock prices plummeted, and the assets of the shareholders shrank rapidly.
What followed was the news that the Dimensional War would begin within ten years.
"Ten years later, the planar barrier will disappear. At that time, both the Evil Gods and the Aishi People can come directly to our side. In the past, we only faced small skirmishes. Now, we have to face direct threats from our opponents. "
"That's right. This is completely different from before. No one has the confidence to survive this crisis … Look at those companies and churches. Aren't they planning to retreat?"
"I don't think so. Didn't I hear that the entire world would be engulfed in the flames of war? Do they have a safe zone? "
"No, they still have their headquarters. They should have given up on us …"
Perhaps it was a deliberate move, or perhaps it was a simple leak of information, but in just one day, everyone in Vila Nova Dônia was discussing this trendy topic.
But then, more and more evidence was found, proving that this was definitely not a joke that could be taken as a tavern talk.
Some people saw that the church's factories and warehouses were listed for sale. Some people saw that the number of ships at the docks was decreasing. Some people noticed that a large number of products and mining carts were being hauled away every day.
And if there were still reasons to explain these, some things sounded very bad.
"Bishop Aslan has left. He also took his two new local wives and their families with him. I heard from his brother-in-law that his brother-in-law said that it would be very dangerous here. He should stay as far away as possible."
"Did you hear? The higher-ups of the largest churches have all left. Their houses are empty. Even the guards and bodyguards have been transferred away. "
Panic spread uncontrollably.
Another bombshell was detonated at this moment.
"The original city lord has resigned? The new city lord is Quildra? Who is he? "
On the third day of Cape Town's replacement, Vila Nova Dônia's city lord had also been replaced. Following that, there were also absences and a lot of empty seats in the board of directors.
As for the new city lord, Quildra, even Rorschach did not know who he was.
[The new city lord? I think he was appointed by that small church. He's on temporary duty.]
Even Lori did not know who the new city lord was.
The storm in Cape Town had not calmed down yet, but the storm in Vila Nova Dônia continued.
Although the Church of Game and Rorschach had almost completely shed all pretense of cordiality, the Church of Game and Rorschach didn't intend to kill them all. After all, their strategic goal was to stabilize and suppress everything. The more cannon fodder the better.
Then, things like forcefully purchasing other people's businesses should not be done for the time being.
However, although the Game Church thought this way, it did not mean that the churches of the New Gods would think so.
From their point of view, Cape Town was already gone. A stable source of income had become unstable. They had even become enemies with the new city lord. This was already a very bad development.
They really did not have the confidence to keep Cape Town's assets. If the Game Church really wanted to swallow it, they would not be able to clear their name even if they went back to Aishi to file a lawsuit … To be honest, they were guilty and in the wrong.
On the other hand, this matter had become the last straw that crushed the bottom line of the Radiant Scroll Church's management. Originally, the headquarters had been constantly requesting to give up their businesses here and return to the more important headquarters.
They had been suppressing the situation here, hoping to become the secondary blood bank for the main body's blood transfusion. Now that they saw that the situation was not good and could become a major bleeding wound, they were already hesitant. After being hit by the news of Cape Town, they felt that the situation was getting worse.
Thus, the Radiant Scroll Church cut off their losses. They took the initiative to look for the Game Church and sold Cape Town's businesses at a low price. They were prepared to withdraw their investments and leave.
However, one of the four leaders had already started to leave. Once the news was released, it inevitably caused a bloodbath.
Along with it, there was a huge stock market disaster caused by the lack of confidence in the market.
Rorschach had just returned to Vila Nova Dônia when the first mission he received was to deal with the stock market disaster.
"What kind of joke is this? Do I look like someone who understands economics?! I haven't even seen my own salary card until now! "
[… Didn't you give it to Isabella a long time ago for safekeeping? Your salary is comparable to that of a high official. I didn't mistreat you. You even overspent two months of your salary recently.]
"No, when did that happen? Wait a minute, she … I get it. "
In an instant, before solving other people's problems, Rorschach had to solve his own problem first.
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