Urban Sims

Xingtang City.

It is a young emerging city.

It was established less than twenty years ago and has a population of less than 300,000.

The economic pillar industry is related to a tree called "Xingtang wood". This wood is a high-quality wood used to make high-end furniture. It has clear wood grain and good quality, and is very popular among the middle and high-income classes.

As for emerging small and medium-sized cities like Xingtang City, hundreds of them have popped up in Wancheng Kingdom in recent years.

The reason is that with the development of the economy, some joint families in big cities have become the best choice due to uneven distribution of benefits and conflicts.

As a result, big families occupied big cities, and small families came out to create new cities, which improved the utilization of undeveloped land and increased the economic vitality of Wancheng Country.

Mu family.

A business family that has been passed down for hundreds of years. The family has average strength and small assets.

Therefore, after cultivating a genius fairy, facing the greedy eyes of various big families, the Mu family, which has insufficient strength and accumulation, can only turn the brains of businessmen to maximize profits under unfavorable circumstances.

While not offending all the families who requested marriage, find the best Taoist companion for Mu Feiyan.

And he advertised his Mujia furniture in the nationally watched martial arts competition.

After arriving at Xingtang City.

After getting off the passenger plane, Zhou Ming and others went directly to the City Lord's Mansion to inquire about registration matters.

August 6th is the last day of registration deadline, player grouping will begin on the 7th, and the competition will officially begin on the 8th.

Registration point.

A man who looked like a butler said: "The deadline is still an hour away. Fortunately, you came in time."

Then the housekeeper asked Zhou Ming his name, which city he came from, which family he came from, and what his status was in the family?

"Bai Feiyang, the eldest grandson of the Bai family in Hyun Qingcheng."

Zhou Ming did not use a pseudonym and answered truthfully.

"Hyun Qingcheng... Bai family?"

The housekeeper thought hard, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he asked, "Could it be the city of Hyunqing that is famous for exporting Xuanqing fruit and breeding pot rabbits?"

The butler's face became full of joy: "Okay, great, great, I'll write your name right away and put it on the list of Group A!"

It turns out that the Mu family will also conduct some investigation and screening of applicants from various cities across the country.

The main target of reference is the GDP ranking of each city and the ranking of each family's asset value - there is a magazine called "Fortune", which conducts analysis and statistics every year, and the data obtained are quite accurate.

There were so many families that coveted Mu Feiyan's qualifications and appearance. From the thousands of cities and tens of thousands of families in Wancheng Kingdom, eight to nine thousand people came to sign up.

Excluding those who had falsified their age, whose families were poor, and those who were physically disabled and ugly, there were only about a thousand people who actually registered.

These more than a thousand people were divided into four groups ABCD based on family assets and strength.

Of course, Group A has the highest threshold. It is said that only families whose family assets exceed 3 billion spiritual coins and have two or more immortals can be assigned to Group A.

Have the assets of Hyun Qingcheng’s Bai family exceeded 3 billion?

I am very sure of that.

"Fortune" magazine conducted statistics and found that the GDP ranking of Yunqingcheng was not even in the top 100 among Wancheng Kingdom. However, the assets held by the Bai family of Yunqingcheng exceeded 5 billion spiritual coins. Among the family assets In the rankings, it ranks 55th and maintains a rapid upward trend.

As for the high-end strength of the Bai family, they already have one immortal and two immortal guests.

So, now that the Bai family is truly a "rich, rich and handsome" family, how can it be possible to be classified in the "Group D" with a threshold of only 100 million spiritual coins?

Feeling the butler's incomparable enthusiasm, Zhou Ming shook his head and sighed: "This competition to recruit a bride is really more than anything else. The wisdom of the merchant family is unacceptable."

After registration is completed.

Moved into a superior villa arranged by the Mu family.

Then there's the waiting.

Waiting for the promulgation of the competition rules and the announcement of the list of opponents... In fact, Wancheng Kingdom's arena culture is already quite prosperous, and the various competition rules are very complete, ensuring that every player is fair to the greatest extent. .

However, on August 7th, after the Mu family's rules for the competition were announced, there was an instant buzz!

Especially the players who were assigned to groups B, C, and D were all smashing the table and cursing.

Why?

Because the competition rules are quite unfavorable to the players in these three groups.

After these three groups are required to be eliminated step by step, the group champions of the three groups will compete against each other. Only the final winner will be eligible to enter the top 16 elimination match of Group A.

In other words, even if someone from these three groups can emerge and win the group championship, if they want to win the final championship, they will have to go through several more rounds of eliminations.

What's even more damning is that in terms of the pace of the competition, the three BCD groups are required to compete all the competitions within three days, that is, an average of three competitions per day.

The competition rhythm of Group A is five days, with an average of less than two matches per day.

Therefore, in terms of recovering spiritual energy, mental strength and even physical strength, under the fast pace, the players in the third group of BCD did not have time to recover at all.

Even if someone can stand in the top 16 of Group A, he will not be able to go very far if he is exhausted.

Therefore, the Mu family's rule arrangement is not to give the BCD players the slightest chance.

There was a lot of anger about this.

"Mu Zhenquan, can you be more shameless?"

"You hate the poor and love the rich, Mu Zhenquan, are you marrying your daughter or selling your daughter? Are you choosing a husband or a rich man?"

"It's not fair, it's not fair!"

"Change the rules immediately, or we will withdraw from the competition collectively!"

The contestants scolded Mu Zhenquan, the head of the Mu family, and demanded that the competition rules be adjusted immediately!

This request was, of course, rejected by the Mu family.

The steward of the Mu family said forcefully: "Whoever wants to withdraw from the competition can withdraw immediately. No one will stop you."

All the players wanted to beat up the butler and force him out of the competition, but no one took action.

No one dropped out.

Because the probability of marrying Mu Feiyan when participating in the competition is one in ten thousand, but if she withdraws from the competition, it directly becomes 0.

No one is willing to give up this one in ten thousand chance.

Everyone has a glimmer of hope.

As for the players in Group A, they are of course very satisfied with the Mu family's rules and regulations and agree with them.

Regarding the reaction of the BCD group, they were also sarcastic and collectively laughed.

"Are you qualified to participate in this kind of competition?"

"Really, don't come here to join in the fun if you are a small family. Is my concubine yours to get your hands on?"

"The total family assets are not even 3 billion, and I have no desire to talk to him."

"Without money, how can I give Feiyan a sense of happiness and security? My Zheng family's assets exceed tens of billions, and I am the most suitable person for Feiyan!"

"Haha, with tens of billions of assets, do you dare to compare with the Zhang family in Zhenlin City? A finger of the Zhang family is thicker than the waist of your Zheng family."

"The Zhang family is indeed rich, but the Zhang family did not send any of their nephews to compete. From the Zhang family on down, the most wealthy family is my Wu family."

"The Lin Xia family in our town is not bad at all!"

The elders and young men of these various families began to compete with each other.

At this scene, Zhou Ming secretly shook his head.

When did the people of Wancheng Kingdom become so money-worshipping and comparison-loving?

The Mu family also held a competition to recruit brides, but the result was so vulgar and vain that the businessman's face could be seen at a glance.

But in terms of public opinion, few people expressed dissatisfaction or condemnation. Instead, they thought it was normal.

The social atmosphere is very distorted and abnormal.

Zhou Ming didn't want to say anything more about this. The most difficult thing to change in this world is concepts and thoughts. If you want to change, you can only rely on time to slowly settle.

…

In the blink of an eye, August 8th came.

The matchmaking competition has officially begun.

Dozens of professional arenas have been built in the north of Xingtang City.

Next to the Group A competition area, a high platform for watching the competition was also built.

The high platform was filled with spectators.

The protagonist of this competition - Mu Feiyan, the daughter of the Mu family, wearing a white veil, accompanied by two maids, sat in front of a guqin, looking down with her beautiful eyes.

Seeing the goddess in their hearts watching them from the high platform, the players in the Group A competition area had their blood racing and their hearts surging.

On stage nine.

In front of Zhou Ming, stood a tall and handsome young man in fluttering clothes.

He first turned to look at the goddess on the high platform, and then pointed the long sword in his hand at Zhou Ming with high morale, twisted his neck and said: "Anyone who dares to stop me from marrying Feiyan will suffer humiliation under this sword!"

"You're just a trash fish, but you're still qualified to speak your lines?"

Zhou Ming suddenly disappeared on the spot, bringing up a gust of wind and shooting towards him like an arrow.