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Although when she first heard the shocking news, Delphinium was a little uncomfortable with it...

The "love hotel" industry can actually be regarded as a "protected industry" and a "monopoly industry" on Sogo Island - you know, on Happy Island, you can't wait to have eight hotels on one street.

In places like the Bridge District and Giant Screen District, the number will only be greater. There is a bar opposite the highlight, one downstairs from the cinema, one next to the bunny girl shop, one above the bathing center... The Honeycomb Nightclub is an example. Half of the rooms in that building have beds.

But after thinking about it carefully, it seemed reasonable.

As Sogo Island has the lowest fertility rate among the seven islands, the love hotel industry must be protected by the head office. After all, there is no telling which lovers will eventually become husband and wife... Young people are always more likely to have true feelings than people in society. Once you become an old man, it will be difficult to talk about being together forever.

"...But according to the customs of your Sogo Island, won't they lose money by opening a love hotel?"

Walking side by side with Russell on the road, Delphinium couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Russell put on his cool sunglasses for the first time in a long time and stood on the outside side of the road with his hands in his pockets. Delphinium's left hand was also put into Russell's right pocket, interlocking with his fingers.

This posture makes it easy for them to stick together, making it easy for them to whisper.

"It will be a loss, of course it will be a loss."

Russell replied: "Even if their family opened a love hotel next to a high school or university, they would definitely still suffer losses. As far as I know, their rooms have never been full.

"Although there are also young couples who fall in love, if they can get into college, everyone still hopes to study hard. Not everyone wants to leave their lives to artificial intelligence...especially if they don't understand their own talents. When I was a student who had reached my limit and had too high expectations for my future, everyone was full of motivation.”

"In that case..."

Delphinium was a little confused: "Shouldn't she have been losing money?"

"That's right. The basic rules of Sogo Island and Happy Island are slightly different..."

Russell explained patiently for Delphinium.

To put it simply, most of the underlying industries on Sogo Island have been contracted by artificial intelligence headed by the Three Sages. And there is another problem here, that is, the Three Sages are nominally affiliated with Sogo Group.

——In other words, these industries are monopolized by Sogo Group.

Of course, this also includes materials, construction, property management and other industries. And for people who want to do some small business, whether they want to rent or buy a store, their money will eventually flow to Sogo Group.

Among the seven giants, only Sogo Group and Tianen Group do not have particularly specific main projects. Because these two giants have penetrated into all walks of life, forming a comprehensive suppression in multiple business fields.

As a "giant", Sogo Group is the actual manager of Sogo Island. Other companies can sit back and do nothing, but they are the only ones who have to worry about Sogo Island's birth rate... because these people are their future consumers and their property.

“…So, when their family decided to build a love hotel, they could apply to Sogo Group for reimbursement of part of the renovation costs and rent an engineering team at a cheap price.

"So, in the name of 'enhancing the appeal of the love hotel,' their family built a cinema, cafeteria, and indoor amusement park in the hotel, and reserved space for a shopping mall. And this site happened to be near the school...

"The agglomeration effect of business districts cannot be ignored. Rather than starting from scratch and working silently on a certain street, it is better to directly enter their shopping mall. Even if the rent will be much more expensive, after the flow of people increases, the income will It will only be high, not low.

"Of course their family has prepared the best love hotel, and all the supporting facilities are top-notch. Of course, it can't be compared with Xingfu Island and Tongshen Island... However, on Sogo Island, these are the top-notch supporting facilities.

"However, their family does not rely on 'couples' to make a living. Instead, they rely on collecting rent from other businesses."

“Isn’t this a waste of the Sogo Group’s labor force?”

Delphinium felt a little difficult to understand for a moment: "Wouldn't this be regarded as a kind of fraud?"

"If they were on Happy Island, then they would most likely be sanctioned. Either they would spit out their equity and management rights, or they would have to be severely skinned by the Tian'en Group. In short, it is impossible to get a 'giant' for free. Yes. The company will definitely punish them as a warning to others."

Russell shrugged: “But it’s different on Sogo Island.

"Don't forget, the Three Sages are not real humans. They don't care about face, they don't just focus on their original purpose, and they don't care about immediate interests.

"The company is indeed being paid for nothing, but they are not losing money. Because as long as people are consuming, no matter who the money is given to, it will eventually flow within Sogo Island. Making the market alive is an antidote to the dead. A kind of activation of Sogo Island - even if their family cannot provide a large enough population, they still activate the economy of Sogo Island from another perspective."

...Can it still be like this?

Delphinium was stunned: "Then no one is following suit?"

"of course not."

Russell said meaningfully: "Because the next people to do this business are Dr. Zanbai. In addition to their stores, other "squares" of this type on Sogo Island are controlled by the Sogo Group itself. .After many plans have been optimized by artificial intelligence, whether it is user experience, intensity, charging standards or even management, they have become more scientific, more reasonable, and more advantageous.

"As a pioneer company, their family has fallen into a disadvantage in all aspects. Rather, it is better to say that the three sages and Dr. Zanbai proposed this idea to her father without taking back the management rights of this 'brand'." Reward'd.

"...However, her father is a sensible person and can balance his own mentality. He knows that he relied on speculation to take off in the first place, and he understands how much he has. So even if the limelight is completely stolen by Sogo Group's own family , my income was squeezed by the market to one-third of its peak...but it was enough for their family to operate stably."

"He's a smart man."

"That is, after all, he is also an outstanding graduate of Sogo Group. He almost became Dr. Zanbai."

With that said, Russell led Delphinium to the front of a huge, splendid building with more than eighty floors.

Delphinium just looked up and suddenly felt her scalp numb.

She found that she couldn't stand the unique aesthetics of Sogo Island style——

The building looks like a standing snake. It’s just that every snake scale shimmers with a dark golden light under the night light... Those are huge floor-to-ceiling mirrors, and the inside cannot be seen from the outside at all. But you can see the outside from the inside.

From far away, you can see it flashing. Like a diamond with many facets, you can see it sparkling from any angle.

There were four entrances on their side alone, and there was a huge flow of people.

The buildings inside are almost all pale gold. Whether it is the floor, ceiling or walls, they are all made of a seemingly light metal.

And a line of huge golden fluid characters hanging above it was dragged horizontally for more than forty meters. The characters shone with golden, dark gold, and brown flowing brilliance:

【Glow Love Hotel】

"...It's really brilliant."

Delphinium couldn't help complaining: "I found that all the buildings here stand out.

"As long as it can be made to sparkle, it will sparkle."

If the night of Happy Island is neon-colored... it is purple, pink, and burgundy, with an ambiguous atmosphere flowing around it.

Then the night on Sogo Island is golden.

In a sense, it sparkles more here at night than during the day. She also went out for a walk during the day, and it wasn't that flashy at all - no matter how you looked at it, it was just pure white.

As a result, when I went out at night, good guy——

Looking around, you can see many buildings shining with light. It is no longer enough to reflect the light from the street. There are even lights built into the structures.

And many statues of gods, Buddhas, and holy elephants on the streets and alleys also shine with a more powerful brilliance. Some have a golden halo behind their head, some have a halo above their heads, some have wings of light behind them, some have bodies overflowing with colorful glow, some have pure golden light exuding all over their bodies, some have blazing flames projected on their bodies... …

If you look at it from the sky above at this time, I'm afraid these buildings will look like brilliant diamonds one after another.

Delphinium, who felt some pain in her eyes, finally understood why Russell had to wear sunglasses when going out at night.

"No, I'll lend it to you."

After Delphinium rubbed her eyes for the third time, Russell took off his sunglasses and put them on her.

Because the position of ears is different for everyone in this world, sunglasses are often made with short handles attached to the temples or inserted into the hair like hairpins.

"Didn't you notice that I can only walk with my face raised while wearing these sunglasses?"

Russell sighed helplessly: "This is what I bought for you. I just wanted to see when you would ask me for it..."

"I thought you thought walking like this was cool."

"It's really cool. If you hadn't dragged me, I would have bumped into people twice..."

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