Chapter 202: Cosmic Demon God Totem Common Wealth Project (3)
Chapter 202: Cosmic Demon God Totem Common Wealth Project (3)
The next day, in the palace of Asgard, the Ancient One handed Odin a small object. Odin looked at the small black device in front of him and then held it further away, seemingly curious. Suddenly, a projection appeared on the device, causing Odin to almost throw it away. Mephisto, who was waiting impatiently below, said, "Can we get started already? I've been waiting for ages!"
Rolling his eyes, Odin used magic to secure the device in the center of the room, ensuring that everyone in the room could see the projection. With the projection, Strange appeared more relaxed and said, "Let's begin. We will ask questions from left to right, one person per question. Once the question is answered, there can be no follow-up questions. We will start again after everyone has had a turn."
Mephisto immediately said, "I'll go first. What's this about establishing a stable lending system? And what about the unclear interest rate benchmark and contract fraud?"
Turning to the table of financial professionals behind him, Strange asked, "Did you all hear that?"
One of the suit-wearing, glasses-wearing men said without looking up, "That's my specialty. The so-called interest rate benchmark..."
After more than ten hours, Strange was exhausted. He turned to the Ancient One and said, "Teacher, let's stop here for today..."
Looking back, he saw that most of the people behind him were lying down. After all, a continuous brainstorming session without food or drink for more than ten hours was too much for humans to handle.
Upon hearing that they were going to rest, the demons were not happy, especially Mephisto. As the lord of hell, he had never realized that humans were so good at fraud...oh no, that's called finance.
Mephisto decided that devil's transactions could be called enticement, not fraud. What's wrong with me collecting more debt? That's called interest!
Is the interest rate too high? Didn't I write it in the contract? What? My wording is too complex? Then why did you sign it?Devil had an infinite interest in fraud, and Mephisto asked countless questions about lending systems, hoping to learn the essence of human economics overnight.
In the demons' view of time, less than 0.001 seconds had passed, but humans were already complaining about being tired. How could this species be so weak?
But the demons had no choice but to accept the fact that humans needed to eat, sleep, and rest due to their physical limitations.
The main contradiction now was between the demons' strong desire for knowledge and humans' limited energy.
Nick had to find another group of people to work in shifts, which eventually turned into three shifts.
However, it still wasn't enough. Strange had no choice but to ask the Ancient One to let the demons leave a magic circle for communication, so they could contact Earth's financial professionals at any time.
But it still didn't work because ordinary humans were not magicians, and you couldn't expect a group of people who had received decades of scientific education to learn meditation, focus, and communication with the universe overnight. This required talent, which ordinary people didn't have.
In the end, the magicians of Kamar-Taj had to step in and fix the magic circle to people's mobile phones, allowing the demons to make phone calls to humans.
At first, the demons called randomly, talking to whoever they could. Because many demons didn't understand human life forms and didn't know that individuals' memories and personalities were not shared, they often ended up talking about irrelevant things. When they called back, it was someone else, and they had to start over again.
Strange had to teach the demons how to call the same person again, while Nick had to assign different customer service representatives to different demons.
After some adjustment, the professionals were finally able to communicate with the demons and answer their questions.
Nick found a building in Greenwich Village and put everyone in it. The Ancient One called in a group of magicians from Kamar-Taj to help the professionals and demons connect, while SHIELD agents took care of their daily needs.
In the end, Strange named the building the "Sanctum Sanctorum."
But it wasn't enough to just find initial investors. They still needed people to expand and promote the business. You couldn't expect ordinary humans to run around the universe to do business and attract customers. They couldn't do it.
Doctor Strange and Odin searched for a long time, but in the end, Odin looked around and saw his youngest son, who was idle, so he sent him to do it!
So, Loki gloriously became a salesman.
If you want more people to join, you have to make a name for yourself. Even if others don't participate immediately, you have to let them know about it. In other words, hand out business cards throughout the universe.
That day, Loki was thrown out of Asgard by Odin, holding a stack of business cards and looking confused.
Originally, Loki was gloating over the fact that his brother had caused trouble and was thrown to Earth, but then he was thrown out as well.
Although Thor was thrown out, he had no power or weapons, but at least he had no tasks and could wander around Earth without being bothered. But Loki couldn't do that. He had performance targets.
If you say that Loki is not as ambitious as Thor, then you are wrong. He just happened to have ideas about the throne. Although he didn't participate in the lecture of the Demon God Academy before, he knew that it should be a big event for his father. If it was done well, it would definitely be a face-saving achievement.
So, Loki embarked on his journey of universal pyramid schemes.
Loki is much smarter than his brother. He certainly knows who to talk to about this.
He warmly invited the future Supreme Sorcerer, Doctor Strange, to eat, drink, and play in the Nine Realms for several days, and then learned the principle of pyramid schemes from him.
After understanding the principle, as the God of Deception, Loki felt that this matter had potential. If he handled it well, he might achieve both fame and fortune.
The hardest part had already been done by the Ancient One and Odin. The major demon gods had already invested in the first round. Loki's job was to cast a wide net and catch more fish.
What could be more suitable for the God of Lies and pyramid schemes than this?
Loki could pit others with even the most idle things. As soon as he had the initiative, the demon gods throughout the universe heard a resounding name - the "Universal Demon God Totem Shared Wealth Project".
As the God of Deception and Fraud, Loki understood the essence of pyramid schemes on his own. He said things like "if you miss this opportunity, you'll have to wait another 20,000 years", "make it bigger and stronger, and create glory again", "congratulations to the Deep Red Dimension Lord for gaining 10 billion years of power"...
During this time, Loki was rampaging around the universe. From the Splitting Domain to the Lingering Realm, from the aftermath of the war in the Pegasus Nebula to the long-silent Virgo Nebula, from the Central New Port to the Edge of the Black Border, interstellar wars, galaxy gatherings, weddings, funerals, and other events, there were ten places with him.
Thor? He didn't know him well!
"Hello, Nine Realms Sacred Place... Sorry, we really can't go any higher. We have rules here. Only super-dimensional demon gods can get more than 6%.... Well, the thing is, you can also choose to invest jointly. This is our new business..."
Doctor Strange walked quickly with the phone and said to the other end, "Your Highness Loki, the business in the Saka Star area can be suspended for a while. The people there are too poor and extremely stingy. Besides harassing customer service every day, they can't get much profit. The high Heavenly Venerable there is also..."
He passed through an office area where people dressed strangely. Some wore suits and ties, some wore wizard robes, and even some wore prison uniforms. They were obviously just brought over and there weren't enough staff.
"Hello, Nine Realms Sacred Place. Uh... sorry, we don't provide that service here, ah... yes, I know you're in a hurry, but we're not responsible for finding dogs here. Okay... Let me ask for you."
A young man stood up from his seat and ran quickly to Strange's side, asking, "Mr. Strange, a demon god asked us to help him find his dog. He said his dog was lost and he was very anxious."
"Find a dog?" Strange covered the phone and looked at the young man, saying, "We are a financial affairs firm here, not responsible for finding dogs... Forget it, ask him where the dog was lost? What does it look like?"
The young man ran back to his seat and picked up the phone, saying, "Really? Okay... okay, three heads? Oh, it's four heads, okay... No problem, we'll do our best and give you an answer within two hours... Oh, no need, we don't accept private bonuses, thank you."
He hung up the phone and shouted to Strange, "He said he lost it in the upper dimension of the Spirit Realm. It's a blue four-headed crow with three claws in total..."
On the other end of the phone, Loki also heard the young man's shout and said, "Isn't that Campbell's pet? How did it end up in the upper dimension of the Spirit Realm?"
Then he said to Strange, "There are five little demons in the lower level of the Spirit Realm. They're well-informed. You should ask them."
Strange hung up the phone and shouted, "Who's in charge of that area of the Spirit Realm?"
A female mage teleported to Strange's side and said, "That would be me, but they got into a fight and broke the internet connection yesterday. I can't be reached now."
"Okay, I'll go there." The female mage continued, "It's not far from here. Can you help me ask where I should send the four-headed bird if I find it?"
"Sure, let me check... The area code is in the intermediate layer between the Hell Dimension and the Star Realm. It's not too far."
At this moment, Strange's phone rang again, but it wasn't from the demons. Peter's voice came through, "Mr. Strange! Come quickly! Two symbiotes are fighting in New York. I can't stop them. Oh my god! Don't go over there..."
"Symbiotes... what?"
Before Strange could finish speaking, the floor shook violently, and a corner of the building collapsed. A huge gray monster jumped onto the roof, followed closely by a black monster.
Strange saw that behind these two monsters was a slightly smaller... purple Spider-Man???