Abundance of money and social status always divide people into different levels invisibly. Ever since they met, Jin Qiang and Chen Mu's waists had been bending unconsciously. After Chen Mu paid their admission fee, the two of them became his temporary servants.
Jiang Shan held the money bag, Jin Qiang stepped forward to clear the way, and the three people with Chen Mu as the core were the last group to enter the boat.
The painting boat is also a building, and the hall also has a stage. Most of the people in the hall were men and women in ancient costumes, but Chen Mu could tell from a casual inspection that 90% of them were real people.
Squeezed into the audience area at the back, Chen Mu had to step on his feet to see clearly. The front row was filled with round tables and chairs filled with fine wine and delicacies. The space was spacious, but only twenty or thirty people could sit there, and each one was served by a waiter dressed in a rabbit suit.
"It's a purple-gold VIP area, and you have to pay a membership fee of three million every month even if you don't spend anything."
At some point, Jin Qiang got a playbill. He stood next to Chen Mu and introduced: "Look, little brother, this is tonight's playbill. First there will be a few newcomers performing their talents, and then the former oirans will come on stage. Finally, there are the three flower fairies. After the performance, the three flower fairies come on the stage at the same time with their backs to the audience, and then the people present will reward and vote."
Chen Mu was not interested, but in order not to expose any flaws, he took the reading with excitement. In fact, he only watched the programs of the three candidates. The third to last performer is the Xunhua Fairy, who plays the pipa accompanied by the sleeve dance "Jinghong", then the Caihua Fairy, whose special talent is "Physical Art", and finally the Linghua Fairy, who performs the water ballet "Little Swan Dance".
Chen Mu was a little surprised after watching it. There were no photos of the performers on the program list, but he knew that the two flower fairies behind them all showed modern talents. Moreover, they are all Western art.
As long as you perform on stage, you can receive rewards. The performer and the platform pay 50-50, and the audience can exchange their silver tickets for different types of flowers. The cheapest is wisteria, which costs one hundred yuan, followed by blue sage, which costs one thousand; hypericum, which costs ten thousand; cosmos, which costs one hundred thousand; and a bunch of red, which costs one million.
The performance was held as scheduled, but Chen Mu couldn't see any highlights in terms of appearance. Although every character appears, the host Mu San will introduce where the heroine is from, but the most beautiful ones are far less than Jiangnan.
This is easy to understand, after all, the body that Jiang Nan obtained was painted by a sixth-level dream master who spent his entire life. Most of the heroines on the stage were created by dream masters as products, and were stolen from other dreams by clubs.
Looking at the host on the stage, Jin Qiang said to Chen Mu with envy on his face: "This guy is really a model of a dream character. Not only is he one of the shopkeepers of the top floor of Jipinjia, but also, among the oirans in the past dynasties, there are more than a dozen of them. became his woman.
Do you still remember the Miss Tao we met during the day? That was one of his women. In addition, among his women there are two pairs of masters and apprentices, a pair of sisters, a talented woman, a queen and so on. "
Chen Mu was surprised: "Isn't the person we saw during the day a woman from a brothel?"
"She's a brothel girl, but it doesn't conflict with being his woman. In this age, women have to have their own jobs, don't you think so?"
Chen Mu was shocked and understood a little more about the filthiness of this dream world. He secretly made a decision, no matter whether the owner of the club broke the law or not, he would destroy this place that harbored evil and evil.
The only thing that can be seen in the audience is actually the talent of the performers. Although most of them are a little exposed and charming, they are here to eat after all, and the performances are all professional.
Chen Mu was not stingy either. After seeing a satisfactory performance, he was rewarded with hundreds of thousands of pieces of money. People who have no hope for courtesans also reward each other one after another, hoping to win the favor of flower girls or concubines. It is best to have an in-depth exchange of dreams.
Hundreds of thousands is just a drop in the bucket for most of the guests present, but for the newcomers in the building, having ten thousand to twenty thousand is a great excitement. These are values that are interoperable with the real world. If Jiang Nan were here, he would probably be secretly scolding someone for wasting his fortune.
Many former courtesans are still famous. Although they have gone through countless men, their infatuated supporters remain unwavering. Chen Mu saw that Qin Xian and Xiao Xuan, for example, received millions in rewards. According to Jin Qiang, they are Mu San's women, which means that these millions belong entirely to them.
Jin Qiang secretly observed that Chen Mu kept staring at the woman on the stage, his brows frowning deeper and deeper. He took it for granted that this was because Chen Mu took on the role and regarded these dream women as real people, so he felt melancholy for their experiences.
The more he thought about it, the happier he became that even a naive and naive college student like Chen Mu, who had no social experience, would regard the heroine here as a real person. If he fanned the flames and sighed again, wouldn't it mean that after the other party inherited the family property, he would be soft on orders?
Jin Qiang is imagining a bright future after persuading Chen Mu to buy a large number of dream heroines, while Chen Muchou's is a performer who has not yet been found to be possessed by a real person. If there is no evidence of infringement of the rights of real people, then what we see before us can only be a dream. No matter what happens in the dream, it does not violate the laws of the empire.
Of course, if the noble society runs a brothel in a constant dream world, it will undoubtedly be criticized by public opinion. But this kind of behavior is completely different from crime, just like a movie that fails to be reviewed, and at most it is strictly ordered to be rectified.
"Dear audience friends, the most exciting moment has finally arrived. As per the old rules, the biggest supporter of the Oiran will receive the solemn thanks from the champion tonight. If the support exceeds 66.66 million, the Oiran will belong to you forever.
Of course, there is only one Oiran. If you are not able to get Oiran, you can redeem yourself for other contestants. The second place received 4,500, and the third place received 30,000,000.
The flower fairies all start at 10 million, while the other flower girls and concubines in the building range from 5 million to 10 million.
Below is the "Scream" presented by the first contestant, Ms. Xunhuaxian. "
With the introduction of the supporters, the finals officially began. The whole audience cheered even more, especially the front row, who were gearing up for a big fight.
The Xunhua Fairy still held her pipa, half-hiding her face, and came out after calling for thousands of times. Chen Mu's expression was equally solemn when he saw this, but it was definitely not because of the woman's appearance. The woman on the stage was exposed, but her appearance was far from what Chen Mu expected. What he was solemn about was the woman's true identity.
It was too far away to check, so Chen Mu deliberately squeezed forward. It was quickly determined that the so-called heroine Xunhuaxian in the dream was a person possessed by a real person. Moreover, by analyzing the outer layers of the dream, it turns out that the real person possessed is less than forty years old. This can rule out the possibility that the other party is on the verge of death and possesses him voluntarily.
In the real world, there are indeed many elderly people who buy dreams and enter dreams with their bodies or consciousness to live forever. Most powerful people still change into a young body when they are old, and only enter the dream state when they face death for the second time.
At this point, there is preliminary evidence that the Guiren Club is buying and selling Dreamland people. What Chen Mu has to do next is to confirm the evidence. This is not an inference of guilt, but that as a law enforcement officer of the Unnatural Bureau, this dream cannot be left behind no matter what.
Xun Huaxian finished her performance, bowed with a sweet smile and left the stage. Then Caihuaxian came on stage, and as expected, she was also possessed by a real person. Finally, Linghuaxian, who looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, performed a ballet.
When observing Linghua Fairy, Chen Mu looked a little thoughtful. It wasn't because the other party was possessed by a real person, as he had already guessed. Nor was it because of the age of the possessor, although he was over sixty years old.
What was strange to him was that he actually felt that this man looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
After thinking for a few seconds with no results, Chen Mu gave up his thinking. Linghuaxian looks like a popular girl, so it's normal for her to look familiar.
This is a dream world that allows modern electronic devices to exist, but Chen Mu was unable to take photos as evidence. The managers behind it were very cautious. Except for ID cards without camera functions, the club did not bring any communication or camera equipment.
Soon, the three flower fairies returned to the stage, each said a word to canvass votes and then turned around. Everyone was focused and nervous, while Chen Mu was observing secretly. Now that it has been confirmed that the three flower fairies are possessed by real people, the next thing to do is to find out the evidence of the boss behind the scenes and his abduction of real people.
It is impossible to question the victims directly, they are obviously brainwashed. Chen Mu found an excuse to go to the bathroom and prepared to leave the crowd. Jin Qiang, who was in high spirits, didn't take it seriously and secretly told Jiang Shan to take care of the guests.
Before leaving the hall, both Chen Mu and Chen Mu were surprised. At the very back of the crowd, Zhang Han, dressed as a bunny girl, was holding fruit wine and seemed to be sneaking up the stairs.
"Beauty, may I ask, where is the incense room going?"
Xiangfang is the latrine, this is what Jin Qiang explained, and the bathroom in this world is so named.
Zhang Han had already received news from Li Luo before sneaking in. Chen Mu and Jiang Shan entered the club a few minutes before her. Li Luo also told her to tell Chen Mu after she met him that when Chen Mu entered the club, colleagues from the Unnatural Bureau had already been dispatched.
However, Zhang Han didn't know Chen Mu's goal and didn't want to look for it. She planned to find the person behind it according to her own ideas.
When someone asked, Zhang Han wanted to give some casual directions. Feeling that the voice was familiar, he subconsciously raised his head and saw that it was Chen Mu and the two of them, almost giving away their clues.
"Xiangfang, right? Gentlemen, please come with me."
Zhang Hancai didn't know what a fragrance room was, and he didn't care. She only knew that there were many people here and she needed to find a quiet place to talk privately.
"What do you mean, you plan to rob me because you don't have any money?"
"Sir, this is the best penthouse. The one with the highest price will get it. Please follow the rules."
The three of them turned up the stairs and were distracted by the noise below. They looked sideways and saw a man and a woman jumping onto the stage holding swords. Supporter Mu San waved his hand to summon two rows of thugs and reasoned with the disruptors with a cold look on his face.
"Hey! Isn't that the person who robbed us?"
Both of them were dressed in black and masked, but Jiang Shan recognized them at a glance and they were definitely the man and woman who robbed them on the way.
Chen Mu vaguely guessed something. The robber was probably collecting money for tonight's matter. But there are too many rich people present, and they can't compete with just the money they robbed.
However, it is too irrational to choose to take action at this time.
"Fire, it's on fire."
During the confrontation between the two sides, urgent shouts came from the crowd. Chen Mu and the others saw from a high position that several figures poured oil to light a fire, burning the boat instantly.
"Walk!"
For a moment, the crowd was in panic and confusion. Chen Mu and the others saw again that the masked man and woman took advantage of the chaos and escaped with the three flower fairies.
The three of them realized that they had helpers. Going on stage to cause trouble is just to distract the hall security and allow the arsonists to succeed. Now that the fire was too big, Mu San could not care about the three flower fairies. The first priority was to quickly escort the guests to a safe place.
