Tang Li drove, leaving Jiangcheng Shelter No. 3 and arriving at Jiangcheng Shelter No. 1.
Soon, they reached Jiangcheng's largest black market.
It was a commercial building with a hotel above, and an underground parking garage below.
Tang Li drove her pickup truck directly into the underground garage.
Unlike the exchange, no one sprayed delta-particle clearing agents on Tang Li's car after it entered the underground garage.
Only a person in protective clothing hurried forward, guiding Tang Li to park her car in a spot that wouldn't obstruct traffic.
As soon as Tang Li lowered her car window, she heard the person outside say, "Service fee, 10 points per hour. Less than an hour will be charged as a full hour."
Tang Li's mouth twitched upon hearing this.
As expected of the black market, truly black!
However, Tang Li also knew that these 10 points per hour wouldn't all go to this person; there were likely layers of exploitation above.
She directly took out 30 points and said, "Covering you for 3 hours, get in!"
Tang Li only moved her lips, and a steady male voice emerged from the thought-controlled speaker she controlled.
"Alright, thank you, boss!"
This person clearly didn't realize that Tang Li's voice was coming from the thought-controlled speaker.
While thanking her, he took the universal voucher from Tang Li's hand and quickly got into the passenger seat.
The person introduced himself, "Boss, you can call me Xiao Chao."
Listening to his voice, he sounded very young.
"Boss, is this your first time at our black market? How about I give you an introduction to how the black market works?"
Tang Li nodded at his suggestion, signaling him to proceed.
Under Xiao Chao's introduction, Tang Li learned that the black market was divided into three tiers: Heaven, Earth, and Human.
The so-called Heaven tier was the hotel section of the commercial building;
The so-called Human tier was the commercial section of the commercial building.
"The underground garage has two levels. This is B1, used for parking vehicles, transporting goods upstairs, and receiving new visitors to the black market. It's not considered the Earth tier yet."
"B2 level of the underground garage is the Earth tier. The entry fee is 10 points per person per hour, with any portion of an hour counted as a full hour."
"If you park your car on B1, the parking fee is 1 point per hour."
"If you drive your car to B2 and rent a spot to sell goods, in addition to the entry fee, you'll also have to pay a stall fee of 10 points per hour."
Hearing this, Tang Li started the vehicle and drove towards B2.
Seeing this, Xiao Chao quickly guided Tang Li.
At the same time, he continued to explain, "The Earth tier and the first to third floors of the Human tier are connected."
"The entry fee for the first to third floors of the Human tier is also 10 points per person per hour. You can also rent stalls there, with stall fees also being 10 points per hour."
"If you don't rent a stall, you can take the elevator directly from the Earth tier to the first to third floors of the Human tier, or from the first to third floors of the Human tier down to the Earth tier."
"For the fourth to sixth floors of the Human tier, the entry fee is 15 points per hour."
"There are also shops for rent there. If you rent a shop, you don't have to pay the entry fee."
"However, shops can only be rented on a daily basis, and they are very popular, requiring advance reservations and waiting in line."
Tang Li nodded in understanding.
This commercial building, in addition to the two underground parking levels, had another 12 floors above.
Of these, the lower six floors were the commercial areas, which were larger, while the upper six floors were the hotel, with an area less than one-third of the commercial space.
In the center of the first floor of the commercial area was a very large indoor plaza, visible from the corridors of the other five floors. Shops lined the perimeter of each floor.
However, from Xiao Chao's description, the shops on floors 1 to 3 were likely rented out as stalls, while only the shops on floors 4 to 6 were still rented out as shops. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"What about the entry fee for the Heaven tier?" Tang Li asked.
Xiao Chao replied, "There is no entry fee for the Heaven tier."
"People entering the Heaven tier are all members of the black market. Entry is only by invitation from other members, not by paying an entry fee."
"Moreover, the Heaven tier is very mysterious. No one outside knows what it's like inside, except for the members and the staff there. I don't know much about it either."
Upon hearing this, Tang Li's interest in the Heaven tier was piqued.
Soon, the car reached the B2 level entrance.
The black market staff didn't immediately collect the entry fee. Instead, they gave Tang Li a numbered wristband, which would be settled upon departure.
However, the stall fee for the parking spot had to be paid on the spot. And one had to specify the rental duration in advance, leaving the spot for the next person when the time was up.
As there were too many people wanting to rent parking spots, everyone had to queue.
Tang Li paid the rent for three hours directly and drove in to wait in line.
While waiting, Tang Li continued to listen to Xiao Chao talk about the black market.
Tang Li was very satisfied to hear that the black market only provided a safe venue and prevented disturbances, but otherwise remained indifferent to everything else.