Shortly before the Velanders ushered in the most important holiday of the year, two major events occurred at Golden Gallon Port on the eastern coast of the Brahma Province.
The first was that Golden Gallon Port Bank's headquarters issued a notice warning of trading risks involving the Xilan currency, placing restrictions on related financial instruments and currency exchange channels to guard against systemic financial risks.
Simply put, forex speculators could no longer use leverage, and private depositors holding Xilan currency were being advised by their account managers to sell it off as soon as possible.
At the same time, the trade administration issued a notice suspending all export business settled in Xilan currency, though import business remained unaffected.
The matter caused a huge stir among Golden Gallon Port's upper class, especially those holding substantial amounts of Xilan currency.
Most wage earners, meanwhile, were completely unaffected.
After all, the gallon was pegged to silver coins, not Xilan currency. Fluctuations in that stuff would not affect the locals' lives in the short term.
Compared to that, they were more interested in the second event—
Namely, the Golden Gallon Port edition of the Survivor Daily's exclusive interview with Xilan Emperor Wutuo.
Compared to the previous serious topic, this second matter was absurd from beginning to end.
The two sides met aboard a royal merchant vessel. Before the interview, Wutuo abruptly changed his mind and, citing Xilan law, demanded that the Survivor Daily's reporting team conduct the interview on their knees.
Naturally, the latter had no intention of indulging him. In a flash of inspiration, they hired a Velander actor from the Grand Theater.
Sure enough, the moment Wutuo saw that big nose, his face split into a grin. As though he had seen his own father, he politely invited the man to sit