I had thought Neil should still be over in Nagaril, but I never expected Lin Qi's question to reveal that Neil had already returned to the Federation—and was in Bu Peien.
Less than half an hour after ending his communication with Gardon, Neil appeared at Lin Qi's house.
"You should get me some cigarettes, especially Black Gold Age. They're impossible to buy!" Neil couldn't help complaining the moment he entered the house.
In the past, the Federation's tobacco merchants had never imposed monthly quotas on specific cigarettes at individual shops. They would have loved nothing more than for their cigarettes to sell ten thousand cartons a month in those stores!
But Every Moment's new cigarettes were different, especially Black Gold Age. The lowest-grade shops could only obtain ten cartons a month through the supply channels, Golden Age thirty, while Silver Age was unlimited.
Only after purchasing a certain value of cigarettes and raising their level would the number of cigarettes they could obtain each month increase.
There were twenty-one levels in total, with two additional cartons per level. Even at the highest level, a fully upgraded shop could only obtain fifty cartons of Black Gold Age a month.
Many people thought such high-end cigarettes would be difficult to sell. The truth was precisely the opposite. Those who were curious and wanted to try something new, as well as those who simply wanted to spend money, were all extremely fond of Black Gold Age.
People cursed Lin Qi and Every Moment for having no conscience while paying to slip a pack of twelve cigarettes into their pockets, then taking them out at public social occasions.
They tore open the seal of an individually wrapped cigarette, coolly put it in their mouths, tilted their heads to light it, kept one hand in