Double Standards
"The District Government can compensate for anything that gets damaged afterward," said one of the Flower City players.
But the front desk staff wouldn't budge. They insisted that the players had to check in before they could enter.
Xu Huo watched the commotion from the lobby.
He wasn't the only one watching. A chubby man standing beside him turned and called out to him, then said, "They're going to have to pay for the damage either way. Why does it matter who pays? Why won't Yongxing Hotel let them in?"
"And those people from Flower City are so stubborn. Someone's willing to foot the bill, so why not go in and stay there first?"
The reason was simple. First, it was a rule of Yongxing Hotel. The hotel seemed to show the District Government a certain amount of respect, but in reality, it was just like Stellar Group and the base government: it wasn't on the same level as any individual district government. The hotel catered to players, and players were its main concern. The District Government? It didn't have that kind of clout.
Besides, Yongxing Hotel wasn't responsible for collecting debts.
As for why the Flower City players wouldn't go in, there were two possible reasons. One was that the government simply wouldn't pay for them. Once they checked in, the debt would fall on each individual player. At that point, they wouldn't just have to think twice before trying to catch anyone; they'd even have to watch where they stepped in case they bumped into a decoration in the hallway.
The other possibility was that they'd considered it from a personal perspective.
Of course, the Flower City players didn't look like they were short on money. Their assets were substantial—not just the government's, but even those