As countless men and women fled through the several entrances of the grand theater, Lin Qi smiled.
When great flames rose from several places within the grand theater, sending a pillar of black smoke to blanket half the sky, Lin Qi's smile grew even brighter. Satisfied, he said to Day and Night, "Look, this grand theater sits on an excellent plot of land, right in the heart of the commercial district. Yet such a huge piece of golden land is being used to build a theater!"
"What a waste—such a waste!" Lin Qi shrugged. "It shouldn't just be a theater. It should do more, and do it better! Besides the theater, there should be high-end restaurants, exchanges for all kinds of luxury goods, and even an auction house underground!"
Rubbing his hands vigorously, Lin Qi chuckled under his breath. "It'll be best if it burns clean. Once it's burned clean, I can take this plot of land for myself!"
Lin Qi needed a stable foothold in Berreley. The very first day he returned to Berreley and saw this grand theater, he had set his sights on this land. It was in the heart of the commercial district, a true golden plot, yet it held only a theater. All other business had been claimed by the surrounding shops. Lin Qi found that far too wasteful!
Drawing on the power of mages, Lin Qi intended to build a high-rise here unlike anything the Western Continent had ever seen!
The top floor would be a grand theater—the Theater of the Gods, suspended high in the sky!
The middle levels would house exchanges for luxury goods of every kind: silk and tea from the East, all sorts of finest porcelain; gemstones and costly timber from the Black Spirit Continent, along with all manner of