On September 7th, as the game "Infinite World" was approaching its one-month anniversary of launch, Tianji Company conducted an international bidding to sell various naming rights within the game.
However, at the same time, the director of the marketing department of Tianji Company, who proposed this plan, received a salary reduction penalty.
The marketing director is now sitting in his office, summoning an employee from the marketing department.
"Haishan will rent out the business of the game venue. Was that your assignment, Director?"
"Yes, hehe. Director, yesterday Team Leader Liu already praised me. I never expected to be summoned by you. "
"Isn't this business something you think has problems?"
"This? What problems could there be? Eighty thousand game coins, approximately 3.6 million world coins. All we need to do is hand over a small city's game venue to them for management for just one hour. Moreover, we don't need to issue system announcements, and there's only a very small-scale advertisement at the entrance of the game venue. I can't think of anything unprofitable."
"Didn't you contact the programming department to seek the opinion of the game console?"
"I did contact them. I know this! The feedback from the programming department is that the revenue during that period of the game venue is only about 100-200 game coins. Additionally, the probability of loss is only 5%, so I think it's definitely feasible!"
"Then, have you considered what the 5% loss probability means?"
"Well, it should be... That is, anything can happen in the game, maybe referring to this."
"Um, understood. Then, you can go to the personnel department to collect your three-month salary, pack up your things and leave."
"Oh, thank you..." What? "What did you leave?"
"You were fired!" "..."
Sitting lazily in the newly-made imperial chair, he looked at the crowded audience below, feeling a certain sense of pride in his heart.
So many players, all coming here for my small lottery plan. Just one person's idea can attract so many people. It's truly amazing.
So, what about the game consoles? That super brain, with one of its decisions, can affect how many people? Now there are already 4.5 billion people in the game. If Halen...
We can't go any further. When people are idle, they tend to daydream.
It's already the sixth day of the lottery event. Everything is on track, and I don't really need to host anymore.
Although there are over 5,000 players, I just ordered dozens of various simple game machines made by Aikido, along with the chess pavilion that Chico set up, to keep some of the players occupied and prevent them from getting bored.
The winning rate of the game has increased a bit, and two pieces of top-level equipment have been given out. Now we are buying some equipment from the players and putting them in the dice machines.
With so many people here, disputes are inevitable. However, under the crossfire network of magic pillars and arrow towers in our town, we have killed dozens of troublemakers in a row, scaring everyone into setting themselves to "peace mode" for fear of accidentally hurting others.
There has already been a post on the forum saying "The Strongest Armed Town in History - Friendship Town". It is said that after learning this news, each group's villages have also begun to increase their military facilities, just to compete for this "first place".
However, the result of the arms race is that a large area of the prime real estate in the town has been occupied, seriously affecting economic development. Finally, a senior game expert posted: "Building ten military facilities in the town is the most reasonable configuration!"
My town has added many buildings again, apart from several hundred houses, there is also a second restaurant, a second hotel, a second toilet, a new hospital, a veterinary hospital, a pet playground, and several professional trade unions.
However, the available building area in the town is almost exhausted. Baxter suggested pulling down the first primary war god statue carved by the Tiger King and the flower terrace built by Chico, but I firmly refused.
The development of the town has reached its limit. We attracted so many players and made Friendship Town famous, but we couldn't take good care of them. It's really frustrating. Especially Julie, if we could give her a high-end restaurant, I wonder how much money she would earn, but unfortunately, the town can only build medium-level buildings at most.
I was worrying about the town when a laugh came from beside me: "How is Lord of Heaven doing recently?"
I looked up, it had been a long time, it was Tadaaki, the strategist of the Heaven Society.
Although the relationship was tense, we couldn't be rude either. I pointed to the nearby chair and invited him to sit down.
Tadaaki looked around and sighed: "Lord of Heaven is truly a talented person. He has developed a desolate village into the scale it is today, which is truly remarkable."
I smiled: "You just don't speak straightforwardly. Just say what you mean. You know, if you keep chatting, the author will omit your words anyway."
Tadaaki laughed loudly: "You're right. Then I'll just be straightforward! The president of our group has accepted our friendly gesture from a few days ago. At the same time, after my analysis of the pros and cons, the president has decided to send me to talk to Lord of Heaven to see if there are any opportunities for cooperation."
"Friendly gesture?" I couldn't remember it. Was it the greeting I gave to Lord of Heaven in Tianzhu City? I can't be sure.
Tadaaki looked at me and smiled: "However, Lord of Heaven seems that you are not very familiar with the situation in the market. You paid 80,000 gold coins to rent that game field for an hour, and you didn't even post any advertisements. It's really too expensive!"
I hummed in agreement, thinking that if I hadn't offered such a high price, how could Lord Jiexi Company have been interested?
This is an experience I learned from my experience of being deceived. First, give the other party an extremely big discount, making them lose their normal judgment ability, then there is a chance to succeed.
Tadaaki chuckled again, "However, if the lord intends to use this money to showcase his economic prowess, he has done a great job. Also, adding the 20,000 gold coins you spent on the prize, it amounts to 100,000 gold coins, which is equivalent to 5 million world coins. This was exactly the price we offered to buy the Lost Village. Everyone is a smart person. Your meaning, we have indeed received it, hehe."
I suddenly realized this and sighed to myself. It turned out that the activity I arranged with Senorita using 100,000 gold coins was under the guise of the Sea Sky Society. From the Sea Sky Society's perspective, I was apologizing and showing goodwill to them.
That makes sense. If someone spent a huge sum of money on advertising for my Friendship Town in a certain city, I would definitely go and make friends with them, hehe.
But, I was completely unintentional. If I had discussed this with the game company in my own name, a business worth millions of world coins, would have required them to change the game settings. They would have been mad at me, and only a major client like the Sea Sky Society would have valued this.
Tadaaki noticed my distraction and thought I was impatient, so he hurriedly said, "Then, I'll explain my intentions. Now, our territory of the Sea Sky Society has completed the construction of buildings, and other large groups have also encountered the same situation. Now, everyone is waiting for the opening of the city-building system!"
My heart jumped. What kind of crazy idea was I having?
Tadaaki leaned close to my ear, "Our president has purchased the intelligence to unlock the 'City Building Mission' from Tianji Company at a high price. Originally, we planned to keep this intelligence exclusively for ourselves, but seeing your friendly gesture, we decided to invite you to participate in this mission."
A wave of joy appeared in my eyes, but I immediately became alert.
I was completely deceived. Whenever there's an opportunity to make a profit, I would be cautious.
However, the Sea Sky Society is such a large group. They couldn't ignore their reputation, especially when rumors spread that I was a certain prince or an entrepreneur. They wouldn't harm me.
At the same time, the Sea Sky Society is full of talented people, including Laure, and several of them are at level 60. Working with them, I could only benefit.
I frowned, "To be honest, Columbine, our relationship doesn't seem to have reached the level of an alliance. I want to know, what is your real purpose for cooperating with me!"
Tadaaki's expression remained unchanged and he smiled slightly, "There's no need to hide it from me. Anyway, you'll soon find out. This mission is only open to Lord-level players, so although there are many of us, only the president will venture into the danger at that time. Other forces don't have a significant advantage in competing with us. Although the Tian people are not at the same level as us, they still have considerable strength. So we invited you to participate. Of course, this mission only has one city-building stone, and this will be decided by us."
I smiled, "Then, I'll do a favor for you guys out of friendship, hehe."
Tadaaki laughed loudly, "No way, we won't let our friends down. Of course, from this game event, we can see that the Tian people are not people who care about money. Regarding the reward for you, we have been deliberating for a long time."
I was stunned. I don't care about money? I care about money very much!
Columbine smiled, "Our reward for you is to establish a 'Brother Town' relationship with Columbine Town. You should know that after becoming a brother town, the transmission fee between the two towns will be completely waived. The residents of both towns can enjoy the preferential policies of the other town. At the same time, the system will directly award 100 points to each town's economic attributes. With the Tian people, I'm sure you know what this means for your town."
I thought for a few seconds and almost jumped up. "Transportation" has always been a major obstacle hindering the development of Friendship Town. Located at the westernmost part of the continent, many players, although considering settling in Friendship Town, gave up the idea when they realized that the travel costs from Friendship Town to various places were very high.
Although the cost of the teleportation array is only a few hundred to a few thousand silver coins, for most players with low levels, this is still a considerable expense, especially for those who frequently travel.
However, Laure's "Sea Sky Town" was able to secure the central position of the Western Rong Kingdom through relations with the state. Becoming a brother town with them would bring huge benefits!
In addition to making it more convenient for players to reach Friendship Town, in the future, players from the east, south, and north directions, when thinking of the villages in the west, will take the route of departure - Sea Sky Town - Friendship Town - destination as their first choice.
Oh, the benefits are truly numerous. What more is there to consider? I nodded emphatically: "Good!"
Let's get started right away. I followed Tadaaki to the town of Hai Tian.
Hai Tian indeed lived up to its reputation as a large conglomerate. The town's construction plan left me feeling ashamed at a glance. All the buildings were neatly arranged and the layout was reasonable. Not a single inch of land was wasted, and it looked elegant and decent.
At the same time, the town was divided into several districts. Players of combat professions gathered together, and the equipment stores and medicine stores were located within their districts. The wood collection store and the carpentry store were located in the district of players who were engaged in logging and woodworking. European players were closest to the church, and Chinese players were closest to the temple...
All these things showed the huge gap between Friendship Town and Hai Tian Town. However, I quickly recovered. Being behind is not a big deal. I learned their knowledge today, and next time, I will do better.
Laure saw me and wasn't as cold as before, but his arrogance remained unchanged. He waved his hand and handed over a small box.
Laure said: "This is the 'Nanzi Box', a special item that can hold 300 items. It is filled with all kinds of high-grade drugs, as well as special items like magic oil that reduces equipment durability loss. You help me do things, and of course, I will provide these for you."
I blushed, "Helping me do things?" Although I didn't say it out loud, I was already very unhappy in my heart.
Tadaaki cleared his throat: "This is our first cooperation between the two sides. We hope it will be pleasant. If there's anything, please be considerate of each other."
Hmph, be considerate? Only I understand Laure's situation, right?
After crossing the teleportation array and turning several times, the final destination, the capital of "Shuyu Kingdom", "Huangquan City", and the "Dark Cavern", were reached.