Chapter 811 Cheap?

“Cheap?” Aqua Rose’s eyes showed a hint of doubt.

Although God’s Domain players could earn more money now, their expenses were also constantly increasing. When going out to the wilderness to grind monsters, their dependence on various props and goods was getting bigger and bigger. After all, no one wanted to die once while adventuring in the wilderness, in which case their hard work of several days would be in vain.

Ordinary players needed to save money for a while to afford just one bottle of Mana Potion, not to mention the Steel Forged Armor Plates that cost 1 gold and 50 silver, which were simply luxury goods. Only wild teams that were doing well could scrape together the money to buy them, or individual expert players or rich players willing to exchange Credits for Gold Coins.

“How many are they selling?” Shi Feng smiled without explaining.

Both Mana Potions and Steel Forged Armor Plates were quite good items at the moment, and also items that players could create on a large scale. But such good things, how could there be no downsides?

The biggest downside was the crafting materials, in addition to the crafting success rate.

In his previous life, the Underworld Empire had already opened up the market with Steel Forged Armor Plates and Mana Potions, but because of the quantity produced, they did not dominate the market of the Star-Moon Kingdom. It was understood that the materials for making both items were rare materials. The rare materials in the Star-Moon Kingdom alone were not enough. In addition, there was the success rate. It was said that even advanced blacksmiths had a success rate of only 20% for making Steel Forged Armor Plates, and the same was true for Mana Potions.

A success rate of just over 20% seemed high to outsiders, but crafting life players knew how low this success rate was. It was possible to succeed in making only one item out of ten, and most of the time, it was possible that none would succeed. However, the success rate of the creator himself would be higher, which was regarded as the system’s preferential treatment for the creator.

With the current level of life players, selling Steel Forged Armor Plates and Mana Potions at this price was simply a losing business, and every item sold would lose a lot of money, almost as much as the selling price.

“I have already sent people to investigate. Small cities sell about ten or more Steel Forged Armor Plates, and large cities sell about thirty or forty. Mana Potions are about the same.” Aqua Rose looked through the investigation records and gave a rough report. From the sales data, it could be seen that these two items were not so easy to make, or that there were very few people who could make them now.

“Since they want to play the price reduction game, then we will play with them. Except for Light Stones, all other items will be reduced in price. Whatever price they sell for, we will sell for the same price.” Shi Feng said with a smile.

Although Candlelight Trading Firm had earned a lot through Beginner Strengthening Armor Plates and Mana Armor Plates, what really allowed Candlelight Trading Firm to become the number one trading firm in the Star-Moon Kingdom was still the Light Stone, a necessary item that could be sold in large quantities. The money earned from all other goods combined was only slightly more than the money earned from Light Stones.

The design for Light Stones mainly came from the periphery of the Level 50 large-scale team dungeon, the Death Tower. The current guild players had not gone there to level up, so naturally they could not get the design for Light Stones.

Speaking of the competitiveness of trading firms, common items like Light Stones that ordinary players could afford should be better. Unless the two major trading firms could get the design for Light Stones, or unique essential items that could be sold in large quantities, the position of Candlelight Trading Firm would not be so easily shaken.

Moreover, the main source of income for Zero Wing was no longer the Candlelight Trading Firm, but the Teleportation Hall in White River City. By resisting the monster attacks from Dark Raven, they had earned two fortunes of Magic Crystals, a full 12,000 in just two days. These Magic Crystals had all turned into golden Gold Coins, and because of the Exorcism Scroll, they were now attacked once a day, which meant an income of 6,000 Magic Crystals a day. After deducting the cost of the Magic Crystals, they had a daily income of nearly 6,000 Gold Coins.

The current Candlelight Trading Firm could not keep up, no matter how hard they tried.

“I understand, but when will you be back, Guild Leader? Several representatives of large companies that I have found want to meet you and have a good talk about cooperation. After all, they want to invest a lot, and spending this money can completely build their own guilds, or inject capital into some large guilds.”

“Moreover, they are not very optimistic about the current situation in the Star-Moon Kingdom. Now that the protection period for Stone Forest Town has passed, without the protection of NPC guards, other guilds have a complete opportunity to occupy Stone Forest Town. They are also very worried about this and hope that you can provide a strong guarantee, otherwise they can only consider it now and wait until the situation is clearer before making a decision.”

Aqua Rose completely did not expect that what was originally led by the Sun and Moon Corporation, with so many large companies scrambling to cooperate, but because of the appearance of the Blackwater Consortium and the expiration of the protection period for the Stone Forest Town guards, they all shrank back…

The fact that she was able to find the current few companies willing to cooperate was only because they saw the Sun and Moon Corporation’s move to invest a large sum and felt that there was a profit to be made. Otherwise, these large companies would have left long ago.

“Want a strong guarantee?” Shi Feng smiled disdainfully and said very seriously, “Tell them, if they want me to provide a strong guarantee, they have to sign a cooperation agreement first, otherwise, forget about it!”

Building a city in the Star-Moon Kingdom was Zero Wing Guild’s most core secret. Until now, only Aqua Rose knew about it. No one else knew. If this matter were leaked out, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Shi Feng did not doubt at all that at that time, let alone the Blackwater Consortium, even the surrounding super guilds would not be able to sit still and would spend huge sums to kill Zero Wing Guild. At that time, Zero Wing Guild would have no way to go to heaven and would only have a dead end.

The reason why Zero Wing dared to offend super guilds now was entirely because it was not worth it for super guilds to deal with them, and it would weaken their own strength. Other super guilds could take the opportunity to step in, and there were mutual restraints. However, once the City Creation Order came out, this temptation would be enough to make super guilds jealous. They would definitely be willing to pay the price to destroy Zero Wing and obtain the City Creation Order.

Whether in the real world or in virtual games, it was a case of “a man is not guilty, but he is condemned for possessing treasures.”

He still had to make many preparations and accumulate a lot of strength, otherwise he would have been frantically saving money to quickly get the funds for building the city.

“This…” Aqua Rose did not know what to say. If she really said that to those people, they would probably jump up, but they also had reasons why they could not provide a guarantee.

However, there were not many large companies that could afford so much money and had enough trust. If these people were driven away, it would be really too difficult to find partners in a short period of time, after all, the situation in the Star-Moon Kingdom was different now.

“It’s okay, just tell them that.” Shi Feng shook his head, if it did not work, he could only look for other partners.

“Okay, I will contact them now.” Aqua Rose could only sigh.

It had to be said that the timing of the Blackwater Consortium’s arrival in the Star-Moon Kingdom was really bad. Even if it was established a few days later, it would not have put Zero Wing Guild in its current predicament.

Afterwards, Aqua Rose contacted several senior executives representing large companies.

“Miss Aqua Rose, our major companies understand your current difficulties, so we have also thought of a solution in advance. If Zero Wing Guild is willing to hand over 60% of its shares to us for management, our major companies are willing to invest a total of 2 billion Credits. I wonder what Miss Aqua Rose thinks?” said a tall, thin, and shrewd man.

Several other corporate executives nodded in agreement.

Now that the Blackwater Consortium had suddenly emerged, Zero Wing was no longer the sweet pastry it once was, but Zero Wing was still the number one guild in the Star-Moon Kingdom, so it was still somewhat valuable.

Aqua Rose was stunned to hear what the senior executives of several companies said. She did not expect that these companies would change their minds so quickly and wanted to kick them when they were down.

Two billion Credits seemed like a lot, enough to buy a good building in the city center of a large city, or even establish a large guild with plenty to spare, but Zero Wing Guild was not an ordinary large guild. It was a large guild capable of competing with super guilds. Its current foundation and the land it controlled were not much worse than those of first-rate guilds. It also occupied White River City, which had the most players, and a key town like Stone Forest Town. Its current value alone was far more than two billion, not to mention its future potential. Let alone two billion, even two hundred billion was out of the question.

“You may have misunderstood. Our Zero Wing will not sell equity. This is the contract we prepared earlier. If you are not willing to sign it, our Zero Wing will not force it. If there is nothing else, I will leave first.” Aqua Rose smiled, put down the contract in her hand, and then turned and left the VIP room of the high-end restaurant without any hesitation.

Aqua Rose’s calm and extraordinary performance directly stunned the senior representatives of several companies.

Now that the Blackwater Consortium was working with the Underworld Empire to deal with Zero Wing Guild, where did Zero Wing Guild get the confidence to talk to them like this?

“This Aqua Rose is too much, she doesn’t put us in her eyes at all!”

“She has forgotten that she came to us before, it’s not like we took the initiative to ask to cooperate with Zero Wing! Now she is unwilling to provide any guaranteed proof. Does she really think that their Zero Wing Guild is a super guild?”

“Hmph, I want to see how tough your Zero Wing can be. When Zero Wing’s funds can’t support it, they will still have to come and ask us for investment!”

“Yes, we are not in a hurry. Remember it is Zero Wing. I don’t believe anyone else will cooperate with Zero Wing Guild now, unless they want to throw money down the drain or are stupid. When the time comes, we will only need to spend a small amount of money to take over Zero Wing.”

Several senior corporate representatives could not help but sneer. In their opinion, Zero Wing Guild was giving face but not taking it. After being beaten up by the Blackwater Consortium, they would definitely turn around and come back to ask them.

Their current toughness was just Zero Wing’s pitiful self-esteem at work.

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