Chapter 166 The Tables Turn

Gai Shiying wore a smug look. If this deal went through, Yun Teng's original 100% market share would be slashed in half, which would certainly be painful for them. He guessed that Ya Xiaosuan'gen wouldn't agree, but what would that guy say? Gai Shiying was eager to hear it.

Ya Xiaosuan'gen took a deep breath, smiled, and said slowly, "Boss Gai, what you're talking about is your commission system. What does it have to do with how we divide the districts?"

"This second-rate fellow is pretty calm!" Gai Shiying was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "How can it not be related? Our goal is to make money for everyone here. I only need a 20% commission, Boss Ya, what about you?"

Gai Shiying wasn't naive. Ya Xiaosuan'gen's words showed his composure. Although Gai Shiying lowered the commission, making all the bosses look at him with stars in their eyes as if they had taken stimulants, Ya Xiaosuan'gen certainly wouldn't agree to the allocation of fifty cities to each person.

What would be the result if one side insisted on this and the other refused? Naturally, the negotiation would break down, and everyone would go back to doing what they were doing. Gai Shiying didn't want that. He started too late and only won the current situation by using smoke bombs. He wanted to take advantage of this negotiation opportunity to pressure Ya Xiaosuan'gen by binding all the studio bosses together. Fifty cities to each studio was too exaggerated. Gai Shiying didn't believe it could really be negotiated. His real purpose was to drive down the price.

This was the most common tactic used by large studios against small studios: price-cutting, even at a loss. Large studios had a solid foundation and could withstand it; small studios didn't have this foundation and often couldn't survive a single loss-making deal. Although Yun Teng had poached people from Ying Qi, and their staff size seemed as large as Ying Qi's, their foundation hadn't changed. They needed to rely on the efficiency leveling method business to strengthen their foundation. Gai Shiying's strategy had always remained the same, and he had always made a big deal out of this angle. He was willing to not make money himself with the efficiency leveling method, but he wouldn't let Yun Teng gain a foothold with this business either.

The bosses present were all top talents in their studios, so how could they not see Gai Shiying's intentions? But they didn't care about the life or death of these two companies. They only knew that this kind of vicious price competition would ultimately benefit them, the third parties. Immediately, they all smiled and exchanged glances as if to say, "Suggesting this meeting was the right thing to do!"

"If Boss Gai wants to get 20%, he's welcome to. I'll give you thirty main cities, and you can do your thing," Ya Xiaosuan'gen stated.

"Thirty? Are you sending beggars? So many of us here, thirty main cities? Boss Ya, if you're not willing to give up profits, then I think you should run your thirty main cities, and leave the rest to us!" Gai Shiying's cunning face became increasingly ferocious. He used the low commission of 20% to win over all the studios, and when referring to himself, he didn't even say "I," but "we." The implication was naturally: Your price is so high that no one will cooperate with you, so all the studios are with us. With so many of us, we should naturally have more main cities.

Gai Shiying was simply trying to put Yun Teng to death. How could Ya Xiaosuan'gen agree? The two sides began a long tug-of-war. The first speaker of the meeting even had someone bring some drinks to quench everyone's thirst when they got dry-mouthed. Everyone was mentally prepared for the meeting to drag on. This was such a big deal, so it wouldn't be easy to come up with a solution that everyone was satisfied with. It would be too perfunctory to come in, sit down, and make a decision in a few words. Everyone here was a giant in the industry.

A bunch of people were arguing endlessly. Gai Shiying's words were sharper, while Ya Xiaosuan'gen was avoiding the important points and playing tai chi. Gradually, Gai Shiying's doubts grew stronger. He felt that Ya Xiaosuan'gen didn't seem to be pursuing an acceptable solution at all, but was simply trying to make trouble. It looked a bit like he was stalling for time!

How long had it been? Gai Shiying suddenly thought of this and glanced at the time. He suddenly remembered the investigation that Ya Xiaosuan'gen had sent out earlier.

"Is this guy stalling for time, waiting for the results of this investigation?" Gai Shiying thought to himself, but then he recalled that everyone was originally waiting for the results of this investigation, but then Ya Xiaosuan'gen himself said that they could discuss it first and didn't need to wait for the results. What was this guy investigating, and what was he stalling for now?

Gai Shiying suddenly felt very uneasy, feeling as if some important issue had been overlooked. This deep thinking made him seriously distracted. After a long while, he heard Ya Xiaosuan'gen's voice: "Boss Gai, why aren't you saying anything? Do you think my idea is very promising?"

"Huh?" Gai Shiying came back to his senses. He hadn't been listening to Ya Xiaosuan'gen very carefully for a long time. This second-rate guy was simply being unreasonable. What did he just say? Gai Shiying looked around. Everyone seemed to be waiting for his answer. Gai Shiying was just about to ask again when he suddenly received a message notification. He opened it and saw that it was Wu Ye, four words: "Something bad happened."

"What?" Gai Shiying warned himself not to panic. It was normal for the other party to have tricks.

Wu Ye's reply was another four words: "Qianli Yizui."

"Damn it!!!" Gai Shiying didn't panic, he was directly angry. Wu Ye's message followed. Gai Shiying opened it and saw that, as he had expected, while they were having this long-winded meeting, Qianli Yizui had developed all ten of his main cities!

"What's wrong?" The bosses were surprised by Gai Shiying's sudden big reaction. Ya Xiaosuan'gen's proposal wasn't anything special. Everyone was almost falling asleep. Gai Shiying hadn't reacted for a long time, so why was he suddenly reacting so strongly?

"You bastard!!!" Gai Shiying pointed at Ya Xiaosuan'gen.

"What's going on? Boss Gai, watch your manners!" Ya Xiaosuan'gen frowned.

The other bosses also spoke up: "That's right, let's talk nicely. We're all civilized people, not Qianli Yizui."

Someone even mentioned Qianli Yizui! Gai Shiying really wanted to spit a mouthful of blood on that person's face. Finally, someone among the bosses also received some news, and their expression changed immediately. This change spread quite quickly, which showed that the intelligence networks of these studios were very sound and efficient.

Ya Xiaosuan'gen's face also changed at this time, looking pained as he looked at everyone: "Did everyone receive the news?"

Everyone actually knew what he was talking about and nodded together.

"Fucking hell!" Ya Xiaosuan'gen also abandoned his manners.

"Damn it! You bastard, did you instruct Qianli Yizui to make trouble?" Gai Shiying was clearly a little frantic.

Everyone's gaze immediately shifted to Ya Xiaosuan'gen. Ya Xiaosuan'gen looked wronged: "Boss Gai, how can you say that? Isn't that your quarrel with Qianli Yizui?"

Everyone's gaze shifted to Gai Shiying again. Everyone knew about the quarrel between Ying Qi and Qianli Yizui.

Gai Shiying's eyes were full of anger. He didn't believe that Qianli Yizui's appearance had nothing to do with Ya Xiaosuan'gen, but what evidence could he produce? Ying Qi's advertisement for the efficiency leveling method was directly posted on the forum. Of course, Qianli Yizui had the opportunity to see it, so he came in to make trouble and retaliate. This reason was obviously easy for people to accept and believe.

"Boss Gai... if you still insist on doing this business, can you please announce it more discreetly, don't be so high-profile? Look now, ten good main cities have all been ruined like Cloud End City," Ya Xiaosuan'gen said with great pain.

As soon as these words were said, all the bosses changed their faces again and began to echo Ya Xiaosuan'gen. They had all received intelligence that Qianli Yizui had gone through all ten of the main cities developed by Ying Qi and had done what he had done in Cloud End City: free efficiency leveling method.

Although Ying Qi's advertisement was posted first, and although they had started charging, Qianli Yizui's actions meant that no one paid attention to them anymore. The business in these ten main cities was completely ruined, and they had nowhere to complain. Qianli Yizui was a player. Can you control what players do? Unless someone could bribe Qianli Yizui at this time. But this was obviously not going to work. The bosses present had all tried this kind of attempt. Who didn't want to do the efficiency leveling method business? Everyone knew that Qianli Yizui could do it, so why wouldn't they contact him? But he didn't pay any attention to them...

"I'm more worried now... won't Qianli Yizui resent us as well because of this?" Ya Xiaosuan'gen looked worried.

The bosses were all flustered. No matter how good their announcements were, or how attentive their service was, the word "free" alone was enough to control them completely.

"Boss Gai, you have to stand up for us!" Ya Xiaosuan'gen said.

"Don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation," Gai Shiying said slowly, his eyes almost spitting fire.

"It has to be quick. After Qianli Yizui finishes with these ten cities, will he go somewhere else?" Ya Xiaosuan'gen said to everyone.

"Yes, yes, it has to be quick, Boss Gai," everyone said in unison.

"Okay!" Gai Shiying spat out a word through gritted teeth, took out a teleportation scroll, and flew away.

In each of the ten main cities promoted by Ying Qi Studio, there was a leveling area that was already overcrowded, but each leveling area only had one active class. Because in each of these leveling areas, only one type of efficiency leveling method was being popularized for free: some were for warriors, and some were for thieves.

"At this rate, I don't think players of other classes will remain calm!" Jian Nan You, who had spread the warrior efficiency leveling method in a certain city, said after seeing the warriors in the leveling area full of energy, while the other classes looked depressed and憋屈.

"It's the same on my side. I think the mages seem to be about to kill all the thieves..." Comrade Hei Shui reported on his side.

"Same, same," voices came from each main city.

"Oh, your fighting is pretty good, who taught you?" In the tenth main city, Gu Fei was very interested in Jiao Shui's efficiency leveling method.

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