Chapter 1 Investigation

"Investigate? What do you want to investigate?" Gaishi Qiying asked, frowning. Several other studio owners also cast suspicious glances, wondering why Yaxiaosuangen was so serious about this issue.

"I just want to know exactly how many people Boss Gai has here," Yaxiaosuangen said. "Similarly, Boss Gai can also double-check my side."

"I don't need to," Gaishi Qiying said.

"Thank you for your trust," Yaxiaosuangen said with a smile. But everyone knew that this wasn't trust. It was just because Yunteng had been working on this for so many days. With Yingqi's scale, the largest in the industry, and such a large intelligence network, they must have figured this out long ago.

As for Yingqi, they silently took down ten main cities right from the start, and everyone was a little unclear about his trump cards. Although Gaishi Qiying had made a statement, seeing Yaxiaosuangen's persistent suspicion, everyone couldn't help but feel a bit apprehensive: Could Yingqi really have some other hidden cards?

And more importantly, they were happy to see Yunteng and Yingqi at loggerheads so that they could play both sides. If these two were to become harmonious, then they would immediately become a disadvantaged group again. So, they were happy when these two fought, and unhappy when they chatted happily.

So, at this moment, they hadn't come out to stir things up, which was already considered not being too blatant. There was no way they would try to dissuade Yaxiaosuangen from insisting on an investigation.

Gaishi Qiying couldn't find a reason to prevaricate, and helplessly said, "How do you want to investigate?"

"That's not for Boss Gai to worry about. In short, I will definitely produce convincing evidence. Similarly, I won't interfere with or obstruct Boss Gai's investigation of my side," Yaxiaosuangen said.

Damn it, this second-rate guy! Gaishi Qiying cursed inwardly. He spoke so beautifully, as if he were being impartial, but what did he need to investigate? He had already figured out everything he wanted to know. This guy, on the other hand, confidently wanted to investigate his side. Did he find some dirt on him? But the problem was, he hadn't done anything shameful! Except for exaggerating the number of developed main cities. But of course, Gaishi Qiying would carefully conceal this situation, and no one knew about it at all. Gaishi Qiying didn't believe anyone could find out. Investigate? How? By questioning him?

The other bosses were happy to watch these two forces clash, each smiling and watching the show like old foxes. Gaishi Qiying cursed inwardly, but he couldn't do anything about it. He didn't want to be passive, but he was forced to be. He had to send a message to Wu Ye, telling him to pay more attention. He himself continued to think about how to make things difficult for this Yunteng kid.

With so many people crammed into the room, yet no one speaking, the atmosphere became awkward. The first speaker, as the meeting host, couldn't let this happen. He deliberately started a conversation, and gradually everyone began to chat, talking about the recent exchange rate of gold coins, the prices of various mainstream equipment, what good stuff they had recently obtained, and what top-quality items they had gotten from lucky bursts. The meeting was temporarily suspended and turned into a tea party.

On the Yingqi side, Wu Ye received the message from Gaishi Qiying and didn't dare to neglect it. He quickly contacted the supervisors of the ten main cities, asking if anything special had happened.

The question came so suddenly that the supervisors were also confused. Yingqi's advertisements for these ten cities had already been launched, and many players were coming to inquire, with some impatient ones wanting to pay the fees now. The supervisors were quite busy now, not going out much, and they really didn't know if anything had happened in the cities. So, they quickly delegated their current tasks, while asking their subordinates and going out to investigate themselves.

Wu Ye waited for replies, and gradually news came from each city. The main cities were so big, and there were so many players, how could there not be gossip every day? In the end, a jumbled mess of trivial matters was reported, making Wu Ye dizzy. He quickly told the city lords to analyze the events themselves, and see if there were any gossip events that seemed to be related to the efficiency leveling method.

Related to the efficiency leveling method? The supervisors muttered as they sorted through the gossip, not knowing what situation would be considered related to the efficiency leveling method, so they had to handle it according to their own ideas.

This was another round of fuss, and still no clues were found. Wu Ye had no choice but to report back to Gaishi Qiying. Gaishi Qiying had a headache. The more he couldn't find a problem, the more he felt there was something fishy. Looking at Yaxiaosuangen sitting opposite him, calm and composed, chatting with his companions, he seemed very relaxed!

What exactly is he doing? Gaishi Qiying was extremely annoyed. At this time, the bosses in the room had been cooped up for a long time, and were somewhat impatient. Someone finally asked Yaxiaosuangen and Gaishi Qiying, "Bosses, how long will your mutual investigation take?"

"Ask him, I don't have that much energy," Gaishi Qiying said.

Yaxiaosuangen smiled slightly and said, "The investigation can continue, and our discussion doesn't have to stop, right? Everyone can bring up any topic now."

Damn it! Why didn't you say so earlier? We had a tea party for half the day for nothing. The bosses all thought so. So, they each sat down and began a serious and earnest discussion on the allocation of the efficiency leveling method.

The first speaker cleared his throat and began to speak: "This, everyone here is a smart person, so let's not beat around the bush. Currently, the resources of the efficiency leveling method are mainly in the hands of the two of you, so we can only be secondary agents. Now, some of us brothers have gotten one or two cities in hand, and some are still empty-handed. Because Boss Gai has joined, Boss Ya, some of our previous agreements may have to be temporarily suspended, right?"

"Understood," Yaxiaosuangen nodded.

"As for how to allocate the main cities, we're all easy to talk to. Everyone shares equally, no one gets more or less. What we want to clarify now is how many cities the two of you can provide for us to allocate, and how much commission you will take. This is what we need to solve in today's meeting, right?"

"Right," Yaxiaosuangen nodded again.

"Regarding this, would the two of you like to say something first?" the speaker said.

"Boss Gai?" Yaxiaosuangen gestured for Gaishi Qiying to speak first.

"Fifty," Gaishi Qiying said.

Everyone's expression changed. What did fifty mean? Did this bastard want to occupy fifty main cities all by himself? How shameless! Everyone thought so. The speaker squeezed out a smile and said, "Boss Gai, don't be abstract. What do you mean by fifty?"

"Boss Ya and I are each responsible for developing fifty main cities, and then we will cooperate with everyone. I think it's fair," Gaishi Qiying said.

"Fifty each?" Everyone was stunned. This seemingly fair distribution wasn't very fair at the moment. Yaxiaosuangen's Yunteng side, with the initial thirty cities, plus the development progress of the past few days, was already close to the number of fifty cities. Even if the two sides continued to develop at an unharmonious speed, Yunteng could conservatively occupy 70% to 80% of the market. Now, fifty each was basically equivalent to letting Yunteng give up continuing to develop and leaving the remaining cake to Gaishi Qiying to eat for free. How could Yunteng agree to this?

Sure enough, Yaxiaosuangen shook his head and said, "Boss Gai, this idea seems a bit outrageous, right? It's like we're running a hundred-meter race. I've already run fifty meters, and you come and tell me to stop, then you leisurely run fifty meters, then move the finish line over and announce the end of the race, and we tie... This is probably not appropriate, right? Why should I let Boss Gai have these fifty meters? Even if you've already run ten meters now, we're still forty meters apart! In my opinion, if Boss Gai likes to share equally, then it has to be from now on. We only have these forty meters left, so we can only share these forty meters equally. Twenty cities each."

"Hehe," Gaishi Qiying smiled and said, "Ten cities, twenty cities, or fifty cities, it doesn't really matter to me. As everyone knows, we Yingqi have just had a little trouble recently, so although we have the ability to develop this efficiency leveling method, it's difficult to operate it! So, I'm planning to hand over all the main cities I've developed to everyone to manage. With my current strength, I'm only enough to eat a commission!"

As soon as Gaishi Qiying said this, everyone was in an uproar, but Yaxiaosuangen frowned. The boss of the largest studio in the industry was indeed not easy to deal with. The method he came up with directly hit Yunteng's soft spot. He used the minds of these many studios to seek the greatest benefits to propose this plan, which Yunteng could not compete with. Because the main cities that Yunteng had developed were either done by themselves or had already been handed over. Although each city had only opened one or two leveling areas, and there were follow-ups, everyone knew that the first bite of the cake was always the sweetest, and afterwards, the taste would be greatly reduced. The temptation of the bitten cakes in Yunteng's hands was far inferior to those fresh ones, and now Gaishi Qiying didn't want to eat a fresh bite, making it clear that he didn't want to make a big profit from this business, but he also didn't want Yunteng to make more profit. Because he knew that Yunteng now relied too much on this business, and if they made less profit, their lives would be more difficult.

"Everyone!!" Gaishi Qiying simply didn't give Yaxiaosuangen a chance to speak, raising both hands high: "If these fifty cities are given to me to do, each city!!!" Gaishi Qiying raised his voice, clenching his raised right hand, with only two fingers extended: "I will only charge everyone 20% commission!!"

The bosses were naturally overjoyed. Originally, they had to pay 30% to Yunteng, but now it suddenly became 20%, earning an extra 10% out of thin air. The eyes of the crowd were filled with stars as they looked at Gaishi Qiying. And the bosses who had already taken over the main cities from Yunteng and paid 30% commission were full of regret. What was the hurry? How much better it would have been to wait a little longer.

"One person develops fifty cities, one person develops fifty cities, fair and reasonable!" Many bosses were already shouting shamelessly. What they wanted was never fairness, let alone rationality. What they needed was only profit.

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Hu Die Lan, who has a lot of experience with staying up late, will always remember the benefits for those who stay up late. Comrades, keep going!