Cook immediately took out a document upon receiving Shi Feng's instructions.
"Boss, this is the Colosseum's complete revenue and expenditure report, along with projected income growth rates. Based on current profits, I recommend constructing an underground floor for the Colosseum. It would significantly alleviate the pressure from overcrowding," Cook suggested.
"Sure, no problem." Shi Feng nodded after a moment's thought.
Buildings within the small town could extend both upward and downward.
However, excavating downward cost far more than simply adding another floor on top — a full two thousand gold, a thousand more than building an additional level above ground. That was why Shi Feng had never considered a basement floor before.
But the Colosseum's popularity had far exceeded his expectations. An underground floor would actually provide more floor space than the main hall above, and at the current rate, recovering the investment wouldn't take long at all.
Without hesitation, Shi Feng handed over two thousand gold and had Cook arrange the construction of the underground level. He then continued reviewing the financial ledgers Cook had prepared.
"No way… in less than a single day, they collected this many Magic Essences?" Shi Feng stared at the ledger with his mouth hanging open.
The Colosseum's membership had already reached 416 people — a staggering number.
Becoming a member of Zero Wing required an upfront payment of one hundred Magic Essences, which meant 416 members equalled 41,600 Magic Essences. That was more than what he had earned from dealing with Dark Crow.
On top of that, the guild had an additional 539 Magic Essences in profit. The speed at which they were accumulating Magic Essences was truly terrifying. Once the underground floor was completed and even more players rented battle rooms, revenue would only become more astronomical.
In an instant, Shi Feng found himself in possession of 42,139 Magic Essences. If invested in the teleportation houses, the returns would be truly exciting. However, Shi Feng didn't plan to pour too many Magic Essences into the teleportation houses — there were simply too many places where he needed them right now.
He took all the Magic Essences and teleported directly back to White River City.
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White River City, Teleportation Hall.
The moment Shi Feng returned, guild players could be seen clustering in groups throughout the hall. Their levels were generally quite high, and the leaders were all top-tier players at Level 40. Among these guilds were second-rate and even first-rate guilds from other kingdoms and empires.
"Why have so many major guilds from other kingdoms suddenly shown up in White River City?" Shi Feng eyed the guild players filling the hall, bewildered. "Could they be here to cause trouble?"
But he quickly dismissed that thought.
Currently, the Black Water Guild only had plans to target Zero Wing — they hadn't made any moves yet. As for the matter of the monsters in Wuling Town being controlled by Black Water, he had only learned about it because the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion was willing to cooperate. There was virtually no chance these foreign guilds had gotten wind of that.
As for Black Water allying with the Pantheon, the Pantheon had clearly kept that under wraps. Otherwise, it would have already become a sensational event across the Star Moon Kingdom.
"Guild Leader, I just got great news — I hear Zero Wing is willing to sell the land next to the teleportation house."
"That's fantastic! Let's head over right now. As long as we can secure land near the teleportation house, our Freedom Wind guild can send even more members here. Then we'll have far more opportunities in the ancient ruins of the Twin Towers Kingdom!"
A tall, straight-backed Level 40 Ranger, clad in dark gray armor with a cerulean longbow slung across his back, perked up at the news, visibly excited about Zero Wing selling off land.
Without a second word, he led a hundred-man party out of the teleportation hall.