Although Shui Se Qiang Wei was the Vice President of
Twilight Echo was a first-rate guild with a history even longer than the Snake of the Body, and the family behind Shui Se Qiang Wei was one of its major shareholders.
In his previous life,
Ten years later, this Sun Moon Group would rise to become one of the world's top 500 financial conglomerates, of course, thanks in large part to Twilight Echo and Shui Se Qiang Wei's assistance.
Both the Sun Moon Group and the Kaiyuan Conglomerate primarily dealt in the energy business.
That was why Shui Se Qiang Wei's family had once feared the Kaiyuan Conglomerate. The Kaiyuan Conglomerate was a giant in the industry, and the Sun Moon Group had only just clawed its way to the mid-tier, still striving upwards. The gap was such that the Kaiyuan Conglomerate could easily squeeze the Sun Moon Group out of market space at any moment.
Although the Sun Moon Group was currently only a mid-tier enterprise in the energy sector, the capital it held was no small matter. After all, if there was one thing that was most profitable in this world, it was energy—something indispensable in every aspect of life.
Because of this, everyone in Twilight Echo held Shui Se Qiang Wei in considerable respect. With just one word, they made her an Honorary Elder of Twilight Echo. Who told the Sun Moon Group to be Twilight Echo's primary investor and largest shareholder? Without the Sun Moon Group's energy supply, just maintaining the daily operations of their training center would be a crushing burden for other enterprises.
The fact that a single conglomerate could sustain the daily consumption of a first-rate guild's training center like Twilight Echo spoke volumes about the Sun Moon Group's wealth.
"Guild Leader, what's happened?" Shui Se Qiang Wei asked.
At that moment, she was still busy compiling the personnel list and various documents for the branch guild's deployment, her brain nearly short-circuiting from the workload. Her assistant was also running around the office, contacting guild members left and right and organizing the intent forms of those wishing to join the branch.
With Zero Wing's current external expansion, many players had signed up wanting to join the branch guild.
Although the branch wasn't as secure as
In White River City, the guild's main raid team had only so many spots, yet there were so many guild members that people were practically fighting tooth and nail just for a single reserve position. But at the branch, a new second main team was being established—this was a tremendous opportunity. The benefits of a main team member far exceeded those of an elite team.
Not to mention the priority on equipment, just the daily allocation of magic crystals was enough to make one drool, let alone the chance to obtain the legendary Hundred Fruit Brew.
It was said to be even more impressive than the Icefire Wine from the God-Demon Arena, an excellent item for enhancing skill completion rates. It simply wasn't available on the market, and there was no known way to obtain it.
Only after becoming a main team member did one gain the qualifications to compete for the Hundred Fruit Brew.
Now the branch's main team also enjoyed these same benefits. How could Zero Wing's elite members not be tempted? As soon as the news broke, they scrambled to sign up, afraid they wouldn't get the chance to develop at the branch.
Although Shui Se Qiang Wei was overwhelmed and frazzled, she was happy in her heart. Because Zero Wing's strength was her dream. It was precisely because of the guild's extraordinary performance that her family finally had to cancel the engagement with the
As Zero Wing achieved more and more astonishing feats, her own standing within the family kept rising. Even executives from many large corporations secretly contacted her through her family, expressing a desire to invest in Zero Wing, stating the terms were negotiable. The result was that every time she went home, the first thing she had to do was have her parents drag her to meet these corporate bigwigs, making her busier during the day than even the CEO of the Sun Moon Group...
"It's nothing major. Didn't you say your family has always wanted to invest in Zero Wing? And often, other large corporations ask you to discuss cooperation?" Shi Feng asked.
"Yes. Lately, there have been more and more. My family has been pushing me every day—more urgently than when they wanted me to get engaged to the God of War Xingchen, even. These past few days have been almost unbearable. Don't tell me you have some good idea, Guild Leader?" Shui Se Qiang Wei said, feeling a headache just talking about it.
She was very clear about Shi Feng's stance, so she had been refusing all along. To avoid these people, she could only hide inside her virtual reality pod every day, because only inside the VR pod would her family not disturb her rest...
"I do have an idea. It's not a solution to keep your parents pestering you forever. I can indeed offer a cooperation opportunity." Shi Feng couldn't help but smile. "Whether they're willing to cooperate or not, that depends on them."
"Really?" Shui Se Qiang Wei immediately stopped what she was doing, unable to believe it was true.
Zero Wing's current reputation in the Divine Realm was very well-known. The reason for its fame was precisely because it had rejected countless investors. This was something other guilds would beg for, yet Zero Wing did the opposite, earning it the title of one of the most difficult guilds to cooperate with in the Divine Realm.
"Yes. I plan to lease out some plots of land in the town. I hope to find some partners through you. However, the prerequisite for cooperation is that each enterprise must first invest one billion credit points. I'll choose a total of ten partners." Shi Feng had previously received an estimate from Bai Qingxue. If they wanted to directly take over the Snake of the Body's training center, it would require at least seven or eight billion credit points, and that was just a preliminary estimate. After all, the Snake of the Body's training center was very large, had its own independent R&D team, and was located in a first-tier city. The estimated price was already very, very cheap.
"Guild Leader, are you talking about the plots in Stone Forest Town?" Shui Se Qiang Wei was shocked by what Shi Feng said and couldn't help but confirm again.
"That's correct." Shi Feng nodded earnestly.
"Guild Leader, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but although the player traffic in Stone Forest Town is indeed astonishing, no matter how expensive the land in Stone Forest Town is, it can't possibly compare to the prime plots in the Royal or Imperial Capitals. And even those prime plots in the capitals aren't this expensive. Setting this price is basically asking for a fool to take the deal. Absolutely no one would be willing to agree," Shui Se Qiang Wei said helplessly.
For some reason, Shui Se Qiang Wei always had this feeling.
That Shi Feng seemed to live in a different world from her. She was the one who was supposed to be the wealthy young lady, yet one billion credit points sounded to Shi Feng like buying a head of cabbage—casually buying it whenever he wanted, and even buying a whole heap at once...
One billion credit points!
The Sun Moon Group could produce that amount, but it would certainly make them hesitate and tremble for a long time.
"But what if you have this thing?"
Shi Feng smiled and took out a weathered piece of parchment from his inventory. This parchment was the City Creation Token of the Star Moon Kingdom. As long as it was within the territory of the Star Moon Kingdom, one could choose any location to become their own territory and build a city.