Chapter 22 Candlelight Firm

Shi Feng opened his mouth and asked for the two hottest pieces of land. Melancholic Smile just glanced at the price list, and her small mouth couldn't help but open wide.

The prices were simply outrageous.

Even ordinary plots of land in White River City cost over a thousand gold, and those in densely populated central areas were over three thousand gold.

As for the two plots of land Shi Feng favored, they were as high as eight thousand gold or more. If you were to exchange eight thousand gold for credits, you could already open a decent company in a real-world city…

However, Shi Feng didn't think it was too expensive. These two plots of land would be worth their weight in gold in the future. In his previous life, he couldn't even snatch them up.

Whether it was next to the auction house or next to the bank, these were places players frequented, guaranteeing absolute player traffic. If he didn't have so little money on hand, he would have really liked to buy a few more plots. When White River City became the number one city in the Star-Moon Kingdom, its future value would increase a hundredfold.

"Lord Viscount, the two places you have chosen are 9,200 gold and 8,800 gold, totaling 18,000 gold. Discounted by 10%, it's 16,200 gold." The male administrator said excitedly, "In addition, after purchasing these two plots of land, you will need to pay a monthly property tax of 15%. If you fail to pay within three months, these commercial plots will be frozen, and if you fail to pay within six months, they will be directly reclaimed."

"How black-hearted!" Melancholic Smile's face darkened as soon as she heard this, and she almost shouted it out.

They had already spent so much money to buy the land, and in the end, they still had to pay 15% in taxes every month. The two plots together would require a monthly payment of 2,700 gold. Even a first-rate guild might not have that much gold, and it had to be paid every month.

"Here's 16,200 gold." Shi Feng paid the money without saying a word.

Shi Feng was very clear about the rules of God's Domain and had become accustomed to them.

Moreover, the main system did this to prevent someone from being too strong in the early stages and buying up all the commercial land. That's why they set a monthly property tax of 15%.

It seemed very expensive, but as the level of God's Domain players increased, gold would become easier and easier to earn, and the value of gold would become lower and lower. It would never be as high as it was now. Paying 2,700 gold per month was nothing.

Before long, the administrator handed the land contracts for the two plots to Shi Feng. Shi Feng could open shops on these two places at will, and the area of these two plots was not small, not much smaller than the Starflow Trading Firm.

After all, the Starflow Trading Firm was not his own. No matter how good it was, it was still an NPC's, but the shops opened on these two plots were his own. He could do whatever he wanted, which was much more convenient.

Afterwards, Shi Feng selected two nice houses in the City Hall, both three stories high. The first floor could be used to sell goods, the second floor could be used as a warehouse and forging room, and the third floor could be used as an office.

However, in order to build these two shops, Shi Feng spent another two thousand gold, and then hired more than 20 senior NPCs for daily management and sales.

After spending all this money, Shi Feng didn't have much money left, but fortunately, the Blackwing City's Dragonscale Set was constantly being sold, and gold was constantly entering Shi Feng's pocket.

"Smile, you will be in charge of managing these two places for now. I have already given you the authority. You can now transfer the members of the Starflow Trading Firm over little by little. As for the items for sale, focus on reinforced armor plates. There is no need to sell them at the Starflow Trading Firm." Shi Feng said.

"Guild Leader, if we only sell reinforced armor plates in these two places, it will divert players, which will have a considerable impact on the Starflow Trading Firm." Melancholic Smile said worriedly.

"I want to divert the flow. I want to transfer all the old customers of the Starflow Trading Firm to the new shops. Just do as I say. By the way, the price of these reinforced armor plates should be above 7 silver coins per piece. Don't sell them at a loss." Shi Feng said with a smile.

Although the Starflow Trading Firm was still somewhat useful to him, its greatest function was to accumulate in the early stages. Now that he had accumulated enough capital, he naturally had to abandon it little by little. If he waited until he had gathered 30,000 gold to complete the mission, he would definitely break up with the Starflow Trading Firm. If he didn't plan now, it would be too late later.

"Guild Leader, don't worry, the reinforced armor plates will definitely not be less than 7 silver coins." Melancholic Smile said with great confidence in the reinforced armor plates they made.

The success rate of a reinforced armor plate was only a little over 30% even for them, these forgers, and the material cost of a reinforced armor plate was more than 1 silver coin. This meant that the cost of making a complete reinforced armor plate was more than 3 silver coins, and they were selling it for 7 silver coins, which was simply too cheap.

Even if Shi Feng didn't say so, she was planning to price it at 10 silver coins. After all, the players' levels were high now, and it was easy to earn money. 10 silver coins could definitely be sold.

"Guild Leader, these two shops haven't been named yet. I don't know what they should be called?" Melancholic Smile looked at Shi Feng and asked.

"A single spark can start a prairie fire, let's call it Candlelight Firm." Shi Feng looked at the two pieces of golden land he had obtained and sighed in his heart.

At this time, he finally had his own capital. With these two pieces of golden land, he was completely ahead of all the guilds by a large margin. In the future, the guild's funds would have a fairly stable guarantee, and he would not be afraid of competing with any guild.

Soon after, Shi Feng and Melancholic Smile went to take a look at the two plots of land, but at this time, the houses on these two plots were still under renovation, and they could not see the complete and beautiful appearance. It would take several hours to complete the renovation, and then they could be fully opened for business.

"There are really a lot of players in White River City now." Shi Feng looked around and found that there were a lot of players near the auction house, even more than the number of players in White River City in his previous life.

"Guild Leader, that's for sure. Zero Wing and Alluring Smile are constantly competing in White River City. Zero Wing also has the first guild residence, coupled with Alluring Smile's high welfare benefits, attracting many players from other cities to come and develop. According to the data statistics from the day before yesterday, White River City has become the second largest player city in the Star-Moon Kingdom, only a little behind Star-Moon City."

"The Royal City is the Royal City, not something ordinary cities can compare to. Even if White River City has some advantages, many players still like to hang out in the Royal City."

"Star-Moon City?" Shi Feng suddenly remembered something when he heard Melancholic Smile say this.

In Star-Moon City, he also made a friend and prepared to buy land. Originally, his purpose was to let Zero Wing Guild develop towards Star-Moon City, but later he cancelled this plan and wanted to turn White River City into the number one player city in the Star-Moon Kingdom. After all, Zero Wing had an extraordinary foundation in White River City.

Although he didn't plan to develop in Star-Moon City now, the number of players in Star-Moon City was still very tempting. After all, in the major cities of God's Domain, players were the resources of a city.

The stronger a city was, the stronger the guild that controlled the city would be.

"It seems that I still have to go to Star-Moon City." Shi Feng suddenly thought of a good way to make White River City go one step further.