Chapter 1 The Development

The Candlelight Trading Firm was developing rapidly, constantly recruiting lifestyle players.

Although the Candlelight Trading Firm had two high-end shops in White River City, it simply didn't have enough space for hundreds or thousands of lifestyle players. The three-story Candlelight Trading Firm had the first floor dedicated to selling items, the second floor for various workshops, and the third floor for warehouses, offices, and other rest areas. There weren't many workshops.

Melancholic Smile had no choice but to have the recruited lifestyle players create items at the various lifestyle associations.

Although the space problem was solved, the cost increased a lot.

Because renting workshops from the association required rent. Ordinary workshops didn't greatly improve the success rate, so they generally had to rent intermediate workshops. An intermediate workshop cost 1 silver coin per hour, so 100 people would cost 1 gold, and 1,000 people would cost 10 gold. It cost 10 gold coins per hour.

Ten gold coins was enough to cover the working capital of a small guild.

Melancholic Smile even wanted to suggest that Shi Feng buy more land to build shops, but satisfying the current number of lifestyle players couldn't be done with just two or three plots of land.

But now it was different.

The Candlelight Trading Firm next to the auction house had been upgraded to five stories. It seemed like it only added two floors, equivalent to two more plots of land for shops, but the internal space of the shop had also become larger, almost doubling in size. In other words, there was space for five or six more shops.

With so much space, they would save a lot on association rental fees.

How could Melancholic Smile not be excited?

Melancholic Smile even wished that all the shops would become five stories tall so that the Candlelight Trading Firm wouldn't need to rent workshops from the association at all.

Shi Feng chuckled at this, unsure of what to say to Melancholic Smile.

In the previous life, even after God's Domain had been running for more than a year, many shops were still one-star shops, struggling to be promoted to two-star. Now, the Candlelight Trading Firm was lucky to have a two-star shop so quickly.

It was almost impossible to open another Shop Promotion Order.

Unless the Heart of Icarus was upgraded to epic-rank and sacrificed life force, it might be possible to open a second one.

Afterward, Shi Feng asked Melancholic Smile to wait in the fifth-floor conference room and notify Frost Cocoa and Blazing Iron Heart.

A two-star shop wasn't just about the space becoming larger. Otherwise, so many shops wouldn't desperately want to be promoted to two-star shops, even if it cost tens of thousands of gold.

The news that the Candlelight Trading Firm had a two-star shop quickly spread. After all, the Candlelight Trading Firm was already a household name in White River City, and most of the players in the city had bought things from the Candlelight Trading Firm. Now that the Candlelight Trading Firm had quietly built a five-story shop, it was hard not to attract attention.

"Young Master Feng, the Candlelight Trading Firm has made another move. I don't know what means they used to build a five-story shop. I went in to investigate earlier, and the internal space of the first floor of that shop is more than twice as large as before. There is also a lot more merchandise that can be displayed," a player specifically responsible for investigating the Candlelight Trading Firm reported slowly.

"Five stories, the space is bigger than before?" Feng Xuanyang couldn't help but sneer. "The Candlelight Trading Firm is really good at calculating. They're making Bright Stones while expanding the shop to prepare for selling Bright Stones. What a pity, what a pity. What does it matter if the space is big? The three advanced forging apprentices who can make Bright Stones have already been poached by me. Without Bright Stones, such a big shop is just an empty shell."

He spent a lot of money to poach the three people, and his heart still ached, but when he thought about the Candlelight Trading Firm without Bright Stones, he felt much better.

"By the way, how is the development in Maple Leaf City?" Feng Xuanyang asked the slightly chubby man next to him. "I heard that the Candlelight Trading Firm even opened a shop next to the Alluring City Firm. This is a big blow to the Alluring City Firm."

"Young Master Feng, don't worry. Although the Candlelight Trading Firm is powerful, Maple Leaf City is our territory. Moreover, Miss Youlan has already invited that lord to come and help. With that lord's help, the current Magic Resistance Potion has easily driven the entire business of the Alluring City Firm. The Candlelight Trading Firm simply can't compete. It won't be long before the Alluring City Firm can stabilize its dominant position in Maple Leaf City. When that lord's alchemy proficiency improves further, or if they get items that increase the success rate, and make that thing, even the Candlelight Trading Firm in White River City won't be able to compete with us." The slightly chubby man said with a smile.

"Good, as expected of a woman favored by the higher-ups. As long as the Alluring City Firm can take White River City, my status will also rise, and becoming the family head will be just around the corner." Feng Xuanyang's eyes lit up.

He really didn't expect Youlan to be able to invite that big shot from the Underworld.

Although that person was just a lifestyle player, with his extraordinary talent, he brought huge profits to the Underworld in many virtual games and became a big shot that the Underworld couldn't ignore. Even the higher-ups of the Underworld had to give him some face. He had thought about inviting him before, but he didn't have that much influence. However, Youlan was able to invite that person over, which showed how extraordinary this woman was.

"It seems that I have to try to win over that woman Youlan in the future." Feng Xuanyang licked his lips and thought to himself. Although he had always been interested in Bai Qingxue, Youlan's temperament, figure, and appearance were no worse than Bai Qingxue's, and she was even better than Bai Qingxue in some ways. If Youlan could become his woman, then she would be of great help to him in the future, and he would have a better chance of winning the position of family head.

Inside the fifth-floor conference room of the Candlelight Trading Firm, Shi Feng had just walked in when he saw Melancholic Smile and the others get up to greet him.

"Guild Leader, you're looking for us so urgently. Do you have another surprise for us?" Frost Cocoa asked with an expectant look, her watery eyes looking at Shi Feng. She knew that Shi Feng would never call them to a meeting for no reason. Every time they had a meeting, he would have something good to give them, so she always liked having meetings.

"You're still the smartest." Shi Feng smiled faintly, and then said, "Come with me, I'll show you something."

Then Shi Feng led the three of them out of the conference room and to a room not far from the conference room.

The Candlelight Trading Firm had only just been built into a five-story building, and Melancholic Smile and the others were not yet familiar with many places, especially since some of the rooms were set up by Shi Feng, and even Melancholic Smile could not enter.

The place in front of them was one of them.

"Guild Leader, isn't this a workshop?" Frost Cocoa asked strangely.

"You'll know when you go in." Shi Feng smiled and slowly opened the door.

After the door was opened, everyone was shocked.

The inside of this door was completely like another world, with a fragrant smell, beautiful scenery, and even small bridges and flowing water, making people feel relaxed and happy. The most incredible thing was that there was also a suspended large water ball.

"This is a simulation device!" Melancholic Smile was shocked when she saw the suspended water ball.

Simulation devices originally only appeared in the library of White River City, used for players to learn spells or create spells. She didn't expect that there would also be one in this workshop.

"What is a simulation device?" Frost Cocoa asked with some confusion.

"There is also this water ball in the library of White River City, which is used for players to learn spells and create spell simulation devices, but this simulation device is somewhat different. It is used to simulate the creation of items by lifestyle players. Through simulation, you can find out the shortcomings in the creation of items, and at the same time, it can help you create new items, so you don't need to waste a lot of materials to create them casually. This is also a function that only special workshops have," Shi Feng explained slowly.