Tianyun Lao Mao
Chapter 518 Breaking the Balance
After a long while, Bai Qingxue sighed softly.
Shi Feng could see the helplessness in Bai Qingxue's expression on the screen. After all, it was a guild built with countless efforts. It was normal for Bai Qingxue to be unable to accept merging into another guild.
However, he also had his considerations.
Even if the two guilds were in an alliance, they were in different cities. No one knew what would happen in the future. Whether it was the guild's upper echelons or the guild members, they would be on guard. In order not to increase Zero Wing's unnecessary worries, the best outcome was to absorb the Snake Swallowing Whale.
It seemed ridiculous.
A mere small guild dared to swallow a first-rate guild, wasn't it afraid of bursting?
But Shi Feng had the confidence and strength.
Zero Wing Guild now had many experts, and the Candlelight Firm continuously provided gold coins. Gold coins were already very abundant. It could completely afford to take in the huge Snake Swallowing Whale. Moreover, after taking over the Snake Swallowing Whale's channels, the Candlelight Firm could earn even more gold coins.
In addition, the Snake Swallowing Whale had been in the virtual gaming world for many years and had accumulated many old customers. These old customers were all very wealthy and willing to spend a lot of money in the game. There were even many groups and companies sponsoring them, which brought amazing profits to the Snake Swallowing Whale.
Zero Wing Workshop was still in the customer development stage. If it could obtain the Snake Swallowing Whale's old customers, it could quickly earn a large number of credits, instead of having no stable income and having to negotiate on its own, as it was now.
"Guild Leader Black Flame, I need to consider this matter further," Bai Qingxue said calmly. "Since Guild Leader Black Flame doesn't intend to sell shares of the Candlelight Firm, can I buy some gold coins from you?"
In the virtual trading center, although there were many people selling gold coins, the individual quantities were small. The accumulated amount was not very large, and all the major guilds were currently buying large quantities of gold coins. It was almost impossible to buy large quantities of gold coins. They could only rely on their own gold farming teams to maintain the guild's daily expenses.
"Miss Bai, you also know that the gold coins of major guilds are very tight now. Selling a small amount of gold coins is not a problem. How much do you want?" Shi Feng asked.
Although he had spent a lot of money, he could get a lot of income from the Star-Moon Trading Firm and the Candlelight Firm every day. Selling one or two thousand gold coins was still no problem.
"I don't want much, just five thousand gold," Bai Qingxue thought for a moment and offered a price. "I can pay fifty million credits immediately."
5,000 gold coins was enough to stabilize the Snake Swallowing Whale's current situation, establish a guild residence, and let the guild members see hope. It would be even more difficult for Cao Chenghua to take people away at that time.
"5,000 gold, Miss Bai, you think too highly of me," Shi Feng said with a wry smile. "How about this, I can sell you 2,000 gold at the market price, but I need the manpower of your Snake Swallowing Whale to buy some land in the ten major cities of the Star-Moon Kingdom on my behalf and do various promotions for the Candlelight Firm, how about that?"
The gold coins on the market were constantly depreciating, but one gold coin was still worth nearly six thousand credits, which was almost enough to buy a level 25 Xuan Tie (Mystic-Iron) equipment or a level 20 Mithril equipment.
Bai Qingxue was willing to offer 50 million credits, which was much higher than the market price, but even if she had 50 million credits in hand, let alone exchanging it for 5,000 gold, it was impossible to exchange it for even 4,000 gold. Otherwise, those financial tycoons would have bought up all the land in the big cities long ago.
It could be said that the current gold coins were the most valuable. Buying good land early would allow them to earn back ten or even dozens of times the amount in the future. These financial tycoons would naturally spare no expense to spend credits, but it was impossible to do so.
"2,000 gold?" Bai Qingxue was shocked when she heard this.
She had only mentioned 5,000 gold coins earlier to see Zero Wing's strength. It was impossible for any guild in the entire God's Domain to take out 5,000 gold coins at once, but now Shi Feng was offering 2,000 gold coins.
2,000 gold!
She had worked so hard for so many days, constantly buying large quantities of gold coins, relying on the guild's gold farming team and her trusted aides, to raise them. Shi Feng had bought so much prime land, but he could still take out 2,000 gold coins.
This financial power was simply invincible...
"What, not enough?" Shi Feng thought for a moment and said, "I can offer a maximum of 3,000 gold coins. If that's still not enough, you'll have to find a way yourself."
Bai Qingxue had helped him a lot in the past, so he would naturally not kick her when she was down. He would help if he could, but only within his capabilities.
Although he still had a lot of money, he still had to buy land in other cities to open shops, and he also had to leave some money for the guild's emergency use.
"Thank you, I'll transfer the money to you now." Bai Qingxue was overjoyed. With 3,000 gold coins, plus the 2,000 or so gold coins she had on hand, it would be enough to buy land to establish a guild residence and maintain the guild's daily expenses. It would be even more difficult for Cao Chenghua to secretly split the guild.
Afterwards, Shi Feng sold 3,000 gold coins to Bai Qingxue through the virtual trading center and sent them to Maple Leaf City.
Maple Leaf City was also a large city in the eastern region of the Star-Moon Kingdom, with a player population of nearly one million. This was why so many people were optimistic about Alluring City.
In the entire Maple Leaf City, apart from some scattered small guilds, there was only one large guild, Alluring City. The other large guilds had been cleared out by Alluring City one by one and driven to other places to develop. It could be said that it was as solid as a rock, and it was difficult for other guilds to make any waves in Maple Leaf City.
At this time, Shi Feng was walking on the streets of Maple Leaf City. Many of the players on the streets were players from Alluring City, all of them arrogant and domineering, and people from other guilds could only hide, revealing the status of the overlord.
"Our Alluring City is opening a trading firm in Maple Leaf City. The name of the store is Alluring City Trading Firm. It's located in the central district. The things there are much cheaper than the NPC stores, and there are also many things that are not available in the NPC stores. If you are interested, please visit us, and we guarantee you will feel at home."
Many members of Alluring City were promoting the Alluring City Trading Firm on the streets. The advertisements were overwhelming, making many players curious and wanting to take a look.
After all, the shops run by players were much better than the NPC shops, especially things like whetstones, which were not sold in the NPC shops at all. Normally, they could only ask some forging apprentices to exchange for them. Unlike the Star-Moon Trading Firm in White River City, which was opened by Shi Feng, they could buy many things that NPC shops did not have.
"It's really a monopoly, but unfortunately, it can only be for now." Shi Feng sat in a pavilion, drinking fine wine and enjoying the lively central street.
After a while, a middle-aged man in his forties walked up to Shi Feng and said respectfully, "Hello, Guild Leader Black Flame, my name is Liang Chen. I was sent by Guild Leader Bai. The land purchase agreement you wanted has been brought here. Please take a look."
"Thank you for your trouble." Shi Feng took the agreement, scanned it a few times, and signed it after confirming that there were no problems. "Let's go to the city hall to complete the formalities now."