Chapter 245 All Hands on Deck

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, You Ge calmly took ten bags of gold coins, a total of 100,000, from the corner of the room, causing everyone to gulp. Subsequently, Jian Nan You, Han Jia Gongzi, Jian Gui, Hei Shui, and others successively completed their tasks one after another. Although the initial thought was to finish early and be done with it, seeing the desperate looks of the slowpokes represented by Zhan Wu Shang, they couldn't bring themselves to be ruthless and stepped in to help.

Many hands make light work. After another three hours of struggle, all the letters were replied to. As soon as they put down their pens, everyone collapsed to the ground, their faces contorted, gnashing their teeth in hatred for this task.

"The printing press is truly a great invention!" they heard Zhan Wu Shang mutter to himself.

"Alright, alright, let's finish what we started. Everyone, get up and send all the letters together," You Ge called out.

The frequent labor had obviously accumulated some experience, and many techniques had emerged even for simply moving letters. For example, Jian Nan You and Zhan Wu Shang, being the strong types, used a shoulder pole, tying a bag of letters to each end and carrying another in one hand, taking three bags at a time. Huo Ran Yi and others, lacking strength, were troubled; three bags of letters meant several trips back and forth. At this moment, Han Jia Gongzi pushed open the door, waved his hand outside, and announced, "Moving stuff, 10 gold coins per trip, strong people come."

Instantly, many people came over, their eyes lighting up. They all rushed to the door to pick people. Most of the players willing to sell their labor for 10 gold coins were newbie noobs, so they weren't afraid these guys would run off with the goods. They each gave half of the 5 gold coin deposit. The newbies happily took the sacks and left. Gu Fei and others followed behind, refreshed, pointing and commenting on Zhan Wu Shang and the others who relied on their own labor.

Sending the letters was much simpler. They only needed to fill in the recipient's ID as required by the system, which everyone had already done when writing the letters. Now they just grabbed handfuls of letters and threw them into the mailbox. Then, the mailbox closed, and the system would send them without any delay. As for the sender's ID, according to the system rules, whoever threw it counted. So Gu Fei, the recipient, and You Ge, the promoter, were responsible for showing their IDs. Others either handed letters to the two, were responsible for closing the lid, or were on guard to prevent letters from being lost. Everyone performed their duties, cooperating precisely, and finished in less than an hour.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a sense of ease. However, You Ge chose this moment to say something dispiriting: "Don't throw away the sacks, keep them, we'll need them in a couple of days!" For this one sentence, You Ge almost died in the streets.

"Stop hitting, let's go back and divide the money!" You Ge shouted, diverting everyone's attention. The earned gold coins were still piled up in their office! This was a major function of private residences: serving as warehouses. However, using it as a warehouse meant calculating the volume yourself, unlike the system-provided warehouse boxes or player pockets, which had spatial abilities.

Dividing the money was still quite exciting. Everyone returned to the office. Apart from the 100,000 that You Ge had already taken, there were still four million gold coins. Actually, there were a few thousand leftovers, but everyone was so high and mighty now. What were a few thousand? Negligible!

How to divide the money? This was originally intended to be discussed, but everyone was unsure at the time, so they decided to talk about it when they got the money. Now the time was ripe, and the decisive moment had finally arrived. On this sensitive issue, although there were fourteen people on both sides, in fact, they could be counted as two. The Gongzi Elite Group plus Bai Shi Jing Lun counted as one, and Jian Nan You's Seven counted as one. How the seven divided it internally afterward was a minor matter.

In Jian Nan You's eyes, Gu Fei was always the boss, so he looked at Gu Fei, wanting to see what he would say. But Gu Fei was absent-minded at this moment, calculating that he had been up all night for two consecutive days, and this couldn't go on!

For a moment, no one spoke. Finally, Han Jia Gongzi opened his mouth: "What, no one has an idea? If no one has an idea, then I'll speak?"

"You speak, you speak," Zhan Wu Shang and others hurriedly said. Who would dare to have an idea in front of Han Jia Gongzi?

"Everyone has worked hard, but everyone has also seen how generous the reward is, four million gold coins. No one here has ever touched such a large amount, right? With such a generous reward, I don't think everyone should mind who did more or less in this process, nor should they care about the importance of their work," Han Jia Gongzi said.

Everyone understood his meaning. For example, You Ge contributed a lot to the announcement, while the names of Jian Gui and others were golden signboards, attracting a lot of attention. And the operation of the entire business was basically decided by Han Jia Gongzi. Jian Nan You and others also did a lot of meticulous work in private. If these things had to be measured in value, it would be troublesome. Han Jia Gongzi's meaning was that there was a lot of money anyway, and even taking a small amount was something they had never seen before, so everyone shouldn't care too much.

"Of course, Qian Li and Bai Shi are exceptions," Han Jia Gongzi added.

Everyone nodded. This was certain. It had been said before that the means of production were provided by these two guys. They were the evil capitalists.

"Excluding the two of them, there are 12 of us in total. If each person gets 250,000, that's exactly three million. The remaining one million will be divided by the two of them. Does anyone have any objections?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"No." Everyone shook their heads. Four million minus three million leaves one million. Gu Fei and Bai Shi Jing Lun each get 500,000, which is twice as much as them. Everyone felt that it was completely acceptable.

So Han Jia Gongzi looked at the two of them: "What about you?"

"No objections," Gu Fei said. Bai Shi Jing Lun also nodded in agreement.

"Take the money!" Han Jia Gongzi waved his hand, but there was no scene of starving tigers pouncing on food. The money was already in their pockets, and pouncing wouldn't get them any more. Who would be anxious? Everyone walked over with great grace and order, helping each other take and get the money.

At this time, You Ge scratched his head and said, "According to the final distribution ratio, the 100,000 bonus I took earlier seems a bit too much..."

Each person got 250,000. Because You Ge wrote faster by a few minutes, he had 100,000 more than everyone else, which made him feel a little uneasy. Especially since this suggestion was his own idea.

"Keep it!" Han Jia Gongzi said nonchalantly. "The bonus system should exist to motivate everyone, but next time, don't do it in such a nonsensical area."

"Then in what area will it be next time?" Everyone perked up their ears to inquire. This time it was writing, which was You Ge's strength. Everyone was asking what the next project was so they could practice in advance.

Han Jia Gongzi glanced at everyone and asked, "Drinking?"

"Get lost!" A group of people dodged away.

After each person received 250,000, the two remaining capitalists went over to take their surplus value. Gu Fei casually picked up a few bags and then stomped on the remaining bags twice and said to Bai Shi Jing Lun, "You take them all!"

"How can that be? You contributed more than I did!" Bai Shi Jing Lun was very sincere.

"I don't lack money," Gu Fei said and left.

Bai Shi Jing Lun was in tears, finding ways to hurt his self-esteem, wasn't this cheap?

When everyone saw that Gu Fei only took so little and gave up, they were shocked. Yu Tian Shen Ming quickly came up and asked, "Can I take some too?"

"Don't bother, that guy is counting on this to live!" If it weren't for this reason, Gu Fei wouldn't mind sharing it with everyone.

"We're also counting on this to live!" The seven professional players raised their hands.

"He and I are in the same system," Gu Fei said, blatant favoritism, but Gu Fei felt it was justified. Even if Jian Nan You and the others were forced to rely on games to make money, they didn't have the unwillingness and helplessness of someone like Wu Ren. Who wouldn't want to see the things they've studied all their lives have a recognized value? Although using money to measure it was too basic, the current problem was that it was impossible to measure it in the broad population. This feeling was something ordinary people couldn't understand.

This one million was originally for Gu Fei and Bai Shi Jing Lun to share, and it was their business who got more and who got less. Yu Tian Shen Ming asking was shameless, and Jian Nan You and the others raising their hands were actually just joking with Gu Fei, not really wanting to share a few bags. So in the end, of course, no one had any opinions or emotions. Bai Shi Jing Lun happily took 960,000 gold coins—Gu Fei symbolically took four bags.

"Qian Li's family is rich!" You Ge was popularizing knowledge to everyone, having heard Bai Shi Jing Lun say something about it that day.

"Damn! So he also has the foundation of a P2W player!" Everyone exclaimed.

"It's good he's not like that..." Everyone imagined how terrifying it would be if Gu Fei was armed to the teeth like Xi Yao Wu?

"But his current equipment isn't bad either..." Someone muttered. Gu Fei was now wearing a mismatched outfit, with the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword and the Dark Night Spirit Robe, two super over-leveled pieces of equipment. The other pieces were either gold or purple, all obtained from bosses or powerful quests, and might not even be available on the market. It was actually quite gorgeous.

"Let's go shopping!!!" These few experts were carrying a large number of gold coins, and could actually be considered P2W players. Didn't Xi Yao Wu's highest bid for Gu Fei's Dark Night Flowing Light Sword at auction only reach 20,000 gold coins? It used to be called an astronomical price, but now these guys were carrying 250,000 each. If there were really Dark Night Flowing Light Sword-level items for 20,000 gold coins, they could directly buy twelve and use one a month, throwing them away after use for a whole year. But wanting to get this kind of thing with money, they needed more opportunities. Didn't Xi Yao Wu envy the Wind Chasing Boots at the time? And those shoes couldn't even be considered to be at this level.

These guys clamored and went straight to the auction house, showing the face of absolute nouveau riche. As for Jian Nan You and his seven, they were really earning money to make a living. At this time, they were carefully storing the gold coins like treasures. Currently, there was no officially provided channel for directly exchanging gold coins for cash. They could either buy equipment and then sell the equipment for cash through the trading house, but the ruthless system would inevitably deduct taxes in such a channel, so professionals like Jian Nan You and the others would never do this. They would directly sell virtual currency online.

"Rest if you have nothing to do, we'll be busy tomorrow!" Han Jia Gongzi was the last of those people to leave, leaving a sentence for Gu Fei, Bai Shi Jing Lun, and Jian Nan You's Seven.

Everyone nodded in response. One was online and started sorting out the remaining letters and replying. It was now the morning of the second. The time set for the reply was the third, less than twenty-four hours away, so time was of the essence. They nine had no intention of spending the money, so they quickly went offline.

After resting quietly for a whole day, Gu Fei didn't go online again. He only went online to browse the web in his spare time. Duo Mu Mu Duo's interview was now compiled and published on their "Fun Games Website." These two guys were considered famous reporters in the gaming circle, and their reports were eagerly reprinted by gossipers. So although Gu Fei didn't know what "Fun Games Website" was, he quickly saw Duo Mu Mu Duo's interview report about him.

There was no flowery rhetoric, nor was there any reckless judgment. Although Duo Mu Mu Duo was a bit comical and unreliable in the interview, the final draft was still as truthful as possible. Especially the information about Kung Fu that Gu Fei mentioned, which Gu Fei was very satisfied with.

Duo Mu Mu Duo didn't just cater to the readers' preferences, but first catered to the preferences of the interviewee, giving extremely high praise to the cultural element of Kung Fu, which had been declining. It wasn't that no media had sung such empty praises. The Kung Fu circle would often hold some activities, trying to promote the influence of Kung Fu and change the current situation of decline. But unfortunately, Kung Fu was too detached from modern life. Kung Fu is good, Kung Fu is wonderful, Kung Fu is great. Anyone can write this kind of praise, but when it comes to what the specific meaning of such good Kung Fu is, everyone gets stuck. Saying challenge yourself, develop human limits, is as empty as cheering; saying punish evil and promote good, maintain world peace, the relevant departments don't agree... So it's not that no one is putting in effort, it's just that this thing is difficult enough to deal with.

But now Duo Mu Mu Duo's perspective is different. Kung Fu is good, how is it good? Just look at Qian Li Zui and you'll know. Just look at the efficiency training method and you'll know. Still don't know? Then let's listen to the voices of some other interviewees...

Gu Fei didn't know where Duo Mu and Mu Duo found this batch of interviewees from. It was very likely the brothers of Lan Yi outside the exchange that day. These people were hostile to Gu Fei during the Moonlit Night City War that year. They might have been killed by Gu Fei, or if they weren't killed, they might have seen people around them being killed, so they could be considered living witnesses.

This group of people had the most direct impression of Gu Fei's strength. At the same time, they had changed their identities and were willing to stand on Gu Fei's side, so the voices they emitted were naturally enthusiastic boasts.

So Duo Mu Mu Duo's report had praise, deeds, witnesses, and examples. In the player community of the parallel world, Kung Fu was very effectively promoted. Everyone knew about the existence of Kung Fu, and even knew that playing games with Kung Fu was just one word: strong.

At the same time, Duo Mu Mu Duo also revealed a bombshell, which was the origin of the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword and the Dark Night Spirit Robe. Duo Mu Mu Duo didn't expect Gu Fei to say it so readily during the interview. Generally speaking, this kind of thing is like a master mastering a peerless secret manual. In order to ensure his strength, he would definitely guard it strictly and not reveal any information. The so-called making a fortune in silence is actually the same principle.

But Gu Fei didn't have this taboo. The werewolf incident was quite memorable for him, and he talked about it very clearly. After Duo Mu Mu Duo's report was issued, the Night Light Village in Moonlit Night City instantly became a tourist mecca. Coincidentally, so many players came to Bai Shi City to observe the efficiency training method. Moonlit Night City was nearby. Almost two or three hours after the report, it was already crowded with people. Everyone seriously communicated with a certain NPC, A De. The abandoned church, Adrian's mansion, the cave hidden in the forest, the cemetery without corpses... These famous scenic spots in Gu Fei's mission were not erased because the mission ended. When the players saw these relics, they were all excited, hoping to discover an enhanced version of the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword. For a time, the popularity of this matter was not inferior to the efficiency training method.

Originally, the theme of the interview with the Qian Li Zui Studio was the efficiency training method, but it ended up being a Qian Li Zui's struggle history. From the report, readers saw a professional Kung Fu practitioner entering the game, relying on his skills to open up a world, and now opening up a world of money. The masses responded enthusiastically, and various forums were discussing Qian Li Zui and his Kung Fu.

In addition, Duo Mu Mu Duo also had a report, which was called the behind-the-scenes story of this interview.

People who were familiar with Duo Mu Mu Duo knew that they always had this tradition of "behind-the-scenes story." The actual content was generally some other miscellaneous things encountered during the interview. These things were not developed in depth, not verified, but anyway, they were first said out for everyone to judge for themselves.

And this time, what Duo Mu Mu Duo reported was the incident of Yin Yue being chased, surrounded, and forced offline. Duo Mu Mu Duo didn't add any of his inferences, but simply described the character relationships he had heard. The behind-the-scenes story was filled with the quotations of named players such as Yin Yue, Qian Li Zui, and XXX. In short, the final content boiled down to, although Duo Mu Mu Duo didn't draw a conclusion, people with brains could come to an obvious conclusion: Hong Chen Yi Xiao, who claimed to be a game staff member, was the former moderator of the Idle Chat Forum, Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, who was known as the Prophet and suspected to be a game staff member.

The response to this behind-the-scenes story was also quite large. Players on various forums were speculating about the authenticity of this news. Some people privately messaged Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, and some people ran to the game to try to contact Hong Chen Yi Xiao. In fact, players didn't know how much authority game staff had in the game, or whether they were omnipotent, but they assumed that such characters must have more advantages than ordinary players. For a time, some players also demanded that the official come forward to give an explanation and clarify whether there were such balance breakers in the game.

Balance? What is balance?

This is a yardstick in everyone's heart. When the state of mind is different, its scale is different. People who are tolerant and generous always have a larger balance scale in their hearts; people who are sharp and harsh always have a small balance scale in their hearts. Or when people's values and horizons are different, they may even produce completely different yardsticks.

But in the player community, game workers playing online games is something that most people's hearts cannot tolerate. This is also the reason why there is such an unwritten rule among practitioners.

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