Fake Husband of the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 496: How did I end up becoming a Leveling?
Bank System Hall Master Fan Yu’s car entered the Cosmic Transmission company’s premises, he hurriedly got out and headed straight for Jack Ma’s office on the top floor.
Because Jack Ma had suffered from being tricked by high-ranking big shots in the past, he did not dare to take things lightly now.
At least he didn’t dare to be presumptuous with the corporate system and was very polite, waiting at the office elevator entrance.
"President Ma, I’m truly sorry, we have been rushing day and night and just managed to launch the platform."
While shaking hands with him, Jack Ma led him into the office, "Hall Master Fan is too kind, we all work for the same boss, so it’s only right that we look out for each other."
Old Ma had learned his lesson.
This time, regarding the matter of loans for many families, after consulting with Pei Li, Lin Qin gave him a suggestion.
Loans could be given to families intending to purchase Spiritual Artifacts, but transactions could only take place after the official bank’s new transaction platform went live.
Additionally, the buyer would need to pay a 2% service fee to the platform.
Otherwise, the Cosmic Transmission company would not provide loans to the purchasing families. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Don’t underestimate this 2% service fee; those two Spiritual Artifact treasures were worth 30 million Spirit Stones.
That’s an income of 600,000 Spirit Stones.
If they could secure this deal, it would be the platform’s first high-income transaction.
It would be the first batch of Spirit Stone income for the entire corporate group.
For supporting a staff of 60,000 at the bureau level throughout the country, this would be a considerable income.
Moreover, this was for the benefit of the entire group; Jack Ma’s action this time was seen as a self-redemption for his past mistakes.
In the office, having waited for a long time, Kissinger saw Fan Yu come in, and the three parties reached an agreement.
The house buyer would pay an additional 2% service fee, and then the platform would get the two Spiritual Artifacts to be provided to Kissinger as part of the public platform.
Taking this opportunity, the bank’s external transaction platform, connected to the Original World marketplace, was officially launched.
All Lords as well as cultivators below the Nascent Soul Stage on Earth could browse and log onto this platform to check various products.
The platform also had partnerships with the four main guilds.
Aside from weapons, other high-end cultivation resources and materials could also be purchased on the platform.
Any cultivator could register as a member and then list their products for sale.
Of course, the primary service targets were still cultivators above the Nascent Soul Stage.
Because many of the magical treasures, materials, and secret techniques originating from the Original World were needed by high-level cultivators, non-Nascent Soul Lords on Earth would struggle to have enough Spirit Stones to purchase these items.
Hence, the launch of the platform was mainly to facilitate trades between players.
Jack Ma did a splendid job with this, and Fan Yu personally invited him to a meal and even called over the high-ranking officials of the state-owned enterprises to join in the celebration.
The folks from the state-owned enterprises also did not dare to disrespect Lin Qin.
After all, Lin Qin was now the Big Housekeeper of the state-owned businesses, so after this incident, the cold relations between them and Jack Ma could be considered a thing of the past.
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Elsewhere.
At Li Yan’s home, guests like Guo Chao and many others were invited.
Li Yan’s wife, Zhan Yufen, was apologetic as she addressed these people, "I’m so sorry, our Old Li could not have imagined that he would provoke someone with such a background. He’s being pursued, and it has also led to you losing so much equipment."
Li Yan also felt somewhat embarrassed and guilty, saying, "I didn’t expect them to hold such a grudge; I’m really sorry."
Guo Chao and the others, though heartbroken about their hard-earned Spiritual Artifacts being gone, remembered that Li Yan was once their supervisor and quickly said, "Brother Yan, and sister-in-law, there’s no need for you two to say such things. It’s not your fault; it’s just that we were outmatched. Let’s lay low and power up, and we’ll slowly fight our way back."
What happened this time?
While Li Yan was out slaying monsters in the wild, he encountered a native cultivator who also seemed to need some Fierce Beast materials and took an interest in Li Yan’s kill.
Li Yan had thought he had finally killed a solitary beast when the other party demanded he hand it over.
In the end, Li Yan took out the Native Cultivator at the Late-stage Core Formation.
Little did he expect, this person had quite a background, seemingly a direct descendant of one of the top families from a Fourth Layer Heaven Cultivation Country, who even had ancestors in a Fifth Layer Heaven Cultivation Country.
Such a family went all out to hunt down Li Yan, killing him twice in a short span.
Coincidentally, Li Yan’s revival point was near this family’s territory; as soon as he revived and flew through the area, he was discovered and then hunted down.
His only choice was to seek help from Guo Chao and the others to fight back!
Guo Chao and the others, including Li Yan himself, hadn’t done their homework on the opponent’s background.
Therefore, they dragged the 43 newly joined Peak Masters, bent on making a big score.
However, the family didn’t even need to call on their ancestors from the Fifth Layer Heaven Cultivation Country; just a team from the High Tier Late Stage of the Fourth Layer Heaven Cultivation Country was enough to make Li Yan and his group flee in defeat.
The 43 new Peak Masters were not too bad off, for they got their first taste of the brutality of the Original World, which got them quite thrilled.
But it was tragic for Guo Chao and his four companions.
They had finally equipped themselves with Magical Treasures; they lost everything in their inventory upon death.
As if that wasn’t enough, every time they revived from Newbie Village and ventured out, they’d be confronted by members of that family.
The family couldn’t understand why they couldn’t kill Li Yan and his group for good, no matter how many times they tried.
But they assumed it must be some kind of secret cloning cultivation technique, so they issued a fierce declaration, "No matter how many clones you have, I’ll slay you on sight until your original bodies are worn down!"
Eventually, even the 43 Peak Masters who had just entered the game became submissive, repeatedly killed.
Without having the chance to properly experience the world, they were harassed by a significant family, camped around their corpses, leading to a terrible gaming experience.
Li Yan’s wife was so guilty that she could only invite everyone over for a meal to apologize.
Li Yan truly felt too ashamed to ask his good brother Gu Feng for help since Gu Feng had already helped him so many times in his life.
With his own abilities having gotten him a promotion to Nascent Soul and becoming a Lord, he was already very grateful and didn’t want to trouble him further.
But his wife, Zhan Yufen, didn’t see it that way; after all, she was like a younger sister to Gu Feng as he watched her grow up and he was the one who introduced her to Li Yan. With this emotional connection, Zhan Yufen was not as reluctant as Li Yan.
She reached out to Gu Feng through Yu Ling.
After explaining the situation, she inquired whether Gu Feng might have a way to resolve the issue.
"My husband being targeted is one thing, but now the other Peak Masters are also being killed on sight in that cultivation country, severely affecting their experience. It’s making my husband feel very embarrassed."
Gu Feng couldn’t help but chuckle ruefully, "That’s one of the most prominent families among hundreds of Fourth Layer Heaven Cultivation Countries; their Ancestor can even trace back to the Seventh Layer Heaven Cultivation Country. They are a deeply rooted family, indeed, and such families do tend to have quite the temper."
"Seventh Layer Heaven?" Zhan Yufen’s face stiffened, "So even if my sister-in-law intervenes, she might not win?"
She knew that Lin Yue was of the Fifth Layer Heaven Realm, but those who mixed in the Seventh Layer Heaven Cultivation Country were at least at the Initial Period of the Seventh Layer Heaven!
"Anyway, when can they go in?" asked Gu Feng.
Zhan Yufen replied, "In two more days, they’ll be able to enter."
Gu Feng said, "Fine, tell them to inform me the next time they go in, and I’ll take them to have a look."
Zhan Yufen brightened up slightly, "Okay."
