Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 232 - 229 Selling the Car and House to Play
Chapter 232 -229 Selling the Car and House to Play Games (3rd Update)
Chapter 232 -229 Selling the Car and House to Play Games (3rd Update)
Jiang Qiao was now also in Lionheart City.
This was the third test of the Spirit, and watching the bustling streets of Lionheart City, crowded with people coming and going, he couldn’t help but remember how quiet it had been during the first test.
A sense of accomplishment surged in Jiang Qiao’s heart, but though he felt relaxed, he had still thoroughly prepared for the event to attract new players.
First of all, he had spent a hundred points of Creation Energy to increase the spawn rate of monsters outside Lionheart City by a whopping twenty times.
The monster population in the leveling areas from levels one to fifteen was now not much less than that of the players, and the spawn rate of world bosses had also greatly increased.
Another thing was the suppression of attributes for high-level players. When high-level players hunted monsters in the new maps designed for levels one to fifteen, their attributes would be suppressed to be equal to those of the current monsters.
Thus, high-level players could happily help new players level up without hogging all the monsters from the newbies.
Next, there were a series of reward events for leveling and job changes.
In any case, the entire Lionheart City was now like a festival, with the buildings draped in streamers and balloons, and in the center of Lionheart City stood an ancient tree decorated like a Christmas tree, complete with a banner that read ‘Welcome Festival’.
This was essentially the first holiday event since the Spirit game had started.
During this holiday event… Jiang Qiao had become a worker bee, toiling away for the Dancing Nuclear Guild.
“Thank you so much, big bro!”
Fluffy Rabbit kept being cute next to Jiang Qiao, and all he could do was nod silently.
The elite members of the Dancing Nuclear’s strategy team were currently in the most bustling main thoroughfare of Lionheart City.
All the major guilds certainly wouldn’t miss this perfect opportunity to recruit new players, and the recruiter sent by Dancing Nuclear was Fluffy Rabbit, the goddess character with the highest charm among female players in Spirit.
“Welcome everyone to the Dancing Nuclear Guild! We have the strongest strategy team in Spirit and even guild buildings…” Fluffy Rabbit stood on a small wooden box, constantly shouting and barking.
This reminded Jiang Qiao of those clothing store clerks on the pedestrian streets of Jiang City.
But Fluffy Rabbit’s shouting and barking were nothing compared to the Cola Fanatic Guild next door… because…
“Blockheads! Come work for our Cola Fanatic Guild! Join and get a dragon pet for real! Everyone gets one!”
“Are there really dragon pets?”
“Yes, there are, as long as your contribution to the guild is high enough.”
“Bullshit! Only their guild leader from Cola Fanatic has a dragon pet right now! And it can’t even fly!”
“Blockheads! Look at this slap!”
The Cola Fanatic Guild, harboring the Dragon Speaker sisters, was the guild among the eight major ones that had recruited the most newbies… After all, they had the core appeal of dragon pets, whereas the other guilds had nothing special and had to compete purely on popularity.
Fluffy Rabbit was contemplating whether or not to use a secret weapon, the Nameless Guild led by Jiang Qiao, because now within the Nameless there was Zhao Mingwei, which resulted in Jiang Qiao receiving a flood of guild applications as soon as the third test began.
All those newbies were chasing after Laughing Lord, and Jiang Qiao naturally ignored them all.
As Fluffy Rabbit was pondering this, suddenly she received a private message from their guild leader.
“Feather, how many World Horns do you have left?” Fluffy Rabbit asked.
“Two hundred.”
Yin Hui had also come to recruit new members, and World Horns were items that could sometimes be obtained upon completing an instance, and they were non-tradeable.
“You make the announcement; this is the recruitment notice from the guild leader.”
“Huh? A salary of three thousand a month, oh my god… Is the guild leader serious?” Yin Hui was stunned when he saw the message privately sent to him by Fluffy Rabbit, especially the part about a salary of three thousand a month.
A newbie joining the guild could earn a monthly salary of three thousand just for leveling up? Yin Hui felt like joining an affiliate guild himself, but wait… his salary was a bit higher, wasn’t it?
“Serious! Hurry up and shout!” Fluffy Rabbit encouraged Yin Hui, who climbed back up on the wooden box and cleared his throat before shouting out to the newbie players passing by.
“Dancing Nuclear Guild is recruiting new members! Level up to forty-five within a month and receive a three thousand yuan subsidy! Participate in instance battles every month hereafter, and get paid based on your guild contribution! A base salary of three thousand yuan a month guaranteed! Up to twenty thousand yuan a month! Play games in our guild and you can support yourself! If you have confidence in your gaming skills, you can even earn enough to buy a house!”
The last part was an additional comment from Yin Hui. Earning enough to buy a house with a monthly salary of twenty thousand was unlikely, but… there weren’t many jobs in society that offered a twenty-thousand yuan monthly salary, especially to fresh college graduates.
Not only college students played Spirit, but middle and high school students did as well, and although Spirit had an anti-addiction system, Jiang Qiao believed that Spirit should be rated 13+, confident in the thorough job he had done in maintaining the game’s harmony.
So just the base salary of three thousand yuan a month was already a great attraction for a portion of the player base!
Earning money by playing games was something most ordinary players didn’t even dare to dream about.
“Is it true that you get three thousand yuan for reaching level forty-five? It’s not in-game currency, right?”
As expected, after Yin Hui had made his shout, those new players who were in a hurry to level up were immediately drawn over, with a player named Ye Yu asking.
“Are you an idiot! One Gold Coin in this game is currently worth three hundred yuan, the in-game currency is even more valuable, okay?” Some of the more experienced players responded.
“It’s true! If you don’t believe it, when you join our guild, you’ll sign an electronic agreement! Just level up to forty-five within a month of joining and you’ll get three thousand yuan! And we won’t interfere with your regular leveling!”
Yin Hui raised his voice to the maximum yet again and shouted out into the street, while also spamming the message in the world channel.
“Isn’t this just giving away money for free?” some players laughed and said.
“It’s like free money!” Yin Hui too felt it was just that, as players playing Spirit definitely aimed for max level and the best gear. Of course, there were also some who would quit the game halfway through.
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But… Little Feather couldn’t believe that with the gameplay quality of Holy Spirit, there would be people quitting halfway.
Holy Spirit is the kind of game that gets more fun the more you play it.
“Dancing Nuclear is also a big guild, there’s no reason for them to be all talk at this time, they’ve sent their guild application! Boss, add me!”
“Calling someone boss already? What if it’s full? Hurry, I’ve sent my application too!”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry! Nan Shu, how many applications are there?” Little Feather turned around and asked the president of a subsidiary guild under Dancing Nuclear, Nan Shu, who was at home.
“A hundred and twenty! And it’s still increasing! Boss Yin is too generous!” Nan Shu’s home replied.
It wasn’t just the guild applications that were increasing; the number of players crowding around was also on the rise, and the other seven major guilds panicked when they saw Dancing Nuclear recruiting so many newcomers in an instant.
“Pighead, ah spit, guild leader! Something’s wrong!”
MacCafee hurriedly made a voice call to his own guild leader, Bubbles, who was currently busy building a portal in their home base.
“What’s the matter?” Bubbles replied.
“Dancing Nuclear is offering salaries to recruit new members! Just by joining the guild, you get a monthly salary of three thousand. This… it’s just unreasonable, if only I could earn money playing games too,” said MacCafee.
“Didn’t I also give you a salary? But Dancing Nuclear paying new members a salary? That’s impossible for Old Song to do; he doesn’t have that authority.”
Bubbles opened the friends list of Holy Spirit and searched for the ID Yin Hui, and sure enough, he found a Level 7 jobless player.
“Boss Yin is in the game too? No way! There can only be one rich tycoon in Holy Spirit! MacCafee! Change the recruitment notice, I’m offering a guaranteed monthly salary of three thousand five hundred! The commission can go as high as thirty thousand!” Bubbles declared.
No sooner had Bubbles issued this order than MacCafee came looking for him, calling him pighead again.
“Guild leader, Dancing Nuclear is offering a guaranteed monthly salary of three thousand eight hundred now,” MacCafee conveyed, sending an emoticon of ‘bitter wine to the sorrowful heart’.
“Damn it! Is it worth it for just a bunch of newbies?”
Bubbles quickly did the math in his head on the cost of this recruitment competition. For a guild with a thousand new members, they would need a budget of at least three million eight hundred thousand… to pay the newbies’ salaries!
Was he crazy, or was Boss Yin crazy? All for a bunch of newbies?
Bubbles was a successful second-generation rich investor, but that didn’t mean he could throw more than three million into the water without even blinking.
Even if he could be that wasteful, Xue Bi might kill him for it.
The key point was… that was the guild’s operating expense for a month! One month!
For a game, was it worth it?!
Without return, such crazy behavior might even drag their company down!
Bubbles gnashed his teeth, considering whether to raise the offer or not, when he received a private message from a stranger.
The message was from Yin Hui.
‘I sold my Wind Child, what about you?’
The Wind Child wasn’t in-game equipment but the model of a car in reality, which both he and Boss Yin collected as a hobby, unused… just sitting in the garage.
The Wind Child could sell for twenty-nine million on the market, and it was a limited edition… an absolute treasure for rich kids who loved playing with luxury cars.
‘Are you crazy?’ was Bubbles’ immediate reply.
‘Not crazy. I like being first in everything, whether it’s in reality or in games.’
‘Damn!’
Bubbles felt his blood heat in agitation, knowing he should cool down now. Although Holy Spirit was fun, it wasn’t worth investing his entire fortune into it.
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A thousand new members weren’t really a strategic resource worth investing in, and at the moment, he was just treating Holy Spirit as a game. There was no need to fight for first place in everything inside the game.
“Xue Bi, do you remember what kind of… valuable cars are in my garage?” Bubbles stopped his portal construction and asked Xue Bi beside him.
“If you need cash, I’d still suggest you put the uptown manor up for sale. The boss of ShangHe Company has always been interested in that riverside manor.” At this time, Xue Bi surprisingly didn’t dissuade Bubbles.
“Isn’t that where I’m living now? Damn it…” Bubbles was like a player… hesitating whether to spend money in the game.
The interface to spend money was already in front of him, and there was even the first-time double reward for spending. He had already prepared the money, but… reason told Bubbles not to do it! Don’t spend!
But… Bubbles couldn’t control himself.
“Can’t we start by selling the car?” Bubbles asked.
“If you want to compete with Boss Lyu of Dancing Nuclear in the game rankings, just your garage collection might not be enough.” Xue Bi’s voice had an undertone of thorough planning.
“Guild leader? All those pigheads have run off to Dancing Nuclear Guild,” came MacCafee’s voice once more in Bubbles’ ear.
“Contact the moving company, I can live back home, right? Go find a buyer directly, sell as quickly as possible… I hope Boss Yin can keep up with me for a while.”
Bubbles couldn’t understand why Boss Yin would… go for such an investment. It was a high-risk one with barely any visible return.
But since it was Boss Yin’s choice, Bubbles decided to go all in… After all, Cola Fanatic was established right after Dancing Nuclear, and it had made Bubbles quite a lot of money.
