Chapter 371 |
With the assistance of long-range teleportation arrays, Amway Corporation, whilst backed by Heart of Nature and funded by the Moe Moe Committee, has forged vital connections with the indigenous peoples of Blade City and Shanathar through the mediation of some dark-dwarves in Blackrock City.
With the trade line in place, the players acted swiftly.
Drawing upon their prior experience doing business in Blackrock and Maple Leaf City, coupled with leveraging some ‘scientific’ fundraising methods to accumulate wealth like a snowball rolling downhill, they smoothly established a branch office within the commercial districts of the two underground city-states.
Unlike cities from the surface, the city-states underground are mostly multi-level, with expansive land areas available for relatively affordable prices.
The players in charge of surveying the city acquired some land areas at minimal cost and, in just a few days, erected two buildings styled in elven architecture in both cities, proudly displaying the sign of “Amway Corporation.”
The construction of the branch offices was carried out by the construction team of Moe Moe Committee, and the choice of using elven-style architecture was a deliberate move facilitated by Little Salty Cat.
She believed that by using the ‘elven style’ to stand out, their establishment would easily pique the curiosity of the underground residents, thereby further benefiting their commercial activities.
Indeed, Little Salty Cat herself has joined Amway Corporation…or more precisely, she has become one of its major shareholders.
Demacia personally developed Amway Corporation on his own. However, as its operations grew more and more larger, running it by himself became increasingly difficult.
Meanwhile, the Guildmaster of Moe Moe Committee, Little Salty Cat, upon hearing of this news smelled a lucrative business opportunity.
This rather infamous rich female player, who is actually only just 15 years old back in reality, boldly decided to opened up her wallet to directly invest and become a major shareholder of Amway Corp….
Naturally, both Li Mu and Demacia welcomed her investment.
Little Salty Cat is quite famous for being ridiculously rich, and her guild, Moe Moe Committee, is also widely recognized for their capacity to accumulate fortune from their real estate business in Chosen City.
With these two major guilds joining forces, it might indeed be possible to create a corporate giant here in the virtual world of Elven Kingdom…
And just as the Guildmasters of the two guilds had envisioned, Amway’s development within both Blade City and Shanathar proceeded smoothly.
Various goods from the surface quickly attracted the attention of numerous local residents.
And upon the opening day of Amway Corp, a huge number of local Dwarves and Gnomes flocked in as customers, and the goods they had prepared were swiftly sold out in just less than a day.
Moreover, they attracted some local high-ranking officials from the two city-states to invest in them, making Amway’s production-line business model flourish.
Speaking of which, the players’ scope of commercial activities within Elven Kingdom were expanding rapidly in a manner that no one had anticipated…
Initially, when Demacia started his pyramid schemes, the majority of the players simply treated it as a joke.
After all, everyone knew that this was merely a game, and despite Elven Kingdom being a groundbreaking game that offered a lot of freedom, pulling off an intricate scheme similar to real life was way beyond its capacity.
Hence they assumed that the most Demacia could achieve was merely scamming some NPCs out of their money.
In their minds, could a virtual game that primarily focuses on MMORPG elements really be played like a business simulation game?
Not to mention, what Demacia was trying to accomplish was pulling off a realistic pyramid scheme…
But who could have guessed that this punk had actually somehow managed to pull it off and make a name for himself!
By deceiving and manipulating the natives to get his initial funds, along with acquiring substantial materials from other players, Demacia successfully developed the pyramid scheme into a proper business corporation, albeit retaining some of its pyramid scheme-like traits.
Not only that but he even managed to deceive the dark dwarves from Blackrock City into giving him their support.
So now, this punk has actually recruited quite a few Dark-Dwarves to work for him!
Thinking about it, the progression of Moe Moe Committee’s real estate projects followed a similar path.
At the beginning, Moe Moe was merely just a small gathering of few players from the first-beta who similarly enjoyed building things for their own amusement.
That’s how others saw it.
However, Little Salty Cat used her financial acumen to bring these people together, forming a proper construction team and laying out the foundation for the creation of Moe Moe Committee.
After the guild was formally established, she leveraged various construction tasks from Chosen City to transform what was originally a group formed by players for their own amusement into real estate developers…
Even some native elves, upon returning to Elven Forest, were attracted to join her guild, taking up job positions such as landscapers or gardeners.
Not to mention the Black Dragon, who was often conned into helping as a porter.
All these developments Moe Moe has accomplished have made other people suspect whether this ‘golden-thighed’ player, who claims to be a mere high school student, is actually a disguised business tycoon in real life.
And even if she’s not, Little Salty Cat was definitely someone with rich social experience.
Of course, it was later proven during an offline meet-up that Little Salty Cat was indeed just a 15-year-old girl!
After this bombshell of a revelation, the official forum exploded instantly with Evé herself joining in the gossip for days on end.
Countless players couldn’t believe it and some even began to doubt their own life accomplishments…
All of them are playing the same game and started at level 1, yet while some are still striving to save contribution points little by little just to buy their next set of equipment, others like Little Salty Cat have already become successful capitalists within the game!
Truly, even inside a game, you still cannot escape the cruel nature of society and one’s own inadequacies!
Ultimately, to be compared with other people is really frustrating!
However, despite experiencing a social beatdown similar to those they sought to escape from on Earth, the players still continued to play Elven Kingdom with enthusiasm…
It’s a rather strange phenomenon.
In this regard, Evé believes that this is because the players subconsciously think that ElvKing is still a game, not reality.
No matter how badly they do in the game, in the end they still view it as entertainment, free from the pressures of real life.
And the gap among the players, whether through levels or financial or societal gains, does not lead them to genuinely believe they are inferior to others…
At most, they will just call these high-leveled players “big boss” and think about currying favor with them and getting to know each other.
However, the development of commercial activities has provided more players with a deeper understanding of the scope of freedom and diversity the Elven Kingdom is capable of.
Remembering the game review from the streamer Li Mu which stated that, “Here, there’s nothing you can’t achieve, only things you haven’t thought of. This is a whole new world!” truly struck a chord with them, not just empty words.
Indeed, Elven Kingdom’s a magical game, a very magical one!
Of course, as time passes within the game, this groundbreaking game with seemingly way too advanced capabilities has also attracted the attention of powerful influential figures on Earth.
However, with Evé’s enhanced divine power and deeper influence on the internet, she has gained enough strength to erase this attention through various means like data manipulation and psychological suggestion…
In her view, unless there are unexpected circumstances, it’s best for the people on Earth to never discover that this game of hers is actually real and happening in another otherworldly realm.
Ignorance is bliss, as they say and that’s the fundamental reason why players can shine brightly in the world of Seigües.
Although the players can infinitely resurrect and this aspect is certainly important but it is not essential in grand scale of things.
As for those powerful influential people on Earth who have vested interests in her game, Evé ensures that she will never have anything to do with them.
For the people on earth, Elven Kingdom is just an advanced dreamlike game.
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【 PLAYERS COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES 】
Authors Note: This chapter serves as a response to some readers’ questions about official authorative figures in reality. Official authorities are indeed a sensitive topic to write about, as one might easily cross the line and face censorship. A single misstep could lead to the entire book being censored.
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