"What? Three thousand Gold Pucks are worth 150 million RMB???"
Chen Feng's exclamation made everyone freeze for a moment. Then, as if on cue, they all turned to look at Li De, who was calmly lifting his white coffee cup and taking a slow sip.
These headhunters only felt that at this moment, the words 'wealthy tycoon' were practically engraved in golden letters across Li De's forehead.
Casually throwing out over one hundred million in funds, this was a true display of extravagance.
Reality wasn't like the movies; there simply weren't that many rich people in the real world.
Even the elite Tianyue Headhunters sitting here only earned six to seven hundred thousand a year, which already counted as a genuinely high income.
Yet this young man, with a single gesture, was spending money they could never hope to earn in their entire lives, this filthy rich magnate.
At the same time, the people from Tianyue Headhunters were looking at Li De with even more fervent gazes.
This was a truly premium client. This deal alone would earn their little team at least several hundred thousand in commission.
Chen Feng took a deep breath, suppressing his inner excitement, then turned to Li De and said in a steady voice.
"President Li, regarding your commission for us to sell those 3,000 Gold Pucks, we'll take it.
But the related service fees and commission will still be charged by the Sword and Shield Club. After all, we haven't completed the acquisition yet."
Li De nodded without the slightest concern. "No problem. But I'm only giving you one week.
These 3,000 Gold Pucks were earned by my private studio in Green City of the Nolan Empire by completing several large tasks.
You can draft a plan and present it to me. This is my first cooperation with the Sword and Shield Club.
I hope you won't disappoint me."
Whether the acquisition succeeded or not, Li De had already become a major client of the Sword and Shield Club.
They would collect a 3% service fee on any transaction they handled.
On 150 million worth of Gold Pucks, that meant nearly 5 million RMB in fees. All they had to do was leverage some connections, it was almost pure profit.
This money came so easily that Chen Feng felt like he wanted to cling to this wealthy benefactor's thigh and never let go.
"Absolutely no problem. The Sword and Shield Club is worthy of your trust, President Li," Chen Feng said, smiling brightly.
Even though the Sword and Shield Club was a large operation, with annual revenue of no less than 50 million, its expenses were equally enormous, and its profitability wasn't very high. Last year, their net profit was only around 8 million.
Now Li De had casually flicked out half a year's profit with just the crook of a finger.
Such inhuman extravagance.
Negotiations at this point could be considered tentatively concluded. Once Li De and the Sword and Shield Club completed this cooperation, the real acquisition would follow.
Chen Feng happily began giving him a more detailed introduction to the Sword and Shield Club. Li De also patiently listened and, with the assistance of the Tianyue Headhunters, gained a thorough understanding of the club's structure.
Their operating model, profit centers, expenses, management team, the games they were currently engaged in, everything.
Although it was tedious, he now had a much deeper grasp of the club he was about to acquire.
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The next morning.
Li De received a call from Chen Feng.
"President Li, we've already contacted the buyers. In total, twenty-three gaming clubs are interested in your Gold Pucks.
However, due to the large quantity, they can only offer an exchange rate of 45,000 RMB per coin."
Li De wasn't the least bit surprised when he heard Chen Feng's words. In fact, this was exactly why he had kept emphasizing selling the Gold Pucks without triggering market turmoil.
Although Glory was booming, there were still only 100,000 closed beta players.
The pond was too small to contain a giant crocodile like him.
Three thousand Gold Pucks, by his calculations, was the maximum volume the market could absorb.
If he had dumped 30,000 Gold Pucks into this market, the price would have plummeted madly. At that point, never mind 45,000 RMB per coin, even 10,000 RMB per coin would have been uncertain.
It was precisely the imbalance between supply and demand that created the current inflated price of Gold Pucks. As time went on, the price would inevitably decline.
"All right. What's the transaction plan?"
"President Li, we've already contacted seven gaming clubs in Green City. After you hand over the Gold Pucks to them, they will transport them to the other gaming guilds.
Player inventory storage for currency can't be dropped, so even if they die, it doesn't matter."
Although Glory was extremely hardcore, it still had some player-friendly features.
For example, each player had a 10-slot inventory, and stored currency couldn't be dropped.
"No problem. But since there's no in-game chat system, how will they contact my subordinates?"
"There's a giant angel statue in the center of Green City. Tomorrow at 3 p.m, they'll be waiting in-game. Tomorrow afternoon, just inform your subordinates to log in.
I've already sent the passcodes to your phone.
Each passcode corresponds to a different player guild, and the amount of Gold Pucks you need to give each one is different."
Li De couldn't help but shake his head in amusement. Passcodes?
"My subordinates are currently stuck in a large mission and can't get away anytime soon.
But they've recruited two NPCs as subordinates. I'll have the NPCs handle the handoff. Please coordinate with those player guilds."
"NPC handoff?" Chen Feng paused for a moment, but didn't dwell on it. "No problem."
After studying the game in depth yesterday, he understood how sophisticated it was. NPC intelligence might not be any lower than a player's.
After discussing a few more details, Li De looked at the information on his phone with an odd expression.
These passcodes, if the native inhabitants of Glory saw them, they'd never figure them out in their lives.
"Few travelers walk Mount Akina anymore; the veteran driver of yesteryear is nowhere to be seen."
"The pagoda subdues the river demon; chicken stewed with mushrooms."
"Chang Wei, you still claim you don't know martial arts; Cousin, I heard you have a handwritten copy of the Avatamsaka Sutra, may I borrow it to read?"
"..."
But honestly, was all this necessary? Couldn't they just meet up, log off, and call to confirm? Li De was seriously beginning to doubt whether these people's intelligence needed an upgrade.
[T/N: Sorry for the weird repeated first line, Patreon recently changed some stuff which caused their preview to appear in my chapters. I've now got to go through hundreds of chapters to fix this now :(]