123: Chapter 123 Merchant Guild Module

Supreme Keyboard Emperor: "These two games are quite interesting. Are you selling?"

Xiao Niao: "!! So direct?"

During his days of starting his own business, he had dealt with many entrepreneurs and capitalists. Everyone usually progressed step-by-step, delving into topics bit by bit. It was truly rare to see someone like the Group Owner who got straight to the point right away.

As expected of the Group Owner, he has guts!

Since that was the case, he wouldn't stand on ceremony either.

Xiao Niao typed out a straightforward question: "Who is buying?"

Supreme Keyboard Emperor: "It's the development team behind the game Fantasy Jianghu that I mentioned in the group."

Xiao Niao immediately held his breath, his heart even skipping a beat.

It was actually this mysterious organization!

With an excited heart and trembling hands, he typed: "May I ask what they are buying it for?"

After the message was sent, the other side was silent for a while. Xiao Niao immediately felt nervous. Could it be that his curiosity was too strong, and he had upset the other party?

After a while, Supreme Keyboard Emperor's message arrived: "I asked for you. They are buying your games for adaptation, but not to make them into independent games; rather, they want to integrate them into Fantasy Jianghu."

"As for the price, they can offer 700,000, a one-time buyout."

700,000?

Seeing this number, Xiao Niao felt a momentary temptation.

Although he was in a decent financial position, starting a business in a place like Shengang where every inch of land was worth gold meant that even renting a small warehouse was extremely costly. Moreover, these two small games were not exactly painstaking masterpieces; they were purely flashes of inspiration that he had spent about a month creating. He had originally intended to sell them to Qiuqiu Group, but they didn't want them. Now that someone was willing to pay 700,000 to buy them, he could completely get rid of them.

If it had been before he came into contact with Fantasy Jianghu, Xiao Niao would have definitely agreed to the deal immediately.

However, he now had a broader perspective. This 700,000 only tempted him for a moment before he quickly made his decision: "Could this 700,000 be exchanged for something else, for example... fantasy points?"

As soon as this message was sent, the other side went silent again...

And on the other end of the internet connection, Chen Mo was indeed silent.

'I don't even have enough fantasy points on hand, and you still want fantasy points? You're dreaming!'

Of course, he couldn't reply like that. Chen Mo thought for a while and casually made up an excuse.

"If you really don't want money, I can give you something else. However, the currency system in the game Fantasy Jianghu operates on its own, so I definitely can't give you any fantasy points. Think of something else."

Xiao Niao: "Is that so... But I don't know what they can offer. You've had contact with them, so how about... you help me think about what I should exchange this 700,000 for?"

'Help you think? This Xiao Niao, his brain really works well.'

Chen Mo smiled: "Alright, let me think for you."

Chen Mo sent the message and really started to think.

Xiao Niao was willing to forgo 700,000 that was within his reach to pursue something uncertain, which showed that he was an ambitious and smart person.

Since that was the case, he might as well fulfill his wish.

After some consideration, Chen Mo made his decision and typed: "They said they noticed you built a Trading House in the game. If you don't want money, they can add a Trading House module in Fantasy Jianghu."

Xiao Niao: "What is a Trading House module?"

Supreme Keyboard Emperor: "I don't really understand either, but I suppose it should be similar to the auction house or Trading House functions in other games. You will be able to simply manage your Trading House through game functions, and other players should be able to browse goods, place buy orders, or participate in auctions without having to go to the Trading House."

Holy cow! Xiao Niao was a bit shocked as he read this.

In other online games, an auction house is naturally the most basic function, but in a game like Fantasy Jianghu with 100% realistic experience, the auction house function was simply too powerful; it was almost approaching Xuanhuan levels!

Xiao Niao: "Then is this Trading House module opened exclusively to me, or to all players?"

Supreme Keyboard Emperor: "There are no plans to open it to other players for the time being, but for the sake of fairness in the future, it will definitely be opened to everyone."

Xiao Niao was both surprised and delighted. This meant that, at least for now, the Trading House module was exclusively his? Although it would be opened to all players later, that was a matter for the future. By the time that actually happened, his Trading House would have already developed and grown by taking advantage of the head start, occupying a sufficient market share, and those entering later would be nothing to fear.

However, after the surprise, Xiao Niao vaguely felt that something was a bit off.

Why did the Group Owner know so much inside information? What kind of relationship did he actually have with that development team?

Just as he was thinking this, Supreme Keyboard Emperor's message arrived again: "How about it, do you think it's acceptable?"

Xiao Niao hurriedly typed: "It's completely acceptable!"

Supreme Keyboard Emperor: "Alright then, let's settle it like this."

"Mm-hmm."

Xiao Niao replied to the message, and the uncomfortable feeling in his heart deepened.

Why did the Group Owner's tone in the chat seem like he was the one making the decisions for that development team?

No, no, no, absolutely impossible! Anyone capable of creating a game like Fantasy Jianghu, even if they weren't aliens, must be China's most advanced scientific research institution, and one led by the state in secret development. How could he, a mere Keyboard Emperor, have decision-making power? At most, he was just a messenger.

Xiao Niao nodded secretly, validating his own guess.

However, even if the Group Owner was just an intermediary messenger, he was able to secure game slots and had access to some inside information about the game, which showed that his relationship with the development team was very solid. He would inevitably have to rely on him in the future.

Xiao Niao thought about this and packed up the copyright-related materials for the two games, along with the development files, and sent them to the Group Owner. The Group Owner replied with a "Received," and the matter was considered settled. Xiao Niao didn't ask for any contracts or receipts; after all, an existence capable of creating a game like Fantasy Jianghu could hardly be constrained by a paper contract.

It was just that Xiao Niao still couldn't quite understand it. His two games certainly weren't bad, but they weren't exactly great either—even Supervisor Gou from Qiuqiu Group, who was in charge of web games, didn't think much of them. Would the Fantasy Jianghu development team really take a fancy to these two games and adapt them into Fantasy Jianghu? He himself was a bit lacking in confidence.

Xiao Niao guessed that this must have something to do with the Group Owner. After all, his games were uploaded to the group, and there was no one from the Fantasy Jianghu development team lurking in the group. It must have been that the Group Owner saw them and introduced them to the development team, and the development team, out of respect for the Group Owner's Face, plus the fact that these two games might really have some elements that suited their tastes, were willing to offer to acquire them.

Thinking of this, Xiao Niao felt even more grateful to the Group Owner and decided to order a custom Supreme SVIP membership card to give to the Group Owner when he found him in the game as a small token of appreciation.

But, where should he go to find the Group Owner?

Just as he thought of this, Xiao Niao suddenly realized a problem: why... hadn't he ever seen the Group Owner in the game?