600 Chapter 600 - There is Always a Higher Mountain (1/2)
Evidently, Brother Assist was not alone in uncovering the potential of this business venture. Given how plain the reasoning behind this was, it was obvious that this would become a compulsory purchase for everyone, as long as there was a way to verify the increased efficiency of this particular grinding style. Anyone who did not pay for this would be losing out at the end of the day.
The average gamers did not have the ability to develop something like this from scratch, so all they could do was reuse what Gu Fei and Eternal Dominion had taught. Moreover, because they were aware of the need to strike while the iron was hot, these players were already selling their teaching services before their own grinding even benefited from the fighting routine.
”That's really quick. So what are they teaching?” Gu Fei asked.
”Nothing much really. They have yet to even familiarize themselves with the routine; it's obvious that they're completely unable to demonstrate much efficiency to speak of, so they were essentially seen as a joke. In any case, they only have themselves to blame for being too anxious; the situation will change once they spend some time practicing,” Brother Assist said.
”So what do you think we should do right now?”
”All we can do is use the opportunity we're given to seize a larger market share.” Brother Assist was troubled by this as well. The bootlegging industry was truly too developed, perfectly opportunistic and impossible to prevent.
”Expanding our influence during this short period, won't our manpower be a little stretched?” Gu Fei asked.
”True. Which is why I feel that, if you and Eternal Dominion don't mind it, we should call Sword Demon, Young Master, and the others to help out with this endeavor. More hands make light work, and tossing their reputable names out there like this will work wonders for us,” Brother Assist suggested.
”I don't mind. Have you and Eternal Dominion discussed this?” Gu Fei asked.
”Yes. He doesn't really have any opinion about it either, so I guess that's what we'll do. Shall we wait for Sword Demon and the rest to get online before we discuss what we should do next?” Brother Assist suggested.
”That works for me!”
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Later at around 12 noon, the members of Young Master's Elite logged on one after another and were each called by Brother Assist to meet up at a tavern. Young Master Han's face was visibly angered, for when he called everybody to gather, never had any of these men shown any sense of urgency to turn up so quickly. In contrast, once Brother Assist said that there was money to be made, each turned up to the rendezvous point as if they had flown there.
”Ahem. It looks like everyone's here!” Brother Assist cleared his throat.
”Just get to the point, Brother Assist. We'll kill you if you spout too much nonsense!” War Without Wounds took the lead to express what everyone was thinking.
Brother Assist was a little depressed when he heard this, giving a succinct summary of what had happened.
We're depending on Miles again… These experts were all disheartened for a while. Why must this guy gotta always be so outstanding?
”Is there such a thing? Why haven't you mentioned it to us?” Even though they knew that Gu Fei was not the sort to hide anything from others, they could not help but wonder why they were not informed of this wondrous grinding style he developed from the get-go.
”You guys are too strong to the point where you could all very quickly insta-kill those monsters through your own methods. What's the point of learning a different fighting routine?” Gu Fei answered.
What he said made all the experts feel all pleasant from head to toe, but they soon reacted when that was over. ”Who's insta-killing here? Who's the one who's able to insta-kill despite fighting overlevel monsters? Are you talking about yourself?”
”That's just an example. I just mean that you guys are already very strong, so learning my fighting routine isn't going to help you much, unless you guys believe that you share the same standard as Brother Assist,” Gu Fei clarified.
”Who are you cursing?!” War Without Wounds slapped the table harshly.
Brother Assist coughed loudly, feeling dejected to the point that he wanted to choke War Without Wounds to death.
”Let's get back to the topic.” Sword Demon's concern was with the matter at hand. He was very interested in earning money right now, considering the mountain of debts he currently had!
”That's the situation at large. There's no need for me to tell you guys how huge a market we're dealing with here; I'm sure there's plenty of money to be made. If everybody chips in and helps out, we'll be able to split the earnings. How awesome is that?!” Brother Assist said emphatically.
”Enough with the chit-chat,” Young Master Han said, ”and just get straight to the point. Give us an overview of the present circumstances.”
”Right now…” Brother Assist told them about the greatest danger of piracy that they were facing, saying thereafter, ”That's why I feel the first thing we need to do is borrow the reputable names of the members of our mercenary group. We'll be leveraging our popularity to let people know just who the fighting routine can be attributed to.”
These experts felt good again when they heard the term 'reputable names' thrown out, and just as Brother Assist was feeling delighted with his speech, he saw Young Master Han's expression turn into one of contempt yet again.
Crap! Brother Assist cried out in dismay to himself, already thinking of finding some ditch to slink into.
”Fool. The first thing you should be doing is taking control of the situation. Blindly advertising will just be doing a bout of promotions for those bootleggers as well,” Young Master Han said.
”Please go on…” Brother Assist was not even going to argue with the man.
”Are we just gonna give whatever the clients want just because they ask for it? That's utter nonsense. Right now, we hold a monopoly, so they'll take whatever we give them. They literally have no right to choose!” Young Master Han said.
Everyone was staring fixedly at him. They had never seen anyone acting so excessive and high-handedly when selling things.
”As you've just said, it's fine that we're finished with developing the various fighting routines for the Campfire Patroller. Now, we will proceed with doing the promotion for the Campfire Patroller, and before the market gets saturated, we won't bother developing any other monster,” Young Master Han said.
”But when will the market ever get saturated? Only disseminating the fighting routines for one monster is as good as saying that the EXP gained from the Campfire Patroller is two to three times better than any other monsters out there. At this rate, won't players who don't normally kill that type of monster end up running over to do just that? Even those from cities that don't have this particular monster spawning will surely all make their way to Baishi City the moment they catch wind of this. Level 40 is where many players are right now, and with how huge the Wilderness Camp is, with so many monsters to go around, then…”Brother Assist did not dare to imagine what would result from this. ”Furthermore, there've already pirated versions of how to kill that grinding map's Campfire Patrollers. Just how much of this slice of cake can we eat if we stubbornly remain stagnant here?”
Young Master Han gave off a mirthless laugh, yet it was Gu Fei who quickly interjected. ”While they are stubbornly fighting over that small slice, we'll change over to a different slice. Is that what you're trying to get at?”
Young Master Han nodded. ”That's right, but we won't be accepting registration forms arbitrarily anymore and teach the routine freely. First, we do our promotion. Say that the next monster we're targeting is the Greenwood Bandit. We'll head to the forums and post a thread about it in advance, stick up notices about it in the game, and let all the players know that Young Master's Elite will be developing the efficient monster grinding routine for the Greenwood Bandit. Get those who are interested in learning it to register and foot payment in advance, and when we reach the optimal number of applicants, we'll officially begin to teach them.”
”We're getting these people to make payment in advance?”
”But of course. There are some who might be worried and be unwilling to do so, so we'll just ignore those players. Considering the low price of 99 gold coins, and adding the fact that we've already proven ourselves, efficiency-wise, through the results from the Campfire Patroller, I doubt that we will lack people willing to pay in advance for it. Take everyone seated here as an example; if there's a method out there that can increase your leveling speed twice or thrice your current rate for only 99 gold coins, are you willing to risk it for the potential payout?” Young Master Han asked.
These men all exchanged glances.
Young Master Han took a gulp of his liquor before continuing. ”Besides, some credibility may truly be attached to all your lousy names when we use them like this.
”You mentioned optimal numbers. What do you mean by optimal numbers? What makes it optimal?” Brother Assist asked.
”The area of the grinding map, the number of monsters, rate of respawn – these are all variables that will remain constant. Thus, we can more or less calculate how many players is required before a grinding map becomes saturated. Of course, aside from a madman, nobody is actually gonna occupy a spot without rest or sleep, so if we consider staggering the rotation of players, I do believe that we can achieve a saturation of applicants up to four times and more for each monster we develop,” Young Master Han explained.
”Doing it like this will really make it difficult for potential bootleggers.” Gu Fei realized that, going by Young Master Han's method of operation, their profits were all but guaranteed. While those opportunistic bootleggers could take a small share of the market for themselves, their existence would still be largely suppressed by this.
”That's right. Since we control the source, why can't we bully them to death? Such a waste,” Young Master Han remarked dryly.
As the saying went: 'There is always going to be a higher mountain,' There was no doubt Eternal Dominion had coincidentally stumbled upon this idea, but it was Brother Assist who had quickly matched his understanding of the game and players to devise a plan that made this business possible. Now, it was through Young Master Han's inherent despicable viciousness that this idea, which would force all potential competitors into a corner and leave them with nothing but dredges, came up.
Brother Assist was hitting himself in the head painfully at the moment, for it appeared that in their rush of excitement, that first bucket of gold coins Eternal Dominion and he had made last night was truly a huge failure. Had they listened to Young Master Han's analysis earlier, they could very well have gathered the optimal number of applicants using those forms they had collected. This meant that their first foray into the business, which would have been the most convenient way of getting attention to their business, would not be inundated with so many bootleggers like right now.
”At the moment, even though the start's a little bit of a mess.” Hearing Young Master Han saying thusly, Brother Assist buried his head deeper. He heard him continue. ”It had been a necessary step that had to be taken, or else we would just end up harming our credibility, instead. Brother Assist, get on the forums and make a post when you get offline later. Make sure to emphasize that our mercenary group, Young Master's Elite, is the genuine source of the efficient monster grinding method, and that we won't be responsible for anything that happens after being taught by the other trash out there. Make sure to inform those who are interested to be taught the routine for the Campfire Patroller to register with the designated player; let's make that person be you! Furthermore, be sure to give notice about what we've discussed on how we will operate from here on out. Oh, right. You can also open a poll, that will make things more convenient for us to tally up the numbers. Oh, oh, also, warn those bootleggers not to be seen by us, or else we'll send Thousand Miles Drunk to chase them off to the ends of the world.”
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”It's just a threat,” Young Master Han said to him.
”Anything else?” Brother Assist asked.