Chapter 112 (1/2)
Chapter 112: Never Say “Never”
The System said, “Relax, it’s just that it involves the sources of ingredients, which is important. I have to make a health pill that is related to us. I won’t seize your body if it were a small matter…”
Fang Ning regained the right to his body and he immediately played it off, “Oh, the incident from before gave me quite a fright, so I’ve been raising funds to invest in something related to vitality production. I’ve personally went to finance organizations and they’ve can give me ten billion in cash; all I have to do is sell a portion of my restaurant’s shares…”
President Zhao waved his hand dismissively, “You shouldn’t go to that bunch of land sharks; your restaurant is a cornucopia, and it’ll definitely only develop further. If you really need so much money, you can go to the Qi City’s Chamber of Commerce and ask for financing; I would gladly act as your guarantor. You won’t need to sell your restaurant’s shares then; you would just need to pay back interest regularly, and the interest rate isn’t very high either.”
An amount like ten billion would be difficult for even somebody like President Zhao to pool immediately. He would never say that the ten billion came from his own savings.
Fang Ning was no idiot; even he could tell this future father-in-law of his really did trust him completely. Who would dare offer to be the guarantor of a loan of ten billion? Even the closest of sons-in-law wouldn’t dare think of it.
He didn’t respond with any unnecessary negotiating immediately. Besides, he had Sir System, what did he have to lose?
Fang Ning then said, “I didn’t want to trouble Uncle before, but since Uncle has already offered, I can only offer my gratitude for Uncle’s effort. I’ll tell Zhao Ying to go to the Chamber of Commerce next time she needs finances.”
President Zhao answered, “That’s good. However, don’t invest so much for now because Fatso Liu said that he’ll look for a few more investors so that everyone will be paying a few thousand first to test the waters. Since success will be hard to say and there might be plenty of pits that we might fall into too. It would be better if the risks were shared equally. Once our investments show significant progress, then we’ll invest more and secure more shares.”
“Alright, I’ll listen to Uncle. I’ll invest 20 million first.”
After discussing matters on the planting of the Vitality Crops, Fang Ning was brought aside by Madam Zhao, who wanted to share the so-called blessing of Bodhisattva with him.
After the sharing session was over, Fang Ning understood everything immediately.
He had witnessed when Xue “The Flight” Feng had received the Bodhisattva Spirit King’s magical energy from before, so why wouldn’t he be able to guess what Sir System had done?
Xue Feng had just gotten a little bit, but according to Madam Zhao’s description of the situation, the magical energy she had received was the size of a bowl. The difference was incomparable.
Sir System wasn’t someone that would let go of any benefits; it had sacrificed Fang Ning’s Relief Time while he was sleeping, but not only did it not reap any benefits, it had to suffer losses too. It was no wonder the System was throwing a tantrum; after it had been stifled by Fang Ning, it was no wonder it started acting like dried fish again…
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After he swapped his stand-in mechanical puppet in and he had returned to the farm villa on the outskirts of Qi City, Fang Ning no longer teased the System after knowing the truth. He knew where to draw the line; he wasn’t a person to add salt to someone’s wound…
He didn’t want to risk his holiday…
After he realized that there were no more important matters to attend to, he started gaming to his heart’s content.
It was the first day of his one-week holiday after all…
He was gaming from the afternoon of the first day to the morning of the second day; a whole night had passed just like that…
The System spoke up then, “You still have six days of vacation left.”
Fang Ning didn’t care; he had six days left.
He continued gaming and a whole day passed by once again.
The System spoke again, “Your vacation ends in five days.”
Fang Ning didn’t care; he had five days left.
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The seventh morning of his vacation arrived in the blink of an eye.
Fang Ning didn’t care and continued gaming; “Dragon Ascending The Heavens” was already extremely renowned in the game’s community.
It was everyone’s first time seeing a player farming the Instance Dungeons of Bosses for six days and six nights straight. Not only was the gameplay constantly inhuman, the vicious player would completely seize the announcement headlines of the channels in-game. Who wouldn’t pay attention?
People with a stronger willpower and more agile gameplay than Fang Ning existed, that was without a doubt; but nobody would be able to contend with his crazed passion towards gaming…
With his insane gameplay while he farmed the Bosses’ Instance Dungeons solo, Fang Ning had more top-tier equipment for his current level than he needed. The equipment he had looted couldn’t even be bought in the players’ marketplace. Buyers had to post announcements to obtain the equipment, which would only be sold at the highest price. Even the equipment of premium players couldn’t compare to his!
This ridiculous player was equipped head-to-toe in top-tier equipment; his awesomeness was beyond comparison and he made a big show of it everywhere he went too…
Everywhere he went he would be surrounded by players all calling him various names; those that went “God!” or “Boss!” were fine, but some called him “Husband!”. It would be fine if female players did it, but male players too?
‘So much noise! I still can’t create my “Soaring Dragon Matchless Alliance” so I can’t be a guild master yet, which means I also can’t recruit anyone into my guild. Without anyone in my guild, I can’t ask anyone to clear the space for me!
‘I miss “Filling the Sea with Ashes”, he was always the first person in my guild to clear the space for me…
‘Sadly, I can’t go look for him now, since I’m using the Cultivation Module of the Venerable White Dragon sockpuppet.’
He had always been using Fang Ning’s identity while playing the games, and when he had dissolved the guild he had given Fang Ning’s phone number to the other player too.
It would be possible for them to reunite once more since Fang Ning had long thought of all possible dangers and problems that would have arisen; he already had a big plan set up, he just lacked the funds to carry it out.
Once he had the necessary equipment, he would participate in placement matches and rank high in them. Once that was done, some treasure seekers would then approach him for endorsement. It would be bigoted of him, but as long as he was getting paid, he would be all for it.
A few already had their eyes on the “Pioneer of Cultivators”, “Dragon Ascending The Heavens”, but Fang Ning felt that their products were fishy, and so he rejected their offers, just in case he wrecked his reputation if he did accept.
This stupid game really was a good game since it had a Cultivation Module, but the amount of premium players in it was just a little too much. Although it was said that equipment can be obtained through grinding the game, but there was an internal player’s market that allowed actual cash to be used in transactions. As long as the equipment or items were related to cultivation, all transactions were charged with a management fee too. Premium players could easily buy materials from normal players at ridiculous prices.
The developers of the game were confident people, they weren’t afraid of the players making under-the-table transactions: buying items in-game at a very low price to avoid being charged with the management fee only to sell it at a high price in real life.
Fang Ning’s ability to pay-to-win just couldn’t compare to the others; although there were a lot of missions in the game had plenty of loopholes, the rewards were just a bit too stingy. He had only one mission left too, so all Fang Ning could do was grind for currency in-game until he had enough to create a guild.