90 Starting from Zero (1/2)
As Shi Feng entered and spoke…
“Who are you?”
Wu Yi was slightly startled, his eyes evaluating Shi Feng. Shi Feng wore a cheap-looking white-blue sporting wear. Although his imposing manner gave Wu Yi chills down his back, after seeing that Shi Feng was not even wearing a quantum watch on his wrist, a hint of disdain entered Wu Yi’s eyes. In this day and age, even the slightly wealthier students all possessed quantum watches. Wu Yi determined that Shi Feng was not one of the wealthy children and that he was in a similar situation as Blackie.
“Brother Feng, why are you here?” Blackie’s expression was slightly panicked. He was worried Shi Feng would misunderstand and think he was trying to job-hop, “Brother Feng, I really didn’t seek out Shadow. I’ve also rejected them, but Wu Yi won’t stop annoying me about it.”
When Blackie’s classmates saw him panicking and explaining, they were all puzzled at the identity of this new arrival.
Blackie had already risen to Level 5 in God’s Domain, so he was definitely an expert. Many Workshops would fight over for him, treating him as an important guest. Even Shadow sent someone over to recruit Blackie. If the upper-echelons of Shadow met Blackie, they might also act very cordially and treat him with respect.
However, Blackie had respectfully addressed the stranger in front of them as Brother Feng, confusing them. Could the person in front of them be some famous person in their school? However, no matter how they wracked their brains, they could not think of such a person present in their university.
“I know,” Shi Feng sent Blackie an expression that told him to be at ease. Shi Feng then looked towards the man named Wu Yi and laughingly said, “I’m called Shi Feng, and I am the nobody who established the Workshop you just mentioned. Didn’t you wish to know the name of my Workshop?”
“I can tell it to you. The Workshop’s name is Zero Wing. It means that everything has to start out from zero and to spread your wings and soar. If you don’t have any other matters, please return and tell your boss not to try poaching the members of other Workshops. He is better off taking care of his own lands, lest they fall apart without him even knowing what happened.”
Hearing Shi Feng saying so, Wu Yu couldn’t help but reveal a sneer as he laughed.
“As expected, even a nobody knows how to start a Workshop. Why don’t you take a look at yourself? Do you think you can start a Workshop just by announcing it?” Wu Yi narrowed his eyes, mocking, “Do you know how large our Shadow Workshop is? Do you know how many members our Shadow Workshop has? Do you know who is backing our Shadow Workshop? Do you know how much our Workshop has invested? Do you still think that we need to poach members from worthless Workshops like yours?
“Just based on the fact that you guys are still using the trial helmet to play the game shows how dirt poor you are. Did you think that, just by being full of zeal, you could establish yourselves in God’s Domain and earn money? All the Workshops that have tried to establish themselves in God’s Domain have at least invested several millions of Credits. Meanwhile, you have no money, no members, no facilities, and not even the most basic of assurance. So, what right do you have to compare to us, Shadow?
“If you kneel down and beg me right now, I might even put in a few good words to Brother Lan. If you pay up some ten or twenty thousand Credits, you might be able to join the Workshop. How about it? Think about it; this is a rare chance for you.” Wu Yi smiled savagely. He then shifted his gaze to Blackie, coldly saying, “Shadow is already giving you a lot of respect by sending me here to recruit you. As long as you join, you’ll immediately receive the treatment of being a core member, and your monthly salary will be at least 5,000 Credits. It is hundreds of times better than staying in a Workshop that is barely surviving.”
When Blackie’s several dorm mates heard of this treatment, all of them had expressions of shock on their faces. They did not think that playing God’s Domain would be so rewarding. Compared to those city white-collar workers, Blackie’s salary was much higher. Suddenly, the gazes they used to look at Blackie changed. They no longer looked down on him; rather, their gazes now filled with envy and admiration.
They were only several months away from graduating from the university. Right now, they were still having headaches over finding jobs. Meanwhile, Blackie had someone personally coming to his door to recruit him, and the other party had even offered a minimum monthly salary of 5,000. As the saying went, ‘comparisons are odious.’
If they had known about this earlier, they would have properly played games and gave God’s Domain a try. They might have even become experts. They would not have had to chase after girls for their four years in universities and been looked down upon by those girls. If they managed to earn money, beauties would be lined up for their choosing.