Chapter 3013: Two Hundred Million in Ten Days, Turning Losses into Profits

"Helisita, are the gateway parameters for each nation all normal?" Xia Duo asked.

"Except for the pressure index being slightly high on those few nodes connected to the Main Network, everything else is normal," Helisita replied after re-checking.

Hearing this result, Xia Duo could not help but feel a bit distracted, "It is my lack of thorough consideration; the key node gateways should have been specially designed and manufactured."

Previously, I hadn't thought about distributing the Connectors for free, so my estimate of the total number of Computing Power Pool users was wrong; now, there is no time to redesign and manufacture them, so I can only make do with the general-purpose version of the Gateway Magic Tool.

It is nothing more than a slight reduction in service life; the Computing Power Pool has only been in official operation for a few days, so there shouldn't be any problems for at least half a month.

Subsequently, Xia Duo patrolled the Gateway Control Center again. After this round, he discovered new problems—not that there was anything wrong with the Computing Power Pool itself, but that the Control Center lacked many visual monitoring interfaces.

To check the status of the Computing Power Pool in various aspects, someone must personally connect to the Spirit Thought Network and then retrieve information from within the network; currently, only a portion of the Gateway Magic Tool's status has achieved visual display.

What Xia Duo wants to check now is the usage situation of those prepaid users, to see if they have started using the advanced functions and how much they have used; this is directly related to the future revenue of the Computing Power Pool.

If users are generally interested in the advanced functions, their willingness to pay will be stronger, and the Computing Power Pool will be able to earn more.

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The Supreme Mode must be recharged separately and has no time limit; the Spirit Thought Network Research Center has temporarily opened 50 spots for the Supreme Mode, with the Alliance of Seven Nations each receiving ten.

Since then, the Control Hall has had some visual interfaces for status monitoring, and everyone has long been able to accept and be happy to accept this form after experiencing it.

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At present, the Gateway Control Hall has been handed over to the Computing Power Pool Operations Department, but the Researchers have not all withdrawn. Not to mention that this is a critical moment, even after stable operations in the future, a certain number of professional personnel will still be retained.

Since entering August, user recharge amounts have repeatedly hit new highs; less than ten days have passed this month, and the original goal of 200 million by the end of the month has been successfully completed.

After all, what we are selling is actually a virtual product, a service that has not yet been realized; even if we release a lot, as long as the Main Network does not recognize it, it is all in vain.

But for users, it is different; even if the Standard Duration was obtained through non-standard means, it should logically be cancelled, but if it were really cancelled, users would certainly harbor dissatisfaction, as the Spirit Thought Network Research Center was also at fault in that matter.

As for the storage of prepayments, there is no requirement that we must send back whatever amount is received; the reason is very simple, Xia Duo directly designated the Time Tower Void Warehouse Chamber of Commerce as the cooperative unit.

Then, in his capacity as the person in charge of the Time Tower, he opened a special warehouse for the Spirit Thought Network Research Center; the warehouse Permission Level obtained by the dispatched sales personnel only allows for depositing, not withdrawing.

Combined with the 70 million in prepayments received earlier, it averages out to 1,000 Gold Coins recharged per paying user, enough for them to use 10 hours of Enhanced Mode or 5 hours of Professional Mode.

As for the total sales, the Headquarters will naturally have specialized personnel to calculate that.

Therefore, to avoid similar trouble, Xia Duo simply set a rule for every dispatched sales person: they only have an authorization limit of 1,000 hours of Standard Duration.

It turned out to be the sales personnel dispatched to various countries; paying users purchase the right to use the advanced functions of the Computing Power Pool from these sales personnel, calculated by Standard Duration—1,000 hours is 100,000 Gold Coins!

Upon receiving the request, Xia Duo did not hesitate at all and immediately increased the authorization limit for the corresponding sales person; in fact, if he weren't worried about those sales personnel acting recklessly, it would be more convenient not to set limits at all.

Such an interface is not only used by Xia Duo, but the Alliance leadership can also use it; it is just that they do not have the assistance of a brain-computer, so they can only see specific data points and find it difficult to derive global statistical results.

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If they can continue to consume at this speed, then earning 200 million before the end of August is really no problem at all!

As for now, after patrolling a few times, Xia Duo called the Researchers in the Control Hall aside for a small meeting, mainly to discuss the matter of establishing visual interfaces.

Through the Computing Power Pool Main Network Permission Level, Xia Duo "saw" that the number of currently online paying users is less than 10,000, but almost everyone is using the advanced functions for a considerable amount of time.

Just as Xia Duo was fantasizing about earning hundreds of millions a month, someone was contacting him through the Computing Power Pool; this is a communication network that only the Public Computing Power Pool opens to the interior of the Alliance, and for the time being, it is used more by people from the Spirit Thought Network Research Center.

"Consultant Xia Duo, I need to apply for another 1,000 hours of Standard Duration; a big client just arrived, and the limit I have is no longer enough."

Now that they have received a formal order to turn the status data specified by Xia Duo into visual interfaces, everyone is full of anticipation; after all, the primary job of these Researchers is to research the Spirit Thought Network, not to stay here monitoring the operating status of the Computing Power Pool.

It is just that statistics also have a cycle; it is impossible to arrange for people to calculate in real-time, so they calculate about once a day; the previous 70 million over three days was the result of three calculations.

Many paying users have even already exhausted their prepayments.

While the Researchers were discussing the design plan, Xia Duo occasionally participated in the discussion; besides providing some inspiration, more importantly, he reserved interfaces for the brain-computer connection.

As for the visual interface at the Gateway Control Center, there is no need to be deceptive, but it is also reserved; it is enough to monitor the operating status of the Computing Power Pool, as more is the business of professional personnel.

Without the pressure of losses, Xia Duo was naturally happy.

Once the visual interface is completed, places that originally required Researchers can also be handled by ordinary people, and the Researchers can go on to more important matters.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo used the brain-computer to assist in a calculation: since the Computing Power Pool officially began operations three days ago, those paying users have already consumed nearly 10 million Gold Coins.

This means that at the current moment, the Computing Power Pool has already turned from loss to profit; if there are no accidents, it will be pure profit from now on.

In the blink of an eye, time quickly arrived at August.

It is indeed a big client!

Personally connecting to the Computing Power Pool and relying on the Main Network's Permission Level, Xia Duo easily locked onto each prepaid user; according to the information sent back by the dispatched personnel earlier, there are currently over 50,000 paying users.

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Under the leadership of Xia Duo, the Alliance Public Computing Pool has successfully overcome various setbacks in the early stages of operation; now, Xia Duo almost always has a smile on his face—there is no other reason, the income from the Computing Power Pool is simply too impressive.

This way, in the future, he won't have to run to the Gateway Control Center every time; he can directly retrieve the already set-up Computing Power Pool operating status and data through the brain-computer.

Approaching one-eighth of the total users, that is already a high proportion!

Currently, except for Netheril, the Supreme Mode spots for the other six nations—which are actually Supreme Mode durations, but only sold to ten Mages—have all been sold out.