Chapter 369: Gold Coin Support, Locking onto the Prey (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Dream Island.

After discussing in detail with Brother Ming Hou the location for the Fate Gambling City on Dream Island and the subsequent construction process,

A Lan watched as Brother Ming Hou shattered the void and departed.

Next, Brother Ming Hou would gather his clansmen to pool together the startup capital needed to build the Fate Gambling City.

Regarding future investments, after this conversation, the amount would be greater than what Brother Ming Hou had initially anticipated.

After all, in its early stages, the Fate Gambling City would not aim for profit; layouts in every aspect would require the expenditure of sacrificial power.

Night had deepened, yet beneath A Lan's gaze, the trading market remained brightly lit.

As alien merchant caravans departed, others arrived; the trading market now operated twenty-four hours a day, providing trade services to merchants of all races.

This also caused the profits of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce to rise like a Black Tide.

Yet he always kept in mind the Star Net's past admonition: as the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce expanded in scale, it must undertake more measures beneficial to the development of the player faction.

It must allow other players to gain benefits from the chamber's growth, rather than becoming bystanders shut out by monopolized dividends.

He also clearly understood that the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce could only reach its current scale thanks to the support of the players.

Especially the output from dungeon-focused players had already become one of the chamber's primary revenue channels.

To ensure the chamber's development remained rooted among the players rather than standing apart from the player faction, he had previously launched four measures.

The first measure was providing intelligence on the sea regions.

Information on civilization ruins, primordial data, node intelligence... all such intelligence purchased with resources from alien races would be provided to players free of charge.

The second measure was the establishment of an assassin platform.

This measure primarily served arena-focused players, allowing them to earn income by taking orders through the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce platform even during periods when they were not selected for matches.

The third measure was delivery missions.

The starting point for this measure was to improve the delivery efficiency of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, but it indirectly provided novice players with a channel to earn substantial profits.

The fourth measure was providing a high-profit sales channel for resources produced by dungeon-focused players.

This was more about mutual benefit; both the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce and dungeon-focused players could profit from it, as selling to the various races of the sea region yielded far greater returns than directly sacrificing to Emperor Zhao.

But relying solely on these projects, he felt it was insufficient to consume the chamber's ever-growing profits.

Although saving money was necessary to prepare for the development of the Moon Eclipse Clan, especially to accumulate enough sacrificial power for the Star Net's rapid growth upon its entry,

the Star Net had explicitly stated that its priority could absolutely never surpass the development of the player faction.

Therefore, it was time to add a new service item for the players.

Regarding the relevant plan, A Lan already had a clear conception.

The inspiration came from a recently hot topic: the rise of summoning-style players.

Some players, through laying out plans in minor worlds, had added a seventh orthodox profession to the player faction: the summoning style.

At this moment, A Lan summoned the forum interface and began editing the content.

[Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce: Player Support Plan Officially Launched—We Fund Your Creativity]:

Poster: Collecting Sacrificial Power.

Content:

To all fellow villagers of Emperor Tomb Village:

As the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce expands its operations on Dream Island, we will continue to uphold our promise of making the pie bigger and sharing the dividends.

We are deeply aware that the player faction will Iron Face countless powerful enemies in the future: the Black Black Tide, the Insect Black Tide, the Blue Lamp Clan, and many other powerful forces yet undiscovered by us that hold sway over their territories. The development of the player faction has never been a solo dance by a single organization, but rather the resonance of countless players. We hereby officially launch the "Player Support Plan," offering startup capital and technical support to capable player teams and individuals.

Support Directions (not limited to the following categories; any project capable of aiding the faction's development may be applied for):

Category One: Combat Node Assault Projects.

For domain nodes that have not yet been conquered, the initiator must submit a detailed strategy plan, team composition scheme, and phased progress schedule.

This includes the specific time required to form the team, planning for potion-type resources needed during the node assault, and other related content.

The Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce will conduct a detailed evaluation of submitted assault projects and dispatch a chamber member to join the assault team (the supported sacrificial power will be held by the chamber member and released upon review when the applicant needs to use it).

Requirements and Restrictions: Applications must be made when the team's strength is limited, or by lone wolves forming temporary teams.

Category Two: Management and Business Innovation Projects.

Promoting positive interaction between players and alien races (such as joint reclamation or opening resource revenue channels); applications must explain the cooperation model and the dividends it will bring to the development of our player faction.

Reference: The Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce model, which provides players with high-profit resource sales channels through trade and continuously earns profits from alien races.

Category Three: Professional Development Creativity.

New models developed based on the Soul Library or player system functions, providing innovative assistance for the development of player styles, allowing the player faction to possess more selectable growth directions.

Reference Direction: The summoning-style growth model pioneered by the player "Invincible Summoner" in a minor world.

Category Four, Category Five...

Application Requirements: Submit a complete project plan.

For example, the project name, implementation steps (clearly specifying time, number of participants, and resource requirements), and an assessment of expected outcomes.

Explanation of Support Strength: Depending on the project scale, startup capital ranging from 10,000 to 5 million will be provided, disbursed in stages (the first installment is 20%; subsequent support funds will be held by the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce project leader, who will continue to provide funding after personally contacting the applicant to confirm the specific situation).

Solemn Declaration: This support project takes serving the faction's development as its core; purely self-serving schemes, those that disrupt balance, or those that incite internal friction (such as private resource monopolies or malicious targeting of other players) are prohibited.

The Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce retains the right to supervise projects but will not interfere with specific execution, respecting the creativity of the developers.

If a project achieves remarkable results, it will be incorporated into the chamber's long-term cooperation system to share subsequent profits (specific ratios to be discussed Iron Face-to-Iron Face).

If a project deviates from the agreed direction during its progression, the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce will attempt to recover the support funds through various channels, including but not limited to mobilizing the player community to continuously hunt down players (or groups) who defrauded the funds, reclaiming the sacrificial power paid in the early stages.

Finally, we hope everyone can find their own joy within the game.

Every one of your whimsical ideas may become a stepping stone for the faction's advance.

The Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce looks forward to standing shoulder to shoulder with all players, ensuring that every individual's effort bears fruit in a win-win outcome.

—President of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce: Collecting Sacrificial Power

The post released by A Lan sparked heated discussion on the forum.

The comment section was filled with nothing but positive reviews and praise.

Invincible Summoner: The sky has fallen! The Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce is acting as an angel investor for the player faction. If I had this kind of support during the early stages of running the summoning style in the minor world, things would have been different. I was so frugal back then, afraid to make any big moves; poverty truly made me suffer. I envy the newcomers; the treatment keeps getting better.

I Think Therefore I Am: As a dungeon-focused player who has been supplying goods to the chamber for years, I must speak a fair word. Previously, the purchase prices offered by the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce were already more than double the sacrifice value. Now they are using their profits to fund support initiatives; this is what a qualified faction organization looks like. Unlike certain speculators in the Trading Row who hoard resources and hike prices on the spot, thinking only of slicing the cake instead of going out to make the cake bigger.

Kick That Paladin: My favorability toward the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce grows day by day. Having played games for so many years, this is the first time I've seen a profit-oriented organization in a game dedicate its profits to serving the faction's development. Their vision is too grand. No wonder other teams imitating the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce fail to rise; the chamber's reputation is simply too good. Even if their prices are slightly lower than other chambers, I am willing to hand over my dungeon outputs to the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce for sale. This is credibility.

You and Your Cover Are Equally Laughable: Favorability has skyrocketed. Let's not even mention the free intelligence provided earlier; now they are putting up money for welfare benefits. You deserve to make money. I will definitely seek cooperation with you when there's a chance. I'm about to submit a project for building a breeding farm, though I don't know if it will be approved. I feel such high-risk projects should be very difficult to get approved.

Only half an hour after the post was released, comments had surpassed one million, and the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce management team quickly received multiple project applications.

Countless players, whose ideas they had previously found difficult to implement, felt the flames of hope reignite after reading the post.

Following the thread of the "Support Plan Post," they gathered here at the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, forming a torch to illuminate the path forward for the player faction's development.

At the very same time A Lan prepared to launch the "Money-Spreading Plan,"

Brother Ming Hou, having returned to the Emperor Tomb Village Library, also activated his data-retrieval Cultivation Mode.

The conversation with A Lan made him realize his understanding of business models was lacking.

To ensure the future development of the Fate Gambling City went even better, he had to settle his mind and learn the relevant knowledge.

While consulting relevant materials in the library, Brother Ming Hou summoned the forum and began re-editing the development plan he had written, incorporating many of the suggestions A Lan had mentioned.

However, during the revision, Brother Ming Hou also discovered several new problems.

First was the flaw in the gaming model.

What he held was a source-level derivative imprint of the Fate Rules; although it carried the efficacy of the Fate Rules and could produce derivative energy through gaming,

when collecting chips, he could not do so directly through the Fate Rules. After all, the connection to the Fate Rules had been severed; it was now merely a pseudo-rule-level ability.

Therefore, future gaming would be limited to physical resources; unlike the past model, participants could no longer use owned items directly to participate in the games.

This eliminated many potential gambling matches.

After all, when parties participating in the games came to Dream Island, they would most likely not bring all their resources with them.

In terms of convenience, the gaming could not compare to the former model.

The gameplay also needed to be correspondingly reduced; not every type of resource could serve as a gaming chip.

For instance, rule-level items could not be used as chips.

It was not that such bets could not be accepted, but accepting such a bet would fail to produce rule-derived energy.