Bubble is going to discuss two business deals today, one in reality and the other in the game.
The business in the game was just being discussed halfway when someone came from reality, forcing Bubble to temporarily go offline to deal with the visitor in reality.
And now he was sitting in the negotiation room of his own company... He kept tapping his arms impatiently. Sitting on both sides of the conference table were business tycoons whom he could not afford to offend. These people were all introduced by his father to discuss business with him.
I'm just an ordinary club manager, what kind of business can I talk about
The reason Bubble was most impatient was that he knew...what these people came for.
"So, Mr. Li, as the first member of the Holy Spirit Foundation, you don't have any authority to make recommendations, right?" asked a negotiator.
"As the world's number one sports brand, didn't the Holy Spirit send you an invitation? And you defeated... Ahem, the same goes for Player's Eye. Everyone here should call their superiors and look in the junk pile of their email boxes to see if there is an email called the Holy Spirit Foundation Invitation Letter."
Bubble said that he was just a spiritual shareholder of Holy Spirit and had no right to interfere with the operation of Holy Spirit Games. More importantly, he had no right to invite anyone to join the Holy Spirit Fund.
"I'm afraid it will take some time to confirm this." To be frank, these negotiators are working for those big companies. How can they ask their bosses, 'The invitation letter has been sent, did you delete the email?'
"Then go and confirm. Thank you all for your kindness. I am really not qualified to invite you to join the Holy Spirit Fund. Please go back and tell each other about this. Today's meeting and discussion ends here."
Bubble glanced at the time. He had been offline for nearly half an hour, and there was still a business deal waiting for him to discuss in the game.
"Mr. Li, please wait a moment, but you have the right to choose...linked products in the Holy Spirit Fund." The negotiator sent by the Player's Eye suddenly said.
"Don't worry, as long as you have a cooperative relationship with our business district plan, your products will be available in the inner world linkage in Holy Spirit. However... there are only so few players in Holy Spirit right now. It's really surprising that your boss would send someone to negotiate with us..." Before Bubble could finish his words, he was patted lightly by Sprite behind him.
After this meaningless business meeting ended, Bubble left the negotiation room in a hurry.
"What I said is correct. There are only 250,000 players of Holy Spirit right now... Although the topic is extremely popular now, big companies like Nexen are paying attention to it. I can only say that it is really impressive."
As Bubbles walked quickly in the corridor, they kept muttering to Sprite behind them.
"After Queen May made those declarations at the holographic projection exhibition, it already meant that the game of Holy Spirit might cause changes in the real world." Sprite said to Bubble very seriously.
"Change? Hasn't it been many years since people have been able to make money by playing games? I still don't want to believe it... The Holy Spirit will return all the money earned to the players. Isn't it a bit early to change it?"
Bubble really felt that the pie that Queen May painted at the holographic projection exhibition was really tempting, because normally people from big companies like Nexen and Player's Eye would never come to discuss anything with him. They would spend more time talking business with his father.
And now they come to ask Bubble's opinion purely because Bubble is one of the members of the Holy Spirit Fund. There are only five members of the Holy Spirit Fund now, and Bubble is not sure about the other three. However, President Yin and he have made a lot of money relying on the advertising effect and linkage of the Holy Spirit Fund.
"It's different. In the past, video games were just a form of entertainment, but the Holy Spirit may become your second life." Sprite said something else that Bubble couldn't understand.
"Is there any difference?" Bubble asked puzzledly.
"The difference is that all the achievements you get from the Holy Spirit will be reflected in reality. If you become the president of the largest guild in the game and occupy many areas in the other world, then the big companies in reality will come to you to negotiate in order to gain benefits in these areas... This is the impact of the Holy Spirit on the real world as it continues to develop. In addition, various disciplines related to the Holy Spirit may be opened in major universities." Sprite said.
"I roughly understood what he meant. To sum it up,... from now on, leveling up and spending money in the game won't be considered as 'wasting one's time on playing games'?" Bubble still vaguely remembered that when Holy Spirit was launched, Sprite would constantly urge him to pay attention to his gaming time and enjoy a healthy life.
"That depends on what you do. For example, we have to get this business with the Alliance of Gods and go online." Sprite stretched out her hand and pushed the bubble directly into the VR device.
Bubble sighed, put on the VR helmet and equipment again, and logged into his account. After a short loading of the login interface, the scene in front of Bubble changed from a modern office to a magnificent hall.
"Where were we talking about?"
Bubble came to his senses and saw the goddess of beauty sitting in the hall.
Other large guilds that joined the Alliance of Gods included Gray Eyes and Night Rush, two rivals that Bubble considered to be more difficult to deal with, but Coke Mania still firmly ranked first in terms of reputation in the Alliance of Gods.
This was accumulated by completing various team dungeons and side quests released by the Alliance of Gods. Guild reputation and personal reputation were divided separately. Now Coke Fanatic's reputation was 14,000 points and his rating was 'Respect', while Bubble's personal reputation was 120 points and his rating was also Respect.
Unfortunately, the reputation system does not have much advantage at this stage, but after the Holy Spirit updated the Kuroshio Island NPC favorability system, the advantages brought by the reputation system finally came.
At the invitation of the goddess of beauty, Bubble is preparing to discuss a big business with the goddess of beauty.
"The conditions for purchasing the crystals of divine power, Lord Bubble... You are very interested in the various pet eggs of our Alliance of Gods, so you plan to spend the crystals of divine power to purchase them in bulk." said the goddess of beauty.
"Yes... Tamagotchi."
Bubble came to his senses when he saw that the Holy Spirit Mall started selling ornamental pets. The Holy Spirit had finally perfected the pet system that was originally considered a scam.
As the first players in the Holy Spirit, the two Dragon Speaker sisters contributed eleven tamed dragon pets to Coke Frenzy, but the growth rate of these dragon pets was so slow that Bubble wanted to curse.
The dragon pet that Bubble is fostering now can only spit a small fireball, and Bubble just happened to find out from the Goddess of Beauty... The Alliance of Gods also has pets for sale!
"These two are the griffin eggs you asked about, and these two are young unicorns." The goddess of beauty took out two griffin eggs and two young unicorns and placed them on the table.
"Wait a minute, how long will it take for these two to grow up?"
Bubble will not worry about the combat capabilities of these two pets for now. Among the Holy Spirit's mounts are the griffin and the unicorn. Unfortunately, they can only be ridden and cannot be used as combat pets. These four can obviously be used as combat pets.
But the most important thing about the bubble is the growth period of these four creatures.
"It takes about twenty years for a unicorn to grow to adulthood, and the same is true for a griffin," said the goddess of beauty.
"excuse me."
When Bubble heard the growth time, he stood up and decided to say goodbye. The time ratio of the Holy Spirit is the same as in reality. I don’t know how many game versions have been updated in the past 20 years! When this pet grows up, their level cap is estimated to have been raised to more than 100 levels.
"Mr. Bubble, wait a moment. If you don't want the juvenile form, we still have the adult form, but... it will take some time to tame it." The goddess of beauty said again.
When Bubble was about to answer the goddess of beauty, Sprite stopped him with her hand.
"There is one thing I'm curious about. You should be the management class of the City of Gods. Aren't the crystals of divine power used as currency managed and distributed by you? Why are all the gods in this city trying to earn crystals of divine power from us?"
Sprite asked a very confusing question after she joined the Alliance of Gods. The crystals of divine power were only produced in the group copies of the Alliance of Gods. Logically, they should have been distributed by the goddess of beauty and others. However, the goddess of beauty and other management of the Alliance of Gods were thinking of various ways to earn the crystals of divine power from... the players
"Sprite, isn't this thing distributed by the system? She is the NPC responsible for recycling currency." Bubble said.
"Don't talk." said Sprite.
"Mr. Bubble, Mr. Sprite, this is not a secret." The Goddess of Beauty smiled and pointed to a huge statue behind her and said, "The Alliance of Gods is not an organization that only exists on Kuroshio Island. This organization connects the gods of tens of millions of worlds on the star map. We are all gods born from the faith of believers. There are countless gods named Goddess of Beauty on the star map."
"But... there are some powerful unique gods in the Alliance of Gods. They are the embodiment of the law and the managers of the alliance. They are responsible for the distribution of divine crystals, and your mission on Kuroshio Island is also determined by them... We came to Kuroshio Island to earn divine crystals. This is another way to increase our strength besides increasing the number of believers." said the Goddess of Beauty.
"I understand..." Just as Sprite was about to ask something...McCafe suddenly appeared from nowhere.
"President Pighead! A fishing ground has opened on Flowing Water Street! The official has launched a new fishing event! It seems that the first place winner will be rewarded with a very powerful NPC contract!" McAfee appeared in Bubble's sight in a sideways posture.
"Where is it?" Bubble glanced at the NPC contract book awarded as the first prize in the event and without thinking, he grabbed McCafe and asked about the coordinates.
"I'll take you there."
Sprite watched with a headache as the two men left the conference hall, while the goddess of beauty kept smiling on her face.
"We'll talk about the pet business later. I'll take my leave now."
Sprite does not regard the Goddess of Beauty as a digitized NPC. In Sprite's eyes, the Goddess of Beauty is a cunning god who uses the Holy Spirit to earn her own profits.
"I will prepare goods that will satisfy you next time." The goddess of beauty could only watch Sprite leave with a smile on her face.
(End of this chapter)