"Then, Dragon Calm's Black Star, what exactly do you need to get my help?"
Once again, I came to Rockface’s mansion. This time, Han Xiao met Rockface alone. The two sat opposite each other, and the servant placed refreshments and drinks.
After a few chats, Rockface asked straight to the point.
"My time is precious, if you have any requests, say so."
Han Xiao put down the cup, leaned forward, and said, "Then let me tell you the truth, my mercenary group is Dragon Calm's field force, and it has been in operation for a year and a half. I have Emersy's reputation on my shoulders, and I can't continue to make small troubles. The structure of large legions like Tianhuan and Blade's Edge is the direction of Black Star's construction. The stronger the field force, the stronger Dragon Calm will be, so I need some financial support. , to form a base camp exclusively for the mercenary group, rather than a leased temporary stronghold."
His 2.0 version preparatory plan, the core goal is to expand the camp, and then guide Seablue Star players to join the mercenary group in the alienation disaster, while Gedora and Dusky Star are competitors, originally players only need to be in the two The faction chooses one, and Han Xiao wants to intervene as a third party to provide players with a new way out, so in addition to the original "good and evil", there is more "neutrality" he represents.
Based on this, problems arose one after another. To accommodate thousands of players, the faction's hardware facilities needed to be greatly upgraded, otherwise it would not be able to receive and attract more members.
The most important factor in attracting players is the benefits. Even if the Meat Bun program has cultivated a large number of audiences who yearn for the mercenary group, it is difficult to generate electricity with love for a long time. Therefore, the quest resources provided to the players are very important, and Han Xiao has long known this. The plan, when the mercenary group was established, was to become an intermediary in the release of tasks, connecting employers and players, so as to borrow almost endless task resources in the mercenary world to cultivate their own faction, retain players, form faction attraction, and accumulate it. It is the reputation of the mercenary group.
In addition to the characteristics of the mercenary group itself, he also has plans for NP resource land, and there are countless ways to give benefits.
In addition to quest resources, another key point is camp specialties. In addition to the professional knowledge and skills of the big money-sucking family, mechanical creation is naturally his characteristic, and it is impossible to complete large-scale orders by relying on his own production capacity, so mass production must be considered. Problems, start the assembly line, build your own military factory... With the current knowledge and manufacturing level, it is barely feasible to build an assembly line.
So that leads to the second question, where should the pipeline be placed? If so many players are accepted, the mercenary group must have a huge, fixed and exclusive stronghold, which is equivalent to the main city of the faction. Otherwise, it is not conducive to fostering a sense of belonging. Only with its own "main city" can it be like a regular army. Even professional guerrillas still pay attention to surrounding the city from the countryside, and the location, security, resources, functions, etc. of the stronghold are all problems.
So, logically leads to the third question, traffic! Since the number of members under his command has increased sharply, travel is a problem. Players have been playing the spaceship with Didi. This is not conducive to maintaining the popularity of the main city. There must be a spaceship exclusive to the faction... Or reach a long-term agreement with some interstellar travel groups. cooperation agreement.
These are just basic questions, and there are still many piecemeal problems, such as finding a stable supplier of raw materials, contacting engineering teams, etc. Expanding the camp is like expanding the scale of a company. To increase the scope of business, a lot of preparations are required, and everything needs to be done. spend money.
In addition to Nagokin's remuneration, Han Xiao still has more than 500,000 Inars left in his deposit. He counted the numbers a few days ago. He felt that this amount of money was not enough, and he was a little careful with his wallet. See Rockface, generally speaking, it is to attract investment.
"Expanding the size of the field force..." Rockface narrowed his eyes. "Is this what Emersy meant?"
"Ames never cares about anything, you should know this, I am the head of the field force, this is a plan I am preparing myself." Han Xiao said.
"I guess it's not her idea..." Rockface changed his posture, looking more aura, fully showing that money is the uncle's confidence, and said with a smile: "Then how much money do you want?"
"How much are you willing to give?" Han Xiao threw the question back.
Rockface immediately opened the topic, "So far, I have provided Dragon Calm with nine grants, with a total of about 24 million Inal, this will not be the final number, I still have the intention of investing in Dragon Calm. , Jenny and I are old acquaintances, and the return she gives is the reason why I insist on investing, enjoying Emersy's reputation, and allowing me to earn profits that satisfy me from other channels."
Then, he kept his mouth shut, looked at Han Xiao with a smile, and the subtext was what you can give me in return.
By investing in Dragon Calm, he obtained some kind of permission from Jenny, the chief executive, to share part of Emersy's influence, and then use this to start business negotiations or political activities, which is equivalent to exchanging investment for the influence of the strong, and then using the influence If you work hard to make money, if you go back and forth, you will only earn much more than the amount invested. Then the question is, if you invest in Dragon Calm’s headquarters, you will have this kind of return. Why invest in Dragon Calm’s field troops, and this is just Han Xiao's personal plan, if it is Emersy's intention, he will only give money, Black Star... The face is not so big.
Wanting to repay, Han Xiao smiled and suddenly said: "You must have my information in your hands, then you must know that I have some undead warriors under me."
Rockface nodded, "Well, I also noticed that they are not with you now."
"They are born mercenaries, the number is far more than you can imagine, and I know all of them, and the expansion of the scale is not only the infrastructure, but also the number of members, I don't need to hire other mercenaries in the free market, they are me The object of your fancy, if you invest, I can quickly expand the scale and become a large mercenary group. At that time, I will give you a satisfactory return. Even if you have Jenny's permission, sometimes you need Dragon Calm's combat troops to show up in person, Help you persuade your competitors, or a large mercenary group willing to accept your unpaid hire privately?"
Han Xiao selectively revealed some of the situation, convincing investors that they must describe the prospects of the project. Although there is also a stock market in the interstellar space, a mercenary group is far from meeting the entry threshold, and naturally it is not qualified to be a white wolf with empty gloves.
And he is not afraid of revealing the existence of players. Players will join Interstellar sooner or later, and everyone will know it by then. During the version update period, even if they tell Rockface some information, the other party can't do anything, because now even a player's Hair can't be found!
This is a new idea he recently thought of to make NP recognize the potential of players and attract them to actively invest.
The meeting at this time was a small test, and he was testing the feasibility of this idea.
Rockface was skeptical, lost in thought, and remained silent. Han Xiao’s proposal made him a little interested. It might be a good project to help Dragon Calm build a field force, but although Black Star is also a member of Dragon Calm, his trust is not enough. Invest with confidence.
Han Xiao thought he would have to wait for a while, but in less than ten seconds, Rockface made a decision, and the head of this big consortium acted resolutely.
"I won't give you money."
"That's such a pity, you missed a project whose return is far greater than the investment." Han Xiao shook his head.
At this time, Rockface changed the conversation, "But I can give you a loan, four million Inal, with a three-year term, for Dragon Calm's sake, I will give you a simple interest rate, repay within one year, I do not charge your interest. For repayment within one year and two years, I will charge you 10% interest, which is 400,000. Two years and three years, 20%, 800,000. More than three years, Forty percent, 1.6 million, this is my condition."
The corner of Han Xiao’s mouth twitched, and the interest rate was a bit explosive. It was fine within a year, but after three years, he would wear out his underwear, which was almost comparable to loan sharks. Sri Lanka is willing to borrow money.
Rich is really...
"Okay, I promise."
Han Xiao nodded. He is not worried about paying back the money. Version 2.0 will open within a year. As long as the player returns, he will be able to count the money until his brain cramps!
Don't say it's paying back, even if we buy the Norios consortium, we... ahem, I'm excited, this is still unaffordable.
Rockface took out the communicator and pointed out a loan document. Both parties signed the document. This document has legal effect. It is backed up in the files of many civilizations that he is familiar with. It is protected by the laws of these civilizations. The money is not repaid, so the relationship between these civilization camps plummeted, and the upper limit of the camp's favorability was reduced to 2999 points, which means that the [respect] relationship will never be reached, and then the trust of personal identity is reduced, and it is no longer possible to take out loans. will become a wanted criminal.
If a guild wants to get a loan, it has to put in a lot of energy to improve the faction relationship. If the money is not paid, the accumulated relationship will be ruined. As long as the guild has a vision, it will not break the contract by pulling the seedlings and promoting the shortsightedness.
Han Xiao also had no intention of breaking the contract.
Ding…
Han Xiao's account received the transfer, glanced at it, and the deposit amount became "4, 1, 010".
Rockface is very happy to give money, a local tyrant who can use more than seven million to buy sky-high jewelry, this small investment is just trivial to him.
But at this time, Han Xiao was a huge start-up capital.
"So nice to work with."
Standing up, Han Xiao shook hands with Rockface, and was taken away from the mansion by the housekeeper. He went directly back to the hotel where Melos and others were stationed. After supervising Silvia for a while, he went back to the room to think. .
"I really got the investment. It seems that the influence of the faction plays a greater role than I thought. With the start-up capital, as long as you choose a good place, you can start building the base camp... Uh, what planet is better? Seablue Star is not far away, but it needs to have a close connection with the stars..."
beep...
While thinking about it, the communicator suddenly rang, and Jenny, the chief supervisor, sent a message with a bad face. The first sentence after connecting was to ask:
"Rockface told me that you applied for a loan from him privately, so why didn't you inform me in advance."
"Jenny, would you agree?"
"Don't call me Jenny, you should call me the chief executive. Of course I won't agree." Jenny's tone was flat. She always insisted on the practice of a side-by-side. In her opinion, building a field force was an unnecessary expense. Emersy never Requires too strong armed forces.
"Then what else am I going to tell you to do?" Han Xiao spreads his hands. He knows Jenny. Jenny is in charge of finance and business. She has a strong desire to control. She will not agree to make the field force bigger. conflict.
Of course, the core contradiction is that Jenny doesn't trust him enough, after all, he was a mercenary who joined Dragon Calm halfway through.
Jenny said decisively: "I order you to return the loan immediately, you cannot accept any form of funds without my permission!"