"This matter isn't that complicated. To sum it up, he sold them out and made them take the blame. Isn't that right, Water Depth?" Lu Ke said.
"I don't like the way you phrased it." Water Depth said seriously, "Strictly speaking, the project he was managing was my bargaining chip. I was right about the project, not the person. It just so happened that he was the supervisor of the project, and it just so happened that he became the target of everyone's suspicion, so the blame was put on his head. In all honesty, this wasn't my plan. I'm not that person! "
"What is it? You two don't talk in riddles. Tell me clearly." Gu Fei said.
"How do I tell you this!" Water Depth draped his arm over Gu Fei's shoulder and said, "Once upon a time, I was a middleman in the online gaming world …"
"Tsk …" Lu Ke snorted.
"Just kill her!" Water Depth begged Gu Fei.
"Really?" Gu Fei touched his sword.
"Don't don't …" Water Depth was scared. This guy didn't have a sense of humor at all.
"I'm just trying to scare you." Gu Fei laughed, "How about we let Lu Ke say it!"
"Hmph, let him say it himself. I don't have that kind of time." Lu Ke said.
"Then don't interrupt!" Water Depth cleared his throat solemnly, "Where were we? Yes, once upon a time, I was a middleman in the online gaming world. This is a very technical job. It requires a sharp eye for the market, courage to move forward, and more importantly: accurate information from multiple sources. In order to do this job well, I applied for a number of sockpuppets and mingled in the popular service areas of the major gaming studios. Speaking of which, one day, on a server in the online game Legend of Chivalry, I found Five Nights with a group of little brothers from the studio sweeping up goods. By the way, do you know about this game? "
"I don't." Gu Fei shook his head.
"Tsk … I don't know … You wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you! Do you understand sweeping up goods? "
"I don't understand …" Gu Fei said.
"Why are you asking if you don't know anything?" Water Depth was not satisfied. Gu Fei touched his sword. Water Depth nodded. "If you don't understand, then learn. That's how young people are …"
"This is a common occurrence before major updates in the game, but at that time, there was no system announcement about the updates in Legend of Chivalry. For this to happen, the studio must have received some insider information. As a second-hand trafficker, what I sell are the intelligence gathered by spies on all sides! After seeing what Five Nights was looking for, he immediately logged into the sockpuppets of the other studios and spread the news. Hence, in "Legend of Chivalry", all the studios that were established in the game came out to sweep up the goods. This was originally the exclusive insider news of Five Nights' studio. Suddenly, it was known to the whole city. Of course, everyone knew that there was a traitor. What a pity! At that time, their studio seemed to suspect that Five Nights was a mole. In fact, I didn't know why they suspected him. It couldn't be because he was in charge of sweeping the goods, right? Anyway, I heard that he was fired by the studio. Tut-tut! "said Deepwater.
After listening to this, Gu Fei was very puzzled. "What benefits did you get from this?"
Water Depth glanced at him and said, "That's why I said you're still a little inexperienced! In that era, this kind of information was extremely valuable. No matter who the person who provided this kind of information was, as long as the information was accurate, there would be a bonus. Otherwise, where did you think Five Nights and the others got their insider information from? That was also because someone in the game had dirty hands and feet and received a huge bonus. Now, I've revealed this information to five studios at once and received a bonus from five studios. In the end, I even got a profit bonus. Isn't this benefit enough? "
"Of course." Water Depth paused and said, "My main purpose wasn't this bonus. At that time, I was just unhappy that the studios were messing around in the game all day long. Anyway, I wanted to make some trouble for them. Originally, it was one studio that was quietly sweeping up the goods. Now that so many studios have begun to snatch up the goods, it's unknown how much those two things can sell for. Now that I've acquired them, the studios are competing with each other to raise the price. No matter what, it's also reducing their profits. "
"Hmm …" Gu Fei nodded. Water Depth's matter was simple. It was just a few sockpuppets passing information and stirring up trouble. But he was able to do this because the seeds he had planted had already blossomed and borne fruit. How to get so many sockpuppets to infiltrate the various studios and gain their trust one by one was the hardest part of the sowing process.
"No one knew it was me at the time. Later on, one of my sockpuppets was accidentally exposed. That second-hand dealer building of mine collapsed in an instant. I've really suffered for a long time!" Water Depth sighed.
"If one of your sockpuppets was exposed, why would the other sockpuppets be exposed as well?" Gu Fei didn't understand.
"Sigh, you don't know. This is because sometimes I use two or more sockpuppets to put on a two-man show for others to see. When people don't know anything, they won't be able to see through the flaws. When they realize that one of them is a mole, they can track down the mole's past and find out all of them. "Water Depth said.
"How do you put on a two-man show?" Gu Fei asked.
"It's simple. For example, today we're negotiating with two studios. I'm Five Nights. I found a project, so I suggested to the boss that I wanted to find a studio to cooperate with. The boss said it's fine and you can go and contact them! So I opened Water Depth again and told the boss here that the studio has some kind of project and wants to cooperate with us. The boss also said it's fine and you can go and take a look. So Five Nights went home and reported that he had contacted Water Depth. Water Depth went home and reported that he had contacted Five Nights. Alright, let's talk! It's me on the left and right. What the hell is there to talk about? Let's put on a two-man show! "Water Depth said.
"You're too talented!!!" Gu Fei exclaimed.
However, Water Depth was very ashamed: "I can't do it. I still haven't mastered it. Later on, I was exposed because of this matter. Once, five studios had a meeting and opened a chat group. I opened five QQ accounts to deal with them. I got dizzy for a moment and one of the accounts said the wrong thing. Those bastards' eyes were really sharp. I was discovered with just one sentence that I said, and I was caught by the roots in an instant. It turned out that after so many things, there were still some flaws. Now that there was a breakthrough, didn't I get wiped out? Fortunately, I had some foresight and found a half-baked hacker friend to disguise all the IP addresses. It was enough to fool those people. At that time, those guys said that they wanted to hire assassins to kill me. Damn, I don't know if they hired them or not. You say, to deal with me, how much money would they need to hire an assassin? "
As Water Depth said this, he began to look forward to it. Gu Fei wiped his sweat and said: "Then you've appeared in public again. Aren't you afraid of revenge?"
Water Depth laughed and said: "Things have changed since the past! Back then, out of the few studios I worked with, three of them have already collapsed. Two of them changed bosses, and one of them went to earn foreign exchange. Only Sincerity has developed to a certain scale now. However, they're now regular big companies, so they can still fuss about these old matters. Heh, now it seems that this big grudge is gone. Only comrade Five Nights' small resentment is left. "
Five Nights was indeed worthy of resentment. From the beginning to the end, Five Nights did not provoke anyone. He was completely the scapegoat for what Water Depth had done. At that time, Five Nights, who was fired from the studio, must have been full of grievances. For this kind of thing, even if Water Depth was deeply exposed in the future, everyone's energy would be focused on strongly condemning Water Depth. Who would think of vindicating the victim in this kind of incident? This guy, Water Depth, was obviously very prejudiced against the studio and everyone in the studio, so he didn't feel guilty at all for indirectly harming Five Nights. He even excitedly enjoyed the reaction of the person involved when he saw him in the future. It was really cruel. And now that Gu Fei understood the whole story, he was also cruel enough. He actually didn't sympathize with Five Nights. It was really in the process of dealing with Five Nights today, this guy's selfish calculations made Gu Fei look down on him.
Five Nights felt that Gu Fei and the others were not sincere about the cooperation, but unexpectedly, Gu Fei also felt that his behavior was even more insincere. Gu Fei thought that if there was sincerity in the negotiation, he would give a psychological price, and the other party would give a psychological price. Everyone would negotiate, each side would make concessions, and everyone would be happy. As for cooperation, the original intention was for everyone to get rich together. This was sincerity. Five Nights, everything was based on his own interests, and he thought of ways to force the partners to give up their interests. Gu Fei didn't feel that this was sincerity at all. Especially when Five Nights said that the Hundred Lives Classic calculated decades of living expenses and said that it had nothing to do with the current negotiation, Gu Fei felt that it was a joke. This kind of guy didn't even think about why he wanted to make money. He only wanted to make money for the sake of making money. His vision was simply not good enough.
Five Nights felt that Gu Fei and the others didn't understand business and didn't have any sincerity. In fact, it was because Gu Fei's vision was higher. Five Nights' business methods, in his eyes, were simply petty. He didn't have the demeanor of a big boss. He could run a small business, but he wasn't cut out for a big business. This kind of person that Gu Fei didn't like, no matter how much sympathy he had, it wouldn't be able to reach him. Right now, he only wanted this business deal to be done quickly and help the Hundred Lives Classic get out of this predicament.
"How is it? Brother, your past is considered glorious, right?" Deepwater said at this time.
"Glorious." Gu Fei nodded.
"It's a pity that in this kind of game environment, there won't be such an opportunity anymore!" Deepwater shook his head and sighed.
Gu Fei was speechless. He really didn't like Five Nights, but it wasn't to the extent that he hated the studio and its members like Deepwater. This guy's realm was just too high.
"Then, what about the guild going bankrupt? What exactly happened? Tell me as much as you can! "Gu Fei said.
"That matter, that matter is really too complicated …" Deepwater said, "And … we don't want to talk about it anymore."
"You better not ask Sword Demon, I don't think he'll be willing to talk about it." Lu Ke said to Gu Fei.
"Is that so …" Gu Fei could only agree. The four then chatted for a bit more before leaving Inge's BBQ shop. Because it was a shop opened by the studio, Deepwater had already gritted his teeth and was prepared to fiercely bargain down the price. In the end, Five Nights had already instructed them to waive the bill. Thus, Deepwater adjusted his strategy and decided to come over and eat three meals a day, then ask the other party to waive the bill.
"If you have the time, why don't you help us with market research? When the time comes, you'll get a share of the bonus." Gu Fei said.
Deepwater smiled and said, "I was just joking before. I didn't help because this job is very time-consuming and I really don't have the time recently. The battle for the main city is getting closer and closer. All the main city guilds are actively preparing. As the guild leader, I have to keep an eye on them all day. I say, hurry up and teach us the efficient leveling method. Why don't you come with me on the plane now? I have a ticket with me! "
"I'm still teaching the people from the Ten Guild Alliance. The method they're learning is very complicated, so I still need to give them some guidance." Gu Fei was in a difficult position. Deepwater had just helped them a lot, so this request was really hard to refuse. But the matter with Cloud Twilight wasn't over yet! The leveling method was quite complicated, so Gu Fei still needed a lot of guidance from the side. While Five Nights had been tossing and turning, Cloud Twilight and the others were actually still bitterly waiting!
"Then I'll leave you a ticket. After you're done teaching them, directly fly over to my side." Deepwater said.
"Alright!" Gu Fei nodded.
"Then we'll go back first. Say hello to Sword Demon for me. If they have time, they can come over too!" Deepwater said.
"Okay, I'll ask them." Gu Fei said. For the current them, teleportation scrolls really weren't much. As long as they had the goods, money wasn't a problem.
Deepwater and Lu Ke teleported back to Shady Forest City. Gu Fei and Hundred Eras Jingren also headed towards Silent Night Valley. Apart from leveling with the Ten Guild Alliance, Gu Fei also had to ask these well-connected experts if there were any trustworthy friends who could come over to help with this market research.
In Silent Night Valley, Cloud Twilight and the others continued to sweat like rain. They were already very skilled at leveling alone, and their improvement in leveling together wasn't small either. At the very least, they wouldn't be used as sandbags by monsters anymore. Seeing that Gu Fei and Hundred Eras Jingren had returned, a group of people surrounded them. They didn't even ask about the leveling method, and all asked about how the business was going. That was tens of millions of yuan! Who wouldn't care?
"It's going well." Gu Fei said.
"Awesome! Too awesome! "Everyone praised. Jiannan You and the others were even more envious. Look at them! It was easy to earn money in the game. Just doing a part-time job could earn tens of millions of dollars. He worked himself to death and barely made ends meet. If they can earn tens of millions in one go, then they can play games in peace for the rest of their lives … … Jiannan You and the others' pursuit was the same as Hundred Eras Jingren's. They wanted to earn enough money to play games in peace, and Hundred Eras Jingren wanted to earn enough money to play martial arts in peace.
"Right now, they need us to investigate and evaluate the costs and profits of this deal with them. Both Baishi and I don't know much about it! Big Nan, are you guys good at this? " Gu Fei directly asked Jiannan You. He wanted to fight for this kind of money-making opportunity for these guys.
"This … … I'm afraid we're not as professional as their studio!" Jiannan You and the others hadn't done such professional and meticulous work before, so they didn't dare to casually agree.
"What professionalism! The two of us don't know anything and are afraid of being tricked by them. That guy called Five Nights thought of a way to let you slip in. He's too sinister. "Gu Fei said.
At the mention of sinister, everyone couldn't help but look at the Han Family Young Master. This kind of guy should be handled by him! In the end, everyone was greeted with a middle finger from the Han Family Young Master. Everyone hurriedly turned their heads as if nothing had happened.
"If that's the case, then leave it to us! We won't be tricked so easily. "Jiannan You expressed his stance. He believed that he wasn't easy to deal with.
"Let's discuss how to split the money after we earn it back!" Gu Fei said. "We don't know the exact amount yet!"
"You're so cunning. Wouldn't Comrade Big Nan risk his life to keep a close eye on the money for you?" The Han Family Young Master suddenly interrupted.
Jiannan You only smiled faintly. They had already seen Gu Fei's character very clearly. They didn't need to worry about money if they followed him. This person didn't care about money at all. If there were benefits, he would think of everyone. Having a boss like this was truly a blessing. So, whether or not Gu Fei was scheming like the Han Family Young Master had pointed out, Jiannan You and the others didn't mind at all. They only nodded their heads in agreement.
"Alright, then let's wait for news from Five Nights! Old Yun, how's your leveling going? If you have any questions, hurry up and ask. I'm in a hurry to go to the next guild! "Gu Fei said.
"Next guild? Where? "Yun Zhongmu was vigilant. Every guild in Moonlit Night City was their competitor. Of course, Yun Zhongmu hoped that Gu Fei wouldn't accept any more business from Moonlit Night City. However, he also knew that this was only his own wishful thinking. Now that he heard that Gu Fei had found another guild after going out for a while, Yun Zhongmu could only ask around first. In the future, he would have to pay attention to this guild.
"Water Depth asked me to go over and give her some guidance!" Gu Fei saw that everyone was looking at him and hurriedly said.
When Yun Zhongmu heard that it was from Shady Forest City, his mood changed. He hurriedly went up to Gu Fei with his companions as if nothing had happened.
The people from Childe Elite Group didn't want to go up to him, so they all asked in the chat, "How much is Water Depth?"
"You beast! Don't you know Water Depth? How dare you ask for money! "Gu Fei said with disdain.
Everyone hurriedly retorted, "We're just afraid that you're a beast. Even Water Depth is asking for money."
Brother You, on the other hand, mumbled, "Why do I feel that ever since we reached an agreement with the Rebirth Amethyst Crystals, we don't need them anymore?"
"Reborn Amethyst? What agreement? "Gu Fei wasn't there at the time, so he didn't know about it.
When Brother You told Gu Fei everything, he didn't think much of it. He continued to urge Yun Zhongmu and the others to level, leaving Brother You to worry alone. The idea with Reborn Amethyst was all his. If he didn't keep his end of the deal, would those girls cause trouble for him? Brother You shuddered at the thought of Non-Smiler being taught a lesson by them in the tavern until he had to pretend to be dead.
"What? Emperor and Weed??? " On the other side, Gu Fei was supervising the leveling duo while chatting with Yun Zhongmu. Yun Zhongmu wanted to get some information about the workshop in Moonlit Forest City. The workshop's influence was huge, so he had to pay attention to it, especially when a major event like the main city battle was about to begin. During the conversation, Proud Emperor and Weed were brought up. Yun Zhongmu didn't think that the two biggest rivals of his guild were members of Inch Workshop, and they were the bosses of Moonlit Forest City. This wasn't good news for them.
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