Ma Lingzhi glanced at Xu Gaoyuan next to him: “Regarding the competition, Vice President Xu will handle it! I heard you have a good relationship with Li Yunque, the Guild Master of Tide Town, so it shouldn’t be difficult to arrange this, right? After all, I heard… you were the one who adjusted the initial recruitment number for this Dungeon to 100!”
As soon as the last sentence was uttered, everyone in the conference room looked at Xu Gaoyuan.
Xu Gaoyuan immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
Holy crap!
He then remembered that Li Yunque had indeed messaged him not long ago, and had spent a large sum of money to buy an initial recruitment number, which turned out to be for this Dungeon.
Damn it…
Xu Gaoyuan really wanted to slap himself at that moment.
When he received such a large sum of money, Xu Gaoyuan secretly found it amusing, thinking what future a Dungeon from a small town could have, to be willing to spend such a large sum of money to buy an initial recruitment count. In his opinion… spending this money on such a useless place was less cost-effective than keeping a few girls in a club.
What an idiot!
These four words were Xu Gaoyuan’s true thoughts at the time.
In his eyes.
If a Dungeon was going to succeed, it would succeed; if not, it wouldn't. How could it possibly rise because of a small initial recruitment number? Isn't that ridiculous? Spending so much money to buy this thing is truly idiotic!
Now…
Xu Gaoyuan just wanted to say two words to himself: idiot!
The boomerang he threw out a few days ago came back a few days later, hitting him squarely on the forehead.
That night…
Xu Gaoyuan did nothing but send messages to Li Yunque.
After a simple greeting.
He went straight to the point and stated his intention.
“I haven’t treated your Tide Town poorly all these years, have I? And I’ve been good to you, right? This Dungeon belongs to your Tide Town, and as the Guild Master of the Adventurer's Guild, you must handle this for me.”
Not poorly?
When we were reduced to an emerging town, you didn't offer any help.
When we asked you to adjust a recruitment slot, you demanded an exorbitant price.
Now you have the nerve to come over and say you haven't treated us poorly.
Li Yunque grumbled inwardly.
But he was too lazy to expose the other party, and said with a chuckle: “Vice President Xu is right, our town owes its present to you all. If Vice President Xu has a need, I will naturally do my utmost and contribute my humble efforts.”
“However…”
At this point, Li Yunque sighed, “This Dungeon is ultimately the Dungeon Lord’s creation. Whether he agrees or not, it’s still up to the Dungeon Lord to decide.”
Xu Gaoyuan frowned, “What do you mean?”
“What I mean is… this Dungeon Lord, he’s difficult to deal with!” Li Yunque said with difficulty: “Anyway, I will definitely convey this message to him… but I can only act as a middleman. How to say it, how to negotiate, still depends on his intentions, and how much he understands, which also depends on whether there’s any interest.”
“?”
Xu Gaoyuan, as someone who enjoyed getting the 'meaning' of things, knew exactly what Li Yunque meant.
But it had always been others who 'meant' things to him; how could he be expected to 'mean' something to others? How dare you, a mere Guild Master of an emerging town's Adventurer's Guild, ask me to 'mean' something?
Xu Gaoyuan was furious.
However…
Li Yunque truly lived up to his reputation as an old hand in this business for so many years. Combining the development of Battle Royale over the past few days with Gao Zhiyuan's purpose.
He quickly grasped the other party's pain point.
What does it mean for a city's Vice President to specifically travel to an emerging town to request a competition?
It means they truly need it.
It means the Adventurers there are truly buying into it.
It means he can extort a sum of money.
With Chen Yu around, Tide Town no longer had to worry about survival, and certainly didn't need the so-called White Night City to support them. And Battle Royale had already started a craze, so being targeted was only a matter of time.
Under these circumstances, Li Yunque no longer needed to save face for the other party.
Although a complete fallout was unnecessary, what was due still had to be reclaimed.
This was the confidence that Chen Yu's appearance had brought to their entire town.
Xu Gaoyuan's face was dark.
He still wanted to maintain the transcendent status of a city-level Adventurer's Guild, but Li Yunque directly closed the communication window.
This completely crippled him…
“Damn it.”
Xu Gaoyuan cursed under his breath.
In the end, he honestly returned exactly what he had taken before, and not only that, he even added a little extra.
Thus.
Only then did Li Yunque agree to relay the message for him.
And promised to put in a few good words…
Upon hearing this, Xu Gaoyuan's forehead throbbed with anger. When did our dignified city-level Adventurer's Guild Vice President need to put in a few good words when seeking out a Dungeon Lord from an emerging town?
This is truly a reversal of the natural order!
But no matter how angry he was, it was useless. Now he was the one in need, he was the one asking for a favor.
If he hadn't been so greedy and taken that money back then, he wouldn't be stuck in this dilemma now, unable to advance or retreat, not only having to return the money but also adding more.
Xu Gaoyuan regretted it so much his guts turned green.
After receiving the money.
Li Yunque happily entered the Happy Chess and Cards reception room, drank tea, and chatted with Chen Yu for a while.
He was completely at ease.
Leaving Xu Gaoyuan outside, pacing anxiously.
It wasn't until two hours later.
Only after Li Yunque had thoroughly enjoyed his tea and watched others play cards outside did he leisurely leave the Dungeon.
“How did it go?”
Xu Gaoyuan impatiently sent a message.
Li Yunque sighed leisurely: “Vice President Gao, this matter is difficult to handle.”
“??”
Xu Gaoyuan was stunned. Wait, why are you always using my words?
Those who say it's difficult to handle just haven't been given enough. “Stop beating around the bush, what exactly happened?”
Li Yunque said with a melancholic expression: “The Dungeon Lord’s meaning is that he can give you the right to host a competition, but the town’s recommended slot must be moved to your homepage’s recommended slot, and if any new town Dungeons are launched in the future, they must also be placed in the first position of the homepage’s recommended slot immediately. Only by meeting this condition will there be a possibility of considering cooperation.”
“Absolutely impossible!”
Xu Gaoyuan shouted without thinking: “If we put your town's Dungeon on the homepage's recommended slot, what about our White Night City's local industries? Don't even think about it, it's completely impossible!”