Others might think Xu Feng was blinded by greed for selling his basic guide to Herald Fist, especially the likes of Gentle Wind and Autumn Breeze if they got wind of this matter.
However, what they didn't know was that Xu Feng not only planned to get money from Herald Fist, but he was also using the latter to advertise for him.
What better way to advertise the guide as credible and amazing than if the known irrational and furious Herald Fist approved of it?
Such people like him are usually convincing, especially when they know about his fiery temper.
'It took me a while to finally recall the name, Herald Fist. He's Zhang Tie Quan, heir of the Zhang's Group. There's no way such a person is really irrational and prone to anger.' Xu Feng sneered inwardly.
The Zhang's Group was a multi-international technology company, with many subsidiaries under them. If such a person was able to remain as heir despite their anger issues, then that was the real suspicious matter.
After all, Zhang's Group was a public trading company, meaning even the President and CEO would have to answer to the shareholders and public regarding their business and sales.
It was a stark contrast to a private company, in which one family could completely dominate the decision of the company regardless of public opinion.
'But why does the family name Zhang sound familiar?' Xu Feng suddenly pondered. He felt that he had heard of this name just recently, but couldn't recall it.
And since he couldn't recall the matter, then it meant one thing. It wasn't an important matter.
Sometime later, Herald Fist deposited half the payment to his bank account.
Xu Feng curled his lips upward at the stinginess and cautiousness of Herald Fist to make such a bargain. One might think Herald Fist would spend recklessly as shown in public, but that was merely a facade to deceive others.
'Thank you for making me feel even less guilty about using you as an advertisement without paying you a single cent.' He chuckled and proceeded to send the basic guide to him.
Once that was done, Xu Feng opened his other message contact, namely, Gentle Wind and OneManMedia.
To spread this news, it naturally needed a middleman and someone who was known to post information already to do the deed.
As for Gentle Wind, he did promise to let her be the first customer in the extensive guide version, of course, with a big price tag added along for such a privilege.
"How much should I charge her?" Xu Feng muttered.
For Herald Fist's basic guide, he asked for 100 Silver Coins, equivalent to around 100,000 dollars. And Herald Fist already coughed up 50,000 dollars, given he was short on silver coins.
After all, the person with the most in-game currency was him. No one else could possibly have more than him when he was the one manipulating and controlling the market.
Whenever he sold the silver coins for dollars, he would receive the silver coins in return when these lovely players purchased his items. In other words, the circulation of in-game currency always goes back to his pocket to be sold again.
Rinse and repeat, how could he not be the wealthiest player?
'The extensive guide is at least 10 times better than the basic and used up most of my effort. It'll be a shame if I don't charge 200,000 dollars.' Xu Feng thought to himself.
Although he couldn't recall the name Gentle Wind, he recalled Herald Fist.
For Gentle Wind to be capable of rivaling Herald Fist meant that her flow of cash was high, especially with how easy-going and straightforward she was when raising the offer.
Sending a message to her while attaching the contract, Xu Feng patiently waited for this cash cow to pay up.
Anonymous User: I have the extensive guide ready. You are the first to receive such a benefit and as your privilege, I will delay the sale of this for 12 hours, albeit with an extra fee. You can pay 200 Silver Coins or 250,000 dollars.
Gentle Wind: I signed the contract and sent the payment already.
Anonymous User: Happy to do business with such a straightforward person. As a bonus, I'll let you know that Herald Fist has purchased the basic guide from me already but fret not. The basic guide is far inferior to the ones you just purchased.
Xu Feng was quite pleased with her decisiveness that he decided to give her some inside information.
Of course, that kind of information was going to be revealed anyway, but by wording it this way. He was essentially making Gentle Wind owe him a favor.
It was killing two birds with one stone, so how could he possibly not capitalize on it?
Meanwhile, in another private inn located at Riverwood Town, Autumn Breeze was baffled by Gentle Wind's decisiveness.
"You do know he just strikes again, right?" Autumn Breeze said, feeling somewhat exasperated. "He's just treating you like a cash cow, and you just easily gave in like that?"
"What can I do then?" Gentle Wind kept a calm expression on the surface as she responded.
"Who else but him has such an extensive guide? I bet it was thanks to Lin Feng's assistance that this person can create such an extensive guide."
"Then you should have just let me contact Lin Feng and ask him secretly?"
"I would have done that if it was possible. From our two attempts previously, it's clear that Lin Feng doesn't want to interact with us much aside from business talk." Gentle Wind sighed softly.
Truth be told, she was feeling very envious of Xu Feng for having such a loyal subordinate, without knowing it was the same person all along.
Autumn Breeze also sighed as well as she had never met such a difficult individual to deal with.
"Both this person and Lin Feng seemed to have popped out of nowhere. Both are so mysterious yet so informative and have everything under their control. Sometimes I wonder if they are the creator of the Divine World and are just toying with us." She took a seat and smiled bitterly.