Chapter 168: Financial Deficit

Man in Black: "Yes, any member who participates in the underground auction can become our terminal VIP if the consumption amount reaches a certain level." In order to protect the high-quality customers who bring a lot of wealth to the underworld, we will protect the personal privacy and confidentiality of the terminal VIP users, and we will directly refuse to know their information through the underworld. ”

Renault: "It's up to you to figure it out." ”

The man in black cautiously added: "Actually, Zunjia has just been promoted to our terminal VIP, and just now I got reliable news from the inside that your consumption has exceeded the established upper limit, so you have directly become our latest end user." ”

Renault: "So, I also enjoy the confidentiality of the information?" ”

Man in Black: "That's nature, the integrity of the underground world is one of the best." ”

"Well, in that case, I won't embarrass you."

"Alright, you guys go." This sentence sounded like an amnesty to them, and as soon as the words fell, the two of them had already disappeared into the portal. Only one man in black was left standing in place stupidly.

"What's wrong? I still don't want to do the task I gave you? Renault quipped.

The remaining man in black swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said with difficulty: "Your Excellency still has a task to be issued. ”

Renault: "Since you can't investigate the overlord's intelligence, you don't need to check it." ”

"However, the quest scroll must be activated, so it can't be canceled, so ......," the man in black said tremblingly.

"So I have to assign three tasks?" Renault was dissatisfied, "Don't make mistake, it's your problem that you can't complete it, what does it have to do with me, and does this overlord clause also want to bind me?" ”

"Don't be angry, this is the rule set by the underground world, and there is nothing I can do."

"Okay, for the sake of your service attitude, I won't bother with you." Before the man in black could breathe a sigh of relief, Renault's next sentence made him nervous, "But, you have to compensate me!" ”

Compensate! The man in black was a little crying and laughing, and spoke in his heart: Boss, I also work part-time, you have to compensate, who will compensate me.

But in line with the creed that the customer is God, the man in black still couldn't help but say it. Tentatively asked, "If Your Excellency has any requests, as long as it is within my ability, I will definitely try to do it." ”

"That's pretty much it," Renault puffed, "but let me think about it, what compensation should I receive?" ”

What? And more than one! At this time, the man in black couldn't sit still, and finally said in a pleading tone: "Boss, I'm just doing chores for the underground world, and my authority is limited, I'm afraid I can't meet too many requirements, please ......."

Renault: "Okay, look at you pitiful, then I won't tease you." He paused and continued, "Just tell me everything about the Underworld, and that's the third mission. ”

As soon as these words came out, the face of the man in black became extremely ugly, as if he had just swallowed a live cockroach, and his face was pale.

"What's wrong? Didn't you say 'within your means'? The underworld is familiar to you. ”

"Lord Renault, this is beyond our authority, and we are not allowed to divulge all information about the underworld, otherwise we will be punished for treachery." The man in black said.

"Terminal VIP can't either?"

The man in black gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, it's about the secrets of the organization, and I can't help it." ”

Renault: "I'm just trying to learn more about the underworld and decide if I want to devote more resources to you." Ay! Since you can't be the master, I won't embarrass you. It seems that the large sum of money I have prepared is nowhere to be used. ”

Big money? The man in black has no doubt that a terminal VIP of 40 million is ready to invest a large amount of money in the organization, and now the organization is facing a financial bottleneck, so it offends the God of Wealth for things that the current underground world cannot tolerate.

But it's not good to really reveal the organization's information.

When he was in a dilemma, the man in black had a flash of inspiration and came up with an idea of cutting tofu with a knife, and said: "Since Your Excellency is already a terminal VIP, it won't be long before the organization will have a dark gold VIP card, and you can ask them for information about the underground world when you collect the card, which cleverly avoids violating the rules of the underground world." ”

Renault thought for a moment and said, "That's a good idea, well, it's barely enough to reach the bottom line of compensation." ”

Compensate the bottom line? I thought it was one of the missions, the man in black thought secretly.

But the terminal VIP is not something he can afford to provoke, especially the strict investment funds in the organization. He knew that there were no more than five VIPs in the terminal of the entire underground world, and they were the gods of gods, and even the upper echelons of the organization had to be treated with courtesy.

"And what task should I give you?" Renaud put on a pensive look, which made the man in black nervous, for fear that the God of Wealth would propose another task to separate the spectrum.

In fact, Renault had already planned, since he couldn't investigate the intelligence of the overlord, then he should start with the evil of one of the Big Three.

After telling the task, the man in black breathed a sigh of relief, promised as if he was unburdened, and rushed into the portal in a gloomy manner, although he was embarrassed, but he comforted himself in his heart: Haha, let the people from the VIP card have a good headache.

After a while, the terminal VIP card of the underground world was delivered to Renault, and when Renault asked for the information of the underground world, the face of the card giver seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and it was difficult to see the extreme. wanted to talk about him left and right, but Renault didn't eat this, and finally lost in the half-hour battle of lips and tongues, and unwillingly handed over part of the information to Renault, and repeatedly stated that he could not make a public statement, otherwise his job would be ruined.

In fact, Renault's approach is in line with the bottom line of the regulations of the underground world, but the regulations of the underground world are not required by the terminal VIP users if they do not strongly ask for it.

After waiting for the people in the underground world to leave, Renault opened the dark gold envelope while enjoying dinner, took out the terminal VIP dark gold card, and clicked on the card digital bar with his finger, and a series of three-dimensional text instructions popped up.

"I didn't expect them to use 3D technology on cards." Looking at the dark gold characters, Renault thought as he chewed the bacon in his mouth.

The text description is relatively brief, in addition to indicating the privileges enjoyed by the end VIP users (e.g., the information said by the man in black is 100% confidential, there is no upper limit on the redemption of points, a banquet once every two months, and the interest-free loan is increased from one day to ten days), there are also obligations.

The so-called obligation refers to the minimum monthly consumption amount, in fact, Renault has long known a thing or two from the fat man Jia Dao, a black iron member like the fat man, consumes at least 500,000 gold coins per month, the bronze level and the silver level are both one million, and the gold level is two million.

The dark gold level does not have any numerical regulations, and it is considered a privileged class. But if you become a terminal VIP, you must spend at least five million or more per month. Contacting the amount of loans given by the Dark World to five levels, Renault even suspects that loan sharking is also one of their main profits.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Renault held a small supper in the conference hall, and the participants were all high-ranking members of the Sword of the Holy Flame: Jin Hongming, Ge Lan, and Zhan Mu were sitting precariously, and they had no appetite for a full table of supper.

Renault had an excellent appetite, a plate of beef in sauce and two pieces of cheese bread had already entered his stomach, and he drank a sip of steaming milk before he spoke: "Where is the sea tiger?" Why don't you see others? ”

Jin Hongming: "Brother Tong left here early in the morning and went to Xicheng District to do tasks. ”

Reynolds: "Huh? Why didn't you discuss the task with everyone in advance? ”

Jin Hongming was silent, Ge Lan's expression was complicated, but Zhan Mu spoke straightforwardly: "It's not you yet!" ”

"Me?" Renault was a little confused.

Zhan Mu said without scruples: "Just because you were crazy about throwing money yesterday, the store's finances were in deficit, so Brother Hai went to Xicheng District to find a task to pick up, and he has subsidized the financial shortage." ”

"Didn't you make a total of 50 million last time? Excluding last night's expenses, there should be 10 million more...... No, there's more than 8.5 million, right? ”

Jin Hongming finally couldn't help but say: "Boss, you really don't know the price of firewood and rice, in order to expand the scale of the Holy Fire Sword, we have introduced a large number of raw materials for making potions. To this day, there are still five million unfinished products in the warehouse, and the expenses in the store are also a lot of money, and the benefits of the clerks and the wages of the servants are enough to make people feel broken. ”

"Not really!" Renault didn't care about the specific operation of the Sword of the Holy Fire, and since he salvaged a sum of money in Blood and Sand, he basically handed over the management of the store to Jin Hongming to take care of. Although I know that the daily maintenance cost of the store is not small, the income is also leveraged. At least there will be no deficit.

Jin Hongming explained, "The cost of the Holy Fire Sword alone is enough for us. But now the business is in a period of expansion, especially some time ago decided to occupy the share of the pawnbroking industry to the 'food world', the construction cost alone will be reduced to more than one million, plus talent recruitment, special equipment procurement, furniture matching funds and dotting funds, the initial investment is about 3 million. Moreover, the pawnshop buys various props from players every day, which is a large expense. And this kind of expense is more attractive than the upfront investment, and the props and loot in the player's hand are renewable resources, which are purchased every day, so it can be said that the daily consumption of gold is not an exaggeration. ”

"Isn't there a profit?" Renault gracefully grabbed a handkerchief, and the movement of wiping the sweat droplets from his forehead was extremely sluggish.

"According to our original plan, the grocery store (pawn shop) should be profitable, but the sudden increase in the protection fee of Gourmet World made it difficult for us to operate. What should you know about this? ”

The fine silk handkerchief woven with silk was completely wet with cold sweat, and Renault reluctantly threw it on the table. The Sword of the Flame was much worse than expected, but it was more than a struggle, but Renault's profligacy last night became a fatal burden that overwhelmed the camel, and for the first time, the seemingly massive Sword of the Sacred Fire was plagued by a deficit.

"Is there no way?" Thinking of the terminal VIP that arrived a few hours ago, which means the minimum limit of at least five million consumption next month, Renault couldn't be happy, the bitterness in his throat made him difficult to speak, if this little secret was released to the public, Renault was really worried that Jin Hongming would go completely crazy.