"Huh? You're here so early?"

As soon as he walked into the restaurant, Argo the mouse saw three acquaintances, Saber, Asuna, and Kirito, sitting at a table and chatting.

Li wanted to get up and beckoned her to take a seat, and said, "You're not late, Kirito and Asuna came 15 minutes early." ”

Asuna stirred the dishes like corn soup provided by the restaurant with the spoon in her hand, and interjected, "There is nothing to do for the time being after the boss battle, and Kirito-kun and I came here directly after receiving the news of Saber-chan." ”

Kirito chimed in, "Yes, speaking of which, Saber, what exactly did you say you wanted to discuss with us?" Asuna and I asked you just now, but you didn't say anything, saying that we would wait until Argo arrived. Now that Argo is here, you can finally talk. ”

Li Xiang quickly glanced around, there were no other players in the restaurant except for the four of them.

The second layer has just been opened for nearly half an hour, and there are not many players rushing to the second layer now, and even if there are, it is estimated that they are fighting monsters and upgrading to do tasks to advance the progress of the game. I definitely won't come to this restaurant for a leisurely meal.

Li Xiang said eloquently: "Actually, I want to form a guild. ”

Hearing Li Xiang's words, Kirito was surprised: "Guild? Isn't this feature not turned on yet? ”

According to Kirito's knowledge, the formation of a guild is a function that is only open on the tenth floor, and it takes at least six people to form a guild. At present, the guild function has not been opened, and Li Xiang's idea cannot be realized for the time being.

"No, no, of course it's not formed now, you listen to me first."

Li Xiang responded to Kirito's question and motioned for him to be calm.

"My idea is to form a squad now. Wait until the 10th level of guild functions are open before establishing a formal guild. So now I'd like to ask Kirito, you and Asuna, would you like to join the team? ”

Unlike guilds, there is no minimum number of people, and the leader can set the squad name and squad logo. Party members have access to the Platoon's public chat rooms.

While there is no real benefit to forming a squad, the vast majority of players in this game go on adventures in organized groups such as squads or guilds.

The main reason for this is the difference in risk.

The life of the player character in Sword Art Online is linked to their own life, and there is only one chance, and once a person SOLO encounters danger, they can be described as nine deaths without the rescue of their teammates. And if you have teammates, you can at least take care of each other in times of crisis.

Asuna's response was decisive: "No problem, Saber-chan and Kirito-kun are the earliest friends I met in this world. Kirito-kun, what about you? ”

Kirito hesitated slightly and nodded: "I'll join too, and there is a limit to solo players after all." Since Saber you have an idea, there's nothing wrong with us forming a regular team. ”

Argo couldn't help but interject: "Saber-chan, you pulled Tong Tsai and Asuna-chan to form a team, so what did you call me for?" ”

Li Xiang said: "Actually, if you want, you can also join the team." ”

Argo said helplessly: "But I'm an intelligence dealer, how can an intelligence worker do business when he joins a guild or a team?" “

"Actually, if you don't particularly like this profession, Argo, you don't need to continue to be an intelligence merchant now."

Li Xiang looked "step-by-step": "Argo, you see, it turns out that the purpose of your desperate efforts to make money is to make enough money to make a strategy manual, right?" ”

Argo nodded, believing that she had an obligation as a Closed Beta player to share information. In fact, her act of creating a guidebook and distributing it for free has played a very important role in easing the split between ordinary players and closed beta players.

Li Xiang continued: "Argo, do you remember the sales of the newspaper we ran today? The price of our newspaper is 10 kl per newspaper. In fact, we have not fully explored the value of newspapers.

The price of making paper products in the system store is about 5 kels, as long as you sell a newspaper, it is equivalent to earning the cost of a strategy manual, and considering that only players who have the courage to go out of the novice village have spare money to buy newspapers, the people who buy newspapers and the people who receive the strategy manuals are actually the same people.

As long as we have a higher sales volume of our newspaper and try to get a copy for all players who leave the beginner's village, then we can easily fill the bill of making a guidebook.

Moreover, as the game progresses, current artisan players will definitely embark on the path of opening their own shops in the future. We can learn from the practices of newspaper media in the real world and take on the advertisements of other players. I think that Artisan players who want to make a name for themselves in their shop, squads or guilds that want to recruit people, and individuals or guilds who want to post missing person notices or announcements are all potential customers. ”

Listen, Argo's eyes lit up.

"Saber-chan, you're really inspiring me. Many players now have a lot of leftover Kroll in their hands. If you just spend 10 kor a day to buy a newspaper, presumably the vast majority of players are willing. When our newspaper audience is large enough, the potential value of the newspaper can be tapped. ”

Li Xiang continued: "And at this time, it is important to have a guild as a backing. When everyone sees the profits of starting a newspaper, there will be people who follow suit. With a well-known guild as a guarantee, the credibility of the newspaper will be even more guaranteed.

In addition, if we want to continue to occupy the market, we need to further play to our strengths. Now that our newspaper is just getting started, not many people will be able to see what we think for the time being......"

Argo interrupted and answered: "So we can occupy the market in advance and establish a word-of-mouth advantage!" As long as our newspaper can be recognized by the players, it will be difficult for the later ones to compete with our newspaper. ”

A natural profiteer, Argo is a gifted businessman.

Li Xiang praised it and added: "We have a great advantage, on the one hand, we have sufficient preparations in advance, and on the other hand, our newspaper has your information and the content of my novel. Judging by the response from players today, our newspaper is quite popular. There's no reason why we can't make a profit from newspapers. ”

The heated discussion between the two gave Kirito a little headache, but he still understood their train of thought, and as for Asuna, he listened to it with relish.

"So, the daily newspaper of Ayn Grant, which caused a sensation among the player community today, was made by the two of you Saber-chan and Argo?"

Asuna wondered.

Li Xiang nodded: "Yes, this is also one of the reasons why I know Argo. What do you think? Argo, what do you think? ”

Argo thought for a while, and finally agreed: "I always think that following Saber sauce must be very "rich", so I'll join!" Tongzai, do you welcome me? ”

Kirito had no choice but to respond: "Welcome, welcome ......"