Number One Dungeon Supplier

And as Jin said that he was preparing for the Zombie World Raid, there were other things that needed his attention as well. Ma Ge had finally come to Jin's Dungeon Supplier store to look at the School Instance. 

While Jin did promise some discount, Ma Ge felt that he was being duped by him. The Dungeon Supplier did not lie and gave him a certain percentage of discount on CERTAIN things and not the entire instance. 

"It was my fault. I did not say it clearly. And because of that, I am willing to accept the consequences of my own blunder," Ma Ge said when he found out that Jin had only given certain price cuts on the school instance if he was willing to furnish the area using the items that he had introduced as part of the 'New School' package.

Ranging from computers, tables, and chairs to cabinets, fully furnished food stores, and even contracts to the chefs, cleaners, and even maintenance team. In short, Jin wants a full monopoly on the school despite general anti competition rules stating that JODE had to bid for the services it required. It was practically akin to holding a gun at his head kind of situation if he wants the discount but Ma Ge was not reluctant about it.

In fact, he was glad that Jin was able to create such a comprehensive package for him as the JODE Chancellor did not have to worry about the miscellaneous problems when it came to filling the school up with the necessary services. While ultimately Grandma Yuan was the Headmaster of the new school instance, Ma Ge still stepped in when it came to the major financial decisions. 

To Jin, it was a little flawed considering how the organisation head could control the financial situation of the school without much interference from the finance department. While it was true that the dungeon supplier was operating that way as well, he still thinks that an international organisation giving so much power to the chancellor was somewhat disturbing. 

It was not until the System stated that the Royal Horse Clan was practically the one and only major contributor in terms of cash flow injection into JODE. And when the User heard it, all he could do was sigh and pray that it maintained that way since there was a lot of money riding on to this school instance if Ma Ge signed the 'New School' Package. 

This meant that the school would not be just an expense that Jin had to monitor but rather, it was a profit driven instance that had the capability to bring in more money for him. All he had to do was make sure that the School Instance's maintenance retained its high quality standards and Ma Ge could continuously contract him for it.

Also, talking about the School, Ma Ge told Jin that he wished to open the school intake as well as transfer the students who had their schools closed down to be moved into the instance by the end of the month. 

That was when Jin's eyes popped out.

"You are kidding me, are you not? That is when the National Martial and Sports Competition starts as well, no?" Jin asked and Ma Ge raised his eyebrows.

"Is something the matter? So what if that National Martial And Sports Competition had to do with you? Isn't that responsibility under the Tiger, Sheep, and Pig Clan?" Ma Ge asked and it looked like he was not in the loop yet Jin had decided to give this information free of charge.

"…You what?" Ma Ge could not believe it that the three Royal Zodiac Clans were willing to give Jin this opportunity to host the competition. "Okay, this is the first time I have heard this. Maybe, my family members did not have the chance to tell me. Do you mind if I make a phone call?" 

"Sure, by all means," Jin was curious as to why Ma Ge, a prominent figure in the Royal Horse Clan had been left out of the loop.

"Wait, so what you meant is that you had pulled out all of the investments we did because the competition changed its venue? Are you stupid or what? Is that why you did not want to tell me that there is a change in venue and that the competition is going to be held somewhere else?" Ma Ge was fierce on his phone

"What do you mean that it is just a rumour?" Ma Ge then looked at Jin who had already taken out his phone casually and showed the JODE Chancellor the chat messages that he had been exchanging with the other Three Royal Zodiacs Head. That was when Ma Ge realised that his family members might be taking this chance to backstab him and he changed his tone a little. "Fine. Fine. I get where you are coming from. Just withdraw all of them as quickly as possible."

"Family Drama? Do I have the privilege to pry in it?" Jin asked and Ma Ge sighed.

"Not really. it's bad to hang out our home's laundry for others to see. I believe you can agree to that?" Ma Ge rebutted and Jin could only shrug his shoulders. "In any case, thank you for telling me this information. It is one vital piece of information that might affect some of my investments."

"So, I assume that I am not getting a free pass for not doing the school instance in conjunction with the National Martial and Sports Competition?" 

"I am surprised that the other three did not give the official heads up to the rest of the Royal Zodiacs though." Ma Ge said and Jin told him that they had decided to do a multi tier competition instead after reviewing the dateline.

"They initially wanted to remove this competition entirely but only decided to give in after they found that there was way too little time. So, they wish to combine the budget from this year and next year to give a big bam instead." 

"So, it's like a competition that will go for two years?" Ma Ge asked and Jin nodded his head.

"The winners for this round are announced as the winners for this year and the next. The competitors would still give their best shot for this current competition but if they were to lose, they could try again when the new year starts. Which is in two months time." 

"Huh, that's quite a change in the competition mode. This means that whoever wins now might be dethroned once the challengers come back in again. I assume this is done because there were some changes to the competition rules or something akin to that?" 

"Yeah. The arena is not some boring static arena. It will be a battle of wits and a feast to the eyes as well." Jin smiled as he did not want to spoil too much of the content to Ma Ge. "So, when we discussed about this in the group chat, the three Royal Zodiac Clan Heads all believed that allowing the challengers to only go once might be unfair due to a shocking change in environment." 

"So, by using the excuse that this competition would be spanned for these two years, you are giving most people the chance to try once more if they were to lose once." 

"Yeah, something like a rematch for the losers so that they could fight against the current reigning champion and get the ultimate crown. I got this concept from the international gaming leagues. This way, the lower bracket, and the higher bracket will have their own champions and they could fight against each other to get the highest honour." 

"Ah… So, that means my investments are not exactly in much jeopardy if you are putting the game mode like this. In fact, I might be saving some money from my family's reckless actions. Looks like I got some homework to do." Ma Ge said with a chuckle but before he left, he checked with Jin once more.

"Does anyone else know about this tier competition?" 

"In a few days time. We should be announcing it soon." Jin replied as he checked his phone to make sure that the information he had given was correct. "Yes, in three days time." 

"Wonderful. I assume this information is free of charge?" Ma Ge tried to bargain and Jin smiled.

"Yeah, sure. It is free of charge since you have decided to buy the New School Package from me. But erm, would appreciate it if you come visit the Dungeon Supplier periodically in the future to buy more stuff and support us." 

"Heh, how about I do something better than that?" Ma Ge realised that he had forgotten to give Jin something and thus quickly sent the dungeon supplier an email. "For your generosity of that information just now." 

Jin looked at the email that he was given, his mouth went wide open immediately. The dungeon supplier noticed that there were already pending offers to have a piece of the pie which both of them call it 'the manufacturing hub'.