Number One Dungeon Supplier

1937 Prize Pool

"Are we going to do a reception for this event?" Qiu Yue asked as the competition drew even closer and the participants who wished to participate went to the thousands. The Royal Zodiac Clans in charge of the event were not expecting to have such a high participation rate.

In fact, they assumed that because it was an impromptu announcement for the competition, they were going to have much fewer participants compared to the one the Zodiac Clans tried to host in the cities where the incident happened.

"Considering the amount of people that had joined to see and curious about this new way to compete, I think it's best to have a reception. We can use the Royal Zodiac Heads again as the main highlight for the reception." Jin joked for the last portion.

"Eh. Doing it once is great exposure but doing it so many times, is a little excessive, don't you think?" Qiu Yue believed that there were other things that could be done in replacement of using the Royal Zodiac Heads. It felt lazy to reuse it again.

"But the receptions are all the same," Jin remarked. "There is nothing special about this competition. It's not like there is a major prize awaiting them... oh wait. System, there is a prize for the best martial artist, is it?" "Yes. It amounts to 50,000 USD. One of the largest prize pools for being the first." The System replied.

"Wow, they are giving out USD instead of Yuan? Those Royal Zodiac Horses must have gone insane to give such a big prize pool." Jin said as he mentally calculated the conversion rate to give himself an approximate figure for the sum. It all adds up to 350 thousand Yuan give or take. That was still a sum that was considerably high.

"It is well to note that the sum that had been given on an annual basis was 50,000 Yuan." The System commented as it showed its User the previous year's prize pool to show how much they had decided to put in.

"Am I not charging them enough? Are my rates too cheap that they got so much money to spare?" Jin asked and Qiu Yue laughed. "Sad for you, the creation of those sports instances is already considered dirt cheap even if you attempt to rip them off." Qiu Yue stated as the System also chimed in.

"Exactly, the quoted price to make and build the instances was already 10 times the usual market price. That was when you had insisted on jacking up the prices two times more." "Bleh. If I had known that, I would be charging them at least 20 times more than the usual market price." "The services that you quoted are still subject to change. We had placed a base amount there and the variation in price was allowed due to the number of participants and audience that came in. After all, a portion of the sales have to go back to the Royal Zodiacs."

"That is one thing I do not understand. Why do we need to 'donate' money back to the Royal Zodiacs for? Whatever we earn should be ours to keep." Jin was being greedy and wanted to keep all the profits to himself.

"Because this is ultimately a national event. Each national event needs a fundraiser of some sort." The way Qiu Yue said was so nonchalant that So that portion you are giving the Royal Zodiacs would be used as a donation to their charitable organisations." "Lol, in that case, we should create our own charitable organisations." Jin suggested at the spur of the moment. "And do what? Save the pandas? The Pandas do not need saving. Much less any more charitable causes to them. They are already booming from what I heard." Qiu Yue reasoned on the type of charitable organisation that Jin would want.

"Eh true. The Pandas do have a better life than us humans at this stage in the world's social dynamics." Jin said as he took out his phone to check on Xin, his Panda in the zoo that he built. "See. It reinforced my point of them having such a damn good life." Jin said as he flashed his phone to Qiu Yue as Xin was yawning while lazily biting the fresh bamboo shoots that the zookeeper had just given.

"Lol. Xin looked like it had gained quite a fair bit of weight." Qiu Yue commented and the System affirmed that query, stating that Xin had gained another 8 kg upon arriving at Jin's Zoo. "In any case, there is no need for you to create a charitable organisation if you do not have the influence." "But we all know that the Royal Zodiacs will profit from this no matter what we do." "Are you bitter that they are taking money away from you? If yes, why don't you think of ways to earn that cash back? After all, you are running a business and so are they. Even though this was an event, they are business minded people. It is not rare that they want to cover some losses whenever possible." Qiu Yue wished to remind Jin that both parties were doing a business transaction as obvious as it was. They were not doing this out of goodwill. "You think I do not know that?" Jin said but Qiu Yue shrugged her shoulders.

"So far, I think you had it good. A lot of the things and deals that you acquired throughout the past year or so had been rather smooth sailing for you. You had not met any that pretended to be friendly but at your back, they backstab and perhaps even front stab the shit out of your business." "The System also agreed as the System deduced that what the User was doing was extremely new even though the concept had been here for a very long time."

"You mean I revitalise it, after all this is just a rehash of the old dungeon suppliers. There was nothing new to this at all. We are bringing back the old to make sure it is the norm again." "Aissshh! Do not interrupt the System talking!" Qiu Yue beat Jin's shoulder. "Because the User was doing something out of the norm, no one dared to interact with him on a business level. And the System had managed to source and purchase most of the supplies from the Multiverse Black Market which was significantly cheaper than of this world. That was also why the User did not run into problems such as supply problems or negotiating deals with other vendors to get it done..." "Wow, when the System puts it that way, I really do not have anything to argue against." Jin thought about it and recognised that he was indeed quite fortunate. Most Dungeon Suppliers would have trouble sourcing for good equipment and even if they did, the amount of money they had to spend was tremendous. If Jin had remembered correctly, with the aid of technology to aid Dungeon Suppliers to create the dimensional instances, it could go up to a hundred of thousands of dollars. And that was just getting decent equipment from branded named companies that sell such equipment. If they wish to customise their equipment just as Jin would have done it, it might potentially go up the millions.

That was why those who know Dungeon Suppliers and their cost factors, it is also the reason why the System had flagged various names that corresponded to key employees of certain major companies that manufactured Dungeon Supplier equipment to be in the list. Yes, the System was so terrifying that it had backdoor access to the national records as well as the company records of its competitors. Kraft was no doubt its partner in crime. But in doing so, the System understood the level of competence each of those manufacturing companies had and the reason why the System was able to confidently say that it would take several years to even reach the System's basic level of realistic dimensional instance.

And those employees that participated in the national competition as the audience were not only from local national companies or conglomerates but also from multi national companies. The overseas MNCs were not taking any chances despite thinking that it might be overhyped from China's side. However, when corporate spies said otherwise, they decided to take it in with a pinch of salt to see what it was but Jin believed he would wow them to the point of no return. Eventually, Qiu Yue snapped them out of the conversation and said that they had once again rail off topic again. Seeing as Jin was slightly reluctant to create a grand reception, Qiu Yue had decided to step up.

"Fine, I will just create something simple and not those grandaur things that you always put out. At the very most, I take this as a refresher to use the Dungeon Maker especially since you said that there's this new tracking eye function that should make things easier." She knew that if she created it hurriedly and gave Jin the shoddy work, he had no choice but to be compulsive enough to make sure it was good enough for presentation.

"I doubt you will get giddy. But it should be useful for you." Jin replied and gave her the go ahead. At least there was some foundation done and all he had to do was to make the necessary changes.

At the same time, he also hoped that he was able to put it out in time...because unlike him who was already quite picky with details, there's the Chinese saying that there's always one mountain that would be higher than the one you see. Buzz was still adding details to the second iteration of Dark Days Dungeon and that was assigned to him at least a week ago.