Chapter 1120: Fund-Raising
D4 did not know much about Zhang Heng. In fact, not many people knew the truth about Simon, who ranked first in the first round of the proxy war.
Although Zhang Heng was not as mysterious as Beta, very little information about him could be found on the internet.
In comparison, D4 had known Zhang Heng for quite a long time. Moreover, Zhang Heng had once done an exchange at the fortune building and at that time, exchanged 50 points with 1.85 million. From the looks of it, Zhang Heng’s financial situation was not too optimistic, at the very least, didn’t seem like a person who could afford such a large sum of money.
200,000 points. According to the exchange rate of 40,000 points, even without considering the service fee, it would still cost 8 billion. To most players, this was an astronomical figure. In reality, even the three big guilds would have difficulty coming up with this amount of money.
Even though the game had progressed to this point, many players would have one or two items on them. If they were to really exchange for money, they would have millions worth of wealth. With this, it seemed like they only needed to find a few hundred or a few thousand people to come up with 8 billion, however, assets and cash were two completely different things.
In reality, the cash and points exchange business that the various chambers of commerce had started was all small and medium-sized without exception.
Most players would participate in the exchange for two reasons. Firstly, players like Li Bai, who weren’t in the best financial situation, would use a portion of their points to exchange for cash after the game to improve their lives or their family members. There was also a portion of players who belonged to the RMB Warriors in the game. Their financial situation was very good, and they were willing to spend money to buy more points to upgrade their equipment or to buy the services of the game points.
However, whether it was buying or selling, the amount shouldn’t be too large. This was because the seller could not sell all the points. If their strength stagnated too much, they might not be able to complete the next round of the game. They might even be kicked out by the team, and the buyer would not invest too much cash to buy points. After all, strictly speaking, the game was only conducted in the underground world, and life in the real world still had to continue.
Up until now, the largest exchange order came from, February Siege, leader of Arc of Light. Not only was he the guild leader, but he was also a director of two public companies. He invested less than 80 million for an exchange of 2,000 points, and at that time, had caused a rather large stir in the player circle.
However, apart from increasing his own strength, February Siege’s action also had the nature of advertising to the Arc of Light youths. After that, private transactions never exceeded that figure. After all, no one’s money came from the wind. In comparison, players could still earn points from each round of the game, but money could only be obtained from the real world.
Although some game items and skills could make it easy for players to earn money, no matter how fast an individual’s earning ability was, it was still very difficult to compare to the mature capital operations of the outside world. In addition, although the organizing committee did not strictly restrict players from earning money through supernatural powers, in theory, considering the current external environment, once this number exceeded a certain level, it would inevitably attract the attention of society. Not only would that court trouble in the real world, but the biggest danger was that other players might target them and hunt them down like prey. In this way, not only would the money and equipment earned benefit others, but they would also lose their lives, it might even implicate their families.
Therefore, even though the financial situation of almost all the players had improved since the game started, very few people made big money in the real world. Most players still tried their best to keep a low profile in real life.
Like Zhang Heng and Shen Xixi, they continued to study in university, preparing for the final exam and level 4 and 6 like the other students. Shen Xixi even consciously led the rumor that she was being kept by a rich man to the point she wanted to find a reasonable excuse to leave school often.
This was also the reason D4 suspected that his ears were wrong when he heard that Zhang Heng had a 200,000-point exchange requirement. He thought that the 200,000 points was just a gimmick to attract the attention of the players. Thus, Zhang Heng was prepared to use a B-grade item to pay for this transaction.
“I’ll think of a way to pay,” Zhang Heng said. “It’s not like you guys can complete the acquisition of points in one go, right? I should be able to pay in stages, right?”
“That’s right. Considering the huge amount of points you need, and the fact that we also need to maintain normal business activities, even if we contact other firms, it’s estimated that the entire acquisition will last for at least two to three months,” D4 confessed. “You don’t have to pay us any money at the beginning. I can first make a verbal agreement with the other firms, then wait for the first batch of cash to arrive before paying in batches according to the status of the acquisition. Only then can we keep the exchange rate below 40,000. Of course, if you’re in a hurry, we can also shorten the whole acquisition time, but in that case, the exchange rate may rise to a certain extent, and I personally don’t recommend you do that.”
On the other end of the line, D4 hesitated.
“What’s wrong?” Zhang Heng asked.
“Actually, there’s another way. Guilds, especially large-scale guilds, tend to have large amounts of game points in reserve, especially during the proxy war. If you can convince a few guilds to sell their points to us, we should be able to gather the amount you want very quickly.”
“Don’t contact the guilds,” Zhang Heng refused. “I also need some time to raise funds, so I’ll purchase them from other trading firms and players.”
Zhang Heng had previously asked Fan Meinan. With her current condition, she could still wait for two to three months. This period of time was also a good time for Zhang Heng to think of ways to raise money and earn points. As for the guilds, Zhang Heng did not want to cause any more trouble.
“Okay.”
D4 did not have any objections. He was only giving Zhang Heng advice on behalf of the building. In the end, it was still up to Zhang Heng to make the final decision. In the end, he reminded Zhang Heng once more, “Mr. Simon, please make sure to make a trip to our headquarters within two weeks. We will appraise the Grade-B item you provided and complete the guarantee. Don’t worry, no data from the appraisal will be leaked.”
“Okay, I understand.”
Zhang Heng hung up the phone. He would think of a way to get the funds and points for the later stages, but considering that he still had a pressing trip to Greenland, he needed to find someone to pay for the first batch of funds in the early stages, Zhang Heng had already prepared the funds in advance, and he was still in contact with the building before he did this.
Not long after he hung up the phone with D4, he received a message from Han Lu. “I already have a plan for the money, but this isn’t something that can be explained over the phone. Let’s talk face-to-face. Are you free tonight? I’ve already asked my assistant to reserve a restaurant. Let’s meet at Yi Garden Villa at 7 pm.”