Initial 100 million gold coins, with an additional 10 million issued daily, seems incredibly generous. However, this approach has a significant drawback. It would take a member 160 days to improve their talent solely through these daily allowances.
160 days, and the opportunity would be long gone! Money hoarded is dead money. These individuals can gain experience and level up without 'Goldfinger,' simply by fighting monsters. Furthermore, the disparity in treatment between reserve and official members is a staggering 10,000 times. Truly, this damned class system.
In his previous life, Ye Yun belonged to the outer circles, not even qualifying for the reserve team. He received a meager 200 gold coins daily and a position in real-life.
Ye Yun ignored them and took out a calculator, his fingers flying across the keys. The sight filled the other three with trepidation.
"From now on, official members will each receive 1.7 billion gold coins. 1.6 billion will be used to enhance their talent to SS-rank, and the remaining 100 million for purchasing attribute points, totaling 340 billion."
"The reserve team currently has 10,000 members. Daily gold coin issuance will be changed to monthly, disbursed at the beginning of each month, at 5 million gold coins per person. This totals 50 billion! Additionally, I require..."
Ye Yun paused here, looking sternly at the three, especially Li Chenxu who was diligently taking notes.
"Official members, organized into units of small groups, must submit 1 million gold coins as reserve funds every half month. They can arrange the rest as they see fit! Reserve members have no such requirement. New members will be exempt for the first 30 days. Liu Hai, you need to have a specific plan for replenishing the reserve team."
Is SS-rank talent high? It is, but only for ordinary people. According to Ye Yun's plan, he aims to forge a 500-person elite team with all members possessing SSS-rank talent!
"And you three, as the backbone of the Dragon Palace, having only SS-rank talent now is a bit lacking. Upgrade to SSS-rank."
400 billion, gone just like that with a few sentences? Only 3.898 trillion remaining? The three exchanged bewildered glances.
Ye Yun spoke casually, but the three were inwardly terrified. While his reasoning made sense, wasn't this incredibly extravagant? He truly was a divine magnate, spending money without batting an eye.
"Future salaries will be adjusted slightly. The game is the game, but real life still needs to be lived. You three will receive 500,000 monthly, captains 300,000 monthly, official members 200,000, and the reserve team 50,000! All this money will be sent directly to their families to prevent these fellows from 'lining their own pockets.'"
Saying this, Ye Yun looked at the three men, whose expressions had turned awkward.
As a national team, they needed to act like one. Besides, these people were now relying on him for their livelihood. If he didn't care for them, who would?
"Yes!"
Seeing that Ye Yun had finalized his arrangements, the three immediately saluted and hurried off to implement them.
Damn, I seem to have forgotten my own salary! Ye Yun watched their retreating figures with a hint of resentment. As for what the three were thinking, why would a divine magnate care about such a pittance of a salary?
For the Dragon Palace headquarters, today was undoubtedly a special day! Their leadership had been upgraded to a higher-ranking general, signifying the nation's importance placed on the Dragon Palace.
Furthermore, their interests both in-game and their families' livelihoods were now more secure! This further solidified their loyalty to the Dragon Palace.
Dingh Yi, having prepared breakfast early, headed to the airport to pick up her parents. From now on, their living arrangements and daily care would be handled by the Dragon Palace.
Since her talent was upgraded to Max1 yesterday, Ye Yun felt pressured but lacked motivation. Every time he logged in, he would place Xiao Hei in the second level of the secret realm and simply let it idle.
To level up from 18 to 19 now required a staggering 2 billion experience points! A single dungeon run yielded no more than a few million experience points, requiring hundreds of runs to level up. If he ran a dungeon every half hour, it would take several days!
This was the fundamental reason why Ye Yun set the dungeon fees so low. Otherwise, no one could afford it.
It was obvious: even the highest-leveled players, after three years of playing, hadn't broken the level 80 barrier! Ye Yun, after three years, was only level 65! One could imagine the depth of this game.
Of course, Ye Yun could level up quickly. He still possessed a gem storing ten billion experience points, as well as a one-hour double experience card. However, Ye Yun had no intention of using them.
Not to mention that his 'Goldfinger' would be usable again in a few days, his current leveling speed was already four levels ahead of the second-place player! Those four levels alone would take him days of grinding without rest. Moreover, he had the tireless Black Ant and the secret realm dungeons, which offered higher experience than ordinary areas. In terms of leveling, no one could compete with him.
"System Announcement: The number of players reaching level 10 server-wide has exceeded 200 million! Player level ranking reward benefits are now active. The first round ends in 6 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes!"
"Player level rankings and benefits?" Ye Yun looked at the system announcement and smiled. This was practically made for him.
Player Level Ranking - Each round lasts 7 days. At the end of each round, the top ten players in terms of level will receive varying amounts of gold coins.
First Place Reward - 1 billion gold coins
Second Place - 500 million gold coins
Third Place Reward - 100 million gold coins
4th-10th Place each receive 50 million gold coins!
As soon as the announcement was made, the entire beginner village erupted in wails.
"'Heavenly Dao'! Damn you, I poured my heart and soul into leveling up to level eight, only for you to tell me that 200 million players globally have reached level 10?" one player raged, pointing at the sky. Unfortunately, Heavenly Dao struck him with lightning, leaving him charred and trembling before a wild monster sent him back to the village.
"200 million players have broken through level 10?" In a distant town, a female player looked at the system announcement with a grim expression. Even though her level was a high 14, placing her second.
From level 10 to 14, there were 200 million players, illustrating the fierce competition on the ranking board. Apart from the first place, the players ranked 2nd to 50th were all level 14! And players at level 13 ranked after the 100,000 mark.
The higher the level, the smaller the gap. Because the required experience was astronomically different!
"Mia Lo, I think we need to change our plan," Tiger asked, frowning at the girl.
"What is it?" the girl asked Tiger. The mask on her face concealed her originally beautiful features.
"Currently, in China, among the top 10,000 on the level ranking, they hold 3,000 spots! We only have a little over 2,000. If we don't do something, our subsequent level rankings will be difficult," Tiger considered the long-term implications.
"Ranking suppression?"
"Then let's open the vault! Distribute 100 million US dollars to each person first. Oh, and tell our allies that our funds are tight and see if our allies' merchant guilds in our country can provide some support!" Mia Lo understood Tiger's meaning, but she had already considered those gold coins as her own property. Having to give them up made her very uncomfortable.
However, she was also helpless. Last time, she had spent over 600 billion gold coins to upgrade her talent to X-rank out of spite towards a Chinese player, which had greatly angered the higher-ups. If it weren't for the fact that it was irreversible, she would have likely been expelled by now.
Tiger's facial muscles twitched upon hearing her words. This woman was ruthless. She had already extorted her allies, and now she was bypassing them and targeting their subordinates.
"200 million players at level 10? Damn, I'm considered an elite individual globally." Compared to the desolation of other beginner villages, Fengle Village seemed different.
Are there few level 10 players? No, they are quite common here. Go look by the village entrance, especially those offering to lead dungeon runs; they are definitely experts above level 10.
Because of Ye Yun's secret realm, the village's God Refining Tower, and the village's residential buildings, not only were most people at a higher level, but most players, even after reaching a certain level, chose to stay. This was because Fengle Village had everything towns had, and things towns lacked.
To maximize their benefits and enjoy the preferential treatment offered by Fengle Village, they almost all chose to join Fengle Village, becoming its permanent residents.
Ye Yun collected his income from yesterday's dungeon runs and Fengle Village's dividends, totaling 16.3 million gold coins after omitting the decimals! Coupled with 6.73 million from the forum, his daily income reached 23.03 million!
Yes, that's how terrifying it was! Twenty million a day!
Among this, dungeon income was 7.1 million! Village dividends were 6.5 million! 2.7 million was the repayment for the residential property advances.
Although the God Refining Tower in Fengle Village offered a 75% discount to encourage players to join, the village's income had not decreased but rather increased, making it a veritable money-printing machine!