Chapter 344 - Great Profit (2/2)

Yes, congestion had indeed never appeared in network combat competitions. However, Qin Fen didn’t know that it was because the higher-ups of the Sky Battle Network would adjust the server flow rate during every competition.

Besides, not many people would be using the other channels every time the competition started. It was enough to just leave ten percent of the flow rate for those channels. The others could all be tuned to the special channel of the competition.

However, arena number eleven in Free Zone Eleven today was just a normal channel, a normal channel that had not gone through any special deployment.

For a place that would usually only have two or three users, placing lots of resources there would only be an absolute waste! But today was different. This situation was nothing like the network combat competition; it was a strange thing that had never happened before. It would only be strange if the network was not congested.

Di di…

A private video call signal popped out on Qin Fen’s system bar.

Video calls required a fee.

Qin Fen naturally chose for the other party to pay for this feature.

“What? I’m paying?” Zhang Hao looked at the reply and gave a helpless and bitter smile. He even refrains from paying a video fee that only costs a few yuan? This guy really is the same as the information said, he really is a money-sucking vampire! This is also good, the project can be carried out smoothly.

The video communicator connected, and Zhang Hao was somewhat surprised. This person who had caused the Sky Battle Network to be congested for the first time in history had actually chosen to hide his portrait.

Could it be that he looked ugly? Zhang Hao speculated maliciously and said, “Thirty-Six Hours, hello. I am the deputy general manager of Sky Battle Network who is in charge of the free zone, you can call me Zhang Hao.”

Qin Fen looked at the middle-aged man in the video call with extreme surprise. The Sky Battle Network’s deputy general manager? Although these people did not have the power of army generals, every one of them was extremely wealthy. What was up with today? Is this to explain the cause of this time’s network congestion to the users? Even so, there’s still no need to dispatch a deputy general manager, right?

“This time the network congestion… things are like this…”

As Qin Fen listened to Zhang Hao’s explanation, his eyes flashed with amazement as well as some helplessness. Who knew that my reappearance after being absent these days would capture so much attention?

“So, we have a plan for the time being.” Zhang Hao stared at Qin Fen, “First of all, I need to know what your intention for appearing at the Sky Battle Network this time is.”

“I need to fight.” Qin Fen thought for a while and added, “I need to fight with the most powerful martial artist of my star-class. I need to go through battle in order to break through and upgrade my star-class.

Upgrade his star-class? Zhang Hao’s eyes twitched, Another upgrade in star-class? You want to upgrade your star-class eight times in less than a year?

After a short period of silence and shock, Zhang Hao regained his composure and said, “That’s great! I heard that you seem to have an urgent need for a large sum of money?”

Qin Fen shrugged his shoulders and said in his heart , I would indeed need an extremely large sum of money in order to marry the Earth Martial God, Song Wendong’s granddaughter. If I couldn’t even provide the most basic financial security for my own woman, I really wouldn’t have the face to marry her.

“That’s good.”

Zhang Hao rubbed his hands nervously. He had some curiosity.  Even when I met a Main star-level master, I had never been so nervous. Why am I nervous in front of this nine-star martial artist? It feels as if I’m not facing a Meteor level martial artist, but rather, a martial dao grandmaster.

“Things are like this.” Zhang Hao tried to calm his mind and said, “Since you have come to look for a battle opponent, I think that this is an extremely good gimmick and business opportunity to hype things up.”

“Business opportunity?” Qin Fen noticed a glimpse of Zhang Hao’s thought keenly, “You’re thinking of charging a fee?”

Zhang Hao was delighted that the person he was talking to was a smart person. There was nothing new about charging fees for martial artists’ battles. Every time the network held a Federation-wide combat competition, fees would always be charged a handsome price.

In certain battles between high-level star-class martial artists, there would also be a limit set on the fee price. There just weren’t many cases like this, and surely not many people would be willing to pay the price.

As for battles between nine-star martial artists, there had never been such a case of implementing a charging system.

“That’s right, it’s to charge a fee!” Zhang Hao nodded, “We can open a special channel temporarily, and those who want to watch the game would have to pay to do so. As for the income of the battle, we can give you five percent! What do you think?”

“Not enough.”

Zhang Hao couldn’t believe his ears. Did I hear wrong? Thirty-Six Hours said ‘Not enough’? How was there still some disdain in his tone? Isn’t he in short of money? Could it be that he also has the so-called dignity of a master?

“Why?” Zhang Hao blurted out. Five percent was a big profit, how can this poor person refuse?

Qin Fen stretched out two fingers and his tone was calm as always, “I want twenty percent of the income.”

“What?”

Zhang Hao looked up and down at Qin Fen, Twenty percent? Is this kid crazy from being so poor?

“Cooperation is a win-win situation.” Qin Fen did not wait for Zhang Hao to reply and said slowly, “No cooperation is a double loss situation. I can manage to lose. If the network congestion this time cannot be solved smoothly, it is not me whose reputation it would damage, right?”

Zhang Hao had to look at Qin Fen again. The voice of this man who hid his face didn’t sound too old, yet how is he able to see things so accurately?

The deployment of network resources was not a simple matter. According to the current network congestion, it would take a certain amount of time to coordinate and allocate personnel. If they used the charging model, they could remove those who were not willing to spend money automatically. Plus, with a simple “The e-tickets are sold out, who asked you to be late”, the problem could also be solved easily.

Zhang Hao knew that he couldn’t wait! If he were to continue the delay, it was possible that he would have to step down before the network even started to flow smoothly.

Twenty percent… Zhang Hao’s eyeballs were spinning rapidly. It seemed that the dividend he could get from this incident would be gone completely. A temporary construction of a pay-to-view channel could hold five million online users at one time. If it cost ten yuan per person, twenty percent would be ten million! Even after, if he paid the taxes, he would still have eight million!

“Okay!” Zhang Hao clenched his teeth and said, “You really are a money-sucking vampire! I agree!”