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. Follow current novels on novelb((in).(com)
"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.
"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.