Chapter 21 Bullshitting

Fortunately, Tang Yao had paved the way, so they weren't too shocked. Nie Yan's level was obviously leveled up with Tang Yao.

To run into two level fourteen players today, and they were both their classmates, especially Nie Yan, who was usually just good at studying, was so awesome. Guo Huai, Zhao Li, and Hao Cheng were a little dizzy.

"We knew you were low-key in junior high. You always hovered around tenth place in the usual exams, but you'd suddenly jump into the top three for the big ones. As expected of you, we always thought you didn't play games, but when you did, you were so fierce. You even hide when you get on the leaderboards. We're not secretive or flamboyant enough." Guo Huai shook his head and said with a wry smile.

Guo Huai has always been relatively low-key. Among all the classmates, only Nie Yan, Tang Yao, Zhao Li, and Hao Cheng, who had a better relationship with him, knew that his family was wealthy. Usually, this guy looked honest and simple. But now it seems that Nie Yan was the most low-key of them all.

"So, the five of us are pretty strong. Should we try to start a guild?" Hao Cheng asked eagerly. Hao Cheng's father runs a martial arts gym and has a wide network of contacts. If they started a guild, he could probably attract a lot of people.

"I think so too, why don't we give it a try? I can get a lot of classmates to join." Zhao Li was slightly lacking in some areas, but he was good at socializing and had good relationships with people wherever he went, especially with girls.

"If we're going to build a guild, let's do something big, at least make it look decent. As for the shares, you guys discuss it and come up with a plan." Nie Yan thought for a while and said. If he could spread out the management of the guild, he wouldn't have to be too tired and could focus on his own affairs. Guo Huai, Hao Cheng, and Zhao Li were still very promising, young, and energetic. And they chose a good starting point, first pulling in classmates, and then expanding the scope. Everyone knows each other, so they were more reliable. It was difficult to completely prevent spies from other guilds from infiltrating, but at least they could ensure that the team was purer. A group of eighteen, nineteen, and twenty-year-olds often have a higher talent for playing games than some older people.

Zhao Li quickly waved his hand and said, "I don't want shares. I can help a little. Anyway, we're all brothers."

Guo Huai shook his head, rejected Zhao Li's statement, and said, "Precisely because we're brothers, we need to determine the shares from the beginning." Guo Huai's family was in business, and he had seen too many cases where brothers turned against each other because they didn't allocate the shares well at the beginning, and then the business grew bigger.

"Guo Huai, how should the equity be distributed?" Nie Yan asked. Obviously, Guo Huai was more experienced in business matters.

"I thought about it, the guild was established based on your and Tang Yao's reputation, so you and Tang Yao take the majority, 85%, and the three of us split the remaining 15% equally. In terms of financial resources, I can invest in the guild when the game currency exchange is opened, but it shouldn't be too much. If it goes down the drain, then forget it. If it succeeds in the future, the guild can pay me back." Guo Huai thought for a while and said, he didn't want too much, just taking 5% of the shares as a symbol.

"If they take 5%, I'll take 5% too, but don't give me the guild management." Tang Yao was a lazy guy and didn't want to get involved in complicated affairs.

Nie Yan pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Let Guo Huai handle the guild management, with Hao Cheng and Zhao Li assisting. Tang Yao and I will be responsible for forming an elite team." Guo Huai and others would never guess how much their 5% stake would be worth. Nie Yan would still rely on them a lot in the future. Only by treating the guild as their own business would one truly put in 100% effort. When he interacted with them in his previous life, Nie Yan saw their character and integrity. Compared to the friendship between two lifetimes, 5% of the shares was nothing.

"I think that's fine." Tang Yao immediately nodded.

"Okay, we'll settle it like that. You guys need to level up faster, especially Tang Yao. As long as you stand firm on the leaderboard, we can use your name to recruit people, so you just focus on leveling." Guo Huai said. This was very important, otherwise, other things couldn't be discussed at all.

"Don't worry, I'll be able to rush to the top of the level leaderboard tomorrow and take down Potian." Tang Yao said confidently.

"Rushing so hard?" Hao Cheng asked in surprise.

"How did you level up? How are you so fast?" They were all wondering.

"You have to ask Nie Yan about that, but don't worry, once the guild is settled, I'll take you to level up. I guarantee you'll reach level 15 in one day." Tang Yao patted his chest and said, looking at Nie Yan. Nie Yan didn't object.

"You said it."

"Don't go back on your word. In that case, what are we leveling up for? Let's go recruit people tomorrow." Hao Cheng said excitedly.

"You guys recruit people, after I finish leveling up tomorrow, I'll go set up the guild warehouse." Nie Yan said, after establishing a guild, the guild warehouse was very important.

The guild warehouse was a symbol of a guild's strength. It was composed of hundreds or thousands of pieces of equipment, with equipment for each level. This equipment will be open to players whose guild contribution value meets the requirements. When a player's guild contribution value reaches a certain level, they can exchange a piece of equipment for their guild contribution value. After passing this level, returning the equipment can get even higher-level equipment. If the equipment is lost, a certain amount of contribution value will be deducted, and adding equipment to the guild warehouse can increase contribution value.

Whether a guild's guild warehouse is complete directly determines the future development of the guild. The financial resources required for each guild to build a guild warehouse are quite huge. When the scale of the guild warehouse does not match the guild's strength, it can easily lead to a large loss of players. And the larger the scale of the guild warehouse and the better the equipment attributes, the easier it is to attract players to stay. When a player stays in a guild for a long time, they will develop a certain sense of belonging and will increase their own guild contribution value by donating equipment. After all, the things in the guild warehouse belong to the guild, they are only lent to the players for use.

Whether a guild prospers or declines is closely related to whether the guild warehouse is complete or not.

"You have the ability to build a guild warehouse now?" Guo Huai asked in surprise.

"I can raise a little bit, bronze and silver equipment are not very valuable, I should be able to get a lot." Nie Yan calculated that at the beginning of a guild, having several thousand pieces of bronze and hundreds of pieces of silver there should attract a large number of guild players to increase their guild contribution value.

"Well, having bronze and silver equipment is already very good. Currently, many players are wearing white and bronze equipment, and silver equipment is rare. How much can you get?" Guo Huai asked.

The others also looked at Nie Yan, because what Nie Yan was about to say was crucial to the future development of the entire guild.

"I can take out 20 gold coins to raise equipment, I also have hundreds of pieces of silver equipment, and dozens of pieces of gold equipment. I can only take out that much." Nie Yan said, he has a pharmacy and will have a steady stream of income. As for the equipment, it was all obtained by farming leaders, sub-elites, and elites, and there will be more in the future.

Hearing Nie Yan say the number 20 gold coins, including Tang Yao, all four of them gasped. They knew that Nie Yan was very fierce, but they didn't expect Nie Yan to be so fierce. Even several big guilds couldn't take out so much money. What's more, there was so much silver and gold equipment. Nie Yan's financial resources were truly frightening.

"Awesome, with the current purchasing power of game currency, 20 gold coins can buy a lot of silver equipment with good attributes. The better the attributes of the equipment in the guild warehouse, the more it can entice a large number of players to fill the guild warehouse with equipment and increase contribution value. Stabilize them, and you can attract more players to enter. Then pull up the elite team, pull out a batch of second-rate teams, and there will be a steady stream of equipment entering the guild warehouse. Use the equipment exchanged by the elite team to support the second-rate team, and use the equipment exchanged by the second-rate team to support ordinary players." Guo Huai said. He has studied everything related to the guild and knows a lot about guild matters.

"It seems that the situation is better than we expected." Hao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, he thought they were going to start from scratch, but he didn't expect Nie Yan to be a big tycoon.

"Next, let's determine the guild name." Guo Huai said.

"I'm good at this, how about 'Rebirth Phoenix'?" Tang Yao said with great interest.

"No, that name has already been registered."

"Shameless, registering the guild name I came up with."

"Pfft, who's the most shameless?" Zhao Li scolded with a smile.

"You guys should think about it."

Several people scratched their heads, not knowing what guild name to take.

"Call it 'Supreme Ruler'." Tang Yao came up with another one.

"It's still been registered."

"......"

"How about 'Niu Ren Tribe' (Awesome People Tribe)? All the members of the guild are awesome people. When we sweep the level leaderboard in the future, sweep the entire Calore City, sweep the entire Greenland Empire, then we'll be awesome." Tang Yao said excitedly, "I don't believe this has been registered."

"This is a bit tacky, but it's not impossible." Guo Huai thought for a while.

"But this name is a good sign." Hao Cheng also slightly agreed, but was not very sure.

Hearing their discussion, Nie Yan's heart moved. The guild Nie Yan's father established in his previous life was called Ares Tribe, and Tang Yao suddenly came up with a Niu Ren Tribe. Was it a coincidence or was it destined in the dark?

"Let's call it Niu Ren Tribe." Nie Yan decided with one word.

"Okay, the guild name is settled." Guo Huai also agreed.

Just like many companies when they first started, one table, three or four people, enthusiastically discussing, and finally finalizing the plan, they had nothing, started from scratch, and built from the ground up. So many years later, they either ended in dismal failure and faded away, or they became successful and laughed at the world.

Everything was so ordinary, just like so many people.