"Recently, our Fengle Village has been growing in population. Zhou Ningdong, please give us a detailed report!" In the office on the 67th floor, all eleven members were present, except for Ding Yi who was on Mili Island.
Ye Yun's fingers tapped rhythmically on the conference table.
"Boss, Fengle Village's administrative area is currently 195 square kilometers, with 1.2 million registered permanent residents. The average hourly online player count is 1.75 million, with a peak of 2.96 million. Among the 1.2 million permanent residents, 35 have passed the level 30 manifested assessment, all of whom are core members of our Dragon Palace. 830,000 have passed the level 20 manifested assessment, with our Dragon Palace members and reserve team accounting for 170,000, and the national elite team taking up 540,000. The remainder are from other organizations or solo players."
"There are currently 13,725 residential buildings, all rented out daily on a daily basis. The profitable buildings are still the same few, all of which have been upgraded to level 6 or intermediate. Daily revenue is currently around 300 million gold coins. This is all being used for upgrading village building levels and constructing residential buildings."
Zhou Ningdong, holding a stack of files related to Fengle Village, flipped through them rapidly, then summarized the report for Ye Yun.
"What I want to know is, besides our people and the national team, what other solo organizations are there in this village? Like the 'Zha Tian Bang' and 'Shen Jian Men'?"
Ye Yun quickly stopped his speech. He no longer had the ambition for the village's profitability as he did initially. He was just thankful if he didn't have to spend his own money.
"Zha Tian Bang? Shen Jian Men?" The people present looked at each other in surprise.
"Uh, Boss, these are just players who organize themselves for fun. Most of them just identify with their guild names; it's all for a laugh," Li Chenxu said woodenly. He couldn't understand why such organizations would enter Ye Yun's line of sight. Shouldn't Ye Yun's focus be on international organizations and wealthy magnates?
"Boss, I know a little about Zha Tian Bang. It was originally created by the protagonist of a web novel to conceal his identity, and loyal fans of that novel call themselves members of Zha Tian Bang," Chen Jiameng suddenly interjected.
"A novel leading a bunch of fans? That's crazy. Jia Mao, how do you know this?" Xie Yifeng, who never read novels, found this to be utterly absurd.
"Uh... I'm not talented, but my online alias was 'Zha Tian Bang Wen Qing,' and I was known as the First Secretary of Zha Tian Bang."
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The others felt a thunderclap of shock. Looking at Chen Jiameng's refined face, they suddenly thought of two words: degenerate!
"What do you know about this organization?" Ye Yun was also very curious about this organization. Such energy must be considerable if someone worth tens of billions was paying attention to it.
"Uh, Boss, I've retired for many years. Now, perhaps only my eloquent writings are still generating some residual heat online," Chen Jiameng said somewhat sheepishly, looking at Ye Yun.
"Alright, what about Shen Jian Men? And any others like 'Mie Shi'?" Ye Yun asked, covering his forehead.
"Boss, uh, Shen Jian Men is also from a novel... As for Mie Shi, those were online game guilds from the past," Jin Zhiyuan raised her hand.
"You're not also..."
"How could I be? I never read novels. It's just that I used to be called Mie Shi Shi San Yi..."
*Pfft...*
Jin Zhiyuan's words instantly caused a huge commotion in the entire conference room. Seriously, could they still play properly?
"Alright, stop talking. My head hurts," Ye Yun said, covering his face and slumping his shoulders. "How many people are roughly in these factions nationwide now? Do you have any information on that?"
Damn it, he had never even heard of these organizations in his previous life. Had his rebirth completely changed the course of history? This was always Ye Yun's concern, because if so, he could not make any proactive arrangements beyond becoming stronger.
"About a year ago, Zha Tian Bang had twelve large groups of two thousand people, divided into five regions: east, west, north, south, and central. I'm not sure about now. But last time, someone wanted to invest in our Fengle Village's real estate market with billions of gold coins, claiming to be the person in charge of the Guangdong region. I assume their division of labor has become much more detailed by now," Chen Jiameng quickly replied to Ye Yun's inquiry.
"Mie Shi still has over five thousand people on YY, but most of them haven't logged in for over half a year," Jin Zhiyuan was currently fiddling with her phone, the screen displaying a once-popular game communication software.
After a few people finished speaking, they fell silent, each looking at Ye Yun. They knew Ye Yun asked these questions because he intended to do something.
"Jin Zhiyuan, you have online gaming experience. What methods do you think can make these scattered players disciplined and restrained?" Ye Yun asked Jin Zhiyuan curiously.
"Boss, I think we can manage them using our real-world business management models. At the same time, we can have our country cooperate to enact corresponding codes of conduct, establishing a broad framework and then refining it."
After Jin Zhiyuan finished speaking, she looked at Ye Yun curiously, her gaze complex.
The entire conference room fell silent again.
"How about this, you guys, along with relevant national personnel, expedite the implementation of this code of conduct. Simultaneously, we will open applications for various organizations within 'Tian Dao' to register as mercenary groups in reality. Each mercenary group must have at least a hundred members. Those who do not meet the requirement will have their registration revoked directly."
"Our Fengle Village will open applications for mercenary group residences in ten days, charging a monthly fee based on area and building level. We will also require them to act in accordance with the code of conduct. Otherwise, all preferential treatments from the Refining God Tower and Enlightenment Tower will be canceled."
"Once we have a Mercenary Guild in the future, we won't need so many people to handle this," Ye Yun murmured to himself, looking at them.