Refusing to Be Outdone

Merchants valued profit highly, and successful merchants even more so. Since In Business Speak Business had given up the privileges of being one of the top ten guilds, they must have gained even greater benefits. June Flying Snow and the others were quite curious about this.

"I know a little. It seems In Business Speak Business only made one request," Long Teng Tian Xia said. Seeing everyone's curious expressions, he continued, "He asked for a reduction in the taxes on some of their transactions."

Everyone's eyes lit up at this. Zuo Shang Qin Xin wore an unsurprised expression. "Just as expected. The Merchant Alliance's transaction volume in the game easily reaches hundreds of billions. Even a small tax reduction would be an enormous sum. Asking for that one condition suits them best. It's far more useful than the privileges of being one of the top ten guilds."

"Would the Game Department agree to that proposal?" June Flying Snow looked full of confusion. "A large portion of the taxes goes to the country and the Game Department. Reducing the taxes would be a huge loss for them."

"The Game Department has already agreed," San Mei Shi said with a light laugh. "You said it yourself earlier. Most of the taxes go to the country, while the Game Department only gets a small portion. Losing some taxes from the Merchant Alliance would not affect them much. Besides, this is to gain even greater benefits. For example, if the combat power of Chinese guilds rises and we capture one more city during a national war, the benefits would far exceed this bit of tax revenue."

"That's true." June Flying Snow nodded.

"I'm more curious about which guild will fill the vacancy after the Merchant Alliance withdraws from the top ten guilds," Hei Bai