Meeting

Five days later.

Chen Hao arrived at The Haven on time with Pang Ban.

Five men in black wearing sunglasses stood on either side of the entrance, their hands behind their backs.

Chen Hao and Pang Ban were also dressed in suits. To make things look more formal, they had specifically gone to a Pierre Cardin store yesterday and spent several thousand yuan on two new-style suits.

Chen Hao tugged at the tie around his neck. The sales clerk had tied it for him in advance yesterday. As a former programmer, he could count on one hand the number of times he had worn a suit in his life.

He felt restrained all over and extremely uncomfortable. He could barely move his arms or spread his legs. With his laptop bag slung diagonally across his back, Chen Hao was only a little more handsome and taller than ordinary people. He could be called the ultimate version of an intermediary sales elite.

Pang Ban was also wearing a suit and sunglasses. In this outfit, he fit in perfectly with the black-clad men across from them. He even looked quite suited to being the leader of a group of men in black.

Well, they were wearing matching outfits with the other side.

"Since when has The Haven's welcome service been this high-level?"

Chen Hao curled his lips and, suspiciously, walked in first.

The moment he raised his eyes, he saw the actual buyer for this transaction. There was no way he could miss him. Two rows of men in black stood in a ring around the five people at the table in the middle, making them extremely conspicuous.

Apart from the waiters, there was no one else in the restaurant. It would have been difficult not to notice them.

Ignoring the men in black around him, Chen Hao walked over on his own, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

Pang Ban followed. As he moved, he glanced at the bodyguards across from them. Their steps were unsteady and they were all bluffing. Not one of them was a martial artist, so he paid them no attention and casually sat down beside Chen Hao.

The young man in the middle of the group spoke first. "Greedy Blue Moon?"

Chen Hao looked over the several young men opposite him. They all had faces that looked very wealthy. Their outfits were from brands he could not name, but they gave off an impressive air. The leader looked arrogant and unruly. He was probably the leader of this group. "Fahai?"

The code exchange had been successful.

Chen Hao asked, "Brother, how should I address you? We can't keep calling you Fahai, can we?"

A young man sitting nearby chimed in, "This is Young Master Wu. Just call him Young Master Wu."

"Don't listen to them. My name is Wu You. Just call me by my name." Wu You stood up and extended his hand, looking very polite.

"I am Long Aotian. Just call me Aotian."

Wu You was inexplicably startled when he heard the name. "Uh, that's quite a name, brother!"

The two shook hands briefly before sitting down again.

Looking at the cool-looking watch of unknown brand on the other man's wrist, Chen Hao thought, I knew I was forgetting something.

The two sides got down to business.

"Did you bring the money?"

"Did you bring the goods?"

The two sentences had barely begun when the waiter standing nearby and pouring tea started trembling slightly. Even the tea he poured split into two streams.

Seeing that it was inconvenient to have an outsider present, Wu You waved his hand. "You can leave for now. We'll call you if we need anything!"

The waiter bowed, turned, and left at astonishing speed. He had already imagined a scene of a gang shootout in his mind and was wondering whether he should quit and run away. Damn it, at other places, all I have to do is put on a smile. This place could cost me my life.

"Inspect the goods first, then pay!"

"Pay first, then inspect the goods!"

Chen Hao and Wu You grew increasingly serious.

"Together?"

"Together!"

Chen Hao took a laptop from his backpack, opened it, and began operating it.

Wu You likewise gestured to his followers behind him. They took out a computer and began operating it.

Three, two, one. The two laptops rotated 180 degrees at the same time. They could not leave out the sense of ceremony.

One screen displayed an Online Banking account balance of 40.04 million yuan.

The other displayed the backend settings page for Greedy Blue Moon Legend.

Seeing that the other side was sincere, Wu You and Chen Hao formed a fairly good first impression of each other after this initial contact.

Chen Hao gave a general demonstration of Greedy Blue Moon Legend's basic settings, then answered Wu You and the others' questions.

As they chatted, the topic drifted off course and turned to other games. Chen Hao immediately realized this was his area of expertise and launched into a stream of wild boasts and tall tales, leaving the others across from him completely dumbfounded.

For a while, a cheerful atmosphere filled The Haven.

A rich second-generation heir sitting beside Pang Ban noticed that Aotian was the only one doing the talking, while the man beside him kept his head lowered, playing with his phone as though he did not care. Could this man actually be the one in charge?

Curious, the rich heir craned his neck to look over. One glance left him feeling uneasy.

Big brother, this is a tens-of-millions deal, and you still have the mood to play Snake?

He suddenly remembered a phrase his big brother often said: "When faced with major matters, one must remain calm." This person clearly had extraordinary self-control and a deep, inscrutable mind. He had to tell his big brother to be careful around him!

An hour later, when Chen Hao felt the time was right, he suggested, "Shall we go? We can inspect the remaining parts in the server room."

The moment they had all been waiting for had finally arrived. Wu You and the others stood up as well.

"Let's go! I've been eager to see the real thing for a long time."

Seeing that Old Ban was still playing Snake, Chen Hao patted him on the shoulder. "Let's go. We're heading to the server room."

Chen Hao gave them the server room's address and went out first, with Pang Ban close behind. Once outside, they stood by the roadside and hailed a taxi.

Before a taxi arrived, a large Mercedes-Benz stopped in front of them, followed by three Buick GL8s.

The car window rolled down, and Wu You said with a complicated expression, "Wait, big brother, no matter what, you're worth tens of millions, aren't you? Don't you even have a car?"

Chen Hao chuckled. "I just didn't have time to bring one."

Wu You kicked Third Brother and Fifth Brother out of the car. "You two, go sit in the one behind us."

"Come on up. Let's go together!"

It would have been rude to refuse, so Chen Hao and Pang Ban simply got into the back seat.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the server room.

Lin Lang had already been waiting there.

When he saw everyone arrive, he led Wu You and the others on a tour.

It was not that Wu You had failed to prepare. He had hired two technical specialists, one responsible for hardware and the other for software. Both were industry experts who had graduated from prestigious universities and had several years of experience working at major companies.

They went over everything in detail, from the server configuration and website settings to the various tools for the private server.

Chen Hao and Lin Lang nearly talked their throats dry. Fortunately, the other side understood technology quickly. After asking a few questions and receiving answers, they picked things up very fast.

Wu You and the others listened to a general explanation, then operated things themselves under Chen Hao's guidance. They casually raised their own mage character by two levels, then obtained a Dragon Tooth.

Two hours later,

"The private-server alliance website and server, including the complete Greedy Blue Moon private-server Source Code, are basically like this! I even left a foolproof tutorial here. It's fine if you don't remember everything at once; it's all written inside! I've packaged up the entire server-room website for you. From now on, you'll be fully responsible for operating and maintaining it yourselves. We'll each go our separate ways, and there will be no further contact!"

Wu You asked his own technical experts about it. After receiving confirmation that there were no problems,

he brought over a computer and initiated the transfer. Wu You showed Chen Hao the successful transfer record. "The 20 million has been transferred to you. Since it's an interbank transfer between different locations, you should be able to see it in your account tomorrow!"

"Pleasure doing business with you. As agreed, you'll be responsible for operating it during these three days. Here's my phone number—contact me anytime if there are any problems. If everything's fine, you'll pay the remaining balance after three days, and I'll change the account receiving the Legend private server's revenue." Chen Hao handed Wu You a slip of paper with his phone number written on it.

"Pleasure doing business with you!" The two shook hands.

"Let's have dinner together tonight, then go have some fun. My treat!" Wu You invited Chen Hao, but Chen Hao declined.

Seeing that the other man did not seem to be making a polite gesture, Wu You thought that made sense. After all, a man who did not even own a car probably was not an Experienced Driver either, so he stopped pressing him.