Year 342 of Dawn.
That year, the number of stable clients connected through Star City's Fate Messenger Department reached twenty-seven.
Two of them were intermediary traders.
They helped the human race connect with clients by taking a commission, then charged service fees in the process.
For example, a service fee of 100 Blood Crystal Stones was originally charged for each piece of weaponry or equipment. After being connected through an intermediary trader, the price remained 100 Blood Crystal Stones, but the intermediary took 10 Blood Crystal Stones, leaving the human race with a profit of 90 Blood Crystal Stones per item.
Feng Qi did not feel there was anything wrong with this.
The human race's foundation in Fate City was still shallow, and what they lacked most was a network of connections.
Finding suitable clients required intermediary traders with vast client networks to build bridges and make introductions. Paying a commission of 10 Blood Crystal Stones was perfectly normal, and from the perspective of resource profits, the human race was guaranteed to benefit.
After all, using the Equipment Black Hole cost nothing. The more clients they had, the more they earned.
Feng Qi had actually considered bypassing the intermediary traders once they had stable clients and connecting directly with those clients. That way, they could earn an extra 10 Blood Crystal Stones.
But after weighing the pros and cons, he abandoned the idea.
If the human race wanted to grow stronger in Fate City in the future, it would inevitably have dealings with a great many intermediary traders. Their reputation was therefore extremely important.
The outside world was ruled by the strong, where fists made the rules. But in the Trading Market protected by Fate City's rules, force was useless. What mattered most was integrity.
That was the most fundamental