A Milestone Contract

Yuan Hongji went out again to make a phone call to ask for instructions.

What should have been a relaxed negotiation lasted until 6 p. m.

The two parties finally reached an agreement and signed a landmark revenue-sharing contract.

After reviewing the contract, Bai Xiaowen was once again impressed by Sister Zheng's abilities. To be honest, this contract completely exceeded his expectations.

Both parties agreed that the milestone settlement period would be one quarter, or three months, after the new version is launched.

The first quarter is also the quarter with the highest "in-game revenue" for new characters, because many players will unlock new characters. Unlocking characters requires payment, with prices ranging from 1 yuan to 188 yuan, a significant difference.

In subsequent quarters, the site's revenue will shrink.

However, if the popularity is high enough, the Virtual Battle Company will release more skins (i. e., different appearances of a character), as well as a series of merchandise such as figurines, which will generate revenue, but I won't go into details.

The milestone is:

The total revenue for the first quarter exceeded 3 million RMB – a milestone D. Bai Xiaowen received a 10% share of the revenue, which is a D-Tier revenue-sharing contract. The difficulty of earning 3 million RMB is roughly equivalent to the earning power of an outstanding newcomer character.

Earning over 10 million RMB – Milestone C – Bai Xiaowen received a 20% commission, a C-Tier revenue-sharing contract. The difficulty of earning 10 million RMB is comparable to being a minor celebrity.

With revenue exceeding 30 million RMB – Milestone B – Bai Xiaowen receives a 30% share of the revenue, which is a B-Tier revenue-sharing contract. If quarterly revenue reaches 30 million RMB, she will be considered a near-top-tier celebrity with a loyal fanbase.

Exceeding 100 million – Milestone A: Bai Xiaowen receives 40% of the revenue share, a A-Tier revenue-sharing contract. A single-quarter revenue of 100 million – definitely Great Ming role.

Exceeding 300 million – Milestone S – Bai Xiaowen received 50% of the revenue, a tier S-Tier revenue-sharing contract. Awakened individuals reaching this level are almost all superstars, and each of their characters is a classic on the Player Platform.

As for the distribution ratio of revenue from surrounding areas, it is half of the ratio from within the station.

The biggest fear with these betting contracts is that the client (the Virtual Battle Company) will resort to underhanded tactics, such as withholding promised promotional resources, delaying the resolution of character bugs, or artificially creating obstacles to spending.

But with Sister Zheng around, none of this was a problem. The contract clearly outlined the rights and obligations of both parties. The list for Party A was two whole pages long, with thirteen major items and sixty-nine minor items, leaving no room for error.

Of course, Yuan Hongji also listed many prohibited areas for Bai Xiaowen, the "supplier," such as not tarnishing the platform's image, not licensing character templates to other role-playing game companies, and maintaining a positive image...

If either party breaches the contract, they will have to pay heavy punitive damages.

This contract is valid for two years. After two years, the two parties will renew the contract, and the Virtual Battle Platform has the priority to sign Bai Xiaowen.

The two parties shook hands after signing the contract.

Yuan Hongji said to Bai Xiaowen, "You have a very shrewd agent."

Bai Xiaowen smiled and nodded, "That's what I think too."

"Please send your character template information to my email as soon as possible," Yuan Hongji said. "I will send you a sample later for reference."

After a pause, Yuan Hongji continued, "Some new Awakened Ones like to hide some of their character abilities, and the data they submit to the company is incomplete. This certainly doesn't violate the contract, but I still hope you can provide relatively complete template information. Our principle is: the more powerful you are, the better, based on reality."

Bai Xiaowen nodded.

In fact, Bai Xiaowen has not been hiding much of his strength so far. The Kusanagi-Style Ancient Martial Arts, which he had previously used as a trump card, has already been revealed during the CUAA qualifiers.

Bai Xiaowen summarized his current strength into three parts.

Firstly, the Black Soul Stone's "Return of the Dead" skill grants a total of eight summoned creatures: four Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier, one Shadow Assassin, one Bone Warlock, one Stitched Monster, and one Vampire. These creatures come in four Elite Template and four Standard Template.

Zombie Doctor, who's practically useless, doesn't count, and the unactivated Vengeful Spirit option doesn't count either; Bai Xiaowen still wants to keep the Vengeful Spirit as a new trump card.

Secondly, there are four combat skill slots: a versatile skill for Talisman Switching, a crowd control skill, a skill to Summon Angerclaw, and finally, the Kusanagi Sword — the Kusanagi Sword can be seen as the Kusanagi-Style Ancient Martial Arts, containing very vulgar and violent moves like the Orochi Nagi.

As for the secret of the Kusanagi Sword's evolution in the Jiajing Plane World, where it devoured the Wokou Pirates ' divine weapon, the Murakumo Cloud-Cluster Sword, Bai Xiaowen intends to keep it as a new trump card and will not reveal it for the time being.

Thirdly, Bai Xiaowen's talent Insight, professional skills, especially the life-saving skill "Life Sharing", as well as the Headshot effect of Bai Xiaowen's Desert Eagle, plus the equipment skill of Ryuji Yamazaki's Fighting Gloves that accumulates Critical Hit rate, are also part of his strength. They were also shown in the CUAA qualifiers, and anyone who wants to find out can do so. There is no need to hide it.

However, Bai Xiaowen doesn't intend to reveal another important function of his professional skills— Telepathy, the ability to read fragments of summoned creatures' memories. In any case, this ability is unrelated to Player Platform combat.

Finally, there are many top-tier items in Bai Xiaowen's Storage Space. Of course, there's no need to make these public, because when customizing a character, all that's needed is Bai Xiaowen's summoned creatures, equipment, and skill data.

"After concealing some of my trump cards, I've revealed considerable strength. I just don't know if ordinary Player Platform can effectively utilize my character."

Bai Xiaowen's displayed strength is indeed formidable. In the qualifiers, he used this strength to defeat five opponents from Jiangnan University, including a powerful level 6 Hero Class like Qi Ruifeng.

The battle rules on the Player Platform are different from those on the Awakened Platform. They are divided into Beginner Arena, Intermediate Arena, and Advanced Arena. With Bai Xiaowen's current level 5 character, he can only play in the Intermediate Arena.

On the Awakened Platform, as long as you are strong enough, a level 4 Awakener can be matched with level 7 or 8 opponents.

This is also for the sake of relative fairness. Otherwise, ordinary players would only unlock level 10 characters, and no one would bother with level 5 characters like Bai Xiaowen. No matter how strong the template is, it can't overcome the level Suppression. A level 10 Hero Class is definitely stronger than a level 5 Hero Class, without a doubt.

Bai Xiaowen activated his Psionic Camera, selectively blocking out anything that shouldn't be there, then scanned himself and generated a template. After checking it, he sent the template to Yuan Hongji's email address.

That matter is now settled.

Next, Bai Xiaowen kept her promise and led a large group of fans to go to karaoke to relax.

On the way, Bai Xiaowen received a message from Bai Yanni.

"Junior, where are you? I'm here. You promised to treat me, you can't go back on your word." A sweet smiley face emoji followed.

Bai Xiaowen smiled slightly and replied with a message: "Don't worry, I definitely will treat you if I say I'll. I won't go back on my word. I've already made a reservation; you just need to tell the waiter to bring the food."

"Okay, hurry up and come." Bai Yanni sent a shy emoji, leaving much to the imagination.

At this moment, Bai Xiaowen, surrounded by a group of fans, stormed into the KTV.