The storm had indeed come for the Xinfei Merchant Guild.
But this storm brought not trouble, but countless ordinary people from in and around Bunta City who wanted to get rich overnight.
After the Product Launch, several newspapers in the city gave the Xinfei Merchant Guild's Small Merchant Guild Support Plan extensive coverage. The City Lord's Manor also posted public notices about it in Civic Square, so within just a few days, everyone in Bunta City knew about it.
When they learned that a few ordinary farmers from Ireland Village had managed to earn over a hundred gold coins a month simply by joining the plan, ordinary people in and around Bunta City went wild almost instantly.
Overnight, countless merchant guilds with bizarre names sprang up in Bunta City. These newly formed small merchant guilds then flocked to the Xinfei Merchant Guild, asking to join the Small Merchant Guild Support Plan.
In just three days, well over a thousand merchant guilds had applied to join the plan.
Although most were new merchant guilds hastily registered over the past few days, some were small merchant guilds that had long existed in Bunta City.
Faced with this enormous number of applications, the City Lord's Manor administrative officers Count Samo had sent to help the Xinfei Merchant Guild implement the plan were worked harder than dogs. They worked from morning to night every day, with no more than five hours left for sleep.
Fortunately, before launching the plan, the Xinfei Merchant Guild had drawn up a detailed set of screening criteria. Applications from any small merchant guild that failed to meet those criteria were rejected, saving the officers a great deal of trouble.
The most basic requirement was that any small merchant guild applying to join the Small Merchant Guild Support Plan had