Before returning to Monster World, A Lan sat blankly beside his Game Pod and began thinking about a problem.
How could he get the other members of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce to agree to use part of their earnings to buy intelligence on Primordial Monsters and Domain Nodes?
This decision would inevitably reduce the members' shares of the profits.
He needed to handle this issue properly.
As he thought, an idea took shape in his mind.
Several hours later, A Lan logged in and sent a group email to the members of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.
Collect Sacrificial Power:
Brothers, I have an idea, but whether we actually go through with it will depend on your suggestions.
Here's the idea: we want to set aside part of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce's future earnings to build an Intelligence Platform dedicated to collecting intelligence provided by the races across the sea.
But instead of reselling this intelligence, we'll make it available on the Forum for free.
I know some of you will certainly feel that this will hurt your share of the chamber's earnings.
In fact, the Intelligence Platform can improve the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce's reputation and influence.
It will attract more players and races to work with us, indirectly increasing our earnings.
The Trading Center and the mercenary platform now provide us with steady, ongoing profits, but our influence remains limited. We have plenty of contact with the sea's Alien Races, but very little with our own players.
If we establish an Intelligence Platform, use part of our profits to buy intelligence, and share it with all players, we can expand the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce's influence among players.
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