As the group walked, someone suddenly asked:
What's that over there?
[ Zhongde ] looked in the direction his roommate was pointing and saw a wooden sign next to several hollow tree stumps in the distance, with the following written in real-world language:
[Selling a small farm of Deadwood Vine...]
Zhongde felt his eyelid twitch and realized what was happening.
"Never mind that, it's not something you can afford right now."
Seeing his roommates' puzzled looks, he explained again:
"Those tree stumps are universally acknowledged as the best little gadgets in the entire server for casual play; they can be used to cultivate carnivorous plants."
What's the use?
"Didn't you watch the actual combat footage? You can attach it to your body as an appendage."
"Can't you just catch a couple from the woods? Why do you need to raise them separately?"
"What do you know? Domesticated ones are much more docile than wild ones."
"Then I could have said that wild ones have higher attack power..."
"Anyway, that's the situation. [ Howling Pothos ] is probably planning to focus entirely on combat, so they're going to get rid of all those time-consuming gadgets they made at the start of the server."
"Wow, that's so decisive. Could he be some kind of hidden professional player?"
"It's possible, maybe it was ported from some other game? Do you know anything about it?"
Zhongde shook his head:
"I really don't know."
The group strolled around the castle, and it was already 10 a. m.
Back near the castle, looking at his roommates whose eyes were filled with curiosity, [ Zhongde ] concluded:
"The first step in pioneering this new territory is for me to guide you through the beginner quests. The second step is to open an account and deposit money. The third step is to join our army of dust hunters!"
"Refuse the third step."
"Dude, do you really think there's a future in playing with ashes?"
[ Brain Bling ] asked [ Zhongde ] in confusion, and the latter explained:
"It may not exist in the real world, but look at this, these locals can't build walls or repair roads, which is a huge opportunity for us professionals!"
"Moreover, joining the army of dust monsters doesn't mean leaving the battlefield completely. Go look at that official gameplay footage; I was standing in the front line, resisting the impact."
"When it really comes to war, your entrenching tool might not be slower than their knives."
The three roommates exchanged glances and finally reached an agreement:
"Alright, I'll listen to you for now, but don't stop me when there's a fight."
Zhongde nodded in satisfaction.
"That's more like it, why would I cheat you?"
"You have to play this kind of game carefully and steadily; money doesn't just grow on trees."
"Hakim, in order to make money grow from the ground, I've decided to accept your suggestion."
Seraphina later found Ed and expressed her agreement to the proposal to reorganize Dragonborn Village into a company.
Ed was somewhat surprised that her left-brain-right-brain struggle had yielded results so quickly.
However, considering Seraphina's personality, she does seem to be the type who will do what she sets her mind to once she makes up her mind.
So he pulled out a new sheet of paper he had created using his abilities from his desk, picked up a pen, and looked at Seraphina:
"Speak."
"Say what?"
"Say the company name."
Does the company need a name?
Dragon Girl was shocked, Ed facepalmed:
"You're not the only one in this world who can build a company, look—"
Ed handed several sheets of paper to Seraphina, Seraphina took them and began to look through them:
[ Bright Prospects Chamber of Commerce -- Submitted by: [ Shit Appraisal Master ], [ Good Times Don't Last ]]
[ Pothos Appendage Breeding Farm -- Submitted by: [ Howling Pothos ]]
[ Be Yourself in the Concrete Construction Team - Submitted by: [ Zhongde ]]
[ Steady and Sure Biology Laboratory - Submitted by: [ Evergreen Tree ], [ Dawn Ah ], [ Backstabbing Expert ]]
"What are all these...?"
A look of confusion crossed Seraphina's face, Ed explained:
"These are all applications recently submitted by those Soul Returner, in order to obtain some policy benefits."
"What I mean is, if these small groups make money, they could potentially become companies in the future, so from every perspective, your company needs a name."
Seraphina slammed the few sheets of paper in her hand down her wrists.
"Let me think about it. I'm not good at this."
Her eyes darted around, and the dragon girl looked at Ed again:
Are there any patterns in company naming?
Ed summarized in his mind and said:
"Yes, generally you need to include the main business in the name, and then... well, I haven't told you about stocks yet, so the suffix should be 'limited company'."
So what does your company plan to focus on as its main business?
Seraphina pondered for a moment and said:
"Dragon Power Car"
Ed's breath hitched; he felt a little breathless.
However, this is for the best, as Seraphina, who has only learned a little bit, is still vulnerable to having her scales plucked.
So he pretended to ponder for a moment and then said:
"I don't think it's appropriate. After all, Longli vehicles are just the initial business, and you can't just do that one thing."
"Then what do you think it should be called?"
"Let me ask you a question. For those people who just submitted their applications, if they wanted to get a loan from you, would you lend it to them?"
Seraphina nodded:
"If the interest rate is right, it's not a problem; anyway, no one has ever dared to owe me money."
"What if they don't intend to pay interest, but instead want to use this money to exchange for a portion of their company's... ownership and profit-sharing rights?"
Ed almost blurted out the word "shares." He wasn't planning to explain this concept to Seraphina yet; he intended to exploit the information gap and extract some dragon scales before teaching her.
Therefore, he could only use two compound words to replace the word "shares".
Fortunately, Seraphina didn't seem to notice anything amiss. Her golden eyes darted around before she finally said:
"Doesn't that mean I'm at risk of losing money?"
Ed's pupils dilated during an earthquake.
Haji Dragon's intelligence seems to be undergoing a second development!
But he quickly found a reason to persuade the other party:
"Like I said last time, the losses are only internal, and that money is still yours. But the profits are the real profits."
"That makes sense. Does it have anything to do with naming?"
"Related."
Ed nodded firmly:
"If you do intend to start an investment business, then you are essentially opening a venture capital (VC) firm."
Seraphina nodded and said:
"Let's go with this one, it sounds like it'll make a lot of money."
"Now that the type and suffix are decided, what about the company name?"
The dragon girl swung her slender right arm with great flair and said with great elegance:
"Use my name."
Ed quickly wrote on the paper, then confirmed with her:
" Seraphina Venture Capital Co., Ltd., is that alright?"
The Dragon Girl snatched the paper from Ed's hand, glanced at it, and resolutely refused.
"No, how can my name be associated with a word like 'limited'?"
So what you mean is...?
"Change it to 'infinite'."
Ed: "?"
After confirming with a glance, Ed knew that Seraphina was serious.
A few seconds later, the new paper was handed to Seraphina for confirmation.
The moment the dragon girl nodded, " Seraphina Unlimited Prominence " company was officially established.