Daily hiring is the lowest level of task. Once the credit score reaches a certain standard, lower-level tasks will no longer increase credit. This tiered system is easy to understand and allows employers to intuitively understand the capabilities of mercenary groups, ensuring that they can hire the right team.
120 points is the first standard, the first threshold for screening mercenary groups. Only those reaching 120 points can be considered "formal" mercenary groups and open up more hiring applications.
Professional gamers are highly efficient. Two days later, the mercenary group's credit points reached 120. Han Xiao distributed the faction mission rewards, with the top three credit contributors being Kings and Generals, Hao Tian, and Yan Ran, the captain of the Madman team. Besides the four major powerhouses, Han Xiao recruited top-ranked clubs like Rainstorm and Madman. Rainstorm relatively well, thanks to the beautiful Jiang Yuluo, which garnered considerable attention. In contrast, Kuang Madman was particularly unfortunate; despite being a top-tier club, their presence was extremely weak. To be honest, if Yan Ran hadn't ranked third in this contribution, Han Xiao would have almost forgotten about her...
Han Xiao distributed extra rewards to the three, using an inflammatory tone to say that the organization would definitely reward the members for their contributions to the mercenary group. The extra reward was his newly manufactured [SIN-A type carbon-based biological detector (helmet)], which required 800 faction contribution points to exchange. Giving it to the three seemed like he had earned 800 contribution points for free, immediately arousing the envy of other players.
At this moment, Han Xiao said, "This detection helmet can greatly improve visibility and adapt to a variety of harsh environments..." He then introduced the functions, implying that it was essential equipment for overseas deployments and recommended that everyone redeem it.
The three people who received the detection helmet tried out its functions. The built-in screen displayed various environmental factor analyses, energy analyses, and so on. It also allowed for the adjustment of multiple functions, making its purpose clear at a glance. It also had the function of protecting vital organs of the head, making it suitable for all professions.
Frenzied Saber, who was close to Hao Tian, borrowed it for a while and couldn't help but nod, saying, "It's indeed a good item."
Seeing this, the others followed suit, passing the three helmets around so that everyone could experience their functions. They found the functions very practical and were all eager to exchange for them.
With the first veteran reward, plus the faction quest rewards, all players... and Tu Shu, well, most players have accumulated 600 faction contribution points, just 200 points short of exchanging for the helmet, and they're itching to get one.
Han Xiao deliberately priced it at 800 to exploit this mentality, giving players the feeling that they were just a little bit short of getting the prize. Besides completing tasks, another obvious way to obtain contribution points is by sacrificing items and money!
It seems like a free gift to everyone... most players get 600 contribution points, but in reality, this is just bait to lure players into spending money. It's a very common promotional tactic. Han Xiao has consistently put his method of giving value to favorability, and this time he's giving real value to faction relationships. Not only are his items high-quality and inexpensive, but with the added promotional effect of faction relationships, he can ensure that players have the highest priority to spend money with him.
He temporarily set the exchange rate as follows: within the indifferent-friendly range (0~1000 contribution points), 50 Enas can be exchanged for 100 points of faction relationship. So from the players' perspective, the detection helmet is worth 400 Enas in monetary terms, but they can now get it for only 25% of the original price, which is only 100 RMB, which is a great deal.
Half of the players earned 1500 Enas from the Short Horn Star quest, and with plenty of money, they exchanged it for cash. The other half of the players did daily quests for several days, but the rewards were meager. However, they were cunning and directly asked the other half for money. The conversation went something like this:
"We're all leaders in the same industry, we'll run into each other all the time. It's just 100 yuan, how can you not lend it to me?"
"You won't give it to me? You're looking down on me!"
"Hey, we're all brothers here. We'll definitely make money in the future. Don't worry about us not paying you back. You can run away, but you can't hide. Consider lending me the money as owing you a favor."
After a chaotic scene, these players ultimately obtained the detection helmets by incurring debt.
Of course, the people of the Temple owed the most debt, which made Li Ge very upset.
With over fifty customers, and through a strategy of low profit margins and high sales volume, Master Han earned over 6,000 Enas, which helped him recover some of his savings and left him completely satisfied.
The raw materials for these helmets were brought from Planet Aquamarine, with extremely low costs and outrageously low profit margins.
Everyone arrived at the mercenary hall. Han Xiao was about to open the mercenary interface to accept a mercenary mission from the Sunil Race when he suddenly noticed something unusual about the mercenary hall today. A group of mercenaries were crammed into a corner of the hall, making a lot of noise.
Han Xiao, intrigued, walked over and saw a short, blue-skinned person surrounded by a crowd. The person wore a loose, luxurious robe, had hair like steel nails, pointed ears, no nose, two pairs of eyes that were narrowed into slits, and lips that were curved downwards into crescent shapes... commonly known as a bitter face. This race was called the Nilan, and they looked very much like a certain emoticon image.
The Nilan are best known to other races for being stingy, petty, and opportunistic. This Nilan comes from a resource exploration team sponsored by a conglomerate. He recruits mercenaries offline at the Mercenary Hall in order to avoid the small service fee charged by the Mercenary Alliance.
The Nilan, named Mading, was explaining the job requirements, "I'm from a resource expedition team, about to conduct a three-day field exploration on Planet Jiaduo-791. We're recruiting bodyguards, 400 Enas per person, responsible for protecting the expedition team, clearing out surface wild animals, and exploring dangerous areas. A credit score of at least 120 points is required..."
The surrounding mercenaries looked indifferent. The pay for this job was so-so, and since it didn't go through the Mercenary Alliance, it was essentially taking on a private job. It wouldn't be recorded on their resumes, so it wouldn't improve their credit score. It held no appeal for them, so they just stood by and watched, and no one stepped forward to recruit them.
Han Xiao's eyes flashed as he glanced at the star map. "Planet Jiaduo-791 is near the Sunil Race's encampment. We can earn some extra money along the way. Although it's only 400 Enas, my team has over fifty people. Little by little, it adds up to a considerable sum."
Some barren planets devoid of life are named using a system name followed by a number for easy location, and are primarily used for resource gathering.
Han Xiao pushed through the crowd, stepped forward, and asked, "The Black Star Mercenary Group has over fifty members and currently only accepts group hires."
"Let me see your credit score." Mading looked Han Xiao up and down, somewhat pleased. He'd been shouting for so long his voice was hoarse, but finally someone was hiring him.
Han Xiao brought up the mercenary group interface and handed it to Mading.
Mading was delighted to see that his credit score met the requirements and was about to agree when he glanced down at the list. His expression immediately changed, and he asked in surprise, "You've never accepted combat mercenaries before?"
The Black Star Mercenary Group's resumes show dozens of entries for routine work at the Hub, mostly cleaning tasks. Normal mercenaries would never stoop to such work; it's practically no different from manual labor.
This resume greatly surprised Mading; he had never seen such a bizarre "mercenary group."