Chapter 365 The building in the Green Garden area that the club was going to rent would soon become their base of operations . Five floors would serve as accommodation, while the lower floors would be the office area . Square Root 3 was going to place the Ruling Sword logo in front of the building .
They had established a guild in-game and a company in real life, the specific process of which Square Root 3 was quite familiar with . Before long, this would officially become Ruling Sword’s headquarters . A hundred full-time players would soon be assigned here, becoming Ruling Sword’s first elite group . These players would be given a base salary of $5000 and some additional bonuses like equipment, based on their degree of contribution and other factors . This was far more favorable than the industry standard . Lu Li and Square Root 3 had no problems challenging the industry’s unspoken rules with such good treatment of their players . Man is a strange beast . Paying him $2000 wouldn’t guarantee that he would work particularly hard or be motivated . Lu Li was quite ignorant when dealing with such matters but Square Root 3 was a veteran . However, a mere contract couldn’t bind everyone . It was hard to guarantee that none of the 100 players would be spies sent from other guilds . Even so, if someone betrayed them after signing the contract, there was a possibility of imprisonment . As such, any rational undercover player had to consider whether that was truly worth it . After logging back online, Square Root 3 published the requirements for the elite group and enthusiastically welcomed everyone to register . Instant Millennia: Ah, they’re finally being formalized . I’ve been waiting for so long . Three Bro, count me in . Can Cat: Three Bro, I’m still a kid! I need to go to school!
Before Square Root 3 finished speaking, some players had already started to call out . Square Root 3: Can Cat, you study well . You can join the elite group when you graduate . Can Cat was young, but he had good technique . Square Root 3 thought it was a waste that he couldn’t enter the elite group, but he couldn’t change the rules now . Can Cat: No, I’ll need to change schools . Where is the closest high school? Square Root 3: There is one affiliated with the Jiangnan University . Can Cat: I’ll go there then . I’ll go register for it now . Just like that, he had logged off . Square Root 3 thought that the kid was a little overzealous, but he didn’t say anything . Little Star: Three Bro, can I bring my spouse? Worldly Cruiser: Dammit, that’s not fair . This star guy wants to bring his wife… Little Star: Just say so if you’re jealous . Big bro, my wife is just a little low-levelled, so she hasn’t made it into the guild . She is currently working hard to level up; she will almost be the same level as I am soon . Please accept her, even as an ordinary member . Square Root 3: Okay, her situation is noted .
Majestic Moon: Why did it have to be in Jiangnan City? I’m still working in the Capital . Screw it, it’s a few thousand dollars a month and I’ve long since wanted to quit this laborious job . Square Root Big Bro, sign me up . Please take care of me . Square Root 3: I can’t guarantee anything, but we’ve calculated the future prospects of our elite group and I believe you will not regret this decision .
Of course, Lu Li was currently the best Instance Dungeon commander . As long as they followed his Instance Dungeon strategies, any elite group could make large strides in fame and fortune . Empty Words: Three Bro, what about accommodation? What if someone is a girl? Everyone in the area quietly sighed . Surely girls weren’t as vulnerable as this person made them out to be . Square Root 3 took out the floor plan and some pictures of the accommodation floors . It mainly showed the five-bedroom layout, the fine decoration and all the facilities that were included . This was the reason why he had chosen this building in the first place . After seeing the pictures, their worries of living in bunk beds like students were put to rest . More than a hundred people quickly registered . Square Root 3 didn’t stop them . Just because they had registered didn’t meant they would be selected . It seemed like they had to pick one person for everyone 100 people . There were at least a thousand people they needed to screen out . Soon, the statistics were out . Of the eight thousand members in the guild, over two thousand had registered . This was a very high proportion and some had already been directly selected by Square Root 3 . Although professional gamers were still criticized, professional gaming wasn’t the low-level job that it once was . True professional players didn’t have a low income . You couldn’t just look at Ruling Sword’ basic income of $5000 – the actual value they were receiving was closer to $10,000 . However, if their base income was $10,000, the elite group would last for very long . Guilds like Glory Capital and Blood Red War Flag paid a salary of over $10,000 to their elite groups . A $100,000 annual salary could easily be counted as a high salary . "I’m done selecting them . Take a look – these will be your subordinates from now on," Square Root 3 told Lu Li . "I’ll just have a quick look; I’m farming right now and I can’t leave . " Lu Li couldn’t be bothered going to the Web Winder Hollow to farm . It was quite a distance from Astrana and it wasn’t an easy trip . Square Root 3 uploaded the list directly onto the chatroom . Virtual technology had advanced to an earth-shaking degree . With this simple action, not only could Lu Li see their names, but he could also see their images and some of their personal information as well . "The first 57 are strong enough to compete against any other elite group other there," Square Root 3 explained . "The remaining 40 or so either joined the game late or had some reason to be slowed down, but they are very promising players . " "Huh, why isn’t Nuo Yu here?" Lu Li had done a guild challenge with him and he had left an impression . "He said he couldn’t come to Jiangnan, but based on the tone of his voice, there is probably something else," he was one of the first people Square Root 3 went to look for, that’s why he introduced him to Lu Li in the first place . The fact that he had rejected the offer was completely unexpected . System: Nuo Yu has been added to the chat . Nuo Yu was doing a guild quest; this would be his seventeenth quest for today . With a few more quests, he would soon be third in the guild . As Lu Li was the president, he could directly invite any guild member from the guild panel to join any chatroom . Nuo Yu was hesitant but agreed . "Are you refusing the offer to join the Elite group because of Gangnam Royals?" Lu Li got straight to the point and asked . He had the impression that this person had been hunted by the Gangnam Royals . He didn’t know the specifics, but he was definitely being threatened by them . It was actually quite difficult to send someone back to level 0 . If they died outside of the city, they would only lose 20% of their EXP . It wasn’t like they couldn’t continue playing within the safe areas either; they could start a business or even do Instance Dungeons . "Gangnam Royals," Nuo Yu said as he breathed in sharply . After Lu Li suddenly said that, he simply couldn’t keep calm . "So it really is the Gangnam Royals?" Lu Li frowned . He really didn’t like that guild . It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that he hated that guild . "How did you know I was an undercover player for the Gangnam Royals?" Nuo Yu usually only contacted Gangnam Royal’s Heart of War . There were less than a handful of people that knew what he was doing . Lu Li was silent, as if there was some misunderstanding . He wasn’t an enemy, but an undercover agent… But that couldn’t be right . An undercover agent would happily accept the offer to join the elite group . The closer they got to the core of the guild, the more secrets they would be able to learn .
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