Chapter 316: The “One Emperor’s” Billion-Dollar Myth

Leaning back with his legs crossed, Bai Lang smiled as he pushed his glasses up his nose. “You’re still under arrest, and time is tight, so let’s get straight to the point.” It seemed he could now project more presence in real life. His face, once quite youthful half a year ago, now showed signs of maturity:
“There are two things I need to tell you.”
“First, our people have arrived at Baokang’s ‘Shenlongjia,’ and we’ve made contact with Lei Zhan. But the situation there is complicated, and progress is slow.”
“Second, it’s about the cooperation with the official website. These past few days, many people have tried to break into the royal tomb, but all failed. Too many died at the hands of the忍 King’s minions King’s minions, the Guardian Sword Tomb, the Imperial Seal Tomb, and other忍 King’s minions King’s subordinates. By the end, it became impossible to reach the exit to the second layer. As a result…”
At this point, Bai Lang spread his hands with a smile:
“To date, only we have succeeded in breaking into the royal tomb. The official website has also published our REP, and the views have already exceeded 100 million! Not only has the interest not declined, but more and more people are studying it. So, they plan to contact you through our ‘Nanhua Jianghu List.’ In the future, for similar events, our REP can be included in a paid section, as an independent task guide area. Those who want to study it will need to pay a fee to experience the recorder’s first-hand view in the game…”
Seeing Kai Xin moved, Chen Fan and Qi Ci both showed great pride and excitement!
After all…
This time, it was the official website that approached them, even designing a special section just for the Nanhua Jianghu List, showing how its reputation and influence were rising rapidly.
“It’s not mandatory. If we think it needs to be kept confidential, we don’t have to sell it. We’ll only sell those REP that don’t require strict confidentiality. Since viewing them is highly confidential and the price is low, the official website estimates over 50% of them will be purchased. If it’s for Kai Xin’s first-hand view, the percentage will be even higher!”
Kai Xin was momentarily stunned.
The paid REP guide system was extremely popular in his past life, but he only tried it later, after being told by a friend. It was very exciting. It was said that the official website also generated significant revenue from this system, with daily earnings being astonishing. Especially the top players on the rankings took pride in their income from selling their REP.
In his past life…

Happy was unremarkable in the early stages, constantly in the training phase and never creating any REP. Later on, most of the revenue from paid services was taken by the top players on the rankings. He hadn’t expected that in this life, the paid system would be launched earlier due to the influence of the Nanhua Jianghu Rankings and himself, and they would be the first to be invited.

“How is the revenue from paid services calculated?”

Happy quickly got into the mood.

The three of them were stunned. They thought Happy would be shocked by this significant news for a long time, but instead, he asked the key question in just a moment…

“The price for one REP is set by the provider themselves. After approval, they receive 10% of the revenue!”

Bai Lang and the others analyzed excitedly, “The lowest price listed on the official website is 10 RMB. If ten million people buy it, that’s 100 million. We’d get ten million, and even after taxes, that’s still several million.”

Several million—this was a huge amount for students, especially since such considerable income could be earned just by creating an unremarkable REP. Who wouldn’t be tempted?

Yet…

Such figures didn’t impress Happy at all.

“Too low.”

Happy’s reply left the three of them in shock and disbelief. They stared at each other for a long time, wondering how it could be considered low.

“Don’t be greedy…”

“Since we’re the providers, 10% is definitely too low. They sit back and collect money, while we’re the creators, the risk-takers. We’re selling our experiences and efforts, so we deserve 50%. Otherwise, we can’t continue. Tell the website that this is my decision—unless it’s 50/50, I won’t provide any REP.”

“50%!”

Chen Fan was clearly shocked by Happy’s demands, his tone somewhat strained. Based on previous figures, 50% would mean fifty million!

“How is that possible?”

Qi Ci also looked shocked, shaking his head at the impracticality. After all, the platform was provided by the Jianghu community, with the authorities in control of everything. In his view, giving them 10% was already an astonishing amount.

But Happy had his own calculations. He remembered that in his past life, the only REP he had ever experienced came from the most mysterious “top player” in the Jianghu—Yi Di! Over the two years the game had been in operation, Yi Di only created one REP—during that brief encounter at the Top of the Forbidden City, where he swiftly defeated Ye Gucheng and Ximen Chuixue’s disciple in just three minutes, with astonishing visual transitions. That time, the paid system generated over ten billion in profits.

According to rumors, the officials had been in contact with “Yi Di” for a long time and managed to obtain the rights to broadcast REP from him by agreeing to give him 80% of the profits. Even after giving away 80% of the profits, they still earned billions! This shows how popular “Yi Di” was at that time, as well as the officials’ flexibility regarding prices and profit sharing.
…
Xian Kai naturally couldn’t reveal such things. He simply tapped the table and said to the three of them in a very calm tone, “Everything has to be fought for. Have you ever thought before that the official website would reach out to you first? No, right… But now it has happened… This shows that we still have something valuable that the official side values—something others don’t have… and it’s unique!”
“…”
Chen Fan, Bai Lang, and Qi Ci were shocked by Xian Kai’s astonishing remarks and fell into deep thought.
“Surely you haven’t agreed to their terms yet?”
Xu Xin also heard their conversation and came out of the kitchen, staring at the three of them. Their faces turned red, and they immediately became embarrassed.
“Uh…”
“Yi Cheng, we really thought the terms were very favorable at the time.”
“Idiots.”
Xu Xin couldn’t stand it any longer and sighed helplessly, “Did you all discuss this together, or just the three of you?”
“We all did.”
Chen Fan and the others finally found some confidence: “We even consulted several classmates from the economics department…”
“But you’re still students. Just hearing about millions made you so excited that your legs turned weak?”
Xu Xin walked over to the three of them and sat down next to Xian Kai. The situation now seemed like 2V3!
“It’s fine.”
Xian Kai remained very calm. As soon as he spoke, everyone’s attention was drawn to him.
“Agreeing is one thing, but to get authorization—even if it’s just verbal—only I can do it. Bai Lang, are the officials planning to contact me through you to get the REP for the Battle of Reed Marsh with me as the main visual?”
“…” Chen Fan.
“…” Bai Lang.
“…” Qi Ci.
The three of them looked as if they’d seen aliens, speaking in an incredulous tone: “How did you know?!”
“Nonsense.”
Xian Kai shook his head helplessly: “Apart from this REP, I can’t think of anything else that could interest the officials. Do as I say—reply to them and say that my REP involves my interests and secrets, so at least 50% of the profits.”

The reason Happy hasn’t reached such a high price is that he doesn’t have the means yet. But after two years of seclusion, he has established an image of invincibility in people’s minds!
Thinking back to the decisive battle at the peak of the Bauhinia, Happy couldn’t help but dream: “One day, I will reach that height too!”