Chapter 32: Trading Up for Better Gear
Blue Star, Tianhai City.
The morning sunlight filtered through the gaps in the blinds, casting mottled patterns on a second-hand computer desk with peeling paint.
Beside the desk sat a bowl of Old Town Pickled Cabbage noodles, with only a mouthful of soup remaining.
Accompanied by the 'buzzing' protest of the old air conditioner overhead, Oriole sat up from the hard wooden bed he had slept on for nearly half a year and reached for his phone on the nightstand.
The screen lit up, and an unread text message from the Blue Star Federal Bank lay quietly in the notification bar.
[Dear Mr. Gu: Your savings account ending in 9527 received a revenue settlement remittance from the Youxing Network platform today at 08:00.]
[Amount Credited: 145,820,000.00 Yuan. Current Balance: 145,821,305.50.]
Oriole rubbed his eyes and looked at the long string of zeros, counting them three times over.
Over one hundred and forty-five million.
This was merely the first net profit settlement after deducting platform commissions and taxes since FGO went live just over half a month ago.
Moreover, with the opening of the France Singularity and the explosion of its reputation across the internet, this number was still rolling upward every day at a terrifying geometric rate.
"Accidentally achieved financial freedom just like that, huh."
Oriole chuckled, tossed the phone onto the bed, and looked around the dilapidated rental room that was only fifteen square meters—so cramped he could barely turn around.
In this rundown place, with a little help from the system, he had created an epic masterpiece that shocked the entire Blue Star gaming circle.
"FGO's scale is getting larger and larger. In the future, I'll not only have to release new events but also guard against big companies launching cyberattacks and server bombings. Relying on this junk computer and Youxing Network's free cloud nodes, it'll crash sooner or later."
Oriole stood up, gave a long stretch, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
"It's time to trade up and give Chaldea a real home in reality."
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Three hours later, in the most prosperous CBD core business district of Tianhai City.
The 120-story Global Financial Center skyscraper pierced the clouds like a sharp sword. This was the top Grade-A office building in the entire southern economic zone of Blue Star, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold.
Oriole, dressed in an extremely casual hoodie and jeans, pushed open the glass doors of the building's first-floor leasing center.
"Hello sir, how can I help you?"
The receptionist looked at Oriole's outfit, which didn't cost more than two hundred bucks in total, yet she maintained an extremely professional smile.
"I want to rent office space. Do you have any vacant floors left?" Oriole got straight to the point.
"Yes, sir. We currently have several fully furnished offices of about two hundred square meters on the 25th and 38th floors, which are very suitable for startup teams..."
"Too small." Oriole interrupted her directly, looking up at the building's structural diagram.
"I want the top floor. Not just a room, but the entire top floor. Is it available?"
The receptionist froze, the smile on her face stiffening for a moment.
"Sir... the 120th floor is a massive penthouse with 360-degree panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows, totaling one thousand two hundred square meters. The annual rent plus property management fees would be approximately fifteen million Blue Star coins."
She kindly reminded him of the astronomical figure, attempting to make this young man, who seemed to be joking, back down.
"Only fifteen million? That's fine."
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