Building a sect from scratch.

Fang Xianyu pondered for a moment before nodding and saying, "That's fine, but I will cancel the resurrection eligibility of these people, and they will not be included under the Taiyin Sect. They will not be able to participate in game chat, nor will they enjoy any auxiliary functions of the game system... Oh right, also, these people will not have any restrictions on skills, spiritual power bars, etc. They can only rely on themselves for cultivation. Of course, I can open an online library for them to refer to cultivation manuals and give them the best spiritual roots and root bone aptitude. But other than that, there are no special treatments."

Nonsense! If they wouldn't give her an account to use as a tool, wouldn't that just be a waste of system energy points and hogging "server lines"? She's already being kind enough to agree! How could she possibly provide all "services" that require system energy points indiscriminately?
The leader frowned: "What if one of our people dies unexpectedly...? We can't have everyone die within a month, otherwise our research will have to stop. That's probably not appropriate."

Fang Xianyu thought for a moment and said, "That's fine. I'll add more spots every month to ensure that the target number is reached at the beginning of each month. How about that?"

"A very reasonable plan. So, let's discuss the number of people?"

Fang Xianyu spoke decisively and firmly: "One thousand."

Not to be outdone, the leader made an outrageous demand: "Ten thousand!"

Fang Xianyu sternly refused: "Absolutely impossible!"

The leader immediately began to bargain: "How about five thousand?"

"That's impossible, at most two thousand!"

"Four thousand five!"

"Two thousand, that's the bottom line!"

"Four thousand, Sect Leader Fang knows that we have a large number of people, so four thousand is not too many!"

"two thousand!"

"How about this, we achieve the target number in batches, with two thousand by the end of this year, and four thousand starting next year?"

Fang Xianyu secretly pulled up his "panel" and glanced at his system energy points balance. After hesitating for a moment, he finally agreed, "It can be done in batches, but in that case, the first month will only have one thousand, then two thousand, and starting next year it will be three thousand. It's impossible to increase it any further!"

Seeing that Fang Xianyu couldn't offer any more spots, the leader took a roundabout approach, saying, "Then let's sign a six-month agreement first, and discuss the details of renewing the agreement next year depending on the situation. What do you think, Sect Leader Fang?"

What a cunning old fox! He's actually planning to wait until he needs aid in six months before negotiating terms!
Fang Xianyu understood that this was a calculated move, leaving her with little room to refuse. The short-term agreement also had its advantages; after all, she could almost predict that once a large number of players from the open beta arrived in the Guixu Realm, her system energy points would experience a significant boost! At least she'd have a substantial income just from grinding monsters! Furthermore, she'd need more NPCs to help manage the surge in players—she could never have too many tools!
However... even if it's an open scheme, it doesn't mean there's no room for negotiation.

"Three years, six months is too short."

"Let's sign a one-year contract. A three-year cycle is too long and unnecessary."

The leader was prepared for further wrangling, but to his surprise, Fang Xianyu nodded and said, "No problem, you can start drafting the contract now!"

Afterwards, Aunt Wang discussed some specific details with Fang Xianyu, including the daily working hours as an NPC, holiday arrangements and shift system, as well as other miscellaneous matters. The meeting didn't end until it was getting dark. "Since it's a sincere cooperation, we should try our best to show our sincerity," Aunt Wang said, holding a stack of notes from the meeting. As she flipped through them, she assigned tasks in a hastily convened small meeting: "Xiao Song, who is this 'Master Mai'? Is there any way we can invite him over as soon as possible?"

Xiao Song was prepared, but explained somewhat awkwardly, "Well... inviting him is easy, but he's not from the mainland, he's from Hong Kong, so... it's not easy to recruit him into the project team..."

Aunt Wang waved her hand and said, "It's alright, just invite him in the name of the game, implying that the game is supported by our superiors! By the way, Director Lu just told me privately that Sect Master Fang seems to have also mentioned Master Guan. You can also contact Master Guan and borrow him from National Treasure for a while to be in charge of the music together."

Before Xiao Song could respond, she hurriedly started talking about other things: "And about the game operations, we need to openly recruit, conduct background checks, and get a team together as soon as possible... Xiao Liu, you'll be in charge with everyone. I'll give you a week. Within a week, I want to see the whole team in place, and then we need to take over operations and marketing completely before the public beta!"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Finally, after Xiao Qin and the others next door have tallied the total budget, they will write a report and then organize the minutes of this meeting for archiving!"

As Aunt Wang spoke, she handed over a copy of the document she had just made.

Xiao Qin couldn't help but ask hesitantly, "Um, Aunt Wang, that... Professor Wang's part... was also recorded?"

Aunt Wang glanced at Xiao Qin and emphasized, "Record it truthfully!"

"Okay, okay..."

……

They were indeed very sincere. Within a week, they not only airdropped Master Mai and Master Guan to the capital, but also quickly recruited a whole team for game operations. Some of them were even poached from the famous MMORPG game JX13. It is said that the transfer was made with special approval from above, after a special talk with the person in charge of that game.

Of course, Fang Xianyu was unaware of these matters.

She was only shocked by the powerful and rapid execution and was amazed by it. Then, she happily became a hands-off manager, handing over the various game designs and scripts that she had sorted out into a mess, and repeatedly emphasizing that they should try not to have too much freedom in terms of plot and world view, because the Guixu Realm really exists!

With the collaboration, everything from the specific design of the game system to the voice acting and various background music were added in the shortest possible time. In fact, because Fang Xianyu could directly integrate these things into the "cross-border network," it saved programmers the trouble of writing code, making it even more time-saving and labor-saving!
This is why we had that scene during the open beta – a true story expansion pack that was completely different from the various poorly made expansion packs during the closed beta!

However, what surprised all the players even more was...

"How did it end up outside the store?!"

A player happened to glance at the extra "Shop" tab next to the game's inventory, and instinctively clicked on it. Then, staring at the several flashy icons on the simple background panel, their pupils dilated in shock—

"They even released blonde hair and special effects skins!?" (End of Chapter)