Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch - Chapter 769

Chapter 769: Chapter 729: A Perfect Match

Giselle momentarily put down this post and went to search for [Lover Contract].

It was only launched two days ago, so it was easy to find.

After reading the contract content, Giselle immediately realized: other people look for game partners, they look for a “one-day lover”.

This post, however, looked for a “long-term girlfriend” and obviously wanted to do everything a couple could do.

Giselle’s first reaction, of course, was to be somewhat angry.

I just want to make some money, and you’re thinking about sleeping with me?!

But soon she realized: there was no rationale in her anger.

It wasn’t specifically sent to her, but was a public recruitment notice.

Although it looked somewhat immoral and had nothing to do with love, it instead resembled a post recruiting an online mistress.

But apart from some moral flaws, it wasn’t illegal.

No more than taking things that happen behind the scenes in reality and putting them on the table in the virtual world, at most it could be called shameless.

But for some people, maybe that’s exactly what they want, right?

Gold diggers can be found everywhere.

If it were in reality, they might have to worry about other people’s opinions, be afraid of contagious diseases, and fear unintended pregnancies… and so on.

There are no such concerns in the virtual world.

Moreover, the virtual world’s [Lover Contract] requires one-to-one fidelity, which might be even more reliable than promises in reality, and perhaps could even deceive oneself into believing it is love.

A love that can make 50,000 Yuan in a month, who wouldn’t want that?

If not for the hard gender limitation, there would be a long queue of men!

Giselle, a beautiful young girl in her prime, had faced several such temptations in reality, but she had always struggled to overcome them due to her high self-esteem.

However, although she hadn’t tasted pork, she had seen pigs run, and she knew of people who had made money this way, so she had long seen through these things.

So, in the end, her anger was reduced to: the currency unit in the post was Reais, which meant that this post was made by someone from Brazil.

“They’re embarrassing themselves in front of the whole world!” Giselle angrily closed the post.

But when she opened the next post, it turned out to be another long-term game partner recruitment!

You can earn 3,000 Euros in three hours, and if the cooperation goes well, they can work together long-term, with a payment of 50,000 Euros per month!

Order requirements: Virtual world interview, age 18 to 24 years old, gentle temperament, beautiful appearance, good figure, height no less than 160cm, stable daily online time, able to sign a [Lover Contract].

“???” A series of question marks burst out of Giselle’s head.

“What’s going on? How come everything is the same except for the currency unit?”

“Is it the same person posting? Or do these people all have similar tastes and use the same template?”

“But wait, isn’t the price difference too exaggerated? There’s a fivefold difference between 50,000 Reais and 50,000 Euros!”

Giselle felt that something was off.

She closed this post, went through them one by one, and quickly discovered two things:

First, Cloud Dream did pay attention to transactions between players, but this attention must not be extensive.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have set up the [Remuneration Ranking] to list bids purely by numerical value, not bothering to factor in exchange rates.

––Although exchange rates change daily, it shouldn’t be difficult to add them in.

But Cloud Dream didn’t even bother with that, showing that they were not really concerned with such matters.

Second, the highest-priced partnership orders were all these so-called “long-term game partners” that were actually “long-term patronage” arrangements.

Moreover, more than half of the posts on the first page used the exact same template as the first post.

Only the currency units were different, covering more than 20 mainstream currencies worldwide.

This made Giselle suddenly suspicious: could this be a fishing scam?

To fish out gold diggers, chat with them for a bit, then say sorry you’re not qualified, and that the interview did not pass.

Without reaching an agreement, there would be no complaint records.

So what are they after?

Seeing which country has more gold-digging women?

Who would bother doing that?

But as soon as this thought popped up, Giselle immediately thought: many video producers might actually do something like this…

At the same time, she had to admit: even though she said she didn’t like it, if one day she came across a video titled “Social Experiment – Which Country Has the Most Gold Diggers?”, she might very well click to watch it…

Thinking of this, Giselle casually reported the last post, then reselected [Time-based Sorting] and refreshed the page.

Then, she saw a whole page of posts related to the Rubik’s Cube—

[80 Cloud Dream Points, looking for a Rubik’s Cube expert to guide me in restoring a Rubik’s Cube!]

[120 Cloud Dream Points, looking for someone to help solve the Rubik’s Cube!]

[50 Yuan, looking for someone to solve the Rubik’s Cube, only need to restore 3 sides!]

…

Giselle didn’t understand why so many Rubik’s Cube enthusiasts suddenly appeared, but it didn’t prevent her from efficiently taking orders.

She had never thought that she could make money from her hobby of playing with Rubik’s Cube!

*

Giselle was busy making money and had no time to report those posts about “hiring lovers” and “fishing for replies.”

But others had the time.

The pile of related reports had already accumulated like a mountain, and even triggered Mavis’s early warning mechanism.

Mavis withdrew her gaze from the card table, pulled Lincoln’s sleeve, and told him about it.

Lincoln didn’t turn his head, and while listening to Mavis, he kept staring at the card table.

It wasn’t that he and Mavis were playing cards, but he had invited Mavis and Princess Camille Victoria to watch the final match of [Card King·Tower Climbing Battle] together.

At the card table, there were two celebrity players; one was the 44-year-old [Lion] Elvis, and the other was Cody, whose mentality had been shattered by Shuihua’s ultimate move.

But Shuihua’s luck was sometimes good and sometimes not, and she was ultimately eliminated in the last round, while Cody managed to make it to the Tower Climbing Battle without any surprises.

—Although that night, Shuihua hit a [777] on the slot machine in front of everyone, winning the casino’s jackpot and leaving everyone dumbstruck, shouting “Long live the Goddess of Luck!” on the spot.

They all believed that she was eliminated only because the Goddess of Luck wanted to give ordinary people a chance.

The next day, there was another record under the portrait hanging on the casino wall.

Shuihua also regained her free lifetime membership to the Presidential Suite of Paradise Hotel.

Compared to Shuihua, Cody was not so dazzling.

His rankings had been lagging behind in the subsequent games, and more than 90% of the audience believed that the Tower Climbing Battle would be his final destination.

The final match was supposed to be dominated by the powerful [Lion], who would take first place in points and advance.

But to everyone’s surprise, Cody had been suppressing the [Lion] and gaining an advantage in points!

Even the referee was a bit surprised, frequently looking at Cody.

—During the Tower Climbing Battle stage, all referees had been replaced with real people.

Lincoln didn’t want to miss a second of the final stages of the match.

After hearing the problem reported by Mavis, he thought of a solution:

“Mavis, add a rule to this section: only those who post this kind of money-for-affection transaction can see these posts.”

“?” Mavis was a bit confused, “So only they can see it?”

“No.” Lincoln shook his head, “I mean, those who post these kinds of posts can see all similar posts, not just their own but also those of others looking for long-term lovers.”

“Why?” Mavis didn’t understand.

Not only did Mavis not understand, but Camille Victoria also secretly pricked up her ears.

As the three of them were sitting so close, she naturally heard what Mavis said.

Seeing both of their curiosity, Lincoln had to stop watching the card table and focus on explaining to them:

“Look, there are both men and women who post these things, right?”

The Princess and Mavis nodded together.

“Since they can post these things, doesn’t it mean that they should be in good financial shape?”

Both nodded again.

“The fact that they posted these things shows that their values are very similar, at least in terms of money and love, right?”

Mavis nodded without hesitation.

Camille Victoria seemed to understand something and suddenly looked at Lincoln incredulously.

Lincoln calmly continued: “They have the same needs, similar economic conditions, and consistent money and love values, aren’t they perfect matches for each other?”

The Little Princess looked at Lincoln in shock, clearly stunned by this train of thought.

Just as she was about to say something, Mavis suddenly realized: “Yeah! They’re a perfect match!”

“Exactly, a perfect match!” Lincoln nodded in agreement, “They just lack an opportunity to meet each other. With a small change, maybe we can tie the red string for them, and that’s a great good deed!”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Mavis immediately began to operate.

Camille Victoria didn’t know that Mavis had been turned into a cunning little girl by Lincoln, and thought she really believed it, so her face was full of hesitation and reservation.