Platform173 corporate headquarters, conference room.
Many well-known game developers in the country sent representatives to participate in this cooperation negotiation meeting with the Jie De Corporation.
Wu Guoyi was anxious, so anxious that he kept on looking at his watch, but there was no sign of Lu Wu.
"Mr. Wu, I'm afraid there isn't much time left, the meeting will start now!"
It was the representative from the Jie De Corporation who said this. He was a classy middle-aged man wearing glasses and dressed in a suit.
Wu Guoyi sighed, just as the start of the meeting was about to be announced, the door of the meeting room was pushed open, with Lu Wu and Bei Li entering into the meeting room.
Upon seeing Wu Guoyi, Lu Wu laughed awkwardly and said, "I got stuck in traffic, I'm sorry for being late!"
"Please have a seat. Why did you bring your sister here?"
Wu Guoyi indicated Lu Wu to his seat as he glanced at Bei Li.
"My sister doesn't like to be left alone."
Lu Wu had actually planned on attending on his own, but as Bei Li saw him leaving without her, her face fell, like a little lamb who was left behind.
He had no choice but to bring her along.
Seeing Lu Wu taking his seat with Bei Li sitting on his lap, Wu Guoyi felt a bit annoyed, but said, "Everybody's here. Orisa, you may begin."
The man standing in front of the meeting table nodded his head when he heard the direction to begin and pressed the controller in his hand. Suddenly, a 3D projection appeared on the meeting table.
Looking at sheets of data, Lu Wu was confused, but the rest of the game developers were carefully looking at the data.
"I believe that everyone knows our corporation's capabilities, especially in the virtual reality headgear, we are the first in the world. Right now, we have created something that is even more advanced than the virtual reality headgear. I hope that everyone understands the objective of this meeting, so we shall start with the discussion."
"The data shown is data regarding the sales of the virtual reality headgear that our company developed. All of you here are the Dragon Nation's biggest game developers, so I believe that if your respective games were integrated into our virtual game compartments, this would be a great opportunity to promote your respective games…"
Lu Wu nearly slept after hearing the representative sing an hour-long praise of his company, but Bei Li was already lying on the conference table with a trail of saliva at the corner of her mouth.
"Since this project profits both parties, we from the Swan Company agree to sign this agreement, but what are the requirements from your side?"
After listening to the introduction, many company representatives were persuaded.
"We would like to ask for five percent of the profits annually as a base for our agreement."
"Five percent?"
After listening to this, everyone in the room became silent.
It was a difficult decision to make, so many company representatives pulled out their phones to contact their superiors, asking for advice.
"Erm… I am not interested!"
At this moment, Lu Wu opened his mouth to say a few words. His words silenced everyone in the conference room for a short period of time.
"Huh? Sir, may I ask which part of the cooperation are you unsatisfied with?" the representative from the Jie De Corporation questioned with a smile.
"If it's on matters regarding money then no!" at this moment, Bei Li opened her mouth as she rubbed her eyes.
The conference room went silent again.
"Sir, this is a cooperation that would profit both parties, being able to integrate into your game would definitely help with the expansion of the overseas market."
When Lu Wu was about to speak, Bei Li took the chance and said, "You cannot do that too, talking about money would definitely hurt a lot of feelings…"
Wu Guoyi felt deeply ashamed and silently tugged on Lu Wu's sleeve underneath the table.
"Sir, what are your thoughts on this?" the representative directed his gaze towards Lu Wu.
"My sister's opinions are my thoughts. I would like to reject this cooperation!"
Wu Guoyi stared in bewilderment. He had hoped that Lu Wu would agree as this was a rare opportunity, but he never thought that Lu Wu would reject it so recklessly.
In Wu Guoyi's opinion, with Battle Online's potential, if he was not satisfied with the conditions, he could negotiate further. Hopefully, the percentage could be lowered down until two percent. But he never thought that Lu Wu would firmly reject it.
"Okay, since you have made your decision, I would like to express my regrets but also I respect your decision," the representative smiled and replied politely.
After rejecting the offer, Lu Wu stood up and exited the room with Bei Li in hand.
Actually, he felt confident about this collaboration, like what the company's representative said, this was a win-win opportunity.
However, the biggest problem was that the Jie De Corporation wanted to collect a fee, which Lu Wu was unable to accept.
Although five percent did not seem like much, with Lu Wu's ambitious nature, from the perspective of Battle Online's fame across the world, this number seemed a little bit bigger.
Also, regarding the matter of expanding into the overseas market, he was also not in a hurry to do so. This was because he was confident in Battle Online, so he would not share any of the profits from Battle Online with anybody, just as how he rejected Wu Guoyi from buying the shares of Battle Online.
...
After taking Bei Li home in a taxi, he switched on his computer and opened the main menu of the game, looking at daily statistics and observed the gamers online.
After scanning through the main page, his gaze suddenly narrowed down on a live stream that popped up on the top.
'Rise of Beast Tamer, the Nth try to tame a beast…' - 38236 people watching.
Curious to see why so many gamers were watching this live stream broadcast, Lu Wu entered into the channel.
As he put on the virtual reality headgear and entered the live stream broadcast, he noticed that the scene showed a male assassin who was silently heading toward a zombie wolf.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention. This time we will use force to subdue it when it knows that it can't overpower me, then we shall use food to tempt it. I believe that this time I will succeed in taming it."
Just as the assassin had finished speaking, there were comments flying across the screen.
"Sad times, be careful brother, I will still bet that you'll fail this time."
"God of Perseverance, master beast tamer, dying on a live stream!"
"Brother, you are the worst live stream broadcast host I have ever seen. After following you for days, I can't keep track of how many times you died, please stay alive…"
"Death is nothing to be feared, what should be feared is that you are addicted to dying. Don't think that I don't know that you tame wild beasts just to die for a reason!"
"Bro, I think you should go to the zoo and level up a few levels, don't try anymore, I'm afraid that I'll die of laughter in your live stream."
...
Many comments flew through the screen, all of them were not expecting the assassin to be successful in taming the beast.
However, the guy was not deterred and firmly advanced forward to the zombie wolf using the assassin's basic skill called the Shadow Step, and pounced on the zombie wolf when it noticed him.
At that moment, the assassin and the zombie wolf were fighting and rolling over each other.
Looking at this scene, Lu Wu let out a smile.
After defeating the zombie wolf, the assassin took out a self-made twine rope from his waist and tied the zombie wolf up.
Next, he did what he said, he tempted it with food and then overpowered it through force, of which he did all over again.
In the end, the zombie wolf was left with its last breath. The comments were all asking him to have mercy on the zombie wolf and let it go.
Just when everyone thought that he would fail in this attempt to tame wild animals, there was a hint of struggle in the zombie wolf's eyes. In the end, it lowered its neck to the assassin as a sign of surrender.
The assassin could not believe it either, so he carefully untied the rope and held the dagger in his hand, fearing the zombie wolf would pounce on him when it had the chance.
"Ooohhh~"
The spectating gamers were amazed when the zombie wolf did not rebel, instead it rubbed itself on the assassin's shin.
"Is it tamed?"
The assassin could not believe his eyes, so he randomly picked a stick from the ground and threw it forward, saying, "Go and catch it!"
The zombie wolf lifted up its head, looked at the assassin in confusion, and nudged his shin.
"It seems like you're not understanding enough, but then you're considered tamed," there was a smile on the assassin's face.
After spectating this scene, the comment section blew up.
"Hooray for Master Beast Tamer, you really succeeded! Dude, you're so cool, sending some love (0.1 soul coin)."
"What the heck, after following you for so long, I always thought you were a comedic host. When did you become so capable?"
"Bro, you're lit! I also want to try. This zombie wolf can become a mount to be rode on, thinking about it makes me powerful. Your humble servant admires you, hence I will gift you with the only three soul coins that I have (three cakes)."
"Ahhh, cool, the first mount in the whole district is born! Brother, you're lit!"
"Congrats bro on successfully having 'Pokemon Master' as a secret profession, bring up all your Pokeballs and begin your journey of taming beasts!"
...
The screen was filled with comments, different kinds of heart shape emojis, cakes, and other gifts. The success in the taming of a wild beast opened up another method of playing for the gamers.
A huge wave of gamers were inspired in which they rushed toward Liuli District, each aspiring to capture a glorious mount.