Super Righteous Player
Chapter 979 - 37 The Real Verse-Cutting Dog

Chapter 979: Chapter 37 The Real Verse-Cutting Dog

Ann and his group did not take away those already arranged board games.

These could be considered samples left for the Zedi Black Tower Wizard apprentices, and also part of the advance payment. Afterwards, they would write reports with their experiences and opinions and send them to Husky, assisting her in continuing to adjust and modify the values.

—Of course, investments were definitely still required.

Husky had already shown them that she had amassed a large collection of high-quality game designs and had allowed them to personally test play to confirm their quality. Professor Isaac had also promised to solve some difficult technical problems for them.

Since design and technical issues were already taken care of, they only needed investments to immediately start production... With such idle funds, Noah’s merchants and nobles could easily afford it.

Noah’s distinctive trait was having an excess of spare cash.

Having progressed to the stage of making money from money, they naturally set aside some spare cash for investments. And these nobles, not possibly knowing everything... Thus, they would employ professional investment advisors to evaluate the investment deals presented to them.

These investment advisors worked specifically on managing a portfolio of funds they were handed.

At the end of each year, they needed to submit an annual report. Depending on the total profit rate of the businesses in their hands, they were entitled to a commission based on a certain percentage of the earnings as their salary.

Typically, after deducting a minimum increase of 5%, one-fifth of the remaining profit was their annual salary. And if it was below 5%, it would be better off entrusted to the Church of Silver... The Church of Silver even had similar services, as long as there was enough money, and a bishop was persuaded, it could be hung behind the bank to reliably appreciate by 5% each year.

They called this the "Divine Growth Ritual".

The return rate handed to the faithful could only be 5%, for the holy number of the Silver Baron was [5].

Of course, the Church of Silver couldn’t conjure money out of thin air for them.

Although they could do such a thing... but this act was detested by the Silver Baron.

In reality, it was because the Church of Silver had divided their money into many parts, then invested it in reliable channels separately. Excluding the portion that had to be paid to users, the rest was the personal income of that bishop.

This was naturally no secret—the flow of money was hard to conceal its trace.

And in Noah, the growth rate of this capital was almost never just a mere 5%. It could even be said that rates above 15% were common; even windfalls as high as 300% had occurred before.

Since the Church of Silver could do such a thing, then they themselves undoubtedly could as well. There might be some slight risks... but the returns far outweighed the risks.

Hiring ten different investment advisors from various fields, even if one person made a mistake or a certain industry was down, it would generally not affect the others.

The investment advisors they recruited were elites in various industries. Unlike the "rich but clueless" nobles, they understood these matters, making it difficult to dupe them.

And when their income was tethered to the funds in their hands... even becoming their sole opportunity to change their fate, they were even more diligent than if they were investing with their own money.

The better the investment advisor, the higher their "tolerance for error"—they had a certain "allowance for losses" each year, and a generous base salary. Even if their investment returns occasionally fell below 5%, they could still obtain a salary; even if they lost money, they would temporarily not be punished, but rather continue to be trusted for another year or two.

This profession was intimately related to the guarantor system.

It was precisely because the nobles realized they might be the "rich but clueless" party that they entrusted their power to their subordinates and their money to investment advisors to manage.

It looked as though they had lost both power and money... but this actually made it nearly impossible for them to fail.

—Let the right person handle the right matter.

This was indeed what ancient "emperors" would do. In this regard, they were undeniably the undisputed kings within their own little kingdoms—and equally proving that they were no longer those "right people."

Although the money was all taken to be operated and invested, experienced investment advisors wouldn’t risk all the funds at the start of the year. Because they didn’t know if more opportunities would arise later.

And although the existence of this profession was to deal with issues like "spendthrift heirs of guarantors with idle cash" and "those more skilled at boasting than those capable more likely to scam investments"... it was actually impossible to completely exclude the nobles from meddling with these investments.

They had to fail a few times before they realized the extent of the internal competition within the investment market.

The truly good projects had long been snatched up by better-connected investment advisors or divided among alliances. And the ventures that nobles themselves thought profitable... Unless it was someone like Husky, who appeared out of nowhere and was a talented individual, were mostly likely scams.

But these investment advisors also enjoyed playing the "go ahead if you think you can do better" act. On one hand, because actively using their funds, they would gain more "tolerance for error"; on the other hand... with this comparison, they could even more display their own abilities.

Without this system, it would be virtually impossible for these junior wizards to convince their non-wizard parents to invest in "wizard games" sold by unknown rogue wizards, without renowned mentors, and of uncertain significance or market demand.

In other countries, this was all impossible.

The authority of the head of a household wouldn’t tolerate the act of their children "investing without their permission." And if they got involved, except for very doted-on only children, it was mostly likely to be rejected.

Because "you don’t understand"—even though they themselves didn’t understand either.

But precisely because of Noah’s unique circumstances, Thirteen Incense and Husky had come all the way from Winter to scam money...

And these games left in Heath Tower of Black were just swindling creations still in their Early Access (EA) stage.

They were all Husky’s confident masterpieces.

She also buried many, many hooks... like a particularly adorable pet at first glance, or a powerful mech with visible attributes, and the teaser at the game’s end for "endgame equipment" that was temporarily unattainable, as well as DLC that was similar to the original but richer and more interesting, even though it was already completed yet just not released.

Or the plot twist left after a storyline ended, or simply "subsequent content is still in development," "subsequent content is not yet available"... It was all about tantalizing the audience.

—It was truly ruthless.