Chapter 717: 711: Dependence

Chapter 717: Chapter 711: Dependence

According to Finn Lewis, if the helmets were sold at a non-profit rate, the promotion pace would be slow and many players wouldn’t be able to afford it. It would be better to sell at a loss for broader promotion. However, Mr. M also stated that the final agreement from the board came because Finn decided to bear all the losses himself.

Rather than the company footing the bill, so the final price was set. When this news leaked, players worldwide hailed Finn as a truly conscientious boss. “Damn, he’s making games at a loss for the players”. Some media outlets doubted this claim, arguing if any capitalist would run a business with a deficit. But no matter the skepticism, one thing couldn’t be denied.

The price of these glasses can’t possibly be manufactured at a cost of 300 Flame Nation coins. The technology of graphene, mainly used in the construction of the glasses, had matured so much due to the Virtual World Corporation. Though most people knew how expensive this technology is to manufacture, they also understood that some even more advanced materials were involved. Many of these raw materials were scarce on Earth.

The cost of these raw materials was high, and you couldn’t knock off much from the production cost. 300 Flame Nation coins was simply impossible. Many top tech firms around the world had been consulted, and they all confirmed that even at a cost of about 2000 Flame Nation coins, production would be hard to achieve.

Even at that, production would only be feasible in countries with very low labor costs. Flame Nation’s labor cost had already skyrocketed, making it impossible to maintain said cost.

300 Flame Nation coins, that was ridiculously cheap. In fact, that was a big reason why so many glasses were sold.

Finn Lewis did not attend the press conference announcing the start of testing, but Kay Lee did. On the stage, the dazzling Kay instantly became every player’s goddess. With a smile, she addressed the crowd on behalf of Finn, “Beforehand, Finn promised everyone some good news during the public testing. Due to some important business, I’m here to deliver the news instead.”

Finn was originally going to attend the press conference, but he had to temporarily leave Earth due to an emergency involving Jasmine Davis. Jasmine had requested to meet Finn, and he felt obliged to oblige.

“What did you want to see me about? And hold on, didn’t you mention before that you were leaving? Why are you still here?” Finn remembered that Jasmine should have already left.

“You just can’t wait to see me leave, can you?” Jasmine rolled her eyes.

“Well, no. But it just seemed strange to me.” Finn shrugged after choking a bit on his words. His status had changed, but that had little to do with Jasmine Davis who wasn’t a citizen of the Galactic Federation. Hence, she wouldn’t care whether he was royal or not.

“Business first. I formally request your permission for our people to join you,” said Jasmine, her face serious.

Finn paused for a moment, and, looking at Jasmine thoughtfully, asked: “What do you mean, ‘join me’?”

“We, our people. If you need anything, we have your back. I assure you, there are no unforgivable criminals among us. If there are, we’ll handle them ourselves. You won’t have to get involved. We aren’t the most disciplined, but we’re good people. What I mean by joining you is, can we migrate some of our people to your location? You plan to terraform a planet, right? It’s highly unlikely that you’d fill it up. We’re only a few hundred thousand. We wouldn’t take up much space.” Quickly, Jasmine explained.

Finn hadn’t expected Jasmine to make such a request. He gave it some thought before eventually asking, “You mean, the families of the people on your ship?”