"Community management? Sounds pretty impressive." This was the first time Ireel had heard such a novel term. "Brother Zhang, can you tell me what it is? Is it something like a martial arts manual?"
"You’ll understand it gradually!" Zhang Menglong finished downloading a software called "Megachat." The groups in this software have no limit on the number of members, theoretically you can add as many people as you want.
Moreover, these groups can create a virtual group space through the cosmic network, and the members can even hold some private online gatherings. It can be said that anything Earthlings can think of or not think of has been realized.
"Alright, I’ve created the group," Zhang Menglong said, "I made you an administrator, so you can help manage it in the future."
"But I don’t know how to manage!" How would Ireel understand community management? Everyone here was a big shot, and his words carried no weight. Who would pay attention to him?
Zhang Menglong shouted, "Everyone, be quiet!"
As soon as Zhang Menglong spoke, all the Level Six and Level Seven life forms quieted down. It seemed the master had something to announce, so they had to listen carefully.
"I know everyone wants to be friends with me, but there are just too many people. Even if I had unlimited time, I couldn’t talk to everyone individually," Zhang Menglong said, "So I just created a ’Megachat’ group. Those who are interested can apply to join the group through my brother."
"Megachat?" These high-level life forms had been in long periods of tedious cultivation and rarely communicated with others. Most of the users of such things were young people from cosmic civilizations or trendy old folks.
"Has anyone downloaded it? Does anyone know how to download?"
"What’s that? Can someone teach me how to download it?"
"Someone teach me, and I will give them 10 billion Cosmic Coins!"
"I’ll offer 20 billion!"
"Is this for real?" Ireel and the others were stunned watching these Lords. They had never seen such a scene before! Someone was actually offering such a price to install an ordinary software?
"I can do it! I’ve downloaded it before!" Shazina, who seemed to have some social prowess, showed no fear facing all these Level Six and Level Seven life forms.
This was a money-making opportunity, after all. What was more important, money or life?
As soon as she spoke, she quickly became a key player in the circle, aside from Zhang Menglong.
"Little sister, teach me quickly, where do I download it from?"
"Hahaha, it’s that simple! Young lady, I’ve transferred the money to you." A Level Six life form, satisfied once the download was complete, promptly transferred the money over.
It’s worth knowing that these Lords from Level Five civilizations were here to attend the expo, so each of them had prepared a lot of money to buy things. Each person possessed a vast cash flow, ranging from tens of trillions to mortgaging their entire civilization, sitting on a few, dozens, or even hundreds of stars.
To them, a mere few hundred billion Cosmic Coins was hardly significant!
"Hurry up! It’s my turn!"
"Little sister, I’m offering 500 billion Cosmic Coins, could you help me download it first?"
"I’ll offer 600 billion!"
"I’ll offer 800 billion!"
They feared that the master might leave at any moment, missing the chance to join his Megachat group, so they rushed to be the first, hoping to get closer to the master.
"No way!" Ireel’s mouth twitched constantly. Could this really happen?
After downloading, the Lords immediately applied to join Zhang Menglong’s group, but Zhang Menglong had set permissions so that only an administrator could approve new members.
"Administrator? Who is the administrator? Master, could you approve us?"
"Oh, I just handed the administrator role to my friend. I’m so busy, I couldn’t possibly manage the group."
"Right, right, the master is so busy, how could he deal with such trivial matters?"
"Little brother, would you mind approving me? I’m Kodia, could you check it out?"
"Little brother, I have a Level Five Civilization here, are you interested? Help me cut the line, I want to join the group first."
Ireel was almost dizzy from the flood of money. Someone even brought out a Level Five Civilization as a bargaining chip!
"Cough cough!" Zhang Menglong cleared his throat, "Well, joining the group isn’t free. Anyone who wants to stay in the group needs to pay an annual membership fee of 1 trillion Cosmic Coins!"
"1 trillion Cosmic Coins?" This astronomical figure left everyone dumbfounded. Time flies, and 100 years seemed to pass in the blink of an eye, which meant 1 star was equivalent to the assets of a Level Five Civilization.
Just to join a group, such a cost seemed way too much, right?
"You all must think I’m ripping you off, right?"
Everyone thought so, but no one dared to say it out loud.
"As members, of course, there are benefits," Zhang Menglong said, "For all the group members, each year, I’ll randomly select 10 lucky members and craft Martial Weapons for them for free!"
"I’m joining! I’m joining!"
"If any of you get in, pull me in too!"
This news was like a bombshell.
What does this mean? This means several opportunities a year, even if they didn’t need it, they could sell it to others!
A martial weapon crafted by an alchemist who could produce Level Seven Martial Weapons with Level Six Martial techniques is invaluable! They even dared to speculate that this master could possibly craft Level Eight Martial Weapons!
To invite an alchemist of Level Eight, the starting cost is several thousand stars. By comparison, an annual membership fee of 1 trillion Cosmic Coins seemed almost too cheap.
"I’m in! I want to become a member!"
"I want to become a member too!"
"Alright, alright! If you want to join as a member, directly contact my friend and group administrator, Ireel. Join the group first, then become a member!"
Amidst the enthusiastic response from all the big shots, Zhang Menglong smiled satisfactorily. In the future, if anyone dared to mess with him, he only needed to call out in the group, and hundreds of Level Six and Level Seven life forms would become his most loyal free protectors.
If it came to that, some might even worry about feeling inferior if they couldn’t find someone to target.
After finishing with the group, Zhang Menglong and his companions left immediately. To prevent revealing their identities, he also crafted a pendant for himself. With a simple manipulation of his appearance, no one would recognize them.
However, in the circle of Level Six life forms and above, this news spread like radiation immediately.
"What? There’s a Level Seven Alchemist at this expo? And he crafted a Level Seven Martial Weapon for Shawk for free?"
"Damn, did this guy hit the jackpot? Flip it once, and he’s making at least a few thousand stars!"
"He even created a group? And he’s crafting Martial Weapons for group members for free? And the membership fee is only 1 trillion Cosmic Coins a year? Quickly, tell me, what software is this, I’ll download it right away!"
"The master is also in the group? Which group, quickly pull me in!"
Those top-level beings used their various resources to frantically search for this group, and the number of applicants soared from the original two to three hundred to seven to eight hundred, and even reached two to three thousand! This number continued to grow uncontrollably.
"Why isn’t the master approving me?"
"Idiot, how could the master deal with such trivial matters himself? He entrusted managing the group to his friend. Hehe, I added his friend’s ’Megachat’."
"I’ll give you ten Level Four Civilizations, just push the master’s friend’s Megachat to me!"