"Oh and one more thing."
With the possibility of introducing other stores into the Tree Mall, Jin did warn the current owners that they would not have the same spots as they used to have. Instead, all of them would be squeezed into a one single corridor dimensional instance which the customers can walk through and discover other stores with them.
This somehow brought distress to the entire group of owners since they know that exposure was an important factor to bring customers into their store instances and if Jin were to do that, it would essentially cause them to compete against the rest of the newer stores and the competition would amount to a near impossibility for them to earn a steady profit.
The sudden announcement caused everyone to sound their displeasure almost immediately and even Si Fang who was the calmest person in the conference instance felt they had to argue with Jin about it.
"Is that a problem with all of you?" Jin asked once more and everyone stood up, arguing that it was unfair to them.
"The new owners would definitely have better dimensional instances than us, more 'over the top designs' and customers always go for new stuff. If you were to do this, the customers would not come into our stores at all!"
"If that's the case, I'd rather pay more rent and get a front line store!" The food store owners complained but Jin did not budge. Instead, he asked him with a very simple question
"Are you saying that your food is so bad that you need a front line store to compensate for it?"
"You try having other dungeon suppliers to stand beside you and see how you fare!" The food store owner said as if it was a direct challenge to Jin.
"I will," Jin said as he folded his arm in his seat, staring at the disgruntled store owner and that caused everyone to stare at him for a moment. "I am joining the Dungeon Supplier Symposium which Si Fang recommended to me to get in to test my dungeon making prowess."
And that sentence alone sent waves of silence throughout the entire room. While it is something out of their sphere of knowledge, most of the store owners knew how the Dungeon Supplier Symposium was considered to be a clash of stores. Major Dungeon Supplier franchises and individual stores would come together to pit against who has the best Dungeon. Not to mention, those Dungeon Suppliers themselves are the participants and the judges were guests of honour with high importance.
Although it is a national level event, there is technically no skill requirement to join because the people usually filter themselves out due to the participating fee. It was a whopping 100,000 Yuan to enter and with such a high barrier of entry from the fees itself caused not many dungeon suppliers to participate. That was why those who managed to enter the Symposium were still a force to beckon while some joined because they wished to be noticed.
The Frontline Games.
The Frontline Games had been split into international and national levels where the winners of the nationals would subsequently participate for the international level. The Fortress Games as the name states is a series of game modes that had been prevalent in most multiplayer games.
Conquest, Domination, Capture the Flag and Team Deathmatch.
All these modes would be furnished by the Dungeon Suppliers who 'won' events of the National Symposium. Even honorary special mentions and runner ups could be called to make the modes of Frontline games. And even just by creating a mini portion of the overall dungeon, the commission fees from creating them was tremendous because of the major sponsors endorsing the games.
"The Dungeon Supplier Symposium! You finally decided to participate in it!" Si Fang could not keep the excitement that Jin was entering the event as he turned from an angry chairman to the most supportive chairman one could ever have. His vibes of elation no doubt influenced the rest of the store owners and they started to discuss among themselves.
Especially when they learnt how tough the Symposium could possibly be and Jin was going to pit himself against the best of the best, the mood changed for the better. They subsequently realised he needed more tenants to fuel his dungeon supplier's dream as the popularity of the Tree Mall was also directly tied to creating a name for his store.
The more people know about his dungeon supplier store, he would not be just a no name in the dungeon supplier scene and the odds of winning the Symposium might increase. And that does not count the amount of money he could collect and pump it into making a better dungeon instance. (Also, the practice in making those new shop dimensional instances for the upcoming Symposium might be valuable when he accepts the new tenants.) After all, making himself a name in the line of a saturated profession was a task of diligence and determination.
"So, for now. We will close the current instances and place you guys at the centre of the first floor. It might still be a dimensional corridor instance but at the very least, the crowd would be concentrated on you guys as they get used to the new layout of the Tree Mall. For those who want to upgrade their stores to restaurants, please give me the heads up or else, it would take longer for your restaurants to be up. Is that agreeable with everyone?" Jin queried and while there were mumbles of disgruntled store owners, they reluctantly agreed to it.
Because they all know that if Jin were to win the Symposium and host the Frontline Games, the Tree Mall would no doubt be the centre of this and they would be part of it. Worry about customers? Hell nah! It would be bustling with so many of them that the only way to stop was to close their shops!
