Full-time: The Strongest Sniper

There was nothing he could do; after all, they were a professional team. They were considered a strong team in the challenger tournament. He genuinely hadn't expected that they would dare send a nobody to play against them. Thinking about it that way, that summoner's skill didn't seem too bad either. Was he also just there to be a substitute?
With this thought in mind, Wu Chen was somewhat surprised. Could it be that Happy's strength was so much higher than theirs? Since they had sent two nobodies into the game, were they really that confident in their abilities?
“However, we do have a solo player here, so we don’t necessarily only need warlocks. You can send us the stats of your equipment, along with a price quote. If you need more, we don’t mind buying more,” Xiao Nai said.

“It sounds like you have plenty of funds,” Wu Chen said.

"No, actually we're quite poor. The boss is still trying to raise funds," Xiao Nai said.

Wu Chen didn't believe Xiao Nai's claim of being poor. Given the current situation, the other party was using both the rich and poor accusations. It was truly difficult to judge. After all, if you said they were poor, their words implied the ability to buy all their materials outright. But if you said they were rich, how much capital could a club that started as an internet cafe possibly have? This was evident from their cautious approach to purchasing self-made equipment.

Now Wu Chen can only hope that the other party has enough funds, since their current sales plan is to bundle some easy-to-sell items with some difficult-to-sell items, but if the other party becomes a single buyer, it will reduce their profits.

After learning the general situation of Happy, Wu Chen relayed the information he had obtained to the club owner. The owner of Wuji was somewhat frustrated by Happy's vague response, but at least the other party seemed very interested in their materials. Furthermore, considering that they had just established their team, they probably didn't yet have a complete guild system, making them a potentially good buyer in terms of materials.

However, they weren't in a rush. After all, they couldn't put all their eggs in one basket; competition was necessary to increase their profits, so they planned to wait. But because Happy still had the resources to purchase their materials, Wuji Club didn't dismiss them as they had in the original story. Instead, they had Wu Chen maintain contact.

This dragged on for three days, but no new buyer appeared, which displeased the owner of Wuji Club.

Those contacting them were various studios looking to profit from the chaos, but how much acquisition capital could a game studio possibly have? After all, the other party was also calculating to buy low and sell high, since neither the materials nor the equipment were things a studio would use. This meant they could resell them for even greater profits in the future; they were practically driving down the price, so Wuji didn't even consider them. In comparison, at least Xingxin showed more sincerity in purchasing materials.

On the new day, Wu Chen opened his QQ again and immediately saw the messages from Xiao Nai and the others.

"Have any teams approached you about acquisition projects recently?"

"Yes." Even if the other person is right, Wu Chen will not admit it.

"Impossible," Xiao Nai said, adding a smiling emoji to make Xiao Nai feel confident in his guess.

But this only made Wu Chen curious. Why was the other party so sure?
Without waiting for the other party to ask, Xiao Nai said directly, "You don't need to force yourself to believe this. After all, your team has been kicked out of the professional league for so many years. Although the guild still exists, it hasn't made any progress in the core area of ​​wild bosses. And your team's self-made equipment can't possibly be as good as that of teams in the professional league. Simply put, professional teams don't care about your stuff, so naturally they won't come to you. I guess the only ones coming to you now are some studios that want to buy and resell." Xiao Nai laughed.

Xiao Nai couldn't possibly remember so many details from the original story; these were the results of his analysis with Ye Xiu and the others. These past few days, they'd spent most of their time discussing these matters. Unlike other guilds, thanks to Xiao Nai, their guild had a good supply of top-tier materials, but some basic materials were relatively scarce. Plus, they only had one guild in the tenth district, making materials from the ordinary districts even scarcer. Without Wei Chen's manuals for sale, they were practically determined to obtain the materials for Wuji, at least without appearing overly confident, since they weren't exactly easy targets.

“I admit it,” Wu Chen said.

"As for teams like yours, they haven't returned to the league yet, and they're all strapped for cash right now. Not to mention they still have Team Excellent Era this season. Their main goal right now is to save money to get through next season, so naturally they're not going to buy your stuff," Xiao Nai said.

"..." Wu Chen was even more helpless this time, because what Xiao Nai said was similar to the results of their analysis over the past few days. It could be said that the only professional teams that might buy their stuff in large quantities were still some of the lower-ranked teams in the league. But they were already at this ranking, and the season had only just begun, so they weren't in a hurry at all. They were just waiting for the other party to have a fire sale.

"So, when you encounter a team like ours that's sincere and willing to contact you to strengthen your team, you should seize the opportunity. After all, we might be the only buyer who gives you room to negotiate," Xiao Nai continued.

At this point, Wu Chen had to admit that Xiao Nai was right.

In fact, many teams in previous years didn't disband and sell their assets. Normally, professional teams competing in the Challenger Series would actively buy items to strengthen themselves, since the Challenger Series is a single-elimination tournament, and they would try their best to improve themselves even slightly. But this season, Excellent Era emerged as an exception. As Xiao Nai and the others said, although these professional teams will still work hard, they still need to have dreams—what if they come true?

However, they also need to prepare for how to survive until the next season, which has led to the current lack of interest in the Wuji team...

From this perspective, Team Happy's continued efforts to improve themselves despite the pressure from Team Excellent Era are indeed very inspiring.

"You can forget about finding a team that's willing to accept you outright this season. What you should do now is quickly seize the opportunity to cooperate with teams like us who are actively seeking cooperation with you, and then list out the teams that might cooperate with you and go door-to-door to promote your services."

"..." Wu Chen remained speechless.

"Of course, as the ones who actively sought us out, we are absolutely your best partner right now," Xiao Nai emphasized again at the end.

Wu Chen: "..." (End of this chapter)