From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 158: Famous Tempering Master in Later Times

It's Fire Emblem's event day again.

The Fire Emblem Club building is particularly busy today. Even members who are not eligible to enter the event will come to the club, hoping to get a chance to enter the Quenching Castle.

As the number of Fire Emblem Club members increases, we have to queue up for every event, and sometimes we still can’t get a spot even after waiting for a month or two.

"Why is it not my turn yet? I have been waiting in line for more than a month, and every time I am told to wait in line..."

A middle-aged temperer shouted indignantly at the front desk of the Fire Emblem Club: "I also paid the membership fee, a million yuan membership fee, do you think it was blown by the wind?"

The receptionist at the Fire Emblem Club was already accustomed to this situation and responded with a smile: "Mr. Yuan, our club requires a deposit of one million to join, but this is not the membership fee. This one million can be spent in the club.

“In addition, if you are not satisfied with the club’s services, I can help you cancel your membership and all the deposited money will be returned.

"Excuse me, Mr. Yuan, do you need to go through the membership withdrawal procedure? I can help you with that."

"No... no need, I don't want to quit the club." The middle-aged tempering master called Mr. Yuan instantly became intimidated and waved his hands quickly.

"What else do you need?" the receptionist asked with a smile.

"How long will it take before it's my turn?" Hardening master Yuan could only ask with a drooping face.

"I don't know about that either. I don't have the authority to query the queuing system." The receptionist responded with a smile.

"But I really need to enter the Quenching Castle. I can't just sit there like this. Can you help me talk to your boss..."

The tone of the Quencher surnamed Yuan became softer and softer: "Please, I am a Quencher, as long as I can enter the Quenching Castle, I can agree to any conditions.

"I have no other choice. I need to make some money. Please help me."

The receptionist continued to smile: "Sorry, Mr. Yuan, I can't help it."

In fact.

The competition for membership in the Fire Emblem Club is extremely fierce. All major consortiums want to send people to the Quenching Fort, and have even raised the admission standard to the Quenching Fort to tens of millions.

However, Lu Heng felt that ordinary people with special abilities should be given a chance, otherwise those who would enter the Quenching Castle in the future would be people selected by major financial groups.

Therefore, Fire Emblem retains the standard of a deposit of one million to join.

However, after joining the club, you need to queue up to enter the Quenching Fort.

In the outside world, the admission tickets to the Quenching Fort that one has to queue up to get have been sold for tens of millions by major financial groups.

However, if the club finds that someone is buying or selling tickets, they will be directly disqualified from entering and then expelled from the club.

Even so, there will still be consortiums operating secretly.

Just as the tempering master named Yuan was talking to the front desk.

Lu Heng walked into the lobby of the Fire Emblem Club and happened to hear the tempering master named Yuan talking to the front desk. He turned around and took a look as he passed by.

When he saw the tempering master, he felt that he looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere, so he stopped.

As soon as the manager of the Fire Emblem Club saw Lu Heng coming in, he hurried over to greet him: "Boss Lu, Boss Lin has told you today that you need to come over. The venue has been arranged. I'll take you there."

Tempering Master Yuan heard the club manager's words and his respectful attitude, so he immediately realized that the young man who came must be a big shot.

He quickly took two steps forward and introduced himself: "Hello, Mr. Lu, my name is Yuan Hecheng, I am a quencher, my talent is [High Temperature Balance], I hope to enter the Quenching Castle for an assessment. I have been waiting in line for a long time."

When the club manager saw someone coming up to harass the boss, he quickly waved for the security guard to come over.

If Yuan Hecheng suddenly goes crazy, it would mean that he, as a manager, has failed in his job and would lose his job.

When Lu Heng heard the name "Yuan Hecheng", he was stunned.

Because this name became famous in later generations, he was a well-known tempering master in the coastal area and even in the whole country.

In fact, you can tell from his talent [High Temperature Balance] when he introduced himself.

This talent can maintain the temperature of the quenching furnace within a constant range, greatly improving the success rate of quenching.

With this talent, he will definitely achieve success in the profession of tempering master.

The security guard came up quickly, ready to take the person away.

Lu Heng raised his hand to stop the security guard's action, and then said, "Let him come in with me."

When Yuan Hecheng saw the security guards surrounding him, he was ready to resist, but unexpectedly, the situation took a turn and he suddenly saw light in the darkness.

Entered a meeting room.

After sitting down, Lu Heng took the initiative to ask: "Are you a tempering master?"

Yuan Hecheng nodded quickly and replied: "Yes, I am a tempering master."

Yuan Hecheng now is not as glorious as he will be in later generations.

In later generations, whenever he appeared, there would always be a lot of people surrounding him.

After all, a quenching master is a very scarce resource in the era of the abyss.

Yuan Hecheng now had a dusty face and untidy beard, which was very different from the quenching master in his impression. So Lu Heng just felt that he looked familiar at first sight but did not recognize him.

Lu Heng was a little curious and asked, "Has any consortium invested in you?"

Yuan Hecheng nodded first, then quickly shook his head: "Someone talked to me about it, but I didn't agree."

"Why didn't you agree?" Lu Heng continued to ask.

"The conditions they offered are too harsh. After I sign the contract, they will invest in me and arrange for me to enter the Quenching Fort. Only after I pass the assessment of the Quenching Fort can I get good treatment. If I fail, I can only get the basic salary." Yuan Hecheng was very frank and explained the situation.

Since Quenching Castle is the only place on Blue Star with a quenching furnace, and the emergence of the Fire Emblem Club has become the only channel to enter Quenching Castle. After Chunshang Group withdrew from Daxia, other consortiums also found that it was difficult to get a return on investment in quenchers.

Under such circumstances, the major financial groups did not directly abandon the profession of hardener, but continued to invest, but the contracts became more and more demanding.

Because if the major consortiums want to train a tempering master, they must pass the Tempering Fort.

But if you want to send a tempering master into the Quenching Castle, you need to invest a large sum of money.

What makes the major consortiums even more annoyed is that, so far, no tempering master has been able to pass the assessment of the Quenching Castle.

not a single one.

In other words, all the money that the major consortiums have invested in tempering masters so far has been wasted.

As for entering the abyss world for tempering, this method will not recover the cost.

Because Hengyu has already achieved a guaranteed quenching success rate of 75%.

This guaranteed figure is too high, and it directly makes it impossible for major financial groups to recover their costs in the quenching industry.

These consortiums cannot recover their investment costs on the hardening engineers, but they cannot give up the hardening market.

How to do?
The only option was to continue investing, and the contracts signed with the tempering engineers became more and more demanding.

A strange situation has now emerged: the number of quenchers has increased, but there is only one quenching furnace on Blue Star.

This results in quenching furnaces being scarce, but quenchers being less scarce.

Therefore, when major consortiums sign hardening engineers, the contracts are for ten years from the beginning, and some even require fifteen years.

Moreover, the contract terms were harsh.

After signing the contract, the consortium will spend money to send the tempering master to the Quenching Castle for assessment.

If you pass the assessment, your salary will naturally increase dramatically, but if you fail the assessment, you can only get a very low basic salary.

As for taking orders from quenching companies, we can't get any of them.

……

Lu Heng saw that he looked a little excited and was obviously under a lot of pressure, so he asked:

"Since no consortium has invested in you, why are you so anxious to enter the Quenching Castle? Just wait in line and it will be your turn eventually."

Yuan Hecheng stood up quickly and said in a hurried tone: "No, I must enter the Quenching Castle as soon as possible."

There's obviously something going on here.

Lu Heng picked up the teacup and took a sip, then asked, “Why are you so anxious?”

Yuan Hecheng looked a little embarrassed, and hesitated for several times before finally letting out a breath and saying, "I'm in urgent need of money."

"How much do you need?" Lu Heng continued to ask, wanting to get a clearer picture of this famous tempering master of later generations.

Especially his identity background.

this point is very important.

If he has signed a contract with other consortiums and is a hardening master arranged by other consortiums, then there is no need for Lu Heng to help.

Yuan Hecheng held up a finger and said, "At least ten million."

Ten million is just a drop in the bucket for a famous tempering master.

For those big conglomerates, it is a drop in the bucket, but for ordinary people, they may never have seen so much money in their entire lives.

Lu Heng then asked: "Is there no consortium willing to invest 10 million in you?"

Yuan Hecheng let out a breath and said helplessly: "There is a consortium willing to invest, but the money will not be given to me directly. The contract stipulates that the money can only be used for quenching. Moreover, there will be a special agent responsible for managing the property. I can't get a penny."

Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, "Have you discussed the advance payment with them?"

Yuan Hecheng nodded and replied, "I have discussed it with the people from Dingsheng. If they are willing to advance me 10 million, I am willing to sign a 15-year agreement to sell myself. But they did not agree, thinking it would be difficult to recover the cost.

"I also know the current situation. Only by passing the assessment of the Quenching Castle can one be valuable. Otherwise, even a Quenching Master would not have the capital to advance so much money.

"So I had to come here by myself and try my luck."

After hearing his answer, Lu Heng understood the purpose of his coming to the club.

His strategy was indeed correct.

As long as he can enter the Quenching Castle and pass Guru's test, his worth will increase a thousand times when he comes out.

At that time, it would not be him who would beg those financial groups, but those financial groups would hold blank checkbooks in front of him and wait for him to fill in the numbers.

However, so far, no tempering master has been able to pass Guru's test.

This is also the reason why Dingsheng Group was unwilling to give him an advance of 10 million yuan.

Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, “Why are you so anxious to get 10 million?”

This amount of money is actually not a lot for an accomplished tempering master.

He just needs to develop slowly and he will be able to earn much more money than this figure in the future.

Yuan Hecheng took a deep breath and was silent for a long time before answering: "Because... my daughter was drafted, she was only ten years old..."

(End of this chapter)