Chapter 780: The Horror of Words Becoming Reality_2
In addition to the Immortal Fruit, the matter of the No. 2 Longevity Pill can't be delayed any longer.
Previously, because Chu Mo hadn't activated his system, the production of the No. 2 Longevity Pill was extremely limited, so he adopted a strategy of hunger marketing.
By releasing only a few No. 2 Longevity Pills, he received immense benefits from the Rothschild family, the British Jewelry Queen, the luxury goods tycoon Edward, and the world's richest man, Thomas.
Now that the system has been activated, Chu Mo can directly purchase Da Huandan from the system marketplace, which naturally allows for mass production of the No. 2 Longevity Pill as well.
The second batch of No. 2 Longevity Pills has already exceeded one hundred pills in quantity.
After allocating some to spokespersons, senior scientists of advanced age, and close family members, the Longevity Club still retained a total of eighty No. 2 Longevity Pills.
If all these pills were released into the market at once, although Chu Mo would gain a massive amount of funds in the short term, the value of the No. 2 Longevity Pill would plummet rapidly as a result.
Something originally worth tens or even hundreds of billions might ultimately see its value drop tenfold or more with excessive distribution—a scenario Chu Mo was unwilling to see.
In the end, Chu Mo chose a middle-ground approach.
This time, the Longevity Club would release ten No. 2 Longevity Pills to reward those who had completed numerous tasks and achieved the highest membership levels.
These ten No. 2 Longevity Pills would be distributed for free, without any additional charges.
And the only way to obtain them would be to continuously complete various tasks issued by the Longevity Club.
At the same time, Chu Mo also opened a special task hall on the sixth underground level of the club.
This task hall was no longer aimed at top-tier billionaires but rather at system owners.
Since the bar in Xizhou City was destroyed by Phoenix, system owners no longer had a place to gather, share information, or discuss tasks.
Building such a gathering place for all system owners was no easy feat either.
First, the organizer of such a venue would need to have enough power to ensure the safety of the gathering place and to suppress any troublemakers effectively.
The previous bar owner was an S-tier system owner, whose ability to imprison time and space was extraordinarily potent—anyone causing trouble in his territory would have to think twice.
Secondly, the organizer needed a strong network to connect with other system owners and gain their trust. The bar owner had been a system owner for over fifteen years, making him a veteran even among system owners.
Yet, even so, the bar owner had taken more than a decade to develop the bar into what it was.
As a newcomer, Chu Mo originally lacked the qualifications to establish such a gathering place for system owners. After all, his Tycoon System barely counted as an A-tier system. Were it not for the massive accumulation of Tycoon Points over three years, which he used to purchase powerful items, the Tycoon System's absolute defense alone would have been quite mediocre.
To put it into perspective, even with Chu Mo activating his Invincible Golden Body skill the last time at the bar, he was still completely immobilized when the bar owner activated his spatial imprisonment ability again.
In other words, spatial imprisonment absolutely countered Chu Mo's Invincible Golden Body skill.
However, during the conflict, the bar serving as the system owners' gathering place was destroyed, and the bar owner was killed as well. Under such circumstances, Chu Mo subdued Phoenix and obtained five systems from them, which granted him the qualifications to create such a gathering place for system owners.
Coupled with his own Tycoon System, Chu Mo possessed six systems in total. Among them, the Swallowing System was an SS-tier top-tier system. Given this, his strength was undeniably solid—at the very least, he now had the strength to maintain order in such a venue.
As for connections...
This was undoubtedly a weak point for Chu Mo.
Counting everything, he'd only possessed his system for three short years. Furthermore, for at least two years and ten months, the system had remained dormant, leaving him with barely two months of operating the system marketplace.
The system owners Chu Mo knew were limited to Yu Wenjing and Mi Tian.
Thus, gaining the recognition of system owners worldwide would unquestionably be a long-term endeavor.
But Chu Mo wasn't in a hurry.
It had taken the veteran bar owner over a decade to achieve his goals, so Chu Mo also planned to develop his project gradually. If it couldn't be completed in a year, then he would aim for ten. His ultimate objective was to turn the sixth underground level of the Longevity Club into a global hub for system owners within ten years.
Initially, Chu Mo intended to make this system owners' gathering place exceptionally luxurious, but a suggestion from Mi Tian changed his mind.
The bar in Xizhou City had taken over a decade to reach its current level of success. On average, it hosted twenty to thirty system owners daily. Even excluding regular patrons like Mi Tian and the perpetually drunk woman, the bar still received roughly twenty unique visitors each day.
Overall, the bar hosted hundreds of visitors monthly and thousands annually.
As for the total number of system owners worldwide, no one knew. But even a small bar could attract thousands of system owners, which was remarkable.
Moreover, according to Mi Tian, the bar owner hadn't established the bar out of charity—it was a profitable venture.
The revenue from drinks was negligible. The real profits lay in task commissions: when tasks were posted and completed, ten percent of the task's points would go to the bar as a fee.
In other words, the bar owner didn't have to lift a finger yet pocketed ten percent of the rewards from numerous tasks.
Chu Mo had noticed before that the bar typically hosted fifty to sixty tasks, most of which were low-level D- or C-tier tasks. Even the lowest-tier task required at least fifty points, meaning a ten percent cut would yield five points per task.
For high-level tasks, like the S-tier "Blizzard's Arrival," the rewards exceeded ten thousand points. Completing such a task would net the owner one thousand points at once!
Since what Chu Mo currently needed most was points, he decided to establish this gathering place for system owners.
Following Mi Tian's advice, Chu Mo fashioned the sixth underground level of the Longevity Club to replicate the bar in Xizhou City precisely. From the bar counter to the dancefloor, from the task boards on the walls to the tables and chairs, even the liquor in the cabinets was recreated as closely as possible.
He even sought to replicate the environment so meticulously that he purchased system-specific props, as his own system didn't include Spiritual Power Wine.
However, Spiritual Power Wine was the most popular beverage at the bar. Composed entirely of spiritual energy, it refreshed the mind, strengthened the body, and offered unique benefits. A single glass cost one point—neither excessively expensive nor overly cheap—but system owners were fiercely fond of it.
For this reason, Chu Mo sought out a system owner who possessed Spiritual Power Wine, spending 110 Tycoon Points to purchase 100 points' worth of the wine. The additional 10 points served as a form of commission for the seller.
Beyond that, Chu Mo spent over 1,000 Tycoon Points purchasing other items essential to the bar's operation.
This included the thousand-pound black boulder stationed in front of the bar's entrance, among other things!
In total, even before the bar officially opened, Chu Mo had already invested over 1,000 Tycoon Points. Yet, he felt the expense was worthwhile.
A week later, February rolled around. On this day, the Longevity Club distributed ten No. 2 Longevity Pills. Consequently, countless top-tier billionaires from around the globe flocked to the event. Simultaneously, Chu Mo designated this day as the grand opening of the new system owners' gathering place.
On this day, dressed in his tailcoat, Chu Mo personally greeted guests from the bar's backstage area.