Chapter 32 Business
Rhodes came to the destination of the trip, the Freelance Chamber of Commerce.
Different from the Thieves Guild that Rhodes had been to before, the Free Trade Guild had a very large internal scope. Except for a few main buildings used to handle various affairs, the rest of the locations were divided into business groups.
Of course, not all business groups can obtain residency in the Freelance Chamber of Commerce. Unless you have made a lot of contributions to the freelance chamber of commerce, if the business group wants to obtain a resident, in addition to gold coins, it also depends on the rank strength of the members.
Rhodes just entered the hall of the Freelance Chamber of Commerce, and the maid who was waiting on the side greeted him and asked Rhodes about his intentions.
Rhodes said: "I want to go to the City of Sorrows, and I hope to go with the business group."
After listening, the maid asked: "Dear professional, do you have the identity certification of the Freelance Chamber of Commerce?"
Rhode understood what the maid meant. With the identity authentication of the chamber of commerce, you can join the business group you go with and become the temporary guard of the business group. When encountering situations that require fighting, the guards are responsible for protecting the safety of the business group.
After arriving at the destination, the trade group will pay the guards a sum of money, but unless it is a resident guard of the trade group, the payment of temporary guards is usually not much.
For a person's identity certification, the Freelance Chamber of Commerce has a special set of rating criteria. With the increase in the number of escort tasks, coupled with the success rate of the escort, the rating will become higher and higher, from F level to S level. The higher the rating, the easier it is to be accepted by the business group, and the remuneration the business group needs to pay will also increase.
Rhodes recalled that in the past life, players all aimed for the S-level evaluation of the freelance chamber of commerce, but very few could actually reach the S-level. Reaching the S-level, in addition to spending a lot of time on escorting the Chamber of Commerce, it also requires certain opportunities and its own strong strength.
Rhode replied to the maid, "No, I just want to go as a passenger."
Passengers are different from security guards. Security guards need identity authentication to confirm their own strength and previous guard performance. Experienced business leaders often only need to look at the identity authentication to confirm whether the guard is worth hiring. If the escort mission fails, you will also receive a certain penalty from the Freelance Chamber of Commerce.
Passengers do not need identification. Passengers only need to pay gold coins, and they can be brought to their destination by the business group. When encountering a battle, the passenger does not need to fight at all.
A traveler is a traveler who is only led by a business group to another city. Therefore, the freelance chamber of commerce does not charge any commissions for the passengers carried by the business group, nor does it have any management. It is entirely up to the business group and the passengers to negotiate.
The reason why he chose to become a passenger and follow the caravan to Diya, rather than go alone after obtaining a map, Rhodes had his own considerations.
Just like looking at the map drawn by Elliot before, even if he knew the current location of the city, Rhodes could not directly move in one direction. Instead, he found a river as a reference and compared it with the map. Found this town.
Even with a detailed map, without the guidance of pathfinding, it is easy to get lost in the dense forest with repeated scenery.
What's more, there may be other situations along the way. Whether it is a looter on the road, a hidden thief, or a resident of various creatures, in order to avoid these, in addition to pathfinding, high-level reconnaissance is also essential.
Therefore, choosing to follow the business group to the target, although it takes a long time, is more secure than going alone.
As a passenger, Rhodes only needs to wait in the carriage provided by the business group. Rhodes can also use this time on the road to do a few deep meditations. The only downside is that the gold coins required as a passenger are slightly more expensive.
After the maid listened, she led Rhodes to the side hall next to him. After some inquiries, the maid told Rhodes about the situation:
"Respected professionals, not long ago, a large business group had already traveled to the City of Screaming,
A large amount of goods were sent to the City of Lamentation. Since the much-needed goods were made up, not many business groups were willing to go to the City of Screaming. At present, there is only one business group that chooses the City of Sorrows in the station. "
After Rhode heard it, he seemed to have thought of something. If a large business group wants to go to a place, in order to ensure that the journey is safe, it requires a lot of human and material resources. Under such a powerful situation, the movements of the large business group could not be concealed from the thieves guild in the city.
Without much hesitation, Rhode said to the maid, "Take me to the residence of this business group."
Carrying passengers will bring various variables to the business group. Moreover, this approach is not necessarily safe for the passengers themselves.
Whether it's a business group extorting passengers on the road, or killing an unaccompanied traveler in the wilderness to get property, or a passenger colluding with thieves, killing business groups in the dead of night is a common occurrence. The freelance chamber of commerce doesn't care about this, it all depends on the choice of the business group and the travelers themselves.
Therefore, both business groups and tourists need to inspect each other before confirming. This is also the reason why travelers want to join a business group and need to pay high fees.
After listening to Rhodes' request, the maid led the way and led Rhodes to the business group station in the rear.
The maid took Rhodes to the rear station and walked towards the depths. At this time, the sky was slowly getting dark. When Rhodes just entered the city, he could still see the surrounding scenery with the sky, but at this time he could only rely on the candlelight by the roadside to see things.
On the way, Rhode asked the maid for information about this business group and got some information.
The name of this business group is Silver Seal Business Group. The core members of the business group are six to eight, including the managers of the business group, decision makers, and professionals trained by the business group. The rest are some guards who are responsible for transporting goods and hired, and the total number of members is about twenty.
The information provided by the maid seems to be extremely rich, and told Rhode the situation of the entire Silver Seal business group, but in fact these are the most basic information, as long as Rhode enters the station and observes a little, he can see it Come out, there is no key information in it.
Seeing that he was about to arrive at the residence of the Silver Seal Merchant Group, Rhode took out a gold coin from the space ring and called the maid in front of him.
"Tell me, really useful information." Looking at the maid's eyes, Rhodes said.
The maid took the gold coin and said with a smile:
"Silver Seal Business Group, the head of the group is named Youse, who is a senior soldier with a strength close to the high-level. The rest of the core professionals also have senior strength. It is especially important to note that there is a mage in the team, whose strength is close to the senior level. unknown."