Chapter 237: Chapter 237: Brand New Record

"Thank you ’Lonely Snow Eagle’ for the 2 Magic Net No. 1s! Thank you so much!"

"Thank you ’Dripping Water West Manor’ for the 5 Magic Net No. 1s! Thank you so much!"

"Thank you ’Magician’s Apprentice’ for the 10 Magic Net No. 1s! Thank you so much!"

Ryan had only been happy for a few seconds when his position as the top donor got knocked down by several people. How could he stand for this?

"Competing with me on wealth? What are you guys?"

The Pastoral Cult had another name—the Continental Wool Guild. They were the continent’s largest wool exporter, controlling almost the entire supply chain from importing raw wool to dyeing finished garments.

Though recent wars had impacted them somewhat, plus getting hit by Viscount Roster’s garment factory’s new-style clothing, they still had massive capital.

Plus, to facilitate upcoming transactions and the auction soon, the guild had deposited tons of money in Dragon Bank, which made Ryan even more confident.

He directly paid 5,000 gold coins—50 Magic Net No. 1s!

"Hmph! Competing with me, Wool Ryan? Do you guys have what it takes?" But before his words even fell, more special effects flashed across the screen.

Lonely Snow Eagle and Magician’s Apprentice each threw out 50 Magic Net No. 1s, making the hundreds of thousands of viewers in the livestream feel their livers trembling.

How much money was this!

Enough to make a small noble territory rise up, enough to keep ordinary nobles living comfortably their whole lives. Even for major nobles, this probably wasn’t something they could just casually pull out, right?!

Who were these people anyway?

Whether it was the God of Strife stirring things up or people just loving drama, bullet comments started hyping things up from multiple angles. Some mocked about "pretending to be rich," others egged them on to "show them how loaded you are!"

"Damn it! Does Wool Ryan look like someone who lacks money? Pretending to be rich? You think you haven’t used my products?!" Ryan looked at these people mocking him online, his expression ugly. Then seeing those supporting him, he instantly made up his mind and threw out 10 more Magic Net No. 1s.

With these people fanning the flames, the whole livestream atmosphere got hyped up. Crazy money throwing, various gifts appearing endlessly. Some people who originally had no such plans also got carried away and spent a bit.

Audrey looked at gift after gift, thanking everyone repeatedly until her mouth felt like it was smoking. She never imagined something like this would happen!

Still, this was a good thing.

In such a short time, she’d already received tens of thousands of gold coins in donations. If this kept up, maybe she’d earn enough to build a new church in Roster territory.

Building a church wasn’t cheap, especially when using it as a headquarters—the scale requirements would be even bigger.

Especially considering that the church had decided this headquarters would also handle video releases for publicity and would gather all the handsome men and beautiful women from the church. Each person might need their own livestream room, so the area needed to be planned even larger...

Thinking of this, Audrey worked even harder, her voice getting sweeter when thanking people, making those on the leaderboard absolutely thrilled.

A whole night of livestreaming—she barely showed any of her prepared talents, didn’t wear any of the new outfit styles, just thanked people the whole time.

At midnight when the livestream ended, ’I’m Really Not the Cult Heir’ was still standing in the top donor position. However, his donation amount had reached an astonishing 150,000 gold coins—enough to make a skilled craftsman work 50,000 years to earn.

Audrey was trembling all over: "Oh my god! In one night of livestreaming, we made 360,000 gold coins. I feel like this price is almost enough to build the new headquarters in Roster territory!"

She even suspected that asking the Church of Love and Beauty headquarters for this much money, they might not be able to produce it.

Not far away, News Bird Megan felt the same. Thinking back—no, just thinking about half a year ago when she was still in the imperial capital, she’d seen countless people lose their lives over a few silver coins. But now, she watched someone face a camera, thank people for a whole night, and pocket 360,000 gold coins!!!

Even a war wouldn’t need this much money, right?

This world... was truly magical.

Even Megan, who professionally handled news and knew many secrets of this world, momentarily wondered if something was wrong with her eyes or ears.

"What do you think about me releasing this as news? Would it cause you any negative impact? It shouldn’t, right? They all did it voluntarily, and interested parties could calculate it anyway." After a long silence, Megan suddenly spoke.

"Of course you can. The more publicity, the better." Audrey didn’t hesitate at all.

She was very clear that her current status was entirely built on popularity. Without the Magic Net, without this viral moment, forget meeting the goddess—she’d probably spend her whole life in some small local church.

Though almost everyone on the Magic Net interested in this should already know about her, what if there were stragglers?

What if some people only watched the news?

If these people learned about this, might they get curious?

As long as they got curious, that was good for her!

In the divine realm.

The Goddess of Magic looked at today’s Magic Net earnings and suddenly got curious: "Why do you have the Magic Net take 30% of gift donations? For us, gold shouldn’t have any meaning, right? At most it could be used as decent alchemy material."

Previously when gifts were scattered here and there, she could ignore it. But tonight, suddenly discovering the Magic Net also owned over a hundred thousand gold coins, the Goddess of Magic couldn’t help being curious.

Especially thinking about the economics theories Ren had explained before, knowing that if money didn’t circulate, there’d be no way to rapidly advance magic-tech industrialization...

"This is what I’m using to mass-produce second-gen Magic Net rings." Ren said with a smile: "If nothing goes wrong, I’m planning to start giving away Magic Net rings for free, letting more people start using them."

"Free distribution?" The Goddess of Magic frowned slightly.

"Yes, free. But they must first deposit money in Dragon Bank."

Ren nodded slightly, confirming: "After this completely establishes Dragon Bank’s credibility, in the future anyone who deposits over 1 gold coin in Dragon Bank can get a free Magic Net ring."

Hiss—

The Goddess of Magic instantly understood Ren’s intention and couldn’t help but gasp.

If this actually happened, it would absolutely kill two birds with one stone—no, kill three birds with one stone, benefits all around!