Moreover, the npster website made the three of them rich and was their hope for getting rich. How could they possibly quit now?

Right now, there's only one way out: fight the record company to the bitter end.

"The npster website is getting too many visitors, it's about to crash, we need more servers!!!" Hugo Dorn shouted.

Marshall Flower suggested, "The world's best web server was developed by Wujiang Group, and we can only purchase a server desk from them now!"

Wujiang Group actually has server hosting services; however, with the huge success of the npster website, record companies will inevitably come knocking and eventually shut down the npster website.

Therefore, the npster website can only establish its own secret servers.

“Flower, call Wujiang Group’s customer service tomorrow morning to find out the price of Nuwa EB server!” Hugo Dorn said to Marshall Flower.

Marshall Flower nodded in agreement: "No problem. We have $1 million on hand right now, which is more than enough to buy a few servers."

That night, the three of them stayed up all night, too excited to sleep.

Around 9 a.m., Marshall Flower found Wujiang Group's contact information online and then called to inquire about the price of Nuwa EB server.

A moment later, Marshall Flower hung up the phone, turned to the two brothers, and said, "The Nuwa EB server is a bit pricey, $100,000 per unit!"

Hugo Dorn frowned and said, "We need at least six Nuwa EB servers, and the remaining money will be used to expand the broadband. If you calculate it this way, the $1 million will be gone in no time!"

Marshall Flower and Edwin Walton exchanged a glance and sighed in disbelief. Running an internet website is such a money pit!

Edwin Walton couldn't help but say enviously, "Wujiang Group is really awesome. All the money we burn goes to Wujiang Group for profit..."

Hugo Donne was a bit more mature than them and less sentimental. He analyzed the situation rationally and concluded that if the traffic remained the same, they could last for eight months. However, if the traffic continued to surge, they might not even last six months.

However, with its high traffic, the npster website can also receive advertising orders.

“If only someone would dare to invest in the npster website!” Edwin Walton exclaimed.

Upon hearing this, Marshall Flower shook his head: "We're running a pirated music website, which is illegal. Who would dare invest in our website?"

Hugo Donne, however, had a sudden interest. He didn't quite agree with Marshall Flower's words, and at that moment, he couldn't help but be intrigued by the prospect of funding for the NPster website. He immediately exclaimed, "I think someone will dare to invest in NPster. Marx once said, 'Capital becomes bold when there is a suitable profit. With a 10% profit, it will be used everywhere; with a 20% profit, it becomes active; with a 50% profit, it will take risks; for a 100% profit, it will trample on all human laws; with a 300% profit, it will commit any crime, even risking the gallows.'"

With the promotion of the Wujiang portal website, npster's popularity soared, making it the world's largest pirated music website!

Traffic means advertising revenue.

The more traffic, the more advertising revenue.

There are so many people selling "flour" in the world; compared to flour, our pirated music website is no big deal. Moreover, there aren't any comprehensive laws and regulations regarding internet music copyright in any country yet. Even if we sue record companies, they can't do anything to us.

"Wow, Dorn, you're amazing! Doesn't that mean our npster website has a bright future and huge potential?!"

Suddenly, the three were brimming with confidence and determined to develop the npster website into a global mecca for pirated music.

Pandora's box has been completely opened...

(End of this chapter)