Xie Mingzhe's shop closes on time at 12:00 noon.

Today, the shop still had an announcement saying "New cards will be released tomorrow at 11:30" because Xie Mingzhe already had some ideas in mind and planned to use the afternoon to draw two more new cards.

After closing the shop, he logged off to have lunch, giving his brain a good rest. When he logged back online at 1 p.m., he heard a system notification: "You have new emails, please check them."

Xie Mingzhe walked to the living room, opened the mailbox, and saw a letter.

The email came from a person with the ID "Willow Fire". The content was: "Hello, Uncle Fat. I am the president of the Ghost Hell Guild. Several players in our club have important matters to discuss with you. I have already given you VIP access to the Ghost Hell Guild territory. If you have time, you can come and visit us anytime. I look forward to your visit."

Xie Mingzhe turned around and went to the galaxy navigation map, and indeed found that there was another guild's territory star.

The Hell's territory planet is pure black, and is surrounded by ghostly aura, giving it a very "hell" style.

He has checked a lot of club information in the past two days and has a general understanding of the characteristics of several major clubs. Guiji mainly uses earth cards, Zheng Feng's defensive counterattack, Gui Sirui's ghost cards, and Liu Jingxu's monster cards are all very famous. Among them, Lao Zheng is an old player who debuted in the first season. Now in his thirties, he is very respected by the new generation of players. Gui Sirui is a very popular player among the younger generation of players. His supernatural horror style has attracted many die-hard fans. Liu Jingxu won the championship in the eighth season. He is a research madman and a typical "late bloomer" player.

This club is also very strong and has won many trophies in individual, doubles and team competitions.

Why did Guiyu suddenly come to him? He made three cards at once today, Zhong Kui, Sha Seng, and Cao Chong, all targeting Guiyu. Could it be that the gods wanted to find him to punish him?

Thinking of this, Xie Mingzhe replied: "President, if you are looking for me just to scold me, then I'd better not go, right?"

Will-o'-the-wisp immediately replied, "Uncle Fatty, you're overthinking it. We're here to discuss something important with you."

What's important? Is it to customize the cards like Fang Yu did? Or to buy the copyright like Nie Shen did?

Regardless, since they came to him politely, Xie Mingzhe decided to go. After all, the guild territory was a safe area and PK was not allowed. It was unlikely that he would be besieged by others if he went to the Hell Guild, right?

He was teleported from the galaxy map to the Hell Guild.

The architectural style of Guiyu was different from any other guild he had been to before. Guiyu, Fenghua, Judgment and other guilds were all above-ground buildings, but Guiyu was a huge underground castle. It was a bit like the "Hell" he had seen on TV, with a dim environment, underground buildings surrounded by black evil spirits, and even the ambient music had changed, making it very eerie and scary.

Xie Mingzhe used to love reading supernatural novels and had watched quite a few horror movies, so the design of the Guild Territory in Guiyu was very much to his liking.

The president personally came to the entrance to pick him up and politely took him to the office. The two of them took the elevator down and entered the huge underground castle. It felt like they had personally visited the underworld... However, setting up the office on the eighteenth floor underground was not a very auspicious number!

There probably isn't such a thing as the "Eighteen Levels of Hell" in traditional culture in this world. Otherwise, important offices wouldn't be located on the eighteenth level underground.

There was a skull painted on the office door, and Xie Mingzhe pushed it open and walked in.

The guild territories in the game can obviously be freely designed in different styles, but the layout of the office interior is similar. He once again saw the club emblem on the middle wall - the emblem of Hell. It is a pattern similar to "underground abyss". In the center of the abyss are written the two words "Hell" in black, and black air surrounds the font. This is to carry out the horror style to the end, and the characteristics are very distinctive.

There were three people sitting side by side in the office. No need to guess, they were definitely the three players he was targeting. As expected, the president took the initiative to introduce them: "These three are Gui Sirui, Liu Jingxu and Zheng Feng from our club."

Xie Mingzhe walked up to them and smiled cordially: "You great gods, you didn't ask me to come here to call me to task, did you?"

Zheng Feng spoke first: "That's not the case. You're not just targeting us."

Gui Sirui also said, "Don't worry, we are not that petty. As professional players, it is common for our decks to be targeted. We came to you because we have something else to discuss with you."

Liu Jingxu took the initiative to stand up and walked in front of him, saying seriously: "Uncle Fatty, your three cards are all well designed. They perfectly avoid some of the official restrictions on instant death cards. Zhong Kui is designed as a variant of the instant death skill, and Cao Chong's skill design is very similar to the strong control skill of 'Exile'."

Xie Mingzhe was somewhat puzzled: "Exile? Does it mean that Cao Chong's calling of the elephant is equivalent to the effect of exile?"

"That's right." Liu Jingxu said, "Exile is the strongest of all control. It directly drives a card out of the arena. It is a control skill of 'isolating the arena'. Although the exiled card will not die, it cannot play any role. This exile skill was first developed by the chief designer of the Temple of the Gods. After that, major clubs followed suit and made some similar cards. But the best one at present is your 'Calling the Elephant' of Cao Chong. We have conducted experiments in the arena. After the elephant was completely exiled, it was fixed in the boat and could not return to the arena until the end of the game."

Xie Mingzhe designed Cao Chong based on this idea - since I can't kill your elephant in one second, I can drive the elephant to another place. Unexpectedly, this control skill is called "exile" in the star card world. He felt that he had a new idea for card making!

Liu Jingxu took the initiative to extend his hand: "I admire your talent for card making. I want to make friends with you and study how to make cards together. This time I came to see you in person to invite you to join Guiji and come to our club as a card designer."

Xie Mingzhe smiled and shook his head: "Thank you for your kindness, I don't want to work as a card designer in the club."

Zheng Feng said, "Listen to our terms first, don't reject them hastily. Xiaogui, show him the contract."

Old Zheng was very prompt in his work and even prepared the contract... Xie Mingzhe took the contract from Xiaogui and looked at it carefully. He was a little surprised: "During my work at the club, the copyright of the cards I designed belongs to me. The club only retains the priority right to use it?"

Zheng Feng nodded decisively: "Yes. How about this condition?"

Xie Mingzhe never thought that Guiji would actually dare to give him the copyright of the cards. Aren’t they afraid that he would change jobs with the cards? Look down - if the designer changes jobs during the contract period or leaks the club’s R&D secrets, he will be fined ten times the breach of contract.

Sure enough, there are restrictive clauses, but not changing jobs or leaking information during the contract period is the professional ethics that designers should abide by. If Xie Mingzhe really wants to be a designer, this contract is the best condition he can get - annual salary starting from one million, bonus commissions for designing good cards, dividends at the end of the year, the copyright of the cards belongs to him, and the club only retains the priority right of use. This treatment is probably the best in the entire league, right?

Seeing the other party was silent, Zheng Feng immediately asked: "Has the club contacted you before?"

Xie Mingzhe nodded: "Yes."

Zheng Feng said patiently: "Let me analyze it for you. Among the first-class clubs at the top of the alliance pyramid, the rules and regulations are very strict. It is impossible to release the card copyright to the designer. Fenghua has no shortage of designers. Players such as Tang Muzhou, Zhen Man, and Xu Changfeng are all at the first-class level in the entire alliance in terms of original card ability. There is no need to take such a big risk to sign you."

"The character cards you are good at are difficult to match with the insects and snakes of the Dark Night City Club; Liushuang City is aquatic creatures, and the four brothers are mainly water-based, so it is difficult for you to integrate; as for the Temple of the Gods, their card designer is the strongest original designer in the entire alliance and has a particularly good relationship with the players. In the past, you would compete for his top position, and the Temple of the Gods would not spend such a large price to sign you - so, only us, the Hell, are left."

Zheng Feng is indeed a veteran player from the first season, and he knows all the situations of the league's clubs. He obviously really wants to sign Xie Mingzhe, and he has clearly analyzed the detailed situations of all the clubs for Xie Mingzhe.

He stood up when he said this, walked to Xie Mingzhe, and said earnestly: "Uncle Fat, if you work alone, you can draw pet cards, but if you draw battle cards, you can't go far in the star card world. Because, even if you are talented, there are many players and designers with outstanding talents like you in other clubs. You just took the lead in designing instant death cards. If you really design a full set of cards, you are definitely not as good as Tang Muzhou, Nie Yuandao, Ling Jingtang, the chief designer of the Temple of the Gods, and even Xiao Liu in our club."

"Designing a deck requires a lot of practical experience, not just imagination. I have been playing in the competition for nine years and have seen countless talented rookies who failed to make it. The competition in the league is more intense than you can imagine. If you don't have anyone to rely on, you are destined to be a flash in the pan in the original world. Your best way out is to sign a club to back you up. The owner of the Ghost Hell Club is my cousin. He is only responsible for investment, and I have the final say on the club's affairs. We sincerely invite you to join, so the contract you are given can retain the original copyright. Such contracts have rarely appeared since the copyright dispute in the fifth season."

Gui Sirui also echoed, "Yes, Uncle Fatty, the conditions that Master has given you are really the treatment that only the chief designer of the alliance can get. We want to sign you, in addition to your talent, another reason is that Brother Xu likes you very much. He is an experiment maniac who loves to study cards. You two will definitely have a lot in common when you are together. And your human cards are particularly good with our joker cards and monster cards!"

Liu Jingxu followed up and said, "My demon card has a human form, and Xiaogui's ghost card also has a human form. Adding your human card to our deck will really be a good match. Lao Zheng has analyzed so much with you, and you should have felt our sincerity. Among the top clubs in the alliance, Guiji is indeed your best choice."

Xie Mingzhe: “…”

The three people took turns persuading him and he was indeed tempted. With the support of a top club, he could also retain the copyright of the cards. As long as he did not sell out the club's secrets and did not change jobs casually, he would not only receive high pay during the contract period, but would also be able to design cards freely without any pressure. Moreover, the practical experience of these top players could provide him with a lot of ideas for designing cards.

However, remembering what he had said to Brother Chen before, Xie Mingzhe still firmly refused.

He looked at Zheng Feng and said politely, "Thank you very much, three great masters. I didn't expect you to treat me so well... But, I'm very sorry. I have already found a few partners and plan to start my own business. I can't go back on my word."

Zheng Feng frowned: "Are the professional abilities of your partners comparable to those of regular clubs?"

It is definitely not comparable, but Xie Mingzhe has a strange intuition that he should not sign with the club. Although he did not participate in the copyright dispute case that year, he has heard people mention it many times recently. Signing with other clubs, no matter how good the conditions are, is still working for others.

When you work, you have to listen to your boss. If there is a disagreement with the club, and there is a conflict with the club, I have never heard of an arm being stronger than a thigh. When he has a conflict with the club, he will definitely be the one who suffers, right?

Since he has such great talent, why should he work for others?

Why not be your own boss?

Although Chen's power leveling studio is not as capable as a large club, he has been a power leveling agent for several years and is as familiar with the game as professional players. They have been working together for such a long time that they have a good understanding of each other.

Instead of signing with another club, why not create your own club?

Xie Mingzhe knew that if he thought this way, others would think he was a fool and had too much ambition.

However, he was really unwilling to sign in to Ghost Hell like this. Even if Ghost Hell gave him the best conditions, he still felt that something was missing in his heart.

Maybe he is used to freedom and doesn't like to take orders?

Nie Yuandao had bought the copyright from him, his relationship with Tang Muzhou was one of equal cooperation, and Fang Yu had asked him to customize the deathrattle cards, all based on his being a freelance designer. Once he signed with Guiyu, none of these things would ever happen again.

He had already decided not to work for any club.

——Do human cards have to be added to your deck to cooperate with you?

——Then why don’t I create a complete set of character cards to coordinate with myself?

Thinking of this, Xie Mingzhe became more resolute. He looked at the three masters and said politely, "I really appreciate your appreciation of me. Thank you, Master Zheng Feng, for analyzing so many pros and cons with me. I know you really want to do good for me and give me the best development platform. But I'm sorry, I will not join Guiji or any other club. You can think of me as being too stubborn. This is my insistence, and I will not waver no matter how good the conditions are."

The other party's firm gaze and expression made Zheng Feng suddenly stunned. He couldn't help but ask: "You are not a middle-aged fat uncle, right?"

Xie Mingzhe smiled and said, "Since you are so frank, I am embarrassed to hide it from you. I am indeed not a fat uncle."

Zheng Feng: “…………”

Liu Jingxu and Gui Sirui wanted to persuade him again, but Zheng Feng stretched out his hand to stop them.

He walked up to Uncle Fatty and said, "So it looks like we can only meet on the court from now on?"

Xie Mingzhe said seriously: "Maybe? If I am lucky enough."

Zheng Feng patted his shoulder cheerfully: "Okay, I won't force you. We'll see each other again if we're lucky enough."

Xie Mingzhe thanked the three people again, then turned around and left the hell.

After he left, Liu Jingxu couldn't help but ask, "Old Zheng, why don't you continue to persuade him?"

Zheng Feng shook his head helplessly: "I can't persuade you."

Gui Sirui was puzzled: "With such good conditions, he won't waver?"

Zheng Feng seemed to recall something from the past. He sighed and said, "In the past nine years, I have met many designers. Some of them were short-sighted and ruined their own future; or their ambitions were not equal to their abilities and they overestimated themselves. However, this person is different from those I have met. Perhaps, he will be the biggest variable. He reminds me of Tang Muzhou in the fifth season. The big reshuffle of the alliance in the fifth season was due to the appearance of the talented card player Tang Muzhou."

Liu Jingxu had also experienced the fifth season and couldn't help asking, "You mean, he wants to create a club like Tang Muzhou did, become an original professional poker player, and compete in tournaments on his own?"

Zheng Feng nodded solemnly: "I have a feeling that he will be a fierce enemy of everyone on the court in the future. The professional league is likely to see a second major reshuffle next season."

Gui Sirui and Liu Jingxu looked at each other in bewilderment.

The fat uncle just now looked friendly and amiable, but the firmness in his voice did not seem like a middle-aged fat uncle at all.

What kind of person is he?

The author has something to say:

I am sure Pipizhe will create his own club :)

This book is quite large, so don't make subjective judgments about the protagonist's cheat code [Invincible]. In fact, there are countless good cards from other clubs in the alliance. The key is... I haven't written about the competitions or other great decks yet.

Lao Zheng said it very clearly, Fatty just took advantage of the instant death card and made his presence felt, but when it comes to the design of the entire deck, he is still very weak, he still needs to grow, and he will slowly become stronger!