Chapter 37

“What…what.”
He was puzzled; he hadn’t expected to see this message. Ming Hu typed in 3,316.5 million again and hit the send button.
[The amount is beyond the Unable to Remit! rating].
[Please raise the rating or lower the amount].
[Your tier is 9. Your daily transfer limit is $500,000].
“…”
There was no error. Ming Hu swallowed hard and closed the inventory. Then he quickly logged out.
* * * * *
“…Legendary Exchange?”
After logging out and entering the item trading site through the official website of Legendary, Ming Hu shook his head at the ostentatious rebranding of the site as Legendary Exchange. But that didn’t matter, and he quickly started looking for articles about ratings.
“Is this it?”
After a while, Ming Hu found an article about ratings. The article explained the ratings in detail. Ming Hu looked at the rating table and muttered to himself.
“The rating… you meant this rating…”
Tier 9: $500,000 daily transfer limit, 5% transaction fee
Tier 8: 1 million won daily transfer limit, 4.9% transaction fee
Tier 7: KRW 2 million daily transfer limit, 4.8% transaction fee
Tier 6: 4 million won per day transfer limit, 4.7% transaction fee
Tier 5: 4.5% transaction fee, Tier 5 benefits [Learn more]
Tier 4: 4% transaction fee, Tier 4 benefits [Learn more]
Tier 3: 6% transaction fee, Tier 3 benefits [Learn more]
Tier 2: 6.5% transaction fee, Tier 2 benefits [Learn more]
Tier 1: 7% transaction fee, Tier 1 benefits [Learn more]
Premium: 10% transaction fee, premium benefits [Learn more]
“Maybe you should raise your rating.”
When are you going to send $500,000 a day and have over 300 million miles in your bank account? We needed to raise the bar.
“Well… The condition is…”
But you couldn’t just move up just because you wanted to. There were requirements to move to a higher tier. And being eligible didn’t mean you could just move up.
“I can’t believe I have to go to headquarters to get a grade 5 or higher.”
Up to level 6, I could raise it if the conditions were right, but after level 5, I had to go to the headquarters.
“If you look at the conditions, it’s possible to get up to a 4.”
The requirements for tier 4 were $300 million or more in total sales and $80 million or more in sales in the last month. I had more than $300 million after fees and it took me less than a month to make that money. I met all the requirements to move up to Tier 4, but the catch was that I had to go to the headquarters.
“…It’s not that far away.”
Ming Hu was torn. The headquarters was not far from his home.
Sigh
“Let’s go there.”
Ming Hu eventually got up and got ready to go out. His destination was the headquarters of the Legendary Exchange.
Giggle
Ming Hu stepped outside and soon found himself in front of a huge 11-story building.
“That’s really big.”
The Legends Exchange, which manages all cash transactions for Legends, was taking up an entire 11-story building.
Jumbled
Ming Hu walked into the Legendary Exchange and approached the information desk.
“How can I help you?”
As he approached the desk, the receptionist waiting for him smiled a Chapter smile and asked Ming Hu.
“I’m here to raise my rating, where do I go?”
“Starting at tier 5, you can go to tier 3 on the 4th floor, tier 2 and tier 1 on the 5th floor, and premium on the 8th floor.”
“Ah, yes. Good luck.”
The receptionist’s kind response led Ming Hu to the fourth floor.
“Should I go there?
Arriving on the fourth floor, Ming Hu walked toward the information desk in front of him.
“I’m here to raise my rating, where do I go?”
“Oh, and can you tell me what tier you’re trying to raise?”
“Level 4.”
“You can go this way for Level 4.”
In response to Minghu’s question, the receptionist raised his hand and pointed to one side. Ming Hu walked toward where the receptionist pointed.
Jab!
‘Are we there’
Ming Hu was soon able to reach the door. Above the door was the name of the department, “Fourth Grade Administration Department.
Sigh
Ming Hu opened the door and stepped inside.
“How are you?”
As he opened the door and stepped inside, a burly man waiting at the entrance approached Ming Hu with a smile.
“Here’s your numbered sheet, here it is. There are three people on the waiting list.”
Then he pulled out a numbered card and handed it to Ming Hu.
Swish swish swish
‘It feels like a bank…’
After being handed a number, Ming Hu sat down in a chair and looked around the interior, thinking, “This feels like a bank.
“Customer #89.”
Sigh
“It’s my turn.
After looking down to check his number, Ming Hu quickly stood up and walked over to the employee who had called him.
“I’m here to raise your rating.”
“Please wait a moment.”
At Ming Hu’s words, the employee moved his hands skillfully and quickly, and soon pulled out four papers and handed them to Ming Hu.
“Please fill it out and give it to us with your ID.”
“…”
Ming Hu began to read the four papers carefully at the staffer’s words.
Swoosh
When Ming Hu finished reading the paperwork, he began to fill it out. He then took out his ID and handed it to the employee along with the completed paperwork.
“Please wait a moment.”
The employee receives the documents and ID, looks at them, and quickly taps away at the keyboard. When she’s finished typing, she pulls a pen and stamp out of a drawer, checks off a spot on the documents with the pen, stamps it, and places the four documents in a prepared envelope. He then opened the drawer and placed the envelope with the documents inside.
Sigh
“I just posted something for you, can you check it out and give me a call. Bye.”
Then, after making a phone call somewhere and saying something, the employee hung up the phone and looked at Ming Hu and said.
“We’ve checked your tier and you’re currently a 9, but our system doesn’t allow us to bump you to a 4 right away.”
“…?”
“You’re eligible because you’ve made $300 million in sales and more than $80 million in sales in the last month, but our system only allows you to go from tier 9 to tier 6 at once, but from tier 6 onwards, you need to go through each tier management in turn. Currently, your status has been raised to tier 6 and a request has been submitted to tier 5 management. As soon as we get confirmation from Level 5, we’ll move you to Level 4, so please be patient.”
“Oh.”
After listening to the employee’s words, Ming Hu nodded and realized that this was the phone call the employee had made earlier.
“Hey, I was wondering…”
He had to wait for a call. Deciding to ask any questions he had in the meantime, Ming Hu told the employee.
“Yes, what would you like to know?”
“If I move up to Tier 4 and don’t sell at least $80K again within a month, will I be downgraded from Tier 4 again?”
In response to Myung-Hoo’s question, the employee smiled and opened his mouth to speak.
“No, if you move to Tier 4, you won’t drop unless you sell more than $80 million a month, but if you don’t sell more than $150 million within six months, you’ll drop to Tier 5.”
“Oh.”
Ming Hu nodded at the employee’s answer and thought.
“Wow, the system requires you to pay a fixed fee to maintain your rating.
In order to maintain their status, they had to sell a certain amount of products within a given time frame. Each sale was essentially a commission, meaning that you had to pay the company a steady stream of fees to maintain your status.
Tailoring
That was the moment.
“Yeah, uh, yeah. Good job.”
The phone rang, and the employee who answered it looked at his computer, talked on the phone, and then hung up. Then he looked at Myung-Hoo, smiled brightly, opened his mouth, and said, “I’m sorry.
“You’ve now been upgraded to Tier 4.”
“Ah. Yes. Good luck.”
Ming Hu smiled at the mention of the upgrade, took the employee’s ID card and walked out of the room, then approached the computer set up for the department’s clients.
Swoosh
I quickly went to the Legendary Exchange page, logged in, and transferred the remaining miles to my account in full.
Jumbled
Finished with his errands, Ming Hu opened the door and stepped out of the fourth-level administration into the hallway, and quickly walked to the first floor.
“There it is.”
After descending to the ground floor, Ming Hu walked to the ATM machine off to one side and inserted the passbook he had brought with him to make sure the transfer went through.
“…”
Ming Hu was speechless as he looked at his passbook, which was stamped with over 300 million dollars. Ming Hu swallowed hard, tucked the passbook deep into his chest, and started walking out of the building and home.
* * * * *
“Hello?”
Entering the house, Ming Hu smiled at the sound of his mother’s voice greeting him and touched the passbook he had tucked away deep inside.
“Yes, I’m here.”
“Would you like a coffee?”
“Yes.”
Ming Hu walked to the kitchen and smiled again as he saw his mom making his coffee. They sat down and started chatting over coffee.
“Mom, but you know what…”
After chatting for a while, Ming Hu realized it was time to tell the story.
“Yes.”
“That one time I went into my room to get a drink of water, and I heard you talking about debt.”
“Oh, 200 million?”
“…Huh? Huh.”
Ming Hu was a little embarrassed by her mom’s response to his question.
“That’s paid off!”
“…?”
Ming Hu could only shake his head at what followed. It wasn’t 20,000, it was 200 million. What kind of money did he mean to say that he had already paid back 200 million?
“Is this because they’re worried about me?
Ming Hu wondered if his mother was telling him this because she was worried about him.
“Are you serious? Tell me the truth.”
Ming Hu asked again, and his mother looked at him with a strange look in her eyes.
“It’s true, it’s paid off.”
“Really…?”
Ming Hu asked again, with a hint of disbelief in his voice, and his mother looked at him with a look that said, “What’s wrong with you?
“Yeah, it’s crazy.”
“Oh…huh?”
“I bought an item for 20,000 won and sold it for 700 million won, so I paid Minseo’s mom back with interest.”
“…”
The $200 million debt was not cash.
“G-game money.
200 million in debt, that was game money.