Weeks went by, and more deals were signed by various guilds on behalf of their members. Most of them managed to raise salaries by at least a few percent, which in turn drew even more attention to the guilds and encouraged more people to join.
By the end of the year, the guilds had become a social phenomenon on their own, creating various topics of discussion throughout the empire.
Noticing this societal phenomenon, the three largest newspaper companies in the empire, Bharatam Daily, Times of Bharat, and The Observer, once again came together to hold a joint conference while inviting several important political, historical, and economic figures onto the panel to be its speakers.
