Chapter 323 - 302 Who Can You Blame if You Can’t Handle the Divine Artifact Yourself?
"The motto of a tycoon buying a Divine Artifact has always been, don’t worry I’m broke, just worry that you aren’t selling (out of stock)!
Da Fei now also seems like a tycoon with the amount of Gold Coins he has in the game, and when the other party suddenly agrees to sell and Da Fei can afford it, it’s hard for Da Fei not to be tempted! But after all, Da Fei isn’t a real tycoon, and this gun isn’t something Da Fei urgently needs, so as a professional player, of course, Da Fei wouldn’t let them name any price they want!
What a joke, 10 million Gold Coins plus two Divine Artifact Components for a personal Divine Artifact? If this was during public beta mid-game progression, this totally would’ve been a worthy deal, because collecting Divine Artifact Components is way too unreliable, a hundred times more unreliable than getting the Heart of Blood Wolf King. And the scattered components not assembled into a Divine Artifact have really unimpressive attributes, they’re not that useful in hand, and it’s even less painful since these components were tributes from juniors, easily gotten, easily sold.
But now is the key early stage of game development, alright! Like Hemorrhoid Ointment just said, assessing the value of early-stage items is about how many steps ahead you can get from others, 10 million Gold Coins at this stage is not just ahead of others, you’re practically on the moon! Ah, wait, what exactly does 10 million Gold Coins represent? Brother Fei just got too excited shouting out prices, seems like he didn’t quite clear this up either!
Da Fei sent a message to Hemorrhoid Ointment: "Boss Ma, sorry to bother but can I ask a small question, what’s the current online market price for Game Coins?"
Soon Ma Yinglong replied: "Could it be that Brother Fei just got some cash and is thinking of some grand plans to buy a batch of Game Coins? Or perhaps Brother Fei’s three ships of goods sold well and he wants to move a batch of Gold Coins?"
Damn! Truly the chairman of a large guild, thinks differently than me, both of which I’m not considering! Da Fei laughed and said: "Maybe thinking of selling some Gold Coins."
Ma Yinglong laughed and said: "The Gold Coin market is very hot right now; if a tycoon urgently needs cash, 50,000 Gold Coins could sell for about 10,000 at most, the market during public beta can’t even compare to now."
Da Fei was suddenly shocked: "So, 1.1 million Gold Coins could sell for 200,000?" Almost blurted out 10 million, 10 million wouldn’t have killed him, right? Damn! I, a dumbass, was actually considering using 10 million Gold Coins which is 2 million RMB to buy a Divine Artifact? Skyshattering Thunder not agreeing to that is way too greedy, right? It’s unimaginable, how did I even end up owing an NPC one billion?
Ma Yinglong sighed with a smile: "100 million by selling in batches of 50 thousand 20 times might really get 200 thousand, looks like Brother Fei’s deal is going to make a small fortune again."
Da Fei wondered: "Why sell in batches?"
Ma Yinglong laughed: "At this stage, there are production time limits in recruiting troops, having money but nowhere to spend it, even if a tycoon has a large consumption, they only need it for rushing the library quest tasks, but that’s only around 50 thousand Gold Coins, buying a decent Medium Ship is also around that price. And the thing about Gold Coins is they’re depreciating every day, people are selling off every day, so tycoons usually buy only as much as they need and won’t stock up on something that will depreciate, therefore 50 thousand Gold Coins is currently the largest unit of transaction on the market, any more and no one will buy."
Da Fei said in surprise: "Having money but nowhere to spend?"
Ma Yinglong laughed: "However, if in the game one owns territories, owns their own company, then it’s another matter, there are only two such people in the China Region, like Fleeting Blossom who became a farm owner, Skyshattering Thunder who became an iron shop owner, if they have long-term goals to grow and strengthen, they definitely need as many Gold Coins as possible at this early stage to invest early in upgrading and establishing trade networks with NPCs, but with the current market situation in Gold Coins, they wouldn’t buy Gold Coins with cash."
Da Fei suddenly realized! So this Skyshattering Thunder has a background, huh? No wonder so arrogant? However, arrogant my ass, I have my own territory too! The issue is, my territory has a bad environment, transportation issues, external threats, lack of resources, might lead to not so smooth early-stage development, can’t even say I have an early advantage, what should I do?
Da Fei then asked: "I have some cash from recent sales, was thinking of setting up something like a small company to play around with, should I invest all the Gold Coins in the game now? Or should I take advantage of the hot market now, sell off the cash in batches for cash, and buy back the Gold Coins when they depreciate to continue setting up the company? Which is more cost-effective, could Boss Ma advise?"
Ma Yinglong burst into laughter: "Setting up a small company? Truly ahead of the game as always, Brother Fei! This question is quite complex, not something that can be explained in a sentence, it needs a dedicated market research team to study and calculate. However, some things are beyond human calculations, I think Brother Fei has a clear advantage and limitless prospects, plus being an individual player without a whole bunch of people to support, you can totally go all out in however you want to do it, it’s just a matter of earning more or less, not a problem at all!"
Damn! What a statement that it’s just a matter of earning more or less, I like the sound of that! Da Fei felt relieved and made up his mind: look far ahead and grow stronger! Go all in with the current Gold Coins invested in the game! Forget about exchanging Gold Coins for equipment! Damn, seems like I mindlessly gave quite a lot of my Gold Coins to the financial advisor before going to bed this morning, spent over 5 million on debts, then spent another 10 million on upgrading the Teleportation Array, I don’t even have 10 million left on me! Alright, that’s a good break from my Divine Artifact purchasing thoughts!