Chapter 397: Fearless’ Miscalculations
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
“The Unavoidable Story regarding Twilight City’s Convenience Store and black-hearted businessman Iron Bull.”
This forum post was posted anonymously. The post described the relationship of the convenience store and Wang Yu before exaggerating how Wang Yu’s convenience store monopolised the industry using only the medium grade recovery medicine.
Lastly, the post continued to talk rubbish about how Wang Yu made use of time when the game was going official to bulk purchase the ingredients for the medicine. Wang Yu was written to have disrupted the whole market.
The person who published this post explained everything in great details. At the end of the post, he even inserted a video of how Wang Yu violently chased away the troublemakers in his store.
In just a few moments, this post charged right into the top ten most popular post on the forum.
The older gamers from Twilight City often shopped at Wang Yu’s convenience store. They knew that the items in Wang Yu’s convenience store were definitely priced reasonably as compared to the other shops in the neighbourhood. They were certain that someone must be behind this.
However, there was a great influx of new gamers after the game went official. In fact, these new gamers didn’t even know who “Iron Bull” was but they followed suit to curse him… Occasionally, there would still be a few who tried to defend Wang Yu. However, they would also be flamed together with Wang Yu.
“I’ve been to that convenience store! F*ck, they sell one bottle of medicine for 50 gold! They make me poor!”
“50 gold? F*ck, how black-hearted can they be?”
After the game went official, the prices of gold returned to normal. 50 gold was equivalent to 5000 dollars and one could buy a decent equipment with 5000 dollars. If the price was calculated like that, this convenience store was basically fraudulent, not just black-hearted.
However, what most gamers didn’t know was the increase in the price of the ingredients used to make the medicine. The ingredients alone cost more than ten gold. Even if someone knew about the price of the ingredients used to make the medicine, the post pointed out that Wang Yu was the one who maliciously set it so high.
There would never be a short of morality professors on the internet. People could talk about unimportant issues for many days, let alone something like this which affected the interests of a few gamers.
After a while, the forum transformed from a debate of the skills of two top-tier experts to the crusading of one side.
The man of the story, Wang Yu, had no idea what was going on. He hadn’t been on the forum for the longest time yet.
After coming offline, Wang Yu spotted Mu Zi Xian’s enraged face.
“Too ridiculous, this is simply too ridiculous!” Mu Zi Xian banged the table as she talked to herself.
“What happened? Did your manager not give you your paycheck?” An inquisitive Wang Yu asked.
Today was the last day of the month and was also Mu Zi Xian’s last day at work. This was the reason why Wang Yu thought her anger was work-related.
“No, go look at the forum!” Mu Zi Xian turned the computer screen towards Wang Yu.
“Oh…” After looking at the forum, Wang Yu touched his chin and said, “Why should we bother about them? They’re spouting rubbish.”
Mu Zi Xian replied anxiously, “But these are venomous slanders and if this continues, our shop will be doomed.”
Wang Yu responded in a calm tone, “You don’t have to exaggerate! We priced our products extremely reasonably and those who threw slanders at us are not the ones buying from us… Moreover, with the quality of our products, we don’t have to worry about sales.”
Wang Yu had no experience working in a society but this didn’t mean he was dumb. He understood and analysed the situation very well. He knew that there was no point in panicking and that quality items would always be sold eventually.
Hearing the words of Wang Yu, Mu Zi Xian calmed herself down before replying, “En, you’re right.”
Presently, only Daybreak Studio and themselves sell the medium grade medicine. As of today, the Daybreak Studio no longer holds any stock of the medicine. Therefore, Wang Yu’s convenience store was the only one that was still selling.
Back then, there were still people buying from Daybreak Studio even though the price was so high. Currently, Wang Yu was confident people would still buy from him.
While the husband and wife were conversing, someone was knocking on their bedroom door.
“Come on in, the door isn’t locked.” Mu Zi Xian called out and Li Xue walked in.
“Brother Yu, Sister-in-law.”
“Little Xue, it’s so late at night, what’s going on?” Mu Zi Xian asked.
Li Xue answered, “Daybreak Studio has re-opened their store…”
Mu Zi Xian instantly perked up, “How is their business?”
“They are basically prospering.” Li Xue didn’t describe the situation but from her tone, one could tell that Daybreak Studio’s business must be exceptionally good.
“Wasn’t their medicine all sold out?” Mu Zi Xian exclaimed.
Wang Yu furrowed his brows when he heard this news too. He started to feel that something was off.
“Yes, it was indeed sold out but it seems like they can concoct medium grade recovery medicine too.” Li Xue explained.
Wang Yu nodded, “No wonder…”
The game had been official for one month so it was normal for someone to become a high grade Pharmacist. Moreover, the PVP contribution store would sell the formula for medium grade medicine. Even though it would be a little pricey, it shouldn’t pose a problem for the Daybreak Studio. This was why it wasn’t a surprise that they could concoct the medium grade medicine too.
“Seems like we can only ask Fearless to sell away the ingredients. This way, we can still minimise our losses.”
Wang Yu suggested after pondering for a while.
Li Xue replied with a worried expression, “I’m afraid you can’t do that. The Daybreak Studio actually bought over a large proportion of the ingredients in the market. The price of the ingredients is almost less than half of what it used to be.”
“This…” Wang Yu was instantly dumbfounded.
The ingredients were the Quan Zhen Sect’s last resort. As long as they still had the ingredients, selling them would still earn them a huge sum. However, the Daybreak Studio actually went ahead to bulk purchase from the market, causing the price to decrease so significantly.
F*ck, Wang Yu had no choice but to admit that this move from the Daybreak Studio was much more ruthless than Fearless.
“Brother Yu, what shall we do now?” An impatient Li Xue asked.
Honestly, Li Xue was the person the Quan Zhen Sect didn’t have to worry about the most. With her set of skills, she would be able to survive anywhere.
Wang Yu replied faintly, “It’s okay… Spending money is not a burden when it comes easily. Don’t worry about it for now, go and rest.”
The majority of Wang Yu’s money came from Sanguine Warflag. The 20000 gold that he won was basically money from the sky.
“Alright…” Li Xue looked at Wang Yu and Mu Zi Xian one more time before walking out of the bedroom.
“Honey, our money is gone just like that… You won’t scold me right?” Wang Yu asked in a pitiful tone.
Mu Zi Xian chuckled, “What are you talking about? I want to hit you…”
“Hit me then…”
Mu Zi Xian glanced at Wang Yu before saying, “My heart aches even if I don’t hit you. It will ache even more if I hit you.”
“Hehe, actually I feel the heartache too.”
Wang Yu smiled because he knew Mu Zi Xian didn’t blame him. However, the money he had would just be gone like that. It would be a lie if he said it didn’t hurt.
“So what do we do now? Do we still sell off the ingredients at a low price?” Mu Zi Xian inquired.
Salvaging some money would still be better than nothing at all.
Wang Yu replied, “Forget it, let’s just take one step at a time. We shall consult Fearless tomorrow. All his money is in this investment too. I am sure he will not let it go easily.”
The next day, there was a lonely dead silence on the Quan Zhen Sect’s channel. Even the usually noisy and talkative Ming Du didn’t say anything.
A few people left messages such as “Let me know if you need help” to Wang Yu. Sanguine Warflag, in particular, sent Wang Yu “I’m buying whatever the number of medium grade medicine you can provide from you.”
Evidently, Wang Yu wasn’t the only one aware of what was going on.
“Thank you everyone, but I’m fine.” Wang Yu replied with the expression of his gratitude.
Around nine in the morning, Fearless came online.
The first thing Fearless did when he came online was to send a message in the guild’s chat, “Everyone, come to the guild’s headquarters now!”
When Wang Yu arrived at the guild’s headquarter, everyone else was already there.
“I’m the one who let everyone down.” After Wang Yu sat down, Fearless stood up and bowed sincerely towards everyone.
Fearless’ act left everyone in shock… This might just be this fella’s first time apologising for something he did.
One could tell that Fearless didn’t look good at all. This fella was always the one plotting against others but who knew that today was the day he got a taste of his own medicine. Given their understanding of Fearless, they knew that the loss of money was not a problem for Fearless. It was the emotional setback.
Wang Yu smiled cheerfully, “This is nothing at all… Don’t think too much about it.”
Wang Yu was truthful in his words. Regardless of how Fearless treated anyone else on the daily basis, Wang Yu was treated and taken care of well by him. This was merely the loss of a few golds and these were in-game golds. Losing a friend over something as trivial as this was something only a child would do.
If Wang Yu, who was the one with the greatest loss, said that it was not a big deal, why would the others say anything else?
Ming Du, who was despicable as usual, jokingly added, “Hehe, Fearless’ apology really does sound very comforting. It is definitely worth more than those golds so why don’t you say you’re sorry to your big brother again.”
“F*ck you!” Fearless glared viciously at Ming Du and the atmosphere in the room became a lot less tense.
After the joke, Fearless spoke in a serious tone again, “Last night, I’ve thought through all the possible methods to salvage this situation…”
“So did you come up with anything?” Everyone asked. Even though no one blamed Fearless, it was still good to have a way to salvage this situation.
“En, I have two methods!” Fearless continued, “The first method is to use this opportunity to continue purchasing even more ingredients. We can fight to our death with the Daybreak Studio.”
Everyone shouted out in unison, “What’s the second one?”
Fearless’ first method was simply to fight to the death and try to bring the other party down with us. With all their money frozen, competing in terms of wealth was simply a ridiculous idea. It would be better if Fearless didn’t even mention this method.
“The second one is slightly more troublesome…” Fearless hesitated for a while, “With this current situation, our only way to turn this around will be to concoct an even better medicine.”
“Ah…” Hearing the second method, everyone was speechless.
An even better medicine would be high grade medicine. Without mentioning the fact that it would be hard to produce a high grade Pharmacist, it would be even harder to find the formula for such medicine. Even the PVP Arena’s store wouldn’t sell something like this so what was the point of mentioning this method?
“Personally, I will prefer the first method…” Fearless continued.
“Do we have the money?” Everyone sighed.
“Iron Bull’s brother is the boss of Peerless Heaven right… Maybe we can get him to help.”
“This…” Everyone lowered their head quietly.
Wang Yu was the one who suffered the greatest loss this time. Therefore, how could they expect him to agree to something like that?
All of a sudden, Wang Yu stood up and said, “I think the second method is more probable!”