Volume 2 Chapter VI Settlement Agreement
I wanted to talk to Bage, but the unscrupulous businessman is more urgent. Forget it, I'll talk to him later when I have time.
The NPC guards were only responsible for the safety of the auction site. Once the auction was over, the system was taken back. So a few of us player security guards surrounded the profiteer in the center like stars surrounding the moon, and the group walked towards the bank vigilantly.
Fortunately, the bank was not far from the venue. We all breathed a sigh of relief when we entered the business hall. Theft skills were not allowed here. The profiteer went to the counter to handle the formalities. So far, this auction was a complete success! The remaining question was how to "divide the spoils".
The profiteer first chatted with his other friends, who nodded with smiles on their faces and left. Haha, it seems they made a good profit.
Then the profiteer called me and said, "Come on, Xue, I will go through the transfer procedures with you."
The unscrupulous businessman deposited 73,000 gold coins into my account!
"Do you...do you earn that much?" I asked in surprise.
The profiteer handed me a small notebook and said with a smile: "Haha, take a look, this is the detailed account."
I took the account and looked at it. Well, the profiteer's price list was very clear. His vision was also very accurate. Although he mixed a lot of equipment together for a batch auction, the estimated unit price of different items was marked at the back. For example, in the first transaction, 15 pieces of armor were sold for a total of 1,000 gold coins, of which five pieces of 27-level steel armor were estimated at 50 gold coins each, three pieces of 28-level steel armor were estimated at 65 gold coins each, four pieces of 29-level steel armor were estimated at 75 gold coins each, and three pieces of 30-level chain mail were estimated at 85 gold coins each. Among them, I have a piece of 29-level steel armor and a piece of 30-level chain mail in my name, so the profit I got from this batch of items is 160 gold coins. All in all, I gave more than 20 pieces of white equipment, more than 20 pieces of attribute equipment, 5 pieces of gold equipment and 1 piece of dark gold equipment to the profiteers, and sold 5 bottles of monkey wine. My total profit was 81,100 gold coins. After deducting the 10% handling fee that the profiteers deserved, and rounding up the decimals, my actual income was 73,000 gold coins!
The profiteer explained, "This auction, including publicity expenses, hiring staff and NPC wages, application fees to the system, venue rental, etc., the entire operating cost is more than 10,000 gold coins, but this expenditure has been recovered in the previous auction of the participating license plates, so it doesn't need to be shared by you and my friends through . Oh, in fact, you have another income, that is, there are many high-level equipment in exchange for the equipment that Ji Mo and his friends exchanged, and some equipment above level 30 that you and them fought for some time ago, and you actually account for the majority of it. But I want to wait until everyone gathers together to explain it all at once and divide the profits on the spot, which is better."
I absolutely agree with the unscrupulous businessman's idea. When it comes to economic interests between friends, the most feared thing is that things are not explained clearly. Even if no one cares, if it happens too many times, there will inevitably be some resentment in people's hearts, which will affect the friendship.
I returned the account book to the profiteer. Damn it, I saw on the last page it clearly stated: Total revenue of this auction: 675,800 gold coins!
I don't know how much the profiteer gets from his other friends. Even if it's 10% like mine, his income won't be much less than mine. The problem is that the equipment I provide accounts for a large proportion now, and it won't be like this in the future. The equipment other people bring will only increase. At that time, the profiteer's income will definitely exceed mine. Well, pure businessmen are different.
"Swindler, I want to ask you for a favor." Even though the auction was over, I didn't dare to think too much about how much money I made. Damn, 73,000 gold coins, that's 58,400 RMB! Nearly 60,000 RMB, I was afraid that if I thought too much, I would wake up and find that I was dreaming! I had better quickly shift my attention to other things.
"Hmm? Tell me, brother. What can I do for you? I will definitely help you if I can."
"It's like this... profiteer, since you have discussed the exchange of monkey wine for a ring with that thief, Qian Qian Wan Xing, you must have exchanged business cards with her, right? I would like to ask you to call her and ask her to come out. I want to talk to her and resolve this matter once and for all. Otherwise, I can't stand it if she sees me stealing again and again. If better equipment is stolen in the future, I will suffer a great loss. And killing her... Sigh, you say, I was able to get so much equipment and make so much money today, isn't it all thanks to this account? Speaking of which, I owe her something, and I'm really embarrassed to do it to her."
The profiteer patted my shoulder and said sympathetically, "Hey, brother, your situation is indeed very difficult. Okay, I'll help you contact them, but judging from the girl's temper, it's hard to say whether we can come to an agreement. You have to handle it well."
After saying that, the profiteer buried his head and began to send secret messages to Qian Qian Wan Xing. After a while, he looked up and said to me with a wry smile: "You are lucky, the girl is online, and she has agreed to talk to you. We will meet at Taibai Restaurant at 9:00. However, she stated that reconciliation is possible, but you must be sincere. I guess she is going to put forward some conditions. Well, you decide."
I was surprised and asked, "That's great. As long as her request is not excessive, it's no big deal to agree to it. Why do you have that expression?"
The profiteer muttered, "I said a few good words for you, but unexpectedly the girl scolded me, saying that I was working with you to set up a scam to bully a girl like her, and asked me if I was ashamed? Alas, I am a profiteer who has always had a good reputation, so how could I become a liar?"
I couldn't help laughing and said, "So she still remembers that we used monkey wine to lure her out? Haha, I've got you into trouble. Well, girls are more petty, so don't take it personally. She was the one who stole my equipment first, so we designed a plan to lure her out. Even if this matter gets out, no one will say anything bad about us, and it won't affect your reputation. Well, I didn't expect that the auction has been so busy for so long today, and we haven't even had dinner yet. Let's log off first, so as not to ruin our health. Profiteer, this time it's all thanks to you. You let me make so much money, and we should find some time to get together in real life as friends."
The profiteer laughed and said, "What's the big deal? You trust me, so I will do my best. To be honest, you have helped me a lot. This auction was so successful, thanks to the reputation of Monkey Wine. Now my reputation has spread, which will be of great benefit to my future development. In the future, we will make more money by cooperating. Ha, your suggestion is very good. We should get together. It doesn't matter whether we professional players are free or not. It depends on when Lonely and the others are free."
After saying goodbye to the profiteer, I logged off, and Ah Wei also logged off. Looking at the time, it was already past 7pm, and this auction had lasted for more than 4 hours!
I made a fortune today, and I was so excited that I didn't wait for Wei to speak. I took the initiative to say, "I'll treat you to dinner tonight, Jindalai, let's go!"
I treated Wei to a nice meal at the restaurant. Haha, the two of us spent more than 80 yuan. In the past, this was basically my living expenses for half a week. Wei also understood this. I didn't find a job. The little money I made from playing games was extremely unstable. It was sometimes good and sometimes bad. On average, it was just enough for rent, water, electricity, and basic food and clothing. I didn't have any savings. Therefore, when we went to restaurants, he always treated me more and I treated him less. But this time in Fantasy, no one expected that I would make nearly 100,000 in half a month. Although this was due to the special account and the fast leveling in the early stage, this advantage could not be maintained forever. In the later stage, it still required cooperation from many people to get equipment, and the garbage equipment could not be sold at this price. But overall, if I was frugal with the current income, it would be enough for living expenses in the next three to five years. If I got some super-excellent equipment in the later stage, I might even earn enough money to marry a wife!
After eating and drinking, it was already 8:30, almost time for the appointment with the lady. Well, this was a rare opportunity to talk to her. If we could reconcile and she would never bother me again, then everything would be fine. So I hurried home to log in to the game. First, being late would be rude, and second, leaving a bad impression on her (although I guess she didn't have a good impression of me to begin with), which would not help solve the problem.
At 9:00 sharp, Wanxing arrived in the private room where the profiteer had agreed to meet her last time.
A girl who is punctual is good. This alone shows that she has a basic sense of etiquette. She is different from many girls who can arrive on time but deliberately arrive ten minutes late on a date to increase their status. Such girls are often unreasonable. Maybe it won't be difficult to communicate with her.
"Miss Wanxing, please take a seat."
Qian Qian Wanxing naturally wouldn't give me a good look and sat down on the sofa with a sullen face.
After calling the waiter and asking Wanxing to order drinks, the waiter left. The room became quiet and a strange atmosphere emerged.
Alas, I wanted to have a good talk with her, but when we met, I didn't know where to start. Thinking about it carefully, I did nothing wrong in this matter. It was a very accidental event to ask for the account number from Mr. Li. It was not that I deliberately wanted to grab this No.1 account. Besides, I didn't know that this account was so special at that time!
But if you think about Wanxing, she is indeed wronged. It was originally her lucky account, but it became someone else's for no reason. Who wouldn't be angry? She wants to seek revenge on me to vent her anger, which is understandable.
Seeing her pouting lips, it seemed like she had no intention of speaking first, so I could only smile bitterly and say, "Miss Wanxing, I think you should know why I invited you here. Well, this account originally belonged to you. As for how it came into my hands, your grandfather should have explained it to you, right?"
When Wan Xing heard this, he became even angrier and said angrily, "So what? Although it was given to you by my grandfather, if it weren't for you, a Cheng Yaojin who showed up halfway..."
"OK, OK," I raised my hand and said, "Miss Wanxing, don't get excited yet. I admit that I can be a shrewd person, and I understand your feelings. If this happened to me, I would also find it difficult to accept it."
Qian Qian Wan Xing bit her lower lip, obviously trying to control her emotions. After calming down a bit, she said, "Humph, if it's just an account, it's nothing, but... you know how special this account is! It was my grandfather's birthday gift after I begged him for a long time. Moreover, if I get this account, I will definitely be the top master of Fantasy!"
I believe what Qianqian Wanxing said. Although becoming the best player is not just about adding extra points to an account, it requires considerable strength and great efforts, but Mr. Li was definitely joking when he said she was a rookie. Based on her performance and wisdom, how can she be a rookie? She was able to level up a very difficult thief to level 21 on June 8th, even though she entered the game three days late. Regardless of whether someone led her to level up in a team, it was a very terrifying speed. She must be very familiar with the game and have a long online time every day. As for me, although I can be sure that my leveling efficiency is the highest, it is undeniable that I spent a lot of time picking bosses to fight for equipment. If Wanxing played this account, she would not have to rush to fight for a large amount of equipment to sell like me, and challenge the super boss to grab reputation rewards. If she just focused on leveling up, her level should not be much worse than mine now, at least she would not lose to that orc brother.
"Yes, Miss Wanxing, I admit that through this account, I have gained honors that may not belong to me... But in any case, I did not do so on purpose. This is an accidental incident and a fait accompli that no one can change. Even if there is no identity binding problem, I will return this account to you. After wasting so much time, if you start from scratch, it will be difficult for you to regain the first place, right? I invited you here in the hope of finding a way to compensate you. Don't worry, listen to me. I know that the loss of this account cannot be compensated by any object for you, and you should not lack that little material money. I mean to express my apology to you. I hope you can understand that I am innocent. If you insist on being hostile to me and retaliate by stealing, I will be very troubled."
After hearing this, Qian Qian Wan Xing's face changed from gloomy to bright. After a while, she spoke: "Okay, the account issue can't be blamed entirely on you. After all, it was my grandfather who gave you this account. But you are not completely without responsibility. If you hadn't come out to ask my grandfather for the account, this wouldn't have happened. Since you said you want to compensate me, then I have a few requests. As long as you agree, I won't bother you again in the future."
"Okay, tell me about it. As long as I can do it, I won't refuse."
"First, you and that profiteer are partners. He held an auction today and only sold 5 bottles of Monkey Wine. There should be 5 bottles left, right? I want one bottle. Can you get it for me?"
"No problem. I made the wine, so I own it. Well, this account has extra attribute points. Monkey wine can increase life and magic. Although it is not as effective as attribute points, it can still enhance your strength. I should give you a bottle. But I have a condition. The Blue Eyed Ring you stole was not made by me alone. It should belong to a friend of mine. Please return it to me."
In fact, I made more than 70,000 gold coins at today's auction. The Blue Eyes Ring can only be sold for 1,000 to 2,000 gold coins at the auction. I don't need to care so much about this little money. As for the bird, I will just help her get another piece of equipment. The reason why I made this request was actually just to vent my dissatisfaction with being stolen, to curb Miss Wanxing's self-righteous momentum, and to hint that she should not make too excessive conditions later.
The strange thing is, I thought Qian Qian Wanxing would be unhappy after hearing what I said, but unexpectedly she stared at me with wide eyes, and the expression on her face... I couldn’t explain it, it seemed like she had discovered something interesting?
"That's no problem. This also fulfills the original agreement between the profiteer and me to exchange monkey wine for the ring. Humph, I guess you got the wine. It's really not easy for other players to kill the monkey boss."
I suddenly thought of a question, and asked curiously, "Ms. Wanxing, Monkey Wine is very important to you now. But why didn't you come to the auction? If I hadn't contacted you today, would you not have gotten it?"
I thought this question was insignificant and was just a casual question, but unexpectedly, Wanxing gave me a vicious look and said angrily, "I was busy on the day of the system auction and didn't have time to buy the auction number plate."
I was busy! What were you doing? The young lady was stealing from me! No wonder I didn't have time to buy a number plate.
Wan Xing added, "Besides, even if I join, I can't afford it. Grandpa and I made a bet that I can't use my own pocket money, which means that every coin I spend in this game must be earned by myself from the game. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been fooled by you last time. Why would I use a ring to exchange for monkey wine? I could just buy it with money."
Oh, so this is the reason. No wonder she is so upset about this matter.
"Don't change the subject. My second request is that you delayed me from entering the game by three days. You have to help me level up."
"Reasonable. But I have delayed you for three days, so I will only level you up for three days. Starting from tomorrow morning, whenever you enter the game, send me a message. I can basically guarantee that I will be online at all times except for eating. But the leveling location is up to me. Of course, don't worry, I won't take you to kill slimes. I will definitely help you level up as quickly as possible."
"Okay, you have a point, it's three days. My last request is that I may need your help as the number one master in some matters in the future. At that time, you must help me unconditionally."
I frowned. This request was too broad. Who knows what she wanted me to do? After a moment's hesitation, I added a restriction: "You can help me, but only three times at most. And it can't be something beyond my ability. You can't ask me to kill the Seven-Winged Dragon King and I'll go? You can't force me to do something I don't want to do, such as PK with a friend of mine."
Wanxing nodded and acknowledged what I said: "Well, I didn't explain it clearly. Don't worry, I won't ask you to do anything unreasonable."
The agreement was reached, and Wanxing and I exchanged business cards. Then I breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Miss Wanxing, you should have no opinion of me now, right?"
Wanxing tilted his head and looked at me. After thinking seriously for a while, he said, "In fact, I have no opinion about you. You are a good person. It's just that this incident made me angry. I stole your information for the sake of the matter, not the person. But you are right. The facts cannot be changed. Whether I am angry or want to retaliate against you, I can no longer own that account. Therefore, I will not bother you again in the future. But I have come to a conclusion about you--"
Um?
"--You are too smart. A man like you can easily succeed in his career, but it is difficult for girls to like him. This is my advice to you. Goodbye, good night, see you tomorrow."
Damn, how old is this girl? She actually talked behind my back, isn't she afraid of getting her tongue blown away by the wind? But if I think about it carefully, it seems to make sense...
