Volume 2: The Road to Dragon Feast Chapter 95 Gold Coin Trading
After staying in the village for half a day, Murphy chose to go back home. There was really nothing to do in this small fiefdom. Unless he could spend a lot of gold coins, he could only watch those stupid NPC farmers slowly farm the land.
There are some low-level monsters around the village, such as snow rabbits, wild wolves, deer, and bears, most of which are no more than level ten. Generally, there are no very powerful wild monsters near such human villages, so there is no point in killing monsters to level up.
After returning to Alterac City, Murphy immediately went to the gold coin merchant to inquire about the price of gold coins.
He didn't look for anyone else, just the thief Liu Suifeng whom he met in the tavern. When he heard that Mo Fei wanted to buy gold coins, Liu Suifeng hurriedly put up a promotion card.
“10:1 is actually just a rough exchange rate. As players generate and consume gold coins, this exchange rate will always fluctuate.
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Murphy said in disbelief: "Oh, why is this?"
Liu Suifeng said: "Didn't you see the trailer? The Dark Portal is about to open for the second time. This time the game officials are making a big splash, so I'm afraid it won't end inexplicably like last time.
Once the Dark Portal is opened and the orc army invades on a large scale, the Alliance and the Horde will inevitably engage in a war. The material consumption during the war will surely be astonishingly high. Those wealthy kryptonians are all rich and can spend money in the game without blinking an eye. On the contrary, the output of gold coins is limited, so the price will definitely rise sharply at that time.
According to our studio ’s estimate, the price will rise to at least 1:12, or even 1:15, so it will be much more cost-effective to buy now.”
Liu Suifeng lowered his voice and said, "I heard that foreign investment institutions have come in to grab business, and most domestic players have also made up their minds. The current ratio is 1:9.2, and it can only last for three days at most. After three days, it will definitely rise , and it will at least rise for several months."
Murphy was suspicious, "Why don't you stock up more? And sell them?"
Liu Suifeng smiled and said, "We have been stockpiling a lot of goods for a long time, but we have too little capital, so we can't stockpile much even if we want to. I have also made it clear that we can still make some profit by selling the gold coins to you. With the money we make, we can naturally increase our investment, so you decide whether to buy or not."
Murphy was not in a hurry to make an offer now. If there was really such a huge profit, what else could he do?
"With such high profits, don't those big companies plan to get involved?"
Liu Suifeng chuckled, "How can they care about this little money? Besides, the gold coin is still bearish at the moment. After all, the output is always greater than the consumption. Ordinary players can only buy medicine, props, skill books, and repair equipment, especially those who are not good at playing games. They are not willing to spend money in the game at all.
In the final analysis, gold coins are used to make business within the Alliance camp, especially among lord players, who have the greatest demand. However, the opening of the Dark Portal is a predictable historical event for us, but it is simply nonsense for those businessmen. They don't understand this and naturally won't invest in it.
And the key is that there is a transaction tax.”
Murphy reacted immediately. The official game of Sky World did not support the transaction between game and real currency, but it would not crack down on it too hard. Instead, it added a trading system where players could directly exchange RMB for points and use the points to buy gold coins in the game.
However, this exchange is lossy. You can buy points with RMB, but a 10% transaction tax will be charged when you exchange points for RMB.
Therefore, if the profit is not particularly large, it is difficult to make any money by reselling gold coins. If the profit is less than 10%, you will definitely lose money. On the contrary, those who are not good at playing games can earn some gold coins in the game, sell them for coupons and then exchange them for RMB, which is at least a net profit.
After figuring out the reason, Mo Fei was no longer so skeptical about Liu Suifeng's speculation, "Okay, then give me 5,000 gold coins first."
"Only five thousand?" Liu Suifeng was obviously disappointed.
Murphy couldn't help but complain in his heart. Five thousand gold coins is 46,000 RMB. He has been playing this game for such a long time. Except for the one million he spent on creating an account this time, he has never spent money in the game. It has always been a life of money in and no money out. In the past, he thought that using real money to buy virtual props in the game was simply a stupid act.
Of course, he would be willing to use the equipment he earned himself, no matter how expensive it was, but if he was asked to buy it with his own money, he would absolutely not tolerate it.
"I didn't expect that I would fall to the point where I have to buy gold coins from the studio." Murphy couldn't help but say while trading with Liu Suifeng.
Mo Fei sighed, but Liu Suifeng said hurriedly: "Don't say we are a studio. We are just a bunch of spare-time workers who earn some coins in the game to make some extra money to supplement our family expenses. You haven't started a family yet, so you definitely don't understand the hard life pressure of us low-level working men.
Alas, it’s all tears if I talk too much.”
Murphy was speechless. "It's too much to spend 80,000 yuan to buy a gaming helmet for a low-level office worker."
"You don't understand, right? As a man, who doesn't have a dream of playing holographic virtual games? Besides, after buying a helmet, you can make extra money in the game, which is also considered an investment, just like buying a car and driving a Didi."
After the two completed the transaction, Liu Suifeng left. Before leaving, he said that if he wanted to buy gold coins in the future, he could come to him.
Looking at the 5,000 gold coins in the bag, Murphy felt his heart bleeding. In fact, he knew that this feeling was unnecessary. The dragon-slaying sword in his hand was worth several million, which would be hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
This is the truth, but it is difficult to change people's habitual thinking.
Although you have the gold coins, you still need to purchase the wood and stones needed to build the tavern.
Murphy went to the auction house to check the prices of bulk goods, and found that stones and wood were not cheap either.
Gold coins, iron, stone, wood, and food are all war resources. These war resources can be purchased with points. Among all the bulk resources, gold coins are the most expensive, followed by iron, stone, wood, and food is the cheapest.
Any lord can produce this stuff in large quantities. Apart from using it to create farmers or sending it to the mill to be made into bread for sale, there is no place for it to be consumed, so the price has been falling all the way.
Murphy originally thought that the more than 300 units of grain produced in his territory every day could be sold for some money, but now it seems that he was overthinking.
It’s better to keep it as military rations .
He was not planning to buy wood and stone. It would be better to save these gold coins. Fortunately, there were other ways to get them. After a quick search on the Internet, Murphy figured out how to get them.
The easiest way is to plunder.
These common supplies can be looted after destroying cities, castles, towns, and even some aristocratic manors. However, the various forces in the alliance are still in the same camp, so they cannot act so recklessly.
Then the only things you can rob are monsters. Different monster nests will produce different resources. As long as you can break them, you can plunder them.
Among common resources such as wood and stone, the one that produces the most is the 'Bandit Fortress'. This thing can be found on the maps of every kingdom. It can be said that it is everywhere. As long as you break it, you can obtain a lot of resources.
Murphy thought that when he accepted the weekly task tomorrow, he might as well accept a task to clear out bandits, which would be a good opportunity to collect supplies at the same time.
In the afternoon, he went outside the city to gain experience points and successfully reached level 13. As usual, he added all five attributes to endurance. Now he has 30 points of endurance and can use the dragon-slaying sword while wearing armor and carrying a medium load.
Murphy cried with joy, finally he didn't have to run naked anymore.
