Chapter 50: There are middlemen who make the difference
As it turns out, as long as you are lucky enough, you can buy equipment just starting to be released on the release date even if there are hundreds of people in front of you.
However, the process was different from An Ling imagined.
She thought the White Rabbit would "kill" the people ahead of them one by one, but she probably found that doing so soon was inefficient, but also easily caused panic.
After all, it is understandable that one or two people have encountered an emergency, and it is too eye-catching for a group of people to encounter an emergency.
So before six:30, the two met Wang Lu who was rushing to come.
Wang Lu's "one buddy" is now in the top ten in the line. In order to prevent scalpers from maliciously purchasing, they not only need to provide their ID cards when purchasing equipment, but also limit them to purchase up to five at a time. Wang Lu's buddy plus three of them, and even an extra quota was added.
Anling was satisfied when she walked out of the store with the game equipment in her hand. As a veteran game enthusiast, she knew what it meant to be one of the first players to enter the game.
Looking at the team behind her, she estimated that most players had bought the equipment and returned home after 10 o'clock. This included many people who had been dizzy and were planning to go to bed directly after the whole day, so tonight was an excellent time to upgrade.
Not only was there no one robbed monsters on the road, but he could also know the upgrade process one step earlier than others.
In the early stage of the game version, knowledge and information are money, and there will definitely be players who spend a lot of money to catch up with progress or trigger hidden plots.
For double-picking players who are used to making money by making money in vain, mining overnight without many competitors is enough to earn a considerable start-up capital.
Judging from Anling's past experience, when most players start to experience the game, the upgrade path is definitely a torment.
When she first came into contact with online games, she went back to when she was in junior high school. At that time, she was not likely to become a professional player. When she had to do her homework every day, it was often the peak time for office workers to get off work and students to get off get out of class. Then she often encountered a task monster that she had not touched after a night, and in the past ten years she would have formed a team to do any team without upgrades, and inexplicably, she became a passionate PVP.
An Ling felt that this was not a big deal for the players back then. After all, she could not complete a low-level task in a few hours. It felt really impressive that she was about to be urged to go to bed. Because of this, she had developed amazing PVP skills since she was a child, and later she learned to take the initiative to raise trouble.
For An Ling, who is a junior high school student, it is also an important way to relieve stress.
As the first large-scale online game with immersiveness as its selling point, this grand occasion will definitely not be under "World of X" back then.
She sighed, "Old Wang, you came too timely."
Wang Lu is really a magical person.
You said that every serious job he usually is careless and outfit is regarded as a potential criminal by the security guards, but at critical moments, he can use various bizarre ways to assist.
It was also in the world of the dead. Just when they were at a loss for Jiang Qi's lost memories, Wang Lu directly found Jiang Qi's lost memories from the hut that Dean Fang had once divined.
It’s reasonable to be lucky once or twice, but it’s thought-provoking.
"This is a rare business opportunity. How can I be missing?"
Wang Lu said happily that the process of purchasing game equipment was much smoother than he thought, and he bought the equipment almost as soon as he arrived.
"I didn't expect you to be interested in the game."
An Ling was a little surprised. She had known Wang Lu for quite some time, but in her impression, the other party had almost never taken the initiative to provoke topics related to games. There were several times when Wang Lu came to Chen Yue's house to look for Gu Yun, she and Shen Yue were online, and Wang Lu just glanced at him and sat on the sofa, and didn't seem to be very interested.
Unexpectedly, Wang Lu shook his head mysteriously when he heard this and said, "I have quit gaming for a long time, but I am very interested in making money."
Actually, he was also a game enthusiast when he was young.
The main reason that later prevented him from continuing to love games was poverty.
When a person takes several jobs and returns home every day at night, he loses the energy to continue playing games. Over time, his focus shifts to other places.
For him, the launch of this new device contains countless business opportunities.
For example, when Gu Yun and An Ling thought he was planning to become one of the first players to experience the game, Wang Lu’s plan was to resell the equipment he bought with this guy and earn the difference as a middleman.
This team can't be in vain, right?
An Ling staggered, "I'm here to be a scalper!"
She had long imagined that the release date would attract many scalpers, but she never expected that the scalpers would be by her side.
If you think about it carefully, this matter is indeed both unexpected and reasonable.
With Wang Lu's rich career resume, it is strange that not knowing some scalpers in the Tao. An Ling suddenly remembered that one of Wang Lu's past professions was selling pirated CDs. She heard that many of these people were all along the way.
"Didn't I happen to meet some rich people?"
In front of Gu Yun and An Ling, Wang Lu was willing to share his knowledge of making money, "I helped them contact the buyer, and then split the difference between them, and then split the profit by 55."
As an ordinary citizen who has been struggling around the poverty line for many years, Wang Lu also thought that the jokes about rich people circulating on the Internet were made up, but it was not until he really met a few rich people that he realized that for a truly rich second generation, there was no difference between a few thousand yuan and a few tens of thousands yuan.
However, those rich generations who started from scratch are often very sensitive to numbers and do not like to spend money in vain.
It's hard to imagine how much the difference a rich second generation is willing to pay to enter the game a few hours earlier than others.
Only one of the people queuing up in this direct sales store, and others are everywhere at various selling points. Everyone is ready to take advantage of the situation and make a big profit.
"Good luck to you."
An Ling thinks that Wang Lu is actually quite thoughtful about the concept of making money. The reason why he has been often around the poverty line for so many years is definitely unlucky.
The plan was clearly arranged very well, but every time it reached the implementation stage, a disruption would pop up inexplicably.
According to her observation, most of the people who disrupted the situation were Gu Yun.
The barbecue stall in the night market in F City, the ski coach in the ski villa, and the fireworks sales during the New Year. In just one month, Gu Yun has been ruining Wang Lu's business several times in a row. Those who don't know will probably think that these two are irreconcilable enemies after hearing this.
Therefore, An Ling believed that the only way she could help Wang Lu was to take Gu Yun home as soon as possible.
Judging from past experience, when they walk together, they will suddenly encounter the Moshigantou organization that jumped out of the middle of the road. Although they won a great victory in the battle, the game equipment they just bought was damaged in a battle.
In order to prevent this, Anling urgently stopped a taxi on the side of the road.
Perhaps it was with the blessing of the White Rabbit that the road was unobstructed and there was no attack from the Moxigantou organization. Of course, it was also possible that the Moxigantou organization was also queuing up at the moment.
Meeting Wang Lu is just an episode, and the next one is the highlight.
The installation of game equipment is not difficult. Anling had learned and practiced several times when he participated in the internal test. Therefore, as soon as she got home, she quickly helped herself and Gu Yun rack the equipment.
"Gu Yun, I'm waiting for you in the novice village!"
Before logging in to the game with anticipation, An Ling took a deep breath and spoke.
She didn't know if Ren Diyu had any way to change the novice task. If the production team still followed the internal test mode and let the player be in the task when entering the game, then she and Gu Yun were likely not able to match the same task in the novice task.
"OK."
Gu Yun nodded. This time, without the threat of the monster, he could calm down and carefully appreciate his hometown centuries ago.
The moment he connected to the game, the familiar character setting page appeared in front of him again.
This time he no longer needs to hide his eyes and so he chose the default option to save trouble. The default option is based on the player's realistic appearance as a blueprint. Gu Yun thinks this is pretty good, and acquaintances should be able to recognize him from a distance.
However, this time there are also different options than when it is in internal testing.
Before entering the game, the interface gives options for "North Country" and "South Country".
This unexpected option forced Gu Yun, who was accustomed to skipping conversations, to carefully read the introductions of two different camps.
The introduction below the two camps is very detailed, and the directions of different focus are also summarized.
The main organizations corresponding to the North camp are the Mizuma Mountain Hermits and the Demon Hunter Guild. It is recommended that players who are talented or interested in mystery join.
The corresponding organization of the Southern Camp is an organization called the Silver Ring Brotherhood. It is recommended that players who like close combat or have a certain understanding of cold weapons join.
Silver Ring Brotherhood?
Gu Yun's eyes remained above the name of this strange organization. Although he had never heard of the name of this organization anywhere, the emblem used by the Silver Ring Brothers made him feel very familiar.
Crossed stone axe and hammer...
He vaguely remembered that the third elder had a similar emblem tattooed on his back.
The Third Elder is the best in spiritual power. It was the Third Elder who guided him step by step the secret of waterfall practice.
Walking near the waterfall, it was inevitable that the clothes on his body were wet. Once when the third elder took off his shirt and demonstrated his mental power to him, he happened to see the tattoo behind the elder.
After a moment of pausing on the options of the South, Gu Yun resolutely chose the North camp.
After his vision blurred, he returned to the wilderness and sat next to the bonfire with two witch hunters and two other players.
Although the introduction of the Southern Camp sounds very suitable for him, no one can teach him something new in the field of close combat.
Since there is a rare opportunity, Gu Yun still hopes to know more about the internal affairs of believers.
Chapter completed!