Lin Fuxia went to visit these shops in person.
One is on the same street as the Executive Hall. It is a prime location, the shop is large, and the security in the area is very good, but the rent is also very expensive, 120 gold per month.
Lin Fuxia thought to himself, if converted into real money, the monthly rent would be nearly 12,000 yuan, which is really not cheap for such a storefront.
Anyway, she can't afford to rent it at the moment.
The second shop is three streets away, next to the bathhouse where she used to take a bath. It has a large flow of people, the shop is a bit small, and the monthly rent is 75 gold.
The third store is located in a more remote area. The people living around it are mainly poor people and some refugees. The public security is not very good and the store is generally dilapidated. The previous store owner moved out because of frequent harassment and theft.
Therefore, the rent here is only 9 gold per month. If you buy it, because the shop owner is in a hurry to sell it, it only costs 180 gold, which is equivalent to 20 months of rent.
"This is the lowest price. I will definitely not rip you off." The shop owner glanced at the guard who came with Lin Fuxia and said in a low voice while rubbing his hands.
Lin Fuxia was certain about this. The personal agent had also told her about this shop yesterday, and the monthly rent was mentioned as 12 gold.
The shop owner added, "If you have connections, then buying this shop won't be a hassle. It's definitely a good choice."
When the previous shop tenant moved out, he had a big argument with him and demanded compensation, saying that he had been deceived into renting the shop.
Of course he was unwilling to compensate, and then the other party publicized many of the bad things about this store.
Therefore, this shop has been abandoned for half a year. He should not have been greedy for the cheap land here and bought land to build a house. Now he just wants to get back the cost price.
Lin Fuxia thought this place was good, especially since the shop also had a small courtyard and the overall area was not too small. As for the poor security in the surrounding area, the land and housing prices here were cheap. Players would definitely come here in the future. Would they still be worried about the poor security at that time?
She expressed her willingness to buy the yard, but she wanted to pay a 10% deposit first and the rest in seven days.
The shop owner looked at the law enforcer next to her and felt that the other party had such a powerful background and would not default on his debt, so he immediately agreed to sign the contract happily.
I went to the Executive Hall again, signed the store transfer contract, paid 18 gold coins, and waited seven days to pay the balance before the store was officially transferred.
And now, Lin Fuxia can start making changes to this store.
The first thing is of course to renovate it.
She returned to the shop and thought about how to renovate it.
She still plans to package herself as an NPC and then hire players to do the work.
Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly noticed someone not far away looking at me curiously.
Is it the nearby resident who likes to harass and steal from shops?
Before Lin Fuxia could think about it, those people bravely came over, two old men, a lame and skinny middle-aged man, two even skinnier women, and a child of six or seven years old.
They seemed to be working as a team. The skinny middle-aged man among them said humbly, "Respected sir, do you need some labor? We are all very capable. Whether it's repairs or cleaning, whether it's housekeeping or guarding the yard, we can do it, and it's very cheap."
Lin Fuxia fell silent as he looked at the people in front of him, their tattered clothes, skinny bodies, sallow faces, and cautious eyes.
Why do people in the city seem to be worse off than the villagers in Baishan Village?
Ten minutes later, Lin Fuxia understood the situation.
As a lower-class city-state, Andif wasn't considered wealthy, and the gap between the rich and the poor was quite large. The wealthy lived around the ruling hall, and the further outlying areas were, the poorer the people were.
Originally, this place was just an ordinary slum, but as more and more people in this area became unproductive and committed crimes, its reputation became worse and worse. Anyone with some connections and money tried to move out, just like the previous tenant of the shop did.
This has led to this place becoming increasingly poor, and people who leave here find it difficult to find jobs because of their bad reputation. Even if they go to Xishan to mine, they are not accepted because their physical fitness is too poor and they cannot do heavy work.
And the six people in front of us united in this environment.
The core of their team is a middle-aged man named Ron. He is responsible for taking on jobs and communicating with the team. They usually make a living by doing odd jobs. When they are not working, they go to the edge of the Warcraft Forest to do jobs like "digging spider leg meat" for others.
Today, after learning that someone had bought this shop, Ron immediately brought everyone here to try their luck. If they could work here, it would definitely be safer than going to a place like the edge of the Warcraft Forest.
Because of the mandatory newcomer copy, Lin Fuxia previously thought that there was no local labor willing to do the work, so she believed that local labor was more expensive.
Only now did she realize that there were many unemployed people among the locals.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Ron tried to sell her the job: "We have masons and carpenters..."
Among the six people, there were two old people, one was a bricklayer and the other was a carpenter. The two women could do all kinds of work. Although the child was small, he was also nimble. As for Ron himself, although he had a lame leg, he was also very capable and familiar with the surrounding area.
With such a combination, except for the lack of young and middle-aged people who can take on heavy responsibilities, many jobs can be taken on, and this is also the advantage of finding work in a group.
Lin Fuxia came back to his senses, looked at the eagerness in the six people's eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "I need to renovate the doors, windows, tables and chairs, redo the damaged parts, and repaint the peeling parts. Check the roof, doors and windows for leaks, and repair the leaking parts. I'll also put up a new shop sign. Then I'll clean the house inside and out, pull out the weeds in the yard and level it."
Ron was pleasantly surprised and said, "We can make all of these. I also know where to buy cheap wood."
Lin Fuxia finally decided to hire them. The six of them only needed to be paid 50 copper coins a day. Of course, paint, wood, etc. needed to be paid for separately. Lin Fuxia gave Ron 5 gold coins and asked him to arrange it.
She thought that she hired players in the Novice Village to collect herbs for her because there were many players in the Novice Village and the herbs were cheap and easy to use. In the city, she hired NPCs to do the work for her because the poor NPCs in the city were cheap. It was also a way of adapting to local conditions.
As for whether NPCs are useful, it remains to be seen.
After she finished explaining, she looked around the area and didn't find any vicious people, only many very poor and thin people.
As I walked, I saw a few players. They seemed to be choosing houses and wanted to live here.
"It's better to buy a piece of land as soon as possible..."
"No rush. One of Walter's managers has been poached, and the game currency is going to depreciate. We'll buy it later..."
Lin Fuxia vaguely heard their conversation and thought that there were still many smart people. She felt a sense of urgency and wondered if she was too conservative by only buying a shop with a small courtyard.
And it can't be too late to purchase gold coins, otherwise you may not be able to get them.
Another thing is that there is too little money on hand.
She didn't know when Village Chief Bai would be able to send her the blood-restoring pills. She was in urgent need of starting capital.
At this time, she received a letter from Chuanhe.
Chuanhe said in the letter that their guild was going to create a new dungeon and was short of people, and asked her if she was interested.
Lin Fuxia was not interested at first, but Chuanhe said that as long as she was willing to go into the dungeon with him, she would be rewarded with credit coins, starting at 30,000, regardless of whether she could pass the dungeon or not.
Credit currency, this is what Lin Fuxia lacks most now.
So she said, "Give me the coordinates."
Twenty minutes later, somewhere outside the city, Lin Fuxia saw Chuanhe.
There were seven or eight of them in total, and they looked a little anxious.
"Here!" Chuanhe raised his hand.
Lin Fuxia walked over to greet Chuanhe. Coincidentally, Kuaiqudadaguai was also there. He must have been pulled over by Chuanhe. The warrior's burly figure was very eye-catching in the crowd.
Chuanhe introduced to the others: "This is my other partner in the newbie dungeon."
He didn't tell everyone Lin Fuxia's game ID.
A tall, elegant male player said, "Everyone is here, let's enter the dungeon."
Lin Fuxia took a look and saw that there were eight people in total including himself. Was this an eight-person copy?
While waiting for the dungeon to open, Chuanhe said to Lin Fuxia, "If you don't want people to know your ID, just set it to anonymous. Daguai and I won't tell anyone about it."
When entering the same copy, you are assumed to be a team and will see each other's game ID. Setting it to anonymous can solve this problem well, but it will inevitably make people feel cold and unapproachable.
Lin Fuxia directly set the account to anonymous and asked Chuanhe, "Establishing a guild so soon?"
Chuanhedao: "Not yet. The prerequisite for establishing a guild is to obtain the Guild Resident Order. We are going to this dungeon because the reward for clearing it is the Guild Resident Order."
He introduced Lin Fuxia: "Except you and Daguai, everyone else is my colleague in the company. That tall mage is my boss, Tian Shanshui."
Lin Fuxia took a look and said: "Your boss is very young."
Chuanhe smiled helplessly and said, "In reality, he is just a man with a beer belly. He just made himself look like this."
Lin Fuxia: “…”
She couldn't help but take another look at the fair and handsome young wizard. With such a good appearance, if no one told her, who would have thought that this man was actually a man with a beer belly?
Isn't it said that players can only fine-tune their real appearance when creating a face? Of course, there is no such restriction when choosing the system's own templates.
Chuanhe seemed to see her confusion and said, "My boss was said to be good-looking when he was young."
His current game image is about 50% more beautified than when he was young.
Lin Fuxia: “…” Well, you’re not allowing me to reminisce about my youthful years?
Then Chuanhe and Lin Fuxia talked about the relevant information of this copy.
In fact, this was also a clue they got from the Executive Hall. Because no one had entered this copy before them, there was very little useful information. They only knew that this copy was called the Sky Garden and there were all kinds of beautiful flowers in it.
"……that's all?"
"Yes."
Lin Fuxia complained, "It doesn't feel like a good place." With the Sea of Ecstasy in front of her, she was allergic to nice-sounding names of dungeons and levels.
However, for the starting reward of 30,000 yuan, it is still worth making such a trip, and she also wants to see what a regular copy looks like.
After saying so much, the dungeon hasn't started yet, so hurry up and kill monsters and come over: "Do you remember the other four people who entered the newbie dungeon with us?"
Lin Fuxia said: "I remember, what's wrong?"
Those four people were so disgusted at the level of the Sea of Ecstasy that they simply refused to go online.
"They finally wanted to play the game, but when they logged in, they were stuck in the rookie dungeon. They had to complete double the quests we'd done, and their teammates were the same people who had given up before. When they got tired of the quests, it was common for them to throw manure and ghost peppers at each other."
...That's pretty miserable.
Just as he finished speaking, there was a flash of light, and the eight people were sucked into the copy.
Before I opened my eyes, I could smell the fragrance of flowers.
It's a normal floral scent.
When Lin Fuxia opened his eyes, he saw that they were standing in a small square. The square was full of flowers, red, yellow, green, blue... It was beautiful.
Looking further away, there is the vast and boundless sky and islands floating in the air.
The eight people were stunned, and then looked at the small square under their feet. It was also a small "island" floating in the air!
The feeling of being suspended in the air made them feel uneasy. They secretly observed the surrounding environment and were on guard.
The boss of Chuanhe, Tian Shanshui, who looked very gentle and handsome, said: "Everyone, be careful and don't get close to the edge, otherwise you will fall."
The voice is also very youthful and pleasant, but the tone reveals the calmness unique to old cadres. Not to mention, the combination of the two is quite attractive.
However, the three female players present, including Lin Fuxia, all knew his "true face" and did not feel anything.
Soon, two beautiful young women came from a distance. Their clothes were also embroidered with flowers. They walked across a very narrow suspension bridge connecting to other islands.
The suspension bridge was very long. When the two people walked across it, it began to shake, as if it would break at the next moment. Below it was a cloud of mist and a deep abyss.
The eight players all felt distressed.
The two of them arrived at the small square smoothly and lightly. They looked at the eight people and said with a smile, "This is what was delivered today..."
When he said "sent", the other party seemed to realize that he had said the wrong thing and changed the subject, "This is today's challenger."
Their eyes seemed to be able to speak, scanning everyone's faces one by one. When they saw a woman, they would just ignore her, but when they saw a man, they would take a second look, as if they were picking out goods.
Finally, they all set their eyes on the Tianshan Water, looked it up and down, and showed a very satisfied expression.
Those eyes that can speak reveal a kind of affectionate meaning, as if they want to say something but cannot. In short, they are flirting.
Tianshanshui: "..."
Other players: “…”
Tian Shanshui was a little panicked. He was enjoying the feeling of youth, so he shaped himself into this appearance, which was almost equivalent to using the image of his son. But if this caused any misunderstanding to the boss in the copy, it would not be a good feeling.
The other players also had an inexplicable sense of foreboding.
It feels like painting a layer of young paint on an old cucumber to deceive consumers.
Even though I thought so, I still had to pretend to be calm on my face.
Tian Shanshui continued to maintain a calm and composed attitude with the shamelessness of a capitalist.
The other two seemed more satisfied and said with a smile: "Challengers, please follow us?"
As he said that, he walked towards the suspension bridge.
The eight people looked at each other and could only follow.
Lin Fuxia felt a little strange. The language and expressions of the other two people, as well as their special attention to the male players, made her feel like she was sending Tang Monk's flesh into a demon cave.
When looking at it just now, the players only thought that the suspension bridge was very narrow, but when they walked on it, they felt that the suspension bridge was too wide.
One-meter-wide wooden boards were laid on the iron chains as thick as chain arms. The gaps between the wooden boards were large, enough for a person to fall through. The iron chain handrails on both sides of the suspension bridge were a little far away.
Only by standing on one end of the wooden board and stretching out your arms can you grab the iron chain.
If you lose your balance or fail to hold onto the iron rope handrail, you will fall down in a matter of minutes.
Lin Fuxia’s first feeling when he stepped onto the suspension bridge was that it was really hard to earn these 30,000 yuan.
After everyone got on the suspension bridge and walked out a few meters carefully, there was suddenly a rustling sound. Looking back, they saw that the beautiful sea of flowers in the small square suddenly flew up, and the petals in the sky turned into colorful butterflies, swooping over.
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