After a busy morning, the sun had almost evaporated the rain water accumulated in the yard, and Ke Jin returned to the house with Ou Nuo.
Although Bai Fan's expression was as calm as ever, he was obviously not calm inside. He came forward as soon as Ke Jin entered the door.
"Did they give you any trouble just now?"
Ke Jin held the savings card in his hand, immersed in the joy of windfall, his smile seemed a little silly: "Haha, no, they are pretty nice people..."
Especially Duan Zihan! Not only did he spend a fortune, he also helped him refill the card quicksand bottles one by one for free. What a great spirit of selfless dedication!
"Ah, but you should be careful..." When it comes to business, Ke Jin immediately stops smiling, "The guy named Duan Zihan said..."
After hearing what Ke Jin said, Bai Fan disagreed.
"He's still threatening me?" Bai Fan sneered, "He really is not smart enough."
"?"
"Didn't you say that he didn't get an SSR even after 100,000 draws?" Bai Fan said, "Maybe he forgot that you would tell me about this? When he remembers it, not only will he come to trouble me, he will even have to go to great lengths to beg me to keep my mouth shut."
Ke Jin was stunned for a moment.
"Is it so serious that we can't get the goods out of 100,000?" Those people just expressed deep sympathy to Duan Zihan, and said "I will keep it a secret for you". Ke Jin thought they were joking, but he didn't expect... they were sincere? ?
"The atmosphere on Aquarius is different from here. After all, it's the capital of the galaxy, and there are many rich people there, and the phenomenon of comparison is very serious." Bai Fan paused, "For those people, comparing financial resources is just a thing of the past. How can it satisfy their abnormal desire for comparison? Now they are popular with luck. If you draw 100,000 times and get nothing, it's enough to be nailed to the pillar of shame and ridiculed for a long time on Aquarius."
Ke Jin: “…”
Is Aquarius so cruel to non-Africans? But, it’s terrible…
"I don't like this kind of atmosphere, but there's nothing I can do about it. The more prosperous the card pool is, the more likely it is to be like this." Bai Fan shook his head helplessly. "In fact, the situation in the 12 Federation star systems is relatively good. I heard that the situation in the Empire star system is even worse. The card pool there is linked to data push, and the daily shipment volume of the card pool is recorded. There is also an evaluation mechanism."
"For example, if you didn't draw an SSR in 100,000 draws from this card pool, it would not only be a stain on the card drawer, but also on you as the card user, and even affect the overall rating of the card pool. Fortunately, this is not in the Empire Star System, otherwise if the news broke, you would also be despised and laughed at. People with bad luck don't dare to draw cards there at will."
Ke Jin's expression went blank when he heard this: "Why is the Empire Galaxy so perverted..."
Oloy, who had been listening attentively, said: "..."
Hey, hey! What’s wrong with my hometown?
Oloy was very dissatisfied, but in order not to reveal his identity, he could only glare at Ke Jin unhappily - this guy really has never seen the world. When he has time in the future, he must let him see the prosperity of the card pool industry in the Imperial Galaxy. As a card envoy, how can he not visit the card pool holy land that is famous throughout the universe!
But at the same time, Ke Jin's mind was full of——
He also didn't know whether the "card pool opened all over the universe" required by the system task included the Empire Galaxy... If the system didn't force him to do so, he absolutely wouldn't go to a place that was so unfriendly to non-Africans! He would never go there even if he was beaten to death!
***
After this "alien visitor" episode ended, it was finally time for the segment that Ke Jin was most looking forward to.
——Count the income!!
In fact, there was nothing to calculate. After all, this was not a small shop selling snacks where he had to count each bill. Ke Jin only needed to look at the amount on the crystal card to know his income at a glance. However, he still sat at the table with a sense of ceremony, holding the crystal card in both hands - the total amount of currency displayed on it was 554,827 star coins - and announced solemnly.
"I'm finally rich! Haha!!"
Oloy was speechless, and he didn't even bother to mock her - it was only over 500,000 star coins! How the hell is this considered money? ?
Bai Fan was a top student at KTS College. Although he hadn't graduated yet, he could earn 500,000 yuan by doing a part-time job at Aquarius Star. The money Ke Jin earned was not enough for him, but he still politely congratulated him.
"Very good." Bai Fan said sincerely, "We can repair the yard now."
"Yeah!" Ke Jin nodded happily, "By the way, we can also renovate this house."
Bai Fan was stunned when he heard this: "This...I'm afraid it's not enough."
"Not enough?" Ke Jin was a little surprised. "Isn't five hundred thousand enough to renovate the house?" At least in his past world, when prices were not much different, let alone renovation, five hundred thousand was enough to build a two-story building of good quality.
"Aren't you going to renovate the Kachi Courtyard first?" Seeing that Ke Jin was completely distracted, Bai Fan explained, "The Kachi Courtyard is different from ordinary buildings. It is not enough to simply renovate the exterior. Instead, you need to place various expensive defense cards during construction. They are the most important guarantee for the safety of your Kachi Courtyard, and they are also the most important factor you need to consider when building the Kachi Courtyard."
Ke Jin was confused: "Defense card? Do you still need this?"
Oloy held his forehead with his hand, obviously unable to bear to look at Ke Jin's "ignorance"; Bai Fan nodded helplessly and continued patiently.
"Your card pool is not well-known yet, and its location is remote, so no one has come to you yet. But once you become famous, you will have more trouble."
"Some dangerous hunters will specifically target high-value card pools with weak defenses. At the very least, they will steal your card pool energy and affect the normal operation of your card pool. At worst, they can directly take away your card formula, so that your card pool will never be able to draw that kind of card again. Of course, there are even worse ones, which will abduct the card spirits that the card master has carefully nurtured. This is completely fatal to the development of the card pool. I have heard of many cases on Aquarius."
Complete novice Ke Jin was stunned and speechless for a long time.
"But you don't have to worry too much. The security situation on Azure Star is pretty good. At least there aren't many serious incidents. But it's always better to take precautions early." Bai Fan said, "I heard from Sister Ran that they are also rushing to approve your application for support funds so that you can have money to renovate the yard as soon as possible. After all, they are also very worried about your safety here."
I'm already worried about my safety! Is my current situation actually quite dangerous? ?
It took Ke Jin a long time to digest this new knowledge, and then he asked a very practical question.
"Uh...how much will it cost for me to renovate the yard?"
"If it's cheap, 100,000 or 200,000 yuan will do, but I think 300,000 or 400,000 yuan is safer." Bai Fan said, "Of course, if you can take out all the more than 500,000 yuan, I will definitely agree. After all, the return rate of being a card user is still very high. When your card pool becomes famous in the future, it will not be a problem to make a million yuan a day."
Bai Fan paused for a moment, and finally added something meaningful.
"But the premise is - before that, don't let anyone mess with your card pool. It's better to be careful."
***
Ke Jin was very sad.
Before I could even warm up to the huge sum of money I had just received, I was back to the days before liberation overnight!
Although the money can be earned back someday, when will it be earned back next time? After all, it is rare to find a fool like Duan Zihan, and it is hard to find one even with a lantern...
But no matter how sad he was, Ke Jin still knew what was important and what was not. He stroked the crystal card in his hand melancholy for a while, then turned around and called secretary Xiao Bai.
It was Bai Fan's suggestion to contact Secretary Xiaobai, because building the Kachi Courtyard was a special project, and the Kachi Bureau often dealt with the card agents, so they must be familiar with this kind of thing and should be able to recommend some reliable construction parties. Sure enough, as soon as Ke Jin finished explaining his purpose, Secretary Xiaobai shouted in surprise.
"Xiao Ke, are you finally going to renovate the yard?"
"Yeah, a few big clients happened to come, and I made some money." Ke Jin laughed dryly, "Finally, I have more money on hand, so I want to quickly finalize the courtyard business."
"That's great, that's great... Oh, by the way, the support funds that our bureau has applied for you is a total of 80,000 star coins. Well, it's not a lot, but we really tried our best... The money will be transferred to your card in about two days. Then I will send you a list of some reliable construction companies. You can choose according to your budget. If you need my help in coordination, just let me know."
Ke Jin thanked him repeatedly, and after hanging up the phone, he thought about it and decided to contact the construction party three days later.
***
During the two days of waiting, Ke Jin certainly hadn't been idle. He had already completed the task of [Complete 5,000 draws from the card pool within a month] issued by the system ahead of schedule, and that night he entered the card pool to complete the task. Because "100,000 draws" directly covered several subsequent established tasks, the system directly issued several task rewards in succession, and the rich rewards made Ke Jin very excited——
1. The card pool is upgraded to level 4: the capacity of the crystal sand pool is expanded by 9%; the capacity of the quicksand bottle in the card renewal room is expanded by 9%; the success rate of making new cards in the card making room is increased by 5%; the card pool skin replacement function is unlocked.
2. Added a new card pool function: "Recycle discarded cards and convert them into crystal sand energy".
3. Give away a complete set of recipes for five new "pastry" cards: Brioche, Fortune Cookies, Chocolate Cookie Rings, Rose Cake, and Matcha Cheesecake.
4. Open a new branch of snack items - "Candy", and give away an initial full set of six cards: plum candy, lollipop (strawberry flavor), lollipop (apple flavor), lollipop (chocolate flavor), original milk candy, and fruit-flavored popping candy.
Ke Jin was really satisfied with the rewards issued by the system.
Although the expansion of the crystal sand pool and the card Quicksand Bottle still cannot meet the basic conditions for extracting SSR cards, it at least shows that after the card pool is continuously upgraded, an SSR card will be born in your own card pool sooner or later;
Including the newly added snack categories, the system has directly released eleven new cards this time, which is almost twice the number of snacks in the current card pool. No matter how delicious the food is, you will get tired of it after eating too much. Rich card content is the most favorable guarantee to attract customers to come to the store. These new cards will surely attract many repeat customers to visit the card pool again;
The upgrade of the card pool finally unlocked the skin function. After renovating the yard, Ke Jin planned to change to the new skin of the card pool. Finally, he would not be called the "broken old card pool" anymore!
"What is the next task?" Ke Jin is now full of confidence and asks the system excitedly.
[The backend is designing a new card pool growth plan based on the current task progress, and the corresponding system tasks are also being adjusted. It is expected that new tasks will be released in five days. Please wait patiently. ]
Ke Jin was slightly stunned: Will the new tasks be adjusted based on the completion of previous tasks? This system is quite smart.
But in this case, I can completely relax in these five days! Not bad!
***
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was three days later.
***
This morning, Ke Jin got up especially early.
As Secretary Xiaobai had said, the Card Pool Bureau's 80,000 star coins in support funds had been successfully deposited into Ke Jin's crystal card account the day before. At the same time, Secretary Xiaobai also sent over a very detailed list of construction parties. Ke Jin took Gu Qianqian and Bai Fan to study it together, and finally selected three companies. He communicated with these three companies by phone in advance, and agreed to discuss the details after meeting the next day.
Now Ke Jin was preparing to go out - the three construction companies were all based in the urban area of Qixing City, and Ke Jin happened to be planning to go to a bank in the city to pay off his loan, so it was on the way.
Ke Jin had just finished making breakfast when Ouluo got up. Ke Jin originally thought that he would go out alone, but the boy's leg injury was almost healed, and when he heard that Ke Jin was going out, he clamored to go with him, so Ke Jin finally decided to take Ouluo with him.
After they finished their meal, Bai Fan came over. He wanted to go with Ke Jin, but Secretary Xiao Bai said that she could go with Ke Jin to help with the consultation, so Bai Fan did not insist on going.
Of course, the more important reason is that Bai Fan has been studying the five new card formulas in Ke Jin's card pool these days. With his spirit of research, he always feels uncomfortable if he doesn't make them sooner.
"I'm going to trouble you to look after the house today." Ke Jin put on his coat and patted Bai Fan's shoulder with a smile.
"Yes." Bai Fan nodded, "I wish you a smooth negotiation."
"Of course!" Ke Jin made an OK gesture, leaned over to help Ou Nuo straighten his coat, and then happily went out with the boy hand in hand.
***
Gu Qianqian was standing at the intersection. She saw two people, one big and one small, walking towards her from afar and immediately waved to them enthusiastically.
"Here, here!... Eh? Little Nuonuo is coming too?"
Oloy got goosebumps when he was called "Little Nono", but due to his "personality", he could only nod reluctantly.
"……Um."
Gu Qianqian happened to be going to the city for something today, so she made an appointment with Ke Jin to go together, and they would separate after reaching their destination. She pinched the little boy's face with a smile, then turned around and said to Ke Jin seriously.
"You have to keep an eye on little Nuonuo. The city's security has been bad recently. Don't let him get kidnapped by human traffickers."
"Don't worry, he's very capable." Ke Jin smiled, "I think it's good enough if the human traffickers don't get abducted by him."
Oloy agreed with this and even puffed out his chest a little proudly.
"Don't take it lightly." Gu Qianqian warned, "Do you think those people are vegetarians? Maybe each of them has a supernatural card in his hand, and they can kidnap little Nuonuo without anyone noticing. This kind of thing has happened several times in other continents."
"So serious?" Ke Jin then remembered that this world was a world dominated by cards. The abilities of those weird cards should not be underestimated. He immediately glanced at the boy and said, "Ounuo, did you hear me? Don't run around. Hold on to my hand at all times."
Oloy rolled his eyes impatiently - this guy really loves to worry, even more than his chatterbox brother.
"Hmm...it seems that holding hands is not very safe." Ke Jin frowned, "How about I find a rope, tie one end to your wrist, and I hold the other end?"
Oloy: “…”
Are you walking your dog? ! Get out of here! !
***
There was a station to the west of the town of Dadas. The three of them walked there and soon got on a van bound for the city.
This was not the first time Ke Jin went to the city. When he went to the Kachi Bureau to report, he went there alone by car. But with Gu Qianqian accompanying him, the one-hour drive this time was not as boring as the last time. Gu Qianqian was a girl after all, and she was thoughtful. She knew that Ke Jin was not from the city, so she gave him some introductions along the way according to the changes in the scenery outside the window. Ke Jin listened with great interest and became much more familiar with this unfamiliar area.
"What is that?" Ke Jin suddenly pointed outside the window.
They were now passing through a vast field. In the middle of the field, which was as green as a green carpet, there was an abrupt open space. In the middle of the open space stood a huge building, which looked very much like the shrine in Ke Jin's past world. However, this building was made of pure stone and covered an area comparable to that of a large temple. However, its appearance was too old and rough, and it had obviously gone through many years, like an old giant that had been weathered by the frost. Even though it had been glorious in the past, it could only crawl in a thriving green field now, staring at the sunrise and sunset in the distance alone and lonely.
The last time Ke Jin passed by here, he was very interested in this building. This time he finally found someone to ask.
"Oh, that's the landmark of Qixing City, the Qixing Pool Palace." said Gu Qianqian.
"A landmark?" Ke Jin thought thoughtfully. "Is it a government-built image project? Has it been built for a long time?"
"Of course not." Gu Qianqian shook her head. "Xiao Ke, do you know the origin of the name of the city 'Qixing City'?"
Ke Jin shook his head blankly.
"According to historical records, a seven-star supernatural card pool was once born here." Gu Qianqian pointed out the window, "This building was also built spontaneously by the people at that time. It was a gift they presented to the card pool god. Later, because of the fame of the Seven-Star Card Pool, more and more people came here from thousands of miles away and settled down, and gradually a city was formed, which is now the 'Seven Star City'."
"It's actually like this." Ke Jin exclaimed. From the information provided by the system, he knew that the Seven-Star Power Card Pool was extremely rare, and it was considered the top of the top. Not even one could appear on a planet. He didn't expect that there was one here - even if it was just an old site, it was still amazing.
"Why is this place abandoned now?" Ke Jin asked. The emergence of a high-star card pool can gather in the local area to form a city. It is conceivable how prosperous this area was in the past. No one knows what happened. This place where miracles were born eventually became a wilderness with no human traces.
"No one knows why." Gu Qianqian shrugged. "Historians studied the historical documents of the time and didn't find any useful information. It feels like the card masters and card spirits here suddenly disappeared. Maybe they migrated away, or maybe the card pool itself slowly dried up during the changes in history... After all, the higher the level of the card pool, the greater the resources and energy required to maintain its operation. Not only here, but also in other places, ancient card pools with a long history are rare."
Gu Qianqian said it easily. After all, she was already familiar with the legend of the old site of the card pool when she was a child, and she no longer felt it was new or strange. But when Ke Jin heard it, he suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness and melancholy. He didn't know why he had such emotions. He could only stare blankly at the ruins that were getting farther and farther away from them as the car drove fast.
"It's still alive." Ke Jin suddenly heard someone muttering, "... somewhere else."
Ke Jin glanced at Ou Nuo who was sitting next to him in surprise - it seemed like this child was talking just now?
But the boy didn't look out the window at all at this time. Instead, he was fiddling with Ke Jin's old communicator with his head down, and he was obviously very bored.
Hmm...did I hear it wrong?
Ke Jin shook his head in confusion, and when his eyes once again turned to the ruins that were about to disappear from the scenery outside the window, he was suddenly stunned.
He saw a man in strange clothes standing in front of the gate of the abandoned Pond Palace. The man was tall and slender, wearing a bright red cloak. The bright color against the backdrop of the green fields and the old and weathered Pond Palace was like a bright and warm red flag that was hard to ignore.
Why didn't I see him before? Judging from the way he was standing, it didn't seem like he suddenly appeared.
But after Ke Jin blinked, the figure that was clearly visible just now disappeared. No matter how carefully he leaned against the car window to look, he could not see any shadow at all.
"What's wrong?" Gu Qianqian looked at Ke Jin curiously, who was fidgeting.
"Uh... nothing."
Ke Jin shook his head, wondering why he felt dazzled again just after hearing the auditory hallucination. Was it because he was too tired during this period?
Well, I must go to bed early tonight.
Thinking of this, Ke Jin sat up straight again and quickly forgot about this little episode.
***
The bus quickly drove into the city. Ke Jin's first stop was the bank. After saying goodbye to Gu Qianqian, he took Ou Nuo off the bus in advance.
The banks in this world are similar to those in Ke Jin's world, at least in Qixing City. The amount of loan Ke Jin owed was not much, including interest, a total of 25,710 star coins, which was quickly processed at the counter.
[Congratulations host, your debt status has been lifted, please keep up the good work and work hard to achieve your final goal! ]
Ke Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, finally removing the stone that was weighing on his heart - no matter what difficult tasks he would receive in the future, at least the threat of "if the host remains in debt for three consecutive months, it will be judged as a mission failure and the host will be immediately sent back to the original world" no longer existed for the time being.
After completing the repayment, Ke Jin looked at the time. It was still early for the meeting with Secretary Xiaobai. He thought about it and decided to follow Gu Qianqian's previous advice and go to the Card Commercial Street not far from here.
***
As one of the most prosperous commercial areas in Qixing City, today's Card Commercial Street is as bustling as ever.
Although it is named a "commercial street", Ke Jin feels that this area is more like a "town in the city". The streets are all pedestrian areas and vehicles are not allowed to pass through; there are no high-rise buildings here, only two-story buildings with unique shapes. Various carefully trimmed green shrubs and colorful flower beds are planted on the roadside. Walking among them is like strolling in a fairy tale garden.
Of course, there were many small courtyards of card pools here, scattered everywhere. These courtyards were much more formal than the card pools that Ke Jin had seen in Dadas Town, both in appearance and scale.
"Ounuo, is there a card pool you want to draw from?" Ke Jin saw several snack card pools and thought that children might be very interested in this kind of card pool, so he asked him.
The boy looked uninterested, and made no effort to hide his disdain: "Why should I draw from a low-end card pool that can't produce SSR cards? It will only dirty my hands."
“…”
Well, I almost forgot that this kid is just like Duan Zihan and his gang, a guy who is too picky and won’t touch anything other than the SSR first card pool.
Since Ounuo doesn't draw, Ke Jin doesn't have much interest in these card pools - he knows his luck, and he is lucky to draw an R card. Although he has a "huge sum of money" now, he doesn't know how much it will cost to renovate the yard. He will save as much as he can... This is called the self-discipline of a non-African!
Passing by these big and small card pools and courtyards, Ke Jin pulled Ounuo to another street. The flow of people here has obviously increased a lot. Through the bright window glass, you can see that the shops are crowded with people, and there are many shop assistants handing out flyers outside the shops.
Even though Ke Jin had never been here before, he recognized it immediately - ah, it turns out that all the card stores in the city are concentrated here.
Amid the bustling crowd, you can also hear the loudspeakers outside the stores advertising: "Our store has just received a batch of XXX new cards, with new styles and a wide variety, and they are now on hot sale! Those who purchase 10 SR cards or more will receive a free autograph from XXX, a famous card pool card user!..."
Ke Jin looked at these shops with great interest, and felt that they were very similar to the mobile phone stores in his own world... except that the mobile phones displayed in the windows were replaced with colorful cards. As he was looking through the window at the display in a store, a saleswoman handing out flyers came over enthusiastically.
"Handsome guy, if you're interested, you can come into the store and take a look!"
"Hmm..." Ke Jin glanced at Ou Nuo beside him, "Does your store have clothes suitable for children of this age?"
The clerk's eyes lit up, and his enthusiasm instantly doubled: "Yes, yes! Our store has just received a batch of children's clothing cards, with all kinds of styles. I can take you to choose."
"Then thank you for your help." Ke Jin said with a smile.
Ouloi had been upset since he heard Ke Jin say he wanted to buy children's clothing. When he saw that he was really going to follow the clerk in, he immediately froze in place and refused to move.
"What's wrong?" Ke Jin turned and looked at the boy in confusion.
"You let me enter this kind of store?" Oloy said angrily, "It's cheap!"
Ke Jin frowned in embarrassment: "Well...but the clothes you are wearing now are cheap goods I bought at a street stall before. The whole set only costs 35 star coins. If you don't change into a few new clothes, won't it be even cheaper?"
Oloy: “…”
Very good, one more thing that requires killing to prevent the dark history from being leaked.
"Let's go." Ke Jin rubbed the boy's head and coaxed him, "I know you don't want to use SSR cards, but there is no costume card pool that can draw SSR cards here, so just make do with it."
The boy pouted and said nothing, but when Ke Jin pulled him again, he finally moved his legs reluctantly.
***
Ke Jinjin's store specializes in clothing and card games. It is divided into several areas, with children's clothing at the innermost part.
Although there are artificial clothes on the market in this world, the fabrics and styles are far inferior to those produced by some clothing card pools. Ke Jin didn't understand this at first, but Gu Qianqian, who loves beauty, knows a lot! After listening to Gu Qianqian's nagging for a long time, Ke Jin was thinking about whether to buy Ounuo a few new clothes - when the school season comes, he still plans to send Ounuo to school. He can't let him wear cheap clothes worth dozens of star coins. If he does, he will probably be laughed at by other children and hurt the child's self-esteem!
Good parent Ke Jin was determined to buy a few sets of clothes for Ounuo, so when the clerk asked him what level of cards he wanted, Ke Jin said very arrogantly: "The higher the level, the better!"
Ke Jin was ready to spend a lot of money, but the high-end cards that the clerk who was overjoyed as if he had caught a rich sponsor finally took out were just a few SRs.
"No SR card?" Ke Jin asked in surprise.
“Originally, there were some, but a customer just came in and scanned all the SR cards in the store,” the clerk explained.
No way, it’s bad enough that I can’t draw good cards, but I can’t buy good cards even when I spend money to buy ready-made cards? Is this also the curse of the unlucky? ?
Ke Jin was very disappointed and looked at Ounuo with some embarrassment. He knew that Ounuo came from a good family and would not look down upon ordinary costume cards. It would be fine if he didn't have an SSR card, but he didn't even have an SR card. This kid would probably be very unhappy.
"SR is SR." To Ke Jin's surprise, Ounuo was surprisingly easy to talk to this time, "Just take these."
"Okay, okay!" The saleswoman was delighted. "Do you want to try it?"
The cards sold cannot be used before payment is made, but the store has physical samples of the same cards. Clothes are special in that most people need to try on the samples first to see how they look on them before deciding whether to buy them.
"No need." The boy said seriously, "I look good in anything. There's no need to try."
Ke Jin: “…”
The clerk choked a little, but she immediately agreed after she came to her senses, and then went to issue the ticket happily. While the two were waiting, Ke Jin asked the boy again with concern.
"Ounuo, do you really think SR is enough? If you are not satisfied... well, we can try another one."
"Is there any difference between SR and SR?" Oroi shrugged indifferently and said casually, "It's all garbage anyway. I don't have the interest to pick and choose from the garbage, so I'll just make do with whatever I have."
Ke Jin: “…”
Before worrying about others hurting this child's self-esteem, perhaps you should first consider how to save your own self-esteem as a non-African... Hmm.
***
After leaving that store, Ke Jin went to several card stores in a row, becoming more and more interested.
After all, this is different from drawing cards from the card pool, which requires luck; in the card store, as long as you have enough star coins, you can choose from a variety of ready-made circulating cards. Ke Jin actually wanted to see what other SSR cards looked like, but unfortunately he never encountered them; as a second choice, he wanted to see SR, but——
“They were all swept away again?”
This was the fifth store Ke Jin had come across. The clerk nodded apologetically.
"Yes, there are really no SR cards available today, but new cards will arrive tomorrow. If you need them, I suggest you come back tomorrow to have a look."
"Oh... ok, thank you."
Ke Jin found it unbelievable.
There are at least a dozen card shops on this street. How could I be so unlucky that I happened to run into the ones that were sold out? I wonder if the people who sold out all the SR cards are the same person. Is this because he has too much money or he is just bored...
Afterwards, Ke Jin continued to shop at the card store. When he passed by an inconspicuous store, he was about to walk past it, but suddenly turned back.
What attracted Ke Jin to stop here was not the bland store decoration, but a notice posted on the side of the store door - "Our store accepts all kinds of cards for sale, and card users are welcome to consign them!"
Ke Jin knew that many card users would send circulating cards from their card pools to card sales stores, such as Gu Qianqian, who had several regular cooperation novel card stores. However, Ke Jin had just opened a new card pool and had not established such a cooperation channel; and without an introducer, regular card sales stores would not casually accept cards from an unknown card pool.
Besides, the probability of circulating cards in Ke Jin's card pool was only 10%, so he never thought about dealing with card stores until - he accepted 100,000 cards from Duan Zihan.
Duan Zihan didn't care about cards below SSR cards. He said, "You can do whatever you want with them." He left the 100,000 cards he bought with one million star coins to Ke Jin as garbage. Ke Jin couldn't use the bound cards, and the card pool had just added a "waste card recycling" function, so he threw those bound cards back into the card pool to replenish the crystal sand pool energy; as for the circulating cards, Ke Jin selected them and stored them in the card library.
Although Duan Zihan had very bad luck that day, there were still more than 12,000 circulating cards selected from the 100,000 cards. Ke Jin hadn't figured out what to do with these 10,000 cards at the time, but now he happened to see the "sale on behalf of" notice, so he thought it would be a good idea to consign them to the card store.
***
After Ke Jin stepped into this card store called "Kaleidoscope", he found that it was very different from other card stores.
This shop is actually quite large, but there are only two or three employees. There is no counter here, only rows of vertical shelves, each of which is divided into small grids, which reminds Ke Jin of the "grid shop" that was popular all over the world in his past.
After asking the clerk here, Ke Jin found that the business model of this store is indeed very similar to that of the "grid shop": card users can pay a small fee as rent and choose a grid to consign their cards. However, a grid can only consign three types of cards at most, and the levels must be the same, and the total number of cards in the grid cannot exceed 300.
Ke Jin was just testing the waters, so he didn't plan to consign too many cards for the first time. He only took out two cards, "Honey Caramel Cookies" and "Animal Cookies". He rented four grids and put "N Cards", "R Cards", "R Cards" and "SR Cards" respectively. He directly consigned the upper limit of 300 cards for the first three levels of cards; for the last level of cards, he put 20 cards of each of the two cards.
Here, the card owner also has the right to set the price for consignment cards. Ke Jin had no experience, so he referred to the situations in other grids and finally decided on five star coins for "N card", ten star coins for "R card", fifteen star coins for "R card", and forty star coins for "SR card".
——Of course, Ke Jin filled in this pricing sheet secretly and didn't dare to let Ounuo see it. If this little ancestor knew about it, he would definitely complain about it for a long time.
The consignment formalities at the front desk were completed quickly, but because it was Ke Jin's first time to consign, some additional file registration was required. Ke Jin told Ounuo to wait for him in the store, and then followed the clerk to the office at the back to make records.
The registration process was quick, and Ke Jin prepaid one month's rent for the space, and the matter was finalized. There was a slightly long corridor between the office and the business area of the store. When Ke Jin returned to the business area along the corridor, he saw a man walking towards him, led by another clerk.
Hmm? Is this also a card user who came to consign cards?
Out of curiosity, Ke Jin looked at the man a few more times.
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