Hong Can squatted near Boss Zhang's stall for a long time, but she didn't see anyone selling Daiyu Cards. Instead, several spies she sent to search the black market reported privately, "Sister Hong Can, I found five Daiyu Cards!" "Sister Hong Can, I found three here!" Hong Can immediately replied, "Buy them back immediately! And don't reveal your identity, just say you bought them for collection."
The two said they understood and quickly bought back the eight Daiyu cards and handed them over to the president.
Hong Cang hid behind the stall, terribly anxious, and almost stared a hole through the black market street.
A long time passed, and the person she was waiting for still didn't show up.
Sister Xue said that there are currently 10 Daiyu cards on the market, and the people she sent to search the black market only collected 8. What about the other 2? It's okay if they are collected by others, but they must not be bought by some clubs! Thinking of this, Hongzhu's heart became more and more uneasy. She stared at the people coming and going in the black market with sharp eyes, wishing to find the culprit through the crowd.
However, she did not wait for the culprit, but waited for a mortal enemy - the vice president of the Judgment Guild, Canyang.
Both Fenghua and Judgment are top card clubs in the league, and their players are all extremely popular masters. The two guilds have constant friction in the game, so naturally their relationship is not very good.
Hong Cang turned to leave, but Canyang stopped her and said with a fake smile: "Sister Hong, long time no see, what have you been busy with recently?"
"I came to the black market to collect some cards and materials." Hong Cang said coldly.
“Is this preparation for the new season?”
"Yeah." Hongzhu turned around and left in a hurry.
Canyang didn't bother her anymore and strolled around the black market leisurely.
When a guild wants to purchase top-quality cards, it usually gives them to guild merchants to purchase from card specialty stores on the commercial street. There are many high-star finished cards in the card stores, which can be used directly after purchase. The probability of top-quality cards appearing on the black market is very small, and most of them are low-level collectible cards with one to four stars, which do not have much combat value. But once a top-quality card appears, it is often possible to follow the clues and discover some newcomers with extremely high card-making talents.
Tang Muzhou, the chief poker player of Fenghua Club, originally made his fortune in the black market.
It has been several years since Tang Muzhou's plant cards dominated the black market, but old players still recall it with a thrill. At that time, the newcomer Tang Muzhou used the Chinese character "Tang" as his logo, made a large number of plant cards and sold them on the black market, which were snapped up in an instant. Later, Tang Muzhou, who made a lot of money, relied on his excellent card-making talent to single-handedly bring back the wood-type card deck that had been in a slump for a long time.
Ace player agent Xue Linxiang and Fenghua president Hong Cang are all powerful figures he brought out from online games.
The appearance of Tang Muzhou had a strong impact on the fifth season of the card alliance. A large-scale reshuffle eliminated many old players and gave many newcomers the opportunity to rise. Since then, the five card series will no longer be dominated by one company. Various decks are gradually balanced, and players of each series have their own characteristics. With the flourishing of all kinds of flowers, the competition is more exciting and beautiful.
Perhaps due to the influence of Tang Muzhou, and the fact that Sister Hongzhu has always liked to go to the black market, the black market has become a treasure trove for major guilds to discover talents, and the management of each guild has also formed the habit of "going to the black market when bored".
Unfortunately, after Tang Shen, for a full five years, there has not been a single professional player who started out by selling cards on the black market.
Canyang was strolling around the black market while reminiscing about the past.
At this moment, he suddenly received a private message from the undercover agent sent to the Fenghua Guild: "Boss, Hong Cang suddenly sent people to buy beautiful girl character cards, saying that he wanted to collect them, and even privately opened a booth on the black market to buy character cards at high prices."
Canyang was stunned: "Why does she collect character cards?"
The undercover said, "He said he likes character cards recently and wants to buy some for his collection."
Canyang didn't know what kind of medicine the red candle gourd was selling, so he told the undercover: "Keep following up, and tell me as soon as you get any news."
In fact, Hong Cang had no choice but to do so. After waiting for a long time but still unable to find the card seller, she decided to "lure the snake out of its hole" - she directly opened a big stall in the black market and named it "Buying beautiful character cards with collection value at high prices", and she just lacked the four words "Daiyu Burying Flowers" to be directly typed on it.
Everyone knew that the guilds were sending undercover agents to each other, so Hong Can tried to keep a low profile and didn't dare to tell anyone about Daiyu Card. Her move also puzzled all the major guilds in the game, and they were all guessing the reason.
What made Hong Cang laugh and cry was that as soon as the purchasing booth opened, all kinds of card makers brought beautiful character cards to her to sell. In just half an hour, she saw beautiful character cards of various styles.
Surrounded by beauties, Hongzhu has no words to express his pain and can only hope that the guy named "Yueban" will show up soon!
***
Xie Mingzhe is destined not to appear in this acquisition booth because he no longer paints Lin Daiyu.
This was the conclusion he came to after two trips to the black market - in a game that had been running for ten years, there were endless painters of various styles, and there were countless handsome and beautiful cards, and the character cards were in a very serious state of unsalability.
In addition to the casual card players, most of the game is competitive enthusiasts. From the auction, it can be seen that no matter how cute the pet card is, it can only be sold for a few thousand gold coins at most, while the top-quality battle card "Night Jasmine" was sold at a sky-high price of 660,000 gold coins. The pursuit of card attributes by passionate players is far greater than the appearance of the card.
Therefore, whether the characters in the painting are good-looking is secondary; strong fighting power is the key.
After realizing this, Xie Mingzhe temporarily gave up the idea of painting the dream beauty in the Dream of the Red Chamber and turned his attention to the Water Margin.
When thinking of a powerful fighter in Water Margin, the first person he thought of was Wu Song.
他從小就愛看小說、漫畫，看水浒連環畫時他才六歲，那些書都是一位慈善家捐給孤兒院的，他每天捧着連環畫看得津津有味，覺得武松幾拳下去揍死一只活生生的老虎，真是帥破天際——純爺們，真漢子！只可惜，他對電視劇裏的武松形象記得不太清楚，倒是記得連環畫裏的黑白插畫。
Xie Mingzhe first imagined the scene of Wu Song fighting the tiger in his mind. After confirming it, he took out the nebula paper and tried to make a new card.
Since there are only black and white comic strips in my memory, the composition this time is much simpler than Daiyu burying flowers.
With the slow infusion of mental power, a black and white ink painting gradually appeared on the nebula paper - a muscular man clenched his fists with veins bulging on his fists, and he punched the tiger hard on the head. The tiger's brain was splashed and it died!
System: "Card production successful, please connect to the database for review!"
With the experience of reviewing the Lin Daiyu card, Xie Mingzhe waited patiently this time. A few minutes later, he heard the "approval passed" prompt sound, and he skillfully printed his "Yueban" logo on the back of the card.
It was still a low-level initial card. Xie Mingzhe picked up the card and carefully checked the data of this new card.
Wu Song (Fire)
Level: Level 1
Evolution Star Level:★
Available times: 1/1
Basic attributes: HP 300, DEF 300, ATT 300, AGI 10, Critical Hit Rate 20%,
Additional Skills: Wu Song Fights the Tiger (Stretch out your fist and smash the tiger's head, causing huge damage, with a 15% chance of triggering an instant death effect)
The attributes of this card are much better than the Daiyu card I made at the beginning. Daiyu's basic health is 100, defense 15, and attack 0. Wu Song's health is 300, defense 300, and attack 300, which is more than ten times higher. The skill only works on tigers, so it is not widely used, but the basic attributes are high, and the Wu Song he drew looks particularly handsome. Daiyu sold for 30, so Wu Song should be able to sell for more, right?
Xie Mingzhe decided to take the cards to the black market to ask for the price first. If they sold well, he would come back and draw a few more.
When he arrived at the black market, he found a stall at the entrance that said "high price for collectible beauty character cards". Many people were gathered there to sell beauty cards, and the starting price seemed to be 50 gold coins. Xie Mingzhe's Daiyu cards were all sold out, so he ignored it for the time being and walked straight into the depths of the black market.
The black market is a place where many talented people are hiding. Many seemingly ordinary merchants may have the support of various large guilds. Especially those large-scale acquisition stalls, their business is no worse than that of the shops in the prime locations of the central square.
Xie Mingzhe first walked around to see how much cards with similar attributes to Wu Song were selling for. After he had an idea of what he was selling for, he went to a booth that was selling high-attribute combat cards and handed the Wu Song card he had just made to the owner: "Boss, what do you think of my card? How much can it sell for?"
The boss took it and looked at it, then said, "Your card has very balanced attack and defense attributes, and its skills are average, so it's not very practical. Balanced cards can't be sold at a very high price, a one-star initial card is probably around 50 gold coins."
Xie Mingzhe took back the card with a smile: "You think you can fool me just because I'm a newcomer and my level is low? Forget it, I'll go to another stall to have a look."
He didn't want to deal with cunning merchants. If you charge around 70 for a 100-yuan item, that's acceptable, but are you stupid to directly offer 50 yuan? He saw that several stalls nearby with similar data to Wu Song were all selling for around 100 yuan.
Xie Mingzhe took the cards back, ignored the boss's call, and turned to go to another stall.
The owner of this stall is a cute little girl wearing a princess dress and speaking in a sweet voice: "Uncle Fatty, do you want to sell original cards?"
"Well, boss, take a look." Xie Mingzhe handed the card to her. The girl said, "This card has balanced data, the price is 100, I'll take it."
"Isn't it a bit low? My one-star card has an attack power of 300. If it is cultivated to seven stars, the attack power will be several tens of thousands. It will also have a bonus effect on tigers." Xie Mingzhe tried hard to promote his own card. "You can increase it a little bit. How about 140?"
"..." This man has good eloquence and makes a lot of sense. The girl thought about it and nodded, "Okay, 140!"
The cost price of Nebula Paper is only 7 gold coins, and it is sold for 140, which is 20 times more. I’m rich!
Xie Mingzhe was ecstatic, but pretended to be calm on the surface. He sold the card to the other party and asked with a smile: "I am the original author. I can continue to make this card. Do you still need it? We can cooperate for a long time and purchase in bulk. How about giving you a discount on the price?"
The girl waved her hands in annoyance: "You are too good at talking. I don't want to buy in bulk. Thank you."
Xie Mingzhe turned and walked away with regret.
***
Canyang was wandering around the black market, hoping to find some unique cards, but unfortunately he didn't get anything after wandering around for half a day. When he came to Shuangshuang's buying booth, he stopped and asked, "How's business going recently?"
Shuangshuang was temporarily replacing her master in the black market to buy cards. She didn't know much about cards, but she thought the Wu Song card was very special, so she bought one. When she saw the vice president coming in person, she immediately said respectfully, "Business is good. Vice president, I just received a card here, it's quite special, let me show you." She handed the Wu Song card she just received to the president.
Canyang carefully looked at the card. The attack, defense, and life are very balanced. This card can only be said to be third-rate. Additional skills... Wu Song Fights the Tiger: Extend your fist and smash the tiger's head, causing huge damage, with a 15% chance of triggering an instant death effect.
Canyang's pupils suddenly contracted, and his fingers clenched tightly -
An instant death judgment skill specifically targeting tiger cards! ! Wouldn’t Nie Shen’s White Tiger kneel down when encountering this card? ! !
Canyang's breathing became rapid immediately. He looked around and found that there was no one he knew. He breathed a sigh of relief and then lowered his voice to ask in Shuangshuang's ears: "Who sold you this card?"
Shuangshuang said: "A level 15 novice named Fatty Uncle. He said he made this card himself."
Canyang's voice was so nervous that it was shaking: "You know him, right? Go find him and bring him back to me!"
Shuangshuang looked confused: "Vice President, what do you want to do with him?"
Canyang said: "Just tell him that I want to buy a large number of his cards and bring him back to the guild to see me!"
Both of them realized the seriousness of the situation, and quickly handed the stall over to their guild partners and ran away.
She chased all the way in the black market, and saw a familiar fat uncle in front of her, and immediately called out: "Fat Uncle, wait a minute..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw the man open the space portal and go directly back to his apartment.
Geminis have countless personal apartments. It is the player's privacy to know where a player lives. Unless the other party actively tells the house number, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. In order to prevent players from being harassed, only nearby players and friends can chat privately in the game. If you are not nearby, you can only send emails.
Shuangshuang remembered his name and immediately sent him an email to convey the vice president's words.
However, just as the email was delivered, the fat uncle in the game happened to be offline.
Because Brother Chen, the boss of the power training studio, came over personally and invited Xie Mingzhe to have dinner.
The author has something to say: The protagonist card making is based on the plot. Daiyu leads to Tang Muzhou, Wu Song leads to the Arbitration Guild, and there will be characters from the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West later!