The next morning, Xie Mingzhe woke up at 7 a.m. and logged into the game before his fellow power players woke up.
As soon as he entered the game, he went to the study to make a new version of Daiyu card and took it to the auction house to test the waters.
There were not many players in the game early in the morning, and even the Aquarius Square seemed very deserted. Xie Mingzhe walked into the auction house and went up the stairs to the second floor to find the "Auction Management Center". After pushing the door open, he found that the layout here was similar to that of a bank's business hall. There were more than a dozen service windows, and a row of girls with the same appearance and professional suits sat in front of them. They should be the intelligent NPCs set up in the game, providing players with auction-related services.
Several early-rising players were handling business at the counter. Xie Mingzhe followed their example and walked to an empty window to sit down. The beautiful NPC at the counter immediately smiled and said, "Hello, how can I help you?"
"I want to auction this card. How do I go about doing that?" Xie Mingzhe took out his Daiyu card and handed it to the other party.
The NPC pulled up a form on the screen and said, "Please read the auction process carefully. If you have any questions, ask me."
Auction process:
1. Players entrust the items and shops they want to auction to the auction center and set the starting price and the minimum transaction price;
2. After the system has reviewed the items, they will be put into the queue and the system will notify you of the specific auction time;
3. If the transaction is successful, the auction house will charge 10% of the transaction price as commission; during the custody period, an additional management fee of 500 gold coins will be charged every day.
He understood everything else, but the second one made Xie Mingzhe a little confused: "Do we still need to queue up for the auction?"
"There are too many people auctioning cards and shops at the moment. Each auction will limit the time and quantity, so you need to queue up and wait."
Xie Mingzhe nodded in understanding: "Oh, how long will the queue last?"
"For cards, it usually takes three days."
Xie Mingzhe continued to ask: "Is there a reference range for setting prices?"
The NPC said, "This is a one-star card. The starting price for a one-star card is 100-500 gold coins. The price last week was 1000-5000 gold coins. You can set your ideal starting price and minimum transaction price."
Xie Mingzhe thought about it and entered the price in the transparent box that popped up in front of him: starting price 3,000 gold, minimum transaction price 30,000 gold.
The NPC reminded: "The price you set is much higher than the system's one-star card transaction price. The card may fail to sell. Do you confirm?"
Xie Mingzhe pressed confirm without hesitation.
It didn’t matter that it failed to sell because no one bought it. He was just testing the waters to see how much money he could make by selling this card alone.
Since the cultural background of this world is different from the Earth he lived on, and the dead-type skills were added to the database not long ago, he is confident that he can sell this Daiyu card at a high price. If this one sells well, he will draw a few dozen more and open a store to continue selling.
Opening a store, this was the wish he had in his heart when he first saw a shop at an auction, and it should be realized soon.
Xie Mingzhe quickly filled out the form and submitted the card.
"Please wait for system review..."
Xie Mingzhe waited for a moment, and a line of text appeared on the LCD screen in front of him: "The card [Lin Daiyu] that you have entrusted to the auction house has been reviewed and has entered the queue. It is expected to be auctioned at the auction next Wednesday, August 8 at 20:00. Please confirm."
After pressing confirm, Xie Mingzhe logged off happily.
Brother Chen just came down from the building and saw Xie Mingzhe taking off his helmet. Brother Chen couldn't help but wonder: "Xiao Xie, why are you logging into the game so early?"
Xie Mingzhe smiled and said, "I want to study the game. I don't understand a lot of things when I first start playing it."
Brother Chen came over and patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him: "Don't worry, you've only been playing for a few days and you've caught up with everyone else's progress, that's already amazing. Many people have a hard time controlling the Seven Star Cards, but I see you can control the Storm Goddess and the Ice Goddess quite easily."
Xie Mingzhe was stunned; "Will it be difficult to control the Seven-Star Card?" He felt that controlling the Seven-Star Card was very fun, as the skills could hit whatever you pointed at, and it was very flexible, and he thought everyone was like this.
Brother Chen smiled, lit a cigarette, and said as he smoked: "Otherwise, how can there be a difference between professional players and ordinary players? This game requires a lot of mental strength. The seven-star card is difficult to control, especially when you are on the field, the brain will be confused when there are too many cards. You can easily control the seven-star card. After a while, when you are familiar with the game, you can try to play in the arena or some private leagues. Are you interested?"
Xie Mingzhe scratched his head, not knowing whether Brother Chen meant it intentionally or not, so he could only reply, "Let's talk about it later. I'll finish my job as a substitute coach first... By the way, did the girl who asked for leave to get married say when she would be back?"
"She'll be back after her honeymoon." Brother Chen said, "She will definitely be back before your school starts."
"Yeah." That way, both sides would be satisfied. Xie Mingzhe was going to quit after this month and let the girl take his place.
At this time, Chi Qing, Pang Yu and Jin Yue also came downstairs. After having breakfast together, they logged into the game at 8 o'clock and were directly pulled by Brother Chen to play the dungeon.
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In the next few days, Xie Mingzhe followed the people in the studio to play dungeons and collect materials during the day, and when he had free time, he thought about how to make cards.
Instant Death Judgment, this is just one of the skill cards in the library, maybe he can try to make other cards.
In his mind, he was also slowly thinking about plans for making other cards, such as characters from the Three Kingdoms such as Sun Quan, Liu Bei, and Cao Cao, and characters from Journey to the West such as Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Tang Monk. He would put the plan on the agenda first - having a plan will give you more motivation!
Xie Mingzhe thought optimistically.
Anyway, he could make countless character cards, so there was no rush. For now, he would wait for the results of the auction house to see if his idea was correct.
If the Daiyu card can be sold at a high price, it will make him, the original designer, famous at the auction. When everyone knows "Yueban", the original character card designer, he can open a "Yueban Card Store". Will he still worry about not having customers?
The economic foundation determines the upper structure. Whether you want to be a freelance designer or participate in competitions, if you don't have money, it's just a fool's dream. Now accumulate funds first, step by step, and you will be able to open a shop and become a boss in the near future.
Three days passed quickly.
For Xie Mingzhe, these were three very peaceful days. He played dungeons and made Daiyu cards every day. Brother Chen also treated everyone to good meals, and he lived a very comfortable life.
But for people like Hongzhu and Huanyue, those three days were extremely difficult!
Because the number of cards made by the author "Yueban" in the system search is increasing every day, but the cards made by him can no longer be found on the black market. Hongzhu is worried that he will make a lot of Daiyu cards and sell them to major clubs, and Huanyue is worried that he will be unwilling to join the arbitration after realizing his talent in card making.
The emails I sent fell on deaf ears, with absolutely no response.
Xie Mingzhe has not yet developed the habit of "checking emails", which is also due to the large number of players in this game. In order to prevent players from being harassed by various advertisements, the official setting prohibits strangers from sending voice and text messages directly. They must use emails and add each other as friends before they can chat privately.
Every day when he logged in, he went to play dungeons with Brother Chen, so he had no time to check his emails. After a day of dungeons, he was exhausted, so when he returned to his apartment, he went straight to the study to draw cards, and had no time to deal with emails. He rarely went to the living room. In addition, he had previously complained that the living room was too noisy, so he turned off the notification sound in the living room, so he never noticed the flashing icon of the new email.
That's how it got to Wednesday night.
After finishing his meal, Xie Mingzhe did not take a break and logged in early. The dungeon started at nine o'clock in the evening, so he had an hour of free time. He went directly to the auction house to see if anyone would buy his Daiyu card.
In a corner of the auction venue, sat a young man with a garbled ID and a face that looked like Passerby No. 1.
Xie Mingzhe naturally wouldn't notice this person.
During the prime time in the evening, the auction on the fifth floor was packed.
Xie Mingzhe sat in the crowd, staring at the LCD screen in front of him.
At 8 o'clock, the door of the venue was closed, the lights in the venue were turned off, and the NPC auctioneer came to the middle of the stage and said with a smile: "Dear guests, good evening, tonight's auction is about to begin, first of all, the auction list will be announced..."
The screen lists all the cards, one full level 70 seven-star card, two level 50 five-star cards, and three level 40 four-star cards.
There is also an initial "Level 1 One-Star Card".
Seeing this list, the audience around was a little uneasy, and some whispered: "How come there are level 1 cards?" "How lazy is this person? Can't he upgrade the cards before selling them?" "Why do they come to the auction house instead of selling the junk level 1 cards on the black market?" "Maybe they are top-quality initial cards with particularly good properties that are auctioned directly?" "The possibility of a top-quality card is small, right?"
The host interrupted the discussion and said, "Next, we will auction this level 1, one-star card! The artist of this card is a new artist, and this is his first time auctioning his work at an auction. His logo is also very special, you can take a look at the back of the card."
There is no pattern decoration on the back of the one-star card, which looks very monotonous.
Therefore, the LOGO in the lower right corner appears particularly clear.
Month, half.
The audience was very confused: What kind of name is this? Doesn't the combination of the two words mean "chubby"?
Tang Muzhou, who was sitting in the corner, raised the corners of his lips slightly - I've been waiting for you for several days, and you finally show up, Fatty Uncle!
Upon seeing this LOGO, the card expert sent by the Judgment Guild to the auction house immediately sent a private message to Huanyue: "President, Yueban's card appeared at the auction!!"
Huanyue replied decisively, "No matter what the cost, take this card!"
Fenghua Guild also received the news: "Sister Hongzhu, Yueban's card appeared at the auction, what should we do?"
Hong Candle quickly replied: "Tang Shen's trumpet is here, you guys just watch and don't make trouble!"
She was very uneasy. Could this fat man have taken the Daiyu card to auction? Could Sister Xue's wish come true?