"I have a few pieces of Level 20 and Level 25 Purple equipment, but I can only trade them when I return to Eastsea City."
Chen Mo replied. He was already broke. Chen Mo had already exchanged the Sea Stone Bone Spear, Mermaid Ring, and Soaring Feather Shoes. Now that he met Lian Hongyu, he could sell them for money.
"Purple equipment?
Okay, when are you going back to the city? Call me! "
Lian Hongyu's eyes lit up. The best selling equipment in the market right now was Purple equipment.
Level 20 and Level 25 equipment was a level lower than first-rate players. However, there was an endless supply of low-level players. Moreover, low-level players had to start with equipment to catch up with high-level players. It could be said that equipment of this level was the best selling. If you found the right buyer, you could earn a lot of money with a piece of Purple equipment.
"No problem. Oh right, I want to buy the Golden Sand Corpse Worm from you. How much is it?" Chen Mo nodded and explained his purpose.
"Golden Sand Corpse Worm?
It's not cheap. Someone is buying it at a high price. However, I can sell it to you for 50 gold. "Lian Hongyu said without thinking too much.
She didn't say how much the other party was buying it for, but Chen Mo knew that the price was definitely more than 50 gold.
How could this item be sold for such a high price?
Not to mention the others, just the other players who had Nain's Keepsake would all need one.
The Golden Sand Corpse Worm was produced in the underground maze. At most, there would be one or two worms per day. If one didn't come across it by chance, even if one had the money, they might not be able to buy it.
"I don't have any gold on me. Can I pay with Chinese currency? Also, do you have any gold? I want to buy some." Chen Mo said.
Using the Golden Sand Corpse Worm required a lot of gold. He had at least 100 gold on him.
"You want to pay with Chinese currency?
It's not that you can't, but I don't know if you've bought any gold coins recently. The exchange rate of gold coins to Chinese currency is quite high now. The market is a little abnormal. I suggest you buy less. "Lian Hongyu's face was slightly solemn when she heard that.
"How high is the exchange rate?" Chen Mo frowned.
"One silver coin is 10 Chinese currency. One gold coin is 1,000 Chinese currency." Lian Hongyu said slowly.
"So high?
Wasn't this the price at the start of the game?
It hasn't fallen yet? "Chen Mo was shocked.
No wonder Lian Hongyu said that the price was abnormal. As far as he knew, the ratio of in-game currency to real-life currency would not remain the same after two months of beta testing. After all, as the level increased, the amount of in-game currency would also increase, so the ratio should decrease rapidly.
"Fall?
There was a period of time before when the ratio was even higher than now! "Lian Hongyu shook his head.
"What's going on?" Chen Mo asked in confusion.
"Someone has been buying gold coins nonstop since the beginning of the game.
And it's not just one person. There are at least a dozen different organizations that are constantly buying gold coins. The previous increase in the ratio of gold coins was also due to competition between them. However, they also felt that if this competition continued, it would be disadvantageous to everyone. They reached an agreement to return the ratio of gold coins to the original ratio of one to ten, "Lian Hongyu explained slowly.
"Why are they collecting so many gold coins?" Chen Mo couldn't understand.
"I don't know either. There's no need to use so many gold coins in the game right now."
Lian Hongyu shook his head. She was also depressed for a long time. She thought that gold coins had some special use in the game, but in the end, no matter how she investigated, she couldn't find anything special about gold coins.
"The price of gold coins is so high. They must have made a lot of money, right?"
Chen Mo couldn't understand and was too lazy to think about it. Who cares if those people were collecting gold coins like crazy? He asked Lian Hongyu with a smile.
"It's nothing. The ratio of gold coins in this market is very abnormal. It makes it difficult to do business. It's also very scary to do business." However, Lian Hongyu sighed and said in distress.
Now, the number of blue and green equipment that were produced in the game had increased. This caused these two types of equipment to become less valuable than when the game started.
However, the value of the game coins was artificially purchased in large quantities and did not decrease. The price of the game coins for blue and green equipment was very limited. The price of blue equipment was generally a few silver coins, and at most, it was more than ten coins. The price of green equipment was also about twenty to thirty coins. There was basically no room for manipulation.
If they bought in small quantities, they wouldn't be able to make much money. If they accidentally dropped a few silver coins, they might even lose money. If they wanted to make more money, they had to buy in large quantities.
However, with the current ratio of gold coins, if they bought in large quantities and didn't sell in a short time, they would instantly lose a lot of money if the price of gold coins collapsed.
Therefore, the merchants now basically did business that could be sold quickly. They didn't dare to do long-term business at all. Otherwise, if the ratio of gold coins suddenly fell one day, they wouldn't even have a place to cry.
Not only couldn't they hold back their goods, but they also didn't dare to keep too many gold coins. If they had extra, they had to sell it immediately.
Under these circumstances, the things that could be bought and sold couldn't be spread out. There were too few ways to make money.
Therefore, Lian Hongyu now mainly focused on high-value items that could be sold immediately. Once they were sold, they could make a lot of money.
Among them, the rarer and stronger purple equipment was Lian Hongyu's favorite equipment to trade. Now, purple equipment didn't have to worry about sales at all.
Hearing this, Chen Mo sighed slightly. He found that doing business was not easy and full of risks.
"Then why does the price of materials and potions seem to be so high?"
Chen Mo couldn't help but feel strange when he thought about the price of materials and potions.
He bought the materials for the Expert potion and the materials for the Paralysis Potion. The price was actually more expensive than the equipment.
"It's very simple. There are also people who are constantly purchasing materials and potions. However, they have always only purchased high-grade materials and potions. They are much less popular.
The reason so many players have come to the Quicksand Rift this time is also because of the high-grade materials produced here, "Lian Hongyu replied.
Hearing this, Chen Mo couldn't help but feel strange in his heart.
Purchasing large amounts of gold coins, high-grade potions, and materials … Chen Mo felt that the people who purchased these items should be the same group of people.
Purchasing gold coins was fine since they were useful for crafting. However, what was up with purchasing potions and materials?
Potions and materials didn't have a long shelf life. At most, they would depreciate after half a month. There was no value in hoarding them.
However, from Lian Hongyu's words, it seemed that these people weren't deliberately hoarding high-grade materials and potions. Although they were purchasing them at a high price, in reality, they weren't doing so in large quantities. Although it seemed like the price of materials had plummeted due to the increase in the market, in reality, it was because these people had stopped purchasing.
In other words, these people weren't hoarding materials and potions, but using them!
Thinking of this, Chen Mo couldn't help but think of the large financial groups in real life.
When the game had started, these large financial groups had carried out a lot of publicity. However, not long after the game had started, one or two of them had disappeared without a trace.
From time to time, people on the Internet would discuss whether these large financial groups had given up on the game market.
There were all kinds of voices on the Internet. Some people agreed, while others disagreed. They only said that these large and small financial groups were actually dormant and secretly developing.
As for why they were secretly developing, no one gave a reason.
However, through Lian Hongyu's words, Chen Mo vaguely felt that these players' words were probably correct.
Purchasing large amounts of gold coins, maintaining the game's value at a high level, and continuously purchasing high-grade materials and potions … only large financial groups could do this.
If ordinary people wanted to use such methods to obtain benefits, it was absolutely impossible. They had collected so many gold coins. As long as the ratio of gold coins dropped even slightly, they would lose everything.
Only those large financial groups with other goals would not calculate the losses of hoarding gold coins. They could afford such a small loss.
However, why would these large financial groups hoard gold coins? Where would they hide and develop? Chen Mo couldn't figure it out.
Shaking his head, Chen Mo didn't continue to think about these things.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Mo took out a bottle of Specialist Potion and handed it to Lian Hongyu. He asked, "How much do you want for this potion?"
"Specialist Potion?"
Lian Hongyu exclaimed. She couldn't believe it. Then she quickly said, "This thing can sell for a lot of money. I'm helping someone purchase high-grade potions. I'll help you ask about the price."
"Okay." Chen Mo nodded.
Lian Hongyu lowered her head and contacted someone. After a while, she raised her head and said, "80 silver coins per bottle!
However, if the quantity is too small, I don't want it. I want at least 50 bottles, and a maximum of 100 bottles. "
80 silver coins per bottle?
Chen Mo was shocked. Those people who purchased high-grade potions were definitely not ordinary people!
According to the current price of gold coins, 100 bottles of Specialist Potion was equivalent to 80,000 yuan!
Damn it! With his physical strength, he could make 100 bottles of Specialist Potion in a day. Deducting the cost of materials, 20 silver coins per bottle, one bottle of Specialist Potion would earn him 60 silver coins. That was equivalent to 60,000 yuan a day!
Wouldn't he be able to become a millionaire just by sitting there?
"Will they still buy this potion in the future?" Chen Mo would be lying if he said he wasn't tempted. After all, this was a lot of money.
However, Lian Hongyu hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't think they will continue to buy it."
"Why?" Chen Mo asked strangely.
"We are friends. I can't say much about other things. Let me tell you about a few friends.
As you know, I know some alchemists who can refine high-grade potions. The potions they refined were also bought at a high price. However, their potions were bought at a high price once or twice. After accumulating 100 bottles, they were no longer bought. "Lian Hongyu said in a low voice.
So strange?
Chen Mo frowned. He couldn't understand.
Could it be that those people could refine the potions themselves after buying 100 bottles?
… …
The second part was even worse.