In the previous rounds, the three of them were basically making their own money and had little interaction with each other. However, in the middle and late stages of the game, the white crow-man seemed to feel the pressure brought by Rob and unexpectedly began to take the initiative to attack.
In the beginning, he was still very cautious. The first round of competition between the two was on the management of the baths. In the eightieth round, Rob bought five baths in the city, spent seven rounds to calculate the relationship between the flow of people and the ticket price, and chose to raise the price by thirty percent. This move also brought him a lot of profit.
By the hundredth round, the five baths had become his main source of daily income, so the white crow-man spent money to open three new baths in the city and sold tickets at a price slightly higher than the cost to compete for customers. This caused the income of Rob's five baths to greatly decrease. The white crow-man wanted to see how someone would respond, but Rob's response was very disappointing.
Your Honor, the future supreme magus, chose to avoid the aggressive opponent and decided to accept the fact that he was losing money. He sold the four baths in his possession at a price lower than the cost and quietly moved to another place. He bought two wineries and began to sell wine. It was reasonable to say that at this time, the white crow-man only needed to take the opportunity to buy the four baths and return the price to normal to make a big profit. However, he seemed to have made up his mind to pester someone tonight. Seeing that Rob bought the wineries, he immediately sold the four baths in his possession and bought the other three wineries in the city. Using the same method, he immediately lowered the price to near the cost line and continued to fight with someone.
This time, the future supreme magus resisted a little. After the white crow-man lowered the price, he immediately adjusted the price slightly lower than the latter, basically the same price as the cost. However, the other party simply lowered the price to below the cost line. Once the White Crowman was done, he waited for Rob's next move, but he did not expect that Rob would cower and choose to sell the distillery before he switched to the dye shop.
For the next few dozen rounds, the two were entangled like this. No matter what Rob was doing, the White Crowmen would join in. Often, as soon as someone took a step forward, the White Crowmen would rush in. Naturally, no one would make a profit from this vicious competition, but the White Crowmen's wealth was much greater than Rob's. Even if they both suffered losses, his remaining wealth would still be more than enough to suppress Rob's.
On the 180th round, the future Supreme Magister staked everything he had and used all his remaining money to smuggle goods. Unfortunately, none of the ships he sent out to sea returned.
The white crow-man heaved a sigh of relief. Was it over? He had long heard of Luo Bu's name, so even though he had the upper hand, he had always been on guard against Luo Bu's possible killing move. However, as the game progressed, Luo Bu's performance was always lukewarm. Luo Bu could not find any effective response to his tide-like attacks, and he was firmly suppressed from beginning to end.
In the end, he could only choose to gamble on his luck. This kind of performance was a little far from his identity.
Was it difficult to live up to his reputation? The White Crowman clearly won the game, but he could not hide the disappointment in his expression. Although he had a certain advantage because of his business intelligence, if their positions were reversed, he did not think that he would not be able to put up a fight. He also had many ways to deal with malicious competition, and no matter what, he would not have performed so poorly.
However, Rob threw his remaining three gold coins on the table, clearly indicating that he had forfeited.
The White Crowman did not say anything. Although the exciting battle he was looking forward to didn't happen, and the whole process was boring, he still nodded to the future Supreme Magister Your Honor out of politeness. In the last few rounds, he sold off his remaining stock and cleaned up his assets. There was a total of 2700 gold coins, compared to the beginning of the game, his wealth had increased by 27 times. Especially considering that his competitor only had three gold coins left, this result could be said to be quite good.
However, when he turned his gaze to Lolo, who he did not pay much attention to, he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
The gold coins in front of the girl were like a small mountain, shining brightly and dazzlingly. A conservative estimate would be that there were more than 4000 gold coins.
It seemed that the winner had been decided.
"How is this possible?!" The white crow-man's expression changed greatly. He had long heard of this head of the Bretton family, but now it seemed that he didn't have much talent in business. After a few exchanges, the white crow-man was certain that he didn't pose any threat to him, so he hadn't paid much attention to Luo Luo. When he discovered that the girl's method of earning money was still at the most basic level of reselling, he couldn't even be bothered to pay any attention to her, and directly removed her from his list of competitors.
This was not the first time he had played this game, and he knew very well that the maximum amount of gold he could earn from reselling was not more than 2000 gold coins, and his final wealth was 2700 gold coins. Logically speaking, this number should be enough to surpass his opponent, unless … The White Crowman's pupils shrank abruptly, and he looked at Rob on the other side.
He was an extremely intelligent person, and after a brief moment of shock, he had already figured out how he had lost. The reason Luo Luo was able to earn so much money was inextricably linked to a certain someone. No, to be more precise, he had a part in this as well. It was only at this moment that the white crow-man finally realized that he had fallen into the other party's trap from the very beginning.
Those shops were not randomly chosen by the opponent.
In this game, the price of any product was determined by supply and demand, and conversely, the change in price would also affect the relationship between supply and demand. For example, if the number of people going to the baths increased, then the baths would naturally increase the price of the tickets, and the increase in the price of the tickets would also cause the number of customers to decrease. So far, there was no problem, but the White Crowman had neglected one point — products were not isolated from each other.
The increase in the number of baths and the decrease in the price of the tickets would attract a large number of customers, and this increase in the number of customers would lead to a series of chain reactions, the most direct of which was to stimulate the demand for soap and bath towels. At that time, Lolo happened to have a large stock of these two products, and when the new round of pricing was updated, the price of soap and bath towels skyrocketed, and the supply could not keep up with the demand. The girl was overjoyed when she saw this, and quickly sold off her stock to make a huge profit.
If the first time was just a coincidence, then when a certain someone bought a brewery and a dye shop, Lolo happened to have a large stock of brewing grains and dyes in her hands, and it was definitely not a coincidence.
So that's what this guy was planning. After thinking it through, the white crow-man was no longer dissatisfied with his loss to Luo Luo. He knew that he had made a mistake this time. His contempt for the girl had been noticed from the start, and Luo Bu had made good use of it. He had simply used himself as bait to attract the white crow-man's attention, but he had unknowingly helped his companion accumulate wealth and finally won the game.
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