"A story about Yu Huicheng's general store and the black-hearted merchant, Iron Ox."
This post was made anonymously. The post first described the relationship between the Miscellaneous Goods Store and Wang Yu. Then, it added oil and vinegar to describe how Wang Yu's Miscellaneous Goods Store relied on Intermediate Health Potions to raise prices and monopolize the market.
Finally, the post pointed out that Wang Yu's general store took advantage of the game's official launch to purchase potion ingredients and disrupt the market.
The person who made the post acted as if he had seen it with his own eyes and analyzed the situation clearly and logically. He then found the video of Wang Yu violently chasing away the troublemakers at the general store and posted it at the end of the post.
In an instant, this post became one of the top ten most popular posts on the forum.
Old players of Yu Huicheng often bought items from the general store and knew that the general store's prices were definitely better than the consignment store's. This was definitely the work of someone.
However, after the game's official launch, a large number of new players entered the game. They did not even know who "Iron Ox" was, so they followed suit and started scolding him. Occasionally, those who spoke up for Wang Yu were also drowned in the scolding.
"I've been to that general store. Damn, one potion costs 50 gold. That's crazy poor."
"Damn, 50 gold. How black-hearted."
After the game's official launch, the price of gold returned to normal. 50 gold was 5000 yuan. 5000 yuan was enough to buy a decent piece of equipment. Based on this calculation, the general store was not only black-hearted, it was also a scam.
However, what most players did not know was that due to the skyrocketing price of ingredients, the cost of potions was already dozens of gold. Even if someone knew the price of the ingredients, they would point out in the post that the price was deliberately raised by Wang Yu.
There was no lack of moral emperors on the internet. Anything that had nothing to do with them would be scolded for a few days. Moreover, this price did indeed affect the interests of the majority of players.
Thus, it did not take long for the dispute between two experts to become a one-sided crusade.
The person involved in this matter, Wang Yu, knew nothing about it. Wang Yu had not been on the forum for a long time.
However, after going offline, Wang Yu saw Mu Zixian's angry face.
"Too shameless, too shameless!" Mu Zixian knocked on the table as she muttered to herself.
"What's wrong? Didn't your manager pay you?" Wang Yu asked curiously.
Today was the last day of the month and also Mu Zixian's last day of work. Wang Yu thought it was because of work.
"No, look at the forum!" Mu Zixian angrily turned the computer to Wang Yu.
"Oh." After reading the post, Wang Yu touched his chin and said calmly, "Why bother with them? They're just spouting nonsense."
Mu Zixian said anxiously, "They are slandering us. Now that there are so many people supporting us, our shop is finished."
Wang Yu said unhurriedly, "It's not that exaggerated. The prices of the things in our store are all reasonable. The people who criticize and retort are the ones who don't buy. Even if no one buys from our store, with the quality of our goods, we don't have to worry about selling them."
Wang Yu did not have social experience, but it did not mean that he was stupid. Wang Yu could see it clearly at a glance. He knew that it was useless to be anxious. Good things would always be sold.
Hearing Wang Yu's words, Mu Zixian instantly calmed down. She thought for a moment and said, "Yes, you're right."
Currently, besides Xiaobing's studio, only the grocery store sold intermediate potions. Now that Xiaobing's studio's stock had been sold out, only Wang Yu's shop was left.
Previously, when Xiaobing's studio put such a high price on the consignment shop, there were people who bought it. Now, there would definitely be people who bought it.
Just as the husband and wife were talking, there was a knock on the bedroom door.
"Come in, it's not locked." Mu Zixian shouted. Li Xue pushed the door open and walked in.
"Brother Yu, sister-in-law."
"Xiao Xue, it's so late. What's the matter?" Mu Zixian asked curiously.
Li Xue said, "Xiaobing's studio also opened a shop."
Hearing that, Mu Zixian immediately became alert. "How's their business?"
"Very popular." Li Xue didn't describe the scene, but from her tone, it could be seen that Xiaobing's studio's business was definitely not ordinary.
"Didn't they sell out their potions?" Mu Zixian exclaimed in surprise.
Hearing that, Wang Yu also frowned. He faintly felt a trace of unease.
"They are sold out, but it seems like they can also make intermediate potions now." Li Xue said.
Wang Yu nodded and said, "Is that so?"
The game had been open for a month. It was normal for people to train their apothecary skills to the advanced level. Moreover, the arena's point store sold the recipe for intermediate potions. Although it was very expensive, with the studio's means, it was not a problem. Therefore, it was not surprising that they could make this potion.
"Looks like we can only let Wuji sell the materials. That way, at least we won't lose money."
Wang Yu thought for a moment and said.
Li Xue said with an uneasy expression, "I'm afraid that's not possible. The people from Xiaobing's studio are wantonly buying materials in the market again. The price is even lower than during the open beta."
"This …" Wang Yu was dumbfounded.
The materials were the Quan Zhen School's last resort. Even at the last step, as long as they had the materials, they could still make a huge fortune by selling them. However, the people from Xiaobing's studio were buying the materials again, and the price was even lower than before.
The price was lower than during the open beta, and now it was 20 times lower. If they sold all the materials, everyone's assets in Quanzhen would shrink by 20 times.
Damn, it had to be said that Xiaobing's studio's move was much more ruthless than Wuji's. At least Xiaobing's studio could sell the materials at the original price if they didn't use them, but Wang Yu was back to square one.
"Brother Yu, what do we do?" Li Xue asked anxiously.
In fact, the person Quanzhen didn't have to worry about was Li Xue. She was a technical worker, so she could make a living wherever she went.
Wang Yu said indifferently, "It's fine. It's easy to get money, and I don't have to worry about it. Go back and rest."
Most of Wang Yu's funds came from Blood Red War Flag's money. The 20,000 gold that he gambled was a windfall for Wang Yu.
"Alright." Li Xue glanced at Wang Yu and Mu Zixian, closed the door, and walked out of the bedroom.
"Wife, our money is gone. You won't scold me, right?" Wang Yu asked dejectedly.
Mu Zixian smiled and said, "What are you talking about? I actually want to hit you."
"Then hit me."
Mu Zixian glared at Wang Yu and said, "Forget it. I'll feel bad if I don't hit you, and I'll feel even worse if I hit you."
"Hehe, I feel bad too."
Wang Yu laughed when he heard that. He knew that Mu Zixian didn't blame him. But even though he said that, it would be a lie to say that he didn't feel bad when so much money was gone.
"What do we do now? Should we sell the potions at a lower price?" Mu Zixian asked.
So much money had gone down the drain, and it was better to get back as much as possible.
Wang Yu said, "Forget it. We'll take it one step at a time. Tomorrow, we'll go ask Wuji. He threw all his money in, and he definitely won't let this go."
The next day, when he went online, the Quanzhen channel was dead silent. Mingdu, who usually spammed the screen for a living, didn't say a word.
Many people left messages for Wang Yu, "Let me know if you need help." Especially Blood Red War Flag, who directly said to Wang Yu, "I want as many Intermediate potions as you have."
It was obvious that this matter wasn't only known to Wang Yu.
"Thank you, everyone. It's fine." Wang Yu thanked them one by one.
Around nine o 'clock, Wuji went online.
The first thing Wuji said when he went online was, "Everyone, come to the guild encampment."
When Wang Yu arrived at the encampment's meeting hall, the others had already arrived.
"I'm sorry, everyone." After Wang Yu sat down, Wuji stood up and bowed to everyone.
This time, Wuji gave everyone quite a fright. This was definitely the first time this kid had ever apologized to someone.
It was obvious that Wuji didn't look too good. This guy had always been a scourge to others. Who knew that he would be killed by someone else? With everyone's understanding of him, they knew that money didn't affect him much, but the mental blow was definitely not small.
Wang Yu said with a smile, "It's just a small matter. Don't worry about it."
Wang Yu was speaking from the bottom of his heart. Don't worry about how Wuji treated outsiders, he was absolutely good to his own people. It was just a loss of some gold. If they exchanged it for cash, it would be considered bankruptcy. In the game, it was game currency. Falling out with a good friend over a small matter was something a brat would do.
Even Wang Yu, who lost the most, didn't think it was a big deal. Needless to say, the others also didn't care.
Mingdu, the b * tch, even joked, "Tsk tsk, Wuji's apology is so comforting. It's definitely worth more than those lousy gold. Come, say it to us again."
"F * ck you." Wuji glared at Mingdu, and the atmosphere in the meeting hall eased a lot.
After the joke, Wuji said solemnly, "Last night, I thought of a way to remedy the situation."
"Did you?" Everyone asked. Although they wouldn't blame Wuji, it would be better if there was a way to remedy the situation.
"Yes, there are two ways." Wuji said in a deep voice, "The first way is to take this opportunity to continue purchasing materials and fight to the death with Xiaobing's studio."
Hearing this, everyone said in unison, "Say the second way."
The lousy way that Wuji mentioned was a simple and crude way to fight to the death with money. They didn't have any money, and they still wanted to compete with the studio for wealth. Wasn't this a lousy idea? It was better not to mention it.
"The second way is more difficult." Wuji hesitated and said, "If we want to reverse the situation in the current situation, we need to have better potions."
"Ah?" Hearing the second way, everyone was speechless.
The only potion that was better than an intermediate potion was an advanced potion. Not to mention how difficult it was to get a master pharmacist, advanced potion recipes were hard to come by. Even the points store in the arena didn't have such things. Saying this was basically no different than not saying it.
"I personally prefer the first way," Wuji said.
"Do we have money?" Everyone sighed.
"Iron Ox's brother seems to be the boss of Zongheng Studio. We can ask him for help."
"This …" Everyone lowered their heads again and said nothing.
This time, the person who lost the most was Wang Yu. They couldn't be the only one.
At this moment, Wang Yu suddenly said, "I think the second way is more reliable."
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