After the camera cut, Ding Xiyao arrived at the foyer of the house.
Before inviting the customer to view the house, the player, as an intermediary, could first inspect the house and have a good idea of the situation.
At the beginning of the game, there was no time limit for inspecting the house, and there would be some hints in the game so that players who lacked knowledge in this area could understand the pros and cons of the house.
As the game progressed, there would be a time limit for inspecting the house, and there would be fewer hints, which was equivalent to increasing the difficulty of the game for the players.
Players could even choose to challenge themselves and not go through this phase. They could receive customers on their first visit without any prior preparation, and they would have to improvise on the spot.
The higher the difficulty, the better the reward.
Ding Xiyao used to be a real estate agent, so she had more professional knowledge in this area than the average player. However, the content of the game was still relatively unfamiliar to her, so she decided to go through it according to the standard procedure.
If she could quickly adapt to the gameplay, she could try to increase the difficulty.
Using the most basic movement method that she had learned before, Ding Xiyao went through each room.
It could only be said that the situation was worse than she had imagined.
There were floor plans and photos of these houses on the computer in the shop, but when she was actually there, she realized that the photos were often "fake" and could not be trusted at all.
It was noon when the photos were taken, and the sun was shining brightly. The entire room was bathed in warm sunlight, and as long as she adjusted the lighting slightly and found the right angle, the photos would be very confusing.
However, it was a cloudy day outside, and the light was not that strong, so the entire feeling of the room was reduced by several levels.
Apart from that, many other details were naturally exposed.
For example, there were some nails and traces of double-sided glue on the walls, most likely left by the previous tenant; the stove and cabinets in the kitchen were full of old oil stains; there was a second bedroom window that did not seem to be closed tightly, and there would definitely be air leaks, and so on.
These details that would not be shown in the photos would be exposed during the inspection process.
However, whether the customer would be able to see these problems would also vary from person to person.
After Ding Xiyao raised her hand and pointed at some areas with the controller, there was a certain probability that an icon would appear, and at that time, she could use the number of times to get an official notification.
For example, in the kitchen, some tenants who were passionate about cooking in the kitchen and had high requirements for hygiene would have a big problem with the old oil stains, while tenants who didn't use the kitchen at all would probably not come in to take a closer look.
However, this function was not omnipotent. Just like in many detective games or escape room games, if the player did not realize that there might be a problem and did not point the controller at the key area, there would not be a hint.
Of course, some extreme players could use the controller to point at all the rooms if they were not tired.
After noticing these problems, in order to better facilitate the transaction, the intermediary could choose to solve these problems or choose to ignore them.
The solution was to pay out of one's own pocket and use a portion of one's own funds to hire a cleaner or repair the furniture, fundamentally solving this problem.
If he chose to ignore it, he might be exposed on the spot by the tenants who came to view the house, causing the transaction to be unable to be completed. There was also a possibility that he might not be discovered.
Of course, there were ways to remedy the situation if he was exposed on the spot. He could try to bluff him, or he could solve the problem by lowering the rent.
In this regard, the main character in the game had much more authority than the intermediary in reality.
After all, in the setting, the main character's identity was not a worker, but a boss and an employee at the same time, responsible for his own profits and losses.
Ding Xiyao quickly looked around the house inside and out and found a few key problems.
After all, this was her old profession, and she was completely familiar with it, so she did not need too many system notifications.
She even had some strange ideas.
Ding Xiyao first turned on all the lights in the room, and then roughly felt the brightness of the room.
Then, she raised her head and pointed the controller at the light bulb in the living room.
Sure enough, the light bulb became bright, and an interface popped up, which meant that the light bulb could be changed!
After a simple selection, Ding Xiyao chose a relatively cheap but very bright ceiling lamp. After choosing, she easily changed it.
In fact, it was not only the lights, but all the furniture and appliances in the room could be changed. The problem was that the sofa, television, and wallpaper were too expensive, and Ding Xiyao did not have much money at the moment, so she could not afford it.
This was a trick that Ding Xiyao had learned when she was an intermediary. If the lighting of the room was not good, the lighting was insufficient, or the ventilation was bad, and there was a smell, then before the customer came to view the house, turn on all the lights, and open the windows in advance to disperse the smell.
This way, the tenants would ignore the problems of lighting and ventilation to a certain extent, and even if they realized it, it would be after signing the contract.
When that time came, even if most of the tenants were a little dissatisfied, there was nothing they could do since the contract had already been signed, and they could only make do with it.
Ding Xiyao was not sure if the game was made so smart, and whether increasing the lighting would increase the probability of the customer closing the deal, but it was worth a try.
After all, this was a business simulation game with a high degree of freedom, and wasn't it all about control and freedom?
As for this house, because the original lights were dim, there was no substantial improvement even if they were turned on. Therefore, Ding Xiyao paid out of her own pocket to change the lights in the living room, and tried to make it as bright as possible.
There was no good solution to the problem of the kitchen, and she couldn't afford to hire a cleaner, but there was an option in the game to "do it yourself".
Using the controller to touch the oil stains was equivalent to wiping them with one's own hands. Although some stubborn stains could not be completely removed, they looked much better than before.
Of course, not all problems could be solved by one's own hands, and some problems had to be improved with a large sum of money.
Just like that, Ding Xiyao simply cleaned up all the parts of the house that she could within the limits of her funds, and tried her best to understand some of the flaws in the house.
After that, she could invite the tenants to view the house.
Although she was already considered a wily old fox, Ding Xiyao was still a little nervous while waiting for the tenants to come.
After all, it was her first time bringing people to view a house in the game.
Not long after, the doorbell rang. The first to arrive was the workingman who had been working for a few years and had a higher income.
The order of these three groups was arranged by Ding Xiyao herself. The reason why she let this man come first was mainly because Ding Xiyao felt that she had the highest chance of negotiating the highest price with him.
The other two groups were a couple who had just graduated, and two girls who had just worked for more than a year. Their financial conditions were not too good.
Moreover, the young couple was more concerned about cooking, and the kitchen in this house was not very hygienic.
All things considered, the workingman who had been working for a few years had the best financial conditions, and did not have high requirements for the kitchen, so he was the most likely to reach a high price.
Of course, it was also because this man had been working for a few years that his ability to find faults was not weak, and it was not easy to fool him. This would depend on Ding Xiyao's ability.
Using the VR controller to open the door, Ding Xiyao could not help but be stunned.
This man … was so real!
Because this was the first time Ding Xiyao had seen a person in this game.
Although Doubt
Like all VR glasses, VR glasses were limited by technology. At the moment, it was difficult to achieve the clarity of the real thing. There was even a slight grating effect. However, there were still obvious differences in the clarity of the scenery and characters in different games.
Real Estate Agent Simulator had clearly reached a very high level of clarity of character modeling within the limits of the technical level.
After entering the viewing mode, the player would by default follow the tenants who came to view the house and answer their questions.
The tenants, who were also the NPCs in the game, had a certain pattern in their actions, and there was a relatively fixed route when they went to different rooms.
However, which room to look at first, which room to look at, what the focus of the room was, what questions would be asked, and how the player would respond to the player's answers … These all depended on the settings of the character, showing a very strong randomness.
During this process, of course, the player did not really need to speak, but used the controller to select the options on the screen to introduce and answer.
First, a simple introduction of the basic situation of the house, and then the customer would ask some questions about some details.
The gameplay of this stage was a bit similar to an interactive fiction game.
The dialogue options that the player could choose depended on the previous observation in the room, the preparation made in advance, the player's level, experience, and other comprehensive factors.
At the same time, many subsequent dialogues could only be triggered after the corresponding options were selected in the previous dialogue.
What surprised Ding Xiyao was that this NPC's every move was quite realistic. His movements were natural, and his speech was smooth and very colloquial.
The voice of the NPC and the player's dialogue was obviously recorded in advance, because the automatically synthesized voice would inevitably feel stiff, and could be heard immediately.
But the NPCs in the game did not give people this feeling.
Ding Xiyao was a little curious. Did this game make all the NPCs' voices and motion capture? Wasn't that too extravagant?
Would there be a repeat situation in the future? For example, would the questions be the same back and forth?
She was thinking about it when she heard this working-class man ask, "This room looks quite well lit, right?"
It was not a direct question, but more like a casual question.
Three options appeared in front of Ding Xiyao, each with a different attitude.
The first was a positive attitude, brainlessly boasting; the second was a neutral attitude, which was more vague but would not deny; and the third was to tell the truth.
Ding Xiyao could not help but hesitate.
Obviously, the first attitude was more conducive to a deal, but this man would definitely find problems after moving in.
If she chose the third attitude, her conscience would be at ease, but it was very likely that she would lose this customer, and in order to get back, she would most likely have to lower the rent.
Ding Xiyao was a little conflicted, but seeing that the dialogue progress bar was almost at the end, she could only choose the second attitude.
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