This Can Also Make Money

After leaving the appraisal center and tidying up my backpack, I headed towards the Old Wine auction house. I wanted to see how the auction preparations were coming along since the auction was scheduled for 8 pm tonight. I had very little time left, but the few pieces of equipment in my backpack were perfect to put up for auction together.

Wow, why are there so many people here?

The entrance to the Old Wine auction house was crowded with players, making noise and causing quite a stir. Moreover, there was a long queue that extended from inside the auction house and occupied a considerable stretch of the street. It was so long that I couldn't see the end of it. It was more crowded than when I queued to buy a gaming helmet.

"What's going on?" I couldn't help but scratch my head. When I came to Old Wine auction house yesterday, there were few people around, and it was very quiet. Why was it so different today?

"Brother, why are you standing in such a long queue?" I went over to a few players who were talking excitedly.

Player A: "We're lining up to see the 'Gang Building Order' and two pieces of golden equipment that Old Wine auction house is auctioning off tonight."

Warrior player B: "Wow, those are some great items. If I had those two pieces of golden equipment, my strength would definitely be comparable to that of the top ten ranked players."

Player C: "Really? Are they that powerful?"

Player A sneered at player C: "Haven't you gone to see those two pieces of equipment? They are golden equipment, what a pity."

Player B also sneered at player C: "No wonder you're skeptical. You're like a frog at the bottom of a well, who hasn't even seen those two pieces of top-quality golden equipment."

Player C: "Gentlemen, please don't look down on me. I'll go see them right away."

Player A: "Hurry up, go line up quickly. You only have four hours to admire them, and the auction starts at 8 pm. Don't miss this opportunity."

Then another player D came up: "Wow, those are some valuable golden equipment. The attributes are really impressive. It's worth the few gold coins spent on it."

"What? Do you have to pay to admire the equipment's attributes?" I couldn't help but exclaim. These were the two pieces of golden equipment that I put up for auction.

"Of course, there's no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Each piece of golden equipment costs four gold coins, and the 'Gang Building Order' costs eight gold coins."

"…"

Old Wine was making a fortune. Each piece of golden equipment cost only four gold coins, which was the price of two bottles of red wine. The total cost of the three items was only sixteen gold coins, which was not a lot for players. However, there were so many players, ten thousand players would cost sixteen million gold coins, a hundred thousand players would cost one hundred and sixty million gold coins, and one million players would cost sixteen million gold coins…

Old Wine was indeed a businessman with an extraordinary business acumen. Impressive!

"I tried to enter the Old Wine Auction House to find Old Wine, but the place was packed with players and I couldn't make my way to the front."

"Old Wine, it's Stone. Are you there?"

Unable to get through, I had to whisper to Old Wine.

"Stone, come quickly. I was just looking for you. Let's take the back door."

"Old Wine, you're amazing. You made a fortune with just one idea."

Entering the Old Wine Auction House through the back door, I followed Old Wine into a quiet room. Seeing Old Wine's smile, I knew his mood was extremely good.

I admire Old Wine!

"Hehe, Stone, it's all thanks to your 'Gang Building Order' and two pieces of golden equipment."

"You made quite a bit, didn't you?"

"This much."

Old Wine proudly held up two fingers.

"Two million?"

"No…"

Old Wine shook his head.

Could it be? I couldn't believe it.

"Nearly twenty million."

"So much."

Old Wine's figure of twenty million shocked me.

"Stone, it's all thanks to your three pieces of top-grade equipment. Yesterday, I put up an advertisement for the auction and players flocked to the auction house to see the attributes of the 'Gang Building Order' and two pieces of golden equipment. I had a bright idea and implemented a fee for viewing. Each player only needed sixteen gold coins to view all the equipment, which was cheap for them. However, there were too many players, and now there are over a million of them."

"…"

Speechless, the players are too crazy. It's too easy to make money in 'King of Glory.'

"Stone, let's hold the auction tonight. I regret it already. If we held it tomorrow or the day after, and let the players visit for another day, that would have been really profitable."

"I have a few more top-grade equipment with good attributes. How about…?"

Making money is so easy, wuwuwu, I regret it. If only I had opened my own shop. But I still have the divine artifact 'King Kong Shield' and two fairy artifacts. Why not take them out for the players to visit and make even more money?

"It won't work. There's only one opportunity."

Old Wine shook his head helplessly.

"The reason why players are so crazy is mainly because of your 'Gang Building Order.' They wanted to broaden their horizons, and since many players haven't seen golden equipment before, your two pieces of golden equipment with decent attributes made the players flock to you. But now that the players have seen and understood golden equipment, it won't be easy to use this method to make money again. They might even curse at you."

Alas! What a shame.

"What if it's a artifact or immortal equipment? Would players be interested then?"

"Do you have any artifacts?"

Old Wine was surprised.

"Hehe… I have a low-level artifact, but its attributes are not very good."

As long as it can make money, there is no harm in revealing the artifact's attributes.

"Artifacts definitely have a huge appeal to players, but if you don't auction them and just use them to make money, your reputation will be very bad. Moreover, after this visit, players are not so blind anymore. The top ten hottest topics on the official forum today are 'Gang Building Order' and the two pictures of golden equipment. If you bring out an artifact again, players will be more interested in waiting for forum posts, and there won't be many people visiting."

Old Wine started to analyze, shaking his head and thinking, his clear thinking impressed me, completely like a successful businessman.

"Therefore, the reason why we can earn so much money this time is mainly due to good timing and being the first, and it will be difficult to achieve such good results in the future."

"Old Wine, you're so capable, are you a businessman?"

"Hehe, sort of. Stone, the reason we can earn money from this visit is mainly due to your three pieces of equipment, so most of this gold belongs to you. But because I worked so hard, I plan to split it in a 70/30 ratio, what do you think?"

"I'm getting too much with a 70/30 split, let's make it 50/50. It was your idea in the first place, and I wouldn't have thought of it without you."

To be fair, a 50/50 split is definitely not a bad deal for us.

"Stone, you'll be at a disadvantage if we split it like that. Don't you know about the auction this afternoon?"

Old Wine looked at me with a strange smile.

"…"

I looked at Old Wine curiously, what's going on now?

"The auction tonight will be held in the arena of Dragon City and will be divided into three areas. The VIP area is located in the center of the arena and has only 100 seats, each seat costs 100,000 gold coins; the front three rows of seats in the arena have 50,000 seats, each seat costs 100 gold coins, and the remaining 500,000 seats cost 30 gold coins per seat."