In fact, trouble came sooner than expected.

As the first step of monopoly, there are many methods, but on the premise of sufficient funds, driving up the market price to increase the cost is definitely one of the effective methods. This means that if you are bold enough, the early acquisition will still be very profitable to a large extent. Of course, it is also necessary to have a certain understanding of the needs of the market, and must have a considerable degree of awareness of the true value of the goods, only in this way can we have a rough positioning of the final pricing of the 'monopolist'.

Just like the vinegar robbery incident more than ten years ago, there is a truth. The original 1 yuan a bottle of vinegar was artificially raised to dozens or even hundreds of yuan because of the panic caused by an epidemic, and the price instantly rose by dozens or even hundreds of times in a few days, but in the end? When the message was clarified, less than a week, the price dropped in an instant.

Think about it, with dozens or hundreds of times of profits, how many people have become rich overnight? But what about reality? But there are also people who are bankrupt...... After all, it is only the value of the item itself that determines the market price. With the exception of a few extreme cases, the price may be inflated by various speculations, but eventually return to a position commensurate with its value.

The same applies to the market of game materials. Low-level materials are just low-level materials after all, and even if most players need them, there will always be a psychological price. A few cents of something, rising to one or two yuan may be reluctantly acceptable, but once it rises to 10 or 20 yuan, Rin believes that as long as he is not a fool, he will be discouraged.

So, what is the specific price point?

Rin couldn't say, but he knew that the main factors affecting the price were nothing more than two aspects, one supply and the other demand. Although it is a bit complicated to study specifically, there is one of the brightest guiding lights at the moment - Shanglong Tianxia. Generally speaking, unless it is malicious suppression and retaliation that harms others and is not beneficial to oneself, the ultimate goal of commercial competition methods such as monopoly and economic sanctions is nothing more than profit. If this 'business dragon world' has not been so profitable that it doesn't care about money, then there must be a certain profit hidden in its purchase price. Because of the need to seize the market, this profit may not be very high in the early stage of monopoly, but it is different from scattered people and small teams, because of the relationship between sufficient funds, through the sales method of small profits and quick turnover, these large business teams will still get good profits in the process of a large number of sales.

Here, again, there is a question of worthlessness.

If the profit is 20%, then Rin can get a return of 2,000 yuan for the 10,000 yuan invested, but if the profit is only 10% or even lower, then it is too low for retail businessmen, and it is better to move bricks for a few days...... The impact of capital in business competition is decided. Even if it is 5% of the profit, if the other party can smash 1 million, there will be 50,000, 10 million is 500,000, and if you don't make money, you can survive until you can't stand it, and finally have to automatically and consciously quit and find another way out.

Rin shook her head, putting aside her overly complicated thoughts. At present, there is no need to worry about thinking about things that are too long-term, let alone speculating, what can be done now is to observe first. Even if you don't fully understand it, you need to get a rough idea of where the other person came from and what they are trying to do. Only by clarifying these two points can we find ways to deal with them in the future.

Of course, the investigation cannot be idle at the same time.

Now that the waters of the entire material market have been muddyed, Rin can only follow suit and has to adjust the purchase price. At the very least, before the other party completely dominates the market, you can try to fight for a little more benefits. After collecting the price of materials in the entire market, Rin subdivided the purchase price and divided the different materials into corresponding grades.

According to the current market price, fur and meat can follow 2:1; The rest of the materials are still at a uniform price of 2:1, but if the quantity is 10, medicinal materials and wood can be considered to increase the price by 10%, and bone armor, metal and silk fabrics can be increased by 20%; At last...... Rin thought for a moment and decided to invest more in leather, bringing the ratio directly to 3:2.

"What are you doing? Have you ever heard of 'Shanglong World'? ”

Rin returns to the old place and inquires while receiving the goods at the new price. It stands to reason that this 'Shanglong World' looks imposing and should be a little famous, but why was it unknown before this? Could it be that a certain company has taken a fancy to the 'legendary' market and has recently entered the market? It's likely, but it's not very likely. Because judging from the performance, the other party obviously has a certain understanding of the game, and if it is not a veteran team in the industry, it is unlikely that they will invest so much money in a short period of time.

Could it be the pseudonym of a studio or game company? That's all Rin can think of.

Whew—

The book lit up. Rin clicked on it and saw that it was Han Bing's reply.

"Farm copies. What is it? Up the deaf and lick the bottom? I haven't heard of it, so why do you want to? ”

"It's all right......"

He deserves to ask in vain. Rin thought about it, and suddenly remembered someone, so he sent another message to send out.

"Are you free?"

Whew—

"Yes, what? Need help? ”

"I want to ask you something, do you know the 'business dragon world'?"

Whew—

"You know, what? Are they bothering you? ”

Really!

Rin's eyes lit up. The other party is not anyone, it is the young man who left half a day ago. Rin thought that since he was the leader of a team, he should know something about the major teams...... Wrong! Rin secretly scolded an idiot. Whether the other party knows the 'Shanglong World' is one thing, and whether it has anything to do with the 'Shanglong World' is another!

What to do? Rin calmed down slightly, then replied tentatively.

"No, I just want to ask."

Whew—

"Oh, I thought they were in trouble with you. That group of people is not a good type, and last time I almost got into a fight with a few people in our group because of a little thing. I really didn't bother you, did I? If they make trouble for you, you tell me, or directly report the name of 'Snow Prison', as long as it is not a big deal, they don't dare to be too rampant. ”

The young man's reply relieved Rin, but at the same time, he lifted his heart. Even he said that this 'Shanglong World' is not a good type, and it seems that it is indeed a big force.

"They're big?"

Whew—

"Isn't that okay? Ever heard of 'Dragon Man'? In the past, a well-known studio has now set up a company, which is this 'Shanglong World'. ”

Rin's heart moved.

If it's really a 'Dragon Man' studio, then it's troublesome. In the previous games, although the contact was not deep, Rin had already heard of the rampant domineering of 'Dragon Man' - major forums and websites were not only filled with a large number of their advertisements, but also many posts from players denouncing their evil deeds. What is bullying and dominating the market, forced buying and selling, boosting and stealing accounts, and offline fraud...... Although the studio itself has a good posture and seems to have public relations, almost all the bad behavior can be found in it.

The point is, the scale of this studio is really not small. As far as Rin knows, the studio's business is almost all over the online game industry, especially RPG games, as long as there are official agent games, they are almost involved! Regardless of the good and bad reputation, at least its popularity is very high and among the best in the domestic industry!

Rin frowned.

Such a studio has officially turned into a regular company, needless to say, the ambition is not to mention, and the funds are probably tens of millions, which is already crushing compared to ordinary people.

Whew—

"To be honest, I don't really take them seriously. If they do trouble you, don't be afraid, just look for me! I have long looked down on this studio, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, which is annoying. ”

"Ha, no, what can I do with them, just ask......"

From the attitude of the youth to spend money on equipment as if it was not money, Rin really believed the other party's words of 'not taking 'Dragon Man' in his eyes'. However, to be honest, the concern in the other party's words warmed Rin even more. Whether it is true or not, at least the other party has emphasized the good intentions twice. Rin's affection for him couldn't help but increase.

"Thank you, next time you look for me to play equipment, I won't charge you a fee!"

Whew—

"Haha, you have to collect it, if you don't accept me, you will give it to others, just give me a discount! Also, the 'causal value' you mentioned, my people are testing, it's very interesting, but it's hard to say yet, when the complete test results come out, I'll tell you the whole test process. Anyway, I have something to go out for. Remember, if that group of people makes trouble for you, don't be afraid, just report my name, just say that you are a 'snow prison' cover, and see who dares to give him courage! ”

Originally, Rin wanted to reply to the message of thanks, but when he opened the message, he saw that the other party was no longer online.

This man also seems to be a man of temperament.

Rin couldn't help but smile. But then again, if it's really time to report the other party's name, it is equivalent to getting on the other party's boat. Hopefully not at that time.

However, the reality is often the opposite.

Just a few hours later, Rin's last thing to see came to life.

Towards the end of the evening, Rin's acquisition came to a standstill again as the purchase price of 'Shanglong Tianxia' jumped up again to 3:2. This time, he did not hesitate any longer, but decisively raised the price, on the basis of 3:2, in addition to the appropriate price increase for the rest of the materials except fur and meat, the leather category was directly raised to 1:1.

Then trouble came to the door.

Although prepared, Rin was still a little stunned. After resting for about half an hour after dinner, when he re-launched, he found that the place where he received the goods had been preempted.