"Mr. Xu, let's officially start the game, pay attention to keep the center of gravity."

Shopping guide Xiao Chen suddenly reminded.

"Okay."

"First of all, choose a server, there is no special server in China, we can choose any server to join."

"What if I don't understand the language?"

"Mr. Xu, let's directly choose the No. 86 server in the beautiful country, there are more people here, and there is no communication barrier."

The shopping guide replied.

"A86, yes, I picked it."

As a result, before the words fell, Xu Dong suddenly felt that his steps were light, and the whole person seemed to float, and at the same time, the picture in front of him instantly turned into a bright starry sky.

It's too beautiful to say.

After roaming in the starry sky for about seven or eight minutes, a blue planet finally appeared in front of me.

The planet has a strange name, the earth.

It's a bit of a misnomer.

I guess it's the designer's head cramping!

Immediately after that, Xu Dong landed on the central square of a small town.

"Ouch hey......"

Xu Dong almost didn't stand firm.

The shopping guide hurriedly cared: "Mr. Xu, are you okay?" ”

Xu Dong waved his hand: "It's okay." ”

After standing firmly, he noticed that it was actually dark here, and considering the time difference, it was normal.

Looking around, Xu Dong was a little shocked.

Although the realism of the game is less than seventy percent, the modeling is definitely a lot of thought, and the details are handled very well, revealing excellent everywhere.

At this time, a handsome guy in a suit took the initiative to come over and talk:

"Sir, do you want to buy a house? Whether it's in the center of town, or outside of town, I have resources at my disposal. ”

Xu Dong has seen the beginner tutorial, of course he knows what is going on.

In the game, you can only become an official resident if you own a house, and if you can't find a place to stay, you can only stay for ten minutes at most, and you will be forced offline.

In addition, the metaverse can freely buy and sell land and houses, and some bigwigs even circle half of the server's land, which makes many players hate it.

However, in order to take care of the vast number of "proletarians", the government has set up a hotel system, paying one day to stay for one day, which is equivalent to a disguised point card system.

Seeing the customer's heartbeat, the shopping guide hurriedly prompted:

"Mr. Xu, you have pre-deposited 10,000 New Zealand dollars in your account, which is a gift from our company, and you can spend as much as you like."

It turns out that the sky-high membership fee, and there are factors in this regard.

"Oh, how much is a New Zealand dollar worth?"

Xu Dong asked casually.

"The New Zealand dollar and the U.S. dollar are on a one-to-one basis, which is equivalent to almost four dollars based on the current exchange rate."

"Can I convert New Zealand dollars into cash?"

The shopping guide nodded: "Yes, but every time you redeem it, the game official charges a handling fee of one percent." ”

"Isn't this gambling in disguise?"

Xu Dong was surprised.

The difference between gambling money and gaming is whether or not you can recover your chips.

"Mr. Xu, I told you a long time ago, in a sense, the metaverse is a real world."

"Didn't the Double G Company make a lot of money?"

"It's not that easy, running the game itself requires huge costs, and I heard that Double G has not yet achieved profitability!"

The shopping guide replied.

"Has the stock market recovered in the beautiful country? I want to buy some shares in their company. ”

"It recovered last year, but Mr. Xu, Double G shares are very sought after in the market, and now they are hard to find, I'm afraid I will disappoint you."

"How much is the market value now?" Xu Dong said curiously.

"It just broke the two trillion mark some time ago."

"Dollars?"

The shopping guide nodded: "Of course it's dollars." ”

Xu Dong immediately dispelled the idea of getting involved, and then looked at the "real estate agent" who was still waiting on the side.

"What's the price of land here?"

"It depends on the specific location, the land in the town is generally one dollar per square meter, and about three thousand outside the town."

"Ping" is the name of Great Xia, and its original meaning should be square inches, which is the smallest unit of land area in the game.

"So expensive?"

"This gentleman, our A86 area opened relatively late, and many popular regions, even the most remote corners, cost 100,000 yuan per square meter.

The most expensive area A1, the current land price is about to reach hundreds of thousands, and there is no market for it, where political and business celebrities are gathered, and there are many opportunities to make money. ”

Looking at the account of only 10,000 New Zealand dollars, Xu Dong had to shake his head: "Can you rent a house here?" ”

"Uh, sir, there's no 'rent' option in the game, you can choose an official hotel."

Referring to the hotel, the shopping guide glanced at the time:

"Mr. Xu, it's almost time, let's go to the hotel quickly, if we don't go, we will be forced offline."

……

Half an hour later, Xu Dong followed the shopping guide into a bar, and the Western society was really open, and the nightlife was vibrant.

It's very similar to the American drama scenes he has watched.

However, there is no alcohol sold in the bar, so you can only watch performances.

After all, the taste module has not yet been developed.

It's not that his own money is not distressed, Xu Dong quickly rewarded all the remaining 9,990 New Zealand dollars from staying in the hotel.

Provoked the dancing girls to scream.

The shopping guide said with a distressed face: "Mr. Xu, what you just gave out is my two months' salary. ”

"It's a pity that you can't collect the money, otherwise I'll just forget it for you, and I won't be able to take the money with me anyway."

Xu Dong didn't care.

"Mr. Xu, if you have an overseas account, you can actually withdraw it."

"Is the Nanchao account okay?"

The shopping guide shook his head: "None of the Asian and mutual member states can do it, and it is better to have an account in a Western country." ”

"Come on, I just didn't."

"Mr. Xu, you spend money too fast, there are still many places to experience here!"

Xu Dong waved his hand: "No need, it's enough to experience these." Don't worry, I'll place an order when it's offline, do you have enough supply in your store? ”

"How many more would you like to buy?"

"Yes, I buy more, can you get a discount in your store?"

"Mr. Xu, our side is clearly marked with prices, not to mention discounts, there are no gifts, please forgive me."

"Okay, I want to buy six sets at a time, do you have enough supply?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Xu." The shopping guide was surprised and delighted: "We have an import quota, not as much as you want to enter, I can only apply for one for you temporarily, and the rest may have to queue up." ”

Xu Dong frowned: "How long will it take?" ”

"It will definitely arrive within six months."

"Okay, one for one."

In this way, Lele's original information was wrong, not only greatly underestimated the price of VR helmets, but also did not even understand the supply situation.

After the order was completed, the two began to chat.

"Xiao Chen, do you think I can directly charter a new area?"

The shopping guide nodded: "Yes, but the price is a little expensive." ”

"How much?"

"It's about five billion dollars."

"How much? How can it be so expensive? ”

"Mr. Xu, the metaverse was created by the power of the beautiful country and the whole country, and it is said that it has also come up with a lot of black technology, otherwise it would not be able to support such a large computing power, and of course good things are not cheap."

Xu Dong couldn't help but nodded: "It seems that the foundation of the beautiful country is very thick!" ”

"I've heard that the beautiful country plans to use the 'metaverse' to regain the world's number one throne, and you've seen this thing, and it's hard not to get addicted."

"No wonder, no wonder the above attaches so much importance to it, I thought it was ......"

Xu Dong looked amazed.

"It's not as simple as you think, the water is deep here!" The shopping guide looked mysterious.

"Then how can your company pay it back?"

"Our company is a state-owned enterprise, as the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, invincible in a hundred battles, no one knows what the future development of this thing will be."

"Understood."

The shopping guide then added: "Mr. Xu, I suggest you don't buy so much land, which has to pay land tax every year. ”

"Pay taxes? Handed over to Double G? Are they eligible for taxes? ”

"It's not handed over to Double G Company, it's handed over to the officials of various countries, and the land you buy on the server in which country you buy will have to pay taxes to which country.

The reason why the metaverse can be popular all over the world is not for no reason, they are very good at winning people's hearts, after all, you can make money lying down, and it is difficult for most countries to refuse. ”

Xu Dong was a little scary, he didn't expect that there were so many circles in it, this is still public information, and I don't know how many of it has not been made public!

"What is the tax rate?"

"One percent of the land price, if you buy an entire area, the land tax alone is at least 50 million US dollars a year, this is not a joke."

"What if the land appreciates?"

"Mr. Xu, there are many big speculators abroad, they will only speculate on their own regions, and they will not cheap outsiders, so you better take it easy!

Besides, this is the home of a beautiful country, and it's not a matter of moving your fingers if people want to do it, we can't fight them, unless we open up another battlefield. ”

"Xiao Chen, I didn't expect you to know quite a lot?"

Xu Dong glanced at the other party meaningfully.

"Hehe, you can see, before taking up the post, we received special training and took relevant courses for more than half a year."

"You're a college student, aren't you?"

"That's right, I graduated from Aurora University and just joined the company last year."

"Awesome!"

Xu Dong gave a thumbs up.

The shopping guide showed a shy expression, but he didn't expect it to be restored in the game, not to mention anything else, this hand facial capture technology is really good.

Next, the two wandered along the street.

Time flies quickly, and then it is time to force the disembarkation, after all, people are iron, rice is steel, and there is a panic if you don't eat hungry.

Xu Dong took off his helmet with a tired face.

Although I was just in the game, the amount of exercise was not small, and even if there was no forced disconnection time, I am afraid that ordinary people would not be able to last long.

"Mr. Xu, do you want to take a break?"

Xu Dong nodded: "Okay!" ”

The shopping guide turned off the machine and led the customer to the rest area next door, Xu Dong looked up and found several customers who were signing contracts.

The waiter brought a pot of tea.

The shopping guide immediately poured a cup of tea for the big customer:

"Mr. Xu, you take a sip of tea and take a rest, and I'll go prepare the contract."

"Okay, you go get busy!"

Xu Dong nodded.

PS: Ask for recommended tickets and monthly passes!

Chapter 514: Pondering and Fearing

Lewen