God's imitator

Chapter 250 Different Bidding Strategies

Soon, the three parties began bidding.

Having gained experience from the first round of the game, the players had certain expectations, and the bidding speed was faster this time.

Jin Cheng from Community 7 gave up after raising her bid to 30 gold coins, which was the limit she could accept.

Although forfeiting midway will incur a 5-gold-coin handling fee, it also means that you can stop the loss in time.

Community 15 and Community 17 can still offer higher prices to compete for the "first developer" title, which is the first move in the tic-tac-toe game.

Lee In-sook said, "There's no point in us continuing to bid bit by bit, because there are only two of us left."

"Each time the cost increases by 5 gold coins, neither side will be willing to give up easily, and the sunk cost will only increase."

"If you bid 45 gold coins directly, we will withdraw from the bidding."

Wang Weidong shook his head: "We'll only offer a maximum of 40 gold coins."

Li Renshu said, "Then we will bid 41 gold coins to continue the bidding, and we will gradually increase the price. In the end, we will all pay a higher cost."

Wang Weidong thought for a moment and said, "42 gold coins, let's take the identity of 'Number One Developer'."

Li Renshu nodded: "Deal."

最终，王卫东所在的第15社区出价42金币拿下『第1开发商』，而李仁淑则是出价31金币拿下『第2开发商』。

Both parties then began selecting their respective plots of land.

Wang Weidong still prioritized the D1 plot in the top left corner of the nine-square grid.

Fu Chen first chose the central E2 plot, and then took over the F2 plot after Wang Weidong chose the bottom right F3 plot.

Subsequently, both sides occupied plots D2, D3, F1, and E1 respectively.

Ultimately, neither side was able to achieve their goal of connecting the three plots of land in a straight line.

第15社区作为『第1开发商』拿到了5个地块，而第17社区作为『第2开发商』则是拿到了4个地块。

……

The players from the same community gathered again to discuss their next strategy.

Clearly, after the previous two rounds of the game, the basic rules for bidding on the nine-square grid have been fully clarified.

First, the psychological price range for most community auctions of the nine-square grid is around 30 to 40 gold coins, which accounts for a quarter of the total community gold coins.

As for specific plots, it's roughly 8 gold coins per plot.

This was clearly not a result made on a whim, but rather the result of rough calculations.

While the exact probability and rules for shelter-based immunity are still unclear, it is certain that no community will be satisfied after bidding for 5 plots.

Because the extra shelters that are built can be sold to other players, especially 'spectators'.

The coins earned from selling them to the audience can also generate real profits at the end of the game.

There are a total of 9 3x3 grids and 5 communities in the game. In addition to the target 3x3 grid (priority development area) you have selected, you must also capture at least one more 3x3 grid in each community to make it worthwhile.

Although each community has a total of 150 gold coins, this is only the first phase. After entering the second phase, there will likely be many other places where gold coins will be needed.

Moreover, most communities can't make the decision so quickly to spend all 150 gold coins in the game, since that's their entire fortune.

Therefore, around 40 gold coins is the upper limit of many communities' current expectations.

If the 'second developer' doesn't know how to play, then the 'first developer' who has the first-mover advantage can acquire up to 6 plots of land, which is very worthwhile.

However, if both sides understand the mechanics of Tic-Tac-Toe, then the tiles in the 3x3 grid will inevitably be divided in a 5:4 ratio.

At this point, spending a high price to snatch the title of "Number One Developer" is not a very worthwhile investment.

...The third round of the game begins.

The developable land in this round of the game is: D7 3x3 grid.

Since no community selected the nine-square grid as a 'priority development area,' both the 'first developer' and 'second developer' were awarded through bidding.

[Communities 9, 12, and 15 are eligible to participate in the bidding.]

[Bidding begins now, time limit 3 minutes.]

Three communities participated in the bidding again, but this time the competition was even fiercer.

Fan Zehui from Community 12 was clearly determined to win, and he did indeed show his generosity by increasing the bid by 10 or even 15 gold coins each time.

Community 9 showed no intention of giving up. Although it did not forcefully compete with Community 12 in the bidding, it consistently outbid Community 15.

After raising the price to 40 gold coins, Wang Weidong from Community 15 chose to give up.

After all, the situation is very good for Community 15, which has already acquired 10 plots of land.

However, there are no plots of land in Communities 9 and 12 yet.

Community 15 has the longest visa processing time, which means that the cost of each gold coin is higher, so there is no point in fighting with these two communities.

最终，第12社区的范泽辉用55枚金币拿下了『第1开发商』，而第9社区的张士超用45枚金币拿下了『第2开发商』。

Seeing this, Jin Cheng from Community 7 clearly felt some regret.

She regretted that her previous strategy was too conservative. If she had raised her target price to around 50 gold coins from the beginning, she might have been able to snatch the title of "second developer" in the D1 nine-square grid.

But it's too late to regret it now; all they can do is spend more money in subsequent land auctions.

Fan Zehui and Zhang Shichao had clearly understood the "first move wins" mechanism, and they ultimately divided the nine plots of land in the grid with a score of 5:4.

The bidding cost for each plot of land has been raised to around 11 gold coins.

……

The fourth round of the game begins.

The developable land in this round of the game is: G4 3x3 grid.

Since no community selected the nine-square grid as a 'priority development area,' both the 'first developer' and 'second developer' were awarded through bidding.

[Communities 12 and 17 are eligible to participate in the bidding.]

[Bidding begins now, time limit 3 minutes.]

Fan Zehui from Community 12 had, of course, noticed the situation in Community 17, but he said nothing and simply completed the auction as planned.

由于第15社区选在了第7社区和第9社区那边，所以G4九宫格的情况比较特殊，实际上只有第12社区和第17社区能够参与竞标。

This means that as long as you bid the lowest price of 5 gold coins, you can secure the qualification of 'Second Developer', which is an extremely worthwhile deal.

Just as Li Renshu was considering whether to spend more gold coins to compete for the title of "Number One Developer", Fan Zehui submitted his bid first.

[Community #12 bids: 25 gold coins.]

This was a bid that surprised everyone, because in the third round of bidding, Community 12 had already paid 55 gold coins.

If we include this 25 coins, they have already spent 80 gold coins, which is more than half of the total number of community gold coins.

在只有第12社区和第17社区竞标的情况下，只出底价5金币也能确保成为『第2开发商』，至少能获得4个地块。

The fact that Community 12 offered an extra 20 gold coins to compete for the title of "Number One Developer" is clearly a bit too extravagant, and could even be considered irrational.

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