God's imitator

Chapter 423 Consumption
Lee In-sook concluded, "Okay, then this matter is settled."

"We have two options for recruitment. One is Shen Xing. We will reserve a spot for him in the community and try to recruit him as soon as possible when we encounter him in the next game."

"As for the other male player, the three core game developers will try to recruit him after the next game session."

This means that the community will not be able to replenish its player base with new players in the short term, and will have to wait until the next game to find and recruit a suitable male player.

As for when we'll encounter Shen Xing again in the game, it's hard to say, but we can't just leave this slot open.

Lee In-sook continued, "Although we can't do much in terms of recruiting new members for the time being, on the bright side, we can now repurchase the immunity vouchers."

"Our original plan was to buy it together with the discount coupon. Has anyone changed their minds now?"

Based on the previous discussion, between the two options of "only buying the immunity coupon and immunity coupon cooldown reduction" and "buying all the discount coupons in one package", everyone voted for the second option.

The downside is that it will take an extra 100,000 minutes for visa processing, but the upside is that you can purchase additional "Reduced Cooldown Time for First Player Identity Card Privileges 1 and 2" and "Discount Coupons", and enjoy a 20% discount on all purchases within a week.

Therefore, although I donated a lot of visa time before, I did not make any large purchases.

Qin Yao said with some regret, "So, we were originally planning to have a nice get-together after the game ended, taking advantage of the discount coupons."

"As a result, two positions became vacant in the community."

Wang Yongxin suggested, "Let's stick to what we agreed on before."

"If we buy now, the discount coupon will remain valid for two days after the next game ends, and we can still enjoy the corresponding discount."

"If there are new members, the scale of the event can be even larger."

Zheng Jie thought for a moment: "If that's the case, then there's not much difference between buying it a couple of days earlier or later, right? Can't we also choose to buy it the day before the next game starts? That way, we can cover a longer period of time."

Yang Yuting was silent for a moment: "You mean, after the next game, we'll party every night during the 'discount coupon' period?"

After a moment's thought, Wang Yongxin said, "We've been in New World for so long, so it's not a big deal to relax for a week. After all, compared to these exorbitantly priced special items, as long as we don't buy the most expensive food when we have a meal together, it won't cost much even if we eat for several days in a row."

"But the only problem with this plan is, if you're launching a new game the next day, will you still be in the mood to eat and shop?"

Zheng Jie paused for a moment: "...That seems to make sense too."

After a brief discussion, everyone reached a consensus.

Lee In-sook finally said, "Okay, it's settled then. Let's buy it now."

The group went to the vending machine and first bought a 'discount coupon', followed by three high-value items: 'immunity coupon', 'immunity coupon cooldown reduction', and 'first player identity card first and second privilege cooldown reduction'.

The total time spent on visa processing was 52.4 minutes.

The original luxury goods fund was 178 million. The three players who participated in the "lifting game" deposited the extra visa time according to the original rules, totaling about 22. With some miscellaneous expenses, the luxury goods fund now has 145 million left.

With the death-exemption certificate back in hand, everyone felt much more at ease.

Lee In-sook looked at everyone and said, "Alright, it's shopping time. Everyone, make a list of what you want to buy. We'll summarize it later as a formality. If there are no major problems, let's do the group shopping!"

Everyone got busy with their own tasks.

……

night.

Although people have repeatedly emphasized "don't fall into the consumer trap," it's still hard for people to resist the instinct to buy impulsively when faced with discount coupons. In the past, people would regularly use "luxury goods funds" to buy certain items, but this time, almost everyone's shopping lists were at least three or four times higher than the total price before.

On average, each person's spending reached around 2 yuan, which means that nearly 20 yuan of luxury goods funds were spent.

125 million remaining.

Lee In-sook didn't say anything about it, she just accepted it all.

Clearly, this situation is caused by a combination of factors.

First of all, everything is 20% off. The more expensive the item, the more cost-effective it is. Since we don't know when the next discount coupon will be available, everyone will want to stock up a little.

Secondly, after the proposal to mandate the retention of visa time was implemented, although theoretically these visa time retentions could generate dividends, they were not directly under one's control, so people naturally tended to spend them extravagantly.

Finally, after confirming the existence of a way to leave the new world, many players became more open-minded. Since they couldn't take the visa time with them whether they died or left, there was no need to be so frugal.

Given all these factors combined, being able to spend only this much is already a result of doing everything possible to avoid consumer traps.

Logically speaking, such behavior is not good for the community.

To activate the next product, the total fund needs to be increased to 210 million, which seems like a long way off.

But Lee In-sook was well aware that this was a reasonable request and a necessary expense.

So, after the shopping was completed, everyone arranged another dinner together.

Although it wasn't a large event, as everyone wanted to save the bigger show for welcoming potential new members next week, it was still quite lavish.

……

After dinner, Qin Yao was about to return to her room to rest when she ran into Lin Sizhi at the corner of the stairs.

"Don't you have any questions for me this time?" Lin Sizhi's words clearly had a hidden meaning.

Qin Yao was taken aback for a moment: "Huh? No, no, right?"

She thought for a moment and said, "Oh, I did have some questions about the voting at first, but I've figured it out now!"

Lin Sizhi gave her a meaningful look: "Really? Then tell me about it. I'm really curious to know if you've really figured it out."

Qin Yao nodded: "Okay!"

The two went to the small room on the third floor again.

Qin Yao quickly figured out what Lin Sizhi wanted to talk about, since the most important thing in the community during this period was the vote on the third game core.

"At first, I also thought that Cai Zhiyuan had a great chance of winning, but when the result came out, I was a little surprised."

"But thinking about it carefully, this result is actually quite reasonable, isn't it?"

"The two candidates' campaign speeches—which should be considered a campaign—were indeed vastly different."

"Cai Zhiyuan probably felt he had a great chance of winning and was too relaxed. Yang Yuting's speech was clearly well-prepared and she came prepared."

"In summary, Yang Yuting effectively highlighted her strengths and exploited Cai Zhiyuan's weaknesses."

(End of this chapter)