Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 255

Grandpa Deng, his beard bristling and eyes wide, asked, "What's wrong with you? You don't know kung fu, but she does. She has bodyguards when she goes out. Aren't you a perfect match?"

Deng Yijun rolled her eyes. "I think intelligence is the most powerful weapon and talent in the world. There's no need for brute force."

Grandpa Deng roared, "What do you mean you have intelligence and don't need a brute? Are you as capable as him? Can you fight? Can you get into the military? Are you as strong as him?"

Grandpa Deng's series of probing questions almost broke Deng Yijun's defenses. "What use would I have for those things? I don't even like her anyway."

"Grandson, you don't understand. Marrying a suitable person involves not only considering whether your hard skills match, but also your soft skills. Wanyi has all the advantages that you don't have. If your children inherit half of her qualities, wouldn't that make her the perfect person? From the perspective of future generations, you two being together is the optimal solution."

Deng Yijun said dismissively, "Aren't you afraid that your descendants will inherit her brainlessness and my physical weakness?"

These words made Grandpa Deng so angry that he almost jumped out of the screen to slap him. Deng Yijun was too lazy to argue with his grandfather, so he sent over a treasure as an apology and that was the end of it.

This is how interstellar people interact.

There was a slight interruption that delayed him a bit, but Deng Yijun continued acquiring the porcelain pieces for the competition. These porcelain pieces could only be obtained by players through serendipitous encounters, and he had been searching for these players recently.

The atmosphere is thriving, and everyone understands just how valuable the rare items inside are. Collecting them is incredibly difficult; it's no longer a question of whether there's a market for them, but rather a matter of fate.

Deng Yijun called the leader of the Bird Alliance back and asked her to lead a team out for a stroll, hoping to gain an advantage by relying on her lucky carp.

After the porcelain competition ended, many NPCs in the main city sold works by master craftsmen. Of course, whether a piece was a masterpiece or not depended on one's discernment; buying a fake was extremely common. Lin Shuying was mimicking the art collecting world of her previous life, where fakes made up 99.999% of the entire antique market, with the remainder being items scavenged from ancient tombs and rural areas by tomb raiders or resellers. The art collecting world was a bottomless pit, and she hoped to show interstellar players how deep the hole was from the start of the game, so that when these things appeared in reality, they wouldn't be met with widespread resentment and backlash.

For players looking to make money, this event presents a great opportunity.

Qingfengyi is actually buying back porcelain at high prices!

The price tiers range from one copper coin to ten thousand gold ingots, practically giving players free money. Currently, a player's garden, when fully planted, can yield a maximum of five thousand gold ingots per day. Adding the gold ingots obtained from other quests and official sources, the maximum is ten thousand.

The maximum prize for this event could be over a million!

Yes, the statistics are correct; this is the latest research result from data-driven players. The newest gameplay involves searching for masterpieces in dungeons. The most valuable masterpiece can be sold to the official server for 10,000 gold coins, and finding 100 masterpieces can earn you 1 million gold coins.

What concept?

It's like getting rich overnight! Even if you exchange it for Star Coins, it's still getting rich overnight.

The players went completely mad, spending their days wandering through various porcelain stalls, trying to identify which pieces were masterpieces. They couldn't afford to buy fakes, or they'd be wasting their money.

A counterfeit item worth ten taels of silver might be worth less than ten copper coins, a devaluation of over a hundred times—it's outrageous. Even if you buy the real thing, you might get a hundred taels of gold and sell it for ten thousand—just thinking about it is incredibly exciting.

At this time, many masters' disciples became highly sought-after.

On the day of the competition, all the masters and their apprentices were exposed. Players are now watching the videos repeatedly, just to remember the masters and their apprentices.

As someone who is on the same side, you must know the characteristics of your master's work, right?

Players cannot see the porcelain information before purchasing, but they can see it after purchasing. Is the master's work really like a lottery draw?

Wealthy players are offering exorbitant prices to invite master craftsmen's apprentices to serve as consultants, with the price now reaching 1,000 gold coins per hour. Unfortunately, these apprentices are unaware of the unique characteristics of their masters' porcelain, and they even doubt whether such a large quantity of porcelain from these masters truly exists on the market.

Some of the craftsmen have been living in seclusion for decades and have not produced any commercial porcelain at all.

One of the most eager apprentices, unable to contain himself, posted in the world chat: "My master is a recluse; he hasn't taken any orders for porcelain for years. You should buy from other masters; the odds of winning are higher."

Players were unhappy upon seeing the data in the message. They had just released the data on the number of works by various masters, and now some of their disciples were saying that there wouldn't be many works by the masters.

Doubt their abilities!

This is intolerable, absolutely intolerable.

"This apprentice, you are truly not a qualified disciple. During the event, some players encountered NPCs who said that masters would prepare for the competition for one or two years, or even ten years. Judging from the competition process, the masters must have experimented with and even designed multiple versions of the design during and before the competition. After the design is completed, it must be fired. During this period, they will experiment with clay, kilns, and revise the design, which will take at least four or five times. It is impossible to fire only one piece at a time. According to the videos released by everyone, the masters will fire three pieces for the competition, and then choose the best one and smash the remaining two. So how many master works have been leaked before the official competition?"

Players didn't expect that when collecting data, the data collectors would consider what an NPC from who-knows-where would say it, but this meticulous method of information gathering made them more convincing.

Looking at the statistics, the proportion of works by masters among all works is as high as one in a thousand?

"My mecha grand marshal, is that data real? If it's really one in a thousand, I might as well just buy all the porcelain on the street."

Even if you buy all the porcelain, and even if only one piece out of a thousand is a masterpiece, you'll still make a fortune, right?

The other players suddenly realized, "That's right, I'll go buy it right now!"

Data enthusiasts are speechless. Their statistics show that the proportion of works by masters among all porcelain pieces is one in a thousand, not one in a thousand. It's important to understand that proportion, distribution, and probability of acquisition are two different things. Don't blame the data enthusiasts for incorrect statistics if you don't get the piece later.

Realizing this, the player community, comprised of data-driven players, quickly arranged for someone to explain in the world chat. Fortunately, the explanation came early, and those who acted normally hadn't fallen into the trap. But those players who acted quickly and hoped to seize the initiative were devastated.

"Waaah! Why didn't you explain the data flaws first? You have to explain the data first! I've already bought goods worth 50,000 gold ingots, and there are only three genuine items inside. But two of them were made by unknown masters, and their buyback price is only 500 gold ingots. The other one was made by a somewhat famous master and is worth 8,000 gold ingots. I've lost 40,000 gold ingots! Waaah!"

"Ahhh, me too, I lost so much money. I didn't get a single genuine item."

Data-driven investors are speechless. Do they have to act so fast? They've already bought so much stuff in the time it takes to type a message.

Over there, some players have joined the ranks of those selling counterfeit goods. Since it's the most profitable industry, they're willing to risk everything to join. They're a little better than NPCs, who will claim to have what they don't, tricking players into spending their gold ingots first, and then worrying about the rest later, hahaha.

Players will first place one or two genuine items among various ordinary porcelain items, with a simple purpose. Once players discover that the probability of obtaining genuine items is higher at the player's stall, they will definitely come here to buy from.

As long as the game doesn't start with genuine items, players who set up stalls will make a killing.

However, you'll also get attacked; after the match ends, the main city becomes a fighting ground again. This is the martial arts world of China; what kind of martial arts world is it without its own unique techniques?

Right now, a vendor near the city center is being ganged up on, while several streamers are broadcasting live nearby. The reason is simple: this vendor is incredibly lucky. On his stall is a master-crafted porcelain piece—a basin shaped like a dragonfly perched on a lotus. The color scheme is very understated, not particularly eye-catching, and the player deliberately placed it behind other items. Therefore, so far, almost no one has bought it, or even noticed it.

This artwork was worth six thousand gold ingots, making it a relatively high-end piece among masterpieces. One day, someone discovered it!

The dealer tried to back out, saying he made his money off this genuine item.

But the player who had taken a liking to the item was furious when she tried to back out, and immediately drew his greatsword and slashed at her. The feeling of having one's life threatened is terrifying regardless of status or location. The peddler player summoned his guest fairy at top speed, shouting, "Hold on, make sure I have time to pack up!"

While packing, she didn't forget to turn on the video, and said, "Family, look at these people, they're trying to force you to buy something. Don't do business with them if you encounter them. Video."

This player prioritized collecting the valuable masterpieces before slowly gathering the rest. The opponents were martial arts figures, and there were more than one; he definitely couldn't defeat them. Although the guest retainers were powerful, others also had guest retainers, and there was the Flower Fairy, whom she didn't possess.

Finally, after being killed and resurrected at his home by the player, he cursed in Xiaoyi Residence: "Aaaaah, I didn't even put away more than thirty pieces of porcelain! I'm so sad, I'm really so sad!"

Over there, people on the world channel saw the video and had all sorts of opinions.

"You're the one who's cheating, so why wouldn't you sell it to someone who likes the real thing? What kind of logic is that?"

"That's right. You sell counterfeit goods as genuine and we consumers don't say anything. If you buy genuine goods, you should be able to accept it."

This group of people will definitely go to the simple place, while the group that opposes it consists of street vendors and players.

"Buying and selling is a matter of free will. Can you force me to buy if I don't want to? Where does that logic come from? Besides, the other porcelain items aren't being overpriced to rip you off; they're all within the normal markup range. If you're so capable, go find NPC vendors instead of player vendors. You're only after our stall has genuine goods. Ha!"

"Exactly, I have no problem with you buying our counterfeit goods at the NPC price, but you can have the real ones."

No matter how you look at it, it's all nonsense, hahaha.

Some vendors remained silent because they were selling ordinary goods at high prices...