Hoarding large quantities of goods was something merchants only did during special periods.

For example, from a game's open beta to its official launch, a large influx of players increased demand for goods, and prices would definitely rise to some extent. Many people seized this opportunity to hoard equipment at low prices during the open beta and sell it at high prices after the official launch, which could be considered a successful strategy.

But in reality, it wasn't that simple. The surge in equipment prices caused by a large influx of players was only temporary. After all, in the game, every player was both a consumer and a producer. It was just that high-level players represented advanced production, while low-level players were relatively backward. However, the advanced equipment dropped by advanced production didn't come cheap, and not just anyone had the ability to hoard and resell it on a large scale. What ordinary merchants hoarded was nothing more than middle-class equipment.

As new players leveled up, they would soon have the ability to acquire this equipment themselves. Therefore, the price increase for this equipment only lasted for a short period. Once a large amount of new production flooded the market, the supply of goods would increase, and even if prices didn't fall, it would definitely become difficult to sell.

Buying low and selling high sounded simple, but there was a lot of knowledge involved.

Only a few people could truly master these four words and make money. Otherwise, there wouldn't be more poor people than rich people.

Take the business opportunity from this open beta to the official launch, for example. Many people saw the opportunity, but a considerable number only knew the superficial aspects and not the inner workings. Their operations were poor, and they ended up hoarding too much equipment that they couldn't get rid of.

The law of online games: as time goes on, the equipment from the early stages becomes worthless. The current price of this batch of equipment, in stock market terms, has already fallen below the issue price, and it's difficult to sell. Even though the hoarders are gone, normal transactions still exist in the market, and the competition is fierce.

At this moment, Gu Fei threw out this pile of equipment. Anyone with a discerning eye could immediately see that most of it was middle-class equipment from that period. They immediately associated Gu Fei with one of the failed merchants in that wave of reselling. Moreover, this person had held onto this rotten stock for so long, truly a failure among failures!

A group of people cheerfully watched Gu Fei, without a shred of sympathy.

Newer players hated these resellers for taking the opportunity to make money off them, while older players envied them for seizing the opportunity to make money. So, when the resellers failed, both groups felt a sense of satisfaction.

And these two groups comprised all the players. So now that Gu Fei, a suspected failure, had appeared, everyone's face was filled with schadenfreude.

Unaware of the situation, Gu Fei was happy to see that he seemed to be getting attention, and he felt that his business prospects were sure to be bright. He then squatted down and carefully organized the equipment on the ground. Although Parallel World equipment had no level requirements, it was still easy to distinguish the different tiers by looking at the equipment's stats. Additional attributes could then be used to determine the value of a piece of equipment.

The equipment in Gu Fei's hands was all blue-grade equipment. White-grade equipment had no market unless it was of an extremely high tier. Blue-grade equipment was the mainstream, and most players had a set of blue-grade equipment as a base, and then they would try to get gold-grade equipment to replace the parts they cared about most. As for purple-grade equipment, that was completely non-mainstream. Most people hadn't reached that level and could only fantasize about it in their dreams.

Gu Fei quickly sorted the equipment into categories. Headgear, body armor, hand-held weapons, necklaces, rings, chest ornaments, and footwear - he had it all. The empty space in front of Gu Fei was filled with his wares. Gu Fei nodded in satisfaction, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked up.

People had been watching Gu Fei's actions. Gu Fei immediately gave them an amiable smile: "Equipment, anyone want to buy some?"

Everyone happily shook their heads.

Gu Fei's smile stiffened a bit, and everyone became even happier.

Putting aside the fact that Gu Fei's goods were somewhat outdated, the people here didn't need them. And even if they did, no one wanted to buy Gu Fei's equipment. Trading Street was so long, and Gu Fei's wares were the most common type. There was no need to worry about not being able to buy them elsewhere. So, "Let him lose everything!" Everyone had this thought in mind. They booed and dispersed, many of them lingering and turning back to admire Gu Fei's expression.

Gu Fei was bewildered.

Was his equipment too outdated? Gu Fei had considered this point. Most of his equipment was acquired when he was between level 20 and 30, which was quite low-level now. But as he walked here, he noticed similar equipment at other players' stalls, so he didn't think it was completely unsellable. But he figured that only a few people would choose this equipment, so he would just have to wait patiently! Thinking this, Gu Fei stopped worrying, found a comfortable position to sit on the ground, and began to wait patiently.

The most common sound on Trading Street was, of course, the sound of bargaining. Gu Fei listened to the haggling around him to learn about the market.

Gu Fei had never studied equipment prices. Originally, he had planned to set a uniform price of 10 gold coins per item and earn 200 gold coins. But after paying attention to the bargaining at the stalls around him, Gu Fei realized that he had overestimated the value of his wares.

Most of his outdated products were probably not worth 10 gold coins at all. At the stall diagonally across from him, a pair of shoes with better stats than anything Gu Fei had were eventually sold for only 8 gold coins.

After observing several other successful transactions and comparing the stats of the items sold, Gu Fei finally realized that he had been blindly optimistic. Putting aside whether he could sell his goods at all, even if he sold everything, he probably wouldn't be able to get 50 gold coins. To get 200 gold coins, he would have to make several trips back and forth.

Gu Fei's goal in selling things, like his stat allocation, was speed. He only wanted to quickly save up 200 gold coins, and he didn't care whether he made a profit or a loss. Thinking this, he simply shouted, "One gold coin shop! Every piece of equipment is only one gold coin! Come and get it!"

Low prices were always the most attractive lure in the market. As soon as Gu Fei shouted this, countless players rushed over. Even some of the players who already had stalls couldn't resist coming over to take a look.

Gu Fei grinned, thinking, "One gold coin per piece of equipment, 200 pieces will be enough to get 200 gold coins. I should have about that many in my warehouse. As long as I make a few more trips, 200 gold coins won't be a problem."

But he didn't expect this to be another case of blind optimism. After taking a closer look at everything on Gu Fei's stall, most of the players who had been attracted by the "one gold coin shop" quickly shook their heads and left.

Cheap prices were indeed tempting, but if it was something they didn't need, it was useless no matter how cheap it was. And Gu Fei's junk had no value for buying low and selling high. Several stall-owning players who had come to take a look with this in mind also left in disappointment after seeing the wares.

There were still a few players left, all of them absolute newbies in beginner's clothes and bare feet. Since the equipment had no level requirements, being able to wear level 20 equipment was very tempting to them. But these newbies' wallets were predictably empty. They were more familiar with silver and copper coins, and anything with the word "gold" was a fortune to them.

For this reason, they stubbornly haggled with Gu Fei over one gold coin.

Gu Fei firmly said, "It's already cheap enough, no bargaining," and three of them immediately left.

The remaining two were very patient and begged Gu Fei for a long time, calling him "brother" countless times. Finally, they managed to get Gu Fei to offer a "buy three get one free" promotion. Each of them spent three gold coins and took four pieces of equipment from Gu Fei, and left happily.

He finally earned 6 gold coins. Gu Fei sighed, took out his money bag and threw in the six gold coins, and then counted them again carefully. Unfortunately, Gu Fei hadn't miscounted before. He now had 37 plus 6, 43 gold coins. He was still 157 gold coins short of 200.

"Are all these selling for one gold coin?" Gu Fei was counting his money when someone suddenly asked.

"Ah, yes!" Gu Fei replied and quickly looked up.

"It's you!" Both of them were stunned at the same time.

The person asking the price at Gu Fei's stall was actually Mang Mang de Mang Mang.

Gu Fei was just surprised to meet an acquaintance, but Mang Mang de Mang Mang had some doubts in addition to surprise. The Gu Fei she knew was the one who had helped her out outside Yun Duan City. A master who had killed six people in an instant.

In online games, masters usually meant wealth. Although it wasn't always the case, they shouldn't be too poor. It was too surprising for Mang Mang de Mang Mang to see Gu Fei, who needed to sell a pile of junk to earn one gold coin at a time, in such a sorry state.

In any case, with Gu Fei's current level, wouldn't it be faster to sell a few high-level pieces of equipment than to sell these outdated pieces for one gold coin each?

What Mang Mang de Mang Mang thought of was indeed the most suitable way for Gu Fei to make money. Everything in online games was linked to level, and having the highest level meant having the best production. The highest-level equipment produced in this way could dominate the market. Many masters in the game had become rich in this way.

The fact that Parallel World equipment had no level requirements made this way of making money even more attractive.

But unfortunately, because it was difficult to level up, players' levels couldn't be too far apart, so this way of making money wasn't in the hands of a few people.

But Gu Fei had unique advantages. Because he had the ability to fight monsters 20 levels higher than him.

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

It's dawn~ Vote~~