Chapter 244 I Was Too Naive

Pei Qian was dumbfounded.

The data for *Fortress at Sea* differed so much from his estimate; something must have gone wrong.

Even with an influx of new players, there was no reason for them to buy the Fire Kirin so frantically. There must be some crucial incentive!

Pei Qian carefully observed all the game data and discovered that not only had recharge data increased, but the number of active players had also risen sharply, and the average playtime of players each day had also become longer!

It could be said that *Fortress at Sea* had become even more grindy.

This was very strange.

Logically, this DLC didn't update any gameplay that required grinding. The story mode could be cleared in a few leisurely days, the versus mode was still the same, and there were no online time reward events to prolong playtime.

But the average playtime of the players still increased!

Were the players suddenly in a good mood during this period and wanted to spend more time playing games?

Impossible.

The data behind the game would never lie. Pei Qian vaguely felt that the key to the soaring revenue was here!

Pei Qian once again turned to Qian Du for help, seeking the root cause of the significant increase in player activity in *Fortress at Sea*.

Finally, Pei Qian found the answer in a post.

*I've Heard of Stock Trading, House Trading, but This is the First Time I've Heard of Account Trading, I'm Impressed!*

"I also cursed when *Fortress at Sea* just updated its version. Such a beautiful Barrett - Doom only sells 500. Is this official crazy? Are they not trying to make money?"

"But now it seems that Tenda's strategy is really deep!"

"Yesterday, a friend who never played FPS games came over to ask me if I played *Fortress at Sea* and wanted to add me as a friend to play zombie mode together."

"At the time, I was quite puzzled. He never touched FPS games. Why did he change his mind?"

"It turned out he came to make money!"

"The Barrett - Doom on the original trading platform has been炒 (chao, speculated) to two or three thousand yuan, and there are no goods! After all, there are only 500 limited pieces per month, and many who snatched them are planning to use them themselves, or they are prepared to continue屯 (tun, hoard) to see if the price can rise. Rich people who want to buy have to add a lot of money!"

"Many scalpers are happy. They spend a lot of money to grab them and then囤 (tun, hoard) them in their hands. Anyway, there are still 500 limited pieces next month. This thing holds its value!"

"As a result, the official slapped a patch, and in the future, everyone will make reservations and抢购 (qiang gou, snap up) based on credit rating!"

"The higher the credit rating, the higher the probability of making a reservation."

"And ordinary people are not without a chance. As long as you are a real player, not the kind of scalper account that only registers to搶 (qiang, snatch) Barrett - Doom, you all have a chance to draw a lottery!"

"What's even more excessive is that every time the credit value increases by one point, you can add a little bit of the probability of drawing!"

"Although this matter is quite unreliable, this is metaphysics!"

"So everyone is racking their brains to improve their credit score,肝 (gan, grinding) game time, playing story mode, rushing for rankings, and some people have found that recharging an account can also greatly increase the credit value. Many rich new players directly gritted their teeth and bought the Fire Kirin!"

"After all, this gun looks good, can show off in the game, and can also increase the chance of搶 (qiang, snatching) Barrett - Doom..."

"Someone in our player group actually搶 (qiang, snatched) Barrett - Doom, and sold it for more than 3,000 the day before yesterday; a boss with a level 3 credit account sold his account for 15,000 to a rich man because of work reasons!"

"Now level 2 and 3 accounts are more valuable than Barrett - Doom. After all, there will be more and more epic weapons in the future, and these accounts can be seen as cash cows!"

"I have mobilized three people in our dormitory to play this game. Let them play two games every day to maintain their activity. As long as we can draw a gun next month, we will be rich!"

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After browsing the post, Pei Qian fell into a daze.

He understood where the problem was.

"...I was too naive."

"I thought that as long as there was a purchase limit, the game's revenue would no longer increase..."

Pei Qian understood that the problem was with the limited 500 Barrett - Doom!

Because this gun was too popular, the 500 pieces per month were immediately炒 (chao, speculated) to sky-high prices, so that players only needed to get it, and they would earn one or two thousand yuan by selling it!

If it was a level 3 account with Fire Kirin and Barrett - Doom, then the value of this account would be even more difficult to estimate...

Many players could not resist this temptation.

What's more, *Fortress at Sea* was originally a free game with rich content, and many people had been hesitating whether to join the game. This news was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Originally, the players' enthusiasm would not be so high, because the original搶购 (qiang gou, rush buying) was the world of scalpers and studios, but Pei Qian couldn't stand the scalpers, so he created a credit system, which allowed every ordinary player to have the opportunity to buy Barrett - Doom!

As a result, the players' enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high. Considering the official platform's strong promotion, Li Zhengwei, Qiao Laoshi, and others' vigorous promotion of *Fortress at Sea*, and other factors...

This week's revenue skyrocketed!

And not only this week, but for the next month or two, *Fortress at Sea* would definitely not earn less money.

Considering that Chen Lei would still come to Lazy Bird Internet Cafe to sing for a few days...

Pei Qian realized a rather painful fact.

It was impossible to lose money this cycle.

Pei Qian collapsed on the chair, instantly losing all hope in life.

Thinking about it carefully, who was to blame this time?

It didn't seem to be anyone else's fault...

It was Pei Qian who sent Chen Lei to the magic city (Shanghai).

It was Pei Qian who limited Barrett to 500 pieces.

It was Pei Qian who let players抢购 (qiang gou, rush buy) according to their credit value!

The only problem was that Pei Qian didn't explain to Lin Wan what the standard of this credit rating system was and how to improve the credit value.

Lin Wan directly relayed this matter to Lu Mingliang and asked Lu Mingliang to figure it out.

So Lu Mingliang naturally included the account's consumption record in the credit value.

This was a natural idea. It would be unreasonable for a rich man to spend 888 to buy a Fire Kirin and not count the credit value.

As a result, the current problem occurred.

Many players who originally didn't plan to buy Fire Kirin spent money to buy Fire Kirin in order to more easily draw Barrett - Doom...

Now that they spent money and increased their credit rating, the chances of buying Barrett - Doom would be greater when it went on sale next month.

Therefore, many people spent money in the last week, bought Fire Kirin, and made *Fortress at Sea*'s revenue skyrocket this week!

This was probably the so-called "one step makes a great difference"...

What was even more蛋疼 (dan teng, troublesome) was that this mistake could not be undone.

Now Pei Qian released the purchase limit of 500 weapons? Then I'm sorry, the players would buy it out in minutes.

And this kind of untrustworthy thing could not be done, otherwise the players would scold them to death, and Pei Qian and Tenda's persona would completely collapse.

Therefore, the game *Fortress at Sea* could only go one way to the dark.

No solution!

President Pei was very uncomfortable.

President Pei wanted to drown his sorrows with alcohol.

"Forget it, let's go to Lazy Bird Internet Cafe for a couple of drinks."

"Anyway...it's impossible to lose money anymore."