BXBX NOVEL Chapter 43 - Red Wine Coffee
Chapter 43: Red Wine Coffee
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Hello! Allow me to introduce myself. I am Red Wine Coffee, an Expert-level Businessman life profession player and first-class salesman of the Starry Sky Company.”
A businessman player in a leather suit shook Feng Luo’s hand with a smile on his face before sitting down in the cafe located on the second floor of the Exchange.
“We can help you sell your equipment to the most suitable person at the highest price and the fastest speed,” Red Wine Coffee said with a bright smile, his tone filled with confidence.
“One mocha. Thank you,” said Feng Luo and sent away the NPC waiter who came to take the order. Then he turned around and said to Red Wine Coffee, “Starry Sky Company. I’ve heard of it before.”
He had heard about equipment brokers like this. They were like sales agents in real life. They could build bridges and make connections between players who wanted to sell equipment by using their companies’ internal client lists.
Starry Sky Company was a famous equipment agent company. According to the rumors, they had dozens of auction houses and over 10,000 salesmen in War who specifically sought rare and valuable pieces of equipment at the Exchange before helping the owners sell them for a commission. Apart from that, it seemed the company had recently received a huge investment, so their business was expanding very quickly.
“How much is your agent fee?” Feng Luo asked Red Wine Coffee.
“Between 2 percent to 4 percent,” said Red Wine Coffee. “As for the actual percentage, I’ll have to look at the attributes of the equipment before deciding!”
“Okay,” Feng Luo said.
He took out the Hurricane Controller and set the equipment to “exhibition mode” before placing it on the table in front of them. This way, Red Wine Coffee would be able to see the attributes of the staff.
“Great item! It’s actually a Level-50 Wind Staff. It even has an amazing Rare-grade attribute. Certainly, you don’t have to worry about a lack of buyers!” Red Wine Coffee’s eyes shone as he saw the Rare-grade attribute of the Hurricane Controller.
“How much do you think it will fetch?” asked Feng Luo. He stared straight into Red Wine Coffee’s eyes before receiving the coffee from the waiter and stirring in two spoonfuls of sugar.
Bargaining was a science, and one easy method was to stare straight into the other person’s eyes. Doing this would, to a certain extent, prevent the opponent from playing tricks.
“A Level-50 Rare piece of equipment with decent attributes will definitely not get a low price,” Red Wine Coffee said as he raised his head after he took a picture of the Hurricane Controller’s shape and attributes with the camera on the personal terminal. “Although no player has reached Level 50 as of right now, based on reliable sources, there should be players hitting the maximum level next week, at the latest. So to sell it now might be a little premature, but it won’t affect its value too much.”
The information revealed by Red Wine Coffee’s words shocked Feng Luo a little. It seemed that his estimation regarding leveling speed had been too conservative; it was much faster than he’d imagined.
“Moreover, even after they have reached Level 50, the game officials will probably not increase the level cap anytime soon, so the staff’s value will not depreciate for a long while...” Red Wine Coffee added after continuously entering numbers in his personal terminal to compute something. “Because this Hurricane Controller has an excellent Rare attribute, its price will range between 800,000 and one million credits. If met with a buyer who likes it, there’s a possibility of it increasing even further.”
“Sounds about right.” Feng Luo nodded.
Red Wine Coffee’s estimation was higher than he had imagined, but that was probably a good thing. He was the professional, after all.
“Since the value of this equipment could go beyond a million credits, the commission for this piece of equipment is the lowest. Two percent,” Red Wine Coffee said, answering Feng Luo’s initial question. “Mr. Feng, what are your thoughts?”
A 2 percent commission was far better than the 5 percent administration cost of the Exchange. Feng Luo nodded to imply that he agreed.
“Then I will proceed to contact interested clients,” Red Wine coffee said politely. “I will have to trouble you to wait for a while.”
“No problem,” Feng Luo said with a nod. “This gives me the chance to check out the Exchange.”
Feng Luo connected to the Exchange through his personal terminal. He then opened the list of items for sale. Apart from selling the Hurricane Controller, he also wanted to purchase a rare skill chip from the Exchange.
In the selection window, after he entered the Level 40, Rare Skill Chip, Gunner options, rows upon rows of chips, featuring their images and data, appeared on the virtual page.
Eagle Eye. Learning Level Requirement: Level 40. Current Bid: 80,960 Credits; Buyout Price: 120,000 Credits.
Raging Shooting. Learning Level Requirement: Level 40. Current Bid: 117,400 Credits; Buyout Price: 150,000 Credits.
Bullet Time. Learning Level Requirement: Level 40. Buyout Price: 99,900 Credits.
“They sure are expensive!” Feng Luo muttered.
Looking at high sales prices one after another, Feng Luo gritted his teeth. Although he had heard long ago that rare skill chips were expensive, prices ranging in the hundreds of thousands still made him speechless.
But the effects of these skills were definitely amazing. After all, the Level 40 skills of other professions were almost entirely ultimate skills that were anything but weak, and although most of the skills of Gunners were more supportive in nature due to their position, the skills were not much weaker.
For example, the first skill, Eagle Eye created a mark on the target that only the caster could see. As long as the target did not leave the field of vision of the caster, the caster would be able to recognize the target immediately. This was especially useful for kill missions in densely packed crowds.
As for the Raging Shooting skill, it was the upgraded version of the Level-20 Rapid Shooting skill. It increased the firing rate of the sniper rifle even further. It also removed the debuff of reduced damage. Moreover, after learning the skill, it would replace the original Rapid Shooting skill, which meant that a Level 20 column would be freed up!
As for Bullet Time, it significantly improved the dynamic vision of the player. In theory, when the level of the skill was maximized, a player could clearly see the paths of bullets with the naked eye. Of course, there was a caveat for this skill. Since merely seeing a bullet’s path did not mean one would be able to react, the applications of this skill were actually quite limited. As such, the price was lower.
What Feng Luo wanted most was the Maximum Shooting skill chip Dan Hen had mentioned before. This was the skill that most suited his combat style. So Feng Luo narrowed the search parameters and searched directly for the chip he desired.
Sorry. We have failed to find the item you’re looking for.
A notification appeared on the Exchange page. This disappointed Feng Luo a bit. The number of skill chips with the word “rare” in the title was quite low. As for rare skill chips like Maximum Shooting that had clearly beneficial uses, there were many businessman players or purchasers of powerful forces who were always standing-by, refreshing the Exchange pages, and as soon as the merchandise appeared, they would purchase it immediately. So the Maximum Shooting chip that he wanted to buy was probably not going to be easy to find, unless...
Feng Luo looked at Red Wine Coffee, who was in the midst of contacting buyers through his personal terminal to his side, and wondered if he should ask this equipment agent.
At that moment, Red Wine Coffee happened to have just finished his work. He noticed Feng Luo looking at him just as he raised his head, so he asked politely with a smile, “Mr. Feng, is there something I can help you with?”
“Does your company also trade in rare skill chips?” Feng Luo asked.
“We can help you get anything of value in War, including rare skill chips,” Red Wine Coffee answered confidently.
“Then please help me check if anyone is selling the Maximum Shooting skill chip!”
“All right, please hold!” Red Wine Coffee nodded and lowered his head to search on the terminal. “Got one. A VIP client has a Maximum Shooting skill chip in her hands. The only thing is, she’s located in Storm City and has asked that the buyer negotiate face-to-face, personally. Moreover, she also has a very unusual request. The buyer has to be a real Expert-level Sniper.” Red Wine Coffee looked puzzled.
“Storm City? A Sniper Expert?”
Feng Luo frowned. To actually request a face-to-face meeting and to request a Sniper... Clearly, this buyer had other intentions. However, he was on his way to Storm City to appraise the chip anyway, so he could also go meet the seller. After all, he considered himself to be a passable Sniper.
“Do you mind telling me her name?” Feng Luo asked after thinking it over for a while.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Feng, due to company policies...” Red Wine Coffee declined with a smile on his face. “However, if you do happen to go to Storm City, you can contact the ID ‘Green Plum Boiled Wine.’ Our company will do our best to serve you.”
“All right, I’ve made note of it.”
Feng Luo understood that Red Wine Coffee was afraid of the buyer bypassing the agent and directly dealing with the seller. Declining to tell him the name was understandable, and he agreed to it happily.
“Oh right, have you contacted the buyer for the Hurricane Controller?” he asked.
“Yes, it’s done,” said Red Wine Coffee. “A total of 11 buyers showed interest. Two of them are currently in Silvermoon City. They are prepared to come to the Exchange personally, so I’ll have to trouble you to wait for a bit longer.”
“Okay, but just not too long!” Feng Luo nodded.
After that, Feng Luo opened the Exchange page again. Although he could not get the Rare Skill Chip he wanted, he could still pre-select the equipment he wanted to give Dan Hen. Giving him credits directly would definitely not work, but sending him equipment would mean that he had no way to decline it.
On the Exchange page, he chose the Scout option, and, before long, Feng Luo found an item he was satisfied with.