“Alright, guest, please come this way.” Dorothea smiled and led Wen Xiangjie directly to the shelves on the first floor of the shop.
“The first floor of our shop is the card pack sales area. You can tell by the floor color; the white floor area sells low-grade card packs, the blue floor area sells mid-grade card packs, and the purple floor area sells high-grade card packs.”
Dorothea led Wen Xiangjie through the aisles of shelves.
After passing each card pack area, Wen Xiangjie would pick up a card pack from the shelf to check its description.
【Low-grade Card Pack: 1,000 yuan per pack. Probability of drawing a common card is 90%, a rare card is 9.9%, and an epic card is 0.1%.】
【Mid-grade Card Pack: 10,000 yuan per pack. Probability of drawing a common card is 78%, a rare card is 21%, and an epic card is 1%.】
【High-grade Card Pack: 100,000 yuan per pack. Probability of drawing a common card is 55%, a rare card is 40%, and an epic card is 5%.】
The most basic low-grade card pack Helena gave them today cost 1,000 yuan per pack, yet selling a common card only yielded 10 yuan.
It seemed that players with bad luck, who couldn't trigger any special events, might not even have an epic card in their final deck.
As she placed the card pack back on the shelf, the bracelet Arabella had given her, which she had swapped to her right wrist because the card drawer was usually worn on the left, became visible.
Seeing the bracelet on Wen Xiangjie’s wrist, Dorothea’s eyes lit up: “This bracelet… could it be that you are also…?”
Wen Xiangjie understood instantly. She smiled and said, “All things are tradable; the glory of the God of Trade is everywhere.”
“I didn’t expect to meet a fellow traveler here. Fate is truly wonderful,” Dorothea also smiled. “But just as you said, the glory of the God of Trade is everywhere, so it’s normal to meet a fellow traveler here.”
【Dorothea: Your favorability towards her is 40 (a rare fellow traveler).】
“Since we’re so fated, I’ll give you one of each: a low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade card pack,” Dorothea said playfully, winking at Wen Xiangjie.
“Thank you then. I truly need this gift right now,” Wen Xiangjie patted her pocket. “Here, it’s empty.”
“Hahaha, it’s alright. Having nothing is only temporary. With the protection of the God of Trade, I believe you’ll get back on your feet very soon.”
Dorothea generously allowed Wen Xiangjie to take three card packs directly from the shelves herself.
Wen Xiangjie didn't pick and choose, simply grabbing one card pack from each of the three card pack areas.
People with good luck can always get a big prize no matter what, while those with bad luck will end up with nothing even after careful selection, so there’s no need to be choosy.
After taking the card packs, Dorothea led Wen Xiangjie up to the second floor of the shop.
“The second floor is the gashapon blind box area,” Dorothea introduced to Wen Xiangjie.
Many golden gashapon machines were placed on the second floor of the shop, and many customers were inserting coins and spinning gashapons. Wen Xiangjie saw a customer near the stairs on the second floor, who, after throwing a gashapon coin into the machine, began to pray nervously.
The gashapon-shaped blind box inside the machine rotated a few times, and a gashapon rolled out. The customer took out the gashapon, took a deep breath, and twisted it open. A purple card lay quietly within the gashapon.
“Ahhh! It’s an epic card!!!” the customer excitedly shouted.
Other customers in front of gashapon machines turned to look at her enviously.
Golden ribbons sprayed from the gashapon decorations on the ceiling, and a sweet electronic female voice announced over the holographic advertisement screen in the center of the room, while displaying subtitles.
【Congratulations to the customer at gashapon machine number one for receiving the favor of the card god and drawing an epic card!】
“As you can see, what kind of card you get from the gashapon blind boxes here depends entirely on luck. One gashapon coin costs 100,000 yuan, and each gashapon blind box only yields one gashapon. Of course, the probability of rare cards and above appearing here is much higher than in the card packs on the first floor.”
“But most importantly, gashapon blind boxes can potentially yield legendary cards.” Dorothea looked at the customers who were frantically inserting coins and spinning gashapons with fervent expressions, her smile growing brighter.
“What a genius idea,” Wen Xiangjie praised. “This gashapon blind box format is simply a big killer for profit, and being able to put legendary cards into the gashapon blind boxes, your ability is truly extraordinary. You deserve to earn this money!”
【Dorothea: Your favorability towards her is 50 (a discerning fellow traveler).】
“Just a small idea, I’ve made you laugh,” Dorothea said humbly.
It must be said that Dorothea’s expression management was much better than Arabella’s. If Dorothea’s favorability towards Wen Xiangjie hadn't increased, it would have been impossible to tell that she was secretly pleased by Wen Xiangjie’s praise.
Arabella seemed as green as an unripe fruit in front of Dorothea, the seasoned businesswoman.
Indeed, it doesn't matter if the move is old, as long as it's effective.
Whether it’s Arabella or Dorothea, as long as they are believers of the God of Trade, mindlessly praising them for making money will do the trick. It will more or less increase their favorability towards you.
Thinking of the crucial information Arabella provided her in the Magic Farm Game Copy, Wen Xiangjie suddenly had an idea.
Merchants in any plane world must know a lot of useful information, after all, in trade, information is the most important thing.
Wen Xiangjie was able to gain Arabella’s favor in the Magic Farm Game Copy, not only by knowing about the God of Trade and by using the God-like Tycoon System to make Arabella treat her as an equal, but also by throwing gold coins at her.
After all, believers of the God of Trade enjoy the sense of accomplishment from successful transactions, acquiring more profit, and making more people their customers.
To obtain useful information from Dorothea, she also needed to spend more at Dorothea’s shop.
【Ding, Scholar Mission released. As a scholar, you need to consolidate the knowledge learned in class in a timely manner. After acquiring knowledge about card packs, please open a card pack yourself once. Upon completion of the mission, you will be rewarded with Luck +1.】
The Scholar System is indeed thoughtful! It released a mission promptly after sensing her thoughts!
Wen Xiangjie now had a total of three card packs: one low-grade card pack rewarded after the novice tutorial, and three others that Dorothea had just given her—one each of low, mid, and high-grade card packs—out of consideration for her being a fellow traveler.