"You mean... the price she marked here is exactly the balance in your pocket?" Lin Fan concluded.
"That's my guess," Wu Yusen nodded. "Zhao He joined the institute two years ago. When he first arrived, he was just an ordinary person, probably in his seventies. With salary and bonuses from the past few years, I estimate it's around seven million. A set of twenty cards should be just right."
"What about the fifty cards?" Lin Fan asked again, "If the twenty cards represent Zhao He's entire fortune, then what about the fifty cards worth over thirty million?"
"Could it be your balance?" Sun Mo asked Lin Fan.
It is now basically confirmed that the real owner Zhao He has a deposit of about 7 million. As for John Woo, you can tell from his expression that he doesn't have 30 million.
If she doesn't count, then Lin Fan is?
"Me? I have more than 30 million..." Mrs. Lin was stunned. She took out her phone and checked the balance. "Look, the bonuses from the previous few times are almost 60 million."
Sun Mo suddenly leaned over the table, stretched her body across the long table, and shook Lin Fan's hand, "Sister! Please make sure to spend money in my store!"
Lin Fan felt that the light in her eyes was in the shape of copper coins, and he agreed hesitantly.
She had originally planned to buy something and get a pass if she came in.
I didn't expect the things in the store to be so expensive...
But if the price is based on the balance of personal savings...
Lin Fan looked at the 60 million yuan on his phone and wondered if he should wait until he could buy a house or a car, or until there was not much money left in his card before buying it...
"Are they deliberately marking it high so we can just pick the twenty?" Wu Yusen also took the twenty card in his hand and looked at it. "Based on the twenty set, the fifty is ridiculously expensive."
The box worth fifty was still in Sun Mo's hand, but he didn't dare touch it, fearing that he would have no money to pay for it if it was broken.
"The prices are set by the store owner in the backend, and they fluctuate every day. Sometimes they're cheap, sometimes they're expensive. I don't understand the exact criteria," Sun Mo shrugged. "The same item will cost different prices to different people, or even to the same person at different times."
"Many people speculate that the price of the item is the total amount of money you carry on you, or the balance on your bank card. Hmm..." Sun Mo pondered for a moment, "I'm not sure, but it's a possibility. After all, we can't just ask you how much money you have in your pocket, right? That would seem deliberate."
"The cheapest I remember was when a dog came to buy a tracking charm and was given a leaf. Wasn't that like giving it away for free?" Sun Mo laughed. "I think you might be unlucky. You came when it was expensive. But regarding the disproportionate price of the fifty and twenty sets you mentioned, I think I know what's going on."
"What's going on?" Wu Yusen and Lin Fan asked in unison.
"This should be a very powerful item, right?" Sun Mo said. Although she sells these strange things every day, she herself has no special abilities. "So the power generated shouldn't be accumulated by each piece."
"For card-type props, I assume they're used similarly to the game. However, if there are twenty cards, you can't simply multiply the price by twenty. So, by this calculation, the power of fifty cards should be four or five times that of twenty, which is why they're priced this way."
Sun Mo rested her chin on the table with her right hand and rubbed the rim of her mug with her left hand. "But this is just my guess, it's not accurate."
"That's the difference between a single talisman and a talisman array, right?" Lin Fan asked Wu Yusen. "By the way, what exactly is this card used for?"
Sun Mo was also curious.
"Didn't I tell you before that there are special card makers in the institute? They will write talismans, formations and other things into the work permits." John Woo said with a smile.
"Ah! Zhao He is the card maker?" Lin Fan clapped his hands and realized what was happening.
"Isn't that the equivalent of an enchanter in the Western magical world?" Sun Mo muttered. Seeing that both of them turned to look at her, she hurriedly said, "Go on, go on!"
John Woo seemed to have heard something about the word "demon" and wanted to ask further questions, but thinking about the nature of the shop, it was not impossible for a demon to come, so he simply continued to talk about his own things.
"Yes, Zhao He is one of the card makers. When he was a freshman in high school, he went into this grocery store and bought the first set of twenty cards. From then on, his card-making ability was unlocked."
"Wait, what exactly is the card-making ability?" Lin Fan asked.
"Well, to put it simply, it's the skill of reading and writing. Writing something on another object is storage, and reading it out is release." Wu Yusen thought for a moment and replied, "In their hands, any object can become a 'card' and can be read and written."
"For example, he can write attack symbols on work cards, and defensive arrays on the leather cover of his work ID. He can even write cabinets on the wall and sofas on shoes..."
Lin Fan knew the first part, but couldn't imagine what would happen next. But she didn't dwell on it too much. "If that's the case, why did he buy this card?"
Since everything can be turned into a card-like carrier in the hands of the card maker, why do we have to use these extremely expensive blank cards?
"I've read Zhao He's information. It says that the blank card is the most important item that can activate and improve his skill level. And because it's a special item, its carrying capacity is stronger than that of ordinary items."
"Let's use the same analogy as before. Writing 'cabinet' on the wall is fine, but if you write 'sofa' on a shoe, the shoe won't be able to withstand the strength of the sofa. The moment you succeed, the shoe will fall apart and the sofa will pop out again."
"Oh~" Sun Mo understood this and asked casually, "Then this card will do?"
"Yes, this card is fine." Wu Yusen nodded. "Although it looks like an ordinary little card, its strength is terrifyingly high. Zhao He once sealed the sword of the eldest brother in it. That card is still in the weapon refining group. They treasure it so much that they won't let anyone use it. They can't figure out how to make the card..."
John Woo suddenly stopped talking.
It’s a bit inappropriate to talk about pirated research and development in front of the store owner.
Sun Mo didn't care about that. "Is Senior Brother's swordsmanship very powerful?"
"Amazing!" Lin Fan nodded. "Frosting fourteen states with one sword isn't just a saying. Even without the swordsmanship, a full-strength strike from Senior Brother would have the power to devastate the heavens and crack the earth. I don't think he used his full strength at the time."
Amidst Sun Mo's exclamations of "Wow," Wu Yusen continued, "I'm not sure about this, but I vaguely heard that after Zhao He knew you, he had a new target."
"Me?" Lin Fan thought about how Zhao He looked yesterday. He was so shy that he didn't even dare to talk to him, for fear that his voice would be too loud and scare him away.
Although in the end, it seemed like he was scared away...
But I never thought that he would regard himself as the goal of his efforts.
"Actually, I'm not that good either?" Lin Fan puffed out his chest somewhat embarrassedly.
It's quite strange to be treated as an idol for the first time. I guess I need to work harder in the future.
As soon as Wu Yusen saw her like this, he knew that she had misunderstood. He smiled and waved his hand, "It's not what you think. He regards you as the next card-making target."
"Huh?" Lin Fan was shocked after a moment of embarrassment. "He wants to write me into the card?"
"To be precise..." John Woo laughed, "He wanted to write the stars into the card."
The plot of the card maker was already in the original setting, but it was moved here to fill the hole.
I mentioned this a long time ago, when Lin Fan first returned to the Special Affairs Office and discussed his work permit. Do you remember the three life-saving items?
In fact, I have laid a lot of foreshadowing in the beginning. All the characters that appear have tasks. Hey, do you still remember a few people whose names have been revealed but have not appeared yet?
The original plot picks up after the disaster relief efforts, and after Antonio's identity is discovered, the card maker appears, bringing in a wave of item-based combat power. Then, when the aliens arrive, the resistance is sufficient. Xingchen can't just fight a bunch of them alone, right? We need to add some supporting characters to make the battle more logical.
But now it's ruined, so I brought it here to put out the fire, hahaha. What a sin.