Inside the Ai Family Real Estate Agency.
"Mr. Wu, as you know, the owner's asking price for this apartment in Huilu International is 430,000, which comes out to just over 4,500 per square meter. From our perspective, the asking price is a little inflated, so there's some room to haggle," Liu Wei said caringly, handing Wu Yun a glass of water.
"Manager Liu, my bottom line is 400,000. We split the agency fee, and the property taxes will be handled according to national regulations—the business tax and personal income tax paid by the seller, the deed tax and stamp duty paid by the buyer. If you can agree to this, I can pay in full immediately." Wu Yun stated his bottom line, playing his trump card at the same time.
'Just because I have money now doesn't mean I'm a sucker who'll let people lead me by the nose.'
The moment Liu Wei heard this, he knew Wu Yun wasn't some clueless rookie. He just couldn't figure out how someone so young knew so much.
"Alright, you got it! Leave it to me. If you're paying in full, it should be an easy negotiation. Why don't you rest for a bit? I'll go ask the owner when she'll be here." Liu Wei now felt confident, sensing that this deal was in the bag.
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The owner was a woman in her forties or fifties, dressed like a wealthy socialite. She wore a dress and a shimmering green jade bracelet on her left wrist, and the sound of her high heels clicking on the floor made it impossible not to notice her.
"Xiaoliu, where is he?" the woman called out imperiously the moment she walked in.
"Sister Tang, he's waiting for you in the reception area." Liu Wei quickly led her over. Along the way, he explained Wu Yun's conditions to her. She didn't object, only saying that she wanted to talk to Wu Yun first.
Wu Yun was growing impatient on the sofa when he heard the sound of high heels. He turned his head and knew at once that the person he was waiting for had arrived.
"Sister Tang, allow me to introduce you. This is Mr. Wu Yun. He's young and promising—just graduated from high school and already buying a house," Liu Wei introduced from the side.
"Oh, impressive, young man! But can you really make the call on this much money yourself?" The woman was a bit concerned, seeing how young Wu Yun was.
"It's all my own money. I can pay in full," Wu Yun said nonchalantly.
"Young man, Xiaoliu just told me your terms, and I agree to them. However, I have one condition: I need the payment to be in my account within a week," the woman stated.
"No problem, Auntie. As soon as we sign the contract, I can pay half today. I'll pay the other half after the property deed and other paperwork are transferred." 'I'm in a bigger hurry than you are,' Wu Yun thought. 'Any delay in my upgrade costs me over ten thousand a day.'
Seeing this, the woman nodded at Liu Wei, who turned around with a happy expression and went to get the contract.
With nothing else to do, the woman started making small talk. "Young man, I hear you just finished your college entrance exams. Which school are you planning to apply to? My youngest daughter also just took her exams this year, but she only got into a second-tier university."
"Auntie, I'm applying to Sichuan Normal University."
"Oh, not bad! You'll be a teacher in the future. A fine young man like you... do you have a girlfriend?"
The woman's questions felt like a background check, and Wu Yun struggled to keep up.
Fortunately, after a bit more chatting, Liu Wei appeared with the contract and rescued Wu Yun.
After a few minutes, Liu Wei finished filling out the contract. He had them sign all three copies and then said, "Sister Tang, Wu Yun, as agreed, you each need to pay the agency fee, which is two percent of the total price. That's 8,000 in total, so 4,000 each."
Neither the buyer nor the seller had any objections. After Wu Yun paid with his phone, he received notifications from both his phone and the system.
"System EXP +4000. Character Level 2. EXP to Level Up (6,057/100,000)."
Seeing that the woman had also paid successfully, Wu Yun said with some impatience, "Aunt Tang, are you free right now? We can go to the bank to transfer the money. I just need to withdraw the funds from my time deposit first."
The woman was delighted to hear they could transfer the money right away. "Let's go, hurry. It's already ten-thirty. You can ride in my car. Which bank?"
"The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China."
Wu Yun and Liu Wei got into the woman's BMW 3 Series and headed straight for the nearest branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
After taking a number, waiting, and going through some complicated procedures, Wu Yun finally withdrew his 500,000 principal plus interest. He then transferred a 200,000 deposit to the woman and received a system message about his level-up being processed.
After getting the receipt, Wu Yun declined the woman's invitation to lunch, making up an excuse about meeting a classmate. He then dashed home without even stopping to eat.
"[Huaxia Industrial Bank] July 2, 2014, 11:39. An expenditure of 200,000.00 from your account ending in 416 has been made. Current balance: 367,555.55."
"System EXP +200,000. Character Level 2. EXP to Level Up (206,057/100,000). Processing level-up."
"Level-up successful! Character Level 3. System Store unlocked. Reward: one random lottery draw. First Privilege unlocked."
Wu Yun saw these messages after he got home.
'System Store? A random lottery draw? And I can withdraw an advance? Is this the Level 3 privilege?' Wu Yun eagerly opened his character panel.
Character: Wu Yun
Gender: Male
Age: 18 (Born January 1, 1996)
Basic Stats:
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Character Level 3
Basic System Reward: Earn 0.25 yuan per second while idle. (Effective starting from level-up success at 12:00 on July 2, 2014.)
EXP to Level Up (106,057/1,000,000). Note: System EXP is gained by the Host spending money. One Huaxia Coin equals one EXP.
System Store unlocked. Lottery draws: one (please check in the Store).
Privilege 1: At Level 3, you can receive a one-month advance on your basic earnings.
Wu Yun eagerly grabbed a calculator and did the math. At Level 3, his idle earnings were 21,600 yuan per day, which amounted to 648,000 yuan a month.
With a million EXP needed to level up, he could upgrade again as soon as next month at this rate.
After calculating all this, Wu Yun turned his attention to the main event: the System Store and the lottery draw!
He opened the Store and was greeted by a very minimalist interface, divided into several categories.
Daily Recommendations
Attributes
Skills
Items
Technical Data
Miscellaneous
...and a few other sections.
Wu Yun clicked on the "Daily Recommendations" page first.
"Basic Detection Glasses -- 100,000 yuan"
"Intermediate Detection Glasses -- 1,000,000 yuan"
"Advanced Detection Glasses -- 10,000,000 yuan"
Wu Yun saw that only the option for the Basic Detection Glasses was lit up; the other two were grayed out, probably because he didn't have enough money. He clicked on the description for the Basic Detection Glasses:
Permanent installation, no side effects. Detection range: 10m. Basic detection function: reveals a person's basic stats.
'This... this is great stuff!' Wu Yun suppressed the urge to splurge immediately and continued browsing the other items.
The "Attributes" category was self-explanatory. He clicked on it and saw rows of garishly colored pills that looked like they'd give you a bad case of diarrhea if you ate them.
Strength Pill
Attribute 50-59: 1,000 yuan/pill
Attribute 60-69: 10,000 yuan/pill
Attribute 70-79: 100,000 yuan/pill
Attribute 80-89: 1,000,000 yuan/pill
Attribute 90-99: 10,000,000 yuan/pill
Attribute 100: 100,000,000 yuan/pill
The prices for the other basic attribute pills were identical to the Strength Pill.
Height Growth Pill
160-169 cm: 10,000 yuan/pill
170-179 cm: 100,000 yuan/pill
180-189 cm: 1,000,000 yuan/pill, and so on, increasing in price.
The Attributes interface also had other potions with time limits, for example:
Basic Strength Potion: Price 10,000 yuan. Increases user's Strength attribute by 10% for five minutes.
Mid-Level Strength Potion: Price 100,000 yuan. Increases user's Strength attribute by 20% for ten minutes.
Advanced Strength Potion: Price 1,000,000 yuan. Increases user's Strength attribute by 30% for fifteen minutes.
Superior Strength Potion: Price 10,000,000 yuan. Increases user's Strength attribute by 50% for half an hour.
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