The Magician of Clow

Chapter 1467 The Outside World - Black Market (Part )
"Cough! Cough!!"

After hearing Mu Cheng's smiling words, he coughed twice very loudly.
Fearing that Qing Ning would ask what he meant, Fang Ran quickly changed the subject, sweating profusely:
"Of course, those strange things are still a minority. The most important thing on the black market is the various equipment used in combat."

"Ammunition, vehicles, detectors, shield devices, various types of weapons from D-level to B-level, from modified and enhanced versions of real weapons to various energy weapons of pure night combat technology,"

"I also saw a complete set of technological armor, including shields and weapons, right in front of a store, also a holographic projection,"

"You just need to walk closer and click to see the detailed parameters of various accessories, as well as actual combat videos."

Continuing to talk about the goods in the black market, Fang Ran this time talked about the various decent things he saw in the black market.
He talked about trade boxes, online channels, advertising, and discounts.

And there's that $10,000 ticket.

After listening to Fang Ran's series of descriptions, I was somewhat amazed at the various novel things he described and the future scenes that seemed like cyberpunk in reality.
Based on what was said in the cabin before, I never thought he had been to such a place.

Gou Yu then asked in a somewhat inquiring voice:
"I suddenly became curious, are the equipment purchased from the black market in North America really reliable?"

"Won't there be some hard-to-find tracker or backdoor in it that would cause it to malfunction if it were to encounter the creator of the device?"

Gou Yu first learned about the existence of the black market. Fang Ran's description triggered his thoughts. He asked curiously,
"Haha, it's not surprising that you would think this way, Gou Yu. This is a good precaution."

Hearing his question, the magician beside him chuckled and replied in a very graceful manner:
“Although it’s not absolute, this problem generally doesn’t occur.”

"Yes, the magician is right. It's not absolute, but generally not."

At this time, the only technician present took over the conversation. The young master picked up his wine glass and snorted and said:
"Based on what Brother Fang Ran said, you may not have a deep understanding of the black market, although it sounds very exciting,"

“But in fact, everything sold on the black market must be tested by the black market’s official product testing.”

Is there still such a thing?

I always felt like I heard some words that didn't fit the style of the painting, and Fang Ran was also surprised that there was such a rule.

"The existence of the black market is no less important than the tavern,"

"Once the news that the goods are defective is exposed, no participants will continue to buy goods from that store, which will directly and indirectly greatly affect the operating interests of the black market,"

“Neither the black market itself nor the association behind it will allow such a thing to happen.”

Following the eldest young master's words, Su Qun looked at Gou Yu and explained why the black market did this.

"But to ensure everything is safe, generally speaking, one will ask a trusted technician to take a look, or the buyer himself is a technician,"

"Haha, don't worry, I will check Brother Fang Ran's gifts for everyone."

At this time, he habitually helped everyone to take care of things. The eldest young master raised his glass again and took a sip and grinned.
"But to be honest, although they may be inferior to tavern owners, being able to become a black market shop owner also requires a lot of connections and strength."

"They are not stupid. They cannot cut off their long-term source of income. Even if they are planning to take risks, it's ok for self-employed people, but if they are the type who belong to a certain technology gang and cooperate with others,

"If a company's reputation or sales are affected, no one in the entire profit chain will let it go,"

"Although there are cases where it is out of revenge, in the vast majority of cases,"

At this point, the young master sighed as if he was ashamed of himself:

"They would rather lose a game in the scene and be beaten up by someone who takes their stuff than affect their real-life business,"

"Those guys in North America are fighting hard to make money."

Hearing him say that, Qing Ning immediately became interested and asked curiously:

“How hard?”

"That's really hard work. Did you hear what Brother Fang Ran said just now about those advertisements and discounts?"

"Many of the participants are actually big businessmen in real life, and all kinds of business methods are easy for them to use,"

"I know several black market shop owners, and according to them."

At this time, he pointed to himself and indicated that there was an example in front of him. The young master began to talk about the operations of those shop owners.

Including but not limited to market research, user analysis, improving cost performance, differentiation strategy, constantly updating technology and iterating functions, and using the dark world as advertising.
"Yes, the magician and I once saw two groups of people fighting in North America. It seemed that both sides wanted to recruit a popular store owner."

"Let the equipment he makes be placed in his own store, and achieve various beneficial cooperation."

While the young master was talking about this, the alchemist also added something similar.
"And it's not just these shop owners, it's the same for ordinary participants too. Not counting the tavern commissions, North American gangs have all sorts of ways to make money in real life."

"I've even heard that in the past, some participants used space devices to smuggle Fengyoujing to Africa."

Well, let’s not talk about the issue of style.
Σ(°ロ°)Isn’t this idea of ​​making money too flexible?

Listening to the descriptions of the young master and the alchemist, Fang Ran sighed slightly at this time, thinking that there are such people.
I completely forgot what I had done before.
"Hahaha, there's nothing I can do."

When they heard this, they laughed out loud. Even a rich man like the young master couldn't help but sigh helplessly: "The proper weapons for night battles are too expensive. Any equipment on the black market is worth more than an ordinary person can earn in a lifetime."

"As for the items at the auction, they can easily cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars,"

"Therefore, some participants even choose to rely on their looks to hook up with a rich woman, directly skipping the most difficult initial capital accumulation and saving themselves a dozen years of detours."

But at this point, the young master looked at Fang Ran with a warm and trusting expression and nodded with a smile:

"Of course, I know this is still a bit too difficult for you, Brother Fang Ran."

Fangran: "."

Σ(Д！) Are you kidding me or are you hitting me! ?

The moment I heard the young master's words, I couldn't help but look at him with twitching eyes.
For a moment, Fang Ran felt that this guy seemed to have something else to say.

After lamenting the high prices in the night battle, the young master chuckled and said to everyone as if chatting casually:

"But if we talk about inflated prices, the New York black market is the best among the fifteen major black markets in North America."

"New York Black Market!?"

When Qing Ning heard the young master say a name, she exclaimed in surprise. Others were also attracted to this famous existence.
While no one was noticing, a certain Fang Ran also reacted with a slight startle.

"I know, I know! Is it the black market that was supposedly built into the scene?"

"Master, have you ever been inside? What's it like?"

“To put it simply, it’s a futuristic Manhattan city.”

As he recalled the scene in the New York black market, the young master, like every participant he had seen, described in amazement the crystal floor that cut through the skyscrapers.

The entire city area is transformed into a super-large shopping mall, with an extremely sci-fi and dazzling magnificent scene.

Describing the city of participants.

At this moment, I listened to the young master talking about all kinds of information in the New York black market, the more advanced psionic weapons sold there, and the sky-high annual rent for a store there.

Various high-level weapons, extremely realistic large-scale advertising projections, and residential quarters inside the black market for rent and sale.
Listening to him talk about the various magical and novel things in the New York black market,

Suddenly I remembered the memory of walking with a figure a few days ago.

Fang Ran's eyes were a little absent-minded for a moment.

"What's wrong, Fang Ran?"

During the lively conversation at the night party, the magician noticed that he suddenly stopped talking. The magician looked at him and asked gently,
"Ah? Nothing."

Hearing the voice, Fang Ran came back to his senses. He was slightly startled and then he smiled embarrassedly and explained:

"It just occurred to me that things on the black market are so expensive. A good C-level equipment costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a B-level equipment that can be used as a main weapon costs tens of millions of dollars."

"Someone told me that allowing participants to buy powerful weapons would greatly increase their strength,"

As he said this, he lowered his eyes and spoke softly,
"This means more victories over numbered monsters, more scene rewards, and more high-level participants."

"But that money doesn't come out of thin air. It may involve real economies and political parties."

The CEO's experience in handling money made Fang Ran instinctively think of something more profound.
When they heard him say this, everyone present at the night game, including Meng Lang and Gou Yu who knew him best,
For a moment, they all looked at him with strange eyes.

Soon noticing this, Fang Ran seemed to have reacted and scratched his head and smiled awkwardly:
"Ahahaha anyway, listening to the young master talking about so many things, it feels like it's about the details behind this, all kinds of details,"

“There are still many things I don’t know.”

At this moment, he looked the same as usual, but I didn't miss the difference in him at that moment, as if I was remembering some familiar past.

The magician looked at him warmly and chuckled:
"Don't worry about it, everyone goes through this."

At this time, everyone smiled when they heard Fang Ran's thoughts, and then the young master clapped his legs as if he had remembered some big news.

"By the way, speaking of the New York black market, we have to talk about the big incident that happened in New York a few days ago!"

“That real-life scene in New York that was said to involve thousands of people.”

The next second, he turned to look at Fang Ran and asked:

"By the way, Brother Fang Ran, have you heard any latest news in North America?"

Fang Ran: Uh
I am so sorry that it has been so long again. But I actually only lay down for two days after finishing the last chapter. After recovering from the fatigue of writing the previous chapter, I immediately started writing this chapter. As of today, it has been stuck for seven days. I originally planned to finish it on the 2nd, but who knew that it would take me until the 5th to finish this section (this chapter inexplicably took a long time to finish, so long that I had to divide it into two chapters to avoid it being bloated). Ha, some book friends said that my memoir was stuck for so long, but the purpose of this plot is to use Fang Ran’s storytelling of the commissioned mission experience to lead It shows all aspects of the North American night battle society (I feel that after Fang Ran comes back, it is right for everyone to talk to him about this in the night bureau). The cabin describes the luxurious reality of the CEO, and the night bureau describes the night battle activities of the participants. In this way, the two are symmetrical. I think it is very regular and good, and the main trunk is memories, but the various stalks and content settings are new, and this kind of writing that enriches the world view is really difficult to write. [Thanks to many book friends for providing various high-risk ability ideas in the previous sheet. Some of them are really good and inspired my thoughts. I will try my best to use them in the subsequent plots.]