Guild Boss's Ambition

Bai Ye replied: "I only do things for myself."

Seeing that she was trying to play tricks with her language again, I asked more directly: "Who are those people?"

Bai Ye paused for a moment and showed a helpless smile: "Two people."

Two people?

I further speculated and asked, "Was there only one person before?"

Bai Ye was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

No matter how unbelievable it is, I have vaguely felt it recently.

I asked puzzledly: "Why? Is it really just for an experiment?"

Bai Ye smiled faintly and said slowly: "It doesn't really matter what the cause is. Didn't we just reach a consensus? Compared to smart people, unconscious idiots may be a better choice. At least, I am now more at ease than before. Don't you think this is a good sign?"

Since I didn't know how to comment on Bai Ye's inner thoughts, I could only adopt a playful tone.

"No, no, no, you're too self-conscious for a fool right now."

"Come on, I always thought I was the smartest person in the world, okay?"

After hearing my complaints, Bai Ye immediately changed his tone to a frivolous one.

Thus, our "dialogue" came to a temporary end.

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19. Round (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

After going to the bathroom, the conference also announced the content of the third round.

【Material Procurement】

The third round is procurement. Like entertaining guests, this is also one of the common skills we use as poster girls. After learning the complete information of the competition, I think that although this competition is not completely favorable to me, there are still some places where I can take advantage of it. However, I really don’t agree with the name of the competition, material procurement.

The reason for disagreement is that the content of this competition does not conform to the basic principles of economics.

Why is it not in line with economics? We have to start with the framework of the entire competition.

First of all, this competition is a game aimed at accumulating assets.

At the beginning, each of us had 10,000 gold coins.

In this game, there are five kinds of materials: gold coins, wood, food, stone, gems, and magic stones.

At the beginning of the game, the prices of various materials are as follows:

Wood and Gold Coins - 1:1

Food and Gold – 1:2

Stone and Gold Coins - 1:3

Gems and Gold Coins – 1:4

Magic Stone and Gold Coins──1:5

Next, the game has a total of nine rounds, each round has two stages.

The first stage is called the "procurement stage".

In the "procurement phase", players can freely buy and sell materials from the market. This is inconsistent with the actual situation. The prices of various materials will not change due to the transactions of various players. At the same time, the transaction of materials between players is also completely prohibited. In other words, players can only trade with the market.

It should be noted that the newly purchased materials must be traded again after two rounds.

What causes changes in commodity prices is the second stage of the game, which is called the "market adjustment stage."

During each "market adjustment phase", two votes will be conducted throughout the event venue.

The first vote is among the poster girls, and the second vote is among the audience.

Voting will follow the principle of majority rule to change the price of materials.

There are only twelve voting options in total, and only four actual types.

The first is that the price of a certain material increases by one gold coin.

The second is that the price of "a certain material" drops by half.

The third is that the value of "gold coins" doubles.

The fourth type is that the value of "gold coins" is halved.

After voting by the poster girl and the audience, at the end of each round, the prices of two materials in the trading market will change. In order to have the most assets at the end of the ninth round, players must purchase according to the principle of "buy low and sell high", and the actual game situation will be very complicated.

"Cooperation and betrayal"

Since there can only be one winner and the key to victory lies in voting, the core of this game is cooperation and betrayal.

Only through cooperation can players manipulate the voting results.

And betrayal is the easiest way to become number one.

To have such a dangerous confrontation in public was both embarrassing and exciting.

Even if everyone holds 10,000 gold coins, this is clearly an unequal game.

In this competition, we in Stone House have a total of three contestants, which means that we will have three united votes in the voting session of the poster girl. As long as we have one more vote, we can keep the price unchanged. If we get two more votes, we can be 100% sure of the increase or decrease of material prices, and this situation will also be our biggest advantage and disadvantage.

After hearing the rules of the game, Cameron immediately did something that worried me.

This gloomy woman had secretly communicated with the sisters Alan and Alian before the competition officially began. It seemed that the three of them had formed a temporary alliance. On the other hand, Elizabeth and Luo Juner from the Tree of Life had not made any unusual moves for the time being, and only silently gave gentle smiles to the audience.

Gradually, time passed slowly...

Under the auspices of the emcee, the first round of procurement began.

Before the official purchase, I, as a representative of Stone House, tried to find two people from the Tree of Life to negotiate.

"I'm sorry. At this stage, we have no plans to cooperate with any party."

Neither Luo Jun'er nor Elizabeth agreed to my solicitation. After I went forward to negotiate, Cameron over there also talked to Luo Jun'er and the others. During their discussion, Luo Jun'er and Elizabeth shook their heads more than once. Even though they were not 100% sure, it was estimated that Cameron also returned empty-handed.

"Oh no, Elizabeth and the others are so vicious!"

After some thought, I realized something was wrong and wanted to go up to Cameron to discuss it.

"Ten seconds left to purchase!"

However, when I came to my senses, the time had already passed.

Whether it was Cameron and his friends or us in the Stone House, we could only make purchases in a hurry.

In a hurry, I converted all my cash into stone.

Since we are still unclear about the other parties’ thoughts, we will take the lower-risk option here.

Strategically, everyone will try their best to increase their own funds while reducing the value of other players' supplies. However, since none of us know what the other party has bought, we currently have no way to specifically attack anyone. The first priority is to increase our own funds.

After the procurement phase, we move directly to the voting phase.

There was no time for any negotiation and we had to vote according to the instructions of the conference.

The three votes for our Stone House are: the price of gold coins will be halved.

In the end, the motion was passed with six votes, and it is estimated that Cameron and others also purchased the supplies.

In this phase, Elizabeth and Luo Juner respectively invested in the rising price of lumber.

Although they invested in rising timber prices, that doesn't necessarily mean they actually bought the timber.

However, even if you do not want to expose your own information, you will not win this game by hiding it blindly. In order to make a difference in everyone's total funds, the value of the materials must be changed. In the next audience voting stage, I believe that someone will soon be the first to speak out and give clear hints to the audience.

At the beginning of each round, each of us had ten seconds to canvass votes from the audience.

The order of canvassing is determined by the ranking in the first round.

The first person to speak was Luo Juner, who was undoubtedly the most inspiring poster girl at the scene.

Luo Juner smiled and said: "It would be great if the price of magic stones could be reduced by half -"

Hearing Luo Juner's speech, all of us in the Stone House couldn't help but be moved.

It was a close call. Before we purchased the stone, magic stone was our first choice.

After Luo Juner spoke, Senior Annie also spoke according to my instructions.

"Magic Stone is a rare resource, so the price should go up."

Then it was the turn of several other poster girls to speak.

Elizabeth: "If the price of magic stones drops, I believe the welfare of society will be greatly improved."

Cameron: "I think Miss Anne is right. I support the price increase of magic stones."

Berlane: "Please vote to increase the price of magic stones."

Yalian: "Anyway, you should just vote to raise the price of magic stones!"

Me: "I support the price increase of magic stones."

Alan: "Ugh... the price of magic stones has gone up."

After we all spoke, the 5,000 audience members quickly completed their voting. The result made Karen and I feel relieved. It turned out that the appeal of Elizabeth and Luo Juner alone could not match the cooperation of the other six of us.

There are 2200 viewers who support the reduction of magic stone prices.

There are 2500 viewers who support the increase in the price of magic stones.

There are more than 300 floating votes left.

Just like that, the first round ended.

The overall changes in the market are "the price of gold coins has dropped by half" and "the price of magic stones has increased by one gold".

Since the procurement phase was conducted completely behind closed doors, it is difficult for us to confirm who made a profit in the last round. According to my estimation, everyone on the scene should have purchased the supplies in full in the last round. Therefore, the currency depreciation should not have affected anyone - unless there are idiots who hold on to their cash and do not invest.

then……

I doubt whether someone bought magic stones just now.

The people I suspect are naturally not the two people from the Tree of Life. No matter how good they are at predicting the votes in the first round, they should not be able to predict it. Since they cannot predict it, there is no reason for them to deliberately reduce the value of the magic stones they hold. In other words, the only people who may hold the magic stones are Cameron and his friends.

Judging from the expressions of Cameron and the others, I haven't said anything unusual yet.

but……

Looks like I still need to have a good talk with Elizabeth and the others──

The result of the second negotiation was successful.

In the end, the result of the second vote in the Kanbanmiao market was five votes in favor of reducing the price of magic stones by half.

"Looks like you didn't get hit..."

When receiving changes in the external world, humans have some instinctive reactions.

When the voting results were announced, there was no expression of disappointment on the faces of the two sisters, Alan and Alian. It was estimated that they really did not buy any magic stones in the first round. In other words, among the six different materials, gold coins and magic stones were already options that could be eliminated. The only ones left were stone, gems, wood and food.

Including the audience vote in the second round and the two votes in the third round, we still have a total of three chances to hurt each other before the next investment project is transferred. As the game time passes, our three forces have vaguely formed a terrifying balance. Whoever becomes the leading group will become the party attacked jointly.

Unexpectedly, this is a game of pretending to be weak to each other.

Only when others believe that you are not competitive will they choose to cooperate with you.

And I firmly believe that by the third round at the latest, there will be a gap in strength between our three groups. Even if the gap is only a tiny bit, it can cause a huge wave, and the clear situation will suddenly turn into chaotic madness. I am looking forward to the emergence of that madness, which is the most exciting part of the whole game.

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20. Talent (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

Time has come to the third round of audience voting.

In this round, unless all of us unite to deal with Luo Juner and Elizabeth, they will win.