Chapter 12: Building a Study Villa – Part 2: Raising Funds
“10%? “
A 10% consignment fee was a figure that could not be obtained unless you were a VVIP customer of Daesang Group.
Of course, the place where Kyung-joon would entrust his work was not a store of the Daesang Group, but a small carpentry workshop in the starting village.
Nevertheless, it was still a great figure.
“Are you sure that’s enough? I’m good with an immediate OK.”
“Don’t worry too much about it! But can I take a look at the work before you sell it? Seeing your work brings back old passions.”
“Of course. It’s okay as long as you don’t touch it so much that I can’t sell it.”
“Don’t worry! If that happens, I’ll buy it myself.”
“Okay, then. Let’s proceed that way.”
[Kyung-joon’s sturdy and strong ash chairs (high-grade: 7, regular: 12) have been consigned to Carpenter.]
▶ Sales commission: 10%
▶ Sales deadline: Until sold out
Now all I had to do was wait for it to sell.
With the money I earned, I was going to buy building materials and build a villa somewhere scenic and quiet.
A 『study villa』 for studying only.
Kyung-joon smiled slightly at the thought, which made him happy just imagining it, and continued.
“I have one more errand to run, is that okay?”
“Of course, as much as you like.”
“Do you happen to have an architecture skill book?”
To build a study villa, I had to learn the architecture skill.
Of course, Kyung-joon was thinking of learning it by studying directly, not by using a skill book.
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Kyung-joon, who left the sale of chairs to Carpenter’s workshop in order to raise funds for the study villa.
Usually, when an item is consigned to an NPC or a merchant player, they just leave everything to them, assuming that they will sell it well.
But Kyung-joon was different.
Before he went back to the library to study the architecture skill book, there were a few things he told Carpenter.
Carpenter looked a little puzzled when he heard it, but soon agreed to follow.
“This is a carpentry workshop, right?”
A man entered, pushing open the wooden door.
He was a novice player who had just started World.
“Do you have any chairs?”
“Hmm? You mean a chair? It’s rare for a player to come in to buy a chair.”
“Well, it’s just that my butt hurts too much to sit on the ground.”
“Ah, you mean the rest passive?”
“Yes.”
Rest passive.
It was a passive skill that all players have, where if they sit anywhere and rest, their HP/MP recovers by 1% per minute.
However, it was too much of a waste to try to recover all of your HP with a rest passive.
It takes a whopping 100 minutes to sit and rest!
There’s a saying that time is money, and since the game is pay-to-play, 100 minutes is just too long.
‘But there’s no other way to recover, and potions are expensive, and since it’s the starting village, there are no healers, let alone healing skills… Hoo, I need to level up quickly and get out of here.’
However, it usually took 2-3 weeks for a novice player to adapt to the world and leave the starting village.
Unless they bought liyan with cash from the start and stocked up on potions, most beginners had no choice but to repeat hunting and resting.
“Don’t you have a chair that I can just spread out and sit on anywhere?”
Carpenter started turning his head as he listened to the man.
This was to create the situation as Kyung-joon had told him beforehand.
‘He definitely told me not to recommend the product right away in these situations, but to stimulate empathy first.’
“That’s right. Potions are expensive and have cooldowns, so you have no choice but to use the rest passive. A chair for that… That’s a good idea. Am I right?”
“Yes? Ah, well. That’s right?”
The man replied casually.
He looked slightly pleased.
It’s only natural to be happy when someone acknowledges your thoughts, even if it’s an NPC.
‘And also, Kyung-joon said that players are weak to the title of ‘first’ and compliments…….’
“You’re the first one to come to our carpentry workshop for that reason. You’re different from other players who just blindly hunt and level up.”
“Haha, really?”
The man’s expression brightened even more than before.
‘What, was I the only one who thought this way? Why didn’t I think of something that would come to mind with a little thought? Well, even if I’m not good at controls, I’m good at coming up with this kind of stuff. Heheh.’
It wasn’t too much of a compliment, and since it was a compliment from an NPC, the man was really happy, thinking he was smart.
Of course, this was all according to the scenario Kyung-joon had instructed Carpenter to do.
“Here, come in. I don’t usually show this to people…… I think it’ll be okay with you.”
“Do you have something good?”
‘Oh! Is it a hidden piece? Jackpot!’
The man, under the delusion with all his might, followed Carpenter’s guidance and entered the depths of the store.
There were 19 chairs there.
“This is something my friend Kyung-joon made, and it’s the real deal. I’ve been waiting for someone like you to show up.”
“Someone like me……?”
“First, check out what it is.”
The man checked the item with a little wonder.
Then his wonder was soon replaced by astonishment.
[Kyung-joon’s sturdy and strong ash chair: 19 pieces]
▶ HP/MP 1.5% (normal) 3% (high-grade) recovery per minute
▶ Item Grade: Normal (12 pieces) High-grade (7 pieces)
“HP/MP recovery 3%?! That’s three times the rest passive!”
“No, it’s not three times. If you add the 1% of the rest passive, it’s 4% per minute, four times.”
“Gasp……!”
The man couldn’t help but be amazed by the chair’s tremendous performance.
Items with this kind of special effect were usually only available outside the starting village.
And it was expensive.
In order to grant special effects, materials had to be used that matched them.
“I’ll take it! How much is it?!”
The man was excited and said he would buy it now.
But Carpenter was rather slow.
This was because Kyung-joon had told him that in situations like this, it was better to show composure and make the other person more anxious.
“Hmm, actually, you see. Just as you were the first person like this, this chair is completely new to me. So I haven’t been able to properly price it yet.”
“Ugh…….”
The man had a hunch.
This NPC was definitely going to charge an outrageous price.
And his hunch was right.
“Well, let me give you my thoughts. I think this should cost at least 10 million liyan.”
“T, Ten million……!”
There was no way he could afford 10 million liyan, a huge sum of money, when he was using the rest passive because potions were too expensive.
‘I’d rather just buy a potion with that money! Who does he think I am, a sucker!’
“I don’t have that kind of money!”
The man was about to jump out of his seat and leave the store.
Carpenter didn’t bother to stop him.
He just muttered a word.
“Hoo…… I thought you were different from the other players, but I guess not. You’re just as stupid.”
“What? What did you just say, you NPC…….”
“Take a look at this first.”
Before the man could get angry, Carpenter quickly handed him something.
It was a piece of paper with all sorts of numbers written on it.
『Potion vs. Chair Efficiency Calculation』
『ㆍElixir is used for comparison (recovers 50% HP)
ㆍCurrent elixir price (based on auction house): 140,000 liyan each
ㆍAverage amount of elixir consumed per day (based on level 200 dealer, with healer): 17
ㆍAverage daily potion cost: 2.38 million liyan』
“This is…….”
“It’s a chart that my friend, Kyung-joon, put together. According to his research, players in their 200s currently spend about 2.5 million liyan a day on potions alone.”
“That much even with a healer……?”
“Of course, they earn that much. But there’s no denying that a lot of it goes out.”
“Hmm.”
‘In cash, that’s like $200 a day?’
The man, who was about to get angry earlier, forgot about it and was starting to be persuaded by Carpenter’s words.
Carpenter continued.
“But if you replace the potion cost with this chair, you can recover the chair cost of 10 million liyan in about four days.”
“Still, this is based on level 200…….”
“Don’t you know that people usually start using elixirs at level 100? It doesn’t matter if you’re not going to run dungeons and just hunt weak monsters, but if you’re aiming for the top, this is not a ‘waste’ but a necessary ‘investment’.”
“I guess you’re right…… Ugh.”
The man’s heart was beginning to waver.
This was the time to push ahead and drive home the point.
“This chair is not a consumable item, you can keep using it once you buy it. And unlike elixirs, which only restore HP, it also restores MP. Do you know what this means? Haven’t you thought about making money instead?”
“Huh?!”
‘Right! That means I’ll save that much on potions!’
The man looked like he had been hit hard on the head.
Carpenter decided to checkmate here.
Carpenter recited what Kyung-joon had urged him to say at the end.
“If you don’t believe me, why don’t you log out and check? Go and see how much the average player spends on potions per day. For reference, the user who conducted this survey, ‘Kyung-joon’, is Korean.”
“A, A Korean……!”
‘Koreans! The cold-blooded people who only pursue extreme efficiency in games!’
The American gamer knew better than anyone the majesty of Korean players.
“I’ll be back later!”
“I thought so. But you’d better hurry. That friend of mine, Kyung-joon, seemed to be thinking about just putting it up on the auction house.”
“Ugh……! Anyway, I’ll be back soon!”
A while later.
The man, who had logged back into the game, immediately emptied his bank account and converted all 850 dollars (about 1 million won in cash) into liyan.
And he bought Kyung-joon’s chair.
For the record, all of this went according to Kyung-joon’s plan.
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[Kyung-joon’s sturdy and strong ash chair (high-grade) has been sold for 10 million liyan at Carpenter’s workshop.]
[Kyung-joon’s sturdy and strong ash chair (normal) has been sold for 5 million liyan at Carpenter’s workshop.]
[At Carpenter’s workshop……]
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It was around the time Kyung-joon had almost finished studying architecture at the library.
“I’m glad Carpenter followed my instructions properly. This means all the items I consigned have been sold.”
<A total of 130 million liyan. After deducting the commission, you’ve earned 117 million liyan in an instant.>
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A total of 117 million liyan after commission!
Converted into won, it was a whopping 12 million won!
It had been about three months since Kyung-joon had gained the Infinite Knowledge Seeker knowledge, so it was practically like earning 4 million won a month!
And all he did was study!
“With this, I can make a living just by making chairs, right?”
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<Are you thinking of quitting studying?>
“No way. I was just kidding. There’s no way I’m going to make money like this from chairs, is there?”
Kyung-joon knew.
That his chairs were outrageously expensive.
If a sharp merchant had seen them, Kyung-joon’s chairs would have fetched a pretty penny, but never 10 million liyan.
In the first place, it was wrong to compare them to elixirs.
Elixirs were gone after one drink, while Kyung-joon’s chairs had to be sat on for at least 10 minutes.
Nevertheless, Kyung-joon predicted that at least the first few would sell, even at this price.
“Originally, there’s always a bubble in new products. Especially if it has the performance to match.”
Kyung-joon knew.
That you can charge whatever you want if there’s no supply, and that ultimately, perception determines value.
Kyung-joon had simply created a ‘good perception’ by taking into account the situation in the starting village, a plausible-looking efficiency calculation table, and the psychology of people when they buy things.
The fact that he was a Korean gamer added to the credibility.
<You are truly amazing. Even the previous Infinite Knowledge Seeker never did business like this. He just made good products.>
“Business is not just about good technology. If it were, the study of management would not exist.”
Here’s an example.
The reason why Seolha Group lost to Apple in the early days of the smartphone market was not because their technology was inferior.
Apple’s sensibility!
The image of the Apple brand!
What Seolha Group lost to Apple was not technology, but ‘perception’.
‘Of course, Seolha Group, which has been steadily focusing on technology, eventually surpassed Apple, but the Apple myth created by Steve Jobs was truly amazing.’
『Steve Jobs, the God of Planning – Seolha Publishing』
Kyung-joon carefully placed the book, the biggest contributor to this fundraising, back on the library shelf.
What it meant was simple.
“Now it’s time to say goodbye to this cozy library.”
Now that the funds had been raised, it was time to build the study villa.
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