Chapter 1,370 Virtual Warfare Costs More

If players could directly exchange gold coins and convert virtual currency into real money, think about how crazy the players would be! No, not just crazy, almost hysterical!

Although there are professional "gold" players now, most of the so-called professional "gold" players still need to sell through a third party or on an "online trading platform". In this way, not only is the transaction more troublesome, but it is also very complicated. no warranty. (Read novel) After all, you don’t know when your “gold” will be sold, and you don’t know whether you will be in this business for a long time.

But now that "War of the Worlds" provides direct currency exchange, it will be a great boon to all gamers. This means that all players can make money directly by exchanging virtual currencies in the game. This means that all professional "gold collectors" no longer have to worry about the lack of guaranteed income. As long as you can produce "gold coins", you will be able to sell them for money; this means that from now on, there will truly be a kind of online game in the world. Professional players who "gold" sell money to make a living.

Of course, the emergence of this kind of professional "gold grinder" is not entirely a bad thing for the game. After all, they themselves are consumers of games, and because of their appearance, games will become more prosperous. After all, sometimes pure gold coins cannot solve the problem. After all, in "World War", the system stipulates that gold coins are only a currency in circulation. They cannot be directly purchased from players for any high-tech technology that can affect the balance of the game. They can only be used to purchase Circulable strategic substances and the like.

This will somewhat eclipse the sales model of exchanging real currency for gold coins introduced by Lin Feng, but the emergence of these professional "gold diggers" will change everything. They can create gods to make money in the game through various means, and then directly exchange them to earn living expenses or wages. And their appearance will make the game more dynamic. In short, the emergence of this kind of professional "gold farming" will promote the development of "World War". Of course, it will also bring some disadvantages.

However, in online games, there will be such professional "gold earners", but now Lin Feng has legalized them.

But what Wu Zhaopu is worried about is not whether the emergence of these professional "gold grinders" will have an impact on the game, but whether such a confrontation will cause dissatisfaction in some countries.

Lin Feng shook his head.

"Mr. Wu, I will not use RMB as the unit. I will be in line with international standards and only accept the exchange of euros or US dollars. In other words, whether it is exchanging real currency for virtual currency or virtual currency for real currency, the euro will be used. Or US dollars as the settlement unit. Also, our company will charge a 5% transaction commission for any exchange transaction." Lin Feng explained.

Wu Zhaopu's eyes lit up. If that's the case, it's really good. In this way, we can avoid being harmed by the country to the greatest extent. It also charges a 5% transaction commission, which is a considerable amount of income.

5%,

If tens of millions of dollars can be exchanged in a day, regardless of whether players use real money to buy virtual currency or virtual currency to buy real money, a 5% commission is $500,000, which is almost enough to pay for the maintenance of all servers in "War of the Worlds" Expenses.

But is this 5% too high? After all, for such a large-scale exchange, is 5% a bit too high?

"5% is indeed a bit high, especially during the war. I guess hundreds of millions of dollars in real currency were exchanged every day." Lin Feng said with emotion.

Although the number of hundreds of millions of dollars exchanged every day is scary, in fact it is not too much if it is evenly distributed to every continent, every country, and then every guild in the game. The five continents of the world are Asia, Oceania, Africa, Europe and America. Most of Africa and the Americas are almost blank in terms of online games, but even counting the United States, Canada and other countries in Asia, Europe and America, it is enough to share the hundreds of millions of dollars.

To put it simply, a war is a small-scale war involving tens of thousands of people. Ten thousand submachine guns are only one per person. Five rounds of bullets in a war are not too many. One round of bullets only has 30 rounds, and three rounds of bullets only has 150 rounds. According to the setting of "World War", a bullet costs 0.1 yuan in virtual currency, so a small war costs 15 yuan per person. Ten thousand people is 150,000 gold coins.

This is just the most basic bullet consumption. And these 10,000 people also need to buy food and drinking water. A conservative estimate is that one person will spend 1 game currency, which is 10,000 game coins. This is 160,000 game coins. Then we can't always fight on foot. If we drive motorcycles, armored vehicles, tanks, or even airplanes, we still have to buy fuel. Even if it is really just all infantry fighting, it will cost money to repair firearms, repair body armor, etc. Based on this calculation, the most conservative estimate is that one person will spend at least about 30 gold coins per war. Ten thousand people fighting on foot will cost 300,000 gold coins. If other war tools are involved, the cost will be even more.

According to the exchange ratio formulated by Lin Fengchu, 1 U.S. dollar is exchanged for 30 gold coins, which is 10,000 U.S. dollars.

And this is just a war of tens of thousands of people. According to Lin Feng's estimate, the conservative number of players of "World War" will exceed 500 million. The average number of online players will exceed 70 million. After all, a first-person shooter game that is absolutely free, can create gods to conquer cities and plunder land, and can freely exchange gods for gold coins will be more attractive than any other online game. Especially once the game involves national honor and personal honor and disgrace, this number will double. Think about it, when you hear that in the virtual world, your virtual country's territory is occupied by other countries, anyone with a little blood and a little time will devote themselves to this game.

If nothing else, just to prevent other countries from invading our territory, we must fight to the death! Therefore, Lin Feng's estimate of the number of online players is still small. And even with this most conservative estimate, there are at least thousands of wars of tens of thousands of people every day. What's more, in the virtual world, it is much easier to start a war than in the real world. As the game progresses, wars will only become more frequent and larger in scale.

Even if there are 1,000 wars per day on average, and each war conservatively costs $10,000, that's $10 million. And when wars break out between countries in the future, and the sea, land, and air forces are fully mobilized, it's normal for a war to involve millions of people, and it's simply a joke to consume hundreds of millions of game coins in a war.

War, war is all about consumption. And when this consumption can be bought directly with real money, people who are overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of war will be crazy.

Wu Zhaopu's face darkened after calculating this. According to this calculation, wouldn't it be much more expensive to fight a virtual war in "World War" in the future than in a real war?

"Yes, if "World War" reaches the middle and late stages, a large-scale war between countries will indeed exceed a war in reality. After all, there are no wars in real wars that involve more than a million or even tens of millions of people. Even if the consumption of virtual wars and real wars is 100 to 1, the consumption will far exceed the consumption of a real war." Lin Feng said affirmatively.

"Then doesn't that mean that in the future, with every large-scale national war in World War, our company will make hundreds of millions of dollars. And even if this scale of war is fought once a month, with so many countries, won't we make billions of dollars every month!" Wu Zhaopu exclaimed.

Thinking of this possibility, Wu Zhaopu felt a golden light shining on his head, that is a lot of dollars. If it really develops in this way, the "Second World" will become a money printing machine in the future.

Lin Feng nodded. If the development goes smoothly, the company's future profits will indeed exceed everyone's imagination.

"But if you calculate it this way, the money of most countries in the future will go into our company's pockets, which may cause dissatisfaction and even covetousness in many countries." Wu Zhaopu thought that in the future, when global players will fight crazily for the honor in the virtual world and put their money into Lin Feng's pocket, it will bring great economic risks.

Honor can make people crazy. Once they put all their living expenses into World War, when they wake up and return to the real world, they will collapse. This will bring turmoil to these countries and even cause an economic crisis. At that time, the "Second World" that made a lot of money might become the target of attack by many countries.

"Yes, this is indeed a crisis. Therefore, before that, our company must develop as much as possible and develop into a company that can surpass the existence of the country, so that other countries dare not touch us. And before that, our conversation today must be kept secret." Lin Feng thought about this possibility and was also scared. This conversation today must be kept secret, otherwise it will make his company "Heshen of the Qing Dynasty" and finally make money for others.

"Boss, don't worry, today's topic will never be known by a third person." Wu Zhaopu nodded heavily. He has sold his life to the "Second World". He can make a god and say that whoever wants to harm the "Second World" is against him, and that is his enemy.

Lin Feng patted Wu Zhaopu on the shoulder. Let him not worry too much, after all, these things are still very far away, and may not necessarily happen.

"By the way, but before that, there is still a problem to be solved, that is, how to make it convenient for players to exchange gold coins." Lin Feng thought of the biggest drawback of this virtual currency exchange.

"Ha, this is easy, boss, you have a 'Second Bank', right? Just let your 'Second Bank' launch a special game card. Players can freely exchange the money in this card for game coins, and can also directly exchange the game coins for real money. This is much simpler. At the same time, it can also help the boss develop the 'Second Bank', which can be said to kill two birds with one stone!" Wu Zhaopu clapped his hands and said.

Lin Feng's eyes lit up. Yes! Let your "Second Bank" directly sell this kind of game card, which will not only help players solve the exchange problem, but also make the "Second Bank" a global bank.

"Yes! Mr. Wu, your idea is good. It's settled! I will let the 'Second Bank' launch this kind of card later." Lin Feng was very happy.

Then he called Peter, the president of the "Second Bank". After hearing Lin Feng's idea, Peter agreed with it. Although the "Second Bank" is currently registered in the UK, its main business actually only covers Southeast Asia, and Peter wants to build the "Second Bank" into a "Flowering Bank". At present, the "Second Bank" does not have a very good expansion plan, and Lin Feng's "game card" plan will undoubtedly promote the expansion of the "Second Bank".

Think about it, "World War" is a blockbuster game launched in 2005 with an investment of more than 1. The "Second World" is a blockbuster game launched in 2005, and it is certain to be popular. The "Game Card" launched by the "Second Bank" will definitely be accepted by the players of "World War". If these users become hardcore users of the "Second Bank", it will be difficult for the "Second Bank" not to expand.

"Boss, by the way, regarding the issue of virtual currency exchange, I think our bank may have to reserve a large amount of US dollars or euros. At present, our bank's cash reserves are not sufficient. "Pete frowned.

Currently, the market value of "Second Bank" is more than 140 billion Hong Kong dollars, but due to several previous financings, such as the acquisition of "Nvidia", most of the company's working capital has been consumed. At present, the company does not have enough working capital as a reserve fund to meet the needs of players to exchange virtual currency for US dollars.

"Don't worry, Pete, I will let "Second World" take out "Second Bank" for this, and there is no need for "Second Bank" to have any guarantee. "Lin Feng said with a smile.

Pete nodded. However, "Second World" itself has a debt of 2.5 billion US dollars, so how can it have 3 billion US dollars in cash as a guarantee.

"Haha, "Second World" doesn't have it, but I do! Can't I just borrow 3 billion US dollars from "Second World" temporarily! "Lin Feng laughed!

Pete's eyes lit up. You know, Lin Feng himself has no cash due to the acquisition of "Baidu-Yahoo" stocks. Now Lin Feng can so generously take out 3 billion US dollars. It seems that the rumors outside that Lin Feng received 9.5 billion US dollars in compensation from the US government should be true.

Of course, even if Pete guessed this, he would not say it. After all, it is not good for anyone to tell such things. Not only will his boss Lin Feng be unhappy, but the US government will also be unhappy. Some things are better to rot in the heart.

"Boss, I will launch this kind of "game card" as soon as possible, you can rest assured!" Pete patted his chest to guarantee.

"Well, by the way, this kind of "game card" must have a level limit. As long as the player spends more than a certain amount on this card, whether in real life or in the virtual game world, reaching a certain amount can enjoy the discount of transaction fee reduction. When reaching the highest level, Platinum P level, the commission of all transactions of this card will be reduced to 1%. "Lin Feng ordered.

The 5% commission is very high. Especially for the war to the end, when billions of game coins are invested, this 5% is very painful, and it will restrict the occurrence of many wars. Think about it, the ratio of 1:30, that one million people war, the transaction commission "Second World" alone will extract 100 million game coins, which is about 3 million US dollars in commission, which is too painful.

Therefore, only by reducing the commission can these large-scale transactions be guaranteed. And setting the level of this bank card is also to highlight the player's identity, which can satisfy the player's vanity to a certain extent. In this world, everyone has a little vanity.

After hanging up the phone, Pete buried his head in dealing with the "game card". Pete was also very curious about the charging model of "World War". Although the risk is relatively large in the early stage, once it enters the middle and late stages of the game, the speed of making money may be faster than a money printing machine. And as an intermediate guarantor, the "Second Bank" will naturally make a lot of money from this.

"Okay, Mr. Wu, everything is done. Now we just have to wait for the public beta of World War. "Lin Feng said with a smile.

Wu Zhaopu nodded heavily. Thinking of the money rolling in once World War is publicly beta, Wu Zhaopu wanted to laugh. It is said that making online games is profitable, but who knew that making online games would be so profitable!

"By the way, boss, about the game promotion?" Wu Zhaopu asked.

"Don't rush for this for now. After all, the public beta of World War is still half a year away, so don't rush. Wait. After entering December, we will carry out comprehensive promotion. At that time, it will be Christmas in the West, so World War will be promoted as a Christmas gift for men all over the world!" Lin Feng said with a smile.

"Well, let's wait for a while." Wu Zhaopu nodded, "Mr. Lin, it's almost time to get off work now. Are you going home or where are you going today? If not, let's go for a drink? "Wu Zhaopu was so excited that he wanted to find someone to have a drink. Lin Feng was undoubtedly the most suitable person!

Lin Feng looked at his watch. It was already 5 o'clock, and it was time to get off work.

"By the way, Mr. Wu, accompany me to the Fifth Game Development Department to find Minwu-Li. He is the developer of "World War". Let's listen to his views on "World War". "Lin Feng said with a smile.

Although usually the game operation mode is not decided by the company management, the game departments do not intervene. However, this time "World War" is related to the company's profits in the next few years, and it is very likely to become the company's largest profit source. Lin Feng also wants to hear what Minwu-Li thinks about this. Of course, he also wants to know what stage "World War" is currently in.

"Directly exchange for gold coins? This is feasible! Lin, this is a good idea!" After hearing Lin Feng's plan, Minwu-Li was very impressed and absolutely agreed with it.

"By the way, what stage is "World War" in now?" Lin Feng asked with concern.

"This"

Just then, there was a cry of surprise from outside, and then someone laughed. Lin Feng walked over curiously and was stunned. This game, I didn't expect that the "Fifth Game Development Department" was actually playing this game, but the game they played seemed to be different from the one Lin Feng played when he was a child.