The food worth 80 million gold coins, of course, isn't all the food in the game. It's just the food players put up for trade. There's still quite a bit in their backpacks. Roughly estimated, these 80 million gold coins are probably only 50% of all the food in the whole game. With just this, it's still hard to monopolize the entire food market.
So, Jack also spent 200 million in the real world to hoard food. Ten big trucks lined up to deliver the goods into the villa compound. There were all sorts of food products, seasonings, purified water, beverages, alcohol, and cigarettes! Among them, alcohol and cigarettes are the most profitable items. Especially cigarettes, there are no such things in the game.
He remembered that in his past life, after the game merged with reality, a world without cigarettes drove countless smokers crazy! Some people even preferred to turn into blood - thirsty zombies just to take a puff of the contaminated cigarettes. Looking at the two full trucks of cigarettes in front of him, Jack showed a hint of shock on his face. In business terms, just these cigarettes could allow him to monopolize the entire market! Whether it's food, weapons and equipment, or influence. This stuff is the hard currency. For smokers, they can do without anything, but they definitely can't do without cigarettes! In the end - times, Jack can sell a pack of cigarettes at sky - high prices!
Jack smiled. He has no intention of hoarding more cigarettes. After all, rarity makes the heart grow fonder. Anyway, he doesn't smoke. These two trucks are enough for him to mess around with. Moreover, it's not easy to get a large quantity of this stuff. If it weren't for Jack having some connections, he wouldn't even be able to get one truckload!
"Boss Jack, the things you ordered have arrived." The delivery supervisor came up to Jack obsequiously.
"Unload them all here." Jack pointed to the football field in the villa.
"Sure thing." The supervisor told the workers to start unloading. Jack didn't pay attention to them. He could just put all the goods into the storage space after they were all unloaded. And this is only one - fifth of what he ordered. More will be arriving over the next three days.
Jack went back to the villa and opened "Doom Dawn". The game was in an uproar.
"Damn it, which big shot bought all the food in the trading area!" "Is there a bug? It's impossible for one person to buy all these. It must cost hundreds of millions of gold coins!" "And there's another problem. Can the big shot's backpack hold all these foods?" "VIP10 has an infinite - space backpack. Just check the top - up list to see if there's such a character!"
As soon as these words were said, countless people opened the game's top - up list. At the top was VIP10, and it was also the only one!
"The Suit - Clad Thug!" "Damn it, where did this big shot come from!" "To reach VIP10, you need to top up 100 million. This must be a shill!" "Needless to say, it must be someone from the game company. Who would be so stupid to top up 100 million!" "OMG, how is this possible..."
On the game's world chat channel, countless people were having a heated discussion. As soon as this news came out, all the media on the planet were scrambling to report it. After all, "Doom Dawn" is a global mobile game with hundreds of millions of players and has a great influence on the planet. Now, many people think that "The Suit - Clad Thug" bought out all the food in the trading area. "The Suit - Clad Thug" was pushed into the spotlight, attracting the speculation of many big shots.
Especially the second - ranked player on the top - up list, "Steady Guy". He is a VIP8 player who has topped up 50 million. He is very interested in this suddenly emerging "The Suit - Clad Thug".
Then Jack received a private message from "Steady Guy". Jack was a bit curious. What does this guy want from him? When he opened it, it was actually a phone number, with two words noted: "Chat?" Jack ignored him.
If his memory serves him right, this guy is also from his country. After the end - times arrived, he became the most powerful and influential person on the planet with the resources in his hands. In his past life, Jack didn't have much interaction with this high - and - mighty figure. He only heard that this guy was kind - hearted. Jack doesn't believe such nonsense. People like this often have dirty tricks behind their backs. Whether it's in the end - times or in peaceful times...
Jack also has several friends who play "Doom Dawn" with him. They also know Jack's ID. When they saw this scene, they were also extremely shocked. They had just seen the news about Jack selling his company. Now they saw him spending a fortune in the game. Finally, they realized that this guy sold his company to play the game! Damn, he's really crazy.
Then, Jack received greetings from these friends in the game. Jack sneered inwardly. After his past - life experience, he clearly knows what kind of people they are! He replied to each of them one by one:
"Guys, what's the fun in doing business? I still want to get a divine piece of equipment. Can you lend me some money?" As soon as the message was sent, there was silence on the other side.
Tom: "Hey, buddy, you know my wife keeps a tight rein on me. The money I use for the game is all squeezed out." Frank: "Brother Jack, I was going to ask you to lend me some. I'm in a tight financial situation recently. You've sold your company and have money now. Can you lend me 100 million?"
Without exception, they all refused. Only one friend called him, his best friend, Sam.
"Buddy, tell me what's going on. I'll bring the money and come to see you tomorrow!" Jack smiled. "Sure, see you tomorrow!"
Jack and Sam have known each other since they were in the orphanage. They've been friends for half their lives and have supported each other through the end - times in his past life. But in order to save Jack, Sam was killed by that bitch, Lily, earlier.
Just after hanging up the phone, Lily called. "Jack, are you crazy? Spending so much money on a lousy game?" "Are you out of your mind? Why didn't you discuss it with me?"
On the other end of the phone, Lily's angry voice exploded. Jack had expected this and moved the phone away, letting her rant.
After three minutes, he slowly said, "Honey, this is my project." "What? This is the project you said would bring ten - fold profits?"
Hearing this, Lily was struck like a thunderbolt and quickly asked, "What about my 100 million? Did you also spend it in the game?" "Yes. I've calculated that if this succeeds, I'm definitely going to be the world's richest man."
Boom! Lily's head was about to explode. The money she had saved with so much hard work was spent in the game?
"Jack, you haven't spent all the money yet, right? I'm out of this project. Give my 100 million back to me." "This is my hard - earned money. I can't live without it. Give me the money back quickly."
Facing the nearly hysterical Lily, Jack laughed: "What's wrong, baby? Don't you trust me?" "Doom Dawn" is going to descend into the real world. I'm stockpiling food in advance. This is a sure - fire deal!"
Jack told the truth. Becoming the world's richest man is really not an exaggeration.
And Lily on the other end of the phone was completely furious. "You're freaking crazy. You've lost your mind playing games. Give me the money back quickly, or I'll call the police!" "I.."
Before she could finish speaking, the phone was hung up. Lily was stunned for a few seconds, then grabbed her bag and rushed out of the house. "Jack, you're finished. If I lose my money, I'll kill you!"