With the launch of various lists, "Paradise Town" has received its first update since landing in the US market.
In this update, the biggest change in the rules is the addition of multiple list rankings. In addition, there is also a visual change in the game, which is the addition of many paid high-end decorations.
The so-called "high-end decorations" are ornamental props that are used to decorate the town in the game and have no direct effect on the game itself. They have the same meaning as the YY show, and have no use except for watching.
These high-end decorations include classic landscapes from all over the world. For example, users can purchase the Eiffel Tower, Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Tokyo Tower, Egyptian Sphinx, American Statue of Liberty, etc. These landscapes are very affordable. High, often costing several dollars or even dozens of dollars each. Among them, the "Taj Mahal" that represents touching love sells for as high as 99 dollars;
In addition, there are many small embellishments, such as more cartoony and beautiful kennels, houses, roads; rare and beautiful ornamental plants, sculptures, signs, etc., you can find them all.
"Paradise Town" completely copied the user positioning of YY Show in these high-end decoration props. This kind of thing itself has no use, but it is beautiful and can be displayed to all friends, making them say "fuck you" , or "Wow" to satisfy the user's vanity.
Just like the YY show, if you don’t spend money on high-end decorations, the system will give away the most basic personal image. However, when compared with the expensive decorations, the free props are simply too basic, which makes people disgusted.
Even many of Makino Technology's own employees are not optimistic about this kind of expensive props, thinking that no one will be stupid enough to spend money to buy these things. However, Li Mu is very confident in this. He was reborn in 2016 , he knows very well how popular the live broadcast platform was back then. Is the $99 Taj Mahal scary? How about a five hundred yuan rocket? How about a sports car priced at 888 yuan? What about a 1,314 yuan yacht
There are many rich people, and there are many people who are willing to reward the people they like with huge sums of money. The key is that no one has yet triggered their potential "spending money" gene!
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As soon as the new version of "Paradise Town" was launched, which included two major updates, it quickly caused a huge impact among American college student users.
After the update of "Paradise Town", both Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskowitz looked a little sad, and they seemed to have a lot of worries about each other.
After Mark Zuckerberg was immersed in "Paradise" a few days ago, he tried to chat with his goddess Fiona in "Paradise" every day, but Fiona rarely replied, and even if she did, she would not reply. The replies were all very slow, and even completely inconsistent with the content of Mark Zuckerberg’s chat.
For example, at eight in the morning Mark Zuckerberg asked Fiona in the game: "What did you have for breakfast?"
As a result, Fiona didn't reply to him until after five o'clock in the afternoon: "Please remember to visit my town!"
Originally, Mark Zuckerberg thought that being able to have a direct connection with Fiona in the game would be a great breakthrough. Unexpectedly, once he entered the game, the progress suddenly slowed down.
Later, Mark Zuckerberg found out that Fiona had more than a thousand friends in the game. With so many friends, she naturally couldn't take care of everyone.
This is also the main reason why Mark Zuckerberg is in a bad mood.
Mark Zuckerberg's bad mood became even more serious after "Paradise Town" opened multiple ranking lists, because he discovered that the top ten contributors to Fiona's friends were simply not human beings. !
The reason why they are not human is because they simply do not regard money as money!
In the first hour after the list was opened, Fiona’s contribution to the top of the friend list reached 15,000 points. Mark Zuckerberg already knew the rules of the game "Paradise Town" well and helped his friends pull weeds. , watering, killing insects, etc., you can only get 10 contribution points at a time, and there is a limited number of times per day. For the same friend, the total of all kinds of help can only be five times, that is, the other party's contribution points are 15,000 points. Here, the maximum number of points generated through the game's built-in help function is only 50.
So where did the remaining 14,950 contribution points come from
Of course, it comes with money. According to the rules of the game, for every dollar spent on a friend, you can get 10 contribution points.
14,950 contribution points, which means that the bastard ranked first gave Fiona $1,495 worth of props within the first hour after the gift function was activated.
$1,495! Although Mark Zuckerberg comes from a good family, so much money is still very astonishing for him as a college student, and even if he kills himself, he cannot get it; even if he can get it, he will kill himself. , I won’t spend all of it on games...
In addition to him, the person in second place also spent almost a thousand dollars, and the person in tenth place spent more than four hundred dollars.
Mark Zuckerberg suddenly felt desperate. If he wanted to be in the top ten of Fiona's friends' contribution list, it would cost at least five hundred dollars. In comparison, his motivation was to get closer to Fiona through the game. , It’s really a bit of an idiot’s dream.
But this is just the beginning.
After another hour, Fiona's friend ranked first in the contribution list, and the contribution value reached 30,000! The second place player obviously fought hard with him and refused to let go, reaching 29,500!
The two sides seemed to be still fighting for it. One minute later, the second place suddenly increased by 990 points, surpassing the first place. After a few minutes, the first place suddenly increased by 990 points, achieving the goal. Go ahead.
Within a few minutes, the other party repeatedly used 990 contribution points as the unit. After several rounds, the contribution value of the first place reached an astonishing 37920, and the second place followed closely behind. Just a few dozen points.
This back-and-forth battle is still going on, with no intention of stopping.
Until the second-ranked guy got anxious and increased his contribution points by 9,900 points in one go. It seemed like he should have given away ten "Taj Mahals" in one go.
Mark Zuckerberg was dumbfounded. Each 990 points represents 99 US dollars! The flowers appear without blinking an eye! How rich are these guys
However, after Mark Zuckerberg thought about it carefully, he felt that he was a little too sensitive. Although Harvard is a top institution, there are also some dudes from big families. There are at least double digits of students driving supercars in the school. There are many people who live in villas off campus and live extremely carefree lives. It is said that in the entire Harvard, there are more families with assets of over 100 million US dollars than they can count on both hands. For these people, money is just a matter of importance to them. A number is nothing at all. In order to pick up girls, they are not stingy in giving away a sports car worth tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars, let alone thousands of dollars.
In addition to lamenting that there are too many rich people at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg can only lament that the operating company behind "Paradise Town" is indeed very thoughtful. It allows users to exchange paid items. All of a sudden, it is equivalent to opening an entrance to unlimited contribution value to the other party. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can wirelessly increase the contribution value.
And the most terrible thing is that this game also allows users to exchange decorations with each other. Those girls like these exaggerated decorations the most, which gives those rich kids a good opportunity to please the girls!
Mark Zuckerberg originally wanted to bite the bullet and give Fiona a Taj Mahal for $99, but looking at this attitude, Fiona may have softened her hand in accepting the Taj Mahal today.
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At this moment, Fiona was indeed reluctant to accept the Taj Mahal. She has more than a thousand friends, and the total number of "Taj Mahal" props given to her today exceeded 2,000. Among them, the number one on the contribution list and the second two people contributed seven or eight hundred to themselves.
Fiona roughly calculated that in one day, she got a total of almost 200,000 contribution points. Looking at it this way, her friend spent 20,000 US dollars on herself today.
After calculating this amount, Fiona was shocked, and at the same time she felt very sorry. The company of "Paradise Town" did not say that she would be given a share. It seemed that not a penny of the 20,000 US dollars would go into her pocket. .
Not only can't it go into my own pocket, but I can't even use all the gifts and props.
In Paradise Town, both cultivated land and construction land need to be developed piece by piece, and opening up new land requires different props. I don’t have much space now. I can barely put two or three Taj Mahals. Two thousand , can’t even be placed, it’s such a waste.
Just when Fiona felt extremely sorry for the twenty thousand dollars, the system suddenly sent her a message. Fiona clicked on it and almost went crazy with excitement.
This message was sent by the official, and the content is: "Dear user, in view of the situation that too many props may not be fully used after being given away, the operation team of "Paradise Town" has specially opened a prop recycling entrance for you. You can hand over your excess props to the system for recycling, and the system will convert the remaining value into cash and pay you after deducting a certain operation and maintenance fee.
The ratio of operation and maintenance expenses is 50%, and your share ratio is 50%. After the share amount reaches 100 US dollars, you can submit a settlement application to the system. We will withhold income tax for you in accordance with federal law and transfer the after-tax funds to the system. Transfer to your designated account. If you agree to the above terms, click YES to accept by default. If you do not agree, please click NO. "
Fiona was almost dizzy with happiness. She got twenty thousand US dollars in props today. If she handed all these props over to the system for recycling, wouldn't she get ten thousand US dollars in pre-tax income? According to the 15% tax rate, I can earn at least $8,500!
Fiona felt that her breathing was so fast that she couldn't control it, and she couldn't help but exclaim: Oh my God, more than eight thousand dollars, and this is just one day!
(End of chapter)