Chapter 953 The Wolf of Fano Street (I)
We all know that under the personality of 'Chaotic Neutral', Mo Tan's behavior can be said to be quite casual, and here's quite 'Almost equivalent to ordinary human beings The threshold of the 'fickle' aspect of his inherent attributes. Although from a certain perspective, he is definitely a person who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals, his 'purposes' often continue to change priorities due to various reasons. There is no one at all. The so-called program or main line.
To put it simply, he is a pretty messy person.
For example, at this moment, after learning about the game history and development results of Cholera Entry for more than half a year, Mo Tan immediately made up his mind to postpone his original plan to go to Academy City, planning to spend more time in the Free City. After staying for a while, this decision can almost be said to have overturned a lot of plans he had originally made, scrapped a lot of preparations he had laid in Academy City, and directly increased the difficulty of killing Futaba several times.
But he doesn’t care~
On the one hand, it's because he left a lot of leeway in the initial planning stage, and on the other hand, it's because he really doesn't care.
Even if he is directly killed by Futaba because of this, causing him to lose the bet and reveal his true name, which will trigger a series of foreseeable, very bad and even very high probability of ruining his entire life. Mo Tan didn't mind the negative consequences at this moment.
This kind of thing that Mo Tan would never be able to do under the personality of 'Absolute Neutral' or 'Lawful Good' is not a problem that needs to be considered in his eyes at the moment.
Whether rationality or sensibility, these things will be compressed to an extent enough to be ignored in the face of anything that can please him.
Whether it is Mo Tan at this moment or the social terror far away in the City of Miracles, their attitudes in this regard are completely the same. If not, the 'Black Sun' who is domineering on the Internet will also It won't be born.
There are many talented people in this world. Although Mo Tan and Futaba are indeed rare in the field of hackers, this does not mean that they are the only two big guys on the entire earth. The reason why Black Sun can do what others cannot , in the final analysis, it is because of their unscrupulous and weird outlook on not taking their own personal safety seriously.
Both of them are madmen. Perhaps Mo Tan is higher in terms of purity at the moment, but considering the existence of the other two personalities, they are similar after careful calculation.
In short, to sum up the above, to make a long story short...
Mo Tan wants to make use of the research and development results of cholera during this period to get some living expenses for himself.
Although in the real world with its own checks and balances, there is no choice but to live a relatively poor life, when Mo Tan came to the realm of innocence as 'Tan Mo', his quality of life improved. Still very concerned about this aspect.
Eating must be enjoyable, so even if he is the apprentice of the big boss of Wanderer Hotel, Mo Tan dares to kill other people's birds and roast them.
To live, you have to live well, so as long as the conditions... simply put, it means that the money in your pocket allows it, Mo Tan lives in Liuli Pavilion, the signature property of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce.
Other than that, whether it was his own equipment or his Ma Zi’s equipment, whether it was food, clothing, housing and transportation, Mo Tan did not let Lessa, Cole, Xiao Ai and others follow him. When I feel aggrieved, it's not because of my good character, but a mentality similar to 'maintaining daily necessities', just like ironing clothes or cleaning graphics cards.
This habit directly caused Mo Tan to spend money at a speed that would shock the jaws of most players.
One thing to say is that until some time ago, he was not very short of money. After all, he had the first pot of gold provided by the necromancer Mr. Medi, plus he obtained the money from the Black Tower City Thieves Guild. The 650,000 gold coins are enough for any player or NPC who is not too crazy to live in the realm of innocence for two lifetimes.
Of course, it is only for people who are not too crazy, and everyone knows that the fate between Mo Tan and these nine words at this stage is only limited to the last 40%, so no matter what Mr. Mei Di provided, Whether it was the start-up capital or the huge sum of 650,000 provided free of charge by Mr. Muse, they were completely out of reach.
Today, Mo Tan's gold coins are less than five digits. Although it is still considered a well-off level for ordinary players, it can no longer keep up with his squandering rhythm.
The direct evidence is that when Mo Tan stayed at Spider's house, it was not because he wanted to have close contact with her girl, but simply because he could no longer afford the accommodation fee at Liuliting.
Not only that, due to the rapid shrinkage of the amount of money he held, he who was originally at the top of the 'Comprehensive Player Strength Ranking' disappeared from that list a long time ago.
But having said that, the hundreds of thousands that have disappeared like smoke were not spent indiscriminately. In fact, Mo Tan has invested in several investments since he came to the Free City. Interesting projects, and most of the money has been spent on them. This is the real reason why he is almost completely poor now compared to the past.
As for the specific project content, we will talk about it later when we have the opportunity. For now, let’s go back to the current story.
That is to say, Mo Tan is preparing to play a big zero-cost deal.
Cholera at this moment, in Mo Tan’s eyes, is no longer a regular fat house or a player who has made great achievements in science and engineering, but a money printing machine that is so cute that it makes people want to lick it twice. machine, or minting machine.
At this moment, everything about Liz's physical condition, the future of the Keyvos family, the flat girl with four eyes, and Diana's dowry were all forgotten by Mo Tan. He just wanted to money.
Mo Tan, who has been poor for half a month, is now full of money.
And the God of Wealth in front of him didn't look very good...
"Take the second best?"
Zhu... Cholera frowned, and then began to shake his head desperately, He waved his hands and said: "No, no, brother, you don't understand. In this world, only happy water is irreplaceable. All other messy things are all evil heretics. As the saying goes, there is no happiness and no happiness. I think the only way to achieve real happiness is Water can make us rich!"
Mo Tan raised his eyebrows and spread his hands: "But you can't make serious happy water now."
"That's it. That's right, but..."
Cholera smacked his lips and said with a smile: "Brother, didn't you just say that you could provide me with a large amount of funds and materials? With this support, the development speed will definitely increase significantly!"
"I No money."
Mo Tan simply said this.
“Huh?”
Cholera blinked in confusion and said, “Didn’t you just say...”
"Yes, I did say that I can provide you with everything you need, but this has nothing to do with my lack of money right now."
Mo Tan smiled and said straightforwardly without any further pretense. : "My idea is very simple. Just the gas filling technology you just mentioned can make us make a lot of money, and this money It will directly become your research and development funds. I have the channels and means here, but the premise is that you need to temporarily shift your attention from the happy water. Otherwise, even if I have great ability, it will be difficult to use this creative set. Half a gold coin, do you understand?" Cholera, who only wanted to develop Coke and regarded all other drinks as cults, became a little confused.
"No matter how interested or hobbies are, they can't be used as food."
Mo Tan whistled, patted Cholera on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Yes. In order to achieve our goals, we must make appropriate compromises.”
Although Cholera is not a pure and messy scientific research boss like Lu Wei, he is a talent who can make soda in the game after all, and this kind of talent generally has a certain degree of persistence, so Mo Tan did not try to use force to coerce him again. Instead, the other party began to understand it with reason and move it with emotion.
As a person who has not yet escaped from vulgar taste, Cholera is actually not as persistent as he appears. Although he says he is firm, there is still a feeling of eagerness and shame.
"By the way, I think you should also know about cholera..."
The fat man in front of Mo Tan was obviously shaken, and he followed up with another strong medicine: "This game There are many ways to change the gold coins in it. Now, you must know how popular Innocence is now, and there are no messy and deceptive services in it, so the money is still very valuable, do you understand what I mean?"
"Ah this... …”
Although his family background is not bad, this sentence is still very lethal to Cholera who has to spend half a month to buy a figure.
He is not stupid at all. After Mo Tan just explained the potential of things like happy water in this world, he has realized that this thing must be very profitable if it is operated properly. , even if you can only get 30% of the profit, it will never be a small amount.
Even if you don’t know much about it, you will definitely earn more than tutoring others yourself, right?
If you really understand, Coca-Cola knows everything about it, right?
“Ugh!”
Raising his arm and wiping his saliva, Cholera nodded vigorously: "Fuck, I think you can do it!"
Mo Tan smiled unsurprisingly: "Then this is settled?"
"Sure! Everything can be decided!"
Cholera gritted his teeth and said, "But I have a concern, or rather...a problem."
Mo Tan Nodding slightly, he smiled and said: "I would like to hear the details."
"How to solve the piracy problem?"
Cholera looked seriously at the very ambitious brother in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Even if there are no carbonated drinks in this world, even if we can take this first bite Crab, but as long as this thing becomes popular, those wealthy and powerful large chambers of commerce can completely make a large number of pirated copies. As far as I know, there is no intellectual property protection bill in this world, and my gas-filling skills are not worth anything. As long as someone Got the idea, those thighs are much thicker than our arms How can you challenge others? "
I have to say that this is indeed a real problem. After all, there are countless similar cases outside the game. Take the game as an example, such as a person who uses love to generate electricity. It took the small studio several years to complete a A game becomes a small hit, and then various major manufacturers take away the core and start reskinning it. However, in terms of technical foundation, economic foundation, and publicity channels, the former is far inferior to the latter. It can almost be said that it is inevitable to suppress people until they disappear.
And this is still a real world where so-called patents and so-called property rights exist.
So, what about a game world where these constraints don’t exist?
As the saying goes, no businessman can be raped. In the world of innocence, no matter whether it is the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce and the Steam Consortium, which dominate the financial resources, or the major well-known or unknown large chambers of commerce, they have never been good men and women.
If things develop as smoothly as Mo Tan said, what will follow will inevitably be imitation, suppression, exclusion, and trampling to death.
"If there is no foundation~"
Mo Tan gave an affirmative answer without thinking, and said calmly: "The situation you just mentioned will indeed happen, and the probability It is undoubtedly 100%, but if If I never said that I would do this myself, I said that I would give you 30% of the profit, but I didn’t say that I would take the remaining 70% of the profit.”
Cholera scratched his head in confusion. He scratched his hair and said hesitantly: "What do you mean..."
"What I mean is that nothing has anything to do with you."
Mo Tan waved his hand and interrupted him, smiling: "At least at this stage, you just need to do good development, the rest of the problems I will find a way to solve it. If you still have concerns, we can even sign a legally binding contract outside the game. "
Cholera was silent for a while, and finally shook his head: " There is no need to sign a contract. As you said, at least at this stage, I still plan to work hard on development. When I really get the happy water out, it will not be too late to sign a contract or something else."
"Very good, I like cheerful people."
Mo Tan stretched his body lazily and asked with a relaxed and contented face: "So, when can you give me the second one?" A batch of soda? Within three days, I hope.”
After hearing this, Cholera grinned and reached out from his bag to take out a large wooden box: "These are the third batch of finished products I made when I first started researching gas filling. They are based on sixteen different flavors of juice. , the taste is almost the same as that of carbonated drinks outside the game, but I personally only like happy water, so I haven’t touched it. You can just take it away.”
“Then I’m welcome~ ”
Mo Tan almost grabbed the big wooden box from Cholera, and in the next second he quickly took out a bottle of light red 'soda' from it, bit open the cork and put it in his mouth Fill.
"Wuhu——"
Mo Tanyi, who patted his stomach twice with satisfaction, drank a whole bottle of 'soda' in just five seconds and let out a sigh of relief. , eyes flashing with extreme joy, gave Cholera a thumbs up with approval...
"Hiccup!"
Chapter 946: The End
(End of this chapter)