Matrix Survival: I Get A Random Chest Every Day

Chapter 643 483: No! Comments! Available! (4.4K)_2

Never would have thought...

Li Zheng, with those big eyes but no eyebrows, has such a devious mind.

He can't believe Li Zheng didn't catch on that he was talking nonsense; does Li Zheng not know what's in his own mind?

Now it's perfect, originally other corps' players could spend a little and still earn some points or special fish here at the Lava Mountain Range.

Once Li Zheng raised the price, others were left with only two choices.

One, find a way to tackle other bosses.

Two, stay in the corps' transfer space and wait for the event to end.

What?

You say there's a third option to accept the quintuple price and force entry into the Lava Mountain Range?

Don't be silly!

This price is only affordable for professional anglers like Deng Tianyuan; regular folks shouldn't even think about it, they simply can't afford it!

Not only can't they afford it, but they would even be pouring money down the drain!

Although the saying "anglers are all air forces" is a bit exaggerated, scoring more than 50 points an hour per person?

Unlikely!

With a twitch of his lip, Bai Xiaosheng suddenly didn't dare to continue the interview, gave up the remaining minute, and left directly.

When he got back to the outside room, he heard a few lines of dialogue from the live feed.

Phoenix Mountain asked Li Zheng, "Are you really going to charge five times the points?"

Li Zheng replied, "Nah, I'm just messing with him, let's stick to the previous price."

"Pfft!~"

Hearing this, Bai Xiaosheng almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

He was actually played by Li Zheng.

He quickly reflected and realized it was his own fault, maintaining a neutral attitude in the interview the first time meeting Li Zheng.

Being neutral in that situation was no different than standing against Li Zheng, it would be strange if Li Zheng treated him nicely.

At this time, a player appeared next to Li Zheng in the image.

Soon after, Zhou Shufen's highly recognizable voice sounded: "Li Zheng, I'm your fan, can you sign for me?"

"Sure."

Li Zheng's attitude took a drastic turn; smiling kindly, he took the marker pen handed over by Zhou Shufen and asked, "Where do I sign?"

Zhou Shufen undid the first button of her collar, flipped her collar and said: "Sign here, sign here, just sign on the collar here so that I can be closest to my idol."

"This… doesn't seem quite right…" Li Zheng hesitated a bit in his words, but his hands didn't falter, and he quickly scrawled his name on the inside of Zhou Shufen's collar.

The characters were upright; maybe not the level of one who practices calligraphy all year round, but it gives a warm feeling.

Zhou Shufen tugged at her collar, revealing her beautiful clavicle, inspected the signature for a moment, and was delighted: "Wow, your handwriting is so good, it looks a lot like my dad's!"

"You flatter me, you flatter me." Li Zheng scratched his head a bit embarrassed: "I actually just practiced with tracing books for a little while when I was a kid; many people write better than me."

"No wonder it looks so familiar." Zhou Shufen praised and then said: "Idol, can I also interview you?"

"Interview! Go ahead!"

Unlike with Bai Xiaosheng, Li Zheng was very generous this time.

In Bai Xiaosheng's live stream, a few comments floated by:

"Look at that!"

"Owned, owned, you got shown up!"

"Laughed to death, with that bureaucratic face, who wants to deal with you?"

"Exactly, exactly, Zhou Shufen did it right. Be a sycophant first, once you've pleased them, you can do whatever you want afterward."

"As the saying goes, 'A smile costs nothing in return,' learn from this, you dog!"

Seeing these comments, Bai Xiaosheng felt like arrows pierced through his heart.

How was he supposed to know that despite Li Zheng looking stern, he actually preferred softness over toughness?

"Then I'll start asking questions."

Zhou Shufen held the marker pen like a microphone in front of Li Zheng: "May I ask if your stated intention of charging for entry, as Bai Xiaosheng said, is really like that?"

"Half and half."

Li Zheng replied: "I know this behavior might seem opportunistic to those watching the live stream, but just think about it, the bosses in the Lava Mountain Range were killed by me, and the safe environment was created by me, so charging is just compensation for my labor, right?"

"Yes."

Zhou Shufen pulled the marker pen back in front of herself and said, "I also feel it's perfectly acceptable for my idol to charge a fee; people shouldn't always want to take advantage without paying. Even if we consider the act of idol killing the boss and creating a safe zone as being hired, shouldn't some compensation be collected? It's just that this 'hire' is directed towards members of other corps."

"Exactly, that's the logic." Li Zheng nodded gently.

Zhou Shufen glanced at the comments and asked the second question: "Someone here is asking, according to what you're saying now, wasn't it unnecessary to forcibly clear out the earlier players? Couldn't they just pay up their points?"

"This is a simple question, you were happily playing in a free place, but then someone suddenly tells you that there's a charge, would you pay?"

Li Zheng said: "Even if you would, would others? If the first person refuses to pay the points, won't others follow suit?"

"Might as well drive everyone off, then those who want to keep playing can pay, reasonable and fair, no complaints from anyone."

Li Zheng thought for a moment, then said: "But there's also part of the reason that the earlier players were a mixed bag; there were some fellows in there I didn't quite like, and I was too lazy to distinguish them one by one, so I drove them all out and let them re-enter."