I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 235 - 100: As the spring breeze fills one with pride, horse hooves hurry along—whose new swallow pecks at the spring mud!_2

Chapter 235: Chapter 100: As the spring breeze fills one with pride, horse hooves hurry along—whose new swallow pecks at the spring mud!_2

Town residents in need of fruits and vegetables did not feel that the prices of their purchases became cheaper after a bumper harvest.

On the contrary, they could be even more expensive.

This was in stark contrast to the batches of fruit that rotted away, unasked for and indicating an absurd waste.

"They need a channel that can speak for them, and the residents with purchasing needs also require an affordable official channel. If possible, we as top players are willing to do our bit and provide this channel for everyone for free,"

"Because these few cents are easy for us to earn, but not for them," Ke Jin said in his concluding remarks.

The article was not long, just over ten minutes to read through.

But Nu Liu was deeply moved.

Especially when she saw those farmers who were elderly, weak, sick or disabled, already trying hard to survive on their hard work, yet suffering from their honesty and integrity.

And the fresh fruits and vegetables she needed to pay a premium for were being silently wasted this way.

The usually noisy live stream quieted down considerably at this moment.

It seemed as though everyone had fallen into deep thought, with only the occasional scattered comments drifting past.

"Sorry, maybe it’s because my family’s conditions are relatively good, but I used to have the habit of wasting food... It’s pretty embarrassing to admit."

"These farmers are the ones we should really be helping. I see those online stores always waving the banner of ’Help us, our fruits are unsold,’ but as Designer Ke said, the people who really need help often can’t make their voices heard."

"That’s right, those who are into e-commerce and are good at marketing, even using a worn-out picture to death because it stirs up more sympathy – they’re not real farmers if they’re so adept at marketing."

"Don’t let your emotions get the better of you," Nu Liu cleared her throat and said at this time.

"As consumers, our only criterion should be to buy if it suits us. If we are sponsoring out of sympathy or even buying things we can’t use up or end up letting rot away, then it’s really not necessary. I think Designer Ke definitely wouldn’t want his players to make such impulsive decisions."

As she spoke, she clicked on the very noticeable farmers’ aid channel link underneath the sincere farmer assistance theme column from the top player.

She quickly jumped to the China Broadcasting Bureau’s official farmers’ aid channel.

Seeing that it was indeed endorsed by the authorities, Nu Liu also felt reassured.

She took everyone for a tour around the farmers’ aid online store.

She found that the prices of fruits and vegetables here were indeed incredibly cheap.

As far as she knew, the current market price for watermelon was about 2-3 yuan per jin, and in areas that produced a lot of watermelons, the price might be even lower.

But in this farmers’ aid specialty store, watermelons were sold by the piece – a 5 yuan Se Sand melon, juicy and sweet, averaging around 10 jin in weight.

However, the shipping cost had to be borne by the buyer.

After all, the authorities served only as a publicity channel – if the buyers didn’t bear it, the farmers themselves would have to pay for the shipping upfront.

"But even with shipping, the total price of this melon comes to about 15 yuan, which is roughly 1.5 yuan per jin. That’s not expensive at all," a comment did the math.

"Damn, strawberries for only six yuan per jin? For real? The store below my house sells them for up to 45... I have to check the China Broadcasting Bureau’s official site and get a box to satisfy my craving!"

"Holy moly, a whole box of Hami melons for only 18 yuan? What the heck! I’ve never seen melons at that price in my life! I’m going to buy first, and once they arrive, I’ll start a live review on Fish Bar!"

"These water peaches are also ridiculously cheap. The market next to my house sells them for 10 yuan per jin, and here they’re selling for 0.5 yuan each, can the farmers really make money..."

"Of course they can make money, and even more than before. My second uncle grows peaches, and those damn intermediaries only pay 5 cents per jin when they come to buy them. Even though the varieties may differ, just think about the difference in price."

"Yay! They have my favorite fruit corn! I’m actually trying to lose weight recently, I’ll order a box!"

"The actual photos of this broccoli look good, wow. Ships the same day? Then I’m getting some too!"

As more and more viewers in the live stream discovered these low prices, it became hard not to be tempted.

Moreover, with government endorsement, buyers were placing orders directly with the official farmers’ aid specialty store, which guaranteed credibility.

For a time, many people flocked to the China Broadcasting Bureau’s official website.

And this was just the beginning.

After all, the number of people a live broadcast can influence is limited; even if there were twenty thousand real viewers at the scene, if over 50% of them made a purchase,

The sum would not amount to much.

Facing these farmers, each household had a production of thousands, even tens of thousands of jin, which was hardly sufficient.

But for Ke Jin, this was already enough.

Just as he had designed it to be.

What he required was never the buyers who would rush at anything they saw.

He needed higher-quality, premium buyers!

Those players who continued to play into the second autumn of the next year demonstrated a deep fondness for the game, which had given them a very positive experience.

He had also established some emotional connections with the NPCs in the game.

Thus, by using NPC transitions, players could be led to experience an illusion as if they were "seemingly buying something in reality from their beloved NPCs," which created a dreamlike effect that broke down the dimensional barrier.

It would further stimulate their desire to purchase.

Moreover, it could be seen as a unique cross-dimensional collaboration, only instead of the usual tie-ins with other businesses,

this time the collaboration was with a special group—disabled farmers who deserved more help than ordinary farmers.

The products they offered were truly high-quality and cost-effective.

With buyers enjoying low prices, the sellers earned more.

This win-win situation hardly required any worry from Ke Jin about its future development.

Quality goods at affordable prices simply needed an outlet; once a channel opened and word-of-mouth took over, people would naturally scramble to buy.

He himself hadn’t done much, just modestly "borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha" once.

Moreover, he had benefited from it as well.

This time, since it was a co-branded launch with the official side and completely free to list the game, System Nebula didn’t object.

After all, the original rule was to follow the gaming laws of Blue Star.

If the people of Blue Star allow your game to be free, then Brother Tong Zi certainly won’t have anything to say about it.

It couldn’t wait for you to complete your task.

Of course, for safety’s sake, Ke Jin had used some of the dozen or so task refresh cards he had saved up from frugality; each accompanying task came with two refresh cards, which Ke Jin had been reluctant to use until now.

However, the accompanying tasks issued this time were somewhat delicate and couldn’t be avoided.

The original accompanying task for "Stardew Valley" was simply to achieve a total playtime of 100,000 hours.

After system detection, the special task was directly 0.

Completing the task required spending less than 0 RMB.

Having been blindsided so many times before, Ke Jin always felt there was something risky about this 0 RMB.

If there was any slightest hint of trouble, some twisted cult could come out of nowhere and actually contribute a penny to him.

His vision for a sure-fire success might well turn to bubbles.

After several refreshes, Ke Jin discovered that the best quota he could get was only 50,000.

At other times, it basically fluctuated among numbers like 3,000, 8,000, and 20,000.

Therefore, he had no choice but to go with this 50,000 quota.

It seems that with a completely free game, players literally had nowhere to spend money, even if they wanted to; their spending to help farmers had nothing to do with his turnover.

Hence, expecting Brother Tong Zi to issue a task with a requirement like ’below several tens of millions or even below a hundred million in turnover’ to complete it for his protection was no doubt a pipe dream.

"Brother Tong Zi, does System Nebula also have regulators watching over you, preventing you from issuing those outrageous tasks? If so, just ’ding’ once," Ke Jin secretly asked.

Brother Tong Zi was as aloof as ever, never uttering a word beyond issuing tasks, totally ignoring Ke Jin.

Fine then, I guess I’m not worthy. Had I known System Brother was like this, I wouldn’t have asked. In this situation, it seems rather rude of me.

However, Brother Tong Zi’s aloofness did not affect Ke Jin’s good mood.

More than half a month had passed since the one-month deadline for listing the game.

The data on the system backend remained as stable as an old dog, staying at 0 without a twitch.

This made Ke Jin’s mood as delightful as that ancient poem described,

With the spring breeze in his favor and the horse hooves swift, who’s new swallow pecks the spring mud?

Epitaph.

Victory!