Chapter 80 - Creating Happiness Mindfully
–The next day.–
Han Lu got to the experience store on time.
She seemed quite ladylike, and from the looks of it, she might only be in her mid-twenties.
“Nice to meet you Mr. Chen Mo.” Han Lu reached out to shake hands with Chen Mo.
“Let’s go somewhere a bit more quiet.” Chen Mo said as he brought her to his office in the second floor.
As the two of them walked up the second floor, Su Jinyu, Jia Peng and the others stared at them as they disappeared upstairs.
“Who’s that chick?” asked Jia Peng.
Han Lu was once again struggle to get wrods out of her mouth.
Was that saborage by competitors? It was clearly bad reviews from players!
Does Chen Mo not know? He can’t not know! He’s blatantly telling lies!
1Han Lu rested her hand on her forehead. She planned to have an in depth story with a hot topic, but because of the curveballs Chen Mo had been throwing, her plans were completely foiled!
“Well, there are rumours that there’s a card called ‘Elder Sister’ in I Am MT which costs two thousand RMB. Many players have expressed how much this affects the fairness of the game. What do you think about that?” said Han Lu after some thought.
Chen Mo replied, “Oh, about rare cards. I think its just like collecting stamps, do you know about collecting stamps? There are thousands and thousands of stamps right? I Am MT also has some parallels with collecting. In order to collect all the cards, some players are willing to spend money to do that. I think this is because they approve of the game.
“That means you don’t think at all that I Am MT is an unfair game then?” asked Han Lu.
Chen Mo shooked his head, “I don’t think the question was well asked. You see, there isn’t a truly fair game in this world right? Some games, you’re better at it in you spend more time, or if you have good skills you’re better, or sometimes if you’re lucky you’re better, or sometimes if you meet the right people you’re better… Games are a small little universe in itself, and its difficult for it to be truly fair from one human to another. Therefore, yes, I think that I Am MT is not a fair game.”
“Uhh”
Han Lu was shocked, entraced by Chen Mo’s roundabout logic, completely forgetting her follow-up question.
After spending two minutes on the topic and not getting anywhere, Han Lu referred to her notebook to decide on the next topic.
“I’ve done a bit of homework before I got here. What shocked me was how much players were spending in game. Professionals have estimated that up to ten percent of the playerbase are paying players, and these players would pay on average two hundred RMB.
“Normal games would charge once to be able to play the game, and that would be in the ball park of ten to fifty RMB. However, I Am MT players are spending up to two hundred RMB. Why is that? How is the game able to attract players to spend so much?