Li Renshu added, "Besides that, there's another point worth noting.
"The current rules don't say at all how gold coins spent during auctions will be handled. Will they be redistributed at the end of the ga? Or directly disappear?
"Naturally, we can't be stingy about gold coins. We need to auction more plots to build shelters, but we also need to be as economical as possible, obtaining plots at lower prices.
"Because the second phase will very likely have other places that cost money."
Zheng Jie thought for a mont and nodded in realization, "True, we can't bid on every block. That would be very wasteful."
Cao Haichuan added, "However, we're second to last in choosing. How exactly to choose still depends on the communities ahead.
"Stay as far as possible from nine-square grids selected by other communities.
"If we must be adjacent to other communities, we should also be adjacent to communities with weaker bidding intentions as much as possible."
After reaching consensus, everyone ca to the console in front of the plaza.
Before the ga officially started, each community had to select their respective 'priority developnt area.'
But because ti was relatively ample, players from these communities were still thinking and discussing, and hadn't rushed to make choices.
The community with the least visa ti chose the nine-square grid first. The order was Community 12, Community 7, Community 9, Community 17, and Community 15.
Two players from Community 12 first ca forward to choose. They selected the G7 nine-square grid, which was the most bottom-right corner nine-square grid of the entire venue.
Li Renshu lowered her voice to ask Zhou Guifen, "Aunt Zhou, do you know all these players from Community 12?"
Zhou Guifen briefly glanced and also said in a low voice, "I only recognize two people."
Li Renshu asked again, "What about that Chen Guangming who went with Fan Zehui to choose the nine-square grid?"
Zhou Guifen shook her head, "Don't know him."
Chen Guangming looked refined and cultured, wearing gold-rimd glasses. From the fact that he went with Fan Zehui to choose the nine-square grid, he should have fairly decent influence among these 5 people from Community 12.
Among these 5 people, there were 3 Zhou Guifen didn't recognize, indicating these three players were very likely newly joined.
Because Community 12 had a very high mortality rate, and newly joined players participated in gas fewer tis, they were more easily selected by this ga.
Previously in 'Conglorate Nation,' Community 17 had ford a grudge with Fan Zehui. Seeing him again this ti, Zhou Guifen would inevitably feel sowhat awkward.
If they wanted to establish cooperation again, it would probably be difficult but Li Renshu didn't care much. After all, they could still cooperate with other communities, such as Community 9 or Community 15.
And from the current ga rules, there might not be too many opportunities for cooperation between communities. At most, they could discuss not deliberately driving up prices when bidding on nine-square grids.
Next was Community 7. The lead female player was called Jin Cheng. She chose the uppermost left corner, A1 nine-square grid.
Community 7 had only been encountered once, in 'Birth Judgnt,' the community where that dostic violence murderer Fei Xiong belonged.
Although there was so minor conflict, it wasn't as irreconcilable as with Community 12. If the timing was right, cooperation could still be attempted.
From the choice of nine-square grids, Community 12 chose the bottom-right corner, while Community 7 chose the top-left corner. These were the two most distant nine-square grids.
Clearly, other communities had also reached roughly the sa conclusion: in choosing 'priority developnt areas,' corner nine-square grids had less competition.
Moreover, Community 12 being the first to choose a corner nine-square grid would also inevitably have so influence on subsequent communities' choices.
Next was Community 9. The male player who ca forward to choose was called Zhang Shichao. He chose another corner: the bottom-left corner, A7.
Having been encountered in both 'Blood Poker' and 'Blind Date Ga,' Community 9 might be a target worth pursuing.
Soon, it was Community 17's turn to choose.
Li Renshu had already discussed with Cao Haichuan beforehand. Of course, they chose the last remaining corner: the top-right corner, G1 nine-square grid.
Thus, the four corner nine-square grids of the venue had all been selected.
Finally, it was Community 15's turn, previously never encountered in gas.
The lead player was a middle-aged man who looked sowhat disheveled and scruffy, with stubble. His na was Wang Weidong.
He had been standing in front of the console thinking for a long ti.
From the order perspective, Community 15 choosing the nine-square grid last was in the worst position.
Because the four communities ahead would certainly stay far from each other. Which specific corner they chose didn't make much difference but Community 15 was the last to choose. The four remaining nine-square grids to choose from were all middle nine-square grids. No matter how they chose, they would inevitably be right next to two other communities.
The more crowded it was, the fiercer the competition would be. This was natural.
Players temporarily hadn't engaged in much cross-community communication.
This might be because so people learned their lesson in 'Conglorate Nation,' knowing the ti before the ga officially started was best used for internal community discussion.
However, Wang Weidong of Community 15 didn't directly choose a nine-square grid. Instead, he looked at players from other communities and said sothing unexpected.
"If any community is willing to give 20 gold coins, I'll choose the nine-square grid farthest from them.
"This is a very cost-effective deal. Is anyone willing?"
This surprised all the players.
Zhang Shichao from Community 9 frowned, "You're the wealthiest community in the entire ga, even wealthier than Community 17.
"Yet now you're asking us for money?"
Wang Weidong spread his hands indifferently, "What's so strange about that? Small amounts add up to large sums. The more soone knows how to save money, the more money they'll have.
"For our community, choosing any of the remaining four nine-square grids is the sa. Of course this is voluntary trade, fair dealing.
"So, is anyone willing to spend? If not, I'll just choose randomly.
"After all, for us, choosing any is the sa."
People from other communities looked at each other with various expressions.
Twenty gold coins wasn't much, but it wasn't a small amount either.
Each community had at most 50 free gold coins and 100 exchanged gold coins. And exchanging all of them ant spending all their visa ti.
These gold coins could basically be viewed as non-renewable resources. Each one spent was one less.
According to ga rules, perhaps they could earn audience mbers' gold coins by selling shelters, but that would be in the second phase.
No one knew how much gold coins bidding would specifically cost, nor whether building shelters would require consuming gold coins. Every gold coin had to be carefully calculated.
According to this ga's selection rules, the selected players were all relatively weaker players within their communities, with less visa ti and more conservative gaming ntality, so it was difficult to make such a decision.
Li Renshu looked at Cao Haichuan. Both slightly shook their heads.
On one hand, because Community 17 had more visa ti, gold coins were more valuable. Giving them away like this wasn't very cost-effective.
On the other hand, this kind of behavior might provoke hatred from other communities.
After considering, Chen Guangming from Community 12 said, "We're sowhat interested, but only willing to offer 10 gold coins."
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