Chapter 2: Inflation 1

time does not wait.
Su Han moved quickly on foot, planning to find the nearest supermarket, and then spend all the money-after 9 o'clock, the money will not have the purchasing power it is now!
I don’t know if the system is well designed. Within two minutes of walking, she saw a 24-hour department store and supermarket.
Su Han hurriedly entered, hoping to buy some supplies with the 1000 beets he exchanged.
Walking to the supermarket shelf, she found that under the current circumstances, the money was still very valuable. A bottle of mineral water 2 shells, a piece of soap 5 shells, 1000 shells can buy a lot of things.
Su Han feels a little regretful, if only exchange more currency. But soon, she regained her composure—not a god, how can everything be settled.
After strolling around, Su Han was surprised to find that not only soap, but also towels, toothpaste, facial cleanser, shower gel, and even air fresheners, perfumes, and toothbrushes can improve cleanliness. It's just that they are all consumables and will disappear when used up.
As for food, chocolate, various candies, biscuits, cakes, and instant noodles can also increase satiety.
Because the grid of the portable warehouse can only hold 100 pieces of the same item, Su Han took 90 pieces of soap and 90 bottles of mineral water without thinking, and then went to the cashier to check out.
There were not many people in line, and it was Su Han's turn soon.
450 shells of soap, 180 shells of mineral water, 630 shells in total. It's just that the cashier will inevitably have a different color on his face-why do I stock up so much soap and mineral water? Is this man crazy?
Su Han didn't explain, he just paid the bill and left.
However, as soon as she walked to the entrance of the supermarket, nearly thirty people hurried to the supermarket.
Su Han's mind suddenly came up with a thought, "A large number of players are approaching the supermarket."
She specially avoided it. After these people left, she found a hidden place to put the soap and mineral water in the portable warehouse.
"One step is late, every step is late." Su Han whispered, "If you are one step late at the beginning, there will be a lot less options for the goods after entering the mall. If you waste a lot of time in the mall, you have to follow the game after entering the game. People scramble, and even have to wait in long lines to waste time when checking out."
Even worse, some players may not be able to grab the supplies. Su Han remembers clearly that she bought 90 pieces of soap just now and almost emptied the shelves, and she didn't know if there was any stock in the supermarket to make up.
There was a young girl wearing glasses next to her. She took 100 packs of instant noodles without blinking her eyes.
Shaking his head, Su Han hurried to the next stop-the drugstore.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw the salesperson girl stunned watching a dozen customers sweep the goods. Su Han felt tight and quickly joined the sweeping army.
The final results are as follows: 5 medical bandages, 5 boxes of anti-inflammatory drugs, a total of 170 shells.
Anti-inflammatory drugs: After use, the stamina value is +20, and the "infection" state disappears.
It wasn't that it was too late, the goods were robbed, and Su Han was really ashamed. In addition, she needs funds to purchase other items, so she can't spend them all.
Regrettably, he glanced at the shelves, and Su Han reluctantly left. Before leaving, I could still hear the mumble of the NPC salesperson girl, "If it weren't for the money, I really thought they were here to rob..."
Su Han glanced at the time and found that it was 8:38, but the shop she was looking for did not know where it was. Nothing, she could only resort to stupid methods, finding one shop by shop.
At 8:57, after 20 minutes of searching, she finally found her goal-the grocery store!
A slingshot of 30 shells, a bag of 2 shells of steel balls, and a bag of 100.
Su Han bought two slingshots, and all the other money bought steel balls. In an instant, she spent the only 200 shells left.
"Why do you want so many steel balls?" The grocery store owner was particularly puzzled.
Su Han smiled and said casually, "Hunting."
The grocery store owner stopped talking. He knows that some customers like to hunt birds with a slingshot. I just didn't expect that the young girl in front of me, who looks thin and weak, actually has this hobby.
"I'm leaving." Su Han knew that the NPCs in the holographic online game had extremely high IQs, and their thinking patterns and behaviors were the same as real people, so he greeted him smoothly.
She had just stepped out of the grocery store, and the system mechanical sound happened to sound, "At 9 o'clock, the game officially started. On the first day, the price level rose by 50%."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Han discovered that there was something more in the portable warehouse. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a bottle of milk and a piece of brown bread.
Milk: 250ml, fullness +15 after use.
Brown bread: fullness +15 after use.
Sweeping the attributes of the transparent panel for satiety, it was still dark green, and she did not need to eat to supplement energy, so she let milk and brown bread lie in the portable warehouse.
Swinging slowly into the park opposite the hypermarket, sitting on a bench, Su Han had the time to organize his thoughts.
The so-called hyperinflation is actually a huge reduction in the purchasing power of money. The money that could have bought a whole pig gradually shrank, and it became only half a pig. Then you can only buy one chicken, then you can only buy a chicken leg, and finally it all becomes waste paper.
So the sooner you spend money, the more things you can buy.
After finally spending all the money before inflation, she hasn't figured out what to do next.
Su Han was stunned, and remembered something, "When I was out of the supermarket, the player I met should be the player. Only now I got the news to rush to the supermarket, it should be the NPC. But why did I look at them and saw the same message? ?"
For example, at this moment, a man in a suit in his 30s hurried to the supermarket. She looked at the other party and saw, "Satisfaction: 85%, cleanliness: 70%, physical strength 90%. Status: good."
There was a five or six year old girl next to her, who was being held in her arms by her parents. Looking at the other person, what he saw was, "Satisfaction: 80%, cleanliness: 85%, stamina 70%. Status: normal, fever."
Su Han felt like, "Is it impossible to distinguish between players and NPCs in this game?"
After thinking for a moment, she had an idea.
In a noodle restaurant where a recruitment notice was posted, the proprietress was thinking, "Why are prices soaring suddenly? How are you going to live these days?"
"Hello, I'm here to apply for a waiter." While speaking, Su Han walked into the noodle restaurant and raised the corners of his mouth to reveal the small dimples on both sides.
The face of the proprietress showed hesitation. The girl in front of me has short hair and a beautiful face, which looks neat. just……
"The salary is 3000 shells, and the salary will not increase for the time being." The proprietress declared.
When prices are soaring, it seems a bit unreasonable not to increase wages. But the store business is relatively average, and it is true that they cannot afford too high employee salaries.
"Three meals are included, and the salary of 3000 shells is not unacceptable." After thinking about it, Su Han asked, "Can the salary be settled daily?"
"Success!" The lady boss is also a cheerful person, and she immediately agreed, "The daily salary is 100 shells and I will pay you every night after the shop is closed."
"Okay, what do I need to do?" Su Han began to roll up his sleeves, preparing to work.
The proprietress said, "There is a chef in the kitchen who makes noodles. You only need to greet customers when they come, and no one can come to rest."
"Okay." Su Han responded.
Just after 10 o'clock in the morning, there were no people in the noodle restaurant, so Su Han stayed by. When it was time for lunch, there were more customers in the noodle shop.
But before Su Han stepped forward to greet, the customers screamed, "A bowl of noodles 15 shells? It was still 10 shells yesterday!"
"Grab the money!"
"Why is it so expensive?"
The proprietress sighed and complained, "What can I do if prices are soaring? Only the things in the store will increase in price."
"Let's do it! Lord, don't eat it!" Someone immediately left angrily.
The other people were ready to move, and seemed to want to follow along.
The lady boss continued to complain, "Which item does not increase in price? It's the same everywhere."
These words were like a basin of cold water, and the customers suddenly lost their minds and ordered a bowl of the cheapest noodles for lunch. Most of what I was thinking about was to bring lunch tomorrow.
Su Han immediately greeted him.
After a while, the customer who said "I don't eat anymore" quietly returned.
Su Han just didn't know and continued to order and serve dishes.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, customers left, and the noodle shop gradually became empty. The chef specializes in cooking and made a bowl of beef ramen noodles.
"Thank you." After thanking him, Su Han began to eat.
Beef ramen, fullness +25 after use, directly increase Su Han's fullness to 100 after eating.
"How do you want to be a waiter if you are young?" The proprietress was quite curious.
Su Han said solemnly,
It’s good to be a waiter if you have enough food, a place to live, and money to spend.

The proprietress felt from the heart that this girl was really low-seeking. But she finally recruited an employee who was not too low-paid, so she couldn't persuade them to leave. So the boss’s wife earnestly cheered on the new employees,
Try to save money and life will get better.

"En." Su Han responded with a smile, but thought in his heart, you can't save the money, you have to spend it all when you get it.
Dinner time was busy for a while, and didn't stop until 7 o'clock in the evening.
The lady boss plans to close the door and go home. She pointed to a small bedroom less than five square meters on the side, and exhorted, "You sleep here."
Su Han looked at it carefully and found it to be pretty good, at least he had a bed and a quilt.
Xu felt that the living conditions were too shabby. The lady boss smirked and handed out 100 shellfish. "Yes, today's salary. If you feel hungry at night, you can go to the kitchen to cook noodles and eat without charging you."
Su Han not only didn't mind, but was very happy, "Great."
The lady boss was silent for a moment, and said to her heart, this girl...really naive.
Little did they know that the newly hired employees have a place to live for free, they don’t need to spend money to eat, and they still have wages for replenishment every day, which consciously takes a big advantage.
The author has something to say: This article is purely fictitious, and I refuse to study logic and principles.
The real time and game time are the same at 8-9 o'clock. After 9 o'clock, the game time increases N times faster. So after the first instance is over, players can catch up with lunch when they leave the game pod. (It was so happily decided)

"The Commanding Heights-A Century of World Economic History" talks about the economic crisis of the 1930s and the history of inflation in the 1970s

Soap is a consumable, one piece at a time can increase cleanliness by 20. It's not a piece of soap for half a month in reality! !
Medicines are also consumables and disappear after one use.