Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 242

Besides traditional porcelain vases, there are also innovatively designed vases, such as those with a glass-yellow front depicting a cow, a house, a Maitreya Buddha, a donkey, or a bat, with the vase section on the side for holding shorter flowers. There are also various goldfish bowls. The porcelain goldfish bowls have a smaller audience, as players don't have many goldfish due to the goldfish events and the later implementation of the penalty system.

But what if the ceramic fish tank is too beautifully designed?

No problem, here are flowerpots with goldfish already engraved on them. Just put some water and lotus flowers in them, and you'll have a koi and lotus flower landscaping.

To cater to the interstellar era, Lin Shuying also created many porcelain items unique to that era. These included mecha-shaped vases and flowerpots, as well as flowerpots and ornaments shaped like interstellar warships, various weapons, and machine guns—a very diverse collection.

Porcelain is shaped before being fired, so it comes in all shapes and sizes, keeping up with the times and never falling behind. Lin Shuying thinks she does a pretty good job in this respect.

StarCraft players were genuinely captivated by the porcelain figurines and flowerpots shaped like mechs, starships, and spaceships. Then, turning around, they noticed planetariums depicting various planets nearby.

"Ahhh, I really, really love this event."

"My great mecha marshal, these are already so beautiful, how breathtaking must the rare and limited edition items be?"

"Definitely worth looking forward to!"

"I'm going to plant flowers right now, sob sob, the whole house has to be filled with them."

"Designer Lin, are you looking down on us? Why is the new player home so small? It's not nearly enough!"

"My house is already full of these things, where should I put them now?"

"I never imagined that instead of worrying about not being able to afford too many things, I would be worried about not having enough space. As you can see, I really don't have any space left. (Video)"

The video begins under the eaves of Xiaoyiju, where rows of glass display cases showcase most of Qingfengyi's earrings, bracelets, bangles, hairpins, and other jewelry. The five-tiered cases are completely full. Filmed at midday, the sunlight is perfect, making these treasures sparkle and radiate an air of extravagance, making many collectors envious.

"Ahhh, I really want to rob someone!"

Unfortunately, you can't enter a player's house without authorization, and even if you do enter, you can't get these items.

The video continues, showing the player walking into the house. The entire hall is filled with display cases. This player's Xiaoyi Residence isn't decorated at all, but they bought the "Qingfeng Yichu" skin and simply put all the ornaments away in a five-tiered display case. The display case is full of hairpins—so extravagant!

A room full of jewelry and hairpins, who has such a tycoon?

It's practically a dream home for fashion-conscious gamers.

Entering the next room, the five-tiered display cases were replaced by rows of two-meter-high bamboo cabinets. Calling them bamboo cabinets isn't quite accurate; only the base and four uprights are bamboo, the rest is glass. The base is woven from bamboo, with many pebbles placed inside for added weight and to prevent the cabinet from collapsing.

The bamboo cabinets were purchased by this player from another player, who then made the glass and crafted these display cases specifically for displaying clothes. There's also a long bamboo pole on top for hanging clothes.

Right now, it's full of clothes.

She looked through each item; she had all the clothes Qingfengyi had listed, both men's and women's clothing, including many rare, limited-edition pieces that could only be acquired through acquisition. For example, clothes obtained from the leaderboard—unless you were number one, you simply couldn't get those.

Many players checked this player's basic information and found that she had never been on the list.

So this was acquired?

"Is Qingfengyi a gathering place for nouveau riche? Why are there so many people with so much money? Waaaaah."

Upon seeing this comment, the video creator replied, "I'm poor, and those clothes weren't bought; I made them myself. They're not as nice as the original, but I would be very sad if I didn't have them, so I made a replica."

“These are the hands I need. Are you planning to sell them? I commissioned a rare, long-lost piece. The price is negotiable.”

"I want to become an apprentice and learn skills. Please take me in."

.......

Everyone watched the video while making a ruckus. The video continued, showing more clothes and various props. Everything was displayed, like a museum, lacking the atmosphere of a home, but very luxurious.

Players were drooling after seeing this; it's so extravagant!

The video controversy quickly subsided, and players continued to admire the porcelain. There were so many varieties, some truly beautiful. No one wanted to leave without taking some home, so everyone became obsessed with buying.

Each vase has a different price, but none exceed ten taels of silver. You can get all the vases here after planting for a dozen days.

As for the issue of having too many vases and not enough flowers to put in them, that's not an issue. Players all have gardens, and with the dozens of new flower varieties added, there's an abundance of floristry materials. Moreover, the gardens have been expanded significantly after the update; just set aside a corner to plant various flowers, and you'll never lack them again. Especially plum blossoms—the only downside is that flowers have a limited blooming period, requiring careful timing of planting to ensure a continuous supply.

After the first flower withers, the second one grows, and after the second one withers, the third one appears. This creates a cycle that continues endlessly.

This also led to the creation of a completely new profession: the expert who calculates the flower growth cycle. This expert specialized in calculating the patterns of flower planting cycles and unexpectedly succeeded. However, initially, players hadn't realized the importance of farming and hadn't considered making money this way, so business wasn't very good.

The "Qingfengyi" event has brought popularity to these relatively unpopular professions, with many players posting tasks, but very few accepting them.

It's true that nobody cares which flower will replace the previous one in its cycle, so few people bother to calculate the blooming period of flowers. These days, supply can't keep up with demand.

The disordered supply and demand relationship has also led to a poor market environment, resulting in many players cheating people out of money and resources.

Lin Shuying was a little worried. Interstellar people are still human, and humans have inherent flaws. In reality, due to various relationships, bad people can go unpunished, and those who are dedicated can boldly become bad people when they are not given important positions.

Ten good people are like a drop of water in the ocean, while one bad person is like an equal volume of ink in that drop—it's impossible to tell who's blacker. It's always good to be cautious, so she carefully improved Qingfengyi's trading functions to minimize fraud. Although she hasn't discovered any such scams in the interstellar world yet.

After looking at the vases and ornaments, we came to the pots and pans section, where players almost wanted to keep their eyes glued to the screen.

The yellow peony and dragon teacup features a thin red glaze around the rim, adding to its luxurious and sophisticated appearance. The set includes eight bowls, with a matching large tray.

This white-glazed plate features one, two, three, or even a group of goldfish in the center, while the rest of the plate is as white as jade and as smooth as skin. For those who appreciate simplicity and elegance, this set of plates is truly exquisite.

There were even more pots and pans nearby, all made of porcelain. The pots included earthenware and porcelain pots; the bowls came in a variety of shapes and sizes, including sunflower, round, fish, octagonal, multi-slot, and tower shapes—too many to list.

The shapes of leaves, flowers, and animals are extremely novel and beautiful. Most importantly, the colors are incredibly lifelike and vibrant, and the top layer is coated with a clear glaze, as if some mysterious substance has imprisoned the beauty within, ensuring it will never fade.

These are relatively simple. When the animal-shaped plates, bowls, and cups come into the player's view, the red hearts beat a beat slower.

"Ahhh, what is this! This is my panda baby! (Picture)"

The picture shows a panda relief holding bamboo, and the cup is a gray-green porcelain cup. The panda has a matte finish, while the cup is smooth; both feel very high-end.

"My peacock is the real character, picture."

"Pshaw, the most beautiful one is still my Flower Fairy, hehe. [Image]"

The picture shows a row of flower fairy figurines.

The Flower Fairy is an NPC that appeared in the early days of the game, and she's no longer available. Who wouldn't love her?

"No, no, why didn't I see it?"

"At first, it was a bit hard to spot, though, since it was in this corner."

So many players crowded over there, and the flower fairies were neatly arranged on the shelves. The shelves were made of mahogany or black lacquer, with a high-end and delicate texture, making the porcelain look even more luxurious. Under the lights, each one was dazzling, especially since they were flower fairies that players particularly loved.

The Flower Fairy comes in two versions: a normal seven-head-tall version and an adorable two-head-tall version. The adorable two-head-tall version is super cute and even makes expressions that her usual character design would never make. Players stare at her, their eyes sparkling.

"I'll buy it, I'll buy it, okay? This is too much! How can it be so cute!"

Great, on the first day after the game update, nobody checked out the dungeons; they were all frantically buying everything in the shop. Then they realized it was dawn, and the holographic pod's security settings were prompting them to take a short rest.

Then I looked at my wallet and realized I'd spent tens of thousands of gold coins in one night!

"My mecha grand marshal! It wasn't expensive at all, so why have tens of thousands of my gold ingots disappeared?"

"I was thinking that each item only cost a few taels of silver, or even just a few copper coins, so I could spend it however I wanted. But before I could finish buying them, the system told me I didn't have enough money, sob sob sob. Can someone lend me some money? I'll pay them back right away."

Some players are heavy spenders, and those with tens of thousands of gold ingots are considered wealthy. Initially, gold ingots were indeed easy to earn in Qingfengyi; you could earn them by planting flowers and vegetables, completing tasks in the main city or the decorated streets, and even by cleaning the Matchmaker Temple or receiving drops from the God of Wealth.

There are many places to spend money in Qingfengyi. You can buy just one piece of clothing from the store, but players need to obtain materials from the store to create their own designs. These materials come from the official designs. There's also the wear and tear on clothing and weapons from fighting and battling, and the cost of food.

It's worth noting that Zhangdengjiecai Street and Huaxia Jianghu also have another name: Food Street!