A daily wage of 1,500 yuan was unquestionably high pay—its purchasing power was terrifying.
In the witch world, Hunter Witches earning around 3,000 a week needed to hunt one medium-sized dragon with a total level of 6 each week, such as the dangerous species known as the Ash Dragon. Hunting was an enormously important source of income and expenditure in witch society, and to a great extent, it determined how witches in a country lived.
Let's use our unlucky Ash Dragon as an example again.
Around 1985, an Ash Dragon's materials could only sell for 10,000 yuan domestically. Even without counting equipment costs and wear and tear, a standard four-witch hunting party risked their lives—and the risk of having to pay exorbitant medical bills—for only 2,000 yuan per person. And there was still a 20% hunting tax.
In other words, from 1970 to 1985, even Hunter Witches at the pinnacle of the middle class often lived by the rule: "If you want to eat your fill, you can't learn new spells; if you want to learn new spells, you have to tighten your belt."
Even more outrageous, an Ash Dragon that sold for 10,000 domestically would be resold by foreign capitalists for 35,000 in capitalist countries—and still be far cheaper than their local market price. Back then, when domestic witches were all low-level and valued quantity over quality, the entire country was being fleeced by foreign capitalist witches. At the time, even the country's highest-ranking witches would roll up their sleeves and personally step in upon hearing that the funding was two million.
Yet by the 1990s, Ash Dragons were selling for 30,000 yuan. Prices had risen so much, but witches' living conditions had improved.
Then, in 1994, the domestic currency held firm amid the global economic crisis, and the