Ignoring [Deng Libuduo], Lin Bai turned to the waiter. "Xiao Wu, starting today, double the prices of every dish in the restaurant."
The waiter froze. "Boss, isn't that too expensive? Our prices are already higher than everyone else's. Now all the restaurants in the city have pretty much the same style as ours, and we barely get any customers as it is. If we raise prices any further, nobody will come."
"It's fine. Just raise them as I told you. Ordinary people won't eat here anyway. Anyone willing to eat here won't mind spending a little extra," Lin Bai said.
The second batch of closed-beta players had gained access to the top-up feature. These lucky souls could earn money by livestreaming while they played, so they were bound to pour plenty of money into the game.
With so few players, the impact might not be that great.
Once players flooded in en masse, there would be no shortage of big spenders. A huge influx of outside money into this world was certain to affect existing prices.
The NPCs in the game were far from stupid. They might not realize it at first, but prices would definitely rise over time.
The sooner he raised his prices, the sooner he could reap the benefits. Besides, his restaurant was an online sensation. If he didn't take this chance to shear a little wool, he would never get another opportunity once the hype died down.
After he left Jiamao City, there would be plenty of things he needed money for.
Who knew how many social problems the influx of players would bring, or how many wild ideas? Raising money probably wouldn't be so easy then. It was always better to accumulate more wealth in advance.
"..." [Deng Libuduo] looked at Lin Bai in surprise.