Buying a resale item in cash, a Chinese gamer earns an average of $ 1,500 per month.
Xia Chen, 27, is a gamer living in Wuxi, Jiangsu. He used to work in a product development team but failed last summer. Without a job, he decided to take a break and stay home. In his spare time, he started playing online games.
According to ifeng, during one of the big monsters in the game and receiving the item as a stone that can increase the power is quite rare, Xiao Chen was approached by another player and asked to buy it in cash. That was when he realized he could make money from this video game.
However, self-defeating monsters and sales are not always easy because of fierce competition in the community. Can not compete in the day with other players or with people willing to throw money into the game so that the character becomes strong, he switched to playing the night. From 12 o'clock, he started his mission and played until 7am. Early in the morning, although very sleepy, he still trying to watch because this is the best time to trade because the "giants" in the game often have the habit of "early market." The amount of money earned each day more or less depends on luck and items picked up.
After selling everything and putting everything on the shelf, he will sleep a circuit to 14h. After waking up, he eats and then logs into the game to see how the sale takes place. Xiao Chen spends about 16 hours a day playing games and earns an average of $ 1,500 per month, equivalent to over 30 million.