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[Chapter 47, Financial Crisis 8 - Reassurance]

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou casually ate some breakfast and went downstairs. As soon as they walked out of the B\u0026B, they heard a fierce quarrel coming from the pedestrian street——

A young man pointed at the menu and yelled, "Is this a money grab? I used to eat rice noodles for 800 gold coins, but today they ask me for 3,200! Boss, are you crazy about money?"

The boss explained with a bitter face: "The price of buying rice noodles has quadrupled this morning, and I can't do anything about it. If I sell it at the previous price, I will lose money! Now that the price of everything has gone up, the business will not be able to continue."

A young man next to him was furious and threw the bowl on the ground: "I won't eat it!"

The boss immediately chased after him: "Fuck! If you smash the bowl, you want to run, stop and lose money!"

The young man turned around and quickly slid away. The slightly fat boss chased after him out of breath. Several customers in the rice noodle shop saw the boss chasing out and ran away after eating. He didn't catch up with anyone, but when he returned to the store, he found that all the customers had run away. The face of the boss was as black as the bottom of a pot. In frustration, he asked the waiter girl to clean up the empty bowls.

Going further, an aunt and a young guy were arguing. The reason was that the guy didn't pay attention while walking, bumped her and broke her basket of eggs. She asked him to pay 10,000 gold coins. The boy refused, and the aunt tore him. The sleeves refused to let him go.

There were many people watching, and there were many discussions in the crowd: "Is this price crazy? Fortunately, I went to the supermarket to buy a lot of instant noodles yesterday..." "I bought hundreds of eggs yesterday, and now I sell them, why not? Isn't it posted?" "Don't rush to sell it, what if it goes up tomorrow?" "My God, it goes up?! This will stop people from living!"

Pedestrian Street belongs to the old city, and there are many small shops.

Since many people in the rice noodle shop fled their orders early in the morning, and a steamed bun shop was smashed by customers, the bosses were so frightened that they closed their doors one after another. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang walked all the way. Another shop hung a "closed" sign to avoid the limelight, and the pedestrians on the road were also full of horror.

Shao Qingge was waiting for them downstairs in the hotel. After seeing the two of them, he immediately greeted them and asked, "How was last night? Did you encounter a thief?"

Xiao Lou shook his head: "No, the Shanshui B\u0026B is very quiet."

Shao Qingge rubbed his temples with a headache: "I didn't fall asleep last night, and the two girls next door cried all night, as if all the supplies had been stolen... It seems that the thief gained a lot yesterday, so he doesn't plan to do so for the time being. Do you want to do something to Shanshui B\u0026B?"

Yu Hanjiang frowned and said, "After all, Shanshui B\u0026B is the place where the challengers are most concentrated. There are more than 20 people living there. If everyone joins forces to deal with him, the thief will not be able to take advantage of it - this thief is very smart, and he is probably a special pick. Ordered start."

Shao Qingge sighed: "I knew that all the supplies were put there."

Xiao Lou smiled and comforted him: "It doesn't matter, less than one-tenth of our stockpile was stolen, as long as there is no problem with the warehouse."

Yu Hanjiang said: "I will go to the warehouse to see, you all act together, pay attention to safety."

***

Shao Qingge and Xiao Lou came to the stock market again.

Today's real estate-related stocks are still very stable, and some stocks actually have an upward trend - for example, Tianhong Real Estate, Rongguang Real Estate, and Real Estate Real Estate Group, which Shao Qingge followed yesterday, all rose by about 5%.

A 5% gain in one day in the stock market is already a very high dividend. Many investors discovered this and were talking about it: "Why don't you sell all the other stocks and buy real estate stocks?" "The food stocks I bought have fallen to 25%, which is really a blood loss! I knew I would buy real estate stocks..." "Yeah, prices are crazy, but prices are stable."

When Xiao Lou heard these comments, he really didn't know what to say.

The scary thing is not to fall into despair at the beginning, but to keep giving hope and destroying hope bit by bit.

The way Plum Blossom A controls the world is exactly as Shao Qingge speculated—he wants to destroy people's psychological defenses step by step. Seeing that real estate stocks are actually rising, many people start to switch to real estate stocks. It is conceivable that once the real estate collapses, will these people still have the belief to survive?

Some smart people see that something is wrong and immediately sell their stocks, but there are always some people who take luck and hope that they can make a profit. This is the same as the "gambler's mentality". When you lose 1,000, you feel that you can get back your money. If you lose 2,000, you still feel that you can win back. Because of your unwillingness, you invest more and more - and eventually go bankrupt.

Many investors have been trapped in stocks and want to get out, easier said than done?

Xiao Lou walked to the window and saw that a large number of investors had gathered on the roof of the building. Today's stock fell another 50% on the basis of yesterday's. These investors spontaneously organized themselves, raised banners, and demanded an explanation from the city government.

Not far from the central square, some people were also demonstrating, holding up flags with various slogans in their hands: "Strongly demand the restoration of prices!" "Please give us a stable market!" "We cannot afford a bag of wages a week. Eggs? How do we survive?"

There was excitement in the square, but there was no bloodshed as the police came forward to maintain order.

At 8:50 in the morning, a middle-aged man in a suit with a good appearance suddenly appeared on the big screen in the central square.

Facing a large number of cameras, the man said calmly and authentically: "Good morning, all citizens and friends, this is the press conference, I am the bureau of the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of City A.

Mr. Liu Qingming, please don't get excited or panic. Affected by the financial turmoil, prices in this city will fluctuate to a certain extent in recent days, but we are working hard to control and restore order to the market as soon as possible..."

The crowd fell silent for a while and looked up at his speech.

Director Liu Qingming talked about a lot of financial knowledge that the public did not understand, and then said: "Please don't gather the crowd to make trouble and make the situation worse. We'd better go home now, blow the air conditioner and watch TV. , this nightmare weekend will be over soon, and I believe prices will soon return to normal levels."

Xiao Lou: "..."

What the hell are you talking about? What about cheating on a three-year-old?

Shao Qingge pinched his brows and said, "Liu Qingming, this name was taken...to go to the grave during the Qingming Festival, do you believe that he is a ghost?"

Xiao Lou didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Maybe there is no Qingming Festival in this world? But the challengers will understand when they hear his name - this is a character deliberately arranged by the ace of spades or the ace of clubs. He will come out temporarily to stabilize the situation, maybe next week he will be there. run away."

Shao Qingge: "..."

The director was sent out to draw a big cake to give everyone a reassurance, just to temporarily stabilize the mood of the people. However, deceiving the people in this way will only cause the temporarily stable emotions of the people to explode and counterattack like a hurricane.

Not only are prices rising, but the officials who supervise the market actually deceive everyone. Who can stand it? !

Because Director Liu said a lot of things that people don't understand, plus the police's control, the gathered people quickly dispersed, and they all took luck in their hearts - maybe as he said, prices fluctuate in a day or two. stabilize?

In fact, everyone has no bottom, but human beings are very good at self-comfort. Sometimes people would rather listen to a lie than face the harsher reality.

The supermarket in the central square was crowded with people.

This morning, the supermarket carried out a supply of supplies. Everyone was rushing to buy. The shelves were swept up in a blink of an eye, and the order in the queue was far worse than yesterday. It can be seen that people's mood is obviously more irritable than yesterday.

Shao Qingge and Xiao Lou glanced at the supermarket, and quickly turned around to go to the Internet cafe yesterday.

The price of Internet access rose to 1,600 gold coins for an hour, and Xiao Lou had leftover the change he had exchanged at the beginning, so he paid for the Internet fees for two computers. Shao Qingge sat in front of the computer and continued to short real estate stocks, while Xiao Lou checked some information online.

He found that all he could find was the information about the world of the 3 Spades secret room.

The city they live in is called "City A", which should be a small space in the card world. Many people are swearing at the forum, and some media reporters use various slogans to brainwash everyone: "The financial turmoil is only temporary, I believe we will definitely We can get through it!" "Join us to read the difficulties and protect the home of City A!" "The skyrocketing prices are just to stimulate consumption, please be patient, the market will soon return to normal"...

There are many such chicken soups for the soul, and many people in the replies believe it to be true.

The people on the forum were divided into optimists and pessimists. The optimists all said that the financial crisis will soon pass, and as long as they have savings and supplies, they don't need to be afraid.

The pessimists are already trying to find a way to escape from here: "I have booked a ticket for tomorrow's train to the City of the Moon. The ticket price is extremely high, and it is hard to get a ticket, but I believe that leaving City A now is the best choice." "I am here. After living for many years, I don't want to leave, but I really can't bear it anymore, and I plan to go to my relatives' house in other places to escape for a while."

These are the freelance crowd, go away.

However, most of the people's work, relatives, and houses are here—their roots are here, how can they leave so gracefully?

Xiao Lou tried to buy a ticket to "City of the Moon" on the online ticketing system, and found that after verifying his identity information, the ticketing system displayed "You are prohibited from buying tickets" - this result was what he expected .

He is a challenger, and he definitely can't buy a ticket to escape. Those who can escape are free people in this world.

After browsing the local forums and news for an hour, Xiao Lou found that there are not a few free people who bought tickets to escape the city. These people are undoubtedly smart, but the premise is that the current traffic can still operate normally.

Once the traffic is paralyzed, it is impossible to run away!

Next to him, Shao Qingge had finished operating the stock market, and Xiao Lou got up and left with him.

Shao Qingge asked in a low voice, "Professor Xiao just checked the web page, what did he find?"

Xiao Loudao: "From forum replies and information posted on various social networking sites, about 40% of people are currently optimistic and believe that prices will recover; 40% of people are hoarding supplies frantically with the worst plan, and 20% are still optimistic. % of people... rushed to buy a ticket and run away."

Shao Qingge touched his chin and said: "Tomorrow is a working day, there will definitely be a large-scale strike wave, and when the transportation system is paralyzed, optimistic people will turn pessimistic." He thought about it, and suddenly said: "I have to Prepare in advance and ask the owner of the Internet cafe to buy a computer."

Xiao Lou understandably said, "Are you worried that the Internet cafe will also be closed tomorrow?"

Shao Qingge nodded: "Be prepared."

After all, there are already too many restaurants on the "closed" sign today. This Internet cafe is deserted. There are only three or five people online. When the cost of Internet access is doubled tomorrow, it will be a problem for people to eat. Who is free to come here? Internet cafe online?

Shao Qingge came to the front desk of the Internet cafe and said, "Boss, can you sell me an old computer? I don't need much, just have access to the Internet."

The boss asked for a price all over the sky: "100,000 gold coins, there are several eliminated machines for you to choose."

Xiao Lou smiled and said, "Boss, you know the current market situation. There are more than 50 seats in this Internet cafe, and only four or five people are online today. Maybe tomorrow

No one came. People have a problem even eating, who has spare money to surf the Internet, right? "

The corner of the boss's mouth twitched violently, because he knew that the young man was right.

After the electricity bill and internet bill skyrocketed in the past two days, the internet bill for his internet cafe also had to rise, and his business plummeted. In the past weekends, the machine was full, but this weekend, only half of the people yesterday, today... only 10% of the people.

Looking at the empty Internet cafe, he felt uncomfortable. This is an Internet cafe that he invested half of his life savings to open!

Xiao Lou continued to smile and said, "You have so many computers. If you leave them unused, they are no different from a pile of scrap metal. Sell us one."

The boss thought about it carefully and said, "Okay! Then do you make a price?"

Xiao Lou said: "Why don't you do this? I'll exchange ten boxes of chocolates for your old notebook. Chocolates are very valuable now. You can go to the supermarket to have a look. It's already out of stock, and you can't buy them at all. These ten boxes of chocolates cost tens of thousands of dollars. Gold coins may rise tomorrow."

Shao Qingge was stunned—Professor Xiao is really witty. After the price collapse, "exchanging things for things" is the best way. They can take the extra gold coins out of the secret room and spend them in other worlds.

The boss frowned and seemed very entangled, Xiao Lou continued: "Let's not configure too high a desktop computer, we need a laptop with Internet access, I think yours is very old, why don't you give it to us. "

Xiao Lou took the chocolate from his backpack as he spoke.

Piece after piece of chocolate that the supermarket has sold out, the boss can't help swallowing.

He was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I've used this laptop for four years, and it's all for managing customer data. I'll copy the data inside with a USB flash drive, and you can take it away."

The most important thing for Internet cafe owners is a computer, not to mention a very old laptop.

Xiao Lou happily exchanged ten boxes of chocolates for a laptop...

It's hard to believe in the real world.

Shao Qingge held the notebook and walked out of the Internet cafe before he sighed: "Professor Xiao, your reaction is too fast, I almost paid for it."

Xiao Lou smiled slightly: "Mr. Shao usually buys things, and he may seldom consider the price. But now, the price is so unstable, it is easy for us to exchange rare items for his excess items, and it is not a loss for him. "

Shao Qingge was full of admiration: "You still have to be careful, exchanging chocolates for a laptop... It's a bizarre experience." He put the laptop in his backpack, narrowed his eyes and said, "Would you like to exchange instant noodles for two more? a cell phone?"

Xiao Lou said: "You can go to the second-hand market and have a look."

He just specified to change the laptop, because the laptop can be charged. If you switch to a desktop computer, firstly, it will be inconvenient to carry, and secondly, if the power fails and the computer cannot be turned on, will it not be the end?

The notebook has a battery life of several hours, and it can continue to be used elsewhere when fully charged.

A mobile phone is also necessary. After all, Team Yu always acts alone. He is really worried. He buys Team Yu a phone that can make calls, and he and Shao Qingge also buy one, which will make it easier for them to communicate.

Xiao Lou and Shao Qingge came to the second-hand mobile phone market.

It is very deserted here, only a few stores are open. After all, the market is crazy now. Most people go to the supermarket to buy supplies, and no one pays attention to second-hand mobile phones.

The bosses are also sick, sighing and lacking energy.

Xiao Lou used milk, instant noodles and other materials in exchange for three mobile phones. According to the price of buying materials at that time, it was only about 50 yuan for an old mobile phone, but now the price of materials has skyrocketed... Can instant noodles be eaten, can broken mobile phones be eaten?

The boss readily gave him three broken mobile phones and three cards.

In this world, the mobile phones that people use are not like smartphones that can video and WeChat in reality. They can only send text messages and make calls, but it is enough for them. With these three mobile phones, it is also convenient for three people to act separately. contact each other.

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[Chapter 048, Financial Crisis 8 - Mysterious Teenager]

Renovation market.

It brings together a large number of decoration companies, as well as the city's largest furniture city and electronic city.

Compared with the chaos in the supermarket, the furniture city is relatively stable. After all, sofas, beds, and cabinets are too large and difficult to move. Kitchen utensils such as pots and bowls, as well as daily necessities such as stools and mops, are widely used in most homes. All, there is no need to drive all the way to grab it, unless the brain is caught in the door.

However, Yu Hanjiang really saw two people with brain problems.

Instead of going to the supermarket to grab food, they came to the electronic city and grabbed a 50-inch LCD TV!

It's almost the financial apocalypse, and eating is a problem. What are you going to do when you grab a TV and go back? Can you watch it in case of a power outage? !

The two young guys were wearing black vests and black shorts, and black stockings were put on their heads. Only two holes were dug to reveal a pair of eyes...

Yu Hanjiang seriously doubted, did the two of them try to rob the bank, but ended up in the wrong place?

However, these two strange guys actually picked up a TV and turned around and ran.

The female manager of the Electric City was taken aback by the sudden change. She obviously didn't understand the behavior of the two. She was stunned for a few seconds before she realized it and screamed, "Security! Where's the security?! Stop it! They! Someone grabbed the TV!"

The security guard at the door reacted and immediately chased after him.

The LCD TV is quite heavy, and the security guard caught up with the two young men who carried the TV and ran for a few steps. The security guard looked at the idiot.

He looked at them the same, and immediately called the police.

Soon, the police came.

The police officer who led the team looked ugly, and criticized and educated the two: "When is this all, you have the strength to buy some instant noodles to eat, and he rushed to grab TV! You guys like watching TV so much?"

The black stockings they put on their heads were torn off by the police...

He looks decent and doesn't look like a professional robber.

The two people squatted in the corner with their heads in their arms, receiving criticism and education from the police, and their ears were a little red. One of them said weakly, "We are also impulsive, cough..." The other said with a hippie smile: "Officer, we are deliberately doing this on purpose. Robbery, according to local laws, how many days will it take?"

The police said: "Open robbery, endangering social security, and sentenced to detention for more than 7 days."

Not only did the two not show a depressed look, but their eyes lit up, as if they were happy to be locked up.

The policeman slapped the two of them on the foreheads with a slap: "So you like to get involved?!"

The two immediately hugged their heads and confessed: "No, no, we won't dare anymore..."

The police took out the handcuffs, escorted the two into the car and took them away. The LCD TV was returned to the sales manager. The female manager said silently: "Who are these people? They ran to grab the TV, and they couldn't run after two steps. Are they here to be funny?"

Yu Hanjiang watched this farce with a cold eye.

The two were obviously challengers. It was estimated that the supplies had been stolen. In desperation, they decided to rob and were taken to the bureau for seven days.

After being detained, if you have food and housing, you can also pass through customs smoothly, right?

Really convinced the thinking of these two people - should they be said to be smart, or should they be said to be stupid?

Do you think you can spend seven days safely in a detention center?

If that's the case, all the challengers will join forces to smash a bank, squat in a cell together, and clear all levels after 7 days of squatting... So simple, or a room of spades?

The wave of strikes will certainly affect all walks of life, and the police department will certainly not be spared.

By then, the detention center will be paralyzed, and no one will bring water or food to the prisoners. These two smart guys will probably stare at the bars and cry.

Yu Hanjiang didn't go about his own business, turned around and walked into the decoration market.

When I went there yesterday, there were still many decoration companies and furniture stores open, and some customers who booked decoration companies came to quarrel, but today the decoration companies and equipment stores were all closed, and the iron doors fell and locked, and they were walking on the road. Not even a shadow can be seen.

Obviously, after most people know that the price has doubled again, they immediately go to the vegetable market, supermarket and other places to buy daily necessities. The bosses in the decoration market are all out of business. Most important.

In order to avoid being discovered, Yu Hanjiang still used an invisibility cloak in the corner.

He came to the underground warehouse wearing an invisibility cloak. It was empty. All the unloading and delivery vehicles were parked in the parking space. The driver did not go to work, and the locks he changed showed no signs of being picked. It seems that the decoration market has not attracted the attention of thieves and robbers.

Yu Hanjiang was about to go to the warehouse to pick up some supplies when he suddenly heard very light footsteps.

He is now invisible, so he doesn't have to worry about being seen, so he simply walked over following the sound of footsteps.

In the underground garage, a guy in dirty clothes is struggling to push a tricycle out of the corner. There are several black garbage bags on his tricycle, which are stained with tomato juice, egg liquid and other stains. The weather is hot , these things have begun to rot and give off an unpleasant smell.

He looked around and found no one, so he quickly opened the garbage bag above and took out a pile of milk, chocolate, biscuits and other well-packaged food from the "garbage bag" underneath!

Yu Hanjiang immediately narrowed his eyes.

I saw this guy quickly took out five bottles of milk, a large box of chocolates, six packs of instant noodles, six packs of biscuits and six bottles of mineral water, stuffed them into the bag beside his feet, followed by disguising the "garbage truck", Push to the corner of the underground warehouse.

Then, he took off his dirty clothes, took out clean clothes from his backpack and put on them, and turned to leave.

Yu Hanjiang saw his face clearly.

The young man's delicate face still had a hint of childishness of a student, but his eyes were dark and bright, and his eyes were full of anxiety. As he walked forward quickly, he raised his ears alertly to observe the surroundings, like the most alert person in the forest. small animals.

Moreover, to Yu Hanjiang's surprise, the flexibility of this young man's body is very good, comparable to that of an acrobat.

I didn't see him on the road just now, because he sneaked in through the broken hole in the wall behind the underground warehouse. The hole was less than one meter high, so he first threw his backpack over, then bent over and drilled out, as nimble as a fish.

Yu Hanjiang frowned and looked at the direction he was leaving, already sure in his heart.

——It was the boy who played the guitar in the central square.

Thinking of using a tricycle to store supplies and disguising the tricycle as a "garbage truck", this guy's way is really clever, after all, no one wants to get close to a smelly garbage truck that's left in the corner.

Yu Hanjiang and others were completely silent, so he unlocked the warehouse door, took some supplies into his backpack, and turned back to his residence.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang had already returned, and were using a laptop to surf the Internet. They were still saving each other's mobile phone numbers. Yu Hanjiang asked curiously, "Where did you get the computer and mobile phone?"

Shao Qingge said with a smile, "Professor Xiao bought it with chocolate and instant noodles."

Yu Hanjiang: "..."

Incredible.

Looking at Shang Xiao Lou's smile, Yu Hanjiang believed this statement and praised: "Amazing."

Xiao Lou gave him one of the old mobile phones and said, "Mr. Shao's and I's numbers are stored in the address book. If Team Yu wants to go out in the future, it is convenient to contact them at any time."

Yu Hanjiang nodded, took the phone and stuffed it into his pocket: "Professor Xiao is still thoughtful."

Xiao Lou asked, "What did you find today?"

Yu Hanjiang told the two of his experience of encountering two second-degree youths who deliberately robbed them with stockings on their heads and went to the cell to clear customs.

Xiao Lou couldn't believe it and said: "Going to jail and clearing customs? Once there is a disturbance/chaos, the prison/jail will be very scary. After all, the people detained there are people with personality problems. Beating, smashing, robbing or light, maybe they will kill people directly. …”

Yu Hanjiang nodded solemnly: "Yes, prisoners are usually restrained and managed by prison guards. On the surface, they are honest. Once they are not restrained, the consequences will be unpredictable, and there may be the first place where bloodshed occurs."

Shao Qingge rubbed his chin and said, "These two challengers are probably the same as me, who lived elsewhere. Their supplies were stolen last night. They really couldn't survive, so they thought of this helpless solution."

The culprit was the thief last night. It was really hateful to pass the customs by stealing materials from other challengers!

The two girls next door to Shao Qingge cried all night last night, obviously desperate.

Don't they know that in this world, stealing supplies is like killing people?

Xiao Lou clenched his fists hard: "These thieves are going to do anything to pass the customs!"

Yu Hanjiang gently pressed his shoulders and whispered, "Don't be too angry, people's hearts are inherently unfathomable, and we can't ask all challengers to abide by the moral bottom line of human beings in the card world."

He changed the subject and said: "I also encountered an interesting thing. The boy who was singing in the central square that day also stored the supplies in the decoration market. His camouflage method was very clever - he directly got a tricycle and took all the food. Put it in a black trash bag."

Xiao Lou was stunned for a while: "Garbage truck? It's a shame he wanted it."

Yu Hanjiang said: "He put the materials into the garbage truck and pretended to be a garbage collector. Moreover, the tricycle can be ridden at any time, which is very convenient. When entering and leaving the underground warehouse, he went through the back door and changed clothes, so he was a little cautious. Excessive, if I hadn't seen this scene wearing an invisibility cloak today, I wouldn't even want to touch his garbage truck."

Xiao Lou felt that Yu Hanjiang was cautious enough to rent a warehouse to store supplies separately.

I didn't expect this young man to be even more extreme, and directly engage in a carload of garbage.

Shao Qingge couldn't help laughing: "There are really talented people among the challengers. He can really make himself dirty and smelly, and pretend to collect garbage while pushing a tricycle."

Xiao Lou helped his forehead helplessly.

Those who stole other people's materials to clear customs, those who disguised themselves as robbers and went to prison, and those who pushed tricycles to collect garbage...

It's only the second day, and all kinds of challengers have appeared, which is really exciting!

Relatively speaking, Yu Hanjiang, Xiao Lou and Shao Qingge have become the most normal thinking people in this world?

The author has something to say: The guitar boy has more scenes in this secret room, and there will be fun challengers and free people in the future.

Today is still the 2nd chapter of Feifei, continue to ask for nutrient solution, ask for a message, everyone!

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