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[Chapter 47, Financial Crisis 8-Reassuring Pills]
Yu Hanjiang and Xiaolou casually ate some breakfast and went downstairs. As soon as they walked out of the bed and breakfast, they heard fierce quarrels coming from the pedestrian street—
A young man pointed to the menu and yelled: "This is money grabbing? I used to eat rice noodles for 800 gold coins, but today I actually want me 3,200! Boss, are you crazy about money?"
The boss explained with a bitter expression: "The price of buying rice noodles this morning has quadrupled, and I can't help it. If I sell it at the previous price, I will pay for it! Now everything is increasing in price, and the business is almost impossible to continue."
Angrily next to him, he threw the bowl directly to the ground: "I don't eat anymore!"
The boss immediately chased him up: "Fuck! I want to run if I smashed the bowl, live for me, and lose money!"
The young man turned around and quickly slipped away. The fat boss was chasing after him panting. Several customers in the rice noodle shop saw the boss chasing him and ran away. He didn't catch up with the people, but when he returned to the store, he found that the face of the boss, who had all gone away, was as dark as the bottom of a pot. In frustration, he asked the waiter sister to clean up the empty bowls, and simply closed the door and put up a "stop business" sign.
Going further, an aunt and a young guy were arguing. The cause was that the guy didn't pay attention when he walked, hit her and broke her basket of eggs. She asked to pay 10,000 gold coins, but the guy refused, so the aunt tore him. The sleeves refused to let him go.
There were many people watching, and the crowd was talking: "This price is crazy, right? Fortunately, I went to the supermarket to buy a lot of instant noodles..." "I bought hundreds of eggs yesterday, and now I sell them, isn't it? Have you sent it out?" "Don't rush to sell it, what if it will go up tomorrow?" "My God, it will go up again?! This keeps people from living!"
The pedestrian street belongs to the old city, and there are many small shops.
In the early morning, many people fled their orders from the rice noodle shop, and a steamed bun shop was smashed by customers. The owners were so frightened that they closed their doors. Xiaolou and Yu Hanjiang walked all the way. Yesterday’s quite lively pedestrian street suddenly became very deserted. Another shop hung a "stop business" sign to avoid the wind, and the pedestrians on the road were also full of panic.
Shao Qingge was waiting for them downstairs in the hotel. He immediately greeted them and asked, "How was it last night? Did you meet a thief?"
Xiao Lou shook his head: "No, the Shanshui B&B 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 were stolen... It seems that the thief had a great harvest yesterday, so I don't intend to be right for the time being. Hands-on at Shanshui B&B?"
Yu Hanjiang frowned and said: "After all, Shanshui B&B is the place where challengers are most concentrated. There are more than 20 people living there. If everyone unites to deal with him, the thief will not take advantage. Single start."
Shao Qingge sighed: "I knew that all the supplies were left with you."
Xiao Lou smiled and comforted him: "It doesn't matter, the stolen one is less than one-tenth of our reserves, and the warehouse is fine."
Yu Hanjiang said: "I'll go to the warehouse to have a look, you guys act together and pay attention to safety."
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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, the stocks of Tianhong Real Estate, Rongguang Real Estate, and Fangke Real Estate Group that Shao Qingge followed yesterday have risen by about 5%.
A 5% increase in the stock market in one day is already a very high dividend. Many stockholders discovered this and they discussed: "Why not sell all other stocks and buy real estate stocks?" "The food stocks I bought have fallen to 25%, which is a blood loss! I knew I would buy real estate stocks..." " Yes, prices are crazy, but housing prices are stable."
When Xiao Lou heard these discussions, he really didn't know what to say.
The scary thing is not to fall into despair at the beginning, but to constantly give people hope, and then destroy the hope bit by bit.
The way Meihua A manipulates the world is as expected by Shao Qingge—he wants to destroy people's psychological defenses step by step. Seeing that real estate stocks are actually rising, many people have begun to invest in real estate stocks. It is conceivable that once real estate collapses, will these people have the belief to survive
Some smart people sense that something is wrong and immediately sell their stocks, but there are always people who are lucky enough to expect that they will make it back. This is the same as the "gambler psychology". When I lose 1000, I feel that I can get it back. I lose 2000 and I feel that I can win it back. Because I am unwilling, I invest more and more-and finally bankrupt my family.
Many investors have been locked up by stocks and want to get out. How easy is it to talk about
Xiao Lou walked to the window and saw that a large number of investors had gathered on the roof of the building. Today's stocks have fallen by 50% on the basis of yesterday. These stockholders organized spontaneously and raised big banners to ask the city government to give an explanation.
There were also demonstrations in the central square not far away, holding up flags full of slogans: "Strongly request the restoration of prices!" "Please return us to a stable market!" "We can't afford a bag of wages a week. Eggs? How should we survive?"
The crowds in the square were excited, but because the police came forward to maintain order, there was no bloodshed.
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.
Faced with a large number of cameras, the man said calmly, "Good morning, fellow citizens, this is the press conference. I am Liu Qingming, Director of the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of City A. Please don't get excited, let alone panic, because of the financial turmoil. The market price will fluctuate to a certain extent in the last few days, but we are working hard to control and will restore order to the market as soon as possible..."
The people calmed down for a while and looked up at his speech.
Director Liu Qingming talked about a lot of financial knowledge that the people didn’t understand, and then said: “Please don’t gather crowds to make trouble and make the situation worse. It’s best for us now to go home, blow up the air conditioner, and watch TV. , This nightmare weekend will soon pass, I believe prices will soon return to normal levels."
Xiao Lou: "..."
What kind of nonsense? How about cheating a three-year-old child
Shao Qingge squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Liu Qingming, this name was taken... To the grave on Ching Ming Festival. Believe that he is a ghost?"
Xiao Lou could not laugh or cry: "Maybe there is no Ching Ming Festival in this world? But when challengers hear his name, they will understand-this is a character deliberately arranged by the ace of spades or the ace of clubs. He will come out to stabilize the situation for the time being. Maybe he will run away next week. It's on the way."
Shao Qingge: "..."
The director was sent out to draw the pie to give everyone a peace of mind, just to temporarily stabilize the mood of the people. However, deceiving the people in this way will only cause the people's temporarily stable mood to erupt and counterattack like a hurricane.
Not only are prices rising, but the market-monitoring officials actually deceive everyone. Who can stand it? !
Because Director Liu talked about a bunch of plausible truths, coupled with the police's control of the field, the assembled people quickly dispersed, and they all had a fluke in their hearts—perhaps as he said, price fluctuations will stabilize within a day or two. Down
Everyone has no bottom in their hearts, but humans are very good at self-comforting. Sometimes people would rather listen to lies than face more cruel reality.
The supermarket in the central square was crowded with people.
This morning, the supermarket carried out a replenishment of supplies. Everyone was rushing to buy them. The shelves were swept away in an instant. The order in the queue was far worse than yesterday. It can be seen that people's emotions are obviously more irritable than yesterday.
Shao Qingge and Xiao Lou glanced at the supermarket and quickly turned to the Internet cafe yesterday.
The price of surfing the Internet rose to 1600 gold coins an hour, and Xiao Lou had some spare change, so he paid the network fee for two computers. Shao Qingge sat in front of the computer and continued to short real estate stocks, while Xiao Lou checked some information on the Internet.
He found that all he could find was information about the world of the 3 of spades secret room.
The city where they are located is called "City A", which should be a small space in the card world. Many people on the forum are swearing swear words, and some media reporters brainwashed everyone with various slogans: "The financial turmoil is only temporary. I believe we must I can get through it!" "Join hands to read the difficulties together and protect the homes of City A!" "The skyrocketing prices are only stimulating consumption, everyone stays safe and the market will soon return to normal"...
There are many such soul chicken soups, and many people still believe it in the reply.
The people on the forum are divided into optimists and pessimists. The optimists all say that the financial crisis will pass soon, and as long as they have deposits and supplies, they don't need to be afraid.
The pessimists are already trying to escape from here: "I booked a ticket for tomorrow to go to Moon City. The fare is very high and it is hard to find a ticket, but I believe that leaving City A now is the best choice." "I am here." After living for many years, I didn’t want to go, but I really couldn’t bear it anymore. I plan to go to my relatives in other places to stay away for a while.”
These are all self-employed people, and they just leave.
However, most people's jobs, relatives, and houses are here—the roots are here, how can they leave so unrestrainedly
Xiao Lou tried to buy a ticket to "Moon City" through the online ticketing system, and found that after verifying his identity information, the ticketing system displayed "You are forbidden to buy tickets"-this result was in his expectation.
He is a challenger, and he certainly can't just buy a ticket to escape. Those who can run are free men in this world.
After reviewing local forums and news for an hour, Xiao Lou found that there were not a few free people who bought tickets to flee 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 was already 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 webpage. What did he find?"
Xiao Loudao: "Judging from forum replies and information posted on various social networks, currently about 40% of people are optimistic and believe that prices will recover; 40% are hoarding supplies with the worst plan, and 20% % People... rushed to buy tickets and escape."
Shao Qingge touched his chin and said, "Tomorrow is a working day. There will be a large-scale strike. When the transportation system is paralyzed, optimistic people will turn into pessimism." He thought about it, and suddenly said, "I have to Be prepared in advance and ask the owner of the Internet cafe to buy a computer."
Xiao Lou understood and said: "Are you worried that the Internet cafes will be closed tomorrow?"
Shao Qingge nodded: "Be prepared for nothing."
After all, there are already too many restaurants today with "closed business" signs. This Internet cafe is deserted and only three or five people go online. When the cost of going online is doubled tomorrow, people will have problems eating. Who has time to come. Internet cafe
Shao Qingge came to the front desk of the Internet cafe and said, "Boss, do you have an old computer for me? I don't have much demand, just have access to the Internet."
The boss is asking for a price: "100,000 gold coins, there are several obsolete machines you choose."
Xiao Lou smiled and said: "Boss, you also know the current market situation. There are more than 50 seats in this Internet cafe. There are only four or five people going online today. Maybe no one will come tomorrow. People even have problems eating, and who has spare money. Came 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 and internet expenses skyrocketed in the past two days, his internet cafe's internet fee had to increase, and his business plummeted. In the past weekends, the machines were full, but this weekend, there were only half of the people yesterday, and today... only 10% of the people.
Looking at the empty Internet cafes, he felt uncomfortable. This is the Internet cafe he has invested in half of his life savings!
Xiao Lou continued to smile and said, "You have so many computers, and if no one uses them, it is no different from a pile of scrap iron. Sell us one."
The boss thought carefully and said, "Okay! Then you make a price?"
Xiao Loudao: "Why not? I will exchange ten boxes of chocolates for your old notebook. Chocolates are now precious. You can go to the supermarket to see them. Gold coins, maybe they will go up tomorrow."
Shao Qingge was taken aback—Professor Xiao was really wit. After the price collapse, "exchanging goods" 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 to be entangled, Xiao Lou continued: "Let's not configure a desktop computer that is too high, but a notebook with Internet access. I think yours is also very old. Why don't you give it to us." "
Xiao Lou said while taking chocolate from his backpack.
Pieces after pieces of chocolate that the supermarket has sold out of stock made the boss gobble up saliva.
He was silent for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I have used this notebook for four years. It is used to manage customer information. I will copy the information with a USB flash drive and you will take it away."
The last thing an Internet cafe owner lacks is a computer, not to mention a very old notebook.
Xiao Lou happily exchanged notes with ten boxes of chocolates...
I can't believe it in the real world.
Shao Qingge held his notes and walked out of the Internet cafe and said with emotion: "Professor Xiao, your reaction is too fast, I almost paid for it."
Xiao Lou smiled slightly: "President Shao usually buys things, he may seldom think about the price. But now, the prices are so unstable, we can easily afford to exchange rare items for his surplus items, and it is not a loss to him. "
Shao Qingge was full of admiration: "Or do you plan carefully and use chocolate for your laptop... It's a bizarre experience." He put the notes in his backpack and squinted his eyes. "Would you like to use instant noodles for two more? mobile phone?"
Xiao Loudao: "You can go to the second-hand market."
He just specified to change his notes because the laptop can be charged. If you change to a desktop computer, it will be inconvenient to carry, and secondly, once the power is cut off, wouldn’t it be an egg that the computer can’t turn on
The note has a few hours of battery life, and it can continue to be used when it is fully charged and taken elsewhere.
A mobile phone is also necessary. After all, Team Yu always acts alone. He is really worried. Buying a mobile phone for Team Yu and Shao Qingge will also buy one. It will be more convenient to connect.
Xiao Lou and Shao Qingge came to the second-hand mobile phone market.
It's very deserted here, with only a few stores opening. After all, the market is crazy now. Most people rush to buy supermarket supplies, and no one pays attention to second-hand mobile phone roots.
The bosses were also sick, and sighed and sighed.
Xiao Lou used milk, instant noodles and other materials in exchange for three mobile phones. Based on the price of the materials bought 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, and broken mobile phones can be eaten
The boss readily gave him three broken phones and three cards.
In this world, people use mobile phones that are not like smart phones that can use 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 convenient for three people to move separately. Connect with each other.
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[Chapter 048, Financial Crisis 8-Secret Youth]
Decoration market.
Here gathers 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, cabinets are too large to be moved away. Kitchenware such as pots and bowls, as well as daily necessities such as stools and mops, are used in most homes. Both, there is no need to drive all the way over to grab, unless the brain is caught by 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 Electronics City and grabbed a 50-inch LCD TV!
This is almost the end of the financial world, and eating is a problem. What are you doing to grab a TV and go back? In case of power outage, can I see it? !
The two young guys wore black vests and black shorts. They also put on black stockings on their heads. They only dug two holes and revealed a pair of eyes...
Yu Hanjiang seriously doubted whether these two wanted to rob the bank, and 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 of them. After a few seconds in the place, she reacted 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 was quite heavy. Two young men who carried the TV and ran a few steps before being overtaken by the security guard and fell to the ground. The security guard looked at them like a fool, and immediately called the police.
Soon, the police arrived.
The policeman who led the team looked ugly, and criticized the two of them: "When is this, I have the strength to buy some instant noodles to eat, and he rushed to grab the TV! Do you like watching TV so much?"
The black stockings that the two put on their heads were torn off by the police...
He looks good, unlike a professional robber.
The two men squatted in the corner with their heads in their arms, receiving criticism and education from the police, their ears were a little red, one of them weakly said: "We are also impulsive, cough..." The other smiled hippiely: "Police officer, we are robbing deliberately. According to local laws, how many days will it be shut down?"
The police said: "The robbery blatantly endangers social security and was detained for more than 7 days."
Not only did the two show no frustration, but their eyes lit up, as if they were happy to be locked up.
The police slapped them on the foreheads of the two of them: "So like to enter the game?!"
The two immediately hugged their heads and admitted: "No, no, we don't dare anymore..."
The police took out the handcuffs, escorted them 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? I ran to grab the TV, and I couldn't run after two steps? Are they here to make fun?"
Yu Hanjiang watched this farce coldly.
The two men were obviously challengers. It was estimated that the supplies had been stolen. They decided to rob in desperation and were arrested for seven days in the bureau.
After being detained, if you have food and shelter, you can pass the customs smoothly, right
Really convinced the thinking of these two people—should they be said to be smart or stupid
Do you think you can spend seven days safely in a detention center
If that's the case, all the challengers joined forces to smash a bank, squat into the cell collectively, and all cleared after seven days... Is it so simple or the secret room of spades
The strike wave will definitely affect all walks of life, and the police station will certainly not be spared.
At that time, the detention center was paralyzed, and no one gave the prisoners water or food. These two clever guys might have been staring at the bars in tears.
Yu Hanjiang turned around and walked into the decoration market instead of being nosy.
When I went yesterday, there were still many decoration companies and furniture shops open. Customers who had booked a decoration company came to quarrel, but today the decoration companies and equipment shops are all closed, and the iron doors are down and locked, and they are walking on the road. I can't even see a personal shadow.
Obviously, most people know that after prices have doubled, they rushed to markets, supermarkets and other places to buy daily necessities for the first time. The owners of the decoration market no longer do business. After all, it is the talent to feed themselves and their families The most important thing.
To avoid being discovered, Yu Hanjiang still used an invisibility cloak in the corner.
He wore a cloak and came to the underground warehouse, which was empty. All unloading and transporting vehicles were parked in the parking spaces. The driver did not go to work, and the locks he changed showed no signs of being broken. It seems that the decoration market did not attract the attention of thieves and robbers.
Yu Hanjiang was about to go to the warehouse to get some supplies, when suddenly he heard a very light footstep.
He is now invisible, so he doesn't have to worry about being seen, so he simply walked over with the sound of footsteps.
In the underground garage, a guy in dirty clothes is pushing a tricycle out of the corner with difficulty. There are several black garbage bags on his tricycle, smeared with tomato juice, egg liquid and other stains. The weather is hot. , These things have begun to rot, exuding 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 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 by his feet, and then immediately disguised the "garbage truck". Push to the corner of the underground warehouse.
Then, he took off his dirty clothes, took out the clean clothes from his backpack, put on them, turned and left.
Yu Hanjiang saw his face clearly.
The young boy’s delicate face still carries a hint of childishness of a student, but his eyes are dark and bright, and his eyes are full of anxiety. As he walks fast, he raises his ears to observe the surroundings vigilantly, as if he is the most alert in the forest. Little animals.
What's more, to Yu Hanjiang's surprise, the flexibility of this teenager's body is so good that it can be compared to an acrobat.
I didn't see him on the road just now, because he sneaked in through a broken hole in the wall behind the underground warehouse. The hole was less than one meter high. He threw the backpack over first, then leaned forward and drilled out, as agile as a fish.
Yu Hanjiang frowned and looked at the direction he was leaving, already sure in his heart.
—It's the boy who plays the guitar in the central square.
I can think of using a tricycle to store supplies and disguise the tricycle as a "garbage truck." This guy is really clever. After all, no one wants to get close to a smelly garbage truck that is thrown away in the corner.
Yu Hanjiang waited for the surrounding area to be completely silent, and then unlocked the warehouse door, took some supplies into the backpack, and turned back to his residence.
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang have already returned, they are driving a notebook to go online, and they are still storing mobile phone numbers with each other. Yu Hanjiang curiously said, "Where are the computers and mobile phones?"
Shao Qingge said with a smile, "Professor Xiao bought it for chocolate and instant noodles."
Yu Hanjiang: "..."
It's incredible.
At the smile of Shang Xiaolou, Yu Hanjiang believed this statement and praised: "Awesome."
Xiao Lou gave him one of the old phones and said, "My numbers and Mr. Shao's numbers are in the address book. If Team Yu wants to go out in the future, it will be convenient to contact us at any time."
Yu Hanjiang nodded, and took the mobile phone and stuffed it into his pocket: "Professor Xiao is thoughtful."
Xiao Lou asked: "What did you find today?"
Yu Hanjiang told the two of his experience of encountering two second-force youths who deliberately robbed them with silk stockings and went to a prison cell to clear customs.
Xiao Lou couldn't believe it and said: "Go to jail to clear customs? Once disturbances occur, the prisons/jails will be very terrible. After all, the people detained there are guys with character problems. The beating, smashing, or snatching is still light, maybe directly killing. …"
Yu Hanjiang nodded with a stern face: "Yes, prisoners are usually restrained and managed by prison guards. On the surface, they are fairly honest. Once they are not restrained, the consequences are unpredictable. It may become the place where bloodshed first occurred."
Shao Qingge touched his chin and said: "These two are estimated to be the same challengers who live elsewhere. They were stolen from the supplies last night. They really couldn't live anymore, so they thought of this helpless way."
The culprit was the thief last night. Relied on stealing other challengers to clear the customs, which is really hateful!
The two girls next door to Shao Qingge cried all night last night, obviously also desperate.
Don't they know that stealing supplies is like killing people in this world
Xiao Lou clenched his fist hard: "These thieves are absolutely unscrupulous in order to clear the customs!"
Yu Hanjiang gently pressed his shoulders, and whispered: "Don't be too angry, people's hearts will be unfathomable. We can't ask all challengers to abide by the moral bottom line of mankind in the card world."
He changed the subject and said: "I also encountered an interesting thing. The teenager who sang in the central square that day also stored the supplies in the decoration market. His disguise method was very clever-he got a tricycle and packed all the food. Into the black garbage bag."
Xiao Lou was stunned: "Garbage truck? He really wanted it."
Yu Hanjiang said: “He loaded the materials into the garbage truck and pretended to be a garbage collector. Moreover, the tricycle can be ridden on the road at any time, which is very convenient. When entering and exiting the underground warehouse, he walks through the back door and changes clothes, so he is a little cautious. Too much, if it wasn't for me wearing an invisibility cloak to see this scene, his garbage truck, I didn't even want to touch it."
Xiao Lou felt that Yu Hanjiang was already cautious enough to rent a warehouse to store supplies separately.
Unexpectedly, this young man was even more so, he would directly engage in a car of garbage.
Shao Qingge couldn't help laughing: "Challengers are really talented, making themselves dirty and smelly, pushing a tricycle and pretending to collect garbage, and he really did it."
Xiao Lou was helpless to help.
Those who steal other people’s materials to clear customs, those who pretend to be robbers and go to prison, and those who push tricycles to collect garbage...
It was only the second day, and all kinds of challengers appeared on stage. It was 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: There are a lot of roles for the guitar boy in this secret room, and there will be fun challengers and free men in the future.
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