The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

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

A young man pointed at the menu and cursed: "This is money grabbing? I used to eat a bowl of rice noodles for 800 gold coins, but today I want 3200! Boss, are you crazy about money?"

The boss explained with a bitter face: "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 lose money! Now everything has increased in price, and the business is almost impossible."

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

The boss immediately chased after him: "Damn! I want to run after smashing the bowl, stop and lose money!"

The young man turned around and slipped away quickly. The fat boss chased after him panting. Several customers in the rice noodle shop saw the boss chasing him out and ran away after eating.He didn't catch up with anyone, but when he returned to the store, he found that the boss's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he asked the waiter girl to clean up the empty bowls in frustration. He simply closed the door and put up a "Closed Business" sign.

Going forward, an aunt and a young boy were arguing. The reason was that the boy was walking carelessly, bumped into her, and broke her basket of eggs. She asked her to pay 1 gold coins. The boy refused, and the aunt tore his The sleeves refused to let him go.

There were many people around watching, and the crowd was discussing: "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. Didn’t you post it?” “Don’t be in a hurry to sell it, what if it’s still going up tomorrow?” “My God, it’s still going up?! This makes people live!”

The pedestrian street belongs to the old city, and there are many small shops.

Because many people skipped orders in the rice noodle shop early in the morning, and a steamed stuffed bun shop was smashed by customers, the bosses were so frightened that they closed their doors. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang walked all the way, and the pedestrian street that was quite lively yesterday suddenly became very deserted. Another shop put up a "Closed Business" sign to avoid the limelight, and the pedestrians on the road were also full of panic.

Shao Qingge was waiting for them downstairs in the hotel. When he saw them, he immediately went up to them and asked, "How was last night? Did you meet any thieves?"

Xiao Lou shook his head: "No, 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, it seems that all the supplies were stolen... It seems that the thief gained a lot yesterday, so I don't plan to Do something about 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 joins forces to deal with him, the thief will not be able to take advantage of it—this thief is very smart, and he probably specializes in picking people off." Just start."

Shao Qingge sighed: "I should have known that all the supplies were placed with you."

Xiao Lou comforted him with a smile: "It's okay, less than one-tenth of our stockpile was stolen, as long as the warehouse is fine."

Yu Hanjiang said: "I'll go to the warehouse to have a look, you all act together and 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 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 all rose by about 5%.

A 5% rise in the stock market in one day is already a very high bonus.Many stockholders discovered this and commented: "Why don't you sell all other stocks and buy real estate stocks?" "The food stocks I bought have fallen to 25%, what a blood loss! I knew I should buy real estate stocks..." "Yeah, prices are crazy, but housing prices are still stable."

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

The terrible thing is not to fall into despair at the beginning, but to keep giving people hope, and then destroy hope little by little.

Club A's way of manipulating the world is as expected by Shao Qingge - he wants to destroy people's psychological defense step by step.Seeing that real estate stocks are actually rising, many people have started to switch to real estate stocks. One can imagine that once the real estate industry collapses, will these people still have the belief to survive?

Some smart people sensed something was wrong and sold their stocks immediately, but there were always some people who took chances and hoped that they could earn back.This is the same as the "gambler's psychology". When you lose 1000, you feel that you can get back your money, and when you lose 2000, you still think that you can win it back. Because you are not reconciled, you invest more and more-and finally go bankrupt.

Many stockholders have already been locked up in stocks. How easy is it to get out?

Xiao Lou walked to the window and saw a large number of stock investors gathered on the roof of the building.Today's stock has fallen by 50% from yesterday's level. These stockholders spontaneously organized and held up large banners to demand an explanation from the city government.

In the central square not far away, some people were also marching and demonstrating, holding up flags filled with various slogans: "Strongly demand the restoration of prices!" "Please give us a stable market!" "We can't afford a bag of Eggs? How are we going to live?"

The crowd in the square was excited, but because the police came forward to maintain order, there was no bloodshed.

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

Facing a large number of cameras, the man said in a calm and authentic voice: "Good morning, citizens and friends. 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. Influenced by the impact, the price of this city will fluctuate to a certain extent in the past few days, but we are working hard to control it and will restore order to the market as soon as possible..."

The crowd fell silent for a while, looking up at him to speak.

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

Xiao Lou: "..."

What the hell are you talking about?How about lying to a three-year-old?

Shao Qingge squeezed the center of his brows, and said: "Liu Qingming, this name is...going to the grave on Qingming Festival, believe him to be a ghost?"

Xiao Lou couldn't laugh or cry: "Maybe there is no Tomb-sweeping Day in this world? But the challengers will understand when they hear his name—this is a character deliberately arranged by Ace of Spades or A of Clubs. Run away."

Shao Qingge: "..."

Sending the director out to draw big cakes and give everyone a reassurance is just to temporarily stabilize the mood of the people.However, deceiving the public in this way will only cause the temporarily stable mood of the public to erupt and counterattack like a hurricane.

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

Because Director Liu said a lot of reasons that people don't understand, coupled with the police's control of the field, the gathered people quickly dispersed, and they were all lucky-maybe it was true as he said, price fluctuations would be reduced in a day or two. stabilize?

Everyone has no idea, but human beings are very good at self-comfort. Sometimes people would rather listen to lies than face a more cruel reality.

The supermarket in the central square was crowded with people.

This morning, the supermarket carried out a material replenishment. Everyone was panic buying. The shelves were swept away in a blink of an eye.

Shao Qingge and Xiao Lou glanced at the situation in the supermarket, then quickly turned around and went to the Internet cafe from yesterday.

The price of surfing the Internet rose to 1600 gold coins for an hour, and Xiao Lou still had some change left over from the original change, so he paid the Internet fee for the 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 secret room world of 3 of Spades.

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

There are so many such chicken soup for the soul, and many people in the replies believe it.

The people on the forum are divided into optimists and pessimists. The optimists all said that the financial crisis will pass soon, as long as they have savings and supplies in their hands, there is nothing to be afraid of.

The pessimists are already trying to find a way to escape here: "I have booked a ticket to go to Moon City tomorrow. The ticket price is extremely high and it is hard to find a ticket, but I believe that leaving City A now is the best choice." "I am here I’ve lived for many years and I don’t want to leave, but I really can’t take it anymore and plan to go to a relative’s house in another place to hide for a while.”

These are freelancers, who can leave as soon as they say it.

However, most people's jobs, relatives, and houses are here-the roots are here, how can they leave so gracefully?

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 prohibited from buying tickets" - this result was within his expectations .

He is a challenger, and he certainly cannot just 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 discovered that there are not a few free people who bought bus tickets and fled 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, Xiao Lou got up and left with him.

Shao Qingge asked in a low voice: "Professor Xiao checked the webpage just now, what did you find?"

Xiao Loudao: "From the forum replies and the information released by various social networking sites, about 40% of people are currently optimistic and believe that prices will recover; % of people... are in a hurry to buy tickets and escape.”

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 for a while, and suddenly said: "I have to Make preparations in advance and buy a computer from the owner of the Internet cafe."

Xiao Lou understood: "Are you worried that the Internet cafe will be closed tomorrow?"

Shao Qingge nodded: "Be prepared."

After all, there are already too many restaurants with a "Closed" sign today. This Internet cafe is deserted, and only three or five people use the Internet. When the Internet fee doubles tomorrow, people will have problems eating. Who has the time to come here? Internet cafes?

Shao Qingge came to the front desk of the Internet cafe and said, "Boss, do you have an old computer for me to sell? It's not too much, as long as you can surf the Internet."

The boss asks for a lot of money: "10 gold coins, you can choose as many machines as you want."

Xiao Lou smiled and said: "Boss, you know the current market situation. There are more than 50 seats in this Internet cafe. Today, there are only four or five people surfing the Internet. Maybe no one will come tomorrow. People even have problems eating, who has spare money to run around?" Come to 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 bills skyrocketed in the past two days, his Internet cafe's Internet access fees had to follow suit, and his business plummeted.In the past weekends, the machines were full, but this weekend, only half of the people were there yesterday, and today... only 10%.

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

Xiao Lou continued to smile and said: "You have so many computers, if no one uses them, they are no different from a pile of scrap iron. Sell us one."

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

Xiao Loudao: "How about this, I'll exchange ten boxes of chocolates for your old notebook, chocolates are very expensive now, you can go to the supermarket to have a look, they've been out of stock for a long time, and you can't buy them at all, these ten boxes of chocolates cost tens of thousands Gold coins, maybe they will go up tomorrow.”

Shao Qingge was taken aback—Professor Xiao is really witty. After the price collapses, "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 to be very conflicted, Xiao Lou continued: "We don't need a desktop computer that is too high, we need a laptop that can access the Internet, I think yours is also very old, why don't you give it to us. "

Xiao Lou said while taking chocolates from his backpack.

One piece after another of chocolates that had been sold out in the supermarket made the boss swallow his saliva.

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 information. I'll copy the information in it with a USB flash drive, and you take it away."

The most indispensable thing for an Internet cafe owner is a computer, let alone a very old laptop.

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

It's unbelievable in the real world.

Holding the notebook in his arms, Shao Qingge said with emotion after walking out of the Internet cafe: "Professor Xiao, your reaction is too fast, I almost paid for it."

Xiao Lou smiled slightly: "Boss Shao usually seldom considers the price when he buys things. But now, the price is so unstable, we can easily afford to exchange rare items for his extra items, and it is not a loss for him. "

Shao Qingge was full of admiration: "You still know how to plan carefully, exchanging chocolate for a laptop...it's a bizarre experience." He put the laptop in his backpack, narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you want to exchange instant noodles for two a mobile phone?"

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

He just ordered a laptop replacement because the laptop can be charged.If you change a desktop computer, firstly, it is inconvenient to carry, and secondly, once the power goes out, wouldn’t it be the end if the computer cannot be turned on?

The notebook has several hours of battery life, and it can continue to be used when it is fully charged and taken to other places.

The mobile phone is also very necessary, after all Team Yu always acts alone, he is really worried, buy a mobile phone that can make calls for Team Yu, and he and Shao Qingge also buy one, it will be more convenient to communicate.

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

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

The bosses are also sickly, moaning and lacking energy.

Xiao Lou exchanged milk, instant noodles and other materials for three mobile phones. According to the price of the materials at that time, it was only about 50 yuan for an old mobile phone, but now the price of materials has skyrocketed... instant noodles can be eaten, but broken mobile phones can 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 the smartphones that can video and WeChat in reality, but 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 move separately Connect with each other.