pertwk Chapter 102 Money-Making Plan
Chapter 102 Money-Making Plan
Five days later, Qi Te felt incredibly fortunate for his wise decision not to refuse Cao Yingchong.
Because he's about to go bankrupt.
I guessed the little monster's food was metal, but I never expected it to be precious metal.
The tablet was an old-fashioned product with a titanium alloy back cover. For the little monster, it was something he had to eat when he was really hungry and had no other choice.
One day at noon, Aunt Lin was cooking when Qi Te finished peeling an apple for his mother and went into the kitchen to wash his hands. Then, the gold earring on Aunt Lin's ear disappeared without a trace.
That was the most expensive gift Uncle Baldy had ever given her. The plump auntie thought she had been careless and hadn't known where she had left it, and she was heartbroken. Meanwhile, Qi Te, having guessed the truth, felt guilty and bought a new pair of earrings online to return to Aunt Lin.
He dared not go to the jewelry store, fearing that the culprit would rob the entire store. Firstly, he couldn't afford to pay for the damages, and secondly, if the security footage was reviewed and it was discovered that he was the culprit, he would end up in jail.
From frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality.
Having tasted the flavor of gold, the little monster can no longer stomach those inferior materials like titanium and aluminum alloys.
Fortunately, the house wasn't demolished that night, but the cut that pierced the wall still caused a considerable wound.
Qi Te asked Aunt Lin to take his mother to the community activity center to play, and after sending the two away, he quickly sent two pre-booked workers to repair the wall. The materials and labor cost more than a thousand yuan.
Buying a new tablet and desk will cost another four thousand.
In addition, the egg hasn't hatched yet, but it's already consuming a lot of energy.
Jiang Luo rescued Qi Te, and the moment she saw the dragon egg, she pieced together the cause and effect, analyzing the reason for the riot in the border region. After returning home, she noticed that the golden light of the dragon egg had dimmed considerably.
Based on the approximate timeline of the beast tide outbreak, it was determined that the reason for the subtle changes in the dragon egg was that it had been removed from the high-temperature environment, and the timeframe was five hours.
During the three days of foster care, Jiang Luo used his force field perception ability to roughly draw two conclusions:
First, although there was a brief period of hypothermia, the dragon eggs are currently in good condition;
Secondly, dragon eggs must be kept in an environment above 100 degrees Celsius to survive; if the temperature is below this, they cannot survive for more than five hours.
Finally, and most importantly, to hatch a dragon egg, the temperature must reach at least 1000 degrees Celsius.
To achieve the ideal survival temperature, Qi Te specially bought a high-temperature steam oven. It runs 24 hours a day, maintaining the highest temperature.
So, within two days, one machine was ruined, and it almost caused a fire.
Helpless, Qi Te gritted his teeth and bought another one costing over ten thousand yuan. But after only two days, it burned out again.
Finally, I got a high-end model that cost over 50,000 yuan, and so far there haven't been any problems.
But the daily electricity bill of several hundred yuan is practically burning money.
What makes Qi Te even more worried is that, according to the survival habits of the golden dragon salamander, the dragon eggs will hatch from early to mid-March of the following year.
But where can you find a high-temperature environment of 1000 degrees?
Haicheng does have steel mills, but those aren't places you can just walk into.
Chit had no intention of reselling the dragon eggs. The dragon cubs that Daenerys risked her life to save had fallen into the hands of others, and who knew what they would be used for.
On the bright side, consider it as a pet.
But these creatures are wild and difficult to tame. I searched online and didn't find any wealthy families raising dragons. Clearly, those reckless individuals who dared to steal dragon eggs weren't probably selling them to rich people to keep as pets.
Think the worst, and conduct experiments.
This is the most likely possibility, after all, as a descendant of the perfect organism of this sequence, its research value is second only to sequence 0.
As the person most familiar with the ins and outs of the whole incident, he did not want Daenerys' death to be meaningless, nor did he want to see the dragon eggs meet a tragic end.
"Forget it, let's not think about that now, we'll deal with it later."
Qi Te glanced at the steamer placed by the window, feeling so anxious he was almost questioning his existence.
The most urgent task is to solve the financial problem. If we continue to live off our savings, we won't last long before we go bankrupt.
Make money! Make money!
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Qi Te pulled out a tablet computer, from which a dark, thread-like object emerged, and with lightning speed, it collapsed midway through its journey.
"Get lost, didn't you just swallow two silver bars?"
The little monster took a hit and obediently shrank back. It probably understood how to choose between a full meal and a full stomach.
Qi Te came up with a money-making plan: Plan A, buying lottery tickets, was the fastest way to make money, but the downside was that the opportunity was rare.
An unexpected incident occurred at the border, and I was constantly running around frantically, with no time to check the winning numbers. Also, in my second playthrough, I deliberately chose to die, moving back 20 minutes in time, and a strand of my hair turned white.
If that were all, it wouldn't matter, but Zite had a feeling that the real cost was not so simple.
Every superpower has negative effects.
For example, after Ji Chenyu awakened his speed-based superpower, he experienced growing pains that lasted for nearly half a year before improving. Later, due to his inability to control his speed, he suffered falls and collisions, and even fractured his lower leg during a speed test, requiring him to wear a cast for more than three months.
After searching online, I found that elemental ability users have all suffered various backlashes after awakening their corresponding elemental abilities.
With his self-healing ability, his wounds recovered quickly, but his physical strength was greatly depleted. In addition, after awakening his sensory abilities, he could passively see and hear things he didn't want to see or hear, and it took him several days to master controlling them.
Besides requiring control, mental perception is also influenced to some extent by sensing the emotions of the target. If one lacks self-control and experiences very strong emotions, there is a risk of being mentally corrupted or even losing control.
But what kind of negative effects will this unique ability of rewinding bring?
Is it possible that if you commit suicide, you'll really die?
Unable to find any useful information online, Qi Te considered asking Uncle Yue for advice, but ultimately gave up on the idea.
It's not that I don't trust them, but the other party works at the Supernatural Abilities Management Bureau. If a colleague with mind-reading abilities discovers this secret, I'll be exposed.
In conclusion, Zite decided that he would never take any action to deliberately die unless absolutely necessary.
However, opportunity favors the prepared, and based on this, he checked the winning numbers every day. With so many types of federal lotteries and different jackpots drawn daily, storing a few simple strings of numbers in his memory was not difficult.
Plan B: Sell information.
Before leaving the city, Qi Te had unusually splurged on three miniature high-definition cameras, which he clipped to his chest, the back of his warm hat, and the back of his collar.
Two were damaged during the battle, but the entire process was captured in considerable detail.
The visuals alone are enough to pique the curiosity of many netizens, but it's impossible to make money from them.
Qi Te spent a day creating an illustrated guide to most of the plants and animals appearing in the video, along with detailed data. Watching the video is free, but you have to pay for the data.
He specifically cut out all content related to Sequence 0. In addition, the faces of all the Blue Shield field personnel appearing on camera were blurred to avoid violating the confidentiality agreements of both Blue Shield and Oasis companies.
Qi Te opened accounts on various video websites, but the first video he posted didn't get many views. After all, many other members of the data collection team had also filmed and posted their videos online.
However, after the first netizen who purchased the encyclopedia commented that it was great value for money, they started receiving more private messages.
However, so far, only a little over a hundred copies have been sold, with a total profit of just over ten thousand.
"The money's coming in too slowly!"
Zite turned off the tablet in frustration and took the ring out of his pocket.
The identity data hard drive allows direct access to cryptocurrency accounts and all information stored within them.
After doing a detailed guide, I learned that bounty hunters usually go to the border area to capture a specific anomalous creature only after receiving a bounty.
Under normal circumstances, the employer needs to pay an upfront payment, usually between 30% and 50%. The higher the reward, the more difficult the task, and the upfront payment will generally be the maximum amount.
Those bounty hunters must have been hired to steal dragon eggs, so their employer must have provided the initial payment. Now that they have neither the men nor the eggs, it's possible the employer suspects the bounty hunters of absconding with the money and is therefore monitoring their accounts.
There are only two types of people who can afford to produce dragon eggs: biotechnology companies and conglomerates.
Either way, Zite is someone you can't afford to mess with.
Taking this factor into consideration, I haven't touched this thing even though I've been back in the city for over a week.
"I don't know how much it costs, but it shouldn't be too little."
Qi Te was so desperate for money that he started to have an idea. The key point was that he had promised the other party that as long as he could leave the border area alive, he would help him fulfill his wish.
From what he said on his deathbed, it's not hard to tell that the old hunter wanted to make compensation to the families of his fellow hunters.
One must never break a promise when entrusted with a task.
However, the prerequisite is that it must be done in an absolutely safe place.
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"I got my money! I received over 76,300 yuan. How about you?"
When Ji Chenyu sent a message, Qi Te's eyes lit up, and he quickly opened his cryptocurrency account.
The result was the same as always.
That's true, he didn't receive any transfer notifications, so how could he have received extra money?
Oasis Corporation had provided substantial insurance coverage for all members of the data collection team, and each of the five students who died received over 2.8 million yuan in compensation. The entire team was injured, and data was collected during testing at the city defense hall.
After Oasis submitted the report to the insurance company, the compensation was paid to the individual after seven working days.
Even Yue Wanwan, who had no visible injuries, received over 30,000 yuan in compensation for emotional distress.
However, Zite didn't have a single penny.
Ji Chenyu: "That shouldn't be the case. Could it be that Oasis missed reporting it?"
Just as Qi Te was about to call Lao Liu to ask, his phone vibrated; it was teaching assistant Ding calling.
"Get ready, we're heading to the Oasis Biological Base. It'll take about seven days..."