Chapter 2 Turning Stones into Gold

For senior high school candidates facing the college entrance examination, it is now black June.

Of course, for Wang Zhuo, it was just the last time of his academic career, he couldn't get into college, and he didn't have the money to pay tuition.

Out of the gate of the hospital, Wang Zhuo was in a good mood, and even the melody of the whistle was changed from the usual "Song of Du Qiu" to "Smug Laughter".

As soon as I pulled out my pocket, the cigarette case was gone, and I didn't know when I lost it. There are only five yuan in cash, and the balance of the bank card is already 0.0 yuan, Wang Zhuo sighed at the sky: The hero is down!

Grunt...... At this moment, the stomach barked uncontrollably.

"." Wang Zhuo shook his hand, walked to a dealership on the street, and bought something to fill his stomach first.

Bread? Instant noodle? Ham sausage? There are really not many things that can be bought for five yuan, and Wang Zhuo has already eaten enough of these things. Looking at the shelves depressed, Wang Zhuo decided not to eat it.

"Hostess, bring me a bottle of green beer, room temperature. Let's take a big fruit from the middle street. ”

Two pieces of Tsingtao beer, one piece of Daguo ice cream in Zhongjie, the proprietress did not look for money after taking Wang Zhuo's five yuan, and asked with a smile: "There are still two pieces left, do you want to bet the lotto?" ”

Wang Zhuo then saw,This dealership is also engaged in lottery betting business,A wave of his hand:"The fucai center of the gang of liars,Believe them are not as good as believing that sows will go to the tree." Don't, look for money. ”

The proprietress had to take out two yuan and hand it to Wang Zhuo, and did not forget to help him popularize science: "The two-color ball is the blessing lottery, and the big lottery is the sports lottery." ”

"The General Administration of the Sports Commission is darker!" Wang Zhuo muttered dissatisfiedly, took the beer handed by the proprietress and was suddenly attracted by several boxes on the counter.

When the proprietress saw it, she hurriedly solicited business: "This is a scratch lottery ticket, that is, it will be won and the prize will be redeemed on the spot." How about a few to try your luck? ”

Scratch is the most traditional way to play the lottery, a lottery ticket is a piece of paper with a winning area covered by a coating that has to be scratched to know if you have won a prize. It is said that this coating uses a high-tech process that cannot be seen through with an instrument.

Taking a bite of the big fruit in the middle street, Wang Zhuo squinted his eyes slightly, used his perspective ability to look at the scratch lottery, and his eyes were effortless, and he saw the symbols inside through the scraping layer that is said to be impossible to see through the most high-tech instruments.

Wang Zhuo suddenly smiled: "Hey, this lottery is a bit interesting." ”

"yes, yes, it's a bestseller, how about it, how about playing a few cards?" The proprietress nodded repeatedly.

"Can you pick?" Wang Zhuo stared intently, staring at a box of lottery tickets with a face value of two yuan.

The proprietress laughed: "Of course." ”

"Let's get one first." Wang Zhuoyi stretched out his hand, took out a lottery ticket, and at the same time threw the only two yuan on the table.

The lottery ticket was scratched open, and sure enough, as Wang Zhuo saw when he saw it just now, this lottery ticket won ten yuan, and the proprietress took the lottery ticket to check, and praised again and again: "Young man, your luck is good, and you can't draw it?" ”

"Smoke, why don't you smoke." Wang Zhuo pulled the box closer to himself and flipped the lottery ticket: "Five more, I'll pick it slowly." ”

After a while, the big fruit in the middle street was finished, and half a bottle of beer was drunk. Wang Zhuo drew five lottery tickets slowly, four of which didn't hit anything, but this was deliberately drawn by Wang Zhuo, after all, it was too weird to draw one of them, and the prize of the fifth one was not big or small, one hundred yuan.

Wang Zhuo was disappointed to find that this box of scratch tickets with a face value of two yuan did not have a bigger prize, except for the one hundred he drew out, there was only one fifty left.

But it doesn't matter, there are other ways to play the lottery tickets, and with a hundred yuan in hand, you can draw a ticket with a larger denomination.

"Which lottery wins the biggest?" With a hundred yuan in hand, Wang Zhuo showed a bit of wealth.

"This." The proprietress launched a golden-colored box, and the lottery tickets inside were larger than several other lottery tickets: "The maximum prize is one million, young man, don't worry about the tax money if you win." ”

"Are you afraid of paying taxes if you can win the lottery?" Wang Zhuo smiled, looked at the rules of the lottery, and asked casually: "If you really win a million, how much tax do you have to pay?" ”

The proprietress held out two fingers: "This number." ”

Wang Zhuo nodded: "Twenty thousand? Ok, two percent. ”

At this time, a middle-aged man with an astonishing tonnage happened to come in from outside, and when he heard Wang Zhuo's words, he immediately laughed: "Brother, that's 200,000, and the remaining eighty is your legal income." ”

The fat man had a sideways face, the gold chain around his neck was as thick as a finger, his long shiny hair was behind his head, and he was still hot with wavy curls, and a big cigar between his fingers, and he walked to Wang Zhuo's side with a self-cooked look.

"Two hundred thousand? It's dark! While Wang Zhuo smacked his tongue, he was already considering the possible surname of tax evasion.

The fat man seemed to see through his thoughts, "Don't think about it, the tax lottery center will withhold it, and what you get is the after-tax bonus." ”

Wang Zhuo thought about it, how could the tax bureau give the winner such a loophole. Five lottery tickets were selected and shown to the proprietress . "That's all."

"Five, exactly a hundred." The proprietress counted the lottery tickets and accepted Wang Zhuo's 100 yuan. For her, this is already a successful sales pitch, and she has earned several dollars from a turnover of one hundred and twelve yuan.

"Here, give me some tickets!" The fat man bit his cigar, took out the briefcase tucked under his armpit, took out a few pieces of paper and slapped them on the counter, looked at the beer bottle in Wang Zhuo's hand, and said to the proprietress: "Bring me a bottle of beer too, I want it cold!" ”

Wang Zhuo poured a sip of beer and began to scratch the lottery ticket with the wooden chopsticks of Daguo in Zhongjie. He scratched it quickly, because he knew which ticket he didn't win.

The fat man leaned on the counter, drinking beer, while watching Wang Zhuo scratch the lottery ticket, when he saw Wang Zhuo scratching four sheets in a row, he couldn't help but speak: "I don't look down on you people who play scratch music, you don't win it all by blindness, and you don't have any technical content at all." ”

Wang Zhuo looked up at him and asked with a smile: "The one you play has technical content?" ”

"Of course." The fat man gave a thumbs up: "Let's play with numbers, we have to understand probability, and we have to calculate every issue." There's a lot of talk about it, it's more exciting than stocks, and it's fun. ”

Wang Zhuo was speechless, it seemed that he had met a hardcore lottery player, and couldn't help but ask: "Then do you know that the lottery results are all artificially manipulated?" ”

"Of course I do." The fat man laughed heroically: "The number they draw after the longitudinal is calculated, this is called technology, just understand probability, but also understand psychology, count the results of the lottery what will be arranged by those who will win the lottery!" ”

"High, really high." Wang Zhuo was convinced, and asked again to scratch his own lottery ticket, and said casually: "But I still like this kind of lottery that is scratched, although the winning rate is certainly not as high as advertised, but at least the lottery results have been printed on the face of the ticket, and no one can indulge." ”

The fat man shook his head again and again, just about to continue teaching this unenlightened boy, but saw Wang Zhuo raise the last lottery ticket he had just scratched to the proprietress: "Sister, can this ticket be redeemed?" ”

The fat man looked at the lottery ticket in Wang Zhuo's hand curiously, and was suddenly stunned: "What are you...... Hit 5,000? ”

"Huh? Hit 5,000? The proprietress stopped playing the lottery and pushed away the keyboard and stood up.

"Hmm." Wang Zhuo pretended to be calm, but his heart was already refreshed, with the 5,000 yuan, he could temporarily say goodbye to the last meal and no next meal.

5,000 yuan, half a year's living expenses, just take a look at it, scratch it, and earn it! It's the first time he's experienced this feeling of getting something for nothing, it's cool, it's very cool!

The fat man's expression was sluggish for a long time, and then he shook his head with a wry smile and squeezed out three words: "You are awesome." ”

Wang Zhuo deeply agreed with the fat man's words, and now he also feels this way, he is really awesome!

The proprietress checked the lottery ticket, and sure enough, she won 5,000, and sighed with envy: "Little brother, you are so lucky!" ”

"Hehe, I think so too." Wang Zhuo laughed, but there was something else in his words, the good luck was not to win 5,000 yuan, but to have a perspective eye.

The proprietress looked embarrassed: "This ticket may not be redeemed now......"

"Don't have enough cash?" Wang Zhuo had already guessed this possibility.

The proprietress nodded repeatedly: "Yes." ”

At this time, the fat man suddenly interjected: "I have the cash." ”

Wang Zhuo was stunned for a moment, thinking that this fat uncle wanted to buy his own lottery tickets at a low price, but he didn't expect him to say: "My tickets are a total of 3,800 yuan, boss, this money plus your cash, is enough for 5,000, right?" ”

The proprietress suddenly realized and said repeatedly: "Enough, enough." ”

Wang Zhuoxin said that this is the case, it seems that he is a gentleman with the heart of a villain. At the same time, it is also a little secretly staggering, it costs 3,800 yuan to play a few lottery tickets, this fat man plays very big.

The fat man took out a wad of money from his bag, counted three thousand eight on the proprietress banknote detector, and the proprietress took out another thousand two from the counter and added it, and after verifying that it was correct on the money detector, he handed it to Wang Zhuo.

With 5,000 yuan in hand, Wang Zhuo bought a mobile phone recharge card, thanked the fat man again, paid for the beer for him, and left the store.