Chapter 254: Good Intentions Are Rewarded
That morning, as usual, James was about to leave for work, when there was a knock on the door, and he muttered, "Who came to me so early?" Could it be the landlord, Mrs. Marshall? But it's not time to pay the rent yet, right? He opened the door casually, and then he froze.
Because there was a young man in a suit and leather shoes standing outside the door, and beside him were two young girls in luxurious clothes and beautiful youth, but the problem was that none of them knew each other.
These three people are naturally none other than Downing, Nicole, and Jenny, looking at James's puzzled look, Downing asked with a smile: "Dear Mr. James, don't you remember me?" ”
James thought about it for a moment, then shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry sir, I really can't remember." ”
"You are so generous, Mr. James, have you forgotten that you helped me at Madison Square yesterday and that I was very pitiful at that time." Downing reminded.
James looked Tang Ning up and down carefully, and then pointed at Tang Ning in disbelief and exclaimed, "Wouldn't it?" Isn't that what you were begging in Madison Square yesterday? But at this point, he felt that he could not go on.
Tang Ning nodded calmly and replied: "That's right, it was you who helped me yesterday, so I'm here to repay you today." With that, Downing took out a one-dollar bill and handed it to James and said, "Dear Mr. James, your kindness should be rewarded!" Then he bowed deeply: "Thank you again for your kindness!" ”
Looking at the back of Downing, surrounded by two beautiful women, driving the latest Buick car in a dashing manner, James muttered to himself: "Is this a new game for rich people?" Then he looked at the dollar in his hand and sighed: "I knew that ten cents could be exchanged for a dollar, and I gave him all the money in my pocket yesterday." ”
The same scene happened in front of the door of more than a dozen people in New York, and all of them were well-wishers who gave Downing alms yesterday in Madison Square, and each of them received ten times the kindness in return.
At the same time, Henry, at the behest of Downing, spread the rare story of good intentions around these rewarded people: "Hey, did you hear that? The day before yesterday there was a rich man pretending to be a beggar in Madison Square, and the kind Samaritan who gave him change at that time visited him one by one yesterday and returned it tenfold! ”
"Are you really telling you a fake? Who can be so bored and idle and play pretending to be a beggar? Someone questioned.
Henry took out a newspaper and handed it over and said, "Look, this newspaper is all on it, and there happens to be a guy I know on it, so I went to ask him, it's really true!" And the rich man is not short of money to spend, of course he is idle. Of course, this newspaper was published by a tabloid reporter that Downing had bribed.
The suspicious passer-by took the newspaper suspiciously, and immediately exclaimed: "Hey, there is James on it?" yes, I think I heard him say about it yesterday. ”
"Look, I'm going to say it's true. By the way, it seems that tomorrow the Monopoly man will go to Madison Square to beg, and then I will have to make a small amount of money. Henry was leaving with a big revelation.
"But will he return it tenfold tomorrow? What if he runs away with the money? Passers-by said worriedly.
Henry immediately said with disdain: "As long as you are so forward-looking, you will never be able to make a fortune, whether you believe it or not, anyway, I believe it, and tomorrow I will definitely pass." ”
There are passers-by who question Tang Ning, and naturally there are people who firmly believe in him, and these people are none other than the waiters of the hotel where Tang Ning is staying now, because they know what kind of life Tang Ning has been living these days, the best room, the best wine, and two beautiful women to accompany him, how can such a person have no money? Therefore, they firmly believe that Downing's so-called "begging" is actually a pastime when they are bored.
So on the third day, when Downing came to Madison Square again to "beg", the scene was completely different from the deserted three days ago, first Henry, the "nursery", rushed over and took the lead in putting down the five dollars, and respectfully and neatly put it away and took the initiative to leave his address.
Then there were the hotel waiters who had firm faith in Downing, but they were embarrassed to go by themselves, because it would inevitably be too embarrassing, and they were also afraid that Downing would suspect their motives and intentions, so they all asked their relatives and friends to donate on their behalf, but the amount of their "donation" was not large, at most only ten dollars.
And then there are the well-wishers who received Tangning's "kindness return" the day before, after all, they are the direct beneficiaries of this time, but some people did not come, because they felt that it was just a game of the rich, not a real act of kindness, so they disdained to participate.
Driven by these three waves of people, Tang Ning's stall can be said to be full of large and small bills, and when it was time to close the stall in the evening, the four of them calculated and found that they had received nearly six hundred dollars.
Henry said excitedly: "Subi, your method is really amazing, it only cost less than fifty dollars, and now it has multiplied tenfold, how about it?" Let's run now! That's enough money to spend for two years! ”
Tang Ning snorted coldly and said, "Just this little money will dazzle you?" No wonder you're still so poor! ”
"Do you still have to visit one by one and return ten times more?" Henry asked, surprised.
Tang Ning nodded and replied: "Of course, didn't I tell you before, I will never run away with money, let alone a few hundred dollars here, even if it is tens of thousands of dollars, I will not run!" ”
"Huh?! So、So what are you going to do? This time, even Nicole asked Tangning in confusion.
"The bird's nest knows the ambition of the bird!" Tang Ning muttered a line from the previous copy in a low voice, and then pretended to raise his head and say, "You don't understand what I'm after!" So the next day, Downing continued to take Nicole and Jenny around to "thank you for the kindness and repay tenfold", which caused a sensation again.
PS: Now the sense of touch of the online writer is really keen, I watched my daughter-in-law play the "fifth personality" two days ago, I felt that this kind of puzzle + pass type of game is very suitable for rewriting into online text, but yesterday I saw several books written about the fifth personality at the starting point, and I looked through it hastily, and this book called "Sin Manor" is still so interesting. 8)