Chapter 2 Transactions
Since the penguin man kicked the button, the elevator seems to be no longer an elevator, but a rollercoaster-like thing......
Originally, according to inertial thinking, Wang Xu felt that the elevators were moving up and down, but the development of things surprised him, the elevator first climbed up obliquely, and then continued to make sharp turns left and right, and then swooped downward, the speed was unbelievably fast. And what is incomprehensible is ...... The people standing in the elevator can feel this kind of large movement, but they will not fall.
After about two minutes, when Wang Xu and Elbert were already in a cold sweat, all this finally stopped.
The penguin man still stared calmly ahead, "Here we are." ”
Almost as he spoke, the elevator door opened automatically, and a smell of pine resin came to his face, and when he smelled closely, it looked like the smell of shoe polish and leather coming from the shoe boxes where leather shoes were stacked.
The white-clothed female ghost floated in front, as if she didn't deliberately wait for Wang Xu to tell them. However, the two guys continued to follow with a straight face. Not far from the elevator door, a large wooden sign was erected, which laid out the rules of this "scare box" in Chinese and another quirky script (which Wang Xu thought was a monster text).
The specific content is basically the same as what the cat said, and the last line on the wooden card made Wang Xu and Elbert very concerned - "Here, if you don't follow the rules, Mr. You will not forgive you." ”
The size of the scare box is not too large, crisscrossing several streets, side-by-side compact shops, all kinds of weird goods, and even weirder buyers and sellers......
The dome here is very high, but there is no sense of oppression in the underground, and the streets and alleys are very neat and clean. There is no loud selling, there is no haggling like a vegetable market, and the conversation between the companions is deliberately low-key.
From time to time, Wang Xu would see patrolmen passing by in groups of two, all of them wearing uniform uniforms, similar to military uniforms, equipped with gloves and military boots, and the only exposed neck and head on the body were actually bandaged, and the whole was a mummified army......
In this place, Wang Xu experienced a ubiquitous thing - order. It's as if everyone knows what to do and what not to do, and no one dares to cross that invisible line.
The "rules" of the underworld are obviously more terrible than the "laws" of the earth......
Perhaps, this will also be the case when the law also becomes a foolproof and completely equal thing.
"Boss, long time no see." The white-clothed female ghost stopped in front of a shop and greeted the owner.
The kappa had a bird's face, resembling a child of four or five years old, and had a concave mirror in the center of his Mediterranean hairstyle, filled with water, as in various legends.
"Oh, it's you...... Come and see the new shipment? "His voice was high-pitched, but not too bad.
"Yes, yes, take it out and I'll try it!" She looked impatient.
The kappa boss turned around unhurriedly, moved a stool to the counter behind him, and stood up with a small jump. He rummaged through them and said, "Those two are your friends?" ”
The female ghosts didn't bother to look back at Wang Xu and them, "I don't know, the hillbilly I met on the road." ”
Wang Xu and Elbert didn't mind her words, the question they were thinking about at the moment was...... This woman didn't even have a face, and the kappa could recognize her......
Soon, the kappa boss took out a wine jug filled with fine sand and a brush and handed it to the female ghost, who picked up the mirror by the counter and eagerly began to "put on makeup".
It was only then that Wang Xu and the others had a chance to interject: "Boss, you have nothing to do with this kind of ...... Well...... What else do you sell besides cosmetics? ”
Kappa glanced at him, "First time, right?" ”
Wang Xu just wanted to deny it, but he didn't expect the other party to continue directly: "Old customers should know that the shops in the green area of the scare box are all indiscriminate 'non-dangerous goods'. Each store has a variety of miscellaneous goods, and there is no specific type. ”
Now Wang Xu's plan to pretend to be an old customer was declared bankrupt, he glanced at the female ghost, the other party was more involved in painting the skin, and didn't pay attention to this side at all, thinking that she didn't care about Wang Xu's nonsense just now.
"Hmm...... Then I'll just say it, boss, it's really the first time we've come here, and we want to cash out with ghost coins, I don't know if you have this business here? ”
The kappa boss looked at him with a little puzzled: "Cashing out? Oh...... Do you mean exchanging ghost coins for the kind of money you use on them? ”
Wang Xu nodded, but the kappa boss scratched his head: "Why do you exchange the currency that can't be counterfeited and won't wear out for those dirty consumables on it?" He didn't seem to understand Wang Xu's behavior, but he still replied, "Forget it...... I'm not interested either. There's a money shopkeeper in the yellow zone that can exchange all kinds of money, so go back to the elevator. ”
Wang Xu shrugged, said thank you, and turned around to leave, but crashed directly into Elbert.
"Why are you still standing stupidly?" He said unhappily.
"She'......" Elbert didn't know what to say, his eyes widened and he looked ahead in shock.
Wang Xu followed his gaze and saw a pure and lovely beauty, staring at this side with her big sparkling eyes, she pursed her lips and shouted here in a very beautiful childish voice: "Look at what!" Haven't you seen enough of following the old lady along the way?! Two stinky hooligans!! ”
If it weren't for this tone and the white clothes on her body, Wang Xu would never believe that this guy who was full of cute elements all over her body was the same ghost as the faceless aunt with a broken gong voice just now.
"Hah...... Haha......" The corners of Wang Xu's mouth twitched: "That can of things is actually imported from South Korea......"
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a small flag, with the word "money" written on each side; a shop with a thin man sitting in it; dressed in black, with two moustaches on his mouth; A bald pen with a pair of abacus beads.
This money shopkeeper is the one who specializes in currency exchange in the yellow area of the scare box. In this area, everyone has their own unique area of operation, and there are also a small number of "dangerous goods" for sale. Like the green zone, there are a lot of customers here, and the main traffic of the scare box is in the green and yellow areas.
Wang Xu and Elbert walked into the store, and this time it was Elbert who stepped forward to talk: "Boss, is this a place to exchange money?" ”
The money shopkeeper didn't lift his eyelids, and he pointed to the wall behind him with his thin right hand: "It's all there, don't bargain." ”
Wang Xu and Elbert looked at the wall, a huge table, full of the exchange rate of ghost coins and other currencies, dollars, euros, pounds are not unusual, even Vietnamese dong, the funniest thing is that there is actually a thing called Atlantis coin, which is breathtaking.
"Boss, isn't it, isn't it one-to-one between ghost coins and renminbi? Then your table and the exchange rate of RMB and other countries in the world should be about the same, why is there such a big difference? Elbert asked, he was very careful, this person usually cares about the world, and occasionally even looks at the financial section of the newspaper, which is still a little different from Wang Xu, who would rather read breast enhancement advertisements than the news.
The money shopkeeper said: "It's very simple, like you look at Switzerland." Their country has a low crime rate, a perfect social security mechanism, a small population, and a lot of money, all in all, these eight lambs live a very comfortable life, they don't go to work and don't starve to death, and they don't have family planning ......."
"Hey...... You're jealous...... Is this whining......" Wang Xu interrupted.
"Cut...... All in all, that kind of country, except for the abundance of deceitful knives, can be said to be uncharacteristically unusually comfortable. The phenomenon of stealing manhole covers and spitting is relatively rare, there are naturally fewer unjust souls, and the aura is also thin, plus the population is not large, it is not convenient to hide identities, and the demons and monsters don't want to go there. Therefore, when the ghost coin circulates there, it will depreciate, mainly because it is rarely used in your hand, and no one will trade with you at all. As a result...... "Why don't you switch to local currency?" and there will be more people who think this way. ”
He took a sip from the cup on the table, and it was a drink that looked like ink: "How the exchange rates in other regions are arranged, they are generally calculated in this way." ”
Elbert said: "But how did the exchange rate between the ghost currency and the yuan become 1.3 to 1 to you?" ”
The money shopkeeper put the cup on the table: "Nonsense, if I don't earn you a little, I'll sit here and learn Lei Feng?" ”
After all, Wang Xu couldn't help but smile and came up: "Hehe, boss, your character is very appetizing to me, anyway, it's useless for me to hold this money in my hand, so let's change it like this." As he spoke, he took out the money he had brought, which amounted to less than 20,000.
"All changed?" The money shopkeeper asked.
"Well, yes, it's all changed."
So the shopkeeper took the money and knocked on a black stone on the table, which suddenly moved, and then stretched out its head and limbs, which turned out to be a turtle with a strange shell.
At first, Wang Xu thought that this black stone was used to press paper, but he didn't expect it to be an animal, and what he didn't expect was that the turtle's mouth suddenly turned into a bloody mouth, and he swallowed the bundle of money he brought with him in one bite......
"I said boss...... Isn't this guy's food too extravagant...... That one...... Have you ever considered feeding some cat food or something......"
The money shopkeeper glanced at him: "What a fuss, what are you panicking about?" Can I still lie to you? ”
Before he could finish speaking, the turtle burped and retracted into its shell and turned into stone. After about another three or five seconds, the bundle of money was spit out of the shell very neatly, and the unbelievable situation appeared again, and a voice came from the shell: "Hiccup~~ Eighteen thousand eight, no adulterated coins." ”
The corners of Wang Xu and Elbert's mouths twitched uncontrollably...... This thing is a Taiwanese currency money detector...... How does it work......
The money shopkeeper put the money away, then took out a calculator from the side and pressed it crackling.
"You put an abacus on the table, but you ended up using a calculator?" Wang Xu said.
The money shopkeeper didn't bother to look up at him, he put the abacus on the table in front of Wang Xu: "Then we are faster than that tool, aren't we?" ”
"Well......" Wang Xu suddenly felt a sense of frustration, he was defeated in Tucao......
After exchanging the money, Elbert couldn't help but ask curiously before leaving: "Boss, can I ask, what kind of area does the red and black elevator lead to?" ”
The money shopkeeper replied very casually: "Only 'dangerous goods' can enter the red zone, look at your stupid face and know that you don't understand what dangerous goods are at all, I'll explain them together." He pointed to the shop across the street: "Do you see the kitchen knife that the octopus boss put in the middle?" ”
Elbert nodded, and the money shopkeeper continued: "It's called the 'Safety First Kitchen Knife', and you will never cut your fingers when you cut vegetables with it, and if you deliberately cut your fingers, the kitchen knife will dodge by itself." This is a more typical non-dangerous item, and the same thing is a choking pipe, a color-changing sweater, etc., which are all strange props that do not cause harm or have no destructive power. ”
He pointed to a nearby shop: "Have you seen the lantern sold by that marginal man?" ”
Wang Xu interjected: "Hey, hey, hey...... That one...... That's familiar...... Could it be ......?"
The money shopkeeper said: "The lantern called 'Jack the Ripper' can make the person who shines it lose the will to fight, and it is said that if this thing is used by the Ripper himself, it can directly make people unable to move." This is a 'dangerous item' that can be used in combat or crime. ”
Wang Xu exclaimed: "The red area is full of this kind of stuff?! ”
The shopkeeper said: "The scale of the red zone is much smaller than here and the green zone, and there are naturally very few shops, and the prices of dangerous goods are very expensive. ”
Wang Xu snorted coldly: "Needless to say, the Black Zone sells all destructive items such as biological and chemical weapons that can cause a global catastrophe, right?" ”
The money shopkeeper said: "Of course not, the black area can be said to be the VIP area, and the person in charge of the black elevator is not the penguin man, but the deputy captain of the mummy guard, and there are strict requirements for those who enter, because the only boss in the black area is Mr. You, and that kind of big man is not something that anyone can see if they want to." As for the things that are run in the Black Zone...... There's only one kind of trading there......"
"What deal?" Wang Xu and Elbert asked in unison, obviously their appetites had been hung up by the money shopkeeper.