Chapter 260: Steady Gains, No Losses
More than a month ago, on the viewing platform of the school hunting meeting, Zheng Qing and others were persuaded by Blue and Green Eyes to buy a few betting tickets, guessing the final champion and best hunter of the school hunting competition, for which Zheng Qing pressed three credits, five silver horns, and eighteen coppers, and Xiao Xiao also pressed five golden beans.
The end result was a big surprise.
The more they knew the rules of the hunting tournament, knew the hunting teams well, and talked about the hunters who were the ones in charge—such as Elder Zhang Da and Fat Xin Zi—the worse their luck became, and they could barely maintain a small loss, which was already thankful.
And the more you don't pay much attention to the hunting game and don't know much about it, the more amazing your luck is.
For example, Zheng Qing won the champion, the best hunting team and the best hunter in the freshman competition, so the three credits in hand immediately turned over and earned nearly ten credits.
And Dr. Xiao Da is even more against the sky, he chose the not-so-outstanding referee hunting team in the main competition of the strong team like clouds, and bet that the verdict can finally win the Academy Cup. The verdict lived up to expectations, not only winning this year's school hunting championship, but also winning the best hunter and the best hunting team. Because of this, the five golden beans invested by Dr. Xiao Da were instantly turned into more than 400 grains, and John Nevelle Jr.'s prize money was cut by one percent.
This incident made a deep impression on Neville.
Therefore, the blue-green eyes who had just finished selling lottery tickets to a group of second-year old students, after seeing a few young wizards sitting in this room studying, couldn't help but come over.
"Doctor, doctor, doctor!" he patted Xiao Xiao's shoulder affectionately, emphasizing in a somewhat exaggerated tone, "It's really easy for me to find...... Well, this year's 'Acala' is two days away, and this is the last chance to get on the bus!"
Xiao Xiao silently turned his head and looked at Zheng Qing.
"That's why I didn't appreciate gambling in the first place. He analyzed very calmly: "If I lose the bet, I will have nothing, and if I win the bet, the dealer will not be willing to let me leave with a profit...... I'll end up at the table and left with nothing. ”
"Be careful that he sues you for slander," Zheng Qing remembered Nivelle's taboo, and couldn't help but laugh: "It's gambling, not gambling...... Also, if you don't like it, why did you throw in five golden beans in the first place?"
"Because of lack of money. Xiao Xiao sighed and carefully closed the notebook in front of him.
'Make me a hairstyle and stuff it into the pen holder!' Xiao Xiao shouted with a brush in his hand, raised his head vigorously, and brought the tip of the pen that still had a little ink on it: "I can't stand the monotonous hairstyle that has been the same for decades......
Xiao Xiao didn't seem to hear the struggle of the brush, took a pen holder with an expressionless face, grabbed the brush, and roughly stuffed it in.
John Nevelle Jr.'s right hand was still on Xiao Xiao's shoulder—he was very polite as a listener as Xiao Xiao packed up his things and chatted with Zheng Qing, in stark contrast to his self-acquaintance a few minutes ago.
This is also the basic skill of a good broker, who always knows when to shut up and be quiet.
It wasn't until Xiao Xiao stuffed the noisy brush into the pen holder that the blue and green eyes smiled and re-spoke: "How about it, have you figured out who you want to buy?"
Before Xiao Xiao could speak, the fat man next to him was already a little uncontrollable.
"If you can promise us money, then we will buy it," said the fat man in a very resolute tone, "otherwise, don't think of taking a copper out of my pocket." ”
This is obviously embarrassing Mr. Broker.
But Nivelle unhurriedly stretched out a finger, pointed at the fat man, and then pointed at himself in turn: "I can guarantee you to make money, but you also have to make sure that I make money...... Win-win, you know...... If you want to win, then buy bigger, and if you bet less than ten jade coins, I won't have anything to earn. ”
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but glance at the broker more.
Few people dare to boast about Haikou like this, especially when it comes to a very risky investment activity.
"Do you know the person of the 'Wand'?" Zhang Jixin lowered his voice, and a trace of excitement appeared on his face: "Or are you a member of the 'Wand'?"
Neville put on an inscrutable look and didn't say a word.
Xiao Xiao suddenly lifted his glasses, glanced at Zheng Qing, and then looked at Nivelle again: "If I buy Brother Qing into 'Arcana', what are the odds?"
"Eh, what's the relationship with me?" Zheng Qing looked inexplicable.
Neville's inscrutable profundity, which he had just held on for a few seconds, suddenly collapsed.
"I know I can't hide it from you," Lan Lu'er smiled bitterly and nodded: "The odds are very low...... Under normal circumstances, state-funded students would be included in the Arcana list. According to the past income, if you bet a jade coin on Zheng Qing, you can only earn one copper at most. ”
"A jade coin against a copper? This is also money?" Xin Fat finally came to his senses and looked like he was eating: "You are a fraud, right...... Who doesn't know that a public-funded student will definitely be on the Arcana list! With that little spare money, I might as well hand it over to Sam's Chase's financial manager, with low risk and more money. ”
"Risk is inherently proportional to return, that's an iron law. Nivelle explained solemnly: "If you want to make a little more, you can also bet that Zheng Qing will not be on the Arcana list...... You only need to press one copper, and if he can't get in by then, we will pay you ten jade coins. ”
"Fools do this kind of thing. The fat man pretended to spit on the ground.
"Then I believe there will be a lot of fools in the school. Xiao Xiao hugged his arms and nodded thoughtfully.
"I'm such a fool," Zheng Qing said busily on the side: "One copper for ten jade coins, I want to press one copper when I hear it...... After all, if you lose only a piece of copper, you can laugh it off. And if you win, you can laugh rampantly for a whole year. ”
"What do you think you took the initiative to quit school?" Zhang Jixin also came up with a bad idea on the side: "Arcana's list will only include students who are currently enrolled in the First University...... When you drop out of school, the wand will definitely remove your name from the Arcanari. ”
"It's extreme, it's extreme, we raised funds and pressed him for a hundred or so jade coins, wouldn't it be a blink of an eye?!" Xin Fat Man rubbed his hands, with a great expression.
Zheng Qing looked at his two companions with a blank eye: "Do you think I'm the kind of person who gives up his studies for the sake of ten thousand jade coins?"
This time, including Xiao Xiao, they all turned their faces and nodded solemnly at Zheng Qing.
"Okay, okay...... You have the final say. Zheng Qing spread his hands and looked at Nivelle with a smile: "What do you think of our idea?"
Nivelle silently put away his betting ticket.
"Okay, okay, if you don't want to play, just say it, don't be scary at every turn. Blue and green eyes looked stupid: "If you really do this, those old guys in the school will definitely blame us for the loss of a government-funded student." ”
"I can't afford it. ”