Chapter 145: The Fastest Way to Get Money
The bustling streets, the sun shines on the streets, and on one side of the park square, there is an endless stream of people, and various voices are intertwined.
Zhang Xiao had a confident smile on her face, her slender and dexterous fingers slid quickly, and a poker card was thrown into the sky, and a poker rain immediately fell one after another.
"Wow!"
“amazing!”
Pedestrians watching the performance covered their mouths and let out a burst of exclamation.
Foreigners are still very good at enlivening the atmosphere, even a simple poker magic trick can make them shout.
Zhang Xiao glanced at the top hat next to him, there was already a lot of money scattered in it, although 25 cents coins were the most, but it was definitely much faster than doing odd jobs.
Seeing that the income was good, Zhang Xiao smiled more and more happily and decided to come to something powerful.
"OK - OK, thank you, then I'll bring you the magic tricks I recently studied!"
After all, he is not a professional magician, in terms of language foreshadowing, it is difficult for Zhang Xiao to control the scene like a magician in the warm-up, and the real magic show has a lot of body movements, which can fully attract the attention of the audience.
Magic is never just about changing things or something, but the magic is so powerful that the audience can watch it happily.
After saying a simple word, Zhang Xiao rolled up his sleeves like other magicians, spread his hands, showed to the crowd of onlookers, there was nothing to hide, and then gently closed his eyes.
First, he put his hands together and rubbed them together as if he were kindling an invisible flame in the air.
Then, slowly stretching out his palm to open, a coin appeared in his palm out of thin air.
The crowd of onlookers let out a sound of amazement, Zhang Xiao smiled lightly, and directly threw the coin into the air!
The sun shines on the coin, sparkling like a tiny star.
"Smack!" He snapped his fingers with a crisp snap of his fingers - [Copy in pair]
The audience opened their mouths wide and looked at the sky as if it was raining coins, and the jingling coins fell into the box in front of them, making a crisp sound.
"How?"
"Great!"
"I want to learn this magic!"
“wow!!!”
"It's not magic, it's magic!" An excited audience burst into foul language and shouted loudly, making a few Aurors who were hiding on the side and watching the excitement with relish when they heard this.
I almost pulled out my wand and gave everyone in the room an amnestic kit.
Thankfully, they found out that the Muggle was just too excited to really recognize it as magic.
Like these Muggles, the audience in the entire Metropolitan Stadium also watched Zhang Xiao's performance seriously.
He didn't perform too hard, many wizards thought they could do it with their wands, and many wizards looked at the cheering Muggles with a mysterious smile on their faces.
I've learned that you can use magic in front of Muggles just by pretending to be performing magic!
I'll try it with Muggles when I go back, I wonder if I'm flying on a broomstick, will these Muggles believe it's magic?
At this moment, Ludo Bagman suddenly said loudly:
"We have received an urgent notice from the Tournament Committee and the International Federation of Wizards and wizards that wizards are forbidden to use magic in front of Muggles in the name of magic!
This event is a special place, supervised by Aurors throughout the process, it is a special behavior, in normal life, wizards should not imitate, this will most likely cause you to violate the International Wizard Secrecy Law! “
The wizards who were still in high spirits just now suddenly withered, and they lazily leaned back on their seats, continuing to watch Zhang Xiao's performance.
Zhang Xiao picked up the box full of coins, led him to a little girl, and motioned for her to grab a handful.
The little girl excitedly pinched the coin and announced loudly:
"Really! It's all true! ”
As he spoke, he didn't forget to raise his head and ask:
"Is this for me? Can I take it home? Or you can teach me this so Dad doesn't have to go out to work every day! ”
The people around him burst into laughter, and Zhang Xiao also said with a smile:
"You can try to grab one."
The little girl immediately grabbed a handful with great difficulty and stuffed it into her pocket.
Zhang Xiao took the box back, picked up the box and showed it to the people around her, then covered the box and put it on the small table in front of her.
"Flying has always been the most primitive and instinctive impulse of human beings, and we want to conquer the sky, so we created airplanes, created all kinds of flying things."
Zhang Xiao seems to be a master of human success, and said slowly, he gradually came back to his senses, in fact, as long as he pulled people's expectations and created a sense of mystery.
The surrounding audience listened quietly, and many people silently nodded in agreement, flying is one of the things that human beings want to accomplish the most, and even being able to fly has become the most basic ability of the gods in mythology.
Seeing that the audience had successfully followed up with his train of thought, Zhang Xiao suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped it hard;
"Today, I'm going to use my magic to make this box fly!"
The audience covered their mouths and let out a sigh of exclamation, Zhang Xiao took a few steps back, pretending that he was doing his best, and his fair face was stunned by his own suffocation.
In order to be more realistic, even there are some beads of sweat on the forehead.
At the same time, he shouted hoarsely:
"This is something that I have mastered over the past ten years of studying with teachers all over the world and going through all kinds of hard training."
Then he pointed to the box—[Levitation Charm]!
The box full of coins trembled slightly, and it trembled and levitated amid the ghostly gazes and various screams of the onlookers.
The higher and higher you fly, you can get a meter or two off the ground in just the blink of an eye.
Everyone opened their mouths wide and looked up at the box stupidly, and some people looked at the edge of the box unfaithfully, trying to find evidence of the wired hanging.
It's a pity that this is a square, not to mention that there is a wire hanging on it, and there is not even a big tree nearby!
Soon, the movement here attracted tourists who did not know why.
It is human nature to watch the excitement, and they have joined the ranks of those who are stupid with their mouths wide open under the popular science of other enthusiastic audiences.
“holy shit!!”
“unbelievable!”
"How did this guy do it, is this magic?"
Exclamations and screams and cheers rose one after another in the crowd, but the climax of this performance was by no means here, Zhang Xiao's face suddenly changed, and he looked a little panicked.
The audience covered their mouths and watched anxiously as the box flew lower and lower, and finally slammed into the table with a clatter.
The noisy scene suddenly fell silent, and the square that had just fallen silent suddenly erupted with a heat far greater than just now.
The old beauties who are the 'king of support' are going crazy, with thunderous applause and whistles mixed together.
"Empty!"
"The box is empty, just a coin!"
"What happened? Isn't it a box full of coins? ”
"Hell, I saw a box full of coins."
The little girl who grabbed a handful of coins hurriedly opened her pocket, which was empty, and she cried out with a wow.
Zhang Xiao used a perfect curtain call posture at this time, he picked up the box with a smile, put it in front of the little girl, and winked at her:
"It's real this time—"
His behavior once again made the onlookers cheer, people are collective creatures, when they form a collective emotion, it is easy to resonate, so that they can do all kinds of things that they would not do alone.
For example, now, countless coins and banknotes are thrown into the box in front of Zhang Xiao, and they quickly accumulate high, like a small mountain.
Zhang Xiaole's eyes narrowed, there were dozens of banknotes he saw alone, which was a wave of fat!
Actually, it doesn't seem too difficult?
“99100!”
Zhang Xiao sat on the steps and put the bits and pieces of $100 in another pocket, which was already the 200th yuan he had counted.
It can only be said that this wave of income is indeed not small, the largest banknote is 20 US dollars, and the paper money alone is close to 200 US dollars, as for the coins, they are basically small amounts.
There are very few types of coins such as "half dollar" and "$1" in circulation, and they are basically used as collectibles, and the most commonly used is 25 cents.
So that many coins are only a few tens of dollars.
Zhang Xiao happily picked up the money, this is the United States in the ninety years, the dollar is quite strong, it seems that being a street artist is indeed a good income channel.
However, after tossing for so long, it was both performing and talking, and it was quite physically exhausting, Zhang Xiao put away the money and touched her empty stomach.
Dine!
Looking around, a striking yellow hot dog cart is quietly parked on the side of the road not far away, with mottled paint and slightly old signboards on the body, revealing an earthy and intimate atmosphere.
Zhang Xiao's eyes lit up, hot dog stand? That's right, it's all in the United States, can't you taste authentic American snacks?
As soon as he approached, a rich fragrance came to his nose, and Zhang Xiao couldn't help but sniff, which was the unique mixed aroma of grilled sausages and freshly baked bread.
It doesn't matter whether bread is good or not, but when it is first baked, it is absolutely fragrant, and Zhang Xiao once juxtaposed it with instant noodles, all of which are 'fraudsters' in the catering industry.
The stall owner at the back of the stall was busy preparing the food, his technique quite skillful, each sausage tumbling on the grill, baking an enticing golden brown.
Zhang Xiao glanced at the blackboard hanging on the dining car:
"Let's have a classic package!"
Placing another five dollars on the only empty countertop, the boss agreed, without raising his head, sandwiched a Desichen dog sausage between the breads, and quickly spread the special sauce, then added some fresh lettuce leaves and finely chopped pickles.
It's greasy, enriching the taste by the way, and ending with a pinch of finely chopped onions.
Zhang Xiao took it and didn't care about the hot mouth, so he blew casually and bit down, and then exhaled beautifully.
Sure enough, as long as people are hungry, whatever they eat is delicious!
After eating one by two, Zhang Xiao directly paid for another one, and finally left slowly with a box of french fries and a small glass of iced Coke.
These fries are a bit like the wolf tooth fries that were popular in China in later generations, they are relatively large and sprinkled with flour on them, I don't know what they are, but it feels good to eat some occasionally.
Not to mention just Coke, if you feel tired, you can take a sip and immediately suppress that greasy feeling.
While eating, I strolled through the park and wondered where I was going to do my best.
Before I knew it, I had come to some secluded alleys on the edge of the park.
Zhang Xiao stopped, stuffed potatoes with a bulging mouth, and looked at the few people who came out of the alley with a puzzled look.
The wizards of Metropolis Stadium are already laughing, is this the same script as Neville?
The white man at the head had a gloomy face, and he simply took out a switchblade, and said impatiently:
"Hurry up and hand over the money, you disgusting yellow-skinned monkey, I saw it when I was performing like a circus animal just now, and I collected a lot of money, right?"
Yoh? Rob?
Zhang Xiao's face also turned cold, and he swallowed the things in his mouth, as if he didn't hear clearly:
"What did you just say? 【White Skin】Pig? ”
The leading man was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect that the yellow-skinned monkey in front of him would dare to scold back in this situation, he showed a strange smile, with fierceness in his eyes.
Without the slightest extra nonsense, the switchblade in his hand stabbed towards Zhang Xiao's abdomen.
But faster than him is Zhang Xiao's hand!
The white, but powerful palm came first, and with a single flick it tossed the stabbing switchblade aside.
"Using magic against you garbage doesn't make me feel relieved."
Zhang Xiao gently put the food in his hand on the outdoor unit of the air conditioner next to him, and his face looked juvenile with a coldness that was not commensurate with his age.
"Whoosh!"
His figure turned from static to terrifying, fast and terrifying, just passing through the air and bringing the sound of the wind, and in the blink of an eye he had come to the front of the leading man.
Between the interlaced hands, there was only a crisp 'click' sound, followed by a terrible scream.
The man looked at his arm, which had been crooked to ninety degrees, and kept screaming, his eyes were already full of madness.
"Kill him! Shoot him, kill him! ”
But Zhang Xiao's movements became faster and faster, he just staggered and rushed forward, he really didn't use any subtle moves to deal with these gangsters, one punch per person was enough.
By the way, he stomped hard a few times when he fell.
Grabbing the neck of the last person and throwing him like garbage, Zhang Xiao turned around and looked at the man with a pale face in disbelief.
The gaze swept over the teardrop-shaped tattoo on his arm.
"You're from the gang?"
The frightened man nodded, he couldn't understand what had just happened, it seemed that just in an instant, his own person fell, is it kongfu?
But even Bruce Lee wasn't so fast, right?
Is it really gang-based?
Zhang Xiao's eyes slowly lit up, and he seemed to have found a way to get money faster.
It's better to rob his mother. Ah no, it should be to take the initiative to go to the gang, tease the other party to attack yourself, and then 'be forced to fight back' and then 'by the way' harvest some 'gadget loot'?
He was delighted with his genius idea and grinned:
"Where's your gang?"
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1. Commuter pass 2. Recommended ticket
(End of chapter)