Card Room - 31. Chapter 041-042

【Chapter 41, Financial Crisis 1-Exchange of Information】

Xiao Lou had a strong ability to recognize people since he was a child. When he was four years old, he was able to distinguish his aunts, aunts, aunts and other relatives clearly, and he would never call him wrong. After graduation, he became a teacher. In a class with more than 40 students, he could recognize all the students in two weeks of class. Even if he didn’t call his name, Xiao Lou knew who had skipped class.

Before playing cards with No. 5 in the Club Secret Room, everyone was wearing masks and couldn’t see their faces, but No. 5’s eyes and hair were very recognizable, and his height and body fit perfectly, Xiao Lou recognized it at a glance. .

At that time, No. 5 said that he would go to the club’s secret room first. At this time, he appeared in the 3 of spades. It seems that he has already cleared the 3 of clubs.

Maybe you can exchange information?

Thinking of this, Xiao Lou came to Yu Hanjiang’s ear and said, “He should have come here after clearing Plum Blossom 3, can we ask him about the information of Plum Blossom 3? As an equivalent exchange, we can also use square slice 3, or Tell him about the 3 of Hearts.”

Yu Hanjiang felt that this method was feasible, and nodded and said, “Okay, try it later.”

The time of the secret room was in the morning. The two were standing in the shade of the trees on the corner of the street. No. 5 did not notice them. The men lined up in the line to withdraw money, with their hands in their pockets, in a lazy posture, as if you were squinting. A cat walking with eyes doesn’t look nervous at all.

The team moved forward quickly, and the hooded boy in front of him had already finished withdrawing the money and hurried away.

Xiao Lou was startled, “Isn’t the one wearing the hat his teammate?”

The two challengers happened to line up one after the other in the team. Xiao Lou thought they were teammates, but the hooded boy walked very quickly after he withdrew the money, completely ignored No. 5, obviously he didn’t know each other.

No. 5 calmly went to the self-service teller machine to take out 100,000 gold coins, put it in his pocket and turned and left. As soon as he took a few steps, he noticed a slight sinking of his shoulders, and the man suddenly turned his head and met a pair of dark and deep eyes unexpectedly.

“Hello, I am number 3.” The other party greeted in a flat voice.

“Hello.” The handsome guy next to him smiled kindly and said very friendly, “I’m number 1, do you remember us?”

“…” No. 1 and No. 3, how do they feel like an underground party joint? The man squinted his eyes and looked at the two people in front of him. After searching the memory, he suddenly smiled and said, “I remember, it was the two who signed the contract after playing cards in the Club Chamber, right?”

“Yes.” Xiao Lou nodded, “I met you again, what a coincidence.”

Yu Hanjiang asked bluntly: “You said you wanted to go to Plum Blossom 3 first. Did this come out of Plum Blossom 3?”

The man shrugged: “Well, I came out of Meihua and went to Square 3. However, my clearance score on Square is only C.”

Yu Hanjiang: “…”

If there is no Xiaolou with lying to win, Yu Hanjiang would have scored only C if he went to Fang Pian by himself, which seems to be a scumbag of fellow students.

No. 5 went to club 3 first and then square 3, and it happened to meet them at 3 of spades. Since the time flow rate of each secret room in the card world is calculated independently, Xiao Lou did not worry about the time issue, so he kept his voice down. Said: “Are you interested in exchanging information with us?”

The man raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Lou: “What information? Do you know how to pass the financial crisis?”

Xiao Lou shook his head and said, “I don’t know.” He changed the conversation and said seriously: “But we have been to Heart 3, you have been to Club 3, you tell us the content of Club 3, and we tell you how to clear the game. ——Equivalent exchange, how?”

The man thought for a while and nodded: “Deal.”

He had no reason to refuse the mutually beneficial exchange of information.

He turned and pointed to the high-end coffee shop next to the street, and said, “Go have a cup of coffee, sit down and talk.”

Xiao Lou is even more pragmatic: “We are in a world where the financial crisis is about to break out. Why don’t you save money? Why don’t you go to the restaurant over there and just have lunch?”

Of course, Yu Hanjiang listened to Xiaolou, and echoed: “Let’s go, go to lunch.”

man:”……”

One mouth but two mouths, he can only follow to the small restaurant.

Fortunately, although this restaurant is small in size, the environment is not bad, the tables, chairs and tableware are very clean.

There are only a few home-cooked dishes on the menu—vegetarian dishes such as hot and sour potato shreds and braised eggplant are 1500 gold coins, meat dishes such as roast beef with potatoes and sweet and sour pork ribs are 2500, and rice 500 gold coins is a big pot.

This price…to simply understand it, just remove the two zeros from the gold coin and convert it into RMB, which is about 15 yuan for a vegetarian dish, 25 yuan for a plate of meat, and 5 yuan for a large pot of rice. The price is fairly affordable.

Xiao Lou was simply moved.

He ordered two meats and two vegetables, a pot of rice, and took the initiative to pay for a treat, spending 8,500 gold coins.

In the crisis-ridden card world, Xiao Lou has only one goal-to live to the end and leave here.

Therefore, he would rather make more friends than offend an enemy.

The identity of No. 5 is unknown, but his performance in Club 2 is very good, and he must be a master of cards. Xiao Lou showed sincerity. Not only did he pay for dinner, he also offered to extend his hand and said, “Make friends. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Xiao Lou. I used to be a teacher in medical school.”

Team Yu simply said: “Yu Hanjiang, policeman.”

“…” The man stunned, and a smile appeared in his eyes: “Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang, it turns out that they are the two who set the secret room records of Hearts 3 and Square Film 3, so lucky to meet each other.”

The world record is refreshed, and all the big print announcements will be served, and all challengers can see it. Before they knew it, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang had become famous, but they hadn’t noticed it yet.

The man happily stretched out his hand, shook hands with Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang separately, and said, “Shao Qingge, I am a stock trader by profession, and playing poker is my hobby.”

Originally, he was still a little wary of these two people, but since the other party is a great god who can wipe out the secret room records, he is often a partial subject with a score of C in hearts and squares, and there is no need to hesitate—cooperating with the great god, he only Make no loss.

As long as he has a brain, he will not refuse to cooperate with masters like Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang.

Xiao Lou was slightly startled when he heard the name Shao Qingge, but he quickly recovered his calm expression and smiled and said, “Mr. Shao, let’s talk about Fangpian 3 first. What kind of organization did you see at the time? ?”

Let’s talk about Fangpian 3 first, because they have all been to this secret room. By exchanging information, we can determine whether the contents of the secret room are the same.

Shao Qingge said bluntly: “The first organ is a very simple two-character phrase, the second is an idiom to fill in the blanks, and the third is a poem to fill in the blanks. The idiom is blocked with the word [person]. Wait… the word blocked in poems is [Moon], where are you thinking of Mingyue Tower, and don’t make Jinzunkong face the moon, etc.”

Xiao Loudao: “Our idiom title blocks [positive], and poetry blocks [flower].”

Shao Qingge was a little surprised: “So, the secret room of the square film is only the same type of mechanism, but the answer will change randomly?”

Xiao Lou also said that the math problems he encountered in Fang Pian 2 were really different from the numbers of Yu Hanjiang and Shao Qingge-but the types were exactly the same. They were all four problems of nine square grid, axis of symmetry, equation, and arrow.

Xiao Lou concluded: “The square film secret room is of the same question type, but the content of the question will be randomly selected from the question bank. As long as you know the law of answering the question, no matter how it changes, it is easy to think of the answer.”

For example, in the last lap of Heart 3, replace 888 with 869. No matter how you change it, it will be very simple once you know the answering skills.

It seems that the exchange of information is still necessary.

The two parties immediately reached a consensus.

Xiao Lou said: “Let’s talk about Hearts first. Hearts 3 is a murder on campus. Ying Xiaoya, who was late for class on the first day, will die. The teacher who killed her is the teacher. The key clue is to find the case of falling from a building five years ago and In the book “The Count of Monte Cristo”, the teacher is imitating the protagonist in the book to avenge the fallen sister, killing three people and burying their bones in the maple forest. Ying Xiaoya accidentally heard this secret and was killed .”

Xiao Lou paused and said: “Our customs clearance method is to find clues to help the police solve the case, but I think there may be other ways to clear the customs in the dynamic room. You can try to prevent Ying Xiaoya from dying and see if it can be in that world. Rescue Xiaoya and directly dig through the maple forest to find the bones to attract the police investigation.” He paused, and said: “If Ying Xiaoya’s death cannot be prevented, find clues as soon as possible…”

Xiao Lou told the other party all the clues to show his sincerity.

Shao Qingge also readily revealed the information of the Plum Blossom Secret Room: “The Plum Blossom 3 Secret Room is a very simple poker game called [Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter]. The rules are set by the plum blossom gatekeeper. Each of the four patterns represents a season. , The cards are played according to the suit, whoever finishes the hand first is the winner of this round…”

He told the two of the detailed rules of the game and the winning skills.

Xiao Lou suddenly thought, if in the card world, the secret rooms represented by the same card are similar, as long as there are challengers who successfully cleared various secret rooms before, can the latter challengers also find someone to gather information and reduce the difficulty of clearance. ? Will there be a special intelligence organization in this world, similar to the “dungeon strategy team” in online games?

If this is the case, how can no one clear all the secret rooms and leave here?

There are only two explanations. One is that the secret rooms in the later period will be randomly generated, making the intelligence useless; or, the mortality rate in the later secret rooms is too high, and few people can survive the customs clearance, let alone sell the strategy to others.

But at least for now, because of the news from Shao Qingge in the low-level C-level secret room, there is no need to worry about the level of the 3 of clubs. The top priority is how to pass the 3 of spades.

Xiao Lou asked, “What do Mr. Shao think about the financial crisis?”

Shao Qingge squinted his eyes and said, “100,000 gold coins are definitely not enough. I plan to make money first.”

Xiao Lou was curious: “How to earn?”

Shao Qingge smiled mysteriously and leaned in to lower his voice: “Look and see if there are any underground banks.”

Xiao Lou: “…”

Isn’t this guy going to gamble again? !

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[Chapter 42, Financial Crisis 02-Ways to Make Money]

At exactly one noon after lunch, the three left the restaurant and walked around the city.

The noon scorching sun hung over his head, the street was almost melted by the sun, and the feet were hot on the ground. Xiaolou and Yu Hanjiang in sweaters walking on the road frequently attracted the attention of passers-by. Xiaolou felt that he was about to be exposed to the sun. I quickly found a clothing store with Team Yu, and bought a cheap and cool summer outfit and put it on.

Shao Qingge wore a long-sleeved shirt, but also bought a short-sleeved shirt.

After changing his clothes, Xiao Lou counted the balance in his pocket, and there was 185,000 left.

When entering the secret room, Meihua A kindly sponsored each challenger with 100,000 gold coins, which is equivalent to 1,000 yuan. This little money will be no problem for a week in a world with normal prices, and it can even take half a month to save some flowers.

The financial crisis will not break out tomorrow morning, and the whole day today is to prepare for the challenger.

The small supermarkets, cigarette hotels, and 24-hour convenience stores on the roadside are all open. Xiao Lou went in and glanced at all kinds of goods. He automatically converted gold coins and RMB in his mind. A bottle of mineral water was about 2 yuan, and the price was normal.

Anyway, there is still plenty of time. Xiao Lou leaned to Yu Hanjiang’s ear and said, “Let’s follow Shao Qingge and see how he makes money.”

Yu Hanjiang had no objection, so he went to the underground bank with Shao Qingge.

The best way to inquire about local news is to ask the taxi driver. Most taxi drivers will enthusiastically introduce them when they encounter inquiries from tourists from other places. At noon, the street was too hot, and the three of them simply stopped a taxi. Get in the car and blow on the air conditioner.

Xiao Lou politely said: “Master, we are outsiders, please take us around the city and get familiar with it.”

The driver smiled and said: “Holle! Would you like to recommend some specialty snacks?”

Xiao Lou said hurriedly, “No need.”

They are not here for sightseeing.

The driver took three people for a drive, and the three of them looked out the window intently, familiarizing themselves with the environment.

The world of Spades 3 is a small city with a small area. The main roads have four cross-shaped pathways: East Street, West Street, South Street and North Street. There is a central plaza at the intersection of streets, as well as “Department Stores” and “Great Crosses”. supermarket”.

These four main roads are all two-way four-lane, which is very wide. The other streets are two-way single-lane roads connected to four main roads. The whole city is square and square, making it easy to recognize the road.

While driving, the driver enthusiastically introduced: “Our prices and housing prices are among the lowest in the world, life is very leisurely, young people are also less stressed, and there is still an 80% surplus after paying off the mortgage.”

Shao Qingge pretended to inadvertently ask: “Do you have any underground banks, casinos, etc.?”

The driver was stunned, and said: “No! We are suitable for the elderly here. At most, old men and old ladies set up a few mahjong tables. If you want to gamble, you can go to Moon City. There are so many rich people and professional ones. Large casino.”

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other. They didn’t expect to get so much information by just taking a taxi.

Moon City? Xiao Lou couldn’t help asking: “Where is the Moon City?”

The driver turned his head to look at him suspiciously, as if he was looking at a monster: “The largest city in the world, you don’t even know this? Where did you come from?” His eyes seemed to say: You three hillbillies have never seen it before. world.

The three despised: “…”

I really don’t know, we are not only aliens, but aliens to you.

Xiao Lou brazenly said: “The conditions at home are not very good. Our three brothers don’t usually go out. This is the first time to come out.”

The driver knows: “Oh, no wonder, Moon City is a good place, a big city with tens of millions of people, but it is prosperous, but the prices there are also ridiculously expensive, it should be three or four times higher than ours here. Go around.”

A concept suddenly flashed in Xiao Lou’s mind-the main city.

Is there a main player city in this world? !

He chatted with the taxi driver from time to time, inquired about local prices, wages, housing prices, etc., and then got off the bus near the supermarket in the city center.

Xiao Loudao: “The Moon City is probably the main city where the challenger is located, or a place similar to the’central capital’ in the secret room. The driver dared to reveal information to us, indicating that this is not a secret.”

Yu Hanjiang said: “I can’t go for the time being. I’ll look for opportunities later. Maybe there are people we know.”

Xiao Lou gave a hum and looked back at Shao Qingge: “There is no casino here, what does Mr. Shao plan to do?”

Shao Qingge raised his head to look at a skyscraper not far away, squinted his eyes and said, “It seems that he can only return to his old business.”

Xiao Lou reacted quickly: “Buy stocks?”

Where Shao Qingge’s gaze was, the words “Securities Exchange Center” hung on the top of the building, and his profession was a trader, Xiao Lou naturally thought that he would use professional means to make money.

It’s just that there is not much time until the stock market crash-only half a day is left, is it too late?

Shao Qingge saw Xiao Lou’s doubts and explained: “I have to figure out whether the stock market in this world is the same as the real world. If it is a T+1 trading system similar to A shares, time is too late. +0, there is still a show. Do you want to follow along to see?”

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other and followed by coincidentally.

Both of them don’t understand stocks, but since there is a stock market in this world, and when they entered the 3 of Spades, they clearly reminded that “stocks will plummet at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning.” Maybe Shao Qingge’s professional can be in the economic secret room. Come in handy.

The three entered the stock hall and saw many residents speculating in stocks.

Shao Qingge directly found a computer, observed the rise and fall curves of several stocks in front of the screen, and went to the staff to ask some questions, and then he came to Xiaolou and Yu Hanjiang.

He lowered his voice, trying not to attract the attention of others, and said to the two of them: “The stock market here is a T+0 trading system, which is similar to the U.S. stocks in reality. They can be bought on the same day and sold on the same day. Stocks can be shorted without rising. There is no limit to the limit-lowering version, and there is no limit to the amount and frequency of transactions.” He turned his head to look at the wall clock on the wall, “The closing time is at five o’clock in the afternoon, and there are three hours left.”

Xiao Loudao: “Meaning, you can buy some stocks that are gaining momentum and clear the position before closing to make money?”

Shao Qingge said: “Well, I have to make’quick money’ now, look for stocks with steady gains, fast in and out, hold a large number of rising stocks, and sell them quickly, so I can make some money.”

Xiao Lou thought for a while and said, “Your initial capital is 100,000, and you have three hours left. How much can you earn?”

Shao Qingge observed the stock market curve and said: “It should be no problem to double or double.”

Xiao Lou: “…”

When this person squinted to see the stock curve, the look on his face was very confident, and his whole body was glowing with the light of money. Xiao Lou glanced at Yu Hanjiang and asked in his ear: “Should we give him some money to try?”

Yu Hanjiang said: “You decide.”

The financial power is in the hands of Xiao Lou, and Yu Hanjiang is completely insensitive to money anyway.

Xiao Lou smiled and took out half of the gold coins from his pocket, and handed it to Shao Qingge, “Or, would you help us to trade stocks?”

“No problem.” Shao Qingge smiled slightly, “However, I am a’brother who settles accounts’, and I don’t want to owe you favors. You don’t need to owe me. The money I make for you, the profit is divided into four or six. I want four. It’s hard work.”

“Good.” Xiao Lou readily agreed and gave him one hundred thousand.

As long as he can make money, he won’t lose 40% of the profits.

Shao Qingge quickly registered an account in the stock market and used the public computer in the lobby to log in. He saw his fingers flying with both hands, quickly tapping on the keyboard, and he bought a large number of loose stocks in a blink of an eye. Not much to buy, but to quickly pick out these stable stocks from the massive trading market, this guy is worthy of being a professional, and his eyes are extremely sharp.

The stocks of Card World are bought on the same day and can be sold on the same day, and the total number of transactions for a single account is not limited, which gives Shao Qingge great operational convenience.

Looking at the various red, green and green curves on his computer screen, Xiao Lou really felt pain in his brain, and simply said: “Mr. Shao, you are busy, we will come to you before the close. Let’s find a place nearby to settle down.”

Shao Qingge looked back at Xiao Lou: “Don’t worry about me running away with money?”

Xiao Lou stared into his eyes with gentle eyes: “I believe that Mr. Shao is a smart man.”

Shao Qingge and Xiao Lou looked at each other for a moment, and the corners of his lips raised slightly: “Go ahead, come back before six o’clock, and I will treat you for dinner.”

Xiao Lou turned around safely and left.

After walking out of the trading floor, Yu Hanjiang asked suspiciously: “Do you believe in him that way?” Although Yu Hanjiang also felt that this person was not so courageous to deceive him and Xiao Lou’s money, after all, they broke the world record and went up many times. The person who made the announcement, smarter, knows the truth about making friends and long-term cooperation. If you offend them, the 100,000 gold coins are totally unnecessary.

Xiao Lou said softly: “Shao Qingge, team Yu hasn’t heard of this person?”

Yu Hanjiang frowned and thought for a moment, and concluded: “I don’t know.”

Xiao Lou explained: “He is Manager Shao of Tianhuan Fund. At a young age, he created a large-scale fund company with his own hands. He became the entrepreneurial representative of Jiangzhou City. His name often appeared in the news of the financial channel.”

Xiao Lou paused and added: “Because I usually pay attention to some financial management, I have seen him several times in the TV news, so I dare to give him the money with confidence. I believe that with his insight, I will not covet us. This little money. He wants to trade stocks to make money in this world. Let’s take a ride, and it doesn’t hurt to make a little bit of money.”

Yu Hanjiang thoughtfully: “No wonder, when you heard his name just now, your expression was a bit wrong.”

Xiao Lou smiled and said, “Because when I heard his name, I thought we might lie down in this secret room and win.”

Yu Hanjiang knows how cool it feels to lie down and win.

If Shao Qingge really doubled the initial capital several times, wouldn’t it be much easier to clear the customs?

It’s just… this is the secret room of spades. Is it really that simple?

Yu Hanjiang always feels that in addition to the financial crisis, other things will happen.

Of course, it still matters to find a place to live first.

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There is a five-star hotel in the city center, of course I can’t afford it.

They were looking for homestays around and found a small inn with a good environment, two floors high, a double standard room with a kitchenette and bathroom, only 10,000 gold coins a night, good quality and low price.

I had dinner at noon and bought two sets of clothes, which cost nearly 20,000 yuan, and gave Shao Qingge 100,000 yuan, while Xiao Lou still had 80,000 yuan in his hands.

He walked to the front desk and said, “Boss, give us a standard room. We want to stay here for a week.”

The boss is a middle-aged uncle, slightly fat, and said with a smile: “Okay, there is only one room left. I will give you a special price!”

Xiao Lou asked: “Can I pay for one week in one lump sum?”

The boss said: “We are all paid on a daily basis, and the wages in our city are also settled on a daily basis.”

On a daily basis, this is definitely a big pit. Once the financial crisis breaks out and prices go up in an all-round way, gold coins will depreciate day by day. People who don’t have much deposits will fall into the abyss in an instant. Maybe even food and clothing will become a problem.

Xiao Lou hurriedly said: “I will pay you directly for a week and give you an extra 10,000 gold coins, do you think it will work?”

The boss looked at him suspiciously: “Give me ten thousand more? Handsome guy, are you wrong.”

Xiao Lou has a good temper and said: “We are tourists from other places, and it is too troublesome to change hotels. We really like the decoration environment of your home. We want to get the accommodation in one go. Would you like it?”

Of course it’s okay to give an extra 10,000 yuan, and the boss readily agreed: “No problem, 80,000 yuan for a week’s accommodation.”

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind: “Boss, do you still have a room here?”

Xiao Lou looked back and found that it was the hooded boy who was lining up at the bank today.

The other party changed into crisp short-sleeved shorts and a guitar behind him. After seeing Xiao Lou, he was taken aback for a while, then he turned away and looked at the boss seriously.

The fat boss said with a smile, “Yes, there is only the last one left, and the discounted price is for you!”

Xiao Lou: “…”

Is there only one left?

It’s like a clothing store on the street, using a loudspeaker to repeatedly play “the last three days, clearance deal, jump off the property price sale”, and then pass by three days later, still shouting “the last three days, clearance deal”, and then go again a month later. This clothing store still stands tall.

It is estimated that every time a guest comes in, the boss is “the last room.”

The free man in the card world really has no credibility.

Xiao Lou seriously doubted that if he gave seven days of money now, would this boss go back? He simply said: “Boss, we pay seven days’ money at a time. Please give us a receipt, saying that the seven-day accommodation fee has been settled.”

The boss said: “Hao Le! This is for you.”

The residents of Card World still don’t know that the financial crisis is about to break out. From the boss’s point of view, it is normal for Xiao Lou to give money and ask for a receipt.

Hearing this, the boy next to him whispered: “Well, I will live for seven days, so please give me a receipt.”

The boss said: “You will have to increase the price for seven days. Give me an extra 10,000 gold coins. Now the listing is very tight. I don’t know why there are so many foreign tourists today. Are you discussing how to come together?”

Xiao Lou and Team Yu looked at each other.

There are so many foreign tourists, maybe there are a lot of challengers living in this homestay.

This is the cheapest homestay in the local area. Xiao Lou looked at the Hooded Boy, but the other party quickly looked away.

After checking in, he hurried upstairs, carrying a small suitcase in his hand, and didn’t know what he bought. Xiao Lou didn’t want to be nosy. Since this place has become a temporary concentration camp for challengers, people will not offend me and I will not offend others. It is best for everyone to be in peace.

It’s just that when the boy was queuing at the self-service counter just now, he didn’t bring any luggage on his body, but in a blink of an eye he carried a guitar on his back…Could he have paid for a guitar? It looks very old, maybe it was bought from the second-hand market.

Xiao Lou leaned into Yu Hanjiang’s ear and asked, “This guy, is it going to go to the street to play guitar and be a performer?”

Yu Hanjiang nodded solemnly: “It’s possible.”

Xiao Lou thoughtfully stroked his chin: “This is a good way.”

Many people who love music in the North Piao family earn their living expenses by playing and singing on the street. A stock trader like Shao Qingge can make a lot of money in a short period of time, and a boy with a hood who can play guitar and sing can also make some pocket money by relying on his talent.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other and realized that they didn’t seem to have any special talents for making money?

The two had to go upstairs silently.

In the hearts and squares, they can directly brush the world record. If the spades were pure fights, Yu Hanjiang would not be afraid. But encountering this kind of secret room that is solved by money, the two people are really a headache.

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Gold coin price = everyone’s Jinjiang coin, that is, a gold coin with a face value of 1,000 is equal to our 10 yuan, so it is easy to understand:)

The financial crisis has not yet erupted, and the first day is the preparation period. The two protagonists are not omnipotent, so a great team is needed!