Chapter 5 Go Make Money

  Leaving Rui Chi, Zhao Long also felt a bit uncomfortable in his heart. It wasn't because of this job, but because he had carefully studied Rui Chi's development process and future development potential back then. Their battery technology's future development...

  "Whatever..." Zhao Long shook his head and walked towards a nearby restaurant, which they usually went to. He ordered two dishes and asked for two bowls of rice, feeling very hungry at the moment. The amount he ate was twice as much as usual, but after finishing, he still didn't feel full. Moreover, when he used his left hand to hold the cup beside him while eating, before he even felt anything, cracks appeared on the cup.

  Although he didn't eat his fill, Zhao Long still came out of the restaurant first and took a taxi back to Shuguang Sixth Street instead of taking the bus. He received half a month's salary, but no bonus, so the take-home pay was only over 2,800 yuan, usually with bonuses and other benefits it would be over 7,000 yuan.

  Even if Fatso gets his wallet and bank card back, he'll only have around 1,000 yuan left, just enough for living expenses. Adding it all up, it's only about 4,000 yuan. Now, the first thing to solve is this money problem, and then there's the issue with his arm. Luckily, he didn't hit Wang Shuwang that time. Just now, he clearly felt that his left arm was a bit stronger, but not very well controlled.

  Zhao Long lived on the sixth street of Dawn, and at this time, the car had already arrived at the third street of Dawn. There were some houses being demolished on both sides of the street. However, it was not a large-scale demolition, but rather a few households coming together to build their own two or three-story buildings. Looking at the bustling scene outside, Zhao Long couldn't help but smile. The people who were taking action now were all those who dared to think and act boldly, with a keen sense of touch. Because even if they rented out the houses now, they could still make a lot of money. Most importantly, this area would definitely be demolished in the future, and by then it would be too late to do anything about it.

  Suddenly, Zhao Long saw the workers working outside and also saw the sand and bricks on the ground.

  "Master, it's fine to stop here." Zhao Long paid the fare and got out of the taxi. The roadside was all sand, stones, and broken bricks. It was already lunchtime, and the sun was scorching hot. Except for occasional passing vehicles, there were no people around.

  Zhao Long walked to a corner, where the sand was being sifted, and several stones had been sifted out. There were also many bricks and stones nearby. Zhao Long took a look and first picked up a 1.5-meter-long wooden block. With both hands holding it, he applied a slight force, and the wooden block broke directly, as easily as an ordinary person breaking a chopstick. However, when Zhao Long looked at the place where his two hands were gripping, there was already a handprint on the wood where his left hand was gripping, and the part of the wood that his left hand had gripped had shrunk significantly, like it had been soaked in water.

  Zhao Long threw away the wooden block and picked up a brick, which he had previously mastered the technique of breaking with his bare hands during training. Although not as good as special forces, at that time relying on physical strength and clever methods, it was still quite impressive. However, after breaking the brick, his hand would usually hurt for two days. But now, holding the brick in his hand, he didn't even need to break it, just a slight force and the brick split apart. His left hand grasped one side of the brick, and an imprint of his hand was already visible, with his fingers sinking into the brick as if pressing into loose mud, with fragments falling off around him.

  His left arm was indeed much stronger than his right, and he couldn't control the size of his strength well, so he had to be careful. Zhao Long thought to himself and experimented twice more. It seemed that what the soul said was true, he now possessed a thousand jin of strength, and his body had also undergone changes, becoming three or four times stronger than a normal person. Unfortunately, although his strength was great, it wasn't useful for making money, and he didn't want to do anything illegal either. He still had to think of ways to make money and raise funds as soon as possible.

  "Crack... crack..." At this time, Zhao Long picked up several goose egg stones from the ground and squeezed them hard with his hands. The sound emitted between the stones was very piercing. A smaller stone in his left hand already had broken edges and corners.

  "Hey... what's going on..." Just then, a sixty-year-old man from not far away shouted towards Zhao Long, apparently he was left to watch the construction site. After all, there were still many sand and stones and tools here, if it weren't for Zhao Long standing in a place that was all messy rocks and bricks, he probably would have come over long ago. However, seeing Zhao Long fiddling around for half a day, he couldn't help but come over to take a look.

  "Hehe..." Zhao Long smiled and waved his hand: "Nothing, just passing by and picking up two stones to play with."

  Zhao Long said, turning around and walking towards the six streets of Shuguang. He was still thinking about this problem in his heart. He couldn't go to do hard labor, could he? With his current strength, if he were to unload cargo or goods at the port, one person would be more capable than five people, or even seven or eight people. At this moment, his body was full of strength, and Zhao Long couldn't help but think of this. However, this couldn't be discovered by others, nor was it feasible. What other way could he quickly raise the money he needed...

  "What's fun here, go pick stones by the sea..." The old man muttered as he walked over, looking around and finding nothing unusual. Suddenly, he noticed where Zhao Long had been standing earlier. The old man rubbed his eyes, this place was originally messy, with more broken bricks and wood, but what caught his attention was that there was a handprint on one of the bricks.

  The old man bent down to pick it up, put his fingers in and tried it out. It should be a human handprint. The old man knocked on it hard, puffed out his mouth, and his hands hurt. Strange, how did this young man do it? Was it a misfired brick from the brick kiln that he was studying earlier?

  All the way to Liucheng Street, in today's society with a sound legal system, if you don't do anything illegal, it's not easy to make money even if you suddenly have great strength or martial arts skills. Especially when you have no connections and need to raise funds in a short period of time, it's even more difficult.

  "Ding dong...... Whoosh...... Whoosh......" Suddenly a special music, followed by the sound of a large number of coins falling into an iron box, and then came a lively music.

  "Got it......got it, haha, I knew it was right, didn't waste the two hours I waited..." Cheers also came from inside.

  Zhao Long's ears were particularly sharp, and when he heard the sound, he turned his head to look around. He saw a house on the side of the road with no signboard, and the windows were all pasted with colored paper. It was originally a game hall inside, and the scale was not small. There were at least ten slot machines, and several smaller ones. This kind of thing exists everywhere in the country, and it's called differently in different places. In Haicheng, people are used to calling this kind of slot machine "37 machine". It has three glass frames with different patterns inside. After inserting coins and pulling down the lever, it will start spinning. If a specific pattern appears (such as three identical ones), it will spit out money (game coins). In foreign casinos, they gamble directly with money, but here they buy game coins. If you win a lot of game coins, you can exchange them for money. When the inspection is strict, these small game halls disappear, and once the wind passes, they come back to life again.

  The door was open. Firstly, it was too hot inside, and secondly, it was to attract some people in. In the deepest part, there were more than a dozen arcade machines and mahjong machines, all of which required exchanging money for game coins to gamble. Zhao Long's family conditions were average before, so he didn't play much, but he had gone in with his classmates and knew what it was like.

  At this time, a small flat head sitting on a machine at the door looked at the one who had just hit three sevens not far away, and then continued to insert coins to continue betting.

  The machine whirred, he stared at the screen watching as the machine spun rapidly, then his hand slapped down forcefully.

  "Hmm..." Zhao Long, who had originally glanced over and was about to walk away, suddenly stopped in his tracks. The machine spinning earlier seemed very slow in his eyes. At the moment that person took a shot, Zhao Long's first reaction was that it couldn't be taken, but the little flathead took the shot anyway, missing by a hair's breadth, and then took another one.

  "Snap...". In Zhao Long's eyes, the rotating machine seemed especially slow. He thought that when he snapped, that small flat head also snapped. However, by the time he snapped down, the machine had reacted and missed again. The third one was the same, causing him to miss this opportunity, so this time he got nothing and could only continue to insert coins and start a new round.

  Zhao Long stared for two minutes, no mistake, as long as he focused his attention, the rotation of the slot machine would become very slow, and then his reaction would be able to keep up. What ordinary people see is that by the time they take a shot, they have already missed it, even if they hit some small reward, it's just an accidental mistake.

  "MB's, yesterday lost over 500, this morning won back over 300, let's go eat something first, and then fight again in the afternoon." At this time, several people came out from inside, whispering to each other about what just happened.

  Zhao Long's heart moved, this was actually a good way to make money, and he thought that Zhao Long had already gone in. He bought 100 yuan worth of game coins, the game coins here were more expensive than usual places, this point was similar to Haicheng's consumption level, always more expensive than other cities.

  Zhao Long found a place to sit down and wanted to try out what he had just seen and thought about, to see if the actual effect was the same.