52: Draw the lottery hard! Dog owner: Oops, this is

Chapter 52: Drawing Lots Fiercely! Rich Scion: Oh no, this is a Hongmen Banquet!

With this question in mind, Lu Ze, before he even had a chance to wash up, simply wiped the sweat from his forehead and plopped down on a nearby bench, projecting his email backend directly onto his eyeball.

After all, he had been in contact with Kui Sangti and his group all afternoon, and he wouldn't dare to lie down without a quick wash.

Instantly, an email caught his eye.

[We have developed a complete plan for the 5 billion usd (approximately 35 billion RMB) student subsidy based on your organization's needs. Below are a few key points.]

[First: All subsidies will be approved at the highest level, without any intermediate processes, and will be named 'Warmhearted Citizen Love Student Subsidy.']

[Second: All Northwest Province students will be independently archived, and subsidy funds will be directly disbursed by the treasury monthly, on time, and as needed.]

[Third: The subsidy plan has been changed to: food subsidy, which includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with a daily subsidy of 3 yuan per person.]

[...]

The email listed a series of detailed plans, so comprehensive that it was almost alarming.

From the distribution of funds to the money reaching the students, every step was designed to prevent any improper conduct, and even the supervision of each step would be more stringent.

Even the chefs who cooked for the students and the suppliers were subject to extremely strict regulations and requirements, ensuring that not a single cent of the 5 billion usd provided by Lu Ze was wasted elsewhere. This was a 'dead order' issued by the highest level.

"Cancel the school uniform and accommodation subsidies, and change them all to food subsidies?"

Lu Ze stroked his chin, pondering for a moment: "This plan is more comprehensive than I imagined."

He had thought of subsidizing students as much as possible in aspects such as school uniforms and accommodation, but he hadn't considered one problem.

That is, students in Northwest Province and other impoverished areas of Da Xia would at most buy one set of school uniforms and wear them for several years. If they tore, they would at most mend them, and sometimes even pass these old uniforms down to younger siblings at home.

Furthermore, many people would not live in dorms. Just like Lu Ze, who didn't wear school uniforms in primary and junior high, and would avoid staying in dorms if possible. Firstly, it saved money, and secondly, they could help with farm work and chores at home.

It would be better to use all the funds for food subsidies. Three yuan for food per day in 2009 was enough to ensure everyone ate well and was full.

'This plan is very complete, I am very satisfied, proceed with its execution as soon as possible.'

Lu Ze replied directly.

He couldn't find any fault with it, and there was no need to deliberately nitpick and demand perfection.

After all, the relationship between him and Da Xia was not a client-contractor one; the balance between them relied entirely on extreme trust.

'Later, it can be extended to the entire Northwest Provinces,' Lu Ze thought to himself.

All the provinces in the Northwest were in the same boat, with education and economic conditions lagging behind the rest of Da Xia.

If other regions had several impoverished counties, then the Northwest had only a few non-impoverished counties.

'Whether it's Northwest Province or other regions of Da Xia, the subsidy methods should still be in the form of education, infrastructure, and so on.'

'Other methods are meaningless and make it very difficult for it to be revitalized.'

Lu Ze quickly understood this point.

Building schools and subsidizing student meals, like he did, was the best choice. If that didn't work, then building bridges and roads.

However, direct cash subsidies would only lead to moral decay. Forget about inspiring people to strive and study hard; if they didn't just lie at home, waiting for others' assistance, that would already be considered ambitious.

On this point, Lu Ze had already thought it through very clearly when he first asked Da Xia to build a thousand schools in Northwest Province.

They could aid in building schools, subsidize students' meals, and choose any means to help people in impoverished areas develop and grow.

But direct cash subsidies? No way!

Closing the email backend, Lu Ze was about to turn off the light screen on his eyeball.

Suddenly, he looked thoughtfully at the system information in the bottom right corner.

[Achievement Points: 54000 points.] (There were still four thousand points left from the previous lottery draw.)

[System Space Item Bar: B-2 Bomber...]

"Since I'm here, why not do a lottery draw?" Lu Ze felt a little itchy looking at the large number of achievement points.

After duplicating the B-2 Bomber, he hadn't had time to do a lottery draw yet.

"Lottery draw, activate!"

"Two consecutive blue draws!" Lu Ze chanted inwardly.

[Ding, 10,000 achievement points have been consumed!]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a blue item: Memory Capsule * 10! (Eat it, and you will remember everything that happened within three hours and store it deeply.)]

[Ding, 10,000 achievement points have been consumed!]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a blue talent: Swift Steps.

Description: Your running speed will receive a slight boost.

Physical fitness evaluation: Congratulations, your current speed barely reaches the national third-level athlete's 100-meter speed of 12.64 seconds. If you were only ten years old and in primary school, you might have some potential in short-distance running.]

"Agility boost? A ten-year-old primary school student's talent level?"

Lu Ze complained, looking at the reward: "What's wrong with today's lottery draw?"

Although these two blue item rewards had some use, their utility wasn't significant.

He wasn't like Kui Sangti's tools, never playing thrilling games like 'zero-dollar shopping,' so running fast wouldn't help him much.

As for the memory capsule, it could be used in some emergency situations.

"Another ten consecutive white draws," Lu Ze confirmed again, and 10,000 achievement points vanished.

He didn't expect the system to throw in two extra whip draws like a farmer, but at least this draw should yield some good stuff, right?

However.

[Ding, 1,000 achievement points have been consumed!]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a white item: 1,000 usd.]

The screen flashed nine times in a row, all white item rewards ranging from one hundred to one thousand usd.

Lu Ze's tightly furrowed brows could almost form a vivid landscape painting directed at the system.

Although the five or six thousand usd in cash combined could alleviate some of his financial pressure, he still hoped to draw more good items.

[Ding, 1,000 achievement points have been consumed!]

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a blue item: Solar Flashlight!]

Lu Ze breathed a sigh of relief when he finally saw a blue item, but after reading the description, he almost fainted from anger.

"This can be considered a blue item?!" Lu Ze was utterly bewildered!

[Solar Flashlight. Description: A boring creation from a certain scientific researcher. When there is a light source, pointing it at the light source for ten seconds will illuminate for one second. When there is no light source, it will absolutely not light up.]

Did the system think he hadn't seen Stephen Chow's movies? Was that scientific researcher's surname Da?

"I really should have taken a shower. This bad luck has spread all over me," Lu Ze muttered helplessly, scratching his hair.

He had spent a full 30,000 achievement points, yet he hadn't drawn anything useful!

This was definitely because he had too much contact with Kui Sangti today, causing him to become unlucky.

[Achievement Points: 24000 points.]

Although Lu Ze still wanted to prove that his luck wasn't that bad, reason stopped him.

'There are still six duplication chances before I can unlock purple draws... I can't waste my achievement points anymore.' Lu Ze sighed silently.

After duplicating that B-2 'Ghost' Bomber, he only needed to duplicate six more times to unlock the next stage of purple draws.

Although it was unclear whether the system's permissions would be upgraded then, the probability of obtaining good items would definitely be much higher than with blue and white draws.

However, if the required achievement points still increased tenfold like blue and white draws, then a single purple draw would cost 100,000 achievement points.

Lu Ze gasped: "Then a golden draw would require a full one million achievement points each time?"

If he did a few more golden draws, he would probably drain all of Eagle-land's wealth, wouldn't he?

Immediately, another question appeared before him.

'But... purple draws should have a small chance of yielding golden items, so what would golden draws have a small chance of getting?'

'What kind of absurd item would be even higher-grade than golden items?'

Regarding this question, Lu Ze said he didn't even dare to think about it. If he could draw that, Eagle-land's wool would probably be completely plucked by him.

He closed the light screen on his eyeball.

He glanced at the 'solar flashlight' he had drawn.

Lu Ze shook his head: "Forget it, I'll just give it to Lucy tomorrow along with the 'Magic Wand'. Maybe she'll like these weird things."

That girl Lucy was silly, after all, big breasts meant no... she would definitely like it.

As day turned into night, and Lu Ze woke up to prepare for the laboratory.

At this moment, a dinner party was taking place, but only three people sat before a table laden with dishes in the vast banquet hall.

The surroundings were empty and desolate, even a little eerie.

A middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a gold-embroidered robe and a pink turban, looked at the scene before him.

"Director Zhang, why are you here?"

Abdul Badr Eddin was full of disbelief: "Why is it just the three of us?"

He had been contacted by them, saying there was a dinner party tonight that he needed to attend. Such routine etiquette usually meant everyone who could attend would.

So he had arrived at the banquet hall fifteen minutes early, following common practice.

But he never expected this to be a 'Hongmen Banquet,' because there were only three of them in the entire banquet hall.

"Mr. Abdul, our Xia Academy of Sciences has a new technology we'd like to discuss with Saudi Arabia," Zhang Yuli said with a smile, "This might be a very good research cooperation..."

They couldn't always call these important figures to the Xia Academy of Sciences, especially when they were all Middle Eastern countries. Did they think Eagle-land was dead?

"New technology? Collaborative research?" Abdul's mouth twitched.

Asking Saudi Arabia to cooperate on developing new technology, did the Xia Academy of Sciences make a mistake in finding them?

Did they, the rich scions, look like the type who could endure hardship and research? Haven't they always just bought, bought, bought?

(Third update, another ten thousand words. Dear readers, if you have monthly passes, please vote. If not, recommendation tickets are also fine!)

(Friendly recommendation for an excellent Chinese entertainment novel, "Hua Yu Starts by Giving Systems to Female Stars." The idea is very novel, directly giving systems to female stars, not being a lickspittle but simply enjoying the fun of being chased by female stars. The first chapter is about giving Liu Yifei a sub-system. One can only say the city knows how to play, highly recommended! The link is in the author's notes, feel free to check it out if interested.)