46: 7,200 has been credited to my account!
Chen Kai watched as the Lottery Shop Owner finished scratching half a book; tickets worth 600 yuan per book had only returned 120 yuan, so he smiled and shook his head.
"Little brother, I'll scan the 7,270 yuan directly to you. In our shop, anything under 10,000 yuan doesn't need to be redeemed at the lottery center, and there's no tax to pay."
Chen Kai watched as the Lottery Shop Owner used the provided scanner to scan the winning tickets and then held up his QR code.
"Beep! Payment received successfully, 7,270 yuan."
Hearing the notification of the payment arriving, Chen Kai felt a wave of pleasure.
The money in his WeChat had reached a full 35,000. Once the Pop Mart Stocks were sold, his balance would be over 400,000; just thinking about it was satisfying.
"Young man, you two have such good luck and are on such a roll, why not buy a few more to play with?"
The Lottery Shop Owner looked heartbroken; he could have scratched this lottery ticket himself.
Having torn off half a book, the normal procedure was to scratch half and sell half.
"No thanks, quit while you're ahead, not gambling is the way to win." Chen Kai smiled faintly, watching the old man in front of him get increasingly flushed as he scratched—a 600 yuan book of lottery tickets only returning 200 yuan.
He estimated that even if he spent all 7,000 on them, whether he could even get 3,000 back would be a question.
"Little brother, should we buy some Football Lottery tickets to predict the scores for the European Cup?"
Liu Yunshang licked her lips, clearly still wanting more; the feeling of adrenaline surging was too exciting.
Although they hadn't won a huge amount, it was still very exciting.
Chen Kai paused for a moment and took out his phone to check if there were any strong dark horses in tonight's group stage matches.
"We can buy a few. Let me check tonight's matches; buying a few to play with is fine."
"Okay~ I'll listen to you, little brother."
Liu Yunshang wore a curious expression; if Chen Kai won again, she would insist on dragging him to attend the jade exhibition no matter what.
This definitely wasn't just good luck; he truly had keen insight into every industry.
He opened TikTok and searched for the European Cup schedule: Croatia vs. Portugal, Netherlands vs. Germany.
Although Rhapsody Nation was a dark horse, he still wanted to support CR7 more. For Germany vs. Netherlands, whenever he couldn't see a clear strength difference, he would bet on a draw.
He slowly closed his phone and spoke slowly to the Lottery Shop Owner, who was already waiting at the ticket machine for his prediction: "Netherlands and Germany, a draw in ninety minutes."
"For Rhapsody and Portugal, buy Portugal to win."
"Alright, but many other Football Lottery players are betting on Rhapsody to win."
The Lottery Shop Owner chatted for a bit, giving Chen Kai a little sweetener so he would help promote the fact that he had won 7,000 at his shop.
"Bet the opposite way on lottery tickets, and you'll get a villa by the sea, so just buy it as I said."
"Alright, how much?"
Just as Chen Kai was about to scan the code, Liu Yunshang stepped ahead of him and scanned 400 yuan.
"200 each, I believe in my little brother's insight!"
"Got it, here are your tickets. By the way, do you mind if I hang a banner? To promote the fact that you won 7,000."
The Lottery Shop Owner asked obsequiously, with a flattering smile on his face.
"I don't mind."
Chen Kai took the Football Lottery tickets, stuffed them casually into Liu Yunshang's pocket, and led her out of the lottery shop.
They took a stroll through the vegetable market, bought some groceries, and then went home.
As soon as Chen Kai got home, he sat on the sofa and lit a cigarette.
He checked the time; it was past two o'clock and already the weekend. In two days, it would be time to sell the Pop Mart Stocks, and he didn't know how much they had risen to per share by now.
Just as he was thinking about this, his phone suddenly rang.
He checked WeChat, and it was Tang Yunshu sending a message.
"Speak of the devil."
He opened WeChat with some excitement, but to his surprise, he saw a screenshot of the Stocks falling.
[Tang Yunshu: The Stocks have already fallen to 290, sigh... We should have cashed out at the peak yesterday.]
[Should we sell now? It will probably fall again tomorrow.]
[We might really lose money by then. Boss, why don't you trust me once?]
Chen Kai paused, then immediately replied with a message: "Continue monitoring; tell me if it rises or falls."
He scratched his head; it shouldn't be falling.
He still chose to trust the system's intelligence; it wouldn't be wrong.
He just needed to wait patiently until next Tuesday; even if it fell, it should be temporary.
He put down his phone, went back to the room, and spent some time cuddling with Liu Yunshang until it was seven o'clock in the evening.
Chen Kai was lying on the bed and didn't really want to move anymore; as for the football match, he would just check the results later.
The two group stage matches kicked off almost at the same time. At Liu Yunshang's strong insistence, Chen Kai chose a compromise.
Watch them while lying in bed!
"Then I'll go get you something to eat."
Liu Yunshang was wearing a pretty short-skirt pajama, standing by the bed and lazily stretching.
At the same time, she made an "Hmm~" sound.
Chen Kai opened TikTok, preparing to search for the live broadcast of the European Cup group stage matches.
Unexpectedly, the first video pushed when he opened TikTok was posted by the official Pop Mart account.
"Hmm? Is this... a new series of labubu?"
Chen Kai zoomed in on the video details; what was released this time didn't seem to be dolls, but rather large decorative items.
It was still in the teaser stage and had no price tag.
Although it looked a little bit ugly, that didn't stop the many people liking and commenting on it; this teaser video had already surged into the top three of the trending list.
Opening the comment section, people were cheering; this item was already on pre-sale abroad, and there were people offering high prices for international purchasing agents.
The video had already reached 700,000 likes.
Chen Kai originally just wanted to watch for fun, but suddenly he wondered if this video might be what pulled Pop Mart's share price back up.
He originally wanted to ask Tang Yunshu what the share price had become, but after thinking about it carefully, he decided not to rush! Let the bullets fly for a while.
"Ding-dong!"
Just as Chen Kai was considering whether to invest the 30,000-plus in his hand into the stock market again, Tang Yunshu suddenly sent another message.
[Tang Yunshu: It's miraculous. It had already fallen to over 200, but because Pop Mart released a new series of labubu products, the share price instantly soared back to over 300.]
[Did you know about this news in advance, which is why you seemed so calm?]
[Tang Yunshu retracted a message.]
[Uh, sorry, we shouldn't pry into the boss's privacy.]
Chen Kai chuckled as he looked at the messages on his phone.
This little girl was quite cute.
He sent an emoji to brush it off and then switched back to TikTok to continue watching the match.
"Tsk, Rhapsody scored a goal first. Brother Luo needs to step it up!"
Chen Kai muttered, watching out of the corner of his eye as Liu Yunshang brought a plate of snacks from the kitchen.
She also grabbed a small table, placed it on the bed, and set the things on the small table.
She squeezed onto the bed, hugged Chen Kai, and started staring at the phone screen to watch the match.
Chen Kai also started watching the match...
...
90 minutes later, the time reached stoppage time, and the two teams were tied one-to-one.
"Little brother, it seems like your prediction was wrong this time."
Liu Yunshang fed a plain potato chip into Chen Kai's mouth and then sucked on her own fingers.
Just then, the football commentator suddenly roared.
【Cristiano Ronaldo scored! A last-minute winner! Elegant as a startled swan! Graceful as a swimming dragon!】