25: Chapter 25: Strengthening ruins a life, drawing cards ruins three generations.

"Not expensive! It's only eighty-eight for one." Chen Sheng said this to the Old Sister-in-law as well.

"Eighty-eight? That's too expensive!"

The girl called Xinxin subconsciously wanted to reach out and pull the Old Sister-in-law, but the Old Sister-in-law was faster, directly taking out her phone and scanning the QR code.

Ding~

"Received a transfer of 176 yuan."

"The money has been scanned over." While speaking, the Old Sister-in-law picked out a yellow umbrella from the storage box and stuffed it directly into Xinxin's hand.

"Received!" The smile on Chen Sheng's face immediately brightened by another thirty percent.

She was worthy of being the famous Old Sister-in-law of Shu City; despite not being masculine, she handled things very manfully.

So manfully that in Chen Sheng's peripheral vision, many girls around were secretly extending their "Nine Yin Skeleton Claws" toward their boyfriends' ribs, and immediately, sounds of gasping in pain echoed through this not-so-spacious area.

The men forced to wear "pain masks" looked at other men also wearing "pain masks," casting "I understand" glances at each other.

Immediately after...

"Boss, can this umbrella be cheaper?"

"Boss, how are the raincoats sold?"

"Boss, give me an umbrella."

"Boss, I want two raincoats."

An eighty-eight yuan umbrella and a fifty-eight yuan raincoat were indeed expensive, but compared to a jealous girlfriend...

A lipstick costs over a hundred, a bottle of Miracle Water costs several hundred, a bracelet starts at thousands, and even the first bubble tea of summer costs 888 yuan.

Compared to these, an 88 yuan umbrella and a 58 yuan raincoat were not expensive at all; they were too cheap!

The cost-performance ratio was maxed out.

And so, after buying the umbrella, holding it, and under the gaze of everyone, hugging his girlfriend as they stepped into the rain, he not only gained the envy and jealousy of others but also received a sweet kiss from his girlfriend.

The smart men already had smiles on their faces at this moment.

Chen Sheng also had a smile on his face.

Today, these rain gear items sold better than he expected.

In less than a while, they were sold out.

Looking at the empty storage box, Chen Sheng slapped his thigh with some annoyance. "If I had known, I should have stocked up more."

They say a person can only earn money within their own cognitive range in this life. Selling high-priced rain gear on a rainy day was something outside of Chen Sheng's cognition.

However, he was very satisfied.

He had stocked a total of 40 umbrellas. Excluding the 6 sold to the Young Lady (cosplayer), which were sold at 80 yuan each, the remaining 34 were sold at 88 yuan each, totaling 3472 yuan.

He had stocked a total of 20 raincoats. Similarly, excluding the 8 sold to the Young Lady (cosplayer) at 50 yuan each, the remaining 12 were sold at 58 yuan each, totaling 1096 yuan.

Adding both together, the total amount was 4568 yuan. Subtracting the cost of 2040 yuan, he made a total profit of 2528 yuan from this sale of rain gear.

If he also counted the 999 yuan obtained from the morning lucky draw, he earned a total of 3527 yuan today. Excluding costs, he brought in over three thousand.

Three thousand a day, ninety thousand a month, 1.08 million a year.

Don't look at the internet where the average monthly income is one hundred thousand or one million, and everyone goes out in a Maserati or Lamborghini, but he dared to pat his chest and say that if he had this income every day, he would definitely surpass more than 95 percent of the population in China.

Misjudging the popularity of the umbrellas, by the time he returned to the car, it was just past five-thirty. Chen Sheng called An Xiaonuan to tell her he was coming to pick her up from work. After hanging up the phone, Chen Sheng drove the vehicle into the heavy rain.

In the blink of an eye, the time came to the next day. The sudden heavy rain yesterday washed away the sultry heat of summer, and Chen Sheng enjoyed a rare sleep-in.

By the time he got up, An Xiaonuan had already gone to work.

After a simple wash, Chen Sheng followed the note An Xiaonuan left on the table, brought the breakfast kept warm in the pot to the table, and opened the system panel while eating.

host: Chen Sheng

Level: Level 1

Upgrade EXP: 10/100

Unread Intelligence: 2

Chen Sheng poked the unread intelligence with his oil-stained finger.

【Daily Intelligence 1: Yida Mall, 5th Floor, Yutang Card Shop, Jinjiang District, Shu City. A batch of star card gift boxes was just stocked a few days ago. In the gift box with batch number XXYP-124xxxxxx, there is a Curry signed material card with a serial number. The market value of this card is $500 - $3000.】

【Note 1: This intelligence is valid until July 4th, 19:47. The intelligence will automatically expire after this time.】

Chen Sheng rubbed his eyes, confirming that he saw $ and not ¥, and exclaimed in disbelief: "Holy crap~"

The current exchange rate of ¥ to $ is about 7.2:1, which means the market price of this card converted to ¥ is around 3500-21000.

"Hiss~" Although he usually watches TikTok and knows that card prices, especially rare card prices, are hyped up very high, he never thought that one day he, someone who never plays with cards, could open a high-priced card.

However, the market price range of 3500-21000 once again proved how deep the water in this industry is.

It really is: Reinforcement ruins a lifetime, card drawing ruins three generations.

Tsk tsk!

"Good thing I don't play."

【Daily Intelligence 2: Yesterday's heavy rainfall caused flooding at the Erxianqiao underpass in Shu City. Please travel with caution. The underpass will be cleared by the Staff Member and return to normal around 11:20.】

Chen Sheng: "..."

He racked his brain but couldn't think of how to use Intelligence 2 to get rich. In the end, he could only conclude, "This is another piece of garbage intelligence."

After breakfast, Chen Sheng drove to Yida Mall located in Jinjiang District, took the elevator directly to the fifth floor, and found the Yutang Card Shop mentioned in the intelligence.

Walking into the store, Chen Sheng, who was entering such a card shop for the first time in his life, was truly attracted by the full wall of various card packs and peripherals, as well as the long row of display cabinets, which contained various carefully stored cards.

Chen Sheng guessed that this was probably what they called rare cards.

Anyway, the intelligence was valid until July 4th, and today was only the 2nd, so he had plenty of time to buy that box of star cards. Therefore, he didn't rush to the counter immediately but first looked around the display cabinets.

He also listened to other customers in the shop sharing knowledge about cards.

For example, how to preserve a rare card when you get one?

What card sleeves, card bags, and what are soft sleeves and hard sleeves? Chen Sheng, who was completely touching a blind spot of knowledge, indicated he was very confused.

However, there was one thing he took in.

That was that the shop had supporting equipment for preserving cards.

For example, where do card friends usually communicate? How should cards be sold?

At the same time, in the shop's rest area, a group of people was gathering. The person in the middle had a phone set up and was live-streaming card opening.

Chen Sheng also crowded over to watch a card opening live stream that was a total loss.

A card box that sold for 800 yuan contained 8 small card packs.

As a result, amidst the shouting of the crowd, the card pack opened a card with a maximum value of 50 yuan, plus five cards worth 5 yuan, which had market trends but no actual market, and were almost impossible to sell. In other words, this box of cards was a net loss of 750 yuan.

And he wasn't the only one losing money.

This person was also responsible for helping other card friends open cards or live-streaming other card friends opening cards in the shop.

Chen Sheng watched four consecutive live card openings, all of which were losses without exception, with the highest loss being over a thousand yuan.

The key was that these people were still tireless, fantasizing that one day they would open a rare card.

Tsk tsk!

At this moment, "Reinforcement ruins a lifetime, card drawing ruins three generations" became concrete.

Feeling that he understood about seven or eight out of ten, Chen Sheng walked to the counter and asked the Shop Assistant in the tone of a veteran card friend: "I heard you guys just stocked a batch of NBA star card gift boxes a few days ago?"