168: What are you comparing with him!

“What do you mean? Is there something special about this gold bar?”

Seeing Xiao Yun’s reaction, Zhang Yu immediately became excited.

“I knew it! A top-tier big red item like this couldn’t possibly sell for so little! After all, how many people in the entire world can successfully bring out big red from a restricted area? Don’t you think so, Uncle Xiao?”

“Damn it, I think you’re really asking for a beating!”

“Uncle Xiao, no, no, no!”

Zhang Yu was being a bit of a jerk, but he was also happy.

He was also glad he came to Xiao Yun; otherwise, this big gold bar would have cost him an unknown amount of profit!

“Don’t sell this gold bar.”

Xiao Yun explained calmly.

“Red items like this can generally be leased out. For example, electronic products can be leased to research institutes or internet companies, while this gold bar is a craft collection, so it’s best to lease it to a relevant place.”

“There’s something I don’t understand. Logically speaking, we have gold in reality, right? Can this gold bar also be leased out? What would people do with a gold bar?!”

Zhang Yu was very confused.

In his opinion, gold bars also exist in reality, and they don’t seem to have much artistic value, unlike high-grade items like human head statues or golden gazelle, which can be leased or sold to the Museum for exhibition.

“Actually, my initial thought was the same as yours.”

Xiao Yun said with a faint smile.

“It was only later that I learned that the place where this gold bar is leased is neither the Museum nor a research institute, but a place more closely related to its use.”

“What place? Xiao ge, tell me quickly, you’re killing me!”

Just then, Long Xiaopang, who was beside them, also spoke much faster due to his impatience.

“The answer is simple: a gold shop.”

“Gold shop?”

Upon hearing this term, Zhang Yu was first confused.

But soon, his clever mind quickly understood what was going on.

Gold shops in this world like to display high-value items at the very front of their stores to show off their shop’s prestige and attract customers.

When ordinary people see a gold bar brought out from a restricted area displayed at the entrance of a gold shop, they will immediately be drawn to it, especially those who frequently run knives in restricted areas.

After all, a red-quality item is something many agents dream of!

Therefore, for a gold shop, whether there is a pure gold bar in the display cabinet at the entrance is a matter of reputation.

Especially in a city like Haibei City, which is beyond the third-tier, if a gold shop has a gold bar to guard its store, its business will indeed be much better.

However, there are very few agents in Haibei City who can bring out resources from restricted areas, and those who can bring out big red are even rarer.

Therefore, most gold shops are very willing to lease a gold bar as their prized possession, but there simply aren’t that many gold bars in Haibei City.

And these matters were also things that Liu Shihhan and Lu Xueqing reminded him of when he was taking them into the Zero Dam vault to find gold bars.

“In short, leasing this to a gold shop is definitely the right choice, and the drop rate of big red in our Haibei City is extremely low. There are fewer gold bars brought out in a year than gold shops that close down, so there won’t be a lack of people to lease it.”

“So that’s how it is! Xiao Yun, thank you so much!”

Zhang Yu immediately grinned from ear to ear.

And Long Xiaopang, who was beside him, was also exceptionally excited at this moment.

They’re going to get rich, they’re really going to get rich now!

If the gold bar is successfully leased out, the annual rent alone would be equivalent to buying a small residential building, allowing them to collect rent every year without doing anything.

This isn’t just one room, but an entire building!

Zhang Yu immediately suppressed his excitement and quickly shook Xiao Yun’s arm.

“Xiao Yun, come to the internet cafe tonight, I’ll treat you to barbecue!”

Saying that, he also quickly left the convenience store with Long Xiaopang.

“This kid, I didn’t expect him to suddenly wake up.”

Watching him leave, Xiao Qingtian silently stroked his chin.

“I always thought he was quite smart since he was little, and now he’s finally putting it to good use!”

“What about me?”

Xiao Yun frowned, asking in confusion.

His father spoke so highly of others that he was a little jealous.

Why was his father only shocked when he found big red, without so many compliments?

“You? How can Zhang Yu compare to you!”

Xiao Qingtian said unhappily.

“Others are prodigal sons returning, finding their way back, but you, you just gave your dad a big move right from the start! After only one day of running knives, I saw your bank card with money going in and out, and then you brought back two big red items! Ordinary people might not see big red a few times in their entire lives of running knives. Who can compete with you? Why don’t others just make way for you and let you run the restricted area alone?”

Xiao Yun gave an awkward smile.

Indeed, the gap between himself and others was a bit too large.

“Oh, speaking of the big red item you found…”

Xiao Qingtian suddenly thought of something and continued.

“I told your mom, and she said not to bring it over; she wants to take time off and come back to get it herself, and see you at the same time.”

Hearing this, Xiao Yun also nodded silently.

His mother, Researcher Dong Jinglan, was a notorious workaholic, rarely seen throughout the year.

While other families had mother-son discord, their family had mother-son unfamiliarity.

“By the way, last night I also opened some big red medical items.”

At this moment, Xiao Yun also said calmly.

Of course, he didn’t say everything.

The big red medical items in the safety box at this time were actually not brought out from Dam No. 0 last night while running knives.

The only gains from Dam No. 0 were the two little red items he found after entering the vault.

The other big red items came from last night’s lucky boxes.

Thinking back to opening the boxes last night, the first 200 boxes only yielded three single-slot little red items.

Xiao Yun was almost ready to give up, but unexpectedly, the last 50 boxes suddenly exploded!

【Item: Automated External Defibrillator

Quality: Red

Price: 1,331,466

Comment: I’ve never seen it while running knives, have you?】

【Item: Olivia Champagne

Quality: Red

Price: 340,710

Comment: Can be brushed on the table, truly divine】

【Item: Respirator

Quality: Red

Price: 447,606

Comment: Open your mouth, breathe!】

Among the last fifty boxes last night.

He didn’t know if the previous ones were truly just padding, or if it was simply a burst of good luck.

The red item drop rate for 50 boxes, combined, was as high as 6%!

Moreover, the three red items obtained were not single-slot small goods.

One of them, a respirator, was something Xiao Yun had opened before when he was collecting loot from consecutive bounty failures.

The gift he previously said he would give to his mother, Researcher Dong Jinglan, was also this item.

It was a pity it wasn't a resuscitation respirator, otherwise it would have truly exploded!

And the biggest big red item, the automated external defibrillator, was even more unexpected for Xiao Yun.

He didn’t know if big red medical items were all very rare, but he had never opened this item in his previous life either.

He only knew it was a 2x3 big red item, and its value was very high.

Given Researcher Dong Jinglan’s status, she would probably be able to use this big red item, and Xiao Yun had originally planned to meet her and show it off to her.

“When is my mom coming back?”

“Tomorrow.”

Xiao Qingtian said calmly.

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(PS: Feiniao might have the flu during this period, and his condition is a bit low. During this time, daily updates will temporarily be adjusted to three chapters! However, since there was no prior notification, today’s owed chapters will still be counted, with a total of 6 chapters currently owed! I will make them up to everyone once I recover!)