69: Upgrade again

He didn't follow the internet trends and go bother the firefighters with his piggy bank.

Ye Su found a repair shop and paid the owner twenty yuan to saw off a corner of the piggy bank, only then returning to his rental apartment.

Clatter—clatter—

The intel indicated that due to its condition, the suggested selling price for this Founding Commemorative Silver Coin was only twelve thousand.

But Ye Su didn't just give up and smash the whole thing; he found a cloth to lay down, then slowly poured all the coins out from inside.

"One yuan, one jiao, five jiao, and even arcade tokens... this stuff is way too mixed up."

The Founding Commemorative Silver Coin was very easy to recognize. Ye Su spread out the poured-out coins and easily spotted his target among the pile.

Using a piece of paper as a pad, Ye Su placed the silver coin in his palm to inspect it.

There was no problem looking at it from the front, but when he flipped it to the back, right next to the [One Yuan] text, Ye Su could see a tiny scratch with his bare eyes. He figured this must be the reason why the coin's value was so heavily discounted.

He wasn't in a rush to spend that ten thousand-plus yuan, so Ye Su didn't immediately ask Wan Yuanliang if he wanted to buy it. He planned to wait until next week to see if there were any other lucky finds, then send them all to Wan Yuanliang for appraisal at once.

Previously, to prepare for situations where he might need to store such old currency temporarily, Ye Su had bought a few storage boxes online. Now, they were just what he needed.

After packing the silver coin into a storage box and putting it in the cabinet, Ye Su started sorting through the other coins in the piggy bank.

The repair shop owner was a pretty honest guy.

After deducting the miscellaneous arcade tokens, the remaining coins added up to a little over two hundred.

If not for that Founding Commemorative Silver Coin, Ye Su would have just lost the twenty yuan he paid the repair shop to saw the piggy bank.

"With so many coins, what should I do with them?"

It certainly wasn't worth taking them to a bank to exchange. In the end, Ye Su could only find a box, pile the large heap of coins inside, and use them as loose change over time.

There wasn't even a computer in the rental apartment, and staying there alone was rather boring.

After getting things sorted, Ye Su returned to school to find his three brothers and start a happy four-player session in Dorm 305.

Because Fang Zewei, under Ye Su's suggestion, had accepted a gaming companion order from that Lolita rich woman, he had earned a little bit this week.

Therefore, the extortion target for Dorm 305 had shifted from Ye Su to Fang Zewei.

After finishing their gaming session, the three bad friends dragged Fang Zewei along to a street food stall to handle dinner.

"Ah Wei has it good. Playing games with a Lolita rich woman and getting paid? You're really getting the best of both worlds."

While eating, Jiang Zhibin's tone was filled with envy, but Fang Zewei looked miserable.

"Don't even mention it. You think this money is that easy to earn? Her skill is like Zhao Kuangyin taking an elevator—she just feeds kills as soon as she gets on."

"Being bad at the game is one thing, but she's also a spoiled rich girl whose mental state collapses at the drop of a hat."

"It makes it so that besides playing the game, I also have to coax her. At least eighty percent of the companion money I earn is just compensation for emotional distress!"

Jiang Zhibin wasn't happy to hear that: "What spoiled rich girl? That's called being innocent and naive. If you find it annoying, push her WeChat to me. I'll play with her from now on."

"Heh, is that really why you want to play games with her? I'm almost too embarrassed to call you out on it."

"Don't even look at what kind of status she has; would she even be interested in you?"

"If you don't have any urine, I can lend you a puddle so you can take a look at your own pathetic self."

Attacked without hesitation by his three roommates, Jiang Zhibin's momentum immediately weakened: "Can't I even think about it..."

Of course, he knew that given that Lolita's circumstances, they were completely different types of people, and what he said just now was just blowing hot air.

Besides, it was almost May, and everyone had to start preparing for summer internships.

Jiang Zhibin wasn't someone who couldn't prioritize what was important.

Coupled with the psychological shadow left by his previous online relationship, Jiang Zhibin's desire to find a girlfriend to comfort his youth had faded significantly.

Compared to finding a girlfriend, finding an internship was clearly more important.

And the meal they were eating right now was entirely bought by Fang Zewei selling out his dignity as an esports expert.

So, while eating, the three of them kindly listened to Fang Zewei complain a few times about how hard it was to earn companion money.

Perhaps thinking that once the summer internship hunt began, it wouldn't be as easy for the four of them to get together for a meal as it was now.

The four grown men ate and chatted, and it took over an hour to finish the meal.

...

The night passed without incident. After waking up on Monday, Ye Su opened the system to check the intel that had refreshed at midnight.

[Today's Intel (Level 1): Liu Quan is offering 600,000 to find a professional debt-bearer with a clean credit report. Contact number: 157****2917]

Uh...

Good news: the Level 1 intel refreshed with a piece of information worth 600,000.

Bad news: Ye Su absolutely couldn't earn this money, and he didn't dare to.

Recently, news about [so-and-so earning thousands or tens of thousands a month but owing tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions] had hit the trending topics, and netizens knew exactly what was going on as soon as they saw it.

He hadn't expected that in the blink of an eye, the system would produce such a piece of intel for him too.

This 600,000 was just like the time he had the urge to blackmail Lin Hongyuan; once taken, he didn't know how many 600,000s it would take to clean up the mess afterward.

Ye Su didn't know what those professional debt-bearers were thinking.

If this money were really that easy to earn, wouldn't the creditors and intermediaries just find their own relatives and friends instead of going to such great lengths to find you and practically begging you to earn this money?

Are you his dad, or his mom?

"Brother System, you've misjudged me. The education I've received since childhood doesn't support me doing this kind of thing."

Ye Su decisively closed the system and began his new life for the day.

Throughout the day, Ye Su's mind wasn't really on his classes; he kept staring at the price of gold futures.

It opened at 790.12 yuan. After a slight drop to 788.22 yuan, it began a new round of growth.

By the close of trading, the gold price had unprecedentedly surged past 800 yuan per gram, finally locking in at the 805 price point!

Ye Su, who had been unable to make up his mind about clearing out his gold futures positions, had ultimately held on and, relying on two lots of gold futures, realized a profit of 30,000 yuan in a single day!

Lying in bed at night, looking at the dazzling numbers in his account, Ye Su couldn't help but sigh repeatedly in his heart:

"I used to think people who jumped off buildings because of futures trading were stupid, knowing full well that this stuff had huge risks and still jumping in headfirst.

After tasting such an easy way to make money, how many people can resist the temptation and not sink deeper and deeper!"

Ye Su warned himself once again that it was about time to exit and not get trapped inside.

[Ding!]

[The monthly complimentary intel upgrade opportunity has arrived. Please check it, Host!]

Ye Su wasn't sleeping at night not only because he was excited about the gold price, but naturally also because today was the 21st, and it was time for his monthly free intel upgrade.