Chapter 118 Income +79, Persuading with Reason

"A young man this big, with hands and feet, yet he's squatting on the street begging?"

"Hey, you don't understand, it's performance art."

"Performance art? What kind of art is that?"

"If my son were like him, I would have kicked him out of the house long ago."

"That's the generation gap, young people like to film skits, you don't understand."

Quite a few elderly passersby on the street saw Lu Xian's situation and immediately started gossiping on the side.

Lu Xian: "..."

The livestream room chat flooded with comments:

[Wow, being talked about like that, I can't take it, boo hoo.]

[Anger +1.]

[Yo yo, what are you angry about? It's not like it wasn't the challenge you all chose.]

[At this rate, the Streamer probably won't be able to make any money.]

[A huge humiliation, is my dignified D-rank self, who can hunt down a B-rank Master Lu, going to fail here?]

...

"It's fine."

Lu Xian's voice echoed in the livestream room.

Then he took a brick out of his backpack.

Everyone was shocked and felt uneasy.

Auntie: "Young man, what are you doing? Hitting people is against the law!"

livestream room chat:

[Hahaha, is the Streamer unable to hold back and about to hit someone?]

[Is Brother Lu about to take someone down with one brick?]

[Loose lips, they deserve to be hit.]

[Friendly reminder, hitting someone will get you eliminated.]

[Go for it! If you don't vent your anger now, you won't have another chance / Doge.]

...

"Don't worry, I am a law-abiding citizen."

Lu Xian's voice echoed in the livestream room.

The viewers responded:

[Yeah, right, right, right.]

[If he could use the Bone-Crushing Hammer, I'm afraid these aunties and uncles would be attending their own funeral feast early.]

[Be careful that the cleaning lady comes over to chase you away again / Doge.]

Lu Xian put the brick down.

The hearts of the aunties and uncles, which had been hanging in their throats, finally settled halfway.

They watched as Lu Xian lifted the clothes on the ground that had text written on them, revealing the other half of the text:

[Mute Street Challenge... Barehanded Crushing of Red Bricks].

"???"

Fine, fine, so that's how you want to play, right?

However, more than half of the onlookers were scared away.

Only one old man stepped forward aggressively. After getting close and looking, his farsighted eyes finally saw clearly:

"Barehanded crushing of red bricks?"

DuangDuangDuang.

"Yo, this brick is real. Can you really crush it?"

"Are you a martial artist?"

Lu Xian nodded and then shook his head.

He exerted force with his palm and slammed it violently against the brick.

His double-digit physique strength exploded.

Crack!

Bang!

A corner of the brick shattered into small pieces, some turning directly into powder.

The old man who saw this scene was dumbfounded.

His dentures were about to fall out in shock.

"This young man must be a martial artist, internal energy!"

"That's awesome!"

The old man seemed a bit scared. If that hit his head, wouldn't he die an early death?

He hadn't finished having fun with his square dancing partner next door yet.

"Impressive, young man."

In the stainless steel lunch box in front of Lu Xian, the balance increased by 10.

Enthusiastic old man audience - 1.

If 779 more old men like this came, he would be able to complete the lowest tier of the earnings quota.

People came and went.

Some stopped, some asked questions, but most people just took an extra look and went about their business.

Eight hours, neither long nor short, passed in a flash.

[Congratulations on completing today's livestream room trending comment challenge.]

Lu Xian received the notification.

But there was no reward.

However, he looked at the money in the lunch box and counted it.

"79 yuan."

79 a day, that's over two thousand a month.

"Feels not bad, huh?" Lu Xian looked surprised.

So it's this easy to make money by placing a bowl on the street?

Look at the cleaning ladies, getting up at four or five in the morning to sweep, sweeping until noon, then sweeping again until evening.

They are exhausted, and only make eighteen hundred.

Yet, putting a bowl on the ground and sitting there, you make over two thousand a month?

The livestream room exclaimed 666:

[Beggars make this much money?]

[Otherwise, what did you think? Internet beggars make even more / Doge for self-preservation.]

[Wow, my worldview is shocked!]

[Hahaha, as long as you don't have a bottom line or dignity, you can make money.]

...

Lu Xian packed up the broken brick pieces and the clothes on the ground.

He checked the time. It was already 3:30 PM.

"Don't choose such a pitfall of a challenge next time, thank you all."

Lu Xian made a gesture of thanks.

The livestream room chat commented:

[Don't worry, whoever chooses this kind of challenge again, I'll beat them until even their great-grandmother won't recognize them.]

[It's okay, it has some difficulty.]

[I think this can make money. If it were me, I'd at least perform a bit on the street, dance, and I'd get several hundred.]

[Forget it, the person above, it would be super cringe.]

...

"Going to eat first."

He only ate two steamed buns at noon. Now he was starving.

"Do you guys have any ways to make money?"

Lu Xian hadn't decided what to do next yet.

livestream room:

[Go all in, go scratch lottery tickets / Hehe.]

[Deliver food, you can do it part-time.]

[Wada Guacha, work as a gigolo at a club, embrace a rich woman, happy life.]

[Moving bricks at a construction site? I heard migrant workers work hard, but they also make money, several hundred a day.]

[Street performance / Funny.]

[Still the same thing, join the Beggar Sect.]

[Now that you mention it, I think it's better to just borrow money. Borrow hundreds of thousands, doesn't that equal earning hundreds of thousands?]

[Lu: Borrowed money by my own ability, why should I pay it back?]

[Start a livestream, Brother Lu is so handsome, there's a future in it.]

...

"This phone can't livestream."

"Plus, there's no fan base."

Lu Xian responded.

At this time, he arrived at a fast-food restaurant on the street.

However, there wasn't much food left on the serving trays at the entrance.

"Handsome, what would you like to eat?" A woman in her forties wearing an apron walked over.

"How much for this?" He pointed at the remaining stir-fried chicken with corn and carrot cubes; there were only two small pieces of chicken.

"Five yuan, I'll give it all to you," the landlady said readily.

"A bit expensive, can you make it cheaper?"

"Hey." The landlady looked surprised. She didn't expect young people nowadays to haggle?

"Fine, four yuan, includes rice."

"Thank you, boss." Lu Xian smiled and found a seat to wait.

livestream room:

[Boo hoo, so pitiful.]

[Have to say, this challenge is really miserable, even spending money has to be stingy.]

[Mainly because it's a bit of a pitfall, no express delivery can be sent, and item skills can't be used.]

[Yeah, so pitfall.]

...

Leftovers and cold rice, this meal cost 4 yuan.

72+79 - 4, still have 147.

After eating his fill.

Lu Xian stood on the street, feeling a bit lost.

He definitely had to go make money next.

This survival challenge was about making money.

If he couldn't, it meant the challenge time would get longer.

He suddenly thought of something:

"What do you guys think, should I go back and ask for the money from working at the restaurant?"

It's 500 yuan. Although a hundred was deducted.

If he didn't go today, would that boss fire him?

The livestream room commented:

[Must ask for it, can't let him get away with it.]

[How to ask for it?]

[Three-star weapon, 'Reasoning with Others'.]

"Fine, I'll go and reason with him."

"Asking for my own wages back, that's not illegal, right?"