I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

Chapter 150: Million Australian Dollars Prize

When they stepped into the office, the middle-aged female accountant was examining the banknotes in the envelope intently, with a hint of suspicion in her eyes.

"Didn't you just remit the money a few days ago? Why are you doing it so frequently now? I need to verify whether there is sufficient funds in the domestic account." The female accountant's tone was serious and firm, like a sacred prosecutor performing her duties.

No one would believe such lies. Chen Xi naturally understood what she was thinking.

"Sister, we are running an Internet cafe business and helping customers to recharge their accounts. We are not laundering money..." Chen Xi tried her best to explain.

"I transferred money to you when I was in high school. Besides, the amount of money laundering would not be that small. If you don't believe me, go to our Internet cafe. It's just across the street, Beyond..." Chen Xi coughed lightly and continued.

"Fill out the form. It's better to follow the rules." The female accountant began to be businesslike. Accountants are all very rigorous, so Chen Xi had no choice but to pick up the form and start filling it out.

The form was relatively detailed and a far cry from the simple paper he had used in the past to send money.

Chen Xi noticed that there was a column in the form asking for home address.

The female accountant also wanted to ensure the legality and traceability of the funds.

However, in this era, the relevant control measures are not that strict, and she did this just in case.

There are so many places to remit money to China, but the handling fees in other places will be much higher, so Chen Xi still chose this place.

"Damn, it's such a hassle to just transfer money." After everything was done and he just walked out of the accounting firm, Dongdong couldn't help but swear.

"Normal." Chen Xi agreed casually.

He knows very well that with the strengthening of financial controls, there will be more restrictions on the movement of funds in the future.

There is a limit on the amount of money that can be withdrawn using domestic bank cards at Australian ATMs. This is a measure taken to prevent people from transferring their assets out of the country.

At that time, the flow of funds between the two countries will become more difficult.

He sent a text message to Wang Li, informing him that the money had been successfully transferred.

He had no intention of returning to the Internet cafe again.

After all, being surrounded by a group of internet-addicted teenagers is no joke, and it would be very difficult to leave again.

"Let's go, let's go. I haven't had noodles for a long time. I'm tired of eating Cantonese food every day." Dongdong complained.

As a person who loves pasta, he could no longer stand eating rice with Chen Xi for a long time.

There is a noodle shop in Boxhill Central that he loves. He used to go there often, but since the three of them started living together, the number of times he goes there has almost become zero.

Today, he couldn't wait to relive that familiar old taste.

Chen Xi nodded in understanding. When three people live together, it is important to accommodate each other. It is not good to always accommodate one person's taste.

"What are so many people doing?" As soon as Dongdong stepped into the door of Boxhill Central, he curiously noticed that there was a crowd of people in front of a store at the entrance.

This is an Australian chain of lottery shops opened by Tatts Group, which offers a variety of lottery games, such as lotto, scratch tickets, etc.

The most popular among them are Powerball and OZlotto.

This shop is located in Box Hill and is run by Chinese.

As the jackpot of this lottery is as high as 70 million Australian dollars, it attracted many lottery buyers to line up to buy.

The prize pool for this type of lottery is quite large, and the highest prize can even reach hundreds of millions of Australian dollars.

Chen Xi had also bought lottery tickets in his previous life, spending dozens of dollars every week to try his luck, but he had only won a little over a hundred dollars at most.

According to statistics, the probability of winning the lottery is extremely low, only one in 98 million, which is lower than the probability of being struck by lightning.

However, there are always some people who dream of getting rich overnight, so there is an endless stream of people buying lottery tickets.

Generally speaking, this lottery game is very popular among foreigners, especially older men and ladies.

Whenever you see lottery winners reported in the news, they are generally people of that age group.

With the aging trend of the Chinese community in Turkey and Australia, more and more elderly Chinese men and women have joined the ranks of buying lottery tickets.

"How about we try our luck too? See who can win the prize. It's 70 million Australian dollars! If we really win, we can just go home and live like a salted fish." Dongdong suggested, pointing to the billboard hanging at the door of the store with the 70 million Australian dollars prize promotion printed on it.

In order to attract lottery buyers, Australian lottery companies usually advertise heavily. Advertisements for grand prizes can be seen in shopping malls, bus stations and subways.

There is an advantage in buying lottery tickets in Australia, that is, Australian residents do not need to pay taxes after winning the lottery, only foreigners need to pay taxes, which has also led to more and more people buying lottery tickets.

"Buying a chicken feather has a one in 50 million chance. With this money I might as well go to Crown and play house. The probability is nearly %." After experiencing the setback of buying lottery tickets in his previous life, Chen Xi has lost confidence in lotteries.

He believes that buying lottery tickets is a sheer waste of money and is actually better off playing scratch-off tickets, where at least he can get back some small winnings.

"Just play, I've never played before."

"Okay, I'll go crazy with you for once."

After Dongdong's repeated requests, Chen Xi reluctantly agreed to play the lottery with him once, hoping that this would make Dongdong lose interest in the lottery and no longer have excessive expectations.

"God of Gamblers?"

"You old fool, it's you! You're gambling here again."

"You are the old man who won't die. I have turned over a new leaf. Now I play lottery. It's different." While waiting in line, Chen Xi suddenly heard a familiar voice.

He looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was the old man he met in Tab.

Ever since the last debt collection incident involving Jinni, Chen Xi hasn't seen this person again.

It seems that the old man still hasn't given up and has started playing the lottery.

After observing the crowd around him, Chen Xi discovered that almost all the people queuing were elderly people. The three young guys standing in the line stood out and stood out.

"God of Gamblers, do you have any good numbers to recommend?" The old man seemed to have forgotten Chen Xi's previous impolite attitude towards him, and now he took the initiative to ask Chen Xi for advice.

"I'm not a fortune teller, think for yourself."

Chen Xi waved his hands and didn't want to pay attention to this guy.

"So stingy." The old man muttered, then turned his head away in dissatisfaction.

He began to scribble on a piece of paper with a pen, as if he was thinking about something.

When buying lottery tickets here, you can choose to have the computer randomly select the numbers or you can choose the numbers manually.

Generally speaking, foreigners prefer to spend large sums of money on machine selection, and often place multiple bets on the same number.

In contrast, Asians generally believe more in praying to gods and Buddhas, so most people use their birthdays or other lucky numbers to buy lottery tickets.

"How do you buy it? I plan to use my birthday number plus Zhang Ruoxi's birthday number to buy it. I will definitely win the jackpot. When the time comes, I will take this set of numbers to tell her that this must be the fate arranged by God for us to be together!" Dongdong's words almost made Chen Xi bite his tongue.

He muttered to himself, how many stupid romance dramas has Dongdong watched recently to come up with such a plot.

However, on second thought, this could be quite interesting, so Chen Xi decided to give it a stupid try. He put his birthday number and Saori's birthday number together to buy lottery tickets to see what the result would be.

"Of course I'd choose random selection. It's all the same no matter how I choose. There's no point in being superstitious about lucky numbers." Xiao Ming, whose head is full of book knowledge, naturally wouldn't be as superstitious about lucky numbers as Dong Dong.

He planned to buy lottery tickets in the simplest and quickest way. After all, this was not a football betting game, and analysis and judgment were still required.

"You have no sense of humor at all. No wonder no girl is interested in you yet." Dongdong did not miss the opportunity to tease Xiao Ming.

"It's as if Zhang Ruoxi has a crush on you. You're just a guy with unrequited love."

The two began to quarrel again, completely ignoring the people around them, and seemed unafraid of losing face in public.

"Hello, which lottery ticket would you like to buy?" After a long wait, it was finally Chen Xi's turn. The shop assistants were a Chinese couple.

Chen Xi pointed to the Powerball and Oz Lotto options and decided to buy some of both.

When choosing the number, he filled in his and Saori's birthday numbers.

Powerball requires you to pick seven numbers from 1-35 plus a Powerball (special number), while OZ Lotto requires you to pick a combination of seven numbers from 1-45.

After filling in his and Saori's birthdays, Chen Xi somehow added Shen Xinyi's birthday into the combination.

Just like Dongdong said just now, he also wanted to be superstitious and see if God would give him some hints through the lottery to let him know who would be a better match for him.

Interesting, very interesting indeed.

Chen Xi held the two lottery tickets happily, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Tiantian Ramen is located in Box Hill and is currently the largest ramen restaurant in the area.

Although the taste is relatively ordinary, their main feature is the generous portion.

For Chen Xi, who has a picky taste, he doesn't like the taste of this restaurant very much.

However, Dongdong thought the restaurant was good, while Xiaoming only cared about whether the portions were big enough.

This is probably one of the biggest reasons why this store has been able to operate to this day.

The only advantage of this restaurant is that the portions are large, and the prices are also quite good.

A bowl of pork chop noodles only costs ten Australian dollars. Compared with the beef noodles in a certain state in China, the difference in portion is very obvious.

"Awesome! If this bowl of noodles is paired with our hometown's aged vinegar, it will be unbeatable!"

Dongdong slurped the noodles in big gulps, and the slurping sound was so loud that it could be heard outside the store.

Chen Xi couldn't imagine what would happen if he poured all the old vinegar that Dongdong mentioned into a bowl of noodles.

Right next to the noodle shop is a store selling preserved foods, mainly ham and cheese.

One cheese in particular that has mold growing on it is very popular among the foreigners in the Box Hill area.

Every time he passed by there, Chen Xi lost his appetite when he saw the blue-green mold on the cheese.

This is also one of the reasons why he rarely comes to this noodle shop, because the strange cheese at the door is really unbearable for him.

However, I heard that this kind of cheese is known as the aristocrat in the cheese world and it is not cheap.

(End of this chapter)