Urban Sims

Chapter 189 Artist's Hell
Money can buy everything you want... Zhou Ming finally understood the meaning of this sentence.

Wealth, job, status, partner, lifespan... everything can be bought with money.

On the job trading information board in front of him, even the city's mayor, police chief and other senior government positions can be purchased with money, which proves that in this world, money = omnipotent.

If you don’t have money, you can’t do it. You can’t buy a job, you can’t find a partner, and you don’t have any social status. You can only be the lowest level of garbage, and you will be on the verge of being swept away at any time.

But by the way, doesn’t Zhou Ming have a piece of money in his hand? On the career information panel, isn’t there some low-priced jobs that can be purchased, such as a worker in Dalin Agricultural Company in Baowan Town. For this job, 1 money or 7 credits can But he can buy it, he doesn't have so many credit points, doesn't he just have one money?

Zhou Ming shook his head. This money cannot be spent. It represents his qualification to stay in Area 52. Once he loses the only money, the balance of the account will be zero, and he will become a "returner". Then, what is waiting for him, It would be a sad fate to be swept out of Area 52.

"This place can be called heaven... Yes, it can be called heaven, a paradise for the rich, and a hell for the poor!"

The current Zhou Ming is a poor man, and the whole city looks forward to him being a poor man who goes bankrupt.

Fortunately, from Fat Boss and the others, they got their first pot of gold in this world - a total of more than 8000 credit points, so they don't have to worry about food and clothing in the short term.

As for Fat Boss, will they call the police and seek justice from the police?After Zhou Ming did the financial calculations for Fat Boss and the others, he came to the conclusion that they should not call the police.

It costs money to find the police. The first is the police fee of 500 credits per day, and the second is the cost of mobilizing the city's surveillance and searching the database. How much, the police will divide it in half... So for any case where the economic loss is less than 1 credits, it is better to rely on yourself than to find the police.

In addition, Zhou Ming got so many credit points from seven or eight people, and each of them didn't get much. How to share the cost after reporting the crime is probably a headache for the fat boss and the others.

The most important thing is that the credit points of Fat Boss and the others were originally obtained through various methods of extortion. In the police reporting system (it does not cost money to report the case, and the police ask for money), there are already a lot of criminal records. Even if they don't look for the police, some policemen who are in short supply will take the initiative to look for them...

Therefore, this is the reason why the crime rate in this city is so low, and Zhou Ming dares to cheat.

In the next month, Zhou Ming tried some freelance jobs, planning to use his skills or talents to serve a job with a considerable income.

The first is the best carving. He spent more than 1000 credits to customize a set of alloy knife carving tools, and then bought 80 pieces of wood at a price of 15 credits per piece (probably for environmental protection reasons, The price of wood is very expensive), and then set up a stall on a pedestrian street with a lot of traffic in Yaoxing City, displaying carving skills and selling handicrafts.

However, Zhou Ming made a miscalculation. For three days, facing the daily traffic of more than [-] pedestrians, he didn't sell a single sculpture... Even though there were many crowds of onlookers when he was showing off his unique carving skills, after watching the performance, he was very happy. Disperse quickly, there is no one to buy.

Could it be that the price of woodcarving is set too high?

After thinking about it, Zhou Ming lowered the price, reducing the price of 500 credits per woodcarving to 300 credits per piece with thin profit.

Now, among the passers-by, there are more people with emotional expressions on their faces, especially a 15 or 6-year-old girl with a dove face, who has been running to Zhou Ming for several days to watch him perform sculptures, watching those cute Q Exquisite wood carvings, eyes glowing with longing light.

"Can you carve one for me?" On this day, the girl with a dove face gently handed over the pink electronic card in her hand, and said to him in a small voice.

"can!"

Zhou Ming, who was the first to open a business, was overjoyed. After asking her what kind of wood carving she wanted, according to her request, Zhou Ming made her a wood carving of an angel with wings. The exquisite wood carving is a holy and beautiful angel. The girl with the dove egg face was very happy. After receiving the wood carving, the struggling and hesitant expression on her face dissipated in an instant like the haze of the sun.

With the good start of the pigeon-faced girl, Zhou Ming sold two more wood carvings in a row in the next two days. The buyers were all young girls, and one of them was a classmate brought by the pigeon-faced girl.

But on the third day, when the pigeon-faced girl ran to Zhou Ming with red eyes, handed over the wood carving in her hand, and sobbed and asked for a return, Zhou Ming was taken aback and asked, "It's the wood carving that has a problem." So, why return it?"

"My mother said that 300 credits are my lunch money at school for a month. If I spend all this money, she won't give me any more money for lunch. I haven't eaten lunch these days, but my mother doesn't even have dinner. Don't let me eat another bowl, brother, I'm sorry, I like this wood carving very much, but..."

The girl with the dove egg face cried more and more sadly, tears falling down like raindrops.

"Is there still such a mother in the world?"

Zhou Ming couldn't believe it. This was just a toy worth about 300 yuan. With the productivity and wage level in this world, it's not like he couldn't even afford such a small toy, right?
But seeing the girl crying so sadly, her stomach is still making gurgling sounds from time to time, she is at the age of growing body, she does not eat lunch, and she is not allowed to eat enough for dinner, all because of a wood carving.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Ming said to her: "Since there is no problem with the wood carving, I will not accept the return. However, I will refund half of the credits to you. The wood carving will be sold to you at the cost price. Is that okay?"

The girl's originally desperate mood turned into surprise in an instant, and she nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes!" 150 credits, saving a little is almost enough.

What's more, she was very pleasantly surprised that her favorite wood carving was still in her hands.

"Thank you brother, thank you brother!" After receiving the credit transferred to her by Zhou Ming, the dove-faced girl bowed a few times gratefully, and turned her head many times to pay tribute when she left.

Two days later, when the girl with the egg-shaped face followed her classmate and her classmate's mother, the three of them came again and said that half of the money for the wood carving in her classmate's hands would be refunded, Zhou Ming was hurt by this world. He asked the classmate's mother loudly, "How can you be so poor that you have to bargain like this for a 300-point wood carving? Is it because you have bad eyesight, or is my wood carving really worthless?"

A sentence from the classmate’s mother almost defeated Zhou Ming: “It’s just a piece of wood, it can’t be eaten, it can’t be used, it’s a waste of money, and it’s not worth a single credit point. I will return!"

"Brother, I'm sorry, Xiao Min is my good friend. I told Xiao Min about this, and then her mother..." The girl with the dove egg face cried again. She was innocent and couldn't understand the values ​​of adults.

"Play slowly, I won't serve you anymore!"

Putting the tools and wood carvings back into the backpack and carrying them on his back, Zhou Ming left the place without looking back. Xiao Min's mother held his hand and refused to let him go, but Zhou Ming pushed him away with a shake of his hand. I can jump and curse at him, and I dare not pester him any more.

Changing the street, after disposing of all the wood carvings at a loss at the price of 50 credits each, Zhou Ming, who found that the wood carvings were not easy to sell, chose the second way: street art.

So I spent nearly a thousand credit points to find someone to make a guitar with a good sound, and then wrote my electronic consumption card account number on a card (you can transfer money), and Zhou Ming, who was sitting on a stone bench in a fountain square, , after adjusting the strings twice, he began to sing:
write and tell me what the color of the sea is

How does it feel to be with you every night
……

听海哭 的 声音
Sighing who has been hurt but still not sober

一定 不 是 我 至少 很 冷静
But the tears don't even believe the tears
听海哭 的 声音
……

This song "Listening to the Sea" Zhou Ming sang very deeply, completely immersed in the atmosphere of that sad love song, and the effect is also very remarkable. Maybe he has never heard such infectious music before, and the audience around him is gradually increasing Got up, after a song was sung, applause rang out, and some emotional listeners even shed tears from the corners of their eyes.

As for the reward amount... 0.

Is it not touching enough, not sensational enough?

A song "Broad Sea and Sky", I will give it to you again.

There are more audiences around, and the applause is more enthusiastic, but what about credit points? 0, or 0.

Zhou Ming couldn't believe it, and sang "I only care about you", "Ruthless Rain, Ruthless You", "At Least You" and more than a dozen songs that he thought were very classic, and sang for more than an hour. The audience surrounded in front of them consisted of hundreds of people on three floors inside and three floors outside. After every song was sung, there was extremely warm applause.

What about rewards, how many people transfer money with electronic cards?
0, always 0.

The frustrated Zhou Ming stopped singing, and his heart ached for the loss of music in this world; and those listeners who listened for free for more than an hour wondered if their consciences were hurting?

Until a man dressed as a policeman walked up to him, took out an electronic consumption card from his pocket, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Young man, you sang very well. Come on, transfer the account. It's 300 credits in total. point."

Zhou Ming was overjoyed, took his hand and said: "Thank you, Mr. Police, you are the first listener to tip me, and you are a person who really loves music!"

The police man shook his head and said: "No, you misunderstood me, because you made noises over 70 decibels in public, which violated the "City Appearance Law", and you were fined 300 credits. Forensics has been completed, so please cooperate."

Zhou Ming: ...

……

A month later, after several days of trying professions such as sculptor, guitar master, and magician, Zhou Ming finally despaired of this city that refuses to consume art. The investment of more than 6000 credits only returned The return of less than 2000 points, eating, drinking and sleeping, spent more than 2000 credit points, and now the remaining credit points in my body are less than 2000.

In order to save money, he had to leave the city, bought a maglev train ticket, and went to Baowan Town 150 kilometers away. Baowan Town is an important agricultural town in Yaoxing City, with a large number of private farms and agricultural companies. Zhou Ming wants to come here to try his luck and solve the problem of livelihood.

　I feel that if everyone watches pirated versions, the hell of Internet authors is almost the same as this
　　
　
(End of this chapter)