Urban Sims

Chapter 233 Zero Sum Game
South of the city.

In a remote narrow alley.

"One-fifth of Yayue, I finally found it..."

Seeing the light white crescent-shaped mark on the stone wall, Zhou Ming nodded. His subordinates did not forget his explanation just because they came to the upper area.

With an extra pen in hand, I added two strokes to this crescent mark, turning it into a full moon.

……

three days later.

A man wearing a cloak, flared sleeves, cropped trousers, and a clown-like face walked into a neighborhood, looked around vigilantly, and entered a building after confirming that he was not being followed. in the house.

creak.

The door opened.

The man entered the room. After Zhou Ming locked the door, he turned his head to look at the clown man, and said after two seconds, "Are you Tianlong?"

Ye Tianlong, one of the five subordinates he sent to the upper area, has a calm personality, is decisive in dealing with things, and is quite decisive in his chest. He can be alone, and he is one of his most effective subordinates.

Moreover, he was loyal, and he never compromised on what he was told, so after seeing the change in the mark, he immediately adopted the previously agreed method and found himself.

The clown nodded, his eyes flickered, and he said excitedly: "Boss, you are finally here. My brothers and I have been looking forward to this day."

It has been ten years, he was the first to enter the upper zone, and he has never forgotten his mission.

Zhou Ming poured a cup of tea and handed it to him. Ye Tianlong took it flatteringly. Zhou Ming called him to sit down and said kindly: "Sit down and chat, sit down and chat, don't be too restrained, just like a friend, chat with me Tell me about your past years."

Ye Tianlong sat down and narrated his life in the upper district for the past ten years.

10 yuan, after deducting medical expenses, the remaining 30 yuan, save some money, even if you don’t have a job, you can live carefreely in the upper district for [-] to [-] years, there is no problem at all, even if the prices here are high.

However, all kinds of games and gambling in the upper area are really too easy to get addicted to. Zhou Ming doesn't know if Ye Tianlong has changed like the locals, thinking about making big gains all day long. Get rich.

"I gamble a little bit now and then, but not much, and I have a steady job that pays well."

"What job, how is the salary?"

"I'm good at driving. I can be a driver for a nobleman and get 300 gold a month."

not bad.

Zhou Ming thought to himself, comparing with nurse Lanna, she has worked in Angel Hospital for 60 years and her salary is only 350.

In addition, Zhou Ming also learned that, perhaps due to the shortage of labor force, it is not difficult to find a job in the upper area, and there is no need to spend money to buy it. For example, many noble castles and manors need to recruit maids, servants, gardeners, butlers, bodyguards and Drivers, as well as some hospitals, game companies, TV stations and other institutions in the game city also have a large number of employees.

Another reason why jobs are easy to find is that the consuming class in the upper area far exceeds the productive class.

It can even be said that the entire upper zone is a world of pure consumption.

Vegetables, grain, meat... close to 52%, imported from Area [-] or other areas.

Daily necessities, home appliances, industrial products... Most of them are also imported from Area 52 or other areas.

As for production... being supported by a full 52 districts, the entire planet, more than 80% of the money, is concentrated in this upper district, no more consumption, and the cycle of production-consumption-production is completed. Instead, it is all production ——Production——In terms of production, money only flows in one direction, and this utopian world has long since collapsed.

So don't scold rich people for their extravagance and waste. They don't consume, they save all their money, and the poor have jobs.

"What about the others? How are the others doing now?"

Zhou Ming asked about the situation of the other subordinates. He sent a total of five people up, four men and one woman, except for Ye Tianlong, there were four more.

"They're all fine."

"Jin Biao works as a maintenance engineer in an aircraft repair company, and his salary is higher than mine. He also got his pilot's license last year and knows how to fly a plane."

"Barbor went to a game company and worked as a security guard. He often travels on business and stays away from the upper area most of the time. He will come back about once every two weeks."

"Chen Chao has changed. She has become vain and greedy for enjoyment. She married a rich man last year and told us not to disturb her new life... She is no longer the old Super Chen."

Hearing this, Zhou Ming was silent for a while, thinking of the smart, capable, bold and careful female subordinate... Shaking his head: "Everyone has his own ambitions, we can't force them."

"Boss, you gave her [-] yuan, and she just rewarded you like this? You must not let her go like this!"

Ye Tianlong gritted his teeth.

"She saved my life, she should get what belongs to her... Okay, let's not talk about her, what about Hao Fei, how is Hao Fei's situation, why didn't you mention him?"

Like Ye Tianlong, Hao Fei is one of Zhou Ming's two most important subordinates. He even thinks that Hao Fei's potential is greater than Ye Tianlong's, because this kid is very smart, and among all the people Zhou Ming has met, he is the most respected. Shang is the smartest one, with strong learning ability, flexibility, good at using brains, and can always come up with all kinds of whimsical ideas.

But this kid's weakness is also very obvious, that is, he is not very calm, he can even be said to be a little jumpy, arrogant, and very conceited (many smart people have this common problem), so his popularity is not very good.

"Hao Fei...he was taken away by the zero clearer. If there is no accident, he should be dead." Ye Tianlong said in a deep voice.

what?
Zhou Ming was taken aback and asked what was going on.

Ye Tianlong explained that after entering the upper zone, Hao Fei was deeply attracted by various "games". As he was smart, he immediately began to study the rules, analyze the characteristics, and make decisive bets, preparing to make a lot of money. a sum.

Not to mention, in terms of gambling, Hao Fei does have a certain talent. From the first ten shots and ten losses, he succeeded in grasping some rules later, so that he won one out of ten, two out of ten, and finally won ten out of ten. Three's amazing success rate, in just half a year, Hao Fei's wealth increased from less than 100 yuan to [-] million.

With a net worth of 100 million, you can go to the gaming bureau, apply for a gaming card, register as a "gambler", and then you can go to the "gaming world" in the game city to chat with those who are worth millions, tens of millions, Billionaires, sitting at the same poker table, played games with bigger chips and won more wealth.

Hao Fei, who has broken through the threshold of 100 million, has played enough betting games with odds of only 1:5, 1:10, and 1:20, and the money is too slow!Immediately go to the gaming bureau to register as a "gambler", go to the "gaming world", and play with those local tyrants.

In one month, Hao Fei's net worth increased from 100 million to 1000 million.

At this time, Ye Tianlong persuaded Hao Fei several times, and persuaded him to stop in time! 1000 million money is enough for him to live happily for several lifetimes!If he continues to gamble, he will be really dangerous!
However, Hao Fei, who had grown to the point where he thought he was invincible in gambling skills, successfully fell into the trap set by his opponent. In a zero-sum game, he lost to the opponent and was eliminated by the zero clearer.

"Zero-sum game?"

What is this?
"Zero-sum game is a kind of card game where all the money and assets of both parties are exchanged for chips, and then a game is played until the winner is decided. The winner will take all the chips on the table; The loser will have nothing and go straight to zero...so it's called a zero-sum game."

"Return to zero directly, and be taken away by the zero clearer...Hao Fei dares to participate in this kind of game? Why doesn't he bet a little bit, just enough, it's better than losing everything?" Zhou Ming asked puzzled.

"The problem is that the rules of the zero-sum game are: within the limited time, the one who wins all the chips wins. If the time exceeds the limited time, the person who wins wins...the probability of a tie is almost zero."

"It's not that Hao Fei dared to participate in such a dangerous game, it's because he had to participate! Because the "Game Law" stipulates that any gamer with assets exceeding 1000 million has no right to refuse the opponent's zero-sum game. Refusing is tantamount to Admit defeat, return to zero... So I said, Hao Fei fell into that guy's trap and was directly killed by the other party."

Hearing this, Zhou Ming understood what the so-called zero-sum game is.

Zero: One side loses everything.

And: one side gets everything.

Hao Fei, who thinks he is smart, really underestimates the players in the upper zone. He always thinks that he can win easily and steadily, but he doesn't know that his opponent deliberately let his assets accumulate to 1000 million. Send out a request for a zero-sum game, throw him into the abyss in one fell swoop, and never turn over.

Cleverness is mistaken by cleverness.

That's why Zhou Ming's heart is also full of alarm bells. Although the upper area, although it seems that there are many kinds of funny than fools on the surface, it is by no means as simple as imagined!
It may even be ten or a hundred times more dangerous than Area 52!
Especially for things like gambling, it doesn't matter if you don't touch it. Once you touch it, it will be even more difficult to get out, and it is even very possible to fall into a place of eternal doom.

After getting a lot of valuable information from Ye Tianlong, Zhou Ming told him to go back and continue to work on his shift. During this period, if there is nothing else, Zhou Ming will not look for him again, and he does not have to come to himself , just leave a contact information.

The other thing is to pay attention to hiding your identity, be careful and be careful, because since entering the upper area, Zhou Ming always has a bad feeling, it seems that there is something that has been staring at him secretly... So it is best for the two of them to Don't meet him, after he buys a communicator, he can communicate with him through encrypted text messages.

"Also, don't tell Jin Biao and Babor the news of my arrival... Super Chen will leave her alone. When the time is right, I will call you all over."

"Well, I know the boss."

Ye Tianlong nodded, left his communication number, and left this ordinary community in the south of the city.

(End of this chapter)