Chapter 150 Seventy Million Australian Dollar Grand Prize
When they entered the office, the middle-aged female accountant was looking at the banknotes in the envelope intently, with a trace of suspicion in her eyes.
“Didn’t I just remit money a few days ago? Why is it so frequent now? I need to verify whether there are enough funds in the domestic account.” The female accountant’s tone was serious and firm, as if she was fulfilling her sacred duties. Prosecutor.
No one would believe this lie. Chen Xi naturally understood what she was thinking.
"Sister, we are in the Internet cafe business and help those customers top up, not money laundering..." Chen Xi tried his best to explain.
"I used to transfer money to you when I was in high school. Besides, the amount of money laundering is not that small. If you don't believe me, go to our Internet cafe. It's just across the road. Beyond..." Chen Xi coughed lightly and continued. said.
"Let's fill out the form. It's better to follow the rules." The female accountant started to do business. Accountants are more rigorous, so Chen Xi had no choice but to pick up the form and start filling it out.
The content of this form is relatively detailed, which is very different from the simple paper he used to remit money in the past.
Chen Xi noticed that there was a column in the form that required filling in the home address.
This female accountant also wants to ensure the legality and traceability of the funds.
However, in the current era, the relevant control measures are not that strict, and she did this just as a precaution.
There are many places to remit money domestically, but the handling fees in other places will be much higher, so Chen Xi still chose here.
“Damn, sending money is so much trouble.” After everything was done, Dongdong couldn’t help but cursed as soon as he walked out of the accounting office.
"Normal." Chen Xi agreed casually.
He knows that with the strengthening of financial control, there will be more restrictions on fund mobilization in the future.
Domestic bank cards have limits on the amount of money you can withdraw from ATMs in Tu'ao. This is a measure taken to prevent people from transferring their property out of the country.
At that time, the flow of funds between the two countries will be more difficult.
He sent a text message to Wang Li, informing him that the money had been successfully remitted.
He has 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.
"Come on, I haven't eaten noodles for a long time. I'm tired of eating Cantonese food every day." Dongdong complained.
As a person who loves pasta, he has been eating rice with Chen Xi for a long time, and he has become a little intolerable.
There is a noodle shop in Boxhill Central that he loves. He used to frequent it, but since the three of them lived together, the number of times he went to the noodle shop has become almost zero.
Today, he couldn't wait to relive the familiar old taste.
Chen Xi nodded understandingly. When three people live together, it is very important to accommodate each other. It is not good to always accommodate one person's taste.
"What are there so many people doing?" As soon as she stepped into the door of Boxhill Central, Dongdong curiously noticed the crowds of people in front of a shop at the door.
This is a Tu'ao chain lottery store opened by TattsGroup, which provides a variety of lottery games, such as lotto, scratch tickets, etc.
The most popular among them are Powerball and OZlotto.
This store is located in Box Hill and is run by Chinese.
Since the prize of this lottery is as high as 70 million Australian dollars, it attracted many lottery buyers to queue up to buy.
The prize pool of this kind of lottery is quite huge, and the maximum prize can even reach hundreds of millions of Australian dollars.
Chen Xi also bought lottery tickets in his previous life, spending dozens of dollars every week to try his luck, but at most he only won more than a hundred dollars.
According to statistics, the probability of winning a 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 quite popular among ghosts, especially older men and ladies.
Every time I see news coverage of lottery winners, it’s basically people of that age group.
With the aging trend of the Chinese society in Tu'ao, more and more Chinese old men and women have joined the queue to buy lottery tickets.
"How about we try our luck? Let's see who can win the prize. The prize is 70 million Australian dollars! If you really win the prize, you can go home and be a salted fish." Dongdong pointed to the hanging hanging at the door of the shop suggested a billboard advertising a $70 million prize.
In order to attract lottery buyers, lottery companies in Tu'ao usually promote their prizes in a big way. Advertisements for the grand prizes can be seen in shopping malls, bus stations or subways.
One advantage of buying lottery tickets in Tu'ao is that local residents of Tu'ao 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.
"If you buy a chicken feather, the chance is one in ninety-eight million. If I have the money, I might as well go to the Crown and play some tricks. The chance is still nearly 50%." After Chen Xi experienced the blow of buying lottery tickets in his previous life, he has already Lost faith in lottery tickets.
He believes that buying lottery tickets is a pure waste of money. In fact, it is better to play scratch tickets and at least get back some small winnings.
“Let’s have fun, I’ve never played it.”
“Okay, I’ll go crazy with you once.”
After Dongdong’s repeated pleas, Chen Xi reluctantly agreed to play lottery with him once, hoping that this would make Dongdong lose interest in lottery and no longer have excessive expectations.
"The God of Gamblers?"
"It's you who is immortal! You are gambling here again."
"You are the immortal. I have changed my ways and 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 sound and found that it was the little old man he had met in Tab.
Since the last debt collection incident of Jinni, Chen Xi has not seen this person again.
Now it seems that this little old man still has not given up and even started playing lottery.
After observing the crowd around him, Chen Xi found that almost all of the people in line were elderly. The three young men standing in the queue looked particularly eye-catching and distinctive.
"God of Gamblers, do you have any good numbers to recommend?" The little old man seemed to have forgotten Chen Xi's rude attitude towards him before, and now he took the initiative to ask Chen Xi for advice.
“I’m not a fortune teller, I think for myself.”
Chen Xi waved his hand and didn't want to pay attention to this guy.
"Stingy." The little old man muttered, then turned away dissatisfied.
He started to pick up a pen and scribble on a piece of paper, as if thinking about something.
When buying lottery tickets here, you can choose to randomly select numbers by computer or manually select numbers yourself.
Generally speaking, ghost guys are more inclined to spend large sums of money on machine selection, and often place multiple bets on the same numbers.
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 God's arrangement for us. Fate to be together!" Dongdong's words made Chen Xi almost bite his tongue.
He muttered to himself, how many stupid romance dramas had Dongdong watched recently, and he could actually come up with such a plot.
However, after thinking about it, it was quite interesting to do this, so Chen Xi decided to try something crazy. He put his birthday number and Shazhi's birthday number together to buy lottery tickets and see. What's the result?
"Of course it's the machine selection. No matter how you choose, it's the same. There's no point in being superstitious about lucky numbers." People like Xiao Ming who are full of book knowledge will naturally not be like Dongdong. Superstitious lucky numbers.
He plans to use the simplest and fastest way to buy lottery tickets. After all, this is not a betting game, and it requires analysis and judgment.
“There is no interest at all. No wonder no girl has fallen in love with you until now.” Dongdong did not miss the opportunity to tease Xiao Ming.
"It's like Zhang Ruoxi has fallen in love with you. You are a guy with unrequited love."
The two started to quarrel again, completely ignoring the crowd around them, and seemed not to be afraid of being in public The occasion was disgraceful.
"Hello, what kind of lottery ticket do I need to buy?" After a long wait, it was finally Chen Xi's turn. The clerk was a Chinese couple.
Chen Xi pointed at the Powerball and Oz Lotto options and decided to buy some of both.
When choosing numbers, he filled in his and Saori’s birthday numbers.
Powerball requires selecting seven numbers from 1-35, plus a Power Ball (special number), while OZ Lotto requires seven number combinations from 1-45.
After filling in his and Shazhi's birthday numbers, Chen Xi unexpectedly added Shen Xinyi's birthday to the mix.
Just like Dongdong said just now, he also wants to be superstitious and see if God will give him some hints through the lottery to let him know who he will be more suitable with.
Interesting, really interesting.
Chen Xi held two lottery tickets happily, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
Tiantian Ramen is located in Box Hill and is currently the largest ramen restaurant in the area.
Although the taste is relatively average, their main feature is the generous portion.
For Chen Xi, who has a picky taste, he doesn't like the taste of this store very much.
However, Dongdong thought this store was good, while Xiao Ming only focused on whether the portion was sufficient.
This may be one of the biggest reasons why this store can still operate today.
The only advantage of this store is that the portion is sufficient, and the price is also quite good.
A bowl of big spaghetti noodles only costs ten Australian dollars. Compared with the beef noodles in a certain state in China, the difference in portion is very obvious.
“It’s great! If you pair this bowl of noodles with our hometown’s aged vinegar, it will be invincible!”
Dongdong sucked the noodles with big mouthfuls, and the slurping sound was so loud that it could be heard outside the store.
Chen Xi could not imagine what it would be like to pour all the vinegar in Dongdong's mouth into a bowl of noodles.
The door of the noodle shop is next to a shop selling pickled products, mainly selling ham and cheese.
In particular, a cheese with mold growing on it is deeply loved by ghosts in the Box Hill area.
Every time he passes by there, Chen Xi loses his appetite when he sees the blue-green mold on the cheese.
This is also one of the reasons why he rarely comes to this noodle shop, because he can't stand the weird cheese at the door.
However, I heard that this cheese is known as a noble in the cheese industry, and the price is not cheap.
(End of this chapter)