Chapter 488 488: How to spend money is a problem

After arriving at the restaurant, Gu Pan took the menu and looked over it over and over. He first selected a few must-order dishes according to his family's preferences, and then picked out some novel dishes here and there.

Shen Guanshan was dragged to the bathroom by Gu's mother, where Gu's father was staring at the large yellow croaker on the ice.

I couldn't help but feel emotional as I glanced at it.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, the price of wild large yellow croaker is really ridiculous now. It was something I ate casually when I was a kid..."

Gu Xing lowered his head and picked up his cell phone, and casually responded, "I can't help it. Who told your fishermen to catch and kill indiscriminately?"

"Now I treat it as a treasure and raise the price!"

In terms of price, king crab and lobster are all inferior to the wild large yellow croaker in Ningbo!

Fish that were once ubiquitous at home banquets became rare items after being caught.

But Ningbo people are fond of big yellow croakers. If they don't eat two during the holidays, they will feel uncomfortable all over the body - it feels like a unique skill brother who has to win his first victory with his own signature hero before he can go to sleep.

In recent years, people in Ningbo have become richer and richer. Due to the imbalance between supply and demand, wild yellow croaker has been sold at sky-high prices. The price can easily reach several thousand pounds per pound, making it impossible for ordinary people to afford it!

For example, now, Gu's father is dissuaded by the price and doesn't even dare to order wild large yellow croaker.

Even though Boss Ding was reimbursing for the treat, he was not the type to ruthlessly kill the culprit.

Gu Xing had no time to figure out his father's psychological activities, and was happily browsing the post.

The counter bar was bustling with activity.

The LPL Summer Finals is undoubtedly the most important event in the whole region throughout the summer or even the whole year. The No. 1 seed will directly represent the region in the World Championship, so the popularity is unprecedented!

Nowadays, there are endless hot posts in the Tieba. When Gu Xing saw a post analyzing the GIF of his pig girl's operation in the final game, there were thousands of replies, which is enough to show how exaggerated the popularity is!

Not to mention the grading post.

Since the bar staff have narrowed the permissions for publishing rating posts, there is only one rating post after each game.

All the game spectators will go there to join in the fun.

Gu Xing swiped the screen and saw Xia Jue's rating post.

Only two and a half hours before the end of the competition, the number of comments on the post has exceeded the 20,000 mark, and the number of likes has already exceeded 100,000!

Click in and you will see a scene of singing and dancing.

VG fans will show off their faces to the fullest!

Gu Xing saw that there were already thousands of comments just under the photo of him with his makeup done!

[No need to explain too much, Jie is the best jungler in the world! 】

[Damn it, it’s a shame! The champion jungler is really tough! 】

[I am a turtle and win four championships in one year. Some players do not win four championships in their entire career! 】

[Little* bastard, who are you implying? You’re mocking me, the world’s number one Edici, right?]

[Good guy, I didn’t expect that the three herbivorous junglers could carry all-round in the three games. The Troll Icicle blocked the opponent’s C position to death, the prince was heroic and invincible when starting a team, and Sejuani mainly used the trick monster pig. , the handicap control is full, I don’t know how to lose! 】

[Someone said before that Brother Xing and my grandma could win the championship. I didn’t believe it, but now I have doubts]

[Hehe, Brother Fanxing is so happy. He has completely exhausted his breathing power in the post bar. There is no need to change the skin of fans. Anyway, VG always wins. Every time he surfs in the post bar, he is right. Brother Xing is very grateful]

Gu Xing looked at the comments from netizens that praised him to the extreme, and the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously.

He knows that the commenters there are a lot of fun and critical fans.

But there are also a lot of true fans.

Gu Xing previously embarked on the road of professional e-sports, mainly to make money, and secondly because he was lonely in the qualifying matches and wanted to find more worthy opponents.

But today, a year later, his hard work has another meaning.

In order to live up to the expectations of supporters.

As we all know, spectators are the cornerstone of competitive sports.

Gu Xing's ability to earn a salary of tens of millions a year depends on the global popularity of the League of Legends e-sports competition.

This is one of the most successful e-sports events in history.

If Gu Xing's talent is shown in game types such as RTS, he can certainly still make money.

However, in terms of financial income and fame, it is difficult to reach the heights it is today!

He always felt lucky.

A Domori black chip given to him when he was young opened up a new life track for him. It happened to be in the year when the LOL competition was in full swing that Gu Xing was able to achieve what he has achieved today.

The audience gave him attention and a high-paying contract, so Gu Xing naturally wanted to give back to his supporters with more perfect performance!

Swipe your finger downwards, and the makeup photos of the remaining nine contestants will come into view one after another.

Kuro’s bun face is extremely eye-catching.

[In order to support the team, I used a plane to hit Lucian. I salute you as a hero! 】

[One thing to say, I'm impressed by your little anti-armor. We made fun of you before! There were a lot of people outside during the game just now, but now I’m kneeling down for you]

[He is so team-oriented. In the first game, Syndra flashed W and pulled the blue BUFF from the opposite side and fed it to Brother Xing. He was simply a model of a dog-type mid laner! 】

[Just because of this filial piety, I am never sad that Kuro won the finals, because I know that no other laner has Jiang Zi to play the game]

The bottom of Song Jinghao's makeup photo is full of friendly ridicule, thinking that he really messed up in today's finals. Except for a few waves that moved Gu Xing to the top lane, the laning advantage is not particularly big.

Netizens in the post generally gave it a 7.

But no one blamed him.

After all, Song Jinghao's performance after joining VG this year is obvious to all. He is a stable and C-level type. In foreign battles, he can still lead the team to win games against top laners such as Khan. There is nothing to criticize in the LPL finals.

It's not like I gave it away on purpose. Everyone is in bad shape sometimes.

As for the bottom duo, netizens praised the strength of their new routines.

[Wairui, you two are too ruthless. How could you so mindlessly cross the tower and kill in a 2v2 line in the first set of the final? 】

[Calista in the second game was really outrageous. She was sliding around with no one paying attention, and she was killing everywhere with her support]

[Isn’t the effect of the incense burner too exaggerated? This is not an ordinary soft assistant, it is clearly an incense burner monster! 】

[This is really a fun time for Jack, who rushes forward mindlessly in a group fight, and his teammates are all tool bodyguards]

[Why do I think the incense burner is a pure enhancement when paired with Q Dirty Dancing? He is not afraid of dealing damage, but he is afraid of dying suddenly sometimes. A bunch of bodyguards come to cover the team fight, and Jack can harvest it even if he just rushes forward! 】

Gu Xing thought so too.

It is said that courage is the seventh piece of equipment for ADC.

But it may be true for others.

Not for Jack.

Because courage is a going-out outfit for him!

You can see him die suddenly because of his overly aggressive stance, but he will never die while running backwards when he collapses!

In this case, the blessing of the incense burner to Jack will be extremely terrifying.

Especially when paired with a soft-assist dual-protection system, the incense burner can create an extremely wide output space for Yu Wenbo!

Gu Xing browsed netizens' ratings and comments on his teammates, and from time to time liked and took screenshots of some interesting and critical comments.

After reading the VG player's rating post, he was full of expectations and turned his attention to the comment area below the Guodian players' makeup photos.

As expected, baby maggots are extremely aggressive.

The first one to bear the brunt is the younger students.

[Choose Lucian for the third time, are you out of your mind? 】

[Really awesome, I haven’t seen any effect from this Lu Xian. Why don’t you go to Insec to learn from it]

【Still looking for Insec? I think Brother Si Xing’s Lucian is better than Scout! People can also make cinnabar Doinb! 】

[Who says it’s useless? I can see that Kuro can be suppressed in every match! 】

[Ah, yes, yes, in this game, as long as you can win the laning, it will directly determine the opponent's crystal explosion... Besides, if you choose Lucian, if you can't suppress people in the laning, I suggest you retire. Really, the whole team will give resources to the mid lane, your The requirement is to be able to suppress the opposing mid laner? Kuro doesn't want to use any resources, and he can't wait to give up all the blue BUFF to Brother Xing. Isn't he the best at resisting pressure in the lane and fighting in a team? 】

[From now on, let’s call my younger brother Lu San to kneel down. I’ll go back and open an account and name it the Kneeling God Cafeteria, where I’ll cut out scenes of Scout’s violent death and serve everyone meals]

Gu Xing couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw Lu San kneeling there.

Maggot Baby is really one of the best in terms of his ability to create memes. Every time he wins a game, he can find some fun in it.

The junior students were not the only ‘war criminals’ that EDG was punishing.

As the soul of the team, Gui Jiao Qi naturally cannot escape the sanctions of Resistance Bar.

[Mingkai, are you doing the mailing? You can’t stand the herbivorous version! 】

[Laughing, I was captured by Brother Xing in the S6 summer finals. Zhuzai said it was a carnivorous version and Mingkai was not used to it. Now I will change it to a herbivorous version for you. You are still matched by Brother Xing for FMVP. What do fans say? 】

[What’s even more exaggerated is that the presence of the top laner in this version is already very low. It is infinitely beneficial to EDG, so Guodian can’t even win? In a different environment where the top laner can perform C, Maibo might be able to beat EDG and call him daddy! 】

[Ming Kai is like this, he is good at bullying the weak and fearing the strong. If you are afraid of him, then Gui Jia Qi will start to show off. He can do whatever he does to torture people like Mantis Man Gun Qian Jue, but as long as the opponent dares to hit his head Gong, ancestor Seven immediately turned into a coward! 】

[If we really can’t do it, let’s retire. If we can’t beat Brother Xing, there’s no shame in it. How shameful would it be if we were beaten to the top 16 in the World Championship? 】

[Brazilian prisoner of war Clearlove7 emerges! 】

I don't like EDG very much.

Although the bottom of the food chain is 60E, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend, it seems like Maggot Baby should join forces with Guodian.

But the reality is completely different.

There is no need for anti-bar friends to combine vertically and horizontally.

There were so many of them, their comments were extremely offensive, and they would scold them all, no matter if it was 60E or Piggy, they were all treated equally!

At that time, Guodian's group of gossips from the team members to the club were hated by people. The maggot babies always liked to kill pigs in the wind!

Gu Xing enjoyed browsing Tieba, and he didn't put down his phone until Gu Pan called him a few words after ordering food.

The family has gathered and two dishes have been served.

"Come on, let's have a drink instead of wine today," Gu's father raised his glass, "Celebrating Gu Xing's another championship!"

Under the light of the restaurant lights, Shen Guanshan's face turned red and he turned around to celebrate with Gu Xing.

"Congratulations!" Her voice was clear and sweet, just like the sound made when glasses collide.

"Fortunately, I have lived up to my mission," Gu Xing showed a happy smile, looking down at the Coke in his hand that rippled due to the collision of the cups, and felt ripples in his heart, "I have lived up to your expectations."

Shen Guanshan smiled as brightly as a flower.

Gu Pan picked up a piece of rice cake, put it into his mouth and looked satisfied, "Gu Wei, you have to keep up your efforts. Sister, whether I can enjoy a few more free meals at high-end restaurants depends on whether you work hard or not!"

She got the benefits and didn't mind praising Gu Xing in person.

"It's okay," Gu Xinghao suddenly became angry, and immediately waved his hand, "Isn't it just a few meals of Xinrongji? The bonus your brother and I got from this summer competition is enough for you!"

Gu's mother was usually responsible for taking care of the family's accounts, but now she couldn't help but remind her when she heard Gu Xing act like a wealthy man.

"Don't spend too much money lavishly. I heard that your e-sports career is not long. What if you retire and spend all your money?"

Gu Pan smiled brightly and said, "Mom, you really don't know anything about your son's earning power. With his status in the e-sports circle, just taking up a job after retirement will be enough to live a lifetime of food and clothing!"

Gu Pan, who worked in various clubs in Shanghai to do business during the summer, knows how useful the 'Virtue' brand is in the domestic e-sports circle.

Even if he retires on the spot, Gu Xing will take it casually whether he joins the management or becomes a coach.

As long as he doesn't get involved in pornography, gambling, and drugs, and he doesn't say he is rich, he will have no problem at all in protecting himself and his family's living expenses for the rest of his life.

"How much money do you have now?" Father Gu asked casually as he took a chopstick of the home-cooked yellow croaker that had just been served.

Gu Xing recalled, "12 million? About that number."

His bonuses, business and live broadcast income are on one card, and the club salary is on another card. After buying a house and a car, this is probably the amount.

Don't look at the annual salary of Gu Xingguang Club, which is 1KW. With live broadcast, bonuses and business income, the cash in hand seems to be more than 12 million.

But he has to pay taxes.

Gu Xing did not open a company to avoid taxes legally, and paid 45% tax on the excess income according to the maximum level. As a good and law-abiding citizen, he had to pay nearly 10 million yuan in taxes to the Shanghai stock market every year.

After deducting it, and excluding some expenses such as banquets and the like, you will have this little money in your hand.

This also shocked my parents.

"Ouch!" Gu's mother was sucking soy noodles and almost choked on the amount of cash exposed by Gu Xing, "Is that much?"

She had received Gu Xing's salary before the start of the S6 World Championship. After VG went to the United States to participate in the competition, she was afraid that her son would have no money to spend in a foreign country, so she transferred the money back to Gu Xing.

After that, I never cared about the child's financial situation. I only knew that I made a lot of money, but I had no specific idea.

Only now did I learn that it actually had eight digits!

"It's useless for you to save so much money in the bank. If it can't keep up with the inflation rate, it will eventually depreciate." Father Gu suggested from the side, "How about some investment?"

Gu Xing is quite self-aware, "Come on, I can't understand the stock market at my level. What if I don't beat the inflation but shrink even more?"

He always keeps cash in his hands because he doesn't know how to manage money.

My sister and Shen Guanshan didn't understand finance either, so in the end they simply kept the money in their hands.

"Buy a house!" Gu's mother added next to her, "The prices here in Shanghai are too high. Why don't you go back to Ningbo and buy? House prices are rising so fast now!"

"Really?" Gu Xing only goes back to Ningbo once in a while now. Even though he has bought a three-bedroom apartment, he usually doesn't pay much attention to the housing price trend.

"Then I can still trick you?" Father Gu took out his mobile phone and showed it to him, "Our old house has increased by several thousand square meters since the beginning of the year!"

Gu Xing took a look at it with interest, "What a guy! Is the price rising so fierce?"

In the line chart, housing prices in Ningbo have been soaring, and the magnitude is quite terrifying!

"Especially in the new city in the east," Gu's mother also talked about the gossip, "Grandma Li downstairs and her son bought a house to be closer to the company where he works, and the down payment was almost paid back in half a year!"

Gu Pan was dumbfounded, "How can a place like Eastern New City have such a sharp increase?"

It’s not that she has a low emotional intelligence, it’s that the old Ningbo people basically look down on Eastern New Town.

That place is south of Zhenhai. When the Gu brothers and sisters were young, the new city in the east was a wasteland, so it couldn't be called an urban-rural fringe, it was considered a pure suburb!

In recent years, the city has carried out demolition and began to allocate resources to vigorously develop construction. A number of high-rise buildings have been built one after another to create Ningbo CBD, which has become increasingly prosperous.

Since the new city was built not long ago, the green environment and urban infrastructure are far ahead, and now housing prices are rushing to the ceiling in Ningbo!

"I think Gu Xing, you can just buy a set and wait for the value to rise," Gu's father suggested, "You have to hurry up and do it. I heard that the city will start to impose purchase restrictions in October, and there will be no way to buy it by then."

Gu's mother helped, "That's right, don't you have to get married in the future? You always need a wedding room!"

She looked at Shen Guanshan, her expression filled with indescribable satisfaction.

Last fall, Gu's mother was overjoyed when she heard that her neighbor's daughter was in love with her son.

In her opinion, Shen Guanshan couldn't be better.

He is tall, handsome, and very smart. His only shortcoming seems to be that he is bored.

It might be considered a flaw in others.

But Gu's mother hopes that her daughter-in-law will talk less in the future.

She has raised the Gu brothers and sisters for 18 years. She has watched the pair of social terrorists quarreling from childhood to adulthood. One is more articulate than the other and she is worried every day!

If there were another outgoing and cheerful family member, Gu's mother felt that she would be annoyed to death by them in the future.

Isn’t it true that Shen Guanshan cherishes words like gold?

"It makes sense. We need to prepare a wedding room in advance," Gu Xingshen agreed. "Otherwise, if we buy it now, wouldn't we be giving away money for nothing?"

He thought about it carefully and felt that Ningbo's housing prices might be more than that.

Purchase restrictions may not be of much use.

After leaving his hometown and entering society, he realized how superior Ningbo's urban conditions were.

Just sitting in Zhoushan, the world's largest port, Ningbo's development will not be bad!

In terms of university education, it may be a little worse, but the level of colleges and universities in Zhejiang is just like that. They are all supported by the giant Zhejiang University, and underneath are all younger schools.

However, the level of middle and high schools is quite good. There is an effective middle school in the town, and ZJ Province is very good at getting into higher education.

Coupled with a good business environment, Ningbo can be called "the future of this child is unlimited"!

House prices have to go up!

Gu Xing had no intention of speculating in real estate.

But he has to try his best to ensure that the money in his hands is spent effectively, and buy some real estate first, before he can't afford to buy a house in his hometown with enough money after he retires!

Isn't that just fun?

When Shen Guanshan heard the word "bridal chamber", his ears felt as if they were dripping with blood. He didn't interrupt and just focused on his work.

"We'll discuss the place later, and look at the house type and area..." said his girlfriend beside Gu Xingtong. Seeing Shen Guanshan nodding like a fool, he turned to look at his sister, "Gu Mufen, what do you say?"

"What?" Gu Pan was still digesting the shock caused by the skyrocketing housing prices in the new eastern city that he could not afford at the moment. When his brother looked at him, he still didn't understand the situation.

"I have spare money here, so I'll buy you a set by the way," Gu Xing's head was spinning, "I'll save you half a day's money, but in the end you still can't keep up with the rising housing prices."

Gu Pan took a deep breath.

She felt very unhappy.

But there is no reason to refute it.

If housing prices in Ningbo continue to rise like this, by the time she graduates, she will probably be able to make a down payment with all her hard-earned savings!

While Gu Pan was taking stock of the situation, Gu Xing struck while the iron was hot.

"If I don't give you a free house to live in, you will have to pay me back the original price of the house after you graduate!"

The power should be temporarily lent to Gu Pan.

This sentence made my sister feel relieved, "Okay, thank you, Gu Xing!"

She thanked her sincerely.

Gu Pan knew very well that it was a great favor for his brother to lend him money to buy a house.

The Gu family's parents looked at the happy brother and sister, and were content to chat with Shen Guanshan.

"Xiao Shen, you don't know. When they were not in elementary school, the two of them fought every day at home. Once, Gu Pan kicked Gu Xing under the bed and made him cry so loudly that the neighbors downstairs all Can hear it!”

Gu's mother's face glowed brightly when she talked about the embarrassing things that happened to her child when she was young.

"Mom, can you please stop talking..." Gu Xing couldn't listen anymore, "It's damaging to my image!"

Gu Pan slapped his thigh with joy and smiled like a goose.

She had no memory of what happened when she was a child. Now that her mother mentioned it, Gu Pan realized that she also had her highlight moments.

Shen Guanshan couldn't help laughing, covering his mouth and snickering.

Gu Xing chose to repeat his old trick and changed the topic again, "I should have quite a few free days these days. I will accompany you and your elders to go around the imperial capital. Are there any places you particularly want to visit?"

He has nothing to do tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, which is the last day of the bubble competition, he will go back to Wukesong Stadium in the evening to prepare for the expedition ceremony and catch up on interviews.

There is relatively more free time.

"The Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs and the Lama Temple?" Gu's father tugged at his fingers, "I feel like I can't finish all the sightseeing in two days!"

The couple originally booked their return tickets for Monday, but now that they think about it, they feel they didn't think carefully about it.

"Then let's stay a little longer," Gu Pan pestered his parents, "What's so good about going back to Zhenhai?"

"How long have we not gotten along well? When you were young, you were busy raising a family. When I grow up, I have to think about making money and getting a job. The time for meeting each other is getting shorter and shorter. Now I have a great opportunity to enjoy family happiness. What a chance. Don’t miss it again!”

Gu Xing has always left this kind of work to his sister.

When it comes to playing the emotional card and persuading, Gu Pan is undoubtedly better!

The parents couldn't stand their daughter holding hands and swinging around acting coquettishly, so they agreed to stay in the imperial capital for another week.

After the family had eaten and drank, Shen Guanshan and Gu Pan had to go back to school to rest. Gu Xing saw that his parents had a look of exhaustion on their faces after a long journey, and reminded the two girls to be careful and pay attention to safety on the road. My parents from the local environment sent me to the hotel to check in.

"Wait..." Shen Guanshan pinched the Patrick Star pendant on the zipper of his backpack, pulled out a beautiful packaging box from the bag and handed it to his boyfriend, "I said I would give you a surprise after the Summer Games is over, here."

When Gu Xing saw the box, he was happy but also a little disappointed.

It seemed that the plot was different from what he had expected.

"What the hell is this?" Gu Xing looked at the palm-sized box and could tell that the items inside were not heavy.

"We'll see you when you get back!" Shen Guanshan waved goodbye to him and made an appointment to see him again tomorrow morning. Then he took his sister-in-law's hand and rushed to the subway station. His short hair was swaying, and he was obviously in a good mood.

6200 words.

Wuwuwu, it’s so miserable to die from the ice!

(End of chapter)