Chapter 146 BTC Transactions
Zhang Ailun: A few tens of thousands of dollars is not even enough for a down payment on a house, let alone a house in an ordinary community, let alone a well-decorated apartment or a wealthy area. I am quite satisfied with this car. I have other uses for this money, and I can't spend it all on the auction.
Mary: I understand. After all, I don’t want to invest all my money in a bar. It’s too risky!
Zhang Ailun: It’s because I’m too poor.
Mary: You are so modest. When my boyfriend was your age, his family bought him a bicycle. You are so young, but you drive a $99 car and have tens of thousands in savings. You are already ahead of % of your peers on the street!
Zhang Ailun: What does your boyfriend do?
Mary: He and I are both waitresses, and he works at a convenience store. We will consider getting married when we have some savings, but he only likes to play games after work, so he doesn't seem to be interested in that.
Zhang Ailun: All men are like this. I also like to play games.
The chief leader likes actual combat games very much.
After eating some gossip about Mary and her boyfriend, Zhang Ailun put away his phone and drove back to the Qiaodong Campground.
It was just time for breakfast, and Dominic ran to call Jesse over. Zhang Ailun also learned that today was the day for distributing subsidies and shopping vouchers. No wonder when he came back just now, he saw that every homeless person on the street had a look of joy on his face for getting something for free.
After Zhang Ailun finished his breakfast, he contacted Reina and asked her about her market transactions.
Reina: Where do you think it would be better to open the goods?
Zhang Ailun: I think Little Yellow Duck Street should be good. There is a market there, and the police will not patrol there for random checks. They assume that it is a gathering place and trading place for homeless people. It used to be the territory of short-tailed dogs, but now it is ours.
The last time they drove over, Lao Hei was still setting up a stall there, and Jennifer bullied the honest man.
I don’t know whether the old black man made enough money to redeem his rice.
The chief leader still admires Lao Hei, who is down-to-earth and earnestly makes a living by his craft.
The things they sell are not only of high quality and low price, but they also provide after-sales service. If your things are robbed after you buy them, they will help you get them back even at the risk of being beaten to the point where they don't even recognize their own mother. Look at their professionalism. And then look at the salespeople of those famous brand companies.
Reina: Ok, I will inform those people to transport the goods there, and you can also inform your people. If anyone is interested, they can go and take a look.
Zhang Ailun chatted with her for a few more sentences, decided on the rules, and immediately informed Dominic about the matter, asking him to bring people over to purchase the goods when he had time.
There is no need to pay taxes, and the price is favorable, lower than the market price. What else do you want from a bicycle like this?
These are the benefits that the leader has fought for you!
"I will inform Leo and Monica about this. There are many people who do need wheelchairs and crutches. It would be better if there were more painkillers and medical supplies, or Playboy magazines." Dominic offered feedback and suggestions.
Most of the homeless people on the streets do not have enough food to eat or sleep well. What they lack most is not daily necessities, which can be obtained for free in shelters. What they lack more is spiritual comfort and self-esteem recovery.
When they were hungry and tired, all they had in their eyes was the desire for free food. By picking up cans, they had savings, new clothes, and a place to live. Their daily standards and requirements must have increased, and they had more ideas.
Playboy magazine is pretty good!
She is comparable to the female donor on P station.
But you still need data to watch short videos and P-stations, and your monthly phone bill is not enough. You might as well buy a few sets of inexpensive and good quality Playboy clothing. Just send them to him after you finish watching. Anyway, you have become a homeless person, so why do you need high standards?
When you feel uncomfortable, you just take some painkillers to relieve the pressure and entertain yourself. How cool is that?
Zhang Ailun adopted Dominic's suggestion. After all, this was just a pilot operation. If a certain item sold well, they would definitely put an extra batch of the same goods on the shelves next time without you having to tell them.
After all, they are all eyeing the clean money in your hands. No one will lose out if they can exchange it for relatively not-so-clean things!
That's how trading works.
The leader didn't suffer any loss, right? Everyone has a bright future.
Zhang Ailun took out his mobile phone and logged into the virtual exchange app. He operated the cold wallet to decipher the password, which showed that there were bitcoins in it.
"Is this a cold wallet? Did you buy it?"
Jennifer leaned over to take a look and waited a moment.
I rubbed my eyes. .
Some were surprised, "When did you get Bitcoin? Did you mine it?"
"I picked it up." Zhang Ailun told the truth.
"Nonsense, the encrypted private key must be known only by the wallet owner, and you can't use it if you picked it up." Jennifer didn't believe him at all.
"It seems that you are the richest person here! I was right about you!" He was very pleased with his own vision.
Zhang Ailun did not explain too much, but just asked: "I want to exchange these bitcoins for cash, do you have a channel for this?"
The price of virtual currency changes every day, and it may go up or down. It is not safe to hold it in your hand. US dollars are more attractive.
"I know some currency dealers who hoard a large amount of virtual currency. There are also many people who buy coins on the black market app, but there are also many scammers. Offline transactions are prone to black-on-black transactions. Cash transactions are generally lower than the market price, but not too much lower. I will ask them how much they will pay for you. After all, Bitcoin is a good thing with too many decentralized functions, and there are many people who want it!"
Jennifer immediately took out her cell phone and used her connections to contact people in the circle.
Zhang Ailun saw her skillfully asking people for prices, and he felt that he had underestimated her. "You haven't been speculating in cryptocurrencies all this time, have you?"
I took a look at her hot wallet, USDT19667.
Wow, nineteen thousand?
Are you so rich?
Jennifer said with a bitter face: "Don't say it, I'm almost losing all the Ethereum and Dogecoin I bought. I saved this money for a long time."
Zhang Ailun could only say that this thing is like cutting leeks.
"Someone is willing to buy your Bitcoin for $12900, paid in cash, but requires us to do the transaction offline. The location has been sent to me, it's at the West Street Motel and Apartments in the city," said Jennifer.
"Is it reliable?" Zhang Ailun was a little skeptical. Living in a motel? If you have money, why not stay in a big hotel?
"This kind of thing is just a matter of luck. After all, this price is already the highest offered so far. Others have only offered $12000 at most." Jennifer chuckled, "I guess you don't want to sell it at a low price. Are you afraid that they will cheat you?"
"I really don't want to suffer any loss, and I'm not afraid of trouble, but there's no need to cause trouble for myself. Tell him we'll be there soon, let him send the house number first, and order a takeaway for him to send over to test the waters."
Zhang Allen asked Jennifer to reply like this.
"The other party said he was only willing to stay there for half an hour and would send us the house number when he arrived. He is from another place and came to Los Angeles for tourism. He also has to go to Las Vegas in the afternoon."
Jennifer said: "He is actually not willing to trust the locals. Didn't you see the hot short videos? A few days ago, someone was shot and killed in a hotel because of virtual currency. They were a Korean couple who were also here for tourism. It is said that they were professional currency traders who embezzled the money and ran here, but were retaliated by the Korean gang!"
If you are so suspicious, what's the point of doing business?
Zhang Ailun thought about it and said, "Then go ahead and tell him that we are a serious couple!"
Jennifer immediately kissed him on the cheek, "Honey, I'd also love to be your proper wife."
"Stop it." You are not a serious person. Who would be so good as to engage in sex scams on the Internet all day long? And there are people who are willing to pay for it. If only two or three people among thousands of people are deceived, it is a huge profit.
The two men got out of the RV and drove the Wrangler to the West Street Motel that the other party had mentioned.
When we got here and got out of the car, we found that the decoration of this motel was quite good. The exterior walls were painted in light goose yellow, and it was equipped with palm trees, air-conditioning external case, exhaust fans, and everything else.
The poor street is nothing like this place, many of the buildings are still from the 70s. Zhang Ailun asked Jennifer to notify the other party to send the house number, or to come out and trade directly on the street. This should be enough integrity, right? We are the ones selling coins, why are you so cautious?
The other party also chose to trade on the street, asked for some vehicle information, and asked them to wait outside.
After waiting for a few minutes, a tall and thin middle-aged white man came out of the hotel. He was wearing a suit, carrying a suitcase in his hand, and looking around.
Zhang Ailun honked the horn to remind him, and the other party immediately saw the Wrangler parked on the side of the road, walked over and looked through the window at the two of them, and asked cautiously: "Sorry to bother you, who is Rose?"
"Hey. Honey! It's me! Excuse me, are you John the Superboy?"
Jennifer greeted him warmly and introduced him, "This is our husband Jason. You can call me Fitz."
Superboy? What kind of a nickname is that?
Why don't you call yourself a fellow countryman?
"Hello, Fitz! Jason? That sounds like a Texan name."
The middle-aged man John breathed a sigh of relief. A beautiful blonde with fair skin and an Asian, he felt that these two people should be serious people.
He immediately said: "I'm sorry, I have to be more cautious because I was defrauded of bitcoins not long ago! It's not really a scam, it should be said that I was robbed! I lost $32000! Damn it! It's no use calling the police because the police said they are not responsible for virtual currency and can't get it back at all."
"Oh my God, this is such sad news." Jennifer looked at him with pity.
She took out the decrypted cold wallet and the private key written on a piece of paper from Zhang Ailun and showed it to him. "See, I didn't lie to you. We are a legitimate couple living here! We will sell you this cold wallet and the private key together for easier transaction. The total is $. Cash on delivery."
"Ok." The middle-aged man John did not hesitate and directly opened the box and took out the oil paper bag.
While taking over the cold wallet, the oil paper bag was also handed over to Jennifer.
"..."
Zhang Allen looked at Jennifer with a strange expression, but remained silent and did not interfere with her performance.
He was chewing gum, wearing sunglasses, and looked like a stranger who could not get close to him, just like an emotionless bodyguard.
Jennifer quickly counted the cash and smiled, "Great, deal done! Thank you for your cooperation, dear John, happy cooperation!"
"It's a pleasure working with you, Fitz. If you have coins next time, you can sell them to me." The middle-aged man also smiled and stretched out his hand to shake.
I just felt her little hands were soft, and then I took another look at her appearance, which was so beautiful and charming, and my heart was filled with excitement.
"John, what are you going to do in Las Vegas?" Jennifer scratched his palm and tried to find out the news indirectly. John was so excited that his blood boiled and he was a little stunned.
"What else can I do? Of course I'll go to the casino." John saw how beautiful Jennifer was, and of course he was happy to brag in front of her: "I used to be a millionaire. I won 21 million in Las Vegas by playing blackjack with only $300 in one day!"
"Oh my God! You are so awesome!" Jennifer's face was full of admiration.
Which man can stand a woman who cooperates like this? John just felt high-spirited, glanced at Zhang Allen who was silent, and felt that his husband was in the wrong time and was easy to be beaten.
He said with a smile: "Fitz, contact me again!"
"Bye, honey!" Jennifer waved her hand, and Zhang Ailun started the car and stepped on the accelerator to leave the street.
The middle-aged man John was so excited that he stood there and watched for a long time.
I have already thought about how to ask the other party out when the time comes.
Jennifer was still looking charming and attractive the last second, but after closing the window, her expression changed at the speed of light, and she complained, "This old man is really good at bragging, saying that he won three million. With three million, he would do a deal of ten thousand dollars with us here? I just tested him, and his eyes wished they were all on me. If I took off all my clothes in front of him, wouldn't he just eat me up? Sure enough, there is no man who is not lustful!"
While speaking, he also looked at the profile of the chief leader.
Who are you ordering?
Zhang Ailun drove the car intently. He pondered, "13000 US dollars, you take ."
"Honey, can't you give me more?" Jennifer looked at him pitifully again.
"Then how much do you want?" Zhang Ailun said unhappily.
"I want you to give me 30 billion! Is that okay?" Jennifer chuckled.
"..."
Zhang Ailun was a little speechless, "You are dreaming."
When they drove back to District 5 and passed a crossroads, Zhang Ailun also asked her to deposit the money on her bank card, and then she went through the process like a robot, logging into the official website and choosing one-click donation.
+12800 USD.
Total deposit is $82859.
After driving back to the Qiaodong campsite, the friends had already left, so Zhang Ailun simply asked about the situation over at Sig's end.
Sig: I have got the gold and processed some waste and toxic chemical raw materials. I am on the way back and will be in the city soon.
Zhang Ailun: OK.
He opened the awning of the RV, sat in the chair and started browsing on his phone.
After waiting for a while, Sig came back with his men in the car not long after.
He is coming, he is coming, he is coming with gold!
Sig got out of the car, full of energy and slammed the gold cake on the table.
"$50000 worth of gold!"
“Be gentle, don’t you have to pay for breaking the table?” Zhang Ailun said to him in a bad mood as he was taking a rest under the awning, watching short videos and searching online for more news about virtual currency.
He picked up the round gold cake again. It was heavy. This was the heaviest gold he had ever held in his hand.
Jennifer walked out of the RV and was also stunned when she saw the golden gold cake man.
"How much is 700 grams of gold?"
Everyone knew that we were working on a gold project, but I didn’t expect that this big piece of gold would look so beautiful right in front of me!
Zhang Ailun weighed it on an electronic scale and found it was 709 grams, a little more than expected.
"Today's gold price is $74, which is a lot higher than a few days ago. 709 grams of gold is worth $52466. Even if it is sold at a slightly lower price than the market price, it will still be worth at least $52000."
Zhang Ailun searched the price and laughed: "I'm really rich!!"
(End of this chapter)
