Heading to Hell

When the sky was about to get completely dark, in a certain low-rent housing area, Li Qingming waited at the agreed intersection and saw an old dark green SUV full of scratches.

The driver also saw a man in black standing alone in the wind from a distance. After stopping in front of him, he jumped out of the car, threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and greeted him with a smile: "Li Qingming, right?"

"Um."

"I'm Zhao Xin." He shook Li Qingming's hand firmly, and couldn't help but look up and down and said, "I almost didn't see your black shirt, black sweatshirt, black trousers, black boots, and black backpack."

"That's reasonable. I'm just mediocre." Li Qingming reluctantly shook his hand.

"Ah...right..." Zhao Xin felt that this was a bit difficult to say.

"What about you? Are you going to take pictures?" Li Qingming asked looking at Zhao Xin's outfit.

Indeed, as he said, Zhao Xin gives people the impression of a middle-aged photographer, with just the right wrinkles on his face, just the right sloppy hair, and just the right build.

In addition to the dark green vest and trousers that are full of pockets, he only needs a tripod on his back.

In short, Li Qingming can feel that he has a little more than his peers, but it is very limited.

"What's wrong? Is this suit inappropriate for me? I've been wearing it for seven or eight years. Who thinks there are too many pockets?" Zhao Xin patted the pockets on his body and smiled, "The things that can be brought into the secret realm are very limited, and this suit is completely sufficient. Well, we’re only entering the killing realm, there’s nothing to be particular about.”

"Only killing people?" Li Qingming asked in confusion, "It's like eating only fried chicken for every meal. Wouldn't it be boring?"

"Haha, no, the creatures in the secret realm are different every time we encounter them. Besides, our ability is not enough for rules-based masters, isn't it?" Zhao Xin waved her hand as she spoke, "Let's talk on the way here. The cleaning time to register with the Security Bureau is 9pm, so don’t be late.”

Li Qingming nodded and got into the passenger seat.

As he expected, the interior of this old car, which was falling apart, was far more messy than Zhao Xin's condensing hair, and had a strange smell, which was in line with the style of this kind of old man.

But after all, Li Qingming was a hitchhiker, and the other party expressed friendliness. He really had no desire to criticize and sarcastically. All he could do was open the car window and try to breathe in the outside air.

"You're kidding, brother." Zhao Xin started the car and said with a smile, "If you were a girl, I might clean it up and forget it when I see it's a boy, haha."

Li Qingming just looked out the window and raised his hand to indicate that he didn't mind.

"You really don't like to chat." Zhao Xin inquired casually, "You look very young. Are you a freshman in which college? Or did you get the qualification to be a top soldier and then try your luck in Xinhai?"

Li Qingming raised his hand again, indicating that he was beginning to mind.

"Ah, yes, you shouldn't pry blindly." Zhao Xin was amused again, "Then can I call you Qingming?"

"Um."

"Okay, you can just call me Lao Zhao. Of course, you can also call me Brother Xin or Uncle Xin. It depends on how you feel comfortable. Hey, they all called me that at first, but later on, the ones who got ahead were not willing to call me when we meet again. Brother, you give me the impression that you can get ahead, so I might as well just call you Lao Zhao to avoid any embarrassment in the future, hahaha."

Li Qingming felt a little annoyed, but still answered politely: "I like to be called by name directly."

"Okay, okay, no problem, Lao Zhao, Xiao Li, etc., aren't we just trying to be friendly?" Zhao Xin sighed with a sigh, "But that's right, you are the youngest in the elite circle. , they are the generation born after the secret realm broke out. The idea of ​​respecting elders and younger ones has long been outdated. Now we all call our parents by their first names, right? "

"I don't like chatting."

"Oh, I forgot...I forget every few minutes, my brain is so stupid." After Zhao Xin apologized, she also put away her cheerful smile and said seriously, "Then let me introduce it to you. Let’s work together in this secret realm for the first time. Let’s clarify the rules before we talk about it.”

"Um."

Zhao Xin took out a pack of cigarettes from a pocket, took one into his mouth, and handed it to Li Qingming.

Li Qingming just sighed and opened the window wider.

"Ah, do you mind?" Zhao Xin said quickly, "Then I can tolerate it? But I can't keep an eye on you after driving for more than an hour..."

"You can take your car as you please." Li Qingming just shook his head and said, "It's my fault. I shouldn't take other people's cars, I shouldn't take a ride with a man of this age, and I shouldn't take a ride when it's clear whether smoking is prohibited or not. ”

"Ah...haha..." Zhao Xin smiled awkwardly and opened the car window, lit up the cigarette, took a puff and blew it out. She also put her hand on the window and let the ashes blow into the car.

After his brain was fully infiltrated by nicotine, he finally relaxed a little and started talking.

“This secret realm broke out late the night before yesterday, in a hospital building on the outskirts of the city.

“No one should have been within range when the outbreak occurred, so the security bureau did not launch a rescue, but conducted an auction after assessment.

"After all, the hospital still has to treat patients, so the auction time limit is only one day, and the cleaning time limit is only 36 hours. It is the kind of broken and urgent work that companies and agencies don't like much, so it's our turn. Pick up the meat foam and eat it.

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"For agencies, they only use this kind of secret realm when training new recruits; as for enterprises, in order to prevent capital from bullying people too much, their tax rate for developing such low-level secret realms is very high, about 10 times higher than when I lead the team. point, so I generally don’t invest heavily.

"Then I will briefly tell you about the secret realm auction. You will need it in the future.

"First of all, the auction is limited in time. You can raise the price at will in the beginning, but the last 10 minutes are for secret auction. Everyone can only make one final bid, and the result will be revealed after the auction ends. So for experts, the previous bidding is nonsense, and only the betting in the last 10 minutes is the key.

"Now it depends on who has the right vision. It is a bit of gambling.

"Based on my experience of 100 killing secret realms, the location, scope and intensity can guarantee a minimum income of 600,000. If a decent treasure can be produced, it will be 1.5 million. As for better treasures, collections, scripts and the like, they are extremely rare events. You can make a fortune if you encounter them, but it is unlikely to happen. Those who insist on betting on this are all finished. Many people are bankrupt and in debt, but this is really addictive. Haha.

"So after all these rounds, I finally bid 910,000 in the secret auction. If I win, I win, and if I don’t win, I won’t feel bad.

"What happened in the end? Do you think I won?

"Haha... stop wearing earplugs, stop making trouble.

"Then, let me introduce you. There are 4 people in my fixed team. Each of us contributed more than 220,000 yuan to share the cost of the secret realm. Later, in order to reduce taxes, I recruited you and another person.

"As for whether I can make a profit, I dare not guarantee it. I can only say that based on my experience, the expected treasure of this secret realm is about 1.1 million yuan. Our expected profit is 200,000 yuan. Six people share it, an average of more than 30,000 yuan per person. I guess it's about this.

"It sounds a bit low, but fortunately the risk is not high. I have been stable all the way. If I can grab such a job in one or two months, I can make ends meet.

"But to be honest, for this secret realm, in fact, my apprentice and I are enough. After all, we are both stuck in strength. The level 2 secret realm is the lowest level we can enter. If we go in and work around, there is a high probability that we will not even get a flesh wound.

"So many people are shooting together purely for fundraising and sharing risks. In case there is no stock, we will not go bankrupt.

"After all, in our business, if we don't sign a contract with an agency or enterprise, once a free pioneer goes bankrupt in middle age, he will become a useless old pioneer with nothing to offer. It will be difficult for him to enter the secret realm again. Even if he enters, he will work for nothing. But we still fight for it.

"As for why you came, it's like an insurance policy. If good goods are produced, the tax rate will be particularly low with you, and hundreds of thousands of net profits can be added at once.

"Then there is the agreement. Although you have already signed it, I still want to reiterate it to you.

"In short, if this secret realm eventually loses money and the goods produced are not worth 910,000, then we will cover it, and you can just think of it as a training and gaining experience.

"If the value of the goods produced is higher than 910,000, and the profit is between 0 and 600,000, as mentioned above, the six of us will share it equally.

"But if the profit exceeds 600,000, the extra part will belong to us. After all, you didn't pay a penny, right?

"I'm talking about pre-tax. Everyone has a different tax rate."

Li Qingming heard this and actually heard a hint of wisdom.

Although Zhao Xin seems to be culturally questionable, he has survived more than 100 low-level secret realms and has accumulated some experience, and has figured out mathematical expectations.

As he said, the gameplay of this auction secret realm is actually very similar to gambling on stones.

As the initiator, Zhao Xin organized a team of four people, raised 910,000 yuan to bid for a stone that may contain beautiful jade, and invited Li Qingming to open the stone together.

If the stone is opened and the result is a loss, then Zhao Xin and his team will admit it, and Li Qingming will gain experience.

If there is a profit, everyone will share it equally.

If there is a big profit, because of Li Qingming's existence, the tax will be much less, but the excess profit has nothing to do with him, and only belongs to the four investors.

Mathematically speaking, everyone seems to have made money from the above gameplay, and only the government tax bureau will lose money.

But in fact, if you think with your ass, you will know that the government will not lose money.

They simply rely on this bait to let the old hands take the new recruits with them, and they will become grassroots teaching staff without knowing it and willingly, thus building a healthy pioneer industry ecology.

This is much more valuable than the tax rate that is given up.

In addition, since electronic products cannot be used in the secret realm, the pioneer industry is more like a "traditional handicraft industry", and it often depends on the "master-apprentice" system for inheritance.

Therefore, for newcomers, it is safest to follow a reliable master to mix in the secret realm.

Although a master like Zhao Xin deserves the four words "mediocre", he can at least ensure safety and popularize some practical skills. He is not a bad grassroots instructor, which is enough to benefit rookie recruits.

Unfortunately, Li Qingming came out purely to have fun on weekends and nights, and he didn't need any teaching at all. The only thing he was interested in in the master-apprentice relationship was to betray his master and destroy his ancestors.