Counterflow 92: Ditching the School Flower at the Start and Building a Trillion Empire

In his previous life, Lin Yifeng was tricked by his first love into going abroad, missing the period of rapid development in his homeland.

He finally managed to amass a fortune of hundreds of...

Chapter 9: Practice Makes Perfect

Lin Yifeng prepared three little tricks for his first pot of gold.

They used the phrase "Jiangnan Leather Factory" to attract young foreigners to watch.

Using the "2-dollar store" model to retain young foreigners.

If the foreigner readily pays at this point, then everyone is happy.

If the foreigner hesitated even slightly, Lin Yifeng would unleash his trump card: ring toss.

Humans share three common traits.

First, it's about taking advantage of small things.

Secondly, I can do it.

Thirdly, it's the higher-ups.

After Lin Yifeng explained the rules of ring toss to the two foreigners, they looked at each other and understood what the other meant.

"Boy, I want to play the ring toss!"

"Boy, are you sure you'll give us the porcelain if we use a snare?"

The two foreigners went to Lin Yifeng again to confirm the rules. Lin Yifeng smiled and nodded, indicating that as long as they used the ring to completely encircle the porcelain, they could take it away.

“Oh, Johns, let me handle this. I’m a cowboy by trade, and I’ve even tamed the fiercest warhorses.”

The young foreigner, dressed in a suit and tie, confidently pulled out a coin and handed it to Lin Yifeng. Lin Yifeng took the coin, confirmed it was a real US dollar, and then smiled as he handed the young foreigner ten rings.

"10 rings for 1 dollar, esteemed cowboy, show everyone your skills."

Lin Yifeng clapped and cheered, instantly attracting several other foreigners. A young foreigner in a suit and tie, holding ten rings, walked confidently to the designated area.

"Haha, let me show you the power of a Western cowboy!"

The young foreigner confidently threw out the first ring. The plastic ring drew a beautiful arc in the air and landed half a meter away from the "Yohen Tenmoku" porcelain.

The ring rolled a few times on the ground, and John, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, immediately burst into laughter.

"Aile, your accuracy is way off. Are you this inaccurate when you pee too?"

“Johns, my first attempt was just to get a feel for it. Only when you understand the weight of the ring and master the technique can you successfully ring the porcelain.”

Ale, dressed in a suit and tie, offered a defense, picked up the ring, gestured with it a couple of times, and threw it again.

Still a non-sticker.

The ring fell again, about 20 to 30 centimeters away from "Yohen Tenmoku".

"Ailee, what about this time?"

Johns asked with a smile, but Aire just cursed and continued throwing hoops.

The third, the fourth, the fifth.

It wasn't until the fifth ring that Aire threw barely touched the porcelain.

"Aile, your accuracy is terrible! This is the fifth time you've barely managed to touch a precious piece of porcelain!"

Johns continued to laugh, while Aire scratched his head and continued to tossing the hoops.

The ring toss game is very common in markets, tourist attractions, and other similar places in later generations.

There must be some tricks involved in this kind of gameplay.

Lin Yifeng's strategy lies in the circle.

The rings he gave the two foreigners were plastic rings. The most important characteristic of these rings is their elasticity. If you throw a ring without using a little force, it will bounce very high when it falls, making it difficult to completely loop the porcelain.

This young foreigner, dressed in a suit and tie, clearly lacked skill; the 10 rings he bought for one dollar couldn't even be hung on the porcelain, let alone properly fitted.

"My God, I don't believe it."

Ai Lei took out another dollar and handed it to Lin Yifeng, asking for 10 more rings.

"Aile, let me try."

The young foreigner with gold-rimmed glasses in the group was itching to try it out, but Aire gave him five rings: "Johns, I guarantee you won't be able to put five rings on the porcelain."

"That's not necessarily true..."

Johns, holding five rings, exuded confidence.

However, a dozen seconds later, he took out a dollar from his pocket and handed it to Lin Yifeng.

"I feel like I'll definitely be able to get the porcelain next time."

“Johns, I told you you wouldn’t be able to fit into it.”

"I'm sure I can fit all 10 of them this time!"

Lin Yifeng prepared a total of 10 rings, which he bought from the supply and marketing cooperative in Bai Yejin's town. Each ring cost 2 mao (0.2 yuan).

Right now, the two foreigners are a little obsessed.

Lin Yifeng didn't have many rings, so he could only give five to each person. They put the rings on the rings while Lin Yifeng picked them up.

"Oh, boy, just 10 more rings, and I'll be able to take my darling home."

"You're far from it. Your ring didn't even hang on the porcelain. I'm the one who's really lacking."

Lin Yifeng chuckled as he picked up the rings. These two little foreigners were so cute; he hadn't even started touring yet, but they were already competing with each other.

"I'll humiliate and provoke them a bit more later, and try to earn 40 dollars first!"

It's not easy to put a plastic ring on a piece of porcelain; at least, it's not easy to do without special training. Two foreigners tried 45 times and 35 times respectively, but neither of them managed to put the "Yohen Tenmoku" porcelain on the ring.

The repeated failures to put on the clothes brought the two foreigners back to their senses. The one who called himself a cowboy, Ellie, stopped paying and looked at Lin Yifeng with a puzzled expression.

"Boy, something feels off."

"What's wrong?"

"Your ring is too bouncy. It bounces off the porcelain as soon as it touches it. There's no way it can fit the porcelain intact."

Heh heh.

The little foreigner has grown up.

I was surprised to find that my ring is very bouncy.

Lin Yifeng chuckled. Instead of offering any explanation, he took the ring from Lin Yifeng's hand and tossed it aside.

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