The two met, smiled at each other, and seemed to feel as if they had known each other for a long time.

"I didn't expect you to arrive in Yanjing City so early. I thought you wouldn't come until almost the end of summer vacation!"

"I just wanted to get used to life in Yanjing as soon as possible, and my childhood friend is here too, so I came here."

Jiang Sheng, listening from the side, was somewhat speechless. He hadn't expected that face-to-face meetings between pen pals already existed at this time.

It turns out that the man in front of me is Zhao Defu's pen pal, whose name is "A Blade of Grass in the Sea," a name that sounds quite simple and unpretentious.

I never expected that such a rugged man would have such a delicate mind; he doesn't seem like someone who would write letters at all.

Jiang Sheng stood to the side, unable to get a word in edgewise.

The man noticed Zhao Defu standing next to him, took a step forward, and looked in Jiang Sheng's direction.

"And this is...?"

Zhao Defu then realized what was happening and quickly introduced the two parties with a smile.

"This is my childhood friend Jiang Sheng. Thanks to him, I was able to get into university this year."

After saying that, Zhao Defu pointed to the man, a rather pleased smile on his face.

"This is a pen pal I know; we've been corresponding for over six months."

Upon hearing that he was Zhao Defu's childhood friend, the man's smile became warmer, and he extended his right hand to Jiang Sheng.

"Hello, I am Fatty's pen pal, my real name is Zhang Chenggang."

Jiang Sheng smiled and shook hands with the other person: "Hello, my name is Jiang Sheng."

After introducing themselves, Zhang Chenggang, being a very outgoing person, quickly became friends with the two of them.

"Come in, come in quickly!"

Zhang Chenggang greeted the two of them as he went inside, laughing heartily.

"You've come at just the right time! My brother got into university this year, and my mom bought him a computer, but he's not home right now. Let's play games together!"

Zhao Defu quickly followed, saying, "I'm so happy to see Brother Dahai today. I'll treat you to barbecue tonight!"

"Haha, no problem!"

Once both machines were turned on, Zhao Defu immediately started a new game, while Jiang Sheng got a little bored after playing a couple of rounds.

It has to be said that Zhang Chenggang's family is really rich; the air conditioning is especially cool.

Jiang Sheng lay on the chair and soon became drowsy.

After dozing off for a while, I looked at Zhao Defu, who was having a great time playing games next to me, and then at the bulky computer in front of me.

He suddenly sat up straight and began typing rapidly on the keyboard.

Zhao Defu, who was playing a game nearby, was startled by Jiang Sheng's sudden action. He lost his aim and the character he was controlling instantly died with low health.

"What's wrong with you, Sheng-ge? Why are you so jumpy?"

Zhao Defu grumbled, but looking at the computer screen in front of Jiang Sheng, he instantly forgot about the game he was playing and leaned over in confusion.

"Brother Sheng, what are you doing?"

Jiang Sheng didn't speak, his eyes glued to the computer screen, his hands never stopping moving.

If he remembers correctly, at that time, virtual currency had not yet appeared; it was a blank slate.

Thinking of the high price Bitcoin would fetch in later years, Jiang Sheng felt his mind and body boil with excitement.

In his previous life, he was terrified by the astonishing value of virtual currency, so he started paying attention to news about the industry.

In 1982, David Chaum first proposed an untraceable cryptographic network payment system. In 1990, he expanded it into the original cryptographic anonymous cash system, which later became known as digital cash.

Ten years later, a Japanese-American named Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper describing Bitcoin's electronic cash system. In 2009, Bitcoin was officially born!

Currently, computers are just beginning to become widespread, and virtual currency is only being proposed; it hasn't even become a concept yet.

It was completely blank.

This is a great opportunity for Jiang Sheng to make his fortune!

He could use all that he knew to start mining right now!

One computer is certainly not enough, not to mention that current computer graphics cards and various chip technologies simply cannot keep up with the speed of mining.

If this pattern continues, it will probably be a long time coming.

Therefore, an idea instantly popped into Jiang Sheng's mind.

Why can't he use his knowledge and perspective from his previous life to give people a preliminary understanding of virtual currency?

He truly refused to believe that he couldn't handle such a virtual currency by utilizing his past life's prophecy!

Jiang Sheng became increasingly excited as he thought about it, quickly manipulating his subordinates' actions before casually explaining a few words to Zhao Defu.

"I'm making money right now, I don't have time to explain all that to you, I'll explain it to you properly later."

Zhao Defu, standing to the side, was completely bewildered. He couldn't help but gasp in astonishment at the rapid speed of Jiang Sheng's men.

When did Sheng Ge become so good at computers?

He remembered that there were no computers in the village at all, except for one in his cousin's house.

But his cousin usually takes great care of the computer, so even if the two of them wanted to play with it, they might not have the chance.

Even he himself only got a computer in the second half of his senior year of high school, when his uncle bought him a computer at a high price to encourage him to study.

"I remember you were studying really hard during the second semester of your senior year, Sheng-ge."

"I invited you to my house to play computer games, but you wouldn't come. When did you become so good with computers?"

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