When he looked at the time, it was almost seven o'clock. He was just thinking of cooking some noodles for breakfast while he had time. Suddenly, he remembered something very important, so he quickly brushed his teeth, put on his clothes and went out.

"I hope I can make it in time."

After going downstairs, he didn't even bother to buy breakfast and went straight to the bus stop. He didn't take the usual bus, but another one.

In the car, he kept looking at the time with an anxious look.

At 7:26, the bus arrived at a stop, and he was the first to get off the bus and ran towards the commercial building opposite the bus stop, attracting the attention of many passers-by.

Chen Xu could no longer care about it. When he arrived at his destination, he glanced at his phone and was delighted. "Seven twenty-nine, just in time."

Then, he saw a man and a woman standing in front of the lucky box vending machine. His heart tightened and he rushed over immediately.

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"This is the lucky box that's very popular recently. I didn't expect it to be here too. I'll go scan one." A slightly plump man was taking a photo with his mobile phone in one hand, and scanning the code to pay with another mobile phone in the other hand.

"Look, the box is coming out."

The man took out the box and said, "This is the packaging of the box. As you can see, it is quite exquisite. Now, let's open it."

He called his companions to help him, and quickly opened the box. While taking pictures, he said, "Let's see what's inside. Yes, it's a lipstick."

He picked up the lipstick and showed it to the camera. "As you can see, it's all in Korean. Now, let's search it on Taobao."

After a while, he found it, showed his phone and said, "Everyone, take a look. This one is priced at 75 yuan on Taobao. Well, it's not bad. At least I didn't lose money."

Then he stopped filming and said to his female companion with some dissatisfaction, "Can't you come over and help?"

The girl next to him said impatiently, "You agreed to go shopping with me, but you've been doing this for your business."

The man said angrily, "I don't want to find a way to make money, how can I buy you clothes? Hurry up and take another one."

This man is called Xu Ming, a young man in his early twenties. One day, when he was watching a short video, he saw the lucky box and immediately realized the business opportunity. He quickly got a few machines and placed them in places with large traffic.

I made a little money by taking advantage of the short video trend.

However, the trend of short videos came and went quickly. In the past few days, the lucky boxes he put out were not selling well. So he decided to shoot a short video himself to promote it.

He was the one who put this machine there. To ensure that it would attract attention, he bought an iPhone X. He put it there himself a few minutes ago.

In order to avoid being exposed by onlookers, he came to take the photos early in the morning.

Moreover, as a novel lover, he understood the importance of foreshadowing. So, he deliberately scanned a box with only ordinary gifts first.

Otherwise, if an Apple X appears right at the start, it would be too abrupt and not realistic enough.

Xu Ming started filming again. "I wanted to give the scan to my girlfriend, but it turned out to be a men's lipstick. I'll scan another one. I wonder what I'll get this time. I'm a little excited about it."

As he said this, a man suddenly rushed over, pushed him aside, and scanned the QR code first.

“Someone actually got there first—”

Xu Ming's heart skipped a beat at first, fearing that the box containing the iPhone X would be chosen. Then he thought, he couldn't be so unlucky, and made a joke.

Then, his throat seemed to be pinched by someone and his face changed drastically.

That person actually checked that box.

He finally couldn't help it, "That——"

Unexpectedly, the man quickly put the phone into his bag, looked at him warily, and said, "Mine."

Xu Ming watched him put away his phone, his face twitched, and he said anxiously, "This is it..."

"Can't you rob it?" The man became more alert and took a step back.

Xu Ming never expected that the other party would be so vigilant. He was a little speechless, "That's not what I meant. I wanted to..."

"Sorry, I'm busy." The man interrupted him and turned away.

"No...just listen to me."

Xu Ming wanted to call out to the man, but he ran away like crazy and disappeared at the door in the blink of an eye. He was completely stunned. How could this happen? Thinking about the phone he spent 10,000 yuan to buy yesterday, and it fell into someone else's hands, he felt so distressed that he could hardly breathe.

His girlfriend, who hadn't figured out what was going on, asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"The gift I prepared for you was taken away by someone." Xu Ming wanted to cry but had no tears.

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On the other side, Chen Xu had already boarded the subway and successfully got his mobile phone, feeling very happy.

He could not remember many details about the dream, but he remembered clearly the location and number of the lucky box that contained the mobile phone.

After all, I'm used to being poor, so I'm particularly sensitive about things related to money.

To be honest, he was just trying it out, and the result was just like in his dream. This was a brand new phone that hadn't been unpacked yet, and it cost nearly 10,000 yuan. For him, it was a small windfall.

“It’s really black technology.”

He sighed in his heart and became more confident in the virtual dream device. It could perfectly simulate everything in reality in the dream.

To be honest, when he entered the dream for the first time, he was totally unprepared and did not realize the value of that empty world. He was only thinking about how to survive.

To use a game analogy, he is just a rookie player who only follows the prompts to complete the tasks, but has no intention of exploring the hidden map.

“What a pity.”

He couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time, he became extremely looking forward to the next dream world.

Soon, he arrived at the station. He walked out of the subway, took out his cell phone, and called his high school classmate who was selling cell phones at the digital city, saying that he had a brand new iPhone X that he wanted to sell.

The other party agreed immediately and asked him to send the phone over.

After finishing the discussion, Chen Xu had already arrived at the company's building. When he came to his seat, it was exactly eight o'clock.

When he turned on the computer, he thought about meeting Luo Xiyun soon, and he suddenly felt inexplicably nervous.

PS: I know that asking for votes is useless with such a small collection. However, it's Monday, and it seems a bit unsociable if I don't ask for votes, so I'll ask for them.

(End of this chapter)