Chapter 11 Yao Qian

　　Seven o'clock in the evening. 　　Bai Muye sent off the installers with a smile and returned to his room. 　　Looking at the virtual silo that had been installed, there was a hint of depression in his excitement. 　　Big Pretty, on the other hand, circled around the virtual silo touching this and that, full of curiosity. 　　Twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine! 　　What a lovely price, less than thirty thousand ...... 　　With the amount of technology it contained, it wasn't that expensive. 　　The first generation of virtual warehouse just launched has not yet risen that will, a function of the pitifully simple virtual warehouse, the price is also a few million! 　　Ordinary people simply can not afford to play. 　　Now has been completely popularized, even the common people, bite the bullet can afford to buy. 　　Bai could afford it as well, the problem was, after buying it, he ran out of money again. 　　Once again, he's back to the state he was in when the old man first left, his pockets cleaner than his face. 　　But it's worth it! 　　That moment at noon, Bai Muye fell in love with the virtual world. 　　So it makes sense that the old man didn't buy it for him before, come to think of it. 　　This thing is really toxic! 　　Otherwise, where would he get such great drawing skills? 　　And how would he be able to build the basic skills of a talisman master? 　　After all, people who fell through laziness and greed abounded. 　　"Big Pretty, do you think the old man has been calculating this for a long time?" 　　"Calculated what?" 　　"Calculated that I'm going to have big expenses starting from high school, so he left us behind and ran away?" 　　Big Pretty: "......" 　　Bai Muye felt that his guesses made sense, see how it's only been a few days? 　　Over six hundred thousand dollars has been spent! 　　I'm a loser! 　　The kind that spends money like water. 　　Gotta think of some way to make money. Forget about selling paintings and stuff. 　　Just be a street artist for once. 　　I heard that there is a task release system in the virtual world, so I can take a look at it later. 　　Bai Muye thought, while sitting in the virtual warehouse. 　　Just like the school's, it's fully functional and comes with an advanced scanning system. 　　Twenty-one points of spiritual energy, one hundred points of spiritual energy. 　　But this time, there was more information about rune seals. 　　After Bai Muye returned home from school, he picked a few of those messy talisman seals he had drawn earlier and brought them with him, and they were scanned into the virtual world. 　　Two agility talisman seals, one strength talisman seal, one retardation talisman seal, and one control talisman seal. 　　A total of five. 　　Bai Muye was not particularly satisfied. 　　These talisman seals, he had done a test, and since his current spiritual power was only twenty-one points, the time limit for these talisman seals he drew was a bit short. 　　Only one second. 　　What could ...... one second do? 　　If it was a Spiritual Power Replenishment Charm or a Spiritual Power Replenishment Charm, it would really be ...... a drop in the bucket! 　　It is almost meaningless at all! 　　If it was an animal talisman ...... it would be equally meaningless. 　　For example, a tiger, which might have just been summoned, wouldn't even have enough time to wail before it melted away. 　　Pitifully die all. 　　So the time is too short to call out in the end. 　　The four types of talismans, Agility, Strength, Retardation and Control, in Bai Muye's opinion, even if the time was shorter, they might receive an unexpected effect. 　　After entering the virtual world, the location was still stuck in the safe zone where he had gotten offline at noon. 　　It wasn't yet time for everyone to agree, so Bai Muye wandered around alone. 　　The surrounding area was bustling with people coming and going, mostly young people. 　　Bai Muye habitually put on a baseball cap and mask, then walked towards the mission release center. 　　There aren't many people here, inside the huge hall are rows and rows of soft and comfortable seats, as long as you sit on them, you can read the information through the virtual screen. 　　The virtual world had no geographical limitations, no matter where the quests were, they could be seen. 　　Theoretically, in the virtual world, Bai Muye could instantly go to any corner. 　　Of course, teleportation was expensive! 　　It required a large amount of points, not something the current him could afford. 　　Bai Muye casually found a seat and started browsing. 　　There were quests in reality and in the virtual world, all sorts of different things. 　　After Bai Muye looked for a while, he went from excited to speechless, and the smile on his face faded away. 　　He saw a lot of oddball quests. 　　For example- 　　"I'm a young woman who married into a wealthy family, twenty-six years old this year, young and beautiful just in my flowery years. Unfortunately, my husband is already old, already two hundred and seventy eight years old, and his room affairs are heartless ...... As his only legal wife, he needs a child to inherit the huge family business. Now looking for a young handsome, good health young man as a companion, if successfully conceived, reward cash ten million ......" 　　Ugh! 　　Liar! 　　Believe the hell out of you! 　　Another example- 　　"I am an ancient emperor from planet number 9527 in the Milky Way galaxy, I have countless industries huge assets and armies over there! I've been asleep for too many years and my wealth has long since been dispersed, so I'm looking for a friend to sponsor my return. As long as you can put one hundred million dollars into this identification code, when I return to the galaxy to restore the country successfully, glory and wealth will be at your disposal. ......" 　　What the hell is all this? 　　Why don't you say that the person who funds you can inherit your throne? 　　Bai Muye was speechless and disappointed. 　　Could it be that the mission system of the virtual world had been taken over by a bunch of crooks? And no one is taking care of it? 　　Isn't the identification code unique? 　　How dare they come up here and cheat people? 　　It seems like it's a bit difficult to find a mission on here! 　　Right at this moment, a curly-haired middle-aged man around forty years old sat down beside him. 　　Dressed in a decent outfit with a refined appearance, he smiled at Bai Muye and said, "Little brother, looking for a mission? Want some help?" 　　Bai Muye gave the middle-aged man a wary look, "Want money?" 　　The middle-aged man was slightly stunned, then smiled, "Why do you ask?" 　　"I don't have any money." Bai Muye said. 　　The middle-aged man smiled, "No money if you don't succeed." 　　Bai Muye frowned, "Then it still costs money?" 　　The middle-aged man smiled, "Little brother, where in this world is there a free lunch? Besides, I'm a professional intermediary! I have a license!" 　　Saying that, he took out a document from his body and handed it to Bai Muye. 　　Bai Muye took it and looked at it, it was indeed an intermediary certificate with an identification number and name written on it. 　　Yao Qian. 　　The name looked a bit impressive! 　　"Browsing through quests like you, even if you look here for a day and a night, I'm afraid you won't be able to find any valid ones. Don't look at the detailed categorization on here and the ability to search, but there's especially a lot of useless information! Moreover, there are very many scammers!" Yao Qian retrieved his own ID and said to Bai Muye with a serious face. 　　"The identification numbers are all unique, so how do they dare to run up here and cheat?" Bai Muye asked with some curiosity, but in his heart, he thought, "Turn around and let Big Pretty access the virtual world, wouldn't it be better to filter out all the useless information? 　　Although Big Pretty was pitiful, she was an artificial intelligence, and the speed of arithmetic was not comparable to humans. 　　"Why don't you dare? A willingness to fight, if that kind of information that is fake at a glance can be cheated, just consider it as paying IQ tax, no one will sympathize." Yao Qian said with a smile. 　　It was obviously sophistry, but why did it feel quite reasonable? 　　"I charge very inexpensively, tasks below 10,000 dollars are not charged, just as a favor; tasks between 10,000 and 100,000 are charged ten percent; tasks above 100,000 are collectively charged only five percent!" 　　Yao Qian looked at Bai Muye and said, "Throughout Hundred Flowers City, my reputation is excellent! You can just search for it, known as the number one intermediary!" 　　"Okay." 　　Bai Muye really went to search. 　　It was especially straightforward. 　　The corner of Yao Qian's mouth twitched, this little guy ...... 　　After looking at information about Yao Qian for a while, Bai Muye realized that he was indeed quite famous. 　　But he was a bit curious, why would such a famous agent find himself? 　　If you have doubts, you have to ask! 　　"What are you looking for me for if you're so good?" 　　Yao Qian twitched the corner of his mouth and replied seriously, "The secret of my success is to never underestimate any client, even the smallest task, I will take it seriously." 　　"Also, other agents, they just introduce the task to you, but I'm different." 　　"What's different?" Bai Muye looked at him. 　　"I'll help you gather all the valid information about the mission to help you do it better!" 　　"You charge ten percent for the one hundred thousand dollars, so for the one hundred thousand and one mission, but you can only get five percent, wouldn't that be a loss?" Bai Muye bristled. 　　Yao Qian smiled, "Tasks under one hundred thousand dollars are the most common. It's normal for me to collect more benefits." 　　"Those who can complete a mission above one hundred thousand dollars are all people with ability. For people with ability, I have always given preferential treatment." 　　"A friend with ability is not something that can be measured by money." 　　"So even if some missions are only ninety thousand, I will likewise only charge five percent." 　　Yao Qian looked at Bai Muye, "If you're a capable person, I'll likewise give you a discount." 　　Bai Muye nodded, the old man had told him something like 'powerful networking resources are better than money'. 　　"How about it, little brother, want to cooperate?" Yao Qian looked at Bai Muye, always feeling that this teenager looked very familiar. 　　Although he was wearing a baseball cap with a depressed brim and a large mask on his face, his pair of pure and beautiful eyes were very memorable. 　　"It seems like I ...... have seen you somewhere?" Yao Qian frowned slightly in thought. 　　In his line of work, if you want to do a good job, you have to have the ability to forget everything. 　　For so many years, all of his clients, not only could he accurately call out each other's names, he could even remember each other's preferences and habits! 　　This was an extraordinary skill, and with this hand, it was enough for him to make a name for himself in Hundred Flower City. 　　"You're looking at it wrong." Bai Muye shook his head and decided to change his hat the next time he came out. 　　He had worn this hat when he was painting in the central square of Hundred Flower City, and he didn't expect to be recognized when he entered the virtual world. 　　"No, never wrong ...... I remembered who you are!" Yao Qian mused, then looked at Bai Muye with some surprise. 　　He then glanced around and lowered his voice, "You're the mysterious street painter who painted the portrait of big star Qin Ranran!" 　　"I'm not." 　　"No, you are!" 　　A look of surprise appeared in Yao Qian's eyes, "I didn't expect you to actually appear in such a place!" 　　Saying this, he frowned and looked at Bai Muye with a puzzled expression, "That's not right, now that your paintings, have reached 200,000, what are you still taking on missions for?" 　　As he spoke, he directly opened the virtual panel in front of him, and after two simple scratches on it, a large number of requests for paintings appeared. 　　"Begging for the contact information of the mysterious painter who painted Qin Ranran's portrait, the price is good!" 　　"Begging for the mysterious street painter to paint a portrait for one hundred and seventy thousand dollars!" 　　"Nineteen hundred thousand dollars for ......!" 　　"Two hundred thousand! I'm offering two hundred thousand dollars, just begging for a painting by the artist who painted Qin Ranran's portrait!" 　　Bai Muye: "......" 　　A star like Qin Ranran has such a strong ability to bring in goods? 　　He felt that the group of people who were begging for paintings were crazy, sick in the head or have mines at home? 　　But he had to say that his heart was more or less moved. 　　Those who had just begged for paintings were not only from Hundred Flowers City, but also from other cities, and there even seemed to be buyers from other planets! 　　He roughly calculated that according to the calculation of leaving the identification code as valid information, if all of them took it, he should be able to earn more than fifty million dollars! 　　This was a truly huge amount of money. 　　However, if the painting was sold like this, it would probably be a one-shot deal. 　　And it was borrowed from Qin Ranran's momentum as well! 　　When this wave of heat completely passes, by then, I'm afraid his paintings won't even sell for 10,000 dollars a piece. 　　Things are cheap when they're plentiful. 　　One day in the future, when this matter was rehashed, it would be too humiliating for a great seal master to use a star for money spinning! 　　The old man has whispered countless times - be a person with a bottom line, do things with an eye and pattern, take one step and look at three steps, five steps ...... or even farther! 　　There is more than one way to make money. 　　If you are smart, you will move your brain more, and if you are stupid, you will put in more effort. 　　Both stupid and lazy, that is a living idiot, poor death deserved! 　　Looking at the silent Bai Muye, Yao Qian's eyes flashed. 　　He has found a treasure! 　　He was suddenly very grateful to his wife. 　　If it wasn't for a few quarrels during dinner, he, a successful man, wouldn't have been bored to run to the virtual world to take a break. 　　Wasn't it just a Van Cleef & Arpels gemstone necklace? 　　A few million dollars? 　　What's the big deal? 　　I'll buy it later!