After April, the price of Bitcoin had broken through the one hundred US dollars at which Qin Tian and Wang Hao bought it. It rose and fell afterwards, but the overall trend remained upward.
Now, in mid-May, the price had reached nearly one hundred and twenty US dollars.
This meant that the two of them had started to make a profit.
As someone reborn, Qin Tian was not particularly surprised.
After all, in his memory, this thing had reached nearly seventy thousand US dollars at its peak, which was more than 400,000 RMB each.
Compared to that terrifying price, the current one hundred and twenty US dollars was less than a fraction of it.
Wang Hao, on the other hand, was quite excited. Whenever the price rose slightly, Qin Tian would receive a jubilant call from him that day.
This small profit meant nothing to the young master of the Wang family, but it gave him a great sense of accomplishment.
It was worth noting that he had been living off his parents since graduation. He had also made several investments and started businesses, but all of them had ended in failure.
The success of this Bitcoin investment made Wang Hao extremely proud and excited.
Currently, he was holding back from telling his family, waiting until the price of this item rose to a certain level before giving a surprise to his father, who had always belittled him for being incompetent.
Qin Tian had not planned to pay attention to Bitcoin for the time being, as he already knew it would reach its highest point in November.
However, with Wang Hao's daily phone reminders, he had to occasionally pay attention to it.
After finishing his classes that day, Qin Tian, feeling bored in his dormitory, opened a web page to study the Bitcoin market.
The market was still bullish today, with the increase not being high. From the opening price of 114.22, it closed at 118.76.
Even the smallest gain is a gain, and this was certainly not a small gain.
With an increase of four US dollars, Qin Tian, holding a total of eight hundred Bitcoins, had made nearly 3,200 US dollars. Converted into RMB, this was equivalent to more than half a year's salary for many people at that time.
“Should I buy more?”
Qin Tian rubbed his chin, deep in thought.
Just then, a long-lost system notification sounded in his mind.
[System mission triggered: A certain amount of wealth is a necessary condition for a perfect life. Please accumulate nine-digit wealth as soon as possible. The shorter the time taken for the mission, the more generous the rewards.]
“System Lord, you’ve finally appeared. I thought you had abandoned me!”
The cold, mechanical electronic voice, however, sounded like heavenly music to Qin Tian, who was almost moved to tears.
The System Lord remained aloof and did not respond.
Qin Tian didn’t care. Being aloof was fine as long as it gave him missions and rewards.
He hadn’t received a system mission for over half a year, but he still had an unfinished mission: to build Tianming Internet Cafe into the largest internet cafe chain brand in Jiangcheng.
The life countdown redeemed with points now had little time left, only enough to last until around July 15th.
If he couldn’t complete the mission and earn points before then, he would truly have to spend money to buy more time.
Since the system had given him a mission, Qin Tian immediately made a decision.
He would buy more Bitcoin.
Nine-digit wealth was a small goal, not something easily achieved.
All his current assets, including his house, stocks, Bitcoin, and bank deposits, were assessed by the system to be close to thirty million, which was still far from the mission objective.
He acted immediately, opening the trading platform and starting to buy Bitcoin.
Due to the good market conditions, it was difficult to buy in large quantities, so he had to accumulate bit by bit.
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Time came to six o’clock in the evening.
After the start of summer, the daytime was significantly longer, and it wasn’t completely dark yet.
The phone on the side suddenly rang.
Qin Tian picked up the phone, looked at the caller ID, and answered with a smile.
“Hello!”
“Brother, I passed my Subject Three test on the first try too.”
Xia Nuannuan’s joyful voice came from the other end of the line.
“Really? Congratulations, that’s great. Subject Three is quite difficult for girls, and you passed it on the first try?”
Qin Tian asked in surprise.
“Yes, yes. The invigilator was quite nice and gave me some pointers, otherwise I would have almost made a mistake out of nervousness.”
“That’s good!”
Qin Tian smiled, thinking it wasn't the teacher being nice, but the two packs of cigarettes being slipped.
Before Xia Nuannuan went for her test, Qin Tian had bought her two packs of 1916 cigarettes and told her to secretly give them to the driving examiner when she got into the car for the test.
In those times, it wasn’t regulated so strictly, and most driving examiners were susceptible to this.
Even if some had bad character, if others offered cigarettes and you didn’t, they might deliberately use the secondary brake to make you fail.
“Where’s Shen Siqi? Did she pass too?”
Qin Tian glanced at Chen Zhuang, who was leaning in to eavesdrop, and asked again with a smile.
“This…”
Xia Nuannuan hesitated.
“Qin Tian, don’t ask. I’m so annoyed. I just glanced at the gear shift and failed directly. I’m so angry.”
Shen Siqi’s indignant voice came from the other end.
Qin Tian raised his eyes to look at Chen Zhuang beside him, signaling him with his eyes to comfort her.
“Siqi, it’s okay. It’s just failing Subject Three, it’s nothing. You can take it again next time, don’t be angry.”
Chen Zhuang comforted her with a smile.
“Chen Dazhuang, shut up and don’t talk!”
Shen Siqi shouted angrily.
Chen Zhuang obediently shut his mouth and gave Qin Tian a sheepish smile.
Qin Tian gave him a disdainful look. How could a young man be such a henpecked husband!
Not to mention that Chen Zhuang was burly and strong, forming a stark contrast with Shen Siqi’s slightly petite figure.
A dignified man from the north, like this?
Chen Zhuang also noticed the meaning in Qin Tian’s eyes, pouted dismissively, and turned back to his seat, thinking about taking his wife out for her favorite food later, finding a place to say nice things to comfort her.
“Nuannuan, when will you two arrive?”
Qin Tian asked again.
“We’re on our way, it’ll be about… twenty minutes!”
“Okay, then you go straight home later. I’ll buy some groceries and make a few of your favorite dishes when we get back to celebrate.”
“Okay, thank you, brother!”
“What are you thanking me for? I’ll hang up now!”
“Okay, mua!!”
Receiving Xia Nuannuan’s kiss through the air, Qin Tian hung up the phone with a hearty smile.
“Brother Zhuang, I’m leaving!”
After turning off his computer, he told Chen Zhuang and then got up to leave the dormitory.
He drove to the nearby vegetable market, bought some groceries, put them in the trunk, and then drove home.
When he arrived home, Xia Nuannuan was already there. Hearing the sound of the door opening, she came to greet him with Xia Tian in her arms, smiling.
“Wow, you bought so many groceries! Let me help you carry them!”
Seeing the bags in his hands, Xia Nuannuan quickly put down the dog and stepped forward to help.
“I bought groceries for a few days. They won’t go bad in the refrigerator!”
Qin Tian handed her two lighter bags and headed to the kitchen after changing into his slippers.
Xia Nuannuan and the dog hurried to follow.