Chapter 6: Money is hard to earn

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  How to turn 200,000 into 2 million or even 20 million without alarming those who shouldn't be alarmed would be a very headache-inducing task for Sun Zesheng.

  This matter can't be solved just by having Tianji Star 3000, he himself needs to find the answer as a double PhD holder.

  Being able to get rich and being reasonable and legal without drawing attention, Sun Zesheng searched carefully and found a few possibilities.

  The first is to buy lottery tickets. Two yuan per note, the maximum prize amount for Tiantiancai Dajile and Fuxing Caishen's first prize has reached 10 million yuan. However, the probability of winning in both is really too small.

  The probability of winning the first prize in Double Colour Ball is about one in 17,700,000, and the probability of winning the first prize in Great Luck is about two hundred and eleven million to one.

  Sun Zesheng even with Tianji Star 3000, can calculate a mathematical model based on the past winning results. The result inferred from the mathematical model is not very reliable either.

  Unless the result is deduced and a compound bet is adopted, the possibility of winning the first prize or second prize will be slightly higher. However, even if this probability rises to one in a thousand, one percent, what can be done?

  If it doesn't work out, 200,000 yuan will be easily gone. At that time, Sun Zesheng will really have to start from scratch.

  The second is financial investment. In more detail, it's playing futures or stocks, and also speculation in gold and so on.

  These financial tools all have their own limitations and are full of uncertainty, he's not a finance major, can't handle it, and Tianji Star 3000 is also not good at this kind of analysis. Besides, with 200,000 RMB, what can you even do in terms of financial investment?

  As for other things, such as antiques and jade stones, the city where Sun Zesheng lived did not have a market for these items. There was an antique street, but there were no valuable treasures inside, even if there were, the owners would not sell them to him at a low price, let alone allow him to resell them for cash.

  After careful consideration, Sun Zesheng decided to try the first plan, which is to build a mathematical model based on past lottery results and then deduce the latest result based on this mathematical model.

  It just so happens that today is Tuesday, the lottery draw date for Toto 7 and Double Colour Ball. Sun Zesheng first finds all the data of the two lotteries since their first draw, scans them into Tianji Xing 3000, and then issues a command. Tianji Xing 3000 starts building a mathematical model.

  Sun Zesheng's instructions were as precise as possible, and Tianji Star 3000 implemented them thoroughly. It took a full hour before it calculated two mathematical models, one for the Seven-Star Lottery and the other for the Double Color Ball.

  Behind the mathematical model, a string of numbers is given, with 7-star lottery for 1,000 notes and double-color ball for 100 notes in 10+4 compound betting.

  Behind each note number, the estimated probability of winning the top prize by Tianji Star 3000 is also indicated. Most are tens of thousands to one, and only a few are thousands to one.

  The probability is already very high.

  Sun Zesheng hesitated for a long time and didn't buy it, but decided to observe for one night.

  At half past eight in the evening, the lottery results of Qixingcai came out first. There were a total of seven numbers, and it was an unprecedented number, 1111111, all seven ones.

  Sun Zesheng checked against the lottery results and looked at the thousand note numbers calculated by Tianji Star 3000.

  He sadly discovered that even if the Tianji Star 3000 had a calculation ability several times stronger than the most advanced supercomputer of its time, and human-like intelligence, if he followed the Tianji Star 3000's recommendation to buy this thousand-yuan note, not only would his capital not be returned, but he would also have to pay an additional thousand yuan.

  Among these thousands of numbers, only two numbers hit four numbers, the rest had a bunch that hit three numbers, two numbers, and one number, some didn't even hit one.

  Another hour passed, and the Double Color Ball lottery results came out. This time's result was a bit better, but still limited. If followed the Tianji Star 3000 recommendation, it would have been possible to win several fourth-prize awards, but compared to the investment, the profit margin was less than thirty percent.

  This is still a relatively accurate time for Tianji Star 3000. If it were as inaccurate as Qixingcai, I might have lost everything.

  Sun Zesheng knew that relying solely on past lottery results to build a mathematical model had considerable limitations.

  What really determines the outcome of each draw is still the drawing tool, such as when the lottery center has prepared several sets of lottery machines at the same time, which set of lottery machine to use; during the drawing process, what the temperature and humidity are in the room; also the speed and vibration of the lottery machine motor; the degree of wear on each ping-pong ball with numbers written on it, the force of collision between them, etc., are all factors that cannot be ignored.

  All of these require going to the scene of the draw to collect, and some can only be collected during the drawing process. This is obviously a bit difficult for Sun Zesheng.

  This is still visible on the surface, if someone is secretly manipulating behind the scenes and deliberately controlling the lottery results, then it's even more impossible for Tianji Star 3000 to calculate.

  Sun Zesheng did not give up and waited for another day. The next day was Wednesday, the day of the lottery draw. He once again asked Tianji Star 3000 to build a mathematical model for the lottery. In the evening, he compared the winning numbers with those calculated by Tianji Star 3000, but the result was still not very satisfactory.

  If a mathematical model based on the Tianji Star 3000 is used to buy lottery tickets, it's not impossible to win big prizes. It's very possible that after persisting for three to five years, you'll be able to see results. Sun Zesheng firmly believes this.

  But the problem is that Sun Zesheng and others can't afford it, nor do they have enough funds to invest in advance. After all, Tianji Star 3000 can only provide the winning probability of each note number, but cannot tell him which day, which issue, or which note number will win 100%. He has to buy one issue at a time, otherwise, if he doesn't sell one issue and it happens to be the big prize winner, he'll lose everything.

  This method of betting every period and investing thousands of funds every period would put him under tremendous financial pressure if he followed it.

  Facing such a result, Sun Zesheng could only sigh and completely abandon the idea of increasing the venture capital through buying lottery tickets. After careful consideration, he felt that he still had to take the road of technology for funding.

  Of course, what kind of technology to use, which aspect, which level and so on, need to be carefully selected. Not only can't attract the attention of some people, but also a plan that his existing 200,000 funds can afford.

  "Son, don't always stay cooped up in your room, come out and talk to Mom." Feng Yueting called out from the living room.

  Sun Zesheng walked out of his room and threw himself onto the sofa, sprawling out with a somewhat listless expression.

  "Son, you've been cooped up at home for too long, it's not a good idea. Your injuries have almost healed. I discussed with your father and we plan to take you to visit your grandparents and great-grandparents this weekend." said Feng Yueting.

  "Mom, you and Dad arrange it."

  Feng Yueting turned around and said to her husband, "Wen Bin, this time we're in the hospital, thanks to your parents and my parents for taking care of us. This weekend, let's go visit your father and mother first, okay?"

  Sun Wenbin nodded, "It's time to go see a few elderly people."

  "Feng Yueying said, 'When we go, shouldn't we buy some nutritional supplements for the two elders? Yesterday at the supermarket, I saw several types of milk powder specifically for the elderly that are on sale, good quality and cheap...'"

  "Cut it out." Before Feng Yueying could finish speaking, "Have you forgotten the reports from a while back? Even New Zealand's milk powder isn't safe anymore. It contains something called melamine, which is toxic and harmful to the human body if ingested. And then there was that 3M incident a few years ago, it caused such a stir nationwide, leaving everyone on edge. In my opinion, let's just forget about sending milk powder. Let's find something else that's nutritious and doesn't have any food safety or hygiene issues to send to the elderly."

  Sun Zesheng was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed, resting. Upon hearing this, he suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up from the sofa, "Mom, you guys chat, I suddenly remembered that I need to go online to check something."

  "Get off the internet for a while and go to bed early." Sun Wenbin shouted, "You kid, you're always online at home, if this continues I'll cut off your internet tomorrow."

  Sun Zesheng did not take Sun Wenbin's "threat" lightly. The fatherly love was like a mountain, and what lay behind Sun Wenbin's threat was the father's love for his son.

  Sun Zesheng locked the door from inside the house and then turned on the Tianji Xing 3000, starting to search for relevant information.

  After searching online, Sun Zesheng found that in the country, the milk powder problem has long been a big issue. The status of domestic milk powder in the minds of consumers is very low. As long as they have the ability, people try their best to get some milk powder from outside the mainland.

  In Hong Kong, the milk powder issue has become one of the main problems that intensify the conflict between Hong Kong and mainland China. Many parallel traders from mainland China and Hong Kong have bought large quantities of milk powder in Hong Kong, making it very difficult for local mothers to buy milk powder for their own children.

  The mainland Chinese frenzy of buying up infant formula has also affected overseas markets. Germany, New Zealand and the Netherlands have all introduced purchase limits, restricting the amount of infant formula that can be taken out of the country by non-residents.

  The root cause of these incidents is mainly the domestic milk powder safety. Recently, New Zealand's milk powder was detected with melamine, which had a significant impact on New Zealand's dairy industry. Although afterwards, the New Zealand government and related enterprises took measures, the corresponding influence has already been caused, and New Zealand's dairy industry suffered losses in both image and economic benefits.