Chapter 61

(Seeking recommendations, seeking Three Rivers votes)

Lu Tai checked his watch, which displayed: You have completed all tasks in this movie world. The system rewards you with an additional $100,000 in real-world dollars, to be collected upon return to reality. Additionally, you receive 100 points of virtue, bringing your total to 428 points.

After seeing this, Lu Tai furrowed his brow and thought for a moment. This additional reward was clearly not as good as the one in *Shaolin Soccer*. At least in *Shaolin Soccer*, he had a chance to draw a prize without spending virtue points. Although he received 100 points of virtue this time, it wasn't enough for a single draw.

However, Lu Tai wasn't overly disappointed. After all, he had survived such a dangerous world of assassins. He thought about it and looked at his watch again. A countdown appeared in the upper left corner, showing 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 11 seconds. Lu Tai knew this was his last 24 hours in this world.

Now, he had no more worries. He just wanted to know what Wesley and Fugus planned to do next. So he asked the two in the room.

"What do you plan to do next?" Lu Tai asked.

Wesley and Fugus clearly hadn't thought it through. They shook their heads and frankly admitted that they had no other advantages besides being assassins.

"What about you? What are your plans?" Wesley asked.

"I will leave here. I plan to return to China; that's my home," Lu Tai said.

"Why don't we go to China with you?" Fugus interjected.

Lu Tai shook his head and said, "We won't meet again. I told you, I'm just a passerby here. I want to live a very ordinary life. I hope you understand."

Wesley stepped forward, patted Lu Tai on the shoulder, and said, "Pekovski has also returned to Europe. He plans to live in seclusion. The two of you... sigh... will we really never meet again?"

Lu Tai looked at Wesley and Fugus, smiled, and said, "Who knows? Life is full of surprises."

"When do you plan to leave? We'll go to the airport to see you off," Wesley said.

"No need. I like to come and go alone. When... hehe, now." Lu Tai patted Wesley and waved to Fugus, then walked towards the door.

"Lu..." Wesley called out to Lu Tai, his eyes slightly red, as if he was about to cry.

Lu Tai turned around, pointed, and said, "Don't be like this, OK? Here, let me give you two a piece of advice: don't be assassins anymore. Go and enjoy life... oh, right..." He suddenly remembered something.

Lu Tai walked back, took out Lawrence's business card, and handed it to Wesley, saying, "This person is my friend. I saved his life. He has a big company in New York. You can work there. I think he will take good care of you."

After saying this, Lu Tai smiled and left the room without looking back.

Wesley held the business card, turned to look at Fugus, and said, "Actually, he saved us too." Fugus gently walked to Wesley, hugged him, and softly said, "Yes."

After leaving Wesley and Fugus, Lu Tai began to leisurely tour New York City. This time, he had no pressure and felt very relaxed. When the countdown on his watch ended, he suddenly left the *Assassin's Creed* world.

When Lu Tai regained consciousness, he was back in his rented apartment. Since the time in the movie was only a month, in reality, it had only been a little over an hour. The moment he returned, he noticed that the prompt to release the tank on his watch was gone, and the tank control techniques in his mind were very rusty, almost forgotten.

This indicated that temporary things could not be brought out of the movie.

It was around 7:30 in the morning. Lu Tai exhaled and muttered to himself, "If I had known I could come out of the movie in such a short time, I wouldn't have taken a leave."

He walked to the bed and suddenly noticed a small gray burlap bag on his pillow. Lu Tai picked it up and opened it, finding neatly stacked U.S. dollars and a note: $100,000 in U.S. dollars, enjoy it.

Lu Tai smiled and thought to himself, it seems that entering American movies gives you U.S. dollars. Thinking about this, he suddenly realized something and quickly checked his watch. He wanted to see how long it would take to enter the next movie, hoping it wouldn't be so short.

At this moment, the countdown on his watch showed 83 hours, 58 minutes, and 57 seconds.

83 hours? Lu Tai calculated, damn, that's just three and a half days! As he thought, he put the gray burlap bag under the bed and looked at the alarm clock. He then tidied up and ran to his workplace.

It was only 7:30, so it wouldn't affect his work.

However, as he ran, Lu Tai was thinking about a question: should he consider doing something else now? With his increasing abilities, this thought came naturally. Even if he didn't quit his job immediately, he could at least consider a part-time job.

Doing this would not only better realize his own value but might also help others, thereby earning more virtue points.

Lu Tai couldn't help but start to consider his current abilities. He had learned free fighting at level 7, the Flying Guillotine at level 8, football skills at level 2, and the Powerful Vajra Leg at level 7. Three of these permanent skills were related to combat, and one was related to football, but only at level 2, which was semi-professional. What could he do?

This wasn't a movie; it was real life. Could he become a security guard or a private bodyguard?

None of these were what Lu Tai wanted to do. Playing football? He was even less interested. Thinking about this, he arrived at his workplace. He found a reason to explain to Wang Bingyong why he was back at work.

He then started his day as an electrician. Throughout the day, his mind was preoccupied with what he could do. In the end, he thought the most feasible option was to work part-time as a coach at a taekwondo gym or a similar martial arts school, or even open his own such school to teach children...

When it was time to leave work, Sun Fatso came to find him again. The two went to the same restaurant for dinner. The first thing Sun Fatso asked was about Lu Tai's date the other night.

"What date?" Lu Tai asked, puzzled.

Sun Fatso pointed at Lu Tai and said, "I said, it's only been a day, and you've already forgotten. After the signing event for my 'girlfriend,' I said I would treat you to dinner, and you said you had a date."

"Your 'girlfriend'?" Lu Tai looked at Sun Fatso with a bitter smile.

"Ah, Liu Yifei," Sun Fatso said.

Lu Tai suddenly fell silent and silently took a sip of the wine in front of him.

Seeing that Lu Tai wasn't speaking, Sun Fatso thought for a moment. He guessed that Lu Tai must not have succeeded or that the girl didn't like him. So Sun Fatso said with concern, "Forget it, let's not talk about it... girls these days have no taste. Come, let's have a full glass."

Lu Tai smiled and had a full glass with Sun Fatso, then said, "Fatso, if I told you that I went to meet Liu Yifei that night, what would you say?"

"Ha!" Sun Fatso laughed, spitting out a mouthful of wine and coughing a few times, "Cough... cough... cough... damn, you're just saying. Now you're even more imaginative than me. You must be out of your mind from too much masturbation."

Lu Tai laughed and said, "I was just giving an example. What would you say?"

Sun Fatso said, "Alright, alright, very good. It shows you have the guts to imagine. If you really went to meet Liu Yifei, I'll tell you, I actually spent the night with Liu Shishi that day. Ha ha."

Lu Tai shrugged and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this. By the way, I want to ask you, if you were to do business, what would you do?"

"What, don't want to be an electrician anymore? Planning to go into business?" Sun Fatso asked.

"Hey, can you just answer my question without always asking about my thoughts?" Lu Tai shook his head and said.

"Alright, alright." Seeing Lu Tai's complaint, Sun Fatso picked up some stir-fried garlic sprouts and meat, thought for a moment, and said, "I might open a restaurant. In China, food is the most important thing, so running a restaurant will never go out of style."

"Many restaurants lose money," Lu Tai said.

"Ha, that's because they don't know how to run them. I'll tell you, the key to running a restaurant is to have a unique feature. Look at this place," Sun Fatso pointed upwards and continued, "They just cook some home-style dishes, but they do it well, and the cost is very low. Look here... I'll tell you, it won't lose money."

Sun Fatso's words made Lu Tai look around, but he shook his head and said, "Not interested, we can't cook."

"Why do you have to do it yourself? Can't you hire a chef?" Sun Fatso argued, "Of course, you need some capital. Without it, everything is just talk. So, don't quit your job on a whim and then struggle to find work. The best thing is to find a part-time job."

Lu Tai nodded. He thought Sun Fatso had a point. He now had some money as startup capital, but he was completely unfamiliar with business. Whether opening a martial arts school or a restaurant, there was a risk of losing money... although he could fight, he knew nothing about business.

"Ring!" Lu Tai was thinking when his phone rang. He picked it up and answered directly.

"Hello," Lu Tai took a sip of wine and said.

"You're back, which movie did you go to?" A gentle female voice came through, and it was Liu Yifei...

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