Chapter 635 - Ring-Toss Game (1/2)

Chapter 635 Ring-Toss Game

“Young man, bring your girlfriend over here for a chance at my ring-toss! Four rings cost you only ten yuan, and ten rings cost you only twenty. The prizes I have include bunnies, soft toys, and the grand prize is a Xiaomi Mi Band! It’s a fair game. You will definitely win something in the end.”

Zhang Heng and Hayase Asuka came across a ring-toss game booth when they visited the night market.

Hayase Asuka held the stinky tofu in one hand, stopped, and watched on with enthusiasm. The owner immediately took the opportunity to promote his game, but his effort was in vain. That was because Hayase Asuka, a j.a.panese exchange student, could not understand Chinese.

And there was already a couple playing in front of the booth.

The two seemed to want to win the Mi Band. Judging from its packaging, it should be a second-generation Mi Band with a market price of around 120 yuan. If they could win the grand prize, it was no less but a significant profit.

But this kind of game was like the discount bundle sold in a penguin game. The customers would always feel that they had profited from the game if they won something. As for the boss, he would still benefit from whoever visited his booth.

Mini-games like this often came off as innocent and straightforward, but they were far more complicated than one could imagine.

For instance, the booth owner would usually put the most valuable prize the furthest and the unworthy ones closer to the customers. It was an attempt to tempt the players into aiming for the valuable prizes that were a lot further to reach. Furthermore, the valuable prizes were generally larger and more challenging to get a ring on them. The ring was designed to be very light in weight, making it was hard for the players to control their throw. It was made out of a material with great elasticity as well, usually bouncing off the surface it hit.

The couple spent 20 yuan on buying ten rings. Unfortunately, none managed to put the ten rings on the grand prize. Their rings managed to graze the packaging a few times, but the owner wasn’t worried at all. In fact, he still wore a smile, as if encouraging the couple to keep playing until they bagged the grand prize. When the young couple threw their last ring, the boss saw their frustrated looks. He then waved his hand at them and kindly gave them two consolation prizes—two One Piece keychains. Eiichiro Oda would probably be wondering just when did he authorize a random game booth to sell his One Piece merchandise. When the boss asked them to try again, the couple rejected his offer. So, the boss smiled and watched the dejected pair walk away from his booth. He then stuffed the 20 yuan hustle that came by so easily into his pocket.

Zhang Heng then asked Hayase Asuka in j.a.panese, “What do you want?” “The little rabbit is adorable, but the foreign student dormitory does not allow us to keep any pet there.” The latter looked at the rabbit in the cage and moaned with disappointment, “but this game looks entertaining. How much does it cost to play?”

Zhang Heng translated the amount of money needed to play this game to Hayase Asuka, and she quickly took twenty yuan out from her wallet.

“Oh, she’s not from around here!” The boss overheard the two conversings in j.a.panese. He took the money from them, once again wearing his ear-to-ear smile, “I will send you two extra rings.”

Zhang Heng then pa.s.sed the rings to Hayase Asuka.

After receiving the plastic rings from Zhang Heng, she looked at the prizes on the ground. The first thing she laid her eyes on was the rabbit cage. She wished she would get to keep the little rabbit in her room. Thus, realizing it would be a somewhat impossible endeavor, she fixed her eyes on the Kingston 64GB flash drive. No matter the woman’s nationality and age, they were always good at choosing what they desired. This was probably one of a woman’s hidden talents.

Although there were various prizes on offer, most were useless objects produced by some small factories, save for the Mi Band used as a gimmick to attract customers. The second prize would be the flash drive.

The market price of the flash drive was about 70 yuan.

Hayase Asuka watched the pair of couples playing earlier, and she knew that tossing a ring on the Mi Band, the prize furthest away from her, was no small challenge. So she took the initiative to lower the difficulty for herself.