104: Chapter 105 Maintenance will cost another ten million
An Xin borrowed the security office's computer and connected his phone with a data cable.
An Xin's slender fingers tapped rapidly on the keyboard, and a series of obscure, unreadable code filled the screen.
As the final Enter key was pressed, the computer screen instantly changed, becoming the phone's files.
Those photos that Zombie Man had deleted returned to his phone as the program progressed.
The photos taken here included props from the scenic area, so it was impossible for An Xin to have fabricated them.
With the evidence conclusive, Zombie Man wanted to lie to evade the problem.
An Xin simply didn't give Zombie Man a chance.
Since the security captain didn't know how to raise his child, An Xin helped him by handing the brat over to the police officers to teach him a lesson.
An Xin took him to the police station; the officers were also very angry when they saw those photos and even discovered a group for trading inappropriate photos on his phone.
With this trip to the police station, Zombie Man wouldn't be getting out without a fine of tens of thousands and at least two or three years in jail.
Zombie Man was already an adult and would no longer receive special treatment.
The security captain was furious at this scoundrel of a son.
Gao Qilan felt both ashamed and angry when she learned she had been secretly photographed.
Fortunately, she dressed quite conservatively and was wearing safety shorts underneath.
The security guard uncle wanted to ask for Gao Qilan's forgiveness, but she refused to forgive him directly.
This kind of social scum should be in a prison cell undergoing proper ideological reform.
"He is still a child, please give him a chance! If he gets locked up for four or five years, my Dabao will be finished."
"If those photos had been seen by many people, my girlfriend would have been finished too. Your son is a person, and my girlfriend is a person too. Uncle, if you still want to keep your job, don't pester my girlfriend. Don't make me investigate how he managed to sneak in."
An Xin's gaze was cold, making people shudder.
The security guard uncle looked at the slogan in the police station and let out a long sigh.
He didn't dare to pester An Xin and the other one again.
[System points have been credited.]
An Xin successfully gained 100,000 system points, moving one step closer to unlocking the leaderboard.
The farce with the zombie made Gao Qilan lose interest in the haunted house.
An Xin could tell that Gao Qilan wasn't having fun.
He hadn't enjoyed himself either.
He wasn't short of money now, so it was necessary to improve his quality of life.
An Xin had the idea of opening a haunted house.
By opening his own haunted house and carefully hiring staff, he could experience immersive adventures.
It would also prevent today's accident from happening again.
An Xin was a man with strong execution; whatever he thought of, he would do.
After sending Gao Qilan home, he returned to the amusement park, planning to talk to the manager about an acquisition.
Jinghai Park had been built for twenty years, and the haunted house's popularity had been declining year by year; the "for sale" sign had been up for three years with no buyers.
The president of the amusement park personally received An Xin.
"I apologize, Mr. An. It is due to our park's poor management that you had a bad experience. Your expenses for today are waived, and I have already had the backend refund your ticket money to your phone."
Chairman Wan of the amusement park was very kind and benevolent.
He didn't play any tricks on An Xin and received him very appropriately.
An Xin understood the principle that "water that is too clear has no fish."
An Xin did not blame Chairman Wan but instead talked to him about the acquisition.
"Mr. An, are you serious? Do you really want to acquire the haunted house in Jinghai?"
"I'm just interested and want to find out more. By the way, is your haunted house still for sale?"
An Xin was not in a rush. He had money, but he didn't want to be a sucker; he would save where he could.
An Xin wanted to control costs so he could use the saved money to improve the user experience of the haunted house.
"To tell you the truth, the haunted house has been losing money all these years. If you are interested, I can offer it to you for four million."
Thirty-four million in the prime real estate of Jinghai was still a bargain price.
"Chairman Wan, you said the haunted house is losing money, yet you quote such a high price. How is anyone supposed to buy it? This plot of land is underground in the amusement park. Even if one bought it, it couldn't be converted into a restaurant, and if it were to be remade into an entertainment venue, that would be another huge sum of money."
"All the props in the haunted house can be given to you for free. These devices cost a lot of money to import back then, and they are still in working order. If you renovate the exterior, the cost would be about one million, and I can give Mr. An a further discount of three million."
Because the haunted house had lost a lot of money for the park, Chairman Wan was truly scared of the losses.
It wasn't that he hadn't thought about finding someone to maintain it.
Small maintenance didn't have any effect, and large maintenance meant bearing the pressure of a huge vacancy period.
"Twenty-eight million. I don't want your equipment. If you can accept this price, I might consider buying it. If not, I can go look elsewhere; Jinghai has more than one dating hotspot."
An Xin picked up the coffee on the table and took an elegant sip.
The youth's cold gaze made people feel immense pressure.
Chairman Wan closed his eyes gloomily; this haunted house had been losing money for years.
Selling it at this price now, Chairman Wan had calculated that he wouldn't make a profit.
"Then, can I have one request? I hope that after you buy it, you will continue to operate it as a haunted house, okay? My wife is sick. When we were young, we played in that haunted house together, and it was because I protected her that the two of us ended up together."
This haunted house carried too many of his beautiful memories from his youth.
"To tell you the truth, I am very short of money. My wife's illness is a bottomless pit, and I don't want to give up on her."
Chairman Wan of the amusement park had only married one wife in his entire life and had only been in love once.
His love for his wife touched An Xin's heart.
An Xin's eyes darted, and he came up with another strategy to acquire the haunted house.
"What illness does your wife have?"
Chairman Wan's eyes turned slightly red.
"Terminal spinal cord cancer. The doctor said she has half a year left to live. If we use imported drugs and undergo the latest experimental treatment, it can extend her life by three years. I don't want to give up on her."
"How much does that life-extending experiment cost?"
"Twenty million, plus another ten million for follow-up maintenance."
"I might be able to cure your wife. You know the master of traditional medicine, Song Zihao, right? He is my external disciple."
Chairman Wan knew that An Xin was a member of the Conglong Family.
The Conglong Family was very mysterious and low-key; it was rumored that the Conglong Family held core medical and technological knowledge.
Regarding An Xin's restoration of the phone data in the security office during the day, Chairman Wan, out of curiosity, had asked acquaintances in the industry about the technical difficulty of An Xin's feat.
The professional hacker's evaluation of An Xin was that he was invincible, a god not of this era.
"Can you really cure my wife?"
"I need to see the patient myself to know if it's possible."
An Xin didn't commit himself too fully.
"Then, is it traditional Chinese medicine therapy? Will it be very painful?"
Western medicine can use anesthesia, while traditional Chinese medicine uses herbal medicine, acupuncture, and some secret techniques.
"The medicine depends on what is being treated. Every medicine has its side effects; there is no painless treatment process."
An Xin didn't like to deceive, so he was direct and frank with Chairman Wan.
"Then do you have time now? Can you go to the hospital with me?"
An Xin could see his urgency.
"Yes, go prepare the car! And bring a lawyer along. If I can treat her, we can sign the contract on the spot."