The road to immortality for a hundred generations

If calculated according to the algorithm of dividing the grand prize and the first, second, and third prizes equally among other stores, then the cost of one second prize and two third prizes appearing in his store would be divided equally among twenty stores, which would be 250 copper plates.

A total of six small prizes were won, and the cost was [-] copper coins.

The second small prize was eleven, with a payout of 550 copper coins.

The third small prize was 25, and the payout was [-] copper plates.

As for the lucky prizes, there are a total of 38, and the payout is 370 copper coins.

The total winning amount is 870 copper coins.

Compared with the 110 copper coins recorded in the account, the small profit was 240 copper coins.

Even if other stores had a few third-prize prizes, if they were shared evenly with his store, there wouldn't be many copper coins.

Unless other stores have also awarded second prizes, or even first prizes, or the other nineteen stores have awarded more than five third prizes in total.

If divided equally, it would be 250 copper plates, and his shop would turn from a small profit to a small loss.

If more jackpots appear in the other nineteen stores, it will turn from a small loss to a large loss.

However, Zhang Shan thinks it is unlikely. After all, the master also said that the probability of winning the first, second and third prizes has not been increased.

It was probably just an accident that three small prizes or more appeared in his store in a row.

If you follow the master's algorithm and under ideal circumstances, his store will make a small profit and a small loss today, which is completely in line with the result that the master expected - after all, the probability of winning the small prize has increased now.

And if you include the income from the 660 free lottery tickets, after all, they have redeemed all the winnings, so naturally they have to include income.

So today's income should be 770 copper coins?
Then subtract the winning amount of about three thousand yuan.

Did you even make a small profit of four or five hundred yuan today?
Zhang Shan was startled by his own thoughts.

On the surface, I lost nearly five taels, but actually I made a small profit of four to five hundred wen?

Is this a miscalculation?
Zhang Shan frowned and calculated carefully again, and found that there was nothing wrong in the calculation, and it was indeed the same as before.

"Master is indeed a master. He has even considered this."

Zhang Shan praised secretly in his heart.

"Hey, Brother Zhang, we have lost nearly five taels of silver. Will we be scolded by the master when we go back?"

Just as he was preparing to pack away the stones for closing the shop, he looked up at the completely dark sky and suddenly sighed.

"Why should we learn to sigh in such a small grade?"

Zhang Shan slapped Shitou on the head and cursed with a smile, "You can't even understand it by looking at the account book. Who said we lost nearly five taels?"

"what?"

Shitou scratched his head inexplicably, "I see in the account book that today's loss is [-] yuan."

"I hadn't finished writing at that time,"

Zhang Shan patted the account book in his arms and said, "If those customers who came to the lottery with free lottery tickets are also counted as an income of ten cash, they should be able to make a small profit of three or four hundred cash today."

"Ah? Can you still make money? I remember that there weren't that many customers here today, right?"

Hearing what Brother Zhang said, Shitou was even more confused, "Didn't a guest win the second prize today? That one alone was worth three taels of silver, and there were two third prizes, which was five taels." "

"You usually just go out to eat, right?"

Zhang Shan couldn't help but slap Shitou on the head again, "The master said it himself, the cost of the grand prize, including the third prize, is to be spread equally among twenty stores. The five taels of silver will be spread equally to Let’s order it, isn’t it only 250 yuan?”

"Oh oh oh, I remembered, the master said this,"

Shitou nodded, but then he had another question, "But the problem is, if other stores also win big prizes, then each store will share another 250 cash equally. Doesn't this mean there is no equal share?"

"You can think of it, can I not think of it? If the probability of winning the grand prize is as high as in our store, then it's a crappy business, just do good deeds."

Although he was a little worried, Zhang Shan did not show it, but showed a determined expression in front of Shitou, "You will see later, the other nineteen companies combined, there will definitely not be more than ten third prizes! "

He has already calculated that even if the other nineteen companies have a total of eight or nine third prizes, if the free lottery tickets are also counted as income, today is not a loss, it can only be said that the capital is just saved.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shan couldn't help but become a little irritable.

At this moment, he was extremely hopeful that time could pass by in a blink of an eye, and that it would be a month later.

In this case, those free lottery tickets will be invalidated, the probability of winning the small prize will jump to the normal probability, and the reputation of the lottery signing store will gradually be revealed.

At that time, he will be able to see with his own eyes whether the lottery shop can start making thousands of yuan a day as he imagined, and even make ten thousand yuan a day in the future.

"Shitou, go to the compartment and pack up those drawn sticks. We are going to close the store and go back."

Zhang Shan gave instructions.

"Oh, Brother Zhang, don't worry, I've already packed it up, and I'm just waiting for you to tell me to get off work."

With that said, Shitou hurriedly rushed into the compartment and took out the full basket.

This basket is special. It is divided into several compartments. The big prize and the first, second and third prizes are mixed together. The small prizes one, two and three are more numerous, so they are packed separately. Lucky prizes and empty prizes are also packed separately.

This means that this basket has five partitions and six compartments.

Of course, the compartments are naturally different. Empty prizes occupy the largest proportion of compartments, followed by lucky prizes, and then others.

After installing them in categories like this, you only need to reinstall them according to the proportions.

Speaking of which, the refilling of lottery tickets was not entirely done by themselves.

In their twenty stores, each person first filled the lucky prizes, small prizes and empty prizes according to the prescribed ratio, more or less, and then Du Yuesheng took some out of them, and then replaced them. The same number of first, second and third prizes will be awarded.

At this point, no one except Du Yuesheng knew which bucket the first, second, and third prize lottery tickets were in, or which store they were in.

Originally, Wang Feng thought about investing the big prize himself. After all, this job really didn't take long, at most a quarter of an hour a day.

But after thinking about it carefully, he may not have time every day, and after the big prize is awarded, wouldn't he have to hold another meeting to encourage him?This was a waste of time, so he chose Du Yuesheng.Of course, corruption cannot be eliminated by avoiding it. Wang Feng can only say that he tries to avoid it, but if such a situation is discovered, he will never tolerate it.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Shitou, why are you two back so late? I'm just waiting for you to gather for a meeting."

The two young nurses standing guard at the door looked at the two returning people and asked doubtfully, "Is it possible that there are many customers in your shop?"

Since Wang Feng asked the eight of them to be on duty in two shifts: night shift and day shift, after discussion, the eight of them decided to let the older ones, aged fourteen or fifteen, watch the door at night, and the younger ones to guard the door during the day.

"It's not that many, but a few guests were delayed for a while."

Zhang Shan thought about the somewhat sparse guests today, and felt embarrassed to say a few words.

"Then you go in quickly. Didn't I say that I will also attend the parliament in the first few days to show you the procedures of the parliament on weekdays? Hurry up, don't keep me waiting for too long."

The little nurse who was slightly older but still only 13 years old urged.

"Oh, yes, let's talk about it next time."

Zhang Shan nodded, and then he and Shitou hurriedly entered the house.

The two walked through the front yard and a long corridor before arriving in the courtyard where meetings were usually held.

Although the sky was completely dark at this time, the corridor of the courtyard was illuminated brightly by a dozen or so lanterns hanging around it.

You must know that the lamp oil in this lantern is not ordinary. The brightness it produces cannot be compared with ordinary candlelight. The brightness produced by this lamp oil is several times brighter than ordinary candlelight.

At this time, there were a total of 40 people sitting on both sides of the corridor. There was also a grand master's chair at the end, and Wang Feng was sitting on it.

"You are back?"

Wang Feng smiled and raised his hand, "There is still a seat over there, sit there and rest for a while."

The pavilion is not connected from front to back. The position where Wang Feng is sitting is facing the entrance to the pavilion, while others are sitting on long stone chairs on both sides.

Fortunately, the pavilion is big enough, and it can barely seat 20 people even if they are squeezed in.

"Thank you sir."

After the two thanked them, they finished.

"Tell me, how is your store's business today?"

Wang Feng asked casually, "They have already reported to me and are waiting for you."

"Replying to the Master, a total of 41 customers came today. In addition to the 66 people attracted by the store itself, the other [-] customers came with free lottery tickets.

Zhang Shan, who had just sat down, quickly stood up again and replied, "Today our store sold a total of 310, and received 110 copper coins. The total winning amount was 870 copper coins, and the loss was 760 coins." 66 coppers. That’s without counting the [-] free raffle tickets.”

As soon as Zhang Shan finished speaking, the people in the surrounding shops couldn't help it anymore and whispered to each other in low voices.

"Oh my God? Did I hear you correctly? Zhang Shan's shop customers won a total of 630 copper coins? So much?"

"It's so scary, so scary. My shop only won less than a tael of silver in total."

"Qianlong, your shop has won the most prizes among us. It seems that you only have a little over two taels of silver, right?"

"Indeed, one customer won a third prize, and there were quite a few customers who won small prizes. The total amount was just over two taels of silver."

"Huh? No, did Zhang Shan just say that his store sold 310 more than once? Including 66 free lottery tickets, this is close to 270 times! Is that much? Li Hai, your store is The one that has been sold the most, including free ones, seems to be only [-] times, right?"

"Well, yes, the number of free lottery tickets is 270. Although more are sold, the number of customers winning is less, only [-] copper coins."

After hearing everyone's discussion, Zhang Shan suddenly showed an expression of understanding.

After all, whether it is the appearance of three big prizes in his store or the appearance of Liu Renyi, a person who has drawn a full [-] times in one go, they are all special circumstances.

Therefore, other people are definitely not as good as themselves in terms of the number of sales or the amount of winnings.

Of course, if he was just guessing before, after all, some stores are in much better locations than his, but now after hearing everyone's comments, he confirmed his guess.

Wang Feng did not stop the people's comments.

He knew that ordinary people would need some time to accept things that were beyond their knowledge. This was the reason why he did not stop the discussion immediately.

Less than 3 minutes passed, and the chatter became significantly quieter. Wang Feng then spoke: "The winning amount is so large, is there a big prize?"

In his plan, rewards exceeding the small prize are collectively called the grand prize.

"Yes, sir, there are two third prizes and one second prize. The first prize is six, the second prize is eleven, the third prize is 25, and the lucky prize is 38. , the total winning amount is 870 coppers."

At this time, Zhang Shan hurriedly replied, "If the grand prize is divided equally according to what the master said, then the total winning amount is 870 copper coins, and the income is 110 copper coins. Calculated, the profit is 240 copper coins."

After saying this, Zhang Shan felt that there seemed to be a loophole, so he quickly added: "This is without calculating the equal share of the grand prizes in other stores, and without counting the free lottery tickets as income."

"very good,"

Wang Feng nodded with great satisfaction, and then asked, "Although your store currently sells the most goods, the number of customers who come to the lottery is not the largest. There are only over 100 people. So, why does your store sell so many?" frequency?"

"Back to my lord, there was a customer who spent a total of one thousand and twenty coins and drew two buckets of lots."

Seeing that the master seemed suspicious, Zhang Shan quickly explained, "And when those three guests won the prize, there happened to be many other guests nearby, which caused the other guests to follow suit and win a few more times."

"Ah? Someone drew two buckets of sticks? Is it so fierce? There was someone in my shop who drew ten sticks in a row. I thought it was very fierce, but I didn't expect that there was someone who drew a hundred in a row???"

As soon as Zhang Shan's words came out, some people immediately couldn't sit still.

“I just heard you bragging about someone in your shop who whipped you ten times in a row, but I didn’t take it seriously because someone in my shop whipped you a full 27 times in a row, but I didn’t expect that there was someone even more violent than the customer in my shop. "

"Is it true? Is there really someone who can draw a hundred times in a row? This is another hundred times in a row, and he has won three big prizes. Isn't Zhang Shan cheating?"

Some people are surprised, while others are doubtful.

There are a total of forty people. Naturally, it is impossible for everyone to have the same thoughts. (End of chapter)