World Travel's Affair

I was holding a lottery ticket, my hand quivering. At noon, I was standing in front of the betting shop where I bought the lottery ticket. I almost fainted after checking all the winning numbers. Fortunately, based on my knowledge and experience after buying and following the lottery for years, On June 12, 2012, the first prize of the No. 201808 lottery had 117 bets, and the single bet bonus was 1.03 million. A man won 110 bets and won a total bonus of 113.3 million. And I only won 50 bets, and the single bet bonus was 1.27 million, which was 63.5 million in total. Oh my God! 63.5 million! Thinking that I would get so much money, I was so excited that my legs were shivering. I was so exhilarated that I almost fainted with delight. My head was spinning as if I had taken drugs. Of course, I felt excited! I came from a rural area, and my parents were migrant workers. I was brought up by my grandfather. I didn't excel at studying at all. Now I was about to take the SAT, but my scores on the tests at school every month never exceed 800. Now it was great. There was no need for exams. I could still be successful! "I won the jackpot!" I shouted in my heart, but I knew that I should keep a low profile. Otherwise, it would bring me a lot of trouble. I tucked the lottery ticket into the diary in my school bag and threw all the useless textbooks by the roadside. Now that I was rich, why would I need those old textbooks? I skipped classes in the afternoon and walked straight to the train station. "Calm down, calm down, be calm!" As I was walking, I warned myself. I went to the ticket counter and bought a train ticket to the provincial capital, Shinebrook, then got on the train while carrying my school bag, and sat motionless in dumb silence in the last row of seats. However, at this critical moment when I was about to change my life, I must maintain my composure. After the train drove on the expressway for more than four hours, I arrived in Shinebrook. The moment I got off the train, I made an appointment with the Lottery Claims Office on my cell phone to collect the prize, asking them to open a green channel for me. I took a taxi to the address they told me. When I got there, I realized that the process of cashing the lottery ticket was quite simple. At the front desk of the office, I showed my ID card and the winning lottery ticket. A staff member in blue overalls used a machine to verify the lottery ticket, calculated the tax that I needed to pay, wrote a tax invoice for me, asked me to confirm and put my signature on it, and got a bank card for me. He then typed my name on the computer and the after-tax money that I won. I won a total of 63.5 million this time. I needed to pay for the tax which was 20% of the money, so I got 12.7 million left. The money of the lottery prize pool already exceeded 1.2 billion, and I took away 12.7 million. But it seemed that they were fine with it. The whole process took less than an hour. I walked out of the office, found a bank, and checked my bank balance. When I saw the several digits on the ATM screen, I felt dizzy and immediately held on to the wall with one hand and changed the password with the other. After everything was done, I took out 2,000 dollars in cash. When I smelled the banknotes, I felt a sense of relief. Damn! It was so good to have money! I didn't expect that having so much money would have me feel so wonderful! I put money and cards in my school bag and walked out of the bank. Everything in front of me was so bright. I never felt that this world was so lively before. When I walked on the street, I was afraid that someone would follow me, so I looked behind me vigilantly. No one was watching me. Hence I let out a long breath and sang the Internationale in my heart. "Stand up, all victims of oppression. For the tyrants fear your might. Don't cling so hard to your possessions." I found the best five-star hotel in the city and asked for a presidential suite. I was sick of poor life. It was time to be extravagant. I walked into the large and comfortable suite, opened the curtains, and had a bird's-eye view of Shinebrook. I felt as if everything in this world was up for grabs. I was filled with confidence. Sitting at the desk under the window, I took out a pen and planned my brand new life in the notebook. Firstly, the world was so big. I wanted to see it. But it was boring to travel around the world alone. I needed to bring a beauty with me! How could I find such a superb beauty? I was not good at my study. My family was still in the countryside. I had no money, great status, and powerful background. Now things were different. Now that I was rich, it shouldn’t be difficult to find a woman. Who would be my goddess? I muttered to myself, "Come on, beauty, spend all this money with me." While I was excited, I calmed down and set a few rules for myself. "First, don't mess around. Don't go to vulgar places, and don't hook up with prostitutes." It was easy to catch strange diseases if I did that. By then, I would win the prize in vain if I died without spending all the money. "Second, I must work hard to improve myself and realize the dream that I had when I was a kid." It didn't matter if I could only study at a film school on a temporary basis. I could even spend some money on the patronage of the school. I didn't care if I could get the diploma or not. The key was to learn the skills of filmmaking because I wanted to be a director since I was a child. .... "Third, set goals and do great things." I would go back to my hometown and find a piece of land, establish a film and television company, film a remarkable blockbuster movie, and give back to society and my hometown. In my hometown, there was an exceptionally romantic love story. I must turn it into a playscript and made the first movie where people spoke in my hometown's language, and then released it in major theaters across the country. These rules were also the goals of my life. After I finished writing them, I closed the diary. I went to the bathroom to take a comfortable cold shower because I was too excited and what I needed now was composure. Wrapped in a bath towel, I walked out of the bathroom. I then sat at the desk in the room and booked a flight ticket to Beiwick online. I always wanted to go to Beiwick. But I didn't know why. I was about to start a new life, so I should start with a new outfit. Thinking of this, I put on my old school uniform, walked out of the room, and took the elevator downstairs. I stopped a taxi on the street and asked the driver to take me to a branded clothing store selling men's clothes. I got out of the car and walked into the store, Brioni Exclusive Men Outfit, to buy the most expensive suit. The store owner was a beautiful woman. She greeted me in person and told me that the clothes here were a symbol of dignity, which was a famous exclusive brand. I chose a blue suit, put it on, walked out of the fitting room, and stood in front of the mirror. The suit had wide shoulders and also made my waist look slender, which immediately caught my eye. I liked it very much. The clothes made the man. I was 18 years old and 5.9 feet tall, with delicate facial features. I felt like a different person when I wear branded clothes. The beautiful store owner glanced at me. She couldn't help but walk over and tell me that many celebrities loved the design of this suit. And former UN Secretary-General, Kevin Abbott, also had a suit like this. As I heard that, I felt like a celebrity too, so I immediately swiped my card to pay for it. Wearing a suit worth 11,600 dollars, I was overjoyed. I didn't even dare to dream about it before. I felt that the fabric had a smooth texture. The store owner was young and beautiful. I assumed she was about twenty-five years old. She had a sexy and tall figure. She stood in front of me and cast an admiring look at me, which made me a bit nervous. "Not bad. You looked dignified, like a rich kid. You're so handsome!" She praised me. I didn't know that she was flattering me. I thought she was being sincere, so I smiled and said, "Ma'am, I'm not a rich kid."