Chapter Four: Whose Luck Did You Steal?

The launch screen turned red. Contracts failed, funds returned, fake orders vanished. Every attempt to shift losses back onto the public was rejected. [Involuntary sacrifice cannot anchor price.] Lin released the other ninety-nine coins under three conditions: disclose the objective, declare the cost in advance, and allow only the beneficiary or an informed volunteer to pay it. A blind girl surrendered forever the possibility of becoming a painter to guarantee her corneal surgery. A factory owner gave up ten years of dividends to guarantee an order that saved three hundred jobs. Luck Coin settled at 1.24 billion yuan each. Lin charged only a two-percent rule service fee and still earned 2.48 billion; the rest returned to those who bore the costs.