The Tycoon Game System

3. When a good man helped

"Now, what should I do?" Kaiden asked himself.

He had eaten and now felt full.

He had gone back to his house because he didn't know what to do. No matter how hard he thought, he couldn't come up with any ideas at all.

Kaiden had heard that poor people and rich people had different mindsets. The rich would find any opportunity that could be turned into money. And Kaiden now felt he had the mindset of a poor person, because he couldn't find any opportunities that he could turn into money.

[In that case, the system will give some hints that might help]

How happy Kaiden was to see the notification from the system.

[Try going anywhere, either on foot or on a bicycle, and look for ideas from there]

Kaiden's smile faded instantly, as it turned out that the system didn't give him any ideas. Maybe the system wanted Kaiden to figure it out on his own. But Kaiden thought it was better, if he depended on people's help all the time, how could Kaiden progress and get better?

Kaiden went out again, pedaling his bike, while paying attention to his surroundings. Who knew there was something that could give him an idea.

But Kaiden seemed to be going the wrong way, instead of going to the city, he went to the rice fields.

Because he was tired, Kaiden got off the bike and intended to rest for a while while enjoying the view of the clear river and green terraced rice fields.

Seeing such a view, Kaiden's mind suddenly became clear again. All this time he hadn't had a smartphone, maybe if he had one, Kaiden could find information more easily.

"Excuse me young man, can you help me?"

Kaiden turned to the origin of the voice and saw an old farmer smiling at him. From his smile, the man looked very tired, but still in good spirits.

Kaiden quickly got up and smiled back, "Of course sir, what can I do for you?" Kaiden asked.

"Please help me carry the coconuts I've picked to my house, carry them in a cart, so they won't be heavy." The old man said.

Kaiden nodded, "Of course I can."

The two of them went to where the old man was gathering the young coconuts he had picked from the tree.

Kaiden helped put all the coconuts into a wooden cart, and then pulled the cart with the old man.

"Are you going to sell all these coconuts?" Kaiden asked.

"No, I'm not going to sell them." The old man said quickly.

"Then why are you picking them if you're not going to sell them?" Kaiden asked curiously.

The man smiled bitterly, "Actually, someone said he wanted to buy them, so I picked that many. But he bid 0.3$ for one coconut when the market price is at least 0.5$ so I refused. It's better for me and my family to consume it ourselves than lose money if we sell it."

Wait a minute, Kaiden has bought young coconut ice, and the price can reach 1$ to 3$, depending on where it is sold. If it was sold at a tourist spot, then 3$ wouldn't be too much.

Maybe this was fate.

It was better for Kaiden to buy all the coconuts, while helping the man.

"Then let me just buy all these coconuts, at the market price, how about it, sir?" Kaiden asked.

The man looked incredulous, "Really? I know you are a young man whose mother and brother committed suicide, right? You're left with a lot of debts, instead of wasting money to help me, you'd better collect the money to pay the debts," said the old farmer.

Kaiden smiled, "Sir, don't worry just because I need money, I will buy all these young coconuts, then I will sell them as iced young coconuts so that I can get more money."

Hearing that, the old farmer smiled and tapped Kaiden on the shoulder.

"Then I'll help you, you see all those coconut trees over there? If you need young coconuts to sell as iced young coconuts, just come and call me, my house is nearby."

Kaiden didn't expect that the simple old farmer was a rich man, his house was very big and there was a black car that Kaiden didn't know what brand it was.

The man asked Kaiden to stop by his house before discussing the purchase of young coconuts.

A housemaid came to serve Kaiden drinks and snacks. Meanwhile, the old farmer went back to his room to change his dirty, sweat-smelling clothes.

"Where did Grandpa get such a poor young man, anyway?"

Suddenly a fashionable and sexy teenage girl appeared, looking at Kaiden with a disgusted and condescending gaze.

Well, that wasn't strange either, since Kaiden's appearance was shabby. Although for Kaiden it was the neatest look he could manage.

"Laura, you're rude!" Reprimanded the old farmer, she had come in a much better casual appearance than before. If it was like that, he looked like a rich man from the countryside.

"I hate poor youths, Grandpa! They can only complain without trying their best." Said the girl named Laura.

Kaiden could only smile wryly. The rich kid probably didn't understand that their version of trying and the poor person's version were much different, and that the poor person's path was more difficult, rocky, and thorny.

"You're wrong, this young man is different, he wants to buy grandfather's young coconuts, then resell them. He wants to start a business to raise money and pay his debts, he wants to try, so now respect him." Said the old farmer.

"Tsk, no way, I'm going to the mall first!" Laura said, then left the house just like that.

"Sorry son, my granddaughter is very spoiled. Let's talk about that, do you have the money?" Asked the old farmer.

Kaiden nodded, "I do, though not much."

"Where do you want to sell young coconut ice? Usually at the beach would be better, but even though selling there is free, you still need a stand and also a vehicle to carry the goods to the beach. I can help you if you want, how about it?" The old farmer offered.

"But won't I be inconvenienced?" Kaiden asked.

"Son, if there's a good man who wants to help when you're in trouble, take it, I don't want to take advantage of you, because you remind me of when I was young. I also started from nothing, absolutely nothing, without possessions and people's help. So I understand your predicament."

Kaiden nodded his head, "I want to be helped by you, please help me."

"Just call me Toni, that's my nickname."

"All right, Mr. Toni."

After that Toni engaged Kaiden in conversation, such as how Kaiden's family had chosen to commit suicide. Kaiden told Toni the truth.