"The address in New York is 175 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan Island. It is located on a triangular block at the intersection of 23rd Street, Broadway Avenue and Fifth Avenue, with the tip pointing south of Madison Square."
Strange stood up, looked at the large flat floor in the bustling urban area under his feet, and then said:
"Christine, help me sell this house."
Kristine was silent for a few seconds, and then slowly said:
"Okay, but if you want to cash out quickly, the price will be much lower."
Strange continued:
"I will find a way to raise more money, but how do I get the so-called gold coins?"
Christine shook her head:
"I don't know how to get it, but as a top doctor these years, you might be able to try your connections."
"After all, some of the patients you treat also have special status."
Strange nodded, maybe this was his last hope.
Christine then took out the red wine and cheese and said:
"It's raining heavily outside, maybe we should have something to eat before we start working."
Strange accepted Christine's suggestion, and he happened to be a little hungry at this time.
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the next day.
Kristen left early in the morning and went to the housing agency to help Strange deal with his property. Fortunately, the house was on a large flat floor in the center of New York and was worth a lot of money.
And Strange also started his own journey of raising money. First, he counted how much money he could get from his credit card, then he contacted the bank to find out how much money he could lend, and then he asked his friends and colleagues for help.
loan.
However, after some operations, the situation was not optimistic.
Strange was lying on the bed dejectedly. The constant phone calls just now made him a little disappointed. Many friends and colleagues did not have hope for the recovery of Strange's hands, because many of them were unwilling to borrow money because of the decrease in value.
To him, of course, there were also some people with good connections, or people who thought Strange had hope of treating his hands, gave him some funding.
Strange raised 200,000 US dollars from friends and colleagues, but due to the risk level assessment, the bank gave him only 20,000 US dollars. You must know that before his car accident, he could easily get 100,000 US dollars from the bank.
Thousands of loan amounts.
At that time, the credit card limit will not be reduced because of his car accident. If he uses it all, he will have more than 500,000 yuan.
Including my own property, the treatment fee of 100W is not a problem.
Next is the entrance ticket - the gold coins of the Continental Hotel.
Strange then called up his address book and began to call the energetic people above to learn about the gold coins at the Continental Hotel.
"Stephen, I've never heard of this."
"You couldn't have been deceived, right?"
"I heard what happened to you. You won't be defrauded of your last money after losing your ability to work."
"Okay, you have to try it whether it's true or false."
"I can't help you with this matter. I don't know about the Continental Hotel."
Strange made several calls in succession, and the answers he received were either that he didn't know, or that they advised him not to be deceived.
It wasn't until he called a patient with a black background who had been treated by him that he got the information he wanted from him.
"Mr. Keeley Dixon, I have something to ask you for help."
"Doctor Stephen, tell me."
"Mr. Keeley Dixon, I wonder if you know about the gold coins at the Continental Hotel. I would like to purchase a few."
Keely Dixon was silent for two seconds after hearing the words coming from the other side of the phone, and then asked:
"Doctor Stephen, did someone offend you?"
In his opinion, Dr. Stephen is going to hire a killer. After all, going to the Continental Hotel to post a reward requires gold coins from the hotel.
Strange said:
"No one has offended me, why do you ask?"
Keeley Dixon wondered:
"If no one has offended you, then I don't think you have any need for Continental Hotel gold coins."
Hearing what the other party said, Strange's eyes lit up, and then he asked:
"Do you know about the Continental Hotel gold coins?"
"I've consulted a lot of people, and they don't know this thing exists."
"Yes I know."
Hearing that the other party knew, Strange showed a smile on his face and asked quickly:
"Do you have any Continental Hotel gold coins to sell to me?"
"Or how should I buy him?"
Keeley Dixon smiled and said:
"I don't have any gold coins here to sell you."
"Maybe you can go to the dark web and see if there are any sellers."
"But the value of this thing is not necessarily certain. Sometimes you can buy one for 100,000, and sometimes there is a market for one million."
"Of course, if you're lucky, it's not impossible to find one worth tens of thousands."
Hearing this price, Strange's head was full of questions. What kind of value could make the price fluctuate so much?
Obviously Strange does not understand the value of the Continental Hotel's gold coins. The value of a gold coin depends on where it is used.
If 1 gold coin is used to obtain intelligence, it can give you a detailed map, whether it is a map of Stark Industries Building or a map of the White House, 1 gold coin can be exchanged for it at the Continental Hotel.
In the same way, 1 gold coin can also be used to allow the Continental Hotel to arrange the weapons you need at the location you need in advance, or to design special body armor and weapons.
But similarly, one gold can only send one message, or check in at a mainland hotel.
But the wax bath he wanted to use required ten gold coins.
"Why is its price so surprising?"
Keely Dixon smiled and then said:
"It seems that you don't quite understand the purpose of the Continental Hotel's gold coins. You won't be so surprised when you truly understand."
"Good luck to you, Dr. Stephen."
Looking at the hung up phone, Strange fell into deep thought.
He then logged into the website from yesterday, browsed some information on it, posted a post about buying gold coins and left home.
Strange wanted to go and see the so-called Continental Hotel in person, and also verify whether it could really heal his hands as Christine said.
After hailing a taxi, Strange went to the Continental Hotel.
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the other side.
Charlotte was currently considering which ninjas to bring with her when the time came to deal with the Tiger God, the White Ape God, and other Wakandan gods.
At this time the Red Queen’s voice sounded:
"Master, Dr. Steve Strange has arrived at the Continental Hotel in New York."
After hearing the news from the Red Queen, Charlotte murmured:
"It's so fast, I thought it would take another month or two."
Charlotte put on her coat and disappeared into the office in a flash.
Continental Hotel.
Strange got off the taxi and looked at the Continental Hotel in front of him, not noticing anything special about it. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary hotel.
Strange walked forward, and the doorman at the hotel door took the initiative to open the hotel door.
Walking into the hotel and looking at the decoration, Strange just thought it was pretty good, but that was it.
There were many people sitting in twos and threes on the chairs and sofas in the administrative corridor, and it looked like business was going well.
As Strange entered, he looked at everyone in the hotel, and the killer in the hotel also looked at Strange.
However, when I saw an unfamiliar face, I just looked at it and stopped paying attention.
Strange walked towards the administrative desk and soon arrived in front of him.
"Sir, what do you need?"
Looking at the beautiful front desk in front of him, Strange was silent for 2 seconds, then tremblingly put his hands in front of the other person.
The hotel receptionist took a look at Strange's hands and showed no unnecessary expression, only a professional smile.
"I heard that there is a program called wax bath here. I want to treat my hands."
“Don’t know how to charge?”
After hearing Strange's request, the front desk said:
"The consultation fee is one gold coin."
"The consultation will determine whether your hands can be restored to their original state through wax bath treatment. The fee for using the wax bath is 10 gold coins plus 1 million US dollars."
Strange was stunned for a moment when he heard the price. He thought he only needed 1 Continental Hotel gold coin and 1 million US dollars, but he actually needed 11.
At this time, Strange did not have any Continental Hotel gold coins on him, and then he asked:
"Can I exchange U.S. dollars for gold coins here?"
The receptionist shook his head:
"Sir, the Continental Hotel does not have gold coin exchange services."
I was a little disappointed to hear that you can't exchange U.S. dollars directly here, and you can't exchange it for Billestrange.
At this time, the two killers sitting not far away heard Strange's communication with the front desk, and one of them said with a smile:
"I don't know where this newbie came from, but he went to the Continental Hotel to exchange gold coins. This is going to make me laugh to death."
Another person said:
"Maybe it's a lucky guy who is desperate and happens to know something."
Strange glanced at the two of them and said to the front desk without saying anything more:
"Thanks."
Strange then turned around and walked out, then left the Continental Hotel and took a taxi back to his home.
Strange's behavior in the Continental Hotel was watched by the invisible Charlotte.
"This is the future that Master Ancient One sees. Without my intervention, it seems that Strange would have been able to contact the medical ninja through the Continental Hotel and receive treatment."
"But judging from the situation, there are no gold coins issued by the Continental Hotel yet. I think it will take some time to prepare."
"I just don't know how long Strange spent studying at Karma Taj. It should have been quite a while."
Charlotte thought about it for a moment. No matter how talented Stephen Strange was, he would not be able to become the Supreme Mage in just one or two months. Even if he left his body at night to study and borrowed the time stone to grow, he would still need someone.
More than half a year.
Such a long time is enough for him to grow to the point of killing several other gods in Wakanda, but he wonders if Mephisto from hell will also come to join in the fun at that time.
Estimating that the time was short, Charlotte returned to the office with a flying thunder god.
"Red Queen, remember to notify me as soon as possible when Stephen Strange comes to the Continental Hotel again."
"Yes, Master."
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In the days that followed, Charlotte accompanied Tsunade while getting familiar with her enhanced strength and ensuring that she could maximize her combat power. Of course, she continued to sign in and clock in every day and purchase ninja fragments.
.
Strange, on the other hand, is constantly buying gold coins from the Continental Hotel on the dark web. He doesn't know if it's bad luck or good luck.
When Strange raised the price to 12,000 US dollars, he finally purchased a gold coin from the Continental Hotel on the dark web, and the trader with him was a teenager.
Strange, who returned home, was a little depressed and said to Christine:
"I only bought one for 120,000 U.S. dollars. I'm not sure if I can receive the remaining 10 for 120,000 U.S. dollars."
Christine nodded and said:
"I didn't expect the value of this thing to be so high. We started bidding at US$50,000 and ended up bidding US$12,000 before we bought one."
"And it was obtained from a child. I even suspect that this is an item he sold to his family."
Strange sighed, and then asked:
"What's the highest bid for my house?"
Christine said:
"$800,000, this is the highest."
"It stands to reason that the market value of this house is US$1 million. Perhaps because the news of your injury spread, many people thought you wanted to chip in for treatment, so the price they offered was not high."
Strange shook his head and said:
"800,000, including the money raised through other channels, it's only 1.7 million."
"Excluding the treatment fee, 700,000 yuan can only buy 5 coins. The most optimistic estimate is still short of 700,000 yuan."
Kristine took out a bank card at this time, put it on the table, and said:
"I have 300,000 yuan here, which is all my savings."
Looking at the bank card that Christine took out, Strange fell silent for a moment.
Taking out the gold coin in his hand and looking at the ninja mark engraved on the back of the gold coin, Strange said:
"You will accompany me to the Continental Hotel tomorrow for a checkup."
"Let's first determine whether we can use a wax bath for treatment."
"If the wax bath can cure the disease, maybe the certificate issued by the other party can also help me raise money better."
"After all, after I recover, it won't be difficult to make money with my skills."
Christine nodded:
"Well, Stephen, I believe you."
Strange glanced at the bank card on the table, and then said:
"Put your bank card away first."
Christine said after holding Strange:
"Stephen..."
Strange interrupted:
"I won't be polite to you if you really use money."