Chinese man lives rough for 10 years to ‘crack lottery code’
Former construction workers refuses to go home until he has worked out method to winning lottery, newspaper reports
A man has been living rough under a road bridge in southwest China for 10 years, saying he will not go home until he has cracked how to win the lottery and written books about it, according to a newspaper report.
Wang Chengzhou, 49, lives under a road intersection in Chongqing and spends most of his time researching, the Chengdu Commercial Daily reported.
He makes ends meet by doing part-time jobs, such as for the post office, but his obsession is research on the lottery, according to the article.
Wang came to Chongqing in 2008 after he recovered from a thigh fracture he suffered in a construction site accident in Xian in Shaanxi province.
He told his relatives he was going to work on another building site in Yunnan province, but ended up in Chongqing.
Wang’s 76-year-old mother in his hometown in Shehong county in Sichuan province had no idea where her son was until reporters contacted her.