Blackstone Code Chapter 1443: The first day of the new year
Remember【】for a second,!
At first Penny wanted to ask something, but was quickly drawn to what was on TV.
In this era of lack of entertainment, Lynch's show can not only satisfy the desire of the bottom of the society to realize the dream of federation, but also bring plenty of fun to everyone!
Yes, plenty of fun!
The competition in the new season is not just about having a good body, but also fighting against other players.
Because the organs of the entire track are controlled by other players, each player has multiple opportunities to pass the level.
It would be unfair if only once, everyone gets at least three chances.
Like a track with more organs, there may be five, six, or even ten chances!
After each mechanism is activated, there will be a period of "cooling time", which is also to ensure that off-court players will not madly press the switch to let the mechanism continue to activate, making it impossible for players to spend it.
So that's the heart of the battle of wits!
You have to convince the players off the court that you really want to pass by, and have them turn off the engine at a not-so-right time so they have a chance to rush past!
And this has also brought a lot of joy to people, especially the images of players being beaten out by various organs, which have become a source of joy for people!
The competition is very intense, everyone is working hard to move forward, and after four months of competition, they finally got here, and now they are only one step away from the one million prize.
No one will give up at this time, they have been fighting, this spirit is exactly what the Federation needs!
At any time, as long as the dream has not been extinguished, you should have the courage to fight!
Courage!
This is the key word of this competition, the Commonwealth needs courage to face their dreams, face reality, and even... war!
The race went on smoothly, one by one the players were knocked out by the trap, and until the last moment, no one was able to sprint to the end of the track. .
It's been a miracle that no one has ever reached the finish line of any of the nine tracks since the start of the second season!
Some people in the society think that the content of these competitions is too harsh, the organization has no rules (because they are controlled by other contestants), and it is too difficult to win the competition.
If it wasn't for the final comparison of who was closest to the finish line to confirm the winner, I'm afraid someone would have made a fuss!
Even so, there are people who are making trouble, and some people take the TV station to court. For example, a young man who was eliminated was thrown out by the hammer.
He said he was horribly injured and hoped the TV station would pay him 30,000 yuan.
But in fact he is blackmailing, Lynch does not agree to compromise, but wants to fight the lawsuit.
Not only to win, but to sue each other for extortion until the guy can't even wear his pants!
On the TV screen, a very promising player has just successfully shaken the off-court player through a realistic fake action.
The other players seem to be blaming him, and he himself is very unhappy with his misjudgment.
Every time you pass an organ, it means a distance ahead of others, and the final victory may be just a few meters away!
While speaking, the player was approaching the next stage, and he already had some strategies in the process of running.
In the past, he used various fake moves to deceive the players who controlled the buttons and let them activate the mechanism in advance.
But this time, he decided not to do those fakes.
In other words, if you want to make the real action like a fake action, as long as the person who controls the agency hesitates, it may take less than half a second to pass the agency again!
Accelerate, put your weight down, he makes it look like he's actually sprinting!
Of course, he is indeed sprinting. Seeing the next challenge is just around the corner, the players off the court are also very nervous.
The moment he saw the players on the field approaching the trap without slowing down, he subconsciously tapped the button.
Fine electric sparks flickered between the contacts. The next moment, a boxing glove-like mechanism suddenly slammed into the contestant, which the contestant did not expect.
Even if he wanted to slow down, it was too late.
In people's exclamations and laughter, the contestant was "pushed" and flew back!
His body fell into the pool after a few bumps on the soft track.
This is also for the safety of players!
When he was picked up, there was still some blood on his face, and he was punched hard in the nose by that fist.
Although the entire fist is made of sponge and rubber, it is not so hard, but it is not so pleasant to do mechanical movement towards him during the sprint.
The players off the field breathed a sigh of relief, communicated with each other in a low voice, and adjusted their strategies.
This scene makes everyone in the audience find it... interesting!
Whoever is on the field is the enemy of everyone, and these people will analyze that person, find out his behavior patterns, and target him.
Off the court, everyone is a friend.
On the field, everyone is the enemy!
The peculiarity of this constant inversion of identities feels fresh and captivated by the ideas of the show's designers.
When all the contestants finished their exams, they started the final evaluation. Everyone was so nervous that their hearts were about to jump out of their throats!
Penny, who was lying on the bed, rubbed her eyes, watching the game for more than three hours in one go is indeed a bit... tired.
She leaned on Lynch's chest, "Who won in the end?"
"I don't know either."
There is another brief silence.
The eventual winner was a sprinter who led all the runners by a narrow six-meter finish, earning the second season million!
The expressions of other contestants congratulating him despite all kinds of discomfort are always memorable.
Lynch also sighed deeply.
He turned and pulled open the bedside table, took a cigarette from it, and lit it.
The girl lay down in a different position, more or less envious, "You can get a million all at once, this guy is very lucky."
Lynch couldn't help laughing when he heard it. Almost everyone thinks that one million is one million after tax. These people don't think that the current tax rate is so high. How can it be one million after tax?
Penny couldn't help but laugh when she learned from Lynch that the real prize for the contest was $1 million before taxes.
In the state of war, the federal government increased the tax rate, and the bonus of 1 million was only 300,000.
Perhaps this is a better proof that there is always a gap that cannot be bridged between dream and reality!
Watching the champion raise his arms and cheer, Lynch was suddenly curious what new expression he would show when he knew he had to face a choice.
On the first day of the new year, the sky is still dark.
A group of people suddenly appeared outside the largest oil field in the Commonwealth.
These people have their heads covered, with only their eyes showing.
At this time, the weather in the north was minus ten degrees, and few people were working outdoors. The huge robotic arm on the oil field was still slowly pulling.
For every lift, crude oil is piped into the tank.
This is one of the lifelines of the Duncan family's cash. The oil produced here every day is enough for them to do a lot of things, and the purpose of these people here is to temporarily stop work here.
These guys didn't talk much and were very quick, they quickly took down some patrolling squads and started destroying the robotic arms.
It is not easy to destroy the oil mine itself, the only thing that can be guaranteed is to destroy the mechanical arm, and then destroy the pipeline and oil tank.
It's not three or five days to fix these things, it takes a lot of time and labor.
At this time, it is winter, and transportation is inconvenient. Once the oilfield is shut down, if you want to repair it, you have to wait until April or May at least.
With a gap of four or five months, even the Duncan family would be devastated.
The more it is like now, the more expenses the Duncan family has to pay.
Everyone knows that they are in big trouble right now, and they are thinking of helping them at this time, not for their support and influence, but for money!
Also, if there is less money, they will not be able to do it yet, so they must have a lot of money.
Like the whistleblower officer in the FBI who dares to do it for the good!
He may face three or five years in prison, but hundreds of thousands may have been entered into accounts that no one knows about overseas!
This is the money he won't be able to earn in three or five years, thirty or fifty years!
The further down the road, the more dire the situation for the Duncan family, and the more places they spend their money!
Around 7:00 in the morning, the No. 1 and No. 4 mining machines exploded, and other mining machines also suffered various problems and were damaged.
The oil storage tank leaked, the pipeline pressure detection changed dramatically, and it was suspected to be interrupted...
It takes a long time to build these things, but it doesn't take that much time to destroy them!
In winter, the sky just lit up at seven o'clock when the housekeeper knocked on the door of Mr. Geruno's bedroom.
A few minutes later ~IndoMTL.com~ Mr. Geruno opened the door in his pajamas and a coat.
"What's wrong?"
he asked.
At this time, Mr. Geruno is no longer as high-spirited as he was at the joint development company's shareholders meeting a few years ago. His face is tired and even more old.
The housekeeper's expression is very solemn, "The oil field has been damaged, the exact damage is not clear, but we may not be able to pump out oil in a short time..."
The war is imminent, and oil is more of a strategic material. At this time, as long as you have crude oil in your hands, no one will care who you are, where the oil comes from, and why you sell it.
As long as you have them, they will buy them.
And this is also the main source of income that supports the Duncan family and the federal government. Although the Duncan family is huge, they need to spend a lot, and the liquidity in their hands is not as sufficient as imagined.
This bad news made the cold winter morning a little colder. Mr. Geruno's expression was slightly painful. He coughed, completely subconsciously.
"Wait until I get dressed..."