Tianguanzhi

Chapter 123 A big gamble
Walking out of the dressing room and throwing away the empty beer can in his hand, Gu Jianqiu stretched his shoulders and neck, and his eyes inadvertently found Li Dongbao squatting in the corner eating rice noodles alone. He and Lao Jin were not contestants, and these two days, apart from occasionally running errands for Solong Gaowa, they had nothing else to do. Life was much more comfortable than on the Tianbingji.

"Where's Lao Jin?"

Gu Jianqiu walked up.

"He said he was going to the bathroom."

"How long have you been there?"

Li Dongbao, who was holding the lunch box, hesitated for a while: "Just, just left, five minutes."

Gu Jianqiu shook his head. Old Jin was a veteran soldier who had been to the battlefield. He didn't take it seriously. He just sat next to Li Dongbao, observing the people coming and going under the incandescent light. Suddenly he tilted his head and asked, "Anyone else?"

"Ok?"

Li Dongbao didn't react at first. He took a look at the rice noodles in his hand, then hurriedly took out an iron lunch box from behind his waist and handed it to Gu Jianqiu.

Gu Jianqiu didn't hesitate to eat a few mouthfuls of food with his bamboo chopsticks, and asked casually, "By the way, Dongbao, how many of those Universe Yu coins do you have left? I don't mean anything else, just chatting casually."

Li Dongbao hesitated for a while and said, "No more."

Gu Jianqiu hummed, but there was no surprise on his face. He rolled up the rice noodles with chopsticks and asked, "Are your parents still alive?"

"No, I have a sister, but she's married."

After swallowing the rice noodles in his mouth, Gu Jianqiu licked his lips. The portion of rice noodles was really small, so he finished it in just a few bites.

"So, when we went to the mail station last night, you sent the money to your sister?"

"Ah."

Li Dongbao was a little embarrassed, but still admitted it.

"How much did you send?"

"Including the handling fee, almost all of it has been sent."

Li Dongbao answered honestly.

"You still have to keep some for yourself."

"Didn't the prince say that food and lodging were provided? I don't have anywhere to spend money on the Sky Soldier Machine. So..."

Li Dongbao tried to explain.

Gu Jianqiu thought for a while and warned: "You should be careful when hanging out with Lao Jin. Lao Jin is old and his foundation is almost ruined. He won't make any great progress in electrocardiography, but you are different. Also, don't touch things like laudanum. It's best not to touch women... Well, this place is not like the mother planet. There are many high-risk spirits and it's easy to get into trouble."

"I remember."

Li Dongbao hesitated for a while and then said, "Brother Gu, I have never slept with a woman. The old scholar told me that his method cannot be used to sleep with women, otherwise it will break the power and become possessed. In the past, when I was in Shuigang, there were also old soldiers who wanted to take me there, but I was afraid of death, so I didn't go."

Gu Jianqiu chuckled and said, "You don't have a heart oath. He is just bluffing you. Don't take it to heart."

Li Dongbao suddenly asked curiously: "Brother Gu, have you ever slept with a woman? What does it feel like?"

Just as Gu Jianqiu was about to speak, Supervisor Yan's slightly shrill voice rang out: "Assistant! The second half is about to begin. Where are all the contestants?!"

"I'm busy now. Let's talk next time."

"it is good."

Li Dongbao nodded after hearing this.

Gu Jianqiu stood up, brushed the dust off his pants, waved to Li Dongbao and walked away.

……

"Before the competition officially begins, I will emphasize the rules again. They are the contents of the document I sent to you earlier..."

Gu Jianqiu took the digital sticker handed to him by the staff and suddenly heard a sound of knocking on the glass. He looked up and saw that it was the executive director of Mars Leap, the storm animal named Soju.

The other person was sitting in the glass box on the first floor, dressed in a suit and tie, and waved at him.

"Okay, I believe everyone is fully aware of the rules of this garbage race. Next, please wear protective clothing, bring tools, and prepare to enter." Gu Jianqiu picked up the protective clothing in front of him that smelled of exotic leather and put it on. He put on a dark green protective helmet, pulled a cart of welding tools, and prepared to enter.

Because of the rules of the conference, Gu Jianqiu cannot bring Taishan Hands into the competition venue, but Gu Jianqiu thinks this is not a big deal.

Unlike other contestants who rushed into the center of the garbage dump like happy rabbits upon entering, Gu Jianqiu and Solong Gaowa spread out to the left and right in tacit understanding, slowly selecting suitable components.

"This is a civil war among the players sponsored by McDonald."

Fatty Qian stroked his chin and said, "I heard that Suolong Gaowa is a heart welder from the Begonia Sequence Army. She was invited by the Twelfth Prince himself. People say that this time the champion is definitely her."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yi Qiu looked thoughtful.

"Sequence Army..."

The size of the three major sequences of Haitang has been maintained at about 1.5 million people all year round. As for the specific number of heart welders, the Haitang military has not disclosed it. The author of "Dream into the God Machine" said that the Bailu and Suanni two major sequence armies have a total of more than 100,000 professional heart welders. Usually, a Shenji company (four to six regular officers) is equipped with two heart welders. There is also a special heart welding regiment.

But the actual number must be less than this.

One hundred thousand heart welders may sound like a lot, but compared with the total size of the Begonia nation of eight billion people, the gold content is very high. After all, the three major sequences are the empire's heavy weapons, and the heart welders who can be selected into the sequence army are definitely not ordinary people.

What's more, war welding was originally a serious military subject. It was only after various technologies overflowed into the civilian population that commercial war welding competitions gradually emerged. Almost all war welding experts would look more highly upon welders who came from the military.

"What about his opponent? Why did McDonald sponsor two people to compete?"

A candidate asked.

Fatty Qian smiled mysteriously: "You really asked the right person. Let me tell you, Solongowa's opponents are her servants in the army, two of them..."

He held out his two thumbs and bent them towards each other.

Fu Lemei, who was originally unmoved, looked at Fatty Qian calmly.

Fatty Qian suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, and even his electrocardiogram wasn't functioning smoothly, but the uncomfortable feeling soon disappeared, and he thought it was just an illusion.

One candidate muttered, "Isn't that a sure win? How is this different from a fake match?"

Fatty Qian continued with a smile, "So the odds of the two people are very different. Suolong Gaowa is 1 to 0.2, and Gu Jianqiu is 1 to 4."

"Wow, doesn't that mean I can make four times as much?"

someone exclaimed.

"Only if we can win."

Fatty Qian spread his hands and said, "I used all my money to buy the rival of Phoenix Shipping. Otherwise, I would definitely buy Solong Gaowa's."

Before he finished speaking, the clear tinkling sound like spring water continued to be heard. Shukaku looked solemn, with his long hair flying, as if he was about to rush to the battlefield.

"32 excellent, all buy Solong Gaowa!"

Fatty Qian also became excited. He picked up the rustling coins and frowned as he took them in: "Master, there are only 27 coins here."

Shukaku pulled out another golden check from his sleeve pocket: "This is a check for two million Jasmine baht, which can be exchanged at any bank in McDonald. And this."

He stuffed all the tickets for the two games he had just won into Fatty Qian's pocket.

"You can find a bank to advance the rest for me, using this as collateral and charging a normal interest rate."

"The Taoist priest is so domineering!"

Fatty Qian gave a thumbs up and ran away like a flash.

Fu Lemei looked at Fatty Qian's back with worry, and couldn't help but advise: "Master, did you put all your Universe Advantages in? Or should you buy a little less? Didn't you say that flowing water doesn't compete for the first place?"

Shukaku extended his index finger and stuck out his tongue at Fu Lemei. "Fatty Qian and I have known each other for five years, and I have watched at least seventy or eighty welding competitions. This kind of game with one-sided odds of more than three is basically giving away money. The opponent has no chance of winning at all, so the dealer sets the odds so high to lure those greedy people into being fooled! Many people will buy a little with a fluke mentality, deceiving themselves that they don't feel bad if they lose, but in fact they fall into the dealer's trap. In this case, you must place a heavy bet on the favorite! I have tried it many times! It's more stable than a bank deposit! This is called experience!"

"Master, you are very understanding."

Jie Yan suddenly realized.