MTL - Cosma Empire-v4 Chapter 1288 The Battle Royale Begins
Jonathan is just a very, very ordinary empire citizen, with a normal job, an ordinary family and two very cute, but also limited to very cute children.
The dull life and the pressure on his shoulders made him forget the ideals and pursuits of his youth. The surging blood was consumed in the cold and numb life, and he finally became the last person he wanted to become when he was young—a person without Adults whose souls are like walking dead.
Maybe sometimes when he is drunk, he will remember the ideals of his youth and those unrealistic pursuits, and he will also shed tears of regret or hatred for his current sinking, but when the sky of the east gradually brightens, his The drunken state gradually faded away, and he also began to return to reality and return to the so-called reason.
Numbness is a label he gave himself at the age of thirty-two. Numb life, numb work, numbness, numb mind, no passion, no impulse, the whole world is gray.
"This is ... what?", The numb Jonathan stood by the cashier at the supermarket, and after he bought some supplies for the family for a week, the cashier handed him a slap-sized color card.
These very bright colors were printed on it, and a variety of powerful fonts spread across all the corners of the card at a glance. He remembered that he didn't buy this kind of thing and did not ask for additional services.
Supermarkets' value-added services and value-added services are often very deceptive, and all those who think they have taken advantage of humanity will finally find themselves the ones who are really at a loss.
A supermarket held a promotional event in the past. You only need to pay a fee of 29 yuan to get a long-term discount. Many people think this is a good event until the supermarket tells them that every time Every month when there is a limited spending limit, everyone realizes that this is a fraud.
Either spend the full amount set by the supermarket every month, so that you can continue to enjoy the long-term discounted price next month and later, but if you do not spend to the specified amount, the discounted benefits will be cancelled, and twenty-nine The cost of the block nine discount will not be refunded.
This makes a lot of customers who have paid a fee in order to take advantage of the dilemma. Don't spend money to buy things. Twenty-nine dollars is equivalent to being completely obsolete. It will not return to its own pocket and cannot create more value. What's more, it has been too stupid to buy the 29 pieces and 9 pieces that you have already purchased.
However, if you buy the full amount every month in accordance with the rules, a family can't actually consume so many products, and it does not let the discount right of 29 yuan and 9 yuan disappear, and spend more money to spend it. Even more stupid.
It wasn't until the last person had a lawsuit with this supermarket that they "solved" the matter. The supermarket publicly apologized for its failure to clarify the rules, and symbolically admired the customer who sued the supermarket. Nine dollars, as for the others?
You can fight a lawsuit with them, they will lose money.
Some people say that this lawsuit was hired and played by the supermarket itself. The purpose is to let those who are dissatisfied recognize the reality. Spending hundreds of thousands of lawsuits can only recover the loss of less than twenty dollars. If they don't mind losing more to get such a small amount of compensation, the supermarket will not mind playing a lawsuit game with them.
This incident eventually disappeared in a new round of public opinion, but the inspiration and business routines it brought were gradually improved by people, and therefore a new proprietary word appeared in the business to describe it. Such words-sunk costs.
Many people know about this, so Jonathan became alert in an instant. He put the small card back on the checkout counter and returned it. "I don't need to buy any coupons and membership cards, and I don't need any added value. service!"
It can be seen that he is very resistant to these things, the cashier smiled and understood, basically most customers are very resistant to these things, but in fact they are not clear, these things will soon become a trend, and more The mature way Runwu appeared silently beside people, abducting people according to their heads and making them willing to spend in the supermarket.
"Sir, this is a lottery ticket. As long as you buy something over ten dollars, there will be such a lottery ticket." The cashier pushed the lottery ticket again, "You can go and uncover it, before Someone has already taken a microwave oven. Of course, if you really do n’t need it, you can dictate and give it to me, then I can legally own it, and you do n’t need to worry about it. ”
People are like this, they will become vigilant in the face of some inexplicable goodwill, but if at this time someone wants to take this goodwill out of it, people will become hesitant again.
He hesitated to hold the lottery ticket tightly in his hand, paid cash and quickly left the counter. At a rest place not far away, he ripped the redemption area according to the knowledge on the back of the lottery ticket.
At 7:30 in the evening, Mrs. Jonathan, who prepared dinner, looked at Jonathan in the living room, wiped her hands and walked in doubt. After her husband bought something and came back, she became somewhat ... It's like the soul has drifted away.
"My dear, what happened to you, did you encounter any problems at work?", She sat gently beside Jonathan, asking him carefully.
This is a very traditional family. Jonathan works alone to support his wife and two children. He uses his own struggle and persistence, as well as numbness, and has a pretty good job, one hundred and nineteen per month. The salary of 75 cents in the south has not reached the middle class income standard, but it is already a lot higher than that of ordinary people, which is enough to support his family.
In the absence of economic independence, women's status in the family tends to be relatively low, and there is no actual right to speak, so she is very gentle and gentle.
Jonathan squeezed a smile. "No, dear, everything is fine."
He obviously didn't want to share the problems that bothered him, and Mrs. Jonathan could only give up, and then went upstairs to ask the children to eat.
At the end of the meal, Jonathan was absent-minded, the children didn't notice it, and Mrs. Jonathan didn't want to bother her husband, and closed her mouth.
Jonathan has been in this state for three, four, five or seven days. Eventually his wife couldn't help but ask again after the weekend dinner, "Dear, are you in any trouble?"
Jonathan watched his wife for a while, then nodded slowly, "I ... I don't know what to do, maybe you can help me."
He took the lottery ticket out of his pocket together with a proof of receipt and put it on the table. His wife had read elementary and middle school, knew words, and was silent after reading it.
This lottery ticket shows that Jonathan has won the grand prize. The prize is a "fragment of the map". This is a very special prize. There are 5,000 winners nationwide.
Each of these people has a "fragment of the map" which indicates the hidden material of a certain part of a certain area. There are four such supply points on the fragment of Jonathan's hands, including two guns. Ammunition supply points.
Winners can use this map fragment and proof of winning to go to Abilúo for free for at least two weeks in the "Battle Royale" game. Before that, they will also go through a week of field survival training and combat training.
As long as they can enter the top 1,000, everyone will receive a minimum of 200 yuan in cash rewards. If they can reach the top 500, 300, 100, or even the last one in the continuous elimination Three, all the bonuses will add up to a shocking number.
In particular, the first place will receive a total of 300,000 bonuses alone, plus the bonus of each stage, the first place will receive at least 400,000 rewards!
In addition, every player who eliminated himself will receive a reward of at least 50 yuan and a maximum of 500 yuan. Some people have calculated that if the first place can be won, the first place prize may be as much as 500,000!
500,000, for many people, this wealth is a distant dream for life, but today, an invitation card for the temple of wealth appears in the hands of these ordinary people.
Temporarily give up the work in hand, bet on an opportunity, gamble on a glorious future, or give up this opportunity and continue to be a numb person, in this numb society to survive numb, no ideals, no pursuits, no Impulsive, only numb.
The couple sat at the table and looked at the winning certificate and lottery ticket for a long time. Eventually, Mrs. Jonathan rubbed his sore neck and put her hand on the back of Jonathan's hand. She looked at Jonathan with her eyes Never serious, her hand gently held his half of the cheek, her movements were careful and gentle. "Do what you want to do, you will always be our hero, remember?"
Jonathan was somewhat surprised. He thought that the biggest resistance was his wife. He had several times that he wanted to take risks and was blocked by his wife. Even the impulse in consumption would be blocked and convinced. .
But he did not expect that his wife actually did not stop him, but supported him. At this time he realized that the biggest resistance was not others, but himself.
He longs for change, longs for a passionate life, and longs for a colorful world, but he is also afraid of change. He has been hesitant to think about what to do if he fails and loses his job, how to ensure the family's economy, and the life of his family. How to solve it.
Whenever he thinks about it, the purpose of his thinking has actually deviated from the theme he originally wanted to think about, but this time it is different.
"You are our hero. Thank you so much for taking care of us for so long, but this time, live for yourself!" Mrs. Jonathan smiled at her husband and gently stroked his slightly poked cheek, "No need Worry about us and we will support all your options. "
Jonathan asked a little confused, "Why?"
His wife smiled as before, not very beautiful, but it gave a warm feeling, the heart was hot, "My child and I hope that even if there is no smile on your face, It will be painful ... "
Jonathan held his wife tightly without talking.
Three days later, he quarreled with the department manager in the company's office, handed in his resignation letter, packed his things, and left the company under the watchfulness of many indifferent colleagues.
"He will regret it!" This was the roar of the department manager. Even when the office door was closed, people could still hear the anger in the roar.
Some colleagues' eyes changed slightly, but most of them were still indifferent as usual. They quickly lowered their heads and started to handle their work. As for Jonathan's resignation?
No one will take it seriously, he will not do it, there will be others to take his place, and only he will lose.
The next morning, their family had already boarded the train to the state of Ambiloo, ready to participate in this "wilderness battle" campaign, to compete for that, for the 400,000 bonus!
The event planned by Du Lin happened to meet the time requirements of all ages during the spring break. As for whether some people are willing to resign to participate in the event, Du Lin cannot pack tickets, but no matter how many people do not come this time, As long as someone comes, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com will definitely be overcrowded next year!
He would send out a total of three million bonuses, plus various other expenses to organize a wilderness battle for more than ten million, it seems that he is very disadvantaged, the loss is large, but in fact it can not be so Calculation.
The venue layout fee is not only used this time, it can also be used in future activities, plus the cable TV group buyout fee and some advertisers' fees, most of which have been earned back.
And in the city of Otis, the seven major casinos have opened public markets. After the game registration day ends, they will publish the information of each player, and then accept bets from the entire empire and the world.
There are ten rounds of betting, only 50 points for a single bet. If you win all of ten rounds, you can get 800,000 bonuses alone, and there are more betting items in it, which is enough to earn back the money invested by Du Lin. And make more money.
So many times the rich people have more money to a certain degree, and the money will start to multiply. This has nothing to do with whether there is a business mind or a business ability, because money is self-replicating.
After the announcement of the lively activity to the society, many people immediately attracted many people to watch the game in Abiluo, and some people were asking if they could participate in the game of Battle Royale through other methods, but unfortunately, no other The passage.
However, according to the black market transaction list in Abilúo, the price of the "Battle Royale Tickets" in the black market has now risen to more than 700 pieces, and it continues to rise.
At such a moment when the attention of the world was converging to the state of Ambilo, Jonathan saw the organizer of this event, Doolin, in the largest opera house in the capital of Ambilo.
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