Chapter 110 Bet
“Dang dang dang.”
Rong Yuan went out for a half-hour run in the morning. After returning to his room and taking a shower, he heard three rhythmic knocks on the door. He wiped his hair, hung the towel around his neck, opened the door, and saw Fu Yichen and others standing outside.
"What's the matter?" Rong Yuan asked.
"We're here to invite you to dinner, and we'll go to the auditorium to attend the opening ceremony later." Fu Yichen said with a smile. As the temporary captain, he was specifically told by the team leader to take good care of Rong Yuan, because he had never participated in physical training and was not familiar with the others, so it was easy for him to be left alone. In addition to the news they had read before... It must be said that the reporter in the news did not hesitate to use a lot of parallel sentences and adjectives to describe Rong Yuan as a poor little thing.
"oh."
Rong Yuan noticed that the expressions of several people were a little strange, especially Yu Li, a guy who could not hide his expression, and his expression was almost full of suspicious "kindness". He nodded indifferently and said, "Give me a minute."
He closed the door, changed his clothes, took his room card and cell phone and waited to go out. They went to the restaurant on the third floor of the hotel together.
The food and drinks during the competition were provided by the host country. All the people eating in the restaurant on this floor were young contestants. The huge hall was filled with all kinds of food, including steaks, bread, hamburgers, pizza, salads, chocolate cookies, etc., as well as special foods from participating countries such as Sugar Country. This was a buffet restaurant, and the contestants held a small plate and chose the food they liked at will.
Rong Yuan picked up a few random dishes and sat down. He had just taken a bite when he suddenly felt someone nearby staring at him. He looked up and saw the blond boy he had seen at the elevator entrance before staring at him while viciously stuffing a piece of steak into his mouth, as if he wanted to eat Rong Yuan's flesh.
He remembered that the strange guy seemed to be called Kerwin Taylor. Rong Yuan took a closer look. The clothes he was wearing were different from yesterday, but they also looked very expensive. Rong Yuan didn't know much about the style and brand of the clothes, but he could still see the texture and uniqueness.
Mao Feng happened to sit down with a plate in his hand. He saw Colvin's expression and asked Rong Yuan, "Do you know each other?"
"I guess so." Rong Yuan said, "What is his background?"
Mao Feng was good-tempered, and seeing that Rong Yuan didn't know, he told him in detail: "He is Kerwin Taylor, the young genius from Nut Country. He is the same age as us, but this is his fourth time participating in the physics competition. He won a silver medal in his first participation, and won gold medals the year before last and last year. Last year he was third, only two points away from a perfect score. He is also the favorite to win the championship this year. I heard that he took the math test like you before, and also won a gold medal, but his score seemed to be at the bottom. It seems that he wants to avenge his previous shame in the physics competition."
After knowing the reason, Rong Yuan no longer took Colwin's hostility to heart. Anyway, no matter how long he watched, he would not let him lose a piece of meat. But he did not expect that during the opening ceremony, Colwin sat directly next to him.
While the stage was giving a speech, Colwin lowered his voice and said to Rong Yuan, "Let's make a bet! Let's see who can get the first place in this competition!"
"What's the point?" Rong Yuan looked uninterested.
"Humph." Colvin sneered and challenged him, "Why, you don't dare?"
Rong Yuan glanced at him and was about to ignore him, but suddenly paused, thought for a while, and asked, "Where's the bet?"
"What?" Colvin didn't respond.
"What's the stakes of the bet?" Rong Yuan asked again patiently.
"Bet?" Colvin asked with wide eyes, "Isn't first place the best bet?"
Rong Yuan turned his head, too lazy to talk to him anymore - without any stakes, who would play this boring betting game with you?
Colwin fidgeted in his chair for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's make a bet! What do you want to bet?"
" I want to buy a brand new e-cr8008 small CNC machine. If I win first place, can you help me contact the purchasing channel?"
This is the real reason why Rong Yuan is willing to pay attention to him. The precision of this CNC machine tool almost reaches the most advanced . It is also the best small CNC machine tool that Nut Country can export. However, due to technical barriers, it is difficult to buy it in Sugar Country even if you have money. Rong Yuan's deduction of the marshmallow molecular formula is almost finished. When it comes to the actual production stage, more than just paper and pen are needed. General experimental instruments and materials can be bought in Sugar Country, but there are also some that can only find unsatisfactory substitutes in the Sugar Country market. Before, Rong Yuan was thinking about whether he could buy it in Nut Country after the exam, but he also knew that the hope was slim. So when Colwin offered his hand to him, he put forward the conditions for the bet with the idea of giving it a try. Even if the blond boy couldn't do it, there was no loss. He just used this as an excuse to reject his harassment.
Colwin was surprised by his condition and asked, "What do you want this for?"
"This has nothing to do with you." Rong Yuan asked: "Can you do it?"
Colvin hesitated for a moment. Rong Yuan's mind moved - if he didn't have a connection or didn't know what this CNC machine tool was, he would have refused it outright. This hesitation just proved that there was hope.
Colwin stammered, "Change it... this one is expensive."
"You don't have to worry about the money. I can prepare it myself. If you agree, we can make the bet. If not, then forget it. We will still compete even if we don't bet." Rong Yuan said.
But Colvin didn't want to let it go. In his opinion, a formal duel between two people was different from a competition in which everyone participated. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's bet!"
Now it was Rong Yuan who looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Can you really buy it? You're not going to pretend to agree now and then deny it after you lose, right?"
"I'm not that shameless!" Colvin said angrily, "But I have one condition."
"Please go ahead."
Kerwin said: "If I win, you...you...must do one thing for me unconditionally!"
"What's the matter?" Rong Yuan asked.
"I haven't thought about it yet!" Colwin said confidently.
This bet seems to be a disadvantage for Rong Yuan. After all, no conditions are the most expensive conditions. Because of the uncertainty, it could be anything.
Rong Yuan looked at him and slowly smiled. His eyes changed from indifferent to aggressive. He said, "Okay."
He had not taken the exam seriously at first, his goal was just to get the gold medal. After all, the honor of winning two international competitions was enough to give him convenient conditions in many aspects. But now, he really took it seriously.
Yu Li, who was sitting on Rong Yuan's right, blinked his eyes. Seeing Rong Yuan's expression change, he suddenly felt a numbness in his spine and shivered involuntarily. He whispered to Rong Yuan, "What are you talking about?"
Rong Yuan and Colvin used Nut Language when they spoke, and because Yu Li had been focusing on the physics competition, his listening and speaking ability in Nut Language was still at a very pathetic level.
Rong Yuan said: "Let's talk about... who can get first place in this competition."
Yu Li: Can we still play together happily? Can you guys leave some room for others to live?
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The five-hour theoretical and experimental exams ended one after another. After all the exams were over, some people seemed to be exhausted, sitting or lying on the lawn as soon as they left the examination room, while others finally relaxed and began to frequently contact other contestants and exchange email addresses, and some even had a short relationship. Some students also took out their own currency and inexpensive but thoughtful souvenirs prepared in advance to give to each other, and the atmosphere was particularly warm and friendly. Although the grades may be high or low, none of the students here are mediocre, and they all respect and appreciate each other. Even Rong Yuan accepted many people's gifts and contact information in this environment.
Rong Yuan and his friends had long heard that Nut Country was one of the countries with the highest crime rates in the world, and that the public security situation in the rich and poor areas was very different. However, they did not see any violent crimes during their visit here. In fact, most of the time, it seemed better than in China. People often left their keys in the car when they got out of the car, and some parents would let their children go out together, seemingly not worrying about their children getting lost or abducted.
It was not until Hilda and several other young translators and tour guides took them out to play and buy gifts for their family and friends Rong Yuan and his friends unexpectedly witnessed a shooting incident. Under the tall black statue, a man kept looking at his watch, as if he was waiting for someone. Then a passerby in a long coat passed by him, accidentally bumped into him and walked past. The man fell down, holding his chest, and soon his whole body was soaked in a pool of blood. A passing woman saw it and screamed, but the murderer had already blended into the crowd and could not be found.
The ice cream in Yu Li's hand fell to the ground. He said in a trembling voice: "He... Is he still alive?"
Hilda and the others rushed over immediately, some calling the emergency number, some calling the police, and some trying to stop the bleeding. Although Yu Li and the others didn't know how they could help, they still gathered around him with concern, except for Rong Yuan. The optical brain scan showed Rong Yuan that he had been shot three times in the chest, one in the heart, and he could not be saved.
The number [-790] above the man's head disappeared after a while, which was a sign of his complete death. Among ordinary people, his negative merits were not that high. According to Rong Yuan's experience, this number showed that he had not harmed anyone, but he had committed many crimes such as theft and assault.
He had his computer search the man's profile: Jon Smith was a small-time hoodlum who lived in the slums. He was a thief who stole things, bullied the weak and feared the strong, and had a bad record. He was a guy that everyone hated. Rong Yuan had no interest in investigating the cause of his death.
Hilda looked through the gap in the crowd at Rong Yuan, who was standing in the distance with a nonchalant look on his face, and a strange look flashed across her face.
