By the end of the meal, everyone in the family had noticed that Cheng Bin had always disliked the noisy children at home, so why was he so fond of Cheng Ran? The uncle later concluded with a smile, "It turns out that Cheng Bin doesn't dislike children, he just doesn't like children with poor grades!"
After dinner, the elders drank and chatted at the table, while the younger generations left the table. Cousin Cheng Xiang nudged Cheng Ran with his elbow. Youbang was surprised, "Could it be that Cheng Dabing... has something on you? Did you catch him hiding some private money behind his aunt's back?"
As soon as Cheng Ran raised his hand, Cheng Xiang smiled and hid away.
Over there, Gu Xiaojun was telling Cheng Qi and Li Yu the details of how the June 2nd case was solved.
"It happened so fast! The moment the other party opened fire, I immediately threw Cheng Bin to the ground... But at this time, Cheng Bin also opened fire... Bang!" Gu Xiaojun turned his head and glanced at Cheng Ran, "In the darkness, a light flashed from the other side... The air around my ears became hot, and there was a whistling sound. The shot must have missed. There was a sound of a sandbag being pierced over there, and I knew that Dabin's shot hit..."
Gu Xiaojun was telling a story like a story, and the brothers were stunned.
After listening, he pestered Gu Xiaojun to talk about some important internal cases. Gu Xiaojun talked about the Liu Zhiguo gang behind the June 2nd case. He said that although the main culprit had been eliminated, there were still many suspicious points behind it, and there might even be accomplices who had not been arrested. This was a hint to Cheng Ran.
But the three brothers were just listening and didn't notice the look Gu Xiaojun cast on Cheng Ran.
Everyone has admiration for heroes. Cheng Bin was too shadowy to be admired. However, Gu Xiaojun was someone that the four brothers admired very much. Cheng Qi turned around and said to the three brothers, "We always hear about those who are aggressive and ruthless, but now it seems that they are all childish! Brother Xiaojun in our family is a real man. If you were in front of those gangsters, you would have been scared to death."
Li Yu was unhappy. "Brother, you said we were scared to death, what about you? What would happen if you were to face them?"
Cheng Qi was honest. The 1.88-meter tall man grinned and said, "I'm sure I'll be weak too. I'm not a professional. If I can get into the police academy and train myself for a few years, I can also fight the criminals like Brother Xiaojun and my uncle."
Gu Xiaojun patted his head, "Your uncle and I don't need a burden... You should study hard in college and read your books. I just suffered from the lack of education, so your uncle should take care of me now, instead of me taking care of him..."
As Gu Xiaojun spoke, his eyes fell on Cheng Ran with a half-smile, which made the other three brothers confused. What was wrong with their uncle and Gu Xiaojun today? Why was his attitude towards Cheng Ran so different from theirs
Cheng Ran frowned.
This... I feel very uncomfortable. I need to divert my attention...
"Go to my room and show you something." He stood up and the three of them moved to his room. Cheng Ran brought out an iron box and placed it on the middle floor. It was the kind of iron box that was used to store cookies in state-owned department stores in those days. It was of excellent quality. After eating the cookies inside, most people would use it as a storage box.
"What is this?" Li Yu asked.
"Yeah, board games."
When they heard about the game, the three brothers became excited.
The four of them usually have fun playing everything together, but they are generally not very interested in playing cards and mahjong. They don't like the atmosphere of playing mahjong at family gatherings, and the same is true for playing poker.
Seeing Cheng Ran put the iron box in the middle, the four of them started to guess, "Table game... Monopoly?"
Cheng Qi took the iron box first and opened it with a knock. When he saw what was inside, he exclaimed, "Huh!" and took out a few cards. "What is this?"
Everyone took one and said, "This is... nicely drawn!"
"Is this the Romance of the Three Kingdoms!?"
In front of them were exquisite cards that exceeded their imagination. The power of good art design sometimes lies in the fact that it can vividly express a person's characteristics, character and story background with just one painting. Not to mention that these characters are symbols that they are familiar with and even secretly worship.
When the 1994 version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms was broadcast, it was a nationwide craze, and this craze has been played on TV every summer vacation, and it is almost an indelible memory for everyone. It has remained popular in later generations, and this summer must-see project has only been bombarded for three years.
"Hey, these drawings are pretty good... Lu Meng, I like Lu Meng's look!" Li Yu held one of the character cards and gestured. The character on that card was very handsome. The characters in the Three Kingdoms broke the stereotypes of the characters in TV dramas, comics and games. Each of them had its own characteristics. The character of Lu Meng in Li Yu's hand was a man wearing a cloak and holding a sword, with a handsome face, which made him involuntarily empathize with him...
The three of them rolled their eyes at him.
Cheng Xiang flipped over one of the cards and said, "I like Zhuge Liang..." Nowadays, most teenagers like the two characters Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun in the novel the most.
Looking at Cheng Qi again, there were two characters in front of him, Xiao Qiao and Zhen Ji. Seeing the three people looking at him, the 1.80-meter-tall man blushed, "The female characters are really well drawn..."
"How do you play this?"
"This thing... is derived from the story of the Three Kingdoms, mainly to make it more familiar to everyone. Let me tell you about it," Cheng Ran flipped through a few cards, "The specific gameplay is that each character has his own skills and auxiliary cards, and each of us players also has an identity, which is the basis for all your actions and behaviors. The four identities are the lord, the loyal minister, the rebel, and the traitor. The lord, as its name suggests, is very important. The rebel hopes to kill the lord and end the game; the loyal minister needs to protect the lord and win; and the most challenging thing for the traitor is not to reveal his identity, kill everyone, and become the final winner... The four of us have one identity each, which is the most suitable for promoting new products..."
Cheng Ran poured out the cards and arranged them, "Everyone will understand the details after playing a game."
Three Kingdoms Kill was derived from a social game rule called "Murder Game" or "Police and Robber Game" in the 1970s. It was only very popular in Europe and the United States, and later extended to the card game "BANG!". It is not common in China at present, let alone popular. It can even be said that few people have heard of it.
Later, someone adapted this game into a local version of "Three Kingdoms Kill". With the appeal of the romantic era of the Three Kingdoms, where heroes emerged in large numbers, as well as the attractive social game core and the fun and experience of a game of wits and courage, it came into close combat with online games and computer games, freeing countless players from their computers.
At that time, many people went out of their homes, called their friends, and joined in face-to-face card battles. Even during the popular period, enthusiasts would find a coffee shop or a board game bar and play for a whole day regardless of whether they knew each other or not, which triggered a huge wave of craze in the country.
Later, it was eventually networked, and the craze created by this card game was eventually defeated by the Internet age.
However, this is... a card game that was able to compete with the Internet and computer games at a time when they were extremely developed, and it once achieved great success!
Cheng Ran used to be a board game enthusiast, mainly because board games can bring a wonderful texture, similar to playing chess, and there is no shortage of fun in the battle of wits, but it can provide a more diverse visual and cultural experience than playing ordinary Go and chess. In fact, Go, chess, and Gobang can also be considered a type of board game.
With the development of the Internet, later board games have attracted many fans and even gave birth to the most authoritative BGG website.
When you are reborn, all of this no longer exists.
Sometimes he feels itchy and always has to find something to kill time. He doesn’t really want to play games these days. In comparison, making a board game by himself is quite interesting…
So during the summer vacation, he carved and made these cards one by one, trying to make each one exquisite. In the evening, he would make a pot of tea, take a sip when he was thirsty, eat a biscuit when he was hungry, and eat the tea and biscuits. When he was tired, he would get up and move around. In this way, the cards were formed.
For him, coming back to life and experiencing student life is something that is closely related to life. Doing what he likes to do and his hobbies is also a part of life. The two are not contradictory and there is no difference between the two.
Even though this process requires energy and time, he is happy to do it.
The things that I worked on painting day and night during my free time finally appeared.
And the result is that, in today's era, it is no less than opening up a new world for the young people in front of them.
Round after round of battles broke out in Cheng Ran's room.
From time to time, there were various quarrels and arguments, as well as bursts of laughter.
Even when the family gathering was about to end, these brothers didn't want to leave and kept clamoring to play one last game.
Cheng Xiang said, "How did you come up with this thing? Can you make one for me? I want to find some friends to play with..."
Cheng Qi also blinked, "I also want to take a pair to the university in Chengdu..."
Cheng Ran stroked the cards in his hand and murmured, "Make another one..."