After Feng Bujue walked down the stairs and came to the main hall, he continued to observe the surrounding environment and people.
Although the word "dinner banquet" was used in the previous broadcast, the organizers of the banquet obviously did not intend to invite everyone to sit around the table and eat Chinese food.
Of course, food and drinks are still provided in the main hall. Various wines, champagne trees, as well as many ready-to-eat snacks and fresh seafood...all can be taken by guests.
In other words... you can only pick it up yourself.
Because there are only men in suits and sunglasses who are responsible for maintaining order, and there are no waiters.
Considering that many guests have chosen the mask that "you can't eat without taking it off", in fact, the demand for catering here is quite limited, and there seems to be nothing wrong with this arrangement.
After a while, Brother Jue, who walked around the main hall quickly, resisted the urge to take off his mask and eat... He found a corner against the wall and stood still, continuing to wait and see what happened.
His gaze moved quickly, sweeping over those groups of people one by one.
"Great people are still gregarious even when their faces are covered.
"Body, conversation, temperament; and taste in drinks, clothing, and even masks...these are all dominant capital that can quickly reflect self-worth."
Thinking of this, he looked at other people.
"Those who are not good at those can only serve as vassals temporarily, or fight on their own like me."
Then, he hummed softly.
"Huh... However, in the long run, there is no difference between the two.
"Those people who are chatting and laughing now, they also understand in their hearts that the 'relationship' established under this situation is nothing more than playing tricks and taking advantage of each other.
"Once it comes to their own interests, anyone can easily betray the other..."
Feng Bujue looked up at the second floor of the main hall; there... there was a door guarded by many black suits that no one could approach.
"In the final analysis... In the eyes of the 'host' who is promoting this good show, the people standing in this main hall at this moment are all playthings for his entertainment...
"Whether it's gorgeous clothes or good social skills...
"It doesn't matter if you show off your knowledge or show off...
"No matter what you do, you can't hide the most basic fact—the people who came here are desperate.
"If I hadn't been desperate, I wouldn't have come to this ship.
"If I hadn't been desperate, I wouldn't have risked my life.
"Moreover, these people... are different from the bottom people who have never touched the resources of the upper class of society; they are all 'successful people', 'social elites', 'winners in life'... Their ability, courage, vision, etc. are all the same as the former no the same.
"However. They all brought their lives to the brink of destruction because of some kind of mistake.
"They ... have a greater fear of poverty and loss of power than the average person.
"For mortals, being a mortal is life, but for gods, being a mortal...is the most terrible punishment.
"In the minds of these people, the 'fear' of a poor life surpasses even the fear of death—at least, until they actually face death. It must be thought so.
"So, they put all their eggs in one basket...
"So, they came here...
"In order to escape from the abyss in front of them, they rushed to a single-plank bridge excitedly. But they ignored it like a self-deception... Only a very small number of people can cross the bridge; and the rest of the people will all fall from the bridge and fall into another In an even more bottomless abyss..."
Thinking of this, Feng Bujue actually smiled.
"Oh... watching these people struggling and tearing each other apart in desperation... gradually peeling off the layers of camouflage on their bodies. It must be a very pleasant thing to reveal the dirty essence under the glamorous appearance, or... the true nature Let's do it."
his laugh. There are self-deprecating elements, and some unspeakable emotions...
I'm afraid Brother Jue has realized it himself... The reason why he can think of these things is precisely because the dark side of his heart is also longing for this "show".
...
It's late, ten past seven.
Maybe it was to put on airs, maybe it was to give the guests time to communicate in advance, or maybe... it was just doing it casually.
In short, tonight's protagonist only came belatedly and beautifully at this time.
It was a yellow man in a tuxedo, about 1.8 meters tall, with black hair.
Like the guests, the "host" wears a mask.
Therefore, people cannot see his face; the only information that can be confirmed from him is hair color, skin color, height, and body shape.
When the man came to stand by the guardrail on the second floor, the crowd in the main hall naturally fell silent.
[Sense of presence]
These are the words that are running through people's minds at the moment.
He didn't speak, and he didn't do anything that would attract other people's attention. He simply "appears" and stands there, giving people a strong sense of presence that cannot be ignored.
Not long after, the entire venue was silent, and hundreds of burning eyes all stayed on that person.
People were waiting... for him to say something.
And this kind of response made the sponsor quite satisfied.
"As always, these ordinary, vulgar ants masquerading as elites... immediately noticed that I was different."
He murmured something in his mind, and was about to speak, but unexpectedly...
Hurrrrrrrrrrrrrr-
Suddenly, there was a very obvious sucking sound.
Since the main hall was very quiet at this time, the sound was extremely ear-piercing.
So... People's attention, which was originally focused on the organizer, was instantly attracted by the sucking sound.
But see, the source of the sound... A man wearing a crow mask is holding a cup of drink, and inserting the drinking straw into the "eye" part of the mask, snorting and sucking...
Facing the crowd watching, this guy has no intention of stopping this weird behavior.
He just sipped the drink slowly and nonchalantly, then put the glass down. He closed the "glasses" on the mask unhurriedly (the two eyes of the crow mask are designed with two round glass like small portholes; on the mask Jue bought, these two glasses are can be opened separately).
"I said ~ this big brother." After drinking his drink, Feng Bujue turned around and took two steps to say hello to the man in a suit and sunglasses who was closest to him.
The man in the suit was also taken aback, and after two seconds, he replied hesitantly, "What... what's the matter?"
"Don't you guys have that kind of bendable straw here? How inconvenient is this straight one." Feng Bujue said something to the other party in a complaining tone in front of the convenience store counter. inconsequential.
But... Judging from the actual situation, his opinion is indeed justified.
Because the mouth of Feng Bujue's mask couldn't be opened, so when he sipped his drink just now. You can only fold the straw into a nearly sixty-degree angle, and lift the drink to the same height as your face, let the straw go through the hole in the eye into the mask, and then put it in your mouth...
In this case, the straight straw is forcibly bent, which will make it very difficult to suck something, and then it will make that very ugly and obvious sucking sound.
Of course... Generally speaking, when the mouth of the mask cannot be opened, most people just give up drinking and eating. And if the mouth of the mask can be opened, the straight straw will have no effect.
"This... this..." The man in the suit was a little confused when asked. As a small person, under the focus of so many people, he couldn't help becoming nervous.
"Heh... hehehe..." Fortunately, two seconds later. The organizer standing on the second floor laughed.
His laughter drew people's attention back.
"Oh? Younger than expected." Feng Bujue thought to himself immediately after hearing the other party's voice, "Just now I can infer from his walking gait, exposed skin, and standing posture .He should not be more than forty years old. But now listening to this laughter...he is probably under thirty."
"Hey! Who is that?" Before the smile disappeared, the organizer used his slightly arrogant voice to call out to the man in the suit.
"Ah... ah! Yes! Sir!" The man in the suit hesitated for half a second. He immediately stood up straight and responded loudly.
"Go to the logistics department right now and check for the gentleman next to you whether there is the straw he wants on board." The next second, the organizer calmly ordered, "If not, you can take a helicopter back to the city Buy him some back."
"Uh... yes!" When the man in the suit responded, he showed a "saved" expression, and then he gave Brother Jue a smug look before leaving...
What happened in just one minute was the first round of "confrontation" between Brother Jue and the sponsor...
Feng Bujue saw the timing when the host was about to speak, and disrupted the opponent's rhythm with some nonsensical behavior.
The organizer, on the other hand, used an extremely simple and direct method, but an ordinary person may not be able to think of it, to solve the other party's demands.
As a result, Brother Jue's situation at the moment seems a bit embarrassing... However, he is thick-skinned after all, and he still has a mask bonus today, so he doesn't care much about the crowd watching.
In any case, this first "trick" ... seems to be the organizer's victory.
"Hmm..." After a slightly awkward silence, the host cleared his throat and spoke again, "Ladies and gentlemen..."
His words made those who were still despising Brother Xiang look away.
"Welcome to the Song of Songs." When the host said this, there was no ardent intention, and there was a faint chill in his tone, "I am the host of this banquet, you just call me 'host' Those' will do."
He paused for two seconds, looked at the reaction of the crowd below, and then said again: "You are all smart people, I will save those hypocritical and beating around the bush..."
He wasn't the type to say that kind of thing... because "hypocrisy" and "beating around the bush" are rhetorical devices that people only use when they want something from others. As for the organizer, there is almost no chance to say such a thing.
"I'll just talk about it directly, the part that everyone is interested in..."
At this point when the host spoke, eight men in suits silently appeared on both sides of him, four on each side, standing side by side.
Each man in a suit held an object covered by a white cloth in his hand. Look at the outline... There should be some kind of rectangular object under the white cloth, with a side length of about thirty centimeters.
"Heh..." After waiting for a few seconds, the organizer sneered, "Let me introduce to you the prizes for tonight's 'game'."
Before he finished speaking, the men in suits each removed the white cloth from the objects they were holding.
Under the white cloth... without exception, they are all small glass cabinets.
The bottoms of those cabinets were made of metal, the bases were covered with rectangular glass covers, and inside the cabinets were stored…
"I'll start from my left hand side... Let me introduce you one by one." The host just glanced left and right to confirm the position and order of those things, and then stopped turning his head, but kept looking down. The attitude of the crowd, talking about it...
"One, the 'Red Tears', one of the most famous natural red diamonds in the world, was stolen from a collector's home in 2040 and has been missing since. The market value at the last valuation...approximately 600 Ten thousand U.S. dollars."
"Secondly, 'Firefly', nothing special, just a very perfect opal with a market value of about 5 million US dollars."
"Thirdly, 'Piaoxiang', a funerary object excavated from the royal jewelry of a certain European country, it is said that it will bring bad luck to the woman who wears it, making it disappear within a few years, and every deceased, will die in a place with a strange fragrance. The last time 'Fragrance' appeared on the auction market, it was sold for $12 million."
"Fourth, 'Lover', produced in Myanmar, is one of the largest existing diamonds in the world. It was first discovered in the 19th century. The original stone was cut into two pieces because it was too large. Hands are born."
"Fifth, 'Lover', this is the sister stone of the one just now. The market value of these two diamonds alone is around US$5 million."
"The sixth, 'Dashmir Pink Diamond', originally belonged to a well-known actress in the twentieth century. In 1968, she was killed in the living room of her home, and the only piece was stolen from her mansion that day. That's the diamond. She bought it for $180,000 a year before she was killed, and I think you all know about inflation, and $180,000 is what it is now Money, you should be able to figure it out soon."
"The seventh, 'Crown', was a series of competition prizes held by a game company in the United States in 1982. It was made of pure gold and embellished with diamonds, rubies, sapphires and aquamarines. Due to the collapse of the game industry in the United States in 1983, the same The competition game related to the prize was only released in limited quantities and failed to enter the finals, so the 'Crown' disappeared in the same year. The estimated value of this item was 25,000 US dollars at the time, and the same, including inflation, Coupled with its background story, the current market value is at least no less than 4 million US dollars."
"Finally..." When talking about the last thing, the sponsor paused for a moment, glanced at the cabinet, and said, "'Heart of the Ocean'."
About this gem, he only said these four words.
For this gem, he only needs to say these four words...
No one here does not know the story of the heart of the sea, and no one will value this gem.
"Well... as long as you get 'that'..." When the crowd in the main hall looked up at the priceless gems in a daze, Feng Bujue was unmoved. All he cared about... was the "goal" of his trip "That's all.
"Okay, I think you all have an idea of the value of the prizes this time." After a pause for a few seconds, the organizer continued, "There is no doubt that any of these jewels is enough to get you out of the current situation." dilemma.
"As long as you win the 'game', you can choose one to take away.
"But... if you fail in the 'game'..."(.)