Yongtai's 20th year, February 12th, Guangzhou.
Today is the day when the "Dragon Head Cup" war begins.
Early that morning, the entrance to the Longmen Gang was already crowded with people; it could be roughly seen from the hideous appearance of each of these people... almost all of them were characters on the Green Forest Road.
Now the purpose of their coming here is nothing more than three: some are here to participate in the competition, some are here to watch the fun, and some are here to eat and drink.
When you see this, someone may want to ask, isn't it just a martial arts contest? Why is there anything to eat or drink?
You have to listen to me say a few words about this...
On the green forest road, there is such a rule: whenever you encounter a big boss above the "Di Zi generation" or "Zhou Zi generation" who washes his hands in a golden basin, or a big gang takes up a new gang leader, the person involved must have a big banquet and dance. The dragon and lion dance was performed with great splendor by inviting all the prominent local comrades.
Don't think that they are just being fussy and fussy. In fact, they have a very good reason——
First, engaging in this kind of pomp can reflect the identity, status, and accumulated financial resources of the parties in the Tao from the side; in other words, retired people can rely on this kind of pomp to get a "final conclusion", while people who take office can This can demonstrate its current strength.
Secondly, in the era when there were no photos, you could use this method to let more local colleagues recognize your appearance; this would largely prevent you from walking on the street near your home and being greeted by someone who doesn’t know you. The little gangster will treat you like an ordinary uncle and slap you in the face...
Thirdly, the "treating culture" is also applicable here: although many juniors will come to eat and drink for free on the meal you invited today, those big bosses with some status will not eat for free, they will take it with them. "Congratulatory gifts" are coming; how much can you spend on a banquet? Isn’t it just money to buy ingredients, hire a cook, hire some handymen, and add a few tables and chairs? How many can there be? But some of these gifts are very expensive. If you finish the treat, not only will you not lose money, you will probably earn some money. Of course, you will have to deal with it when others treat you in the future...
Finally, there is the most important unspoken rule: although the person giving the banquet cannot take the initiative to invite people from the government, if he is giving a banquet and someone from the government comes to congratulate him, such as the local head catcher or the master of the yamen , or even the county magistrate himself came to the door in person... At this time, he had to receive the guests as he would receive them, and he was not allowed to mention the identity of the other party. Even if the other party was wearing official uniform at the time, he had to treat the other party as a "personal identity" of.
As long as you do this well, from now on, the local black and white will ensure that you are prosperous.
But if you don't do it right, for example, you say the wrong thing in front of the "adults", or you don't entertain well, then if you want to improve the relationship in the future... it won't be settled over a meal.
From a certain perspective, this set of things was a set of gray procedures established by the "collusion between officials and gangsters" at that time, and it was also a test for the parties involved.
All in all, the rules are there, even if "the new gang leader takes office", "the new leader takes office"... you will definitely not be able to escape from this.
Then someone may ask again, even if you finish the game today and decide the new leader, can you treat me another day? Why do we have to do it together today?
Well... this is the "event organizer", which is the work of Huang Donglai and Sun Yixie.
Let's talk about it a few days ago, after Huang Donglai saw the final registration list for this Dragon Head Cup, relying on his many years of experience in organizing events (in the previous world) and the knowledge he has accumulated in Dashu, he made a rough calculation... I discovered a fact - today's game, at most, can last for half a day.
Because compared to modern e-sports competitions, the ancient arena competitions, the process... is really too simple.
Competitions do not need to consider all the trivial matters related to network broadcasts, nor do they need to insert sponsor advertisements; players do not need to spend time debugging equipment before and between games.
So basically, this game is one game after another, and the time between games is so short that it can be ignored.
Excluding the time between games, the game itself is actually very short...
In the final analysis, martial arts competition is not boxing, and methods such as "dividing weights" will not be used to create "relatively fair duel conditions" for the players. In the ring competition, the strength of the two sides is very different, and the winner can be determined within a few moves. There are countless examples of flash sales.
Therefore, it is common for the total time from the players to appear and greet each other to the end of the fight and each of them to pretend to be cool, in less than three minutes.
Even if you go overboard and calculate that each game lasts an average of five minutes, with another minute spent between games, a competition from the top 32 to the championship only takes just over three hours to finish, not half a day. Not here yet?
This is why, when more than a hundred people participated in the Young Hero Association, the literary test and the martial arts test only lasted for two days in total...
After settling the account, Huang Donglai went to discuss with Sun Yixie and said, "Brother Sun, I estimate that this game will start at ten in the morning and end at two in the afternoon...according to our previous habits , after the game is over, should we get everyone together for a dinner or something, and then whoever wins the championship will pay the bill?"
Naturally, Sun Yixie would like to hear this. How could he not be happy with this free meal?
There is no contradiction between having money and taking advantage of others.
Therefore, after Sun and Huang reached an agreement, they told this idea to other people in Hunyuan Star Gate.
Jiang Muchan was from Green Forest Road. When she heard this, she explained to them: The person who was chosen as the leader was originally meant to be a treat. In the past, those who had the chance to be chosen in each term, Usually there are only two or three people, so when the uncles are discussing who to choose in the teahouse in the morning, the two or three candidates are already making preparations and setting up banquets in their respective places... As soon as the results are announced, the selected candidates will In the afternoon of that day, I will start sending invitations to various places in the city. The content of the invitations does not need to be complicated. Just write the time and place of the invitation, such as "At four o'clock in the morning, you have the backbone." People on the street will understand it at a glance, and in the evening coming.
It's just... this time they used a competition to determine the leader, and there were many contestants. In theory, dozens of people could be elected. It's impossible for you to ask people to prepare a banquet in advance, so I'm afraid this meal will have to be invited another day. .
Shuang Xie listened to what he said and summed it up: These people have all come together, and they will leave without a meal. This is not very particular... Otherwise, we will even host this "celebration banquet" together. "Really?
Thinking of this, they thought it was a good idea, and then they "notified" the matter as the organizer.
The people who came to participate said to themselves that since the Hunyuan Star Gate is willing to do this, let's not refute their face. Who will handle it anyway? It’s really easy to do it all together today.
So the process was settled.
In a blink of an eye, the day of the competition arrived, and the competition venue was located at the entrance of the Longmen Gang.
The start time is 3:30.
The arena for the competition was set up yesterday.
Different from ordinary ring competitions, this time for the "Dragon Head Cup" competition, a "commentary platform" higher than the ring was set up two meters away from the edge of the ring... Sun Yixie and Huang Dong came here. The two guys were sitting there early.
The big group of green forest heroes in the audience were also confused when they saw this scene. They didn't know what the commentary table was for. If there were to be VIP seats, shouldn't there be only two seats? And why do they need to set up a table in front of them?
While the people in the audience were talking a lot, the time for the game was coming soon.
Huang Donglai took out an object that looked like an inkstone from his arms and put it on the table in front of him and Sun Yixie.
Two seconds later, as soon as Brother Huang moved his hand away, Sun Yixie moved his head forward, pointed his mouth at the object and said, "Hello? Did you hear that? One, two, three, two, one?"
Everyone, how can I describe this voice and this movement...
You can imagine that you are lying in bed in the middle of the night, holding your mobile phone, thinking about clicking on a video or watching a live broadcast, and when your eyes get sore, you turn off the screen and go to sleep; and at this moment, there is a voice like a eunuch , through a headset with a built-in microphone that probably costs less than 20 yuan, combined with the sound effect of the motherboard's built-in sound card, a weird scream suddenly breaks out, and then the sound bursts out from the speaker of your mobile phone, making you look confused. Come...what does that feel like?
At this moment, everyone in the competition venue was experiencing this double torture of eardrums and skulls.
"Fuck, Brother Sun, please keep your voice down." Even Huang Donglai, who was sitting beside him, couldn't stand it anymore.
"Damn it, aren't I just trying?" Sun Yixie said angrily, "Who knew you, 'Mai', could be so loud?"
Although Brother Sun said the word "mic" here, it is obvious that in this era, there is no such thing as a microphone; almost all of the amplification equipment that we modern people are familiar with rely on electrical energy. This is a big problem. It is impossible for Zhe Duan to have this skill, so the so-called "Mai" that Huang Donglai took out at this time was actually a small magic weapon he brought from Xuanqi Sect and modified it.
When you see this, someone must be asking, what kind of magic weapon is this?
Actually, that's not important. If you just treat it as Mai, wouldn't it be the end of it? Now I'm going to make up a plausible origin and identity for it. After a few chapters, when you think about it, you'll still only remember that the function of this thing is just a wheat.
As for why there is such a wheat? That's because it's easy and labor-saving to use this explanation... Not to mention that Brother Sun can't use internal power to amplify the voice at all. Even if Huang Donglai can do this, if you let him continue to use internal power to explain for several hours, He also had to vomit blood.
"Okay, okay, I tried it before when I made it. Just sit upright and say it. This radio range is just right. If you get up close and say it, it will explode." Huang Donglai is not afraid of being heard by people in the audience. "Radio" and other words, he just sat on the commentary table and directly reminded Brother Sun.
Sun Yixie did as he said, sitting up straight and saying, "Okay, let's do that, uh...Brother Huang, are you here?"
"Uh-huh!" The next second, Huang Donglai cleared his throat, turned his head slightly toward Namai, and said, "Hello everyone from Green Forest Road! Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come here today. Watching this 'Dragon Cup' game, I am the commentator Huang Donglai."
"I am explaining Sun Yixie." Sun Yixie inserted this sentence very neatly and skillfully.
"Today's match is exclusively hosted by our Hunyuan Star Sect." Huang Dong said, waving his hand towards the ring, "As you can see, the couplets posted on the pillars on both sides of the back of the ring are from this sect. Written by Zhang Zhang and written by Xudong Laoxian... Although the two old men could not come in person this time, they still sent people to send the most sincere blessings to all the heroes. I hope that everyone will put friendship first. , the spirit of second place in the game...play the level and show the style."
After saying that, these two guys took the lead in applauding on the commentary stage.
Those from the Hunyuan Star Gate also followed suit and clapped their hands.
But the brothers in the audience who came to watch the excitement were dumbfounded. What kind of words were they thinking? We have never heard of it. Is there such a slang?
They took another look at the couplet hanging behind the ring. It said "Compete happily" on the top, "Go home safely" on the bottom, and "Peace is the most precious thing".
What the hell is this?
Also, what is the thing in front of these two guys that can amplify the voice dozens of times and spread it so widely?
There are too many confusing points, but since the atmosphere is here, it seems that it is not impossible to clap your hands a few times...
As a result, the green forest heroes, who were overwhelmed by Sun and Huang's "fake" opening speech and the strange atmosphere of the stadium, after a brief hesitation, gave this opening speech a sparse applause.
This is the beginning of the first competition held by "Unparalleled Double Harmony" in Dashu. In the future... they will hold many more such competitions, and the scale of the competitions is bigger than the last... Of course, we will talk about that later Moreover.
Now, as the applause died down, Sun Yixie waved his hand and signaled to a group of people waiting behind the stage.
When he lowered his hand, more than a dozen men came out from the waiting area behind the ring; some of these men were holding suonas, some were holding gongs, and some were carrying drums...
Everyone in the audience looked at it: Okay, are you going to have a funeral this time, or are you going to get married?
They were still complaining in their hearts, but the people on the stage started playing. You must have heard the tune played. It's called "Men Should Be Strong", which was the one played by Huang Feihong when he was beating someone.
Sun Yixie spent half an hour humming this piece to these musicians a few days ago. I feel that it is quite appropriate to play this piece in the Guangdong region.
To our ears, this is also a golden song, but to these green forest heroes of Dashu, this is a form of music that has never been heard before. When I heard this melody now, let's put it this way... I was on fire at that time. .
A few minutes later, after the music was played, Sun and Huang took a look and realized that the opening effect was indeed good - the purpose of "warming up" was achieved, a lot of time was spent, and the atmosphere was set up. Then, let's officially start the game. .
The first showdown of this "Dragon Head Cup" is between Gong Jingyi, the son of the former leader, and Luo Yu, the "goodbye at first sight".
