Blackstone Code

Many people believe that the success of "Millionaire" is because of the one million.

Yes, it does play a big role, but it's not everything.

The reason why people like to watch is because many people at the bottom see themselves reflected in these players.

Maybe these players have a certain possibility to represent the majority of people at the bottom. People hope that they can win, just like looking in the mirror and telling themselves "you will definitely succeed."

The only thing the people at the bottom have left is empathy, and they can even sigh for the bankruptcy of the rich!

Naturally, they also feel a special and strong sense of satisfaction when the players they support succeed!

Beyond that, there’s humanity.

The sinking and struggle of human nature, as well as confrontation, are also a highlight.

When people start "fighting" for money, it is full of conditions that make people unable to help but keep watching!

In the final game, the camera did not show everyone what their trump cards were, which also meant that the audience was also guessing.

At this moment, a subtitle advertisement suddenly appeared at the bottom of the screen.

"If you know the answer, please call xx-xxx-xxx-xx immediately to submit the answer. As long as you answer correctly, we will draw 20 lucky viewers from the correct answers and award a thousand gold coupons..."

Maybe people didn't notice, maybe they noticed but didn't care, there is a charge to make this call, but it's not expensive, it only costs one dollar!

One dollar is not much, and using one dollar to gamble a thousand dollars seems to be a very good deal.

The next moment, the reception room of the TV station became completely busy.

Capital is never kind or merciful, it is always dirty and ugly, because it can make any compromise for the sake of profit!

"That player No. 4 is very cunning, he almost diverted the fire!" Catherine accurately assessed the cunningness of the No. 4 player.

Contestant No. 4 is actually a teacher who lost his job because he reported something going on at the school to the school board and was fired.

He lost his job and offended some people. In the end, he had nothing to do as the principal of the school, and he was completely excluded from the local education system.

No one likes people who break some unwritten rules, not even the school.

A loyal, honest, and morally persistent teacher, at this time, he also began to give up some things for the sake of his "ideal."

Or to revive something.

These were originally within his control!

Lynch added, "In fact Harry's odds are the lowest of any institution..."

Catherine was a little confused. She didn't know much about the betting syndicate, "So he actually has the lowest approval rating?"

"People don't think he can win?"

Lynch shook his head and spread some common sense to her, "This shows that the most people support him and the most people believe that he can win the final victory. There is no problem with the strategy of player No. 4, but the other two have problems." personal."

"They just ignored Harry's stability and threat in the game because of the points. I can only say that they are a bit..." Lynch curled his lips, "...a bit stupid."

Harry seems to be very ordinary, but the most people have bet on him, which actually explains the problem. People are optimistic about him.

If it were just one person or two people, it might be a matter of vision, but most people are optimistic about him, which shows that he is indeed our candidate for the championship.

Catherine confessed her ignorance about gambling, and at the same time, she thought of a very strange question.

"They are using your program to make bets. Is it infringement?"

Since becoming a city councillor, she has been exposed to some cases related to infringement, and sometimes she feels that the law may be a bit too strict.

But the law is the law, and this also made her realize that if the bookmaker really did this, did they constitute an infringement on Lynch?

Because they use Lynch's program to make profits for themselves, which is obviously wrong. Regardless of whether it is legal or not, it is at least immoral and wrong.

Lynch acted very indifferent, "We have signed an agreement. Every season, they will give me one million and 5% of the total revenue, so I agreed to them doing this, otherwise you think they dare Are you so messy?"

In fact, this matter is much more complicated than Catherine imagined and Lynch said.

There are many "hidden" industries in the Federation. These industries usually do not attract much attention from people. The "attention" mentioned here refers to people's curiosity about their profits.

For example, education.

No one will require each education group to publish annual reports and various results like they do to the companies listed on the Bupen Exchange.

People don't even think of doing it, because they think... no, it's not that they don't think education can be very profitable.

This may be said when talking about college tuition fees, but most of the time they don't pay attention to this aspect.

Another example is medical care.

The same huge profits are even a semi-monopoly industry, but people have the highest tolerance for it. Not only are no one looking for trouble with them, but sometimes there are problems with the hospital system, and many people voluntarily maintain the hospital system. .

and, the gaming industry.

Few people care about how profitable the gaming industry is, how much money it can earn each year, the composition of its companies, the composition of its shareholders, the composition of the equity held by shareholders, and more complex issues.

If someone really does that, they will find that one of the biggest supporters of the United Games is actually a private equity fund indirectly controlled by the shareholders of the gaming group.

These funds transfer a large amount of funds to the public accounts of the United Games and high-level accounts every year on the grounds that they support the development of federal sports. In fact, the gambling groups and the United Games are just splitting the accounts behind the scenes!

When it comes to gambling, you definitely need something to gamble with, and nothing is more suitable than intense sports.

Strong competitiveness and uncertainty make betting companies make a lot of money every year from all levels of sports events in the federation. In order to ensure that these things that can help them make money will not collapse, they have become the biggest contributors to the advancement of sports. one.

This sounds funny, but in fact it is not. In the final analysis, it is all caused by the tendency of capital to pursue profits!

There were reports of collusion between betting companies and athletes before, but they quickly disappeared, and even the people who reported them disappeared.

When faced with huge interests, whoever dares to stand in the middle of the lane will be shattered to pieces!

Not only did Lynch not spend a penny on this show, he was also making crazy money.

Sometimes making money is as simple as he said.

The game continues.

Harry and Number Four have already discarded a card each. It is actually normal for Harry to lose points.

He has not yet come out of the previous game method, which limited players' thinking to various fixed clues.

If you are given a yellow color, you will have to think around it, but it is different now. Free questions and answers completely release the restrictions on thinking.

Suddenly many things became simpler, just like Harry initially thought that baseball could last at least seven or eight questions, but he was almost finished after just two questions.

Balls require large venues. There are only a few types of balls that require large venues. When Wei Shi continued to ask him, the question he gave was "Is this thing allowed to roll during the game?"

A direct question killed Harry, and Harry's question in turn also killed contestant No. 4.

They actually came here in the morning. In addition to explaining various competition rules in advance, they also had to sign some contracts.

If one of them wins the championship, they will continue to promote this program for free, and will also cooperate with the TV station for free to film another documentary-like program "Newly Born Millionaire"

This program will record a series of changes that occur when a person suddenly goes from poverty to having more than a million. What their life, family, and social interactions will look like will become something that attracts people.

As this book always tells everyone, capital will always go a few steps further than those who are exploited and oppressed.

These people have signed these contracts. Even if they become millionaires, they must continue to contribute their popularity to Lynch and the TV station!

They spent the whole morning understanding these things. Of course, the TV station also told them straightforwardly that after signing the agreement, the TV station would help them integrate into their new life.

Including but not limited to introducing some new friends to them, or when they need it, the TV station can also provide them with some help and channels that do not involve interest transactions.

They had a working meal at the TV station at noon.

The federal lunchtime work meal is basically like that. Everyone is very busy and the lunch is relatively simple.

Today's Chinese food is a little richer, after all, I signed so many unreasonable contracts.

So there’s steak and chicken for lunch, which is what most people in the Commonwealth eat most.

Harry's question was "Is it on our lunch menu today?"

Contestant No. 4 recalled it and shook his head, while Harry directly gave an answer, sheep.

Although the Federation has a long coastline, in fact... people are not very keen on eating fish.

For families, the complexity of making fish steaks is a problem, and it is difficult to make them as delicious as steaks.

In the era of lack of various seasonings, the smell of fish is one of the main reasons why people do not eat fish.

The option of fish is removed, which is common in life, and the people of the Federation do not like to eat pork, so the only option is sheep.

Harry decided to take a gamble, and he got it right.

Player No. 4’s strategy is the same as his, hoping to create more confusion on some questions, while ignoring that in fact the questioner can simply ignore many invalid answers!

They all decided to change their strategies and decided to unite to form a temporary alliance!