"Essence" determines the choices a person can make in critical moments
In gambling, seeing through the "essence" of your opponent is the shortcut to victory.
Once seen through, they will be disrupted, induced, and even manipulated, and eventually fall into the abyss of failure.
Mr. Jing¡¯s failure falls into this situation.
Feng Bujue's words and actions while advancing the game, are also testing the "essence" of his opponent.
Taking this opponent as an example Brother Jue soon discovered that the essence of Mr. Jing is "concession", or "concession while still having room for success".
It should be more appropriate to describe this kind of person as "a conservative who is strong on the outside but can do nothing on the inside"
Years of bureaucracy have allowed him to develop the principle of not seeking merit but seeking no faults; as long as there is room for maneuver and a safe space he will make concessions and deceive himself by telling himself "This is A rational, helpless choice.¡±
But in fact, due to lack of ability, he is simply unable to judge what is a rational and correct concession
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"The settlement begins now." After hearing the "declaration of surrender," the referee immediately said, "The party that raised the question declared surrender in the twenty-first round, and the fine is 31,000 US dollars."
"Whatwhat! So much?" Mr. Jing couldn't help shouting when he heard the amount, "Why did I lose so much even if I surrendered?"
¡°The penalty formula is written in the rules, you can check it yourself.¡± The referee replied coldly.
Hearing this, Mr. Jing lowered his head somewhat dullly, picked up the printing paper with the rules written on it from the middle layer of the cart, and found the relevant content.
Starting from the 21st round, the second penalty formula is adopted, which is:, and the 21st-30th round is.
To sum up, Mr. Jing¡¯s fine is: 10000*(50-20)%+80000*10%+20000, which is indeed 31,000 US dollars
¡°Do you understand?¡± The referee waited for Mr. Jing for a minute and then asked. "In addition, the amount of the 'bet round' must be included, which is 1,000 US dollars, so at the end of this round, the party that gave the question should pay 32,000 US dollars to the guesser, please pay."
¡°Damn it¡¡± Mr. Jing muttered through gritted teeth, and reluctantly took out the money from his plastic bag.
After the referee took the banknotes. He took out a money counting machine from the trolley and quickly counted out the correct amount. And handed it over to Feng Bujue's hands.
"Hahathank you." Feng Bujue took the money from the referee with a smile and thanked Mr. Jing.
"Humph" Mr. Jing snorted coldly, clenching his hands into fists and his whole body trembling with the frustration of failure.
"Then" At this time, the referee took out the paper with the correct answer that Mr. Jing had just put there from his jacket pocket. "This answer is invalid from now on." He said, He stuffed the piece of paper into the shredder at the bottom of the trolley, "You two please prepare for the second round of the showdown."
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Just when they were clearing the table and settling the accounts
¡°Friend, play a round with me.¡±
"I challenge you. Yes, it's you."
¡°Handsome guy, can you give me a compliment?¡±
"I want to challenge you, come on."
Among the surrounding crowd, many people suddenly started to take action.
"Those who took the leadhad already seen the dangers of this game, so they quickly launched a "challenge" to those around them.
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at the same time. Main hall on the second floor.
"Haha have you finally realized it?" The organizer said with a smile as he looked at the people who were starting duels one after another, "But no matter how fast they are, they can't catch up with the man wearing the crow mask. That man is ahead of them. It¡¯s a whole round.¡±
"Young Master." A, a big man in a suit, stepped forward at the right time and reminded, "That gentleman his name is Jiang Daode."
"Jiang Daode?" the organizer responded. Then he made a few operations on the tablet device in his hand and called up Jiang Daode's information from the database, "Well Well-known entrepreneurs Ten outstanding young people The gaming industry The company is currently on the verge of bankruptcy Is it "
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On the other hand, the second match between Feng Bujue and Mr. Jing is about to begin.
At this time, Brother Jue had quickly scrawled six numbers on the paper and handed it to the referee.
When he saw those six numbers, the referee almost knelt down
"you¡¡Are you sure it's these six numbers? "The referee looked at the piece of paper with "1456" written on it. His eyes were aching under his sunglasses.
"Yes." Brother Jue replied without thinking.
The referee nodded: "Okay" He put the piece of paper away and turned to look at Mr. Jing, "Then please guess who will say the 'round declaration' first."
"Fifty rounds." Mr. Jing chose a very safe number; of course given his ability, he didn't have the capital to take risks.
"1,000 US dollars." Feng Bujue also gave a minimum bet amount.
"Wait a minute!" Mr. Jing said loudly immediately, "Is this the wrong bet amount? Your current holding is already US$132,000. You must place a minimum bet of US$1,320."
"Hmph" Feng Bujue chuckled, "How about you go check out the rules again?"
"Huh?" Mr. Jing was stunned by what he said, and then he went to read the rules again.
As a result, he was dumbfounded again
The rules say that when "betting on rounds", the minimum bet amount placed by the question maker shall not be less than 1% of its total gold holdings at the beginning of the duel.
Please note that the word "is" is used here instead of "."
This concept is undoubtedly different, because there are two "games" in a "match".
"As this gentleman said." A few seconds later, the referee also spoke, "The minimum amount of the 'bet round' is based on the proportion of gold holdings at the beginning of the duel. Otherwise in case there is a guesser. He only lost a few hundred dollars in the first game, so wouldn¡¯t it only cost him a few dollars to place the ante as the question maker in the second game?¡±
"Tch" Mr. Jing spat, "Okay, okay~ One thousand is one thousand." He took the pen and looked ready to go, "First round. I bet 680 US dollars, you Do you want to follow or not?¡±
Mr. Jing¡¯s holding amount in this round is 68,000 US dollars, and the ¡°minimum betting amount per round¡± is calculated based on the total amount of his holding amount at the beginning of the round, so the amount of betting he bid is also reduced accordingly.
"I surrender." Unexpectedly, the next second, Feng Bujue replied in a very calm tone
When he said this, Mr. Jing had already written two zeros on the paper
"You votehuh?" until the six zeros are finished. Only then did Mr. Jing react, "What? Are you surrendering?"
Feng Bujue ignored him at all, looked directly at the referee and said: "Mr. Referee. Settlement."
"So that's it" the referee was thinking to himself at this time, "This kid planned to surrender in the first round, so he can write anything"
So, the referee calculated in his mind for a few seconds and announced: "The party that raised the question surrendered in the first round, and the fine was 6868 US dollars."
When Mr. Jing heard this number, he really wanted to curse
But he did not question it again, because he had just read the rules again, so he knew that the number was correct.
Because Feng Bujue surrendered in the first round. So he was referring to the first formula, that is, after plugging in the numbers, it was 6800*(50-0)%+68+3400, and the result was just a few thousand dollars.
¡°Including the amount of the ¡®round bet¡¯, the total is 7868 US dollars.¡± When the referee said this, he looked at Brother Jue and said. "please pay."
Feng Bujue casually took out a stack of money and handed it to the referee, and asked, "What do you mean by change?"
"Of course we are prepared." When the referee responded, he had already taken out a small box from the locked part of the middle layer of the cart. The box was filled with several sizes of small-denomination banknotes.
To make a long story short, the number-guessing showdown between Feng Bujue and Mr. Jing ended just like that.
finally. Feng Bujue won US$24,132 from the other party, accounting for almost a quarter of the total loan amount from the other party.
Seeing this, the onlookers finally realized the importance of "total gold holdings" in this game.
Although the base bet of ¡°round bet¡± depends on how much money you have at the beginning of the duel, the ¡°surrender penalty¡± depends on how much money the opponent has at the beginning of each round
When the player plays the role of "guessing the solution", the higher the total amount of gold held, the higher the opponent's penalty will be, correspondingly. If you hold less money, the other party can pay less penalties.
From this point of view, the "challenger" undoubtedly occupies the dominant position, because the challenger can first serve as the "guessing party". As long as you gain enough benefits from guessing and lower the opponent's capital limit, then When you become the question maker, the surrender penalty you need to pay will naturally be reduced.
And?¡This ¡°financial advantage¡± is basically a snowball effect. Winners will become more and more advantageous, while losers will find it increasingly difficult to come back, so¡ be quick!
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"I challenge you!"
"I challenge you!"
"No, I challenged you first!"
"Nonsense, I said it first!"
For a time, the surrounding crowd was in chaos.
Those who responded quickly had already quietly found someone to start the duel when the first game between Brother Jue and Mr. Jing was settled.
As for these "slow-paced" guys now, or rather "the vast majority of people", they only reacted after watching the settlement of the second game, and they eagerly challenged each other, and everyone wanted to be the first to guess the solution.
Scenes like this are common for men in suits and sunglasses, and they are also familiar with how to deal with them.
"Everyone, please calm down. There is no need to argue. The two who need to show off please come to the table first."
"You two, please come to the table."
"Don't be impatient for a moment, please come to me."
Under the persuasion of the men in suits, those who had disputes came to the table one after another. Then the men in suits took out their tablet devices and retrieved the real-time video to determine who "said" the challenge declaration first.
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"Hmph Even if you win this time." After Mr. Jing took back the 7,868 US dollars, he said to Brother Jue viciously, "We have a similar relationship"
"No more." Feng Bujue interrupted without letting the other party finish his harsh words. "People like youare destined to be unable to leave this ship tonight."
"What are you talking about" Mr. Jing became a little angry and raised his arms and sleeves as he stepped forward, as if he wanted to use force.
Suddenly, when he rushed in front of Brother Jue, a chill ran through his body.
At that moment, Mr. Jing was not only unable to speak anymore, but even breathing became very difficult.
He suddenly had a feeling that the person under the strange crow mask seemed not to be a human being. But some kind of more terrifying and unknown creature
"Whether you agree with what I said or not, I still have to say it." Seeing that the other party stopped talking, Feng Bujue continued coldly, "If you are not convinced by the loss, I don't mind talking again later. I can bet you one round, or even two or three rounds, until I win all your money."
Mr. Jing didn¡¯t answer anymore, but retreated
"But now" Feng Bujue said, slowly turning around.
At this moment, a tall man wearing a golden crying face mask appeared. Already standing behind Brother Jue.
"I've kept you waiting for a long time." Feng Bujue looked at the other party and said following the trend.
"Hahait's only a minute or two." The tall man responded with a smile.
To others, these two sentences of dialogue between them sounded like ordinary polite words, and they seemed to have no beginning or end.
But in fact, these two simple "hellos" are not only a test of each other, but also a demonstration of each other's strength.
Feng Bujue¡¯s ¡°I¡¯ve kept you waiting for a long time¡± is intended to mean, ¡°I know you¡¯ve been waiting behind me for a long time, waiting to challenge me.¡±
And the tall man responded calmly. As well as his act of "challenging the man in the crow mask", it also shows that he is by no means an ordinary person.
"Then let's start." Feng Bujue continued.
"Okay." The tall man said, then took a step forward and walked boldly towards the place where Mr. Jing was standing before.
"Referee, I have challenged the gentleman wearing the crow mask." As he walked, he turned to say hello to the referee.
The referee heard this. He glanced at Brother Jue; although he was wearing sunglasses at this time, you could feel that he had an inquiring look.
"Why are you looking at me?" Feng Bujue responded, "This is my second duel. I cannot refuse the challenge until this one is completed."
"In that case, thenplease ask the question first." The referee continued.
Feng Bujue shrugged, took out another piece of white paper from the cart, and spread it on the table; he still didn't think much about it. Just write a set of numbers.
This time, when the referee took the "answer sheet", he was already prepared to see "1456" again, but Brother Jue's answer this time was more normal, which was "953724".
"Huh? There are no repeated numbers" the referee immediately thought, "But"If you think about it carefully, under the premise that all the numbers will be tried in the first nine rounds, deliberately not using repeated numbers seems to be a good choice. After all, ¡®which six numbers¡¯ is no longer a problem from the tenth round. Once the numbers are determined, there are more combinations that are not repeated. "
Thinking of this, the referee put the answer into his jacket pocket, and then said to the tall man: "Please declare the round."
"Haha" The man chuckled twice, "Eighteen rounds."
"What?" Mr. Jing, who was standing aside and not far away, couldn't help but screamed when he heard this.
"Hmphwhat's all the fuss about." The tall man looked at Mr. Jing and felt funny, "By the waywhy are you still here?"
When he asked this question, Mr. Jing was not happy: "What's wrong? Can't I just stand here and watch for a while?"
"Don't you understand?" the tall man replied, "Right now we are racing against time" He raised his finger and pointed at Feng Bujue, "That Mr. Crow Mouth did not hesitate to give away time in order to buy time. You have thousands of dollars, why don¡¯t you know how to cherish it?¡±
"What did you say?" Mr. Jing asked suspiciously, "When did he give me thousands of dollars?"
"Oh?" When the tall man heard this, he laughed again, "What? Don't you even know the most basic things like 'which rounds can you escape'?" He shook his head and continued, "Huh no wonder people say you can't leave tonight."
"You guys, what are you talking about!" Mr. Jing's anger was aroused again, "If you have something to say, say it clearly, don't beat around the bush!"
"Alas" the tall man sighed and explained, "Then let me give you an example If that gentleman just played with you for a while, for example until the nineteenth round when you suddenly surrender, you yourself Calculate, what is the difference between the penalty and the stake you paid at that time.¡±
Mr. Jing can still complete this kind of mental arithmetic that can be completed by primary school students. He looked down at the formula on the rules and did the math immediately.
Ten seconds later, Mr. Jing¡¯s face suddenly changed, and he murmured: ¡°The 18th ante bet of 680 US dollars is 12240 and the penalty for surrendering in the 19th round is 11492 I not only did I not win any money, Did you lose 748?"
"Yes." The tall man continued, "However, you still have the 1,000 US dollars for betting on the round, so you can still earn 252 US dollars (because the base bet for the betting round is fixed at 1,000, so when Mr. Jing guesses, Feng Bujue In the nineteenth round, it is still a slight loss, and you have to wait until the twentieth round to make a profit), but is it far worse than 7868?" He paused for half a second, and then said, "Then ifhe drags it to the second What if you surrender after ten rounds? You don¡¯t have to forget it, let me tell youeven if you include the $1,000 you spent betting on the round, you will still lose $40" He smiled (even though the other party couldn't see it) and said, "This is the so-called 'escape round'; for the party who sets the question first, this is very important, but you have not grasped it well When you are the party who sets the question, if you are one or two rounds earlier, Surrender before the other party raises the stakes, and even if you can't win much money, at least you won't lose more than thirty thousand."
"II" Mr. Jing bared his teeth regretfully under the mask and muttered depressedly, "If I could have been one round earlier"
"There is no such assumption." The tall man interrupted him, "I advise you to find a place quickly and calculate the comparison of fines and benefits in each roundand then while everyone still has to accept the challenge , finish your 'second duel', and as for what we are going to play here" He said, looking at Brother Jue again, "It is not a game that people of your level can intervene in ¡±)