Chapter 90: Promotion
June 17th, fine. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
NJ City, Tianhe Stadium.
Large training room.
Dozens of long tables are filled with Rubik's cube contestants from all over the country, with all kinds of trendy hairstyles, colorful clothes, and ages, tall, short, fat and thin.
That's 500 people!
On the table in front of these five hundred contestants, several third-order Rubik's cubes that had been uniformly disrupted were placed at this moment, and a green timer.
All the contestants held their breath, holding the Rubik's Cube tightly with both hands, waiting for the referee to give the order.
The rules of the selection competition are very cruel, and there are four rounds of elimination first.
In the first round, the time for the three-order Rubik's Cube to be restored shall not exceed 30 seconds, and those who exceed it will be eliminated directly.
In the second round, the time for the quick twisting to restore the third-order Rubik's Cube shall not exceed 20 seconds, and those who exceed it will be eliminated directly.
In the third round, the reduction time of quick screwing shall not exceed 12 seconds, and those who exceed it will be eliminated directly.
In the fourth round, the top six players who completed the recovery were successfully selected for the "Strongest Brain" promotion competition, and the rest of the players were all eliminated.
Each round, each participant, only has one chance!
"Game on!"
The referee pressed the horn, the green timers all lit up red, quickly twisted the Rubik's Cube, and the timer began!
"Bang bang bang!"
The sound of countless Rubik's cubes turning at high speed sounded at the same time.
In the first round, 155 people, were eliminated directly.
In the second round, 231 people were eliminated directly.
In the third round, there were only 22 people left.
In the fourth round, Zhou Ming successfully advanced with a score of 6.6 seconds to rank first!
"Is that the number one place?"
Zhou Ming, who had already lowered his strength by half, stood in the highest position in the middle of the qualifying platform after successfully qualifying, with a calm face.
Next to him, the eyes of the five players who advanced together looked at this mysterious figure who had never appeared in the Rubik's Cube world, and a chill welled up in their hearts.
The speed twisting result of 6.6 seconds is about two seconds away from the world's fastest single speed twisting record of 4.75 seconds created by Feishen, which is not very fast.
The problem is that this mysterious figure, in the four rounds of the race, the electronic display announced the rankings, and the speed of each round is between 6-7 seconds, and the performance is stable and scary.
One of the five players who was promoted was standing next to Zhou Ming just now, and after the referee shouted out that the game had begun, he found that this mysterious master seemed to be in a daze for a second or two, and then his hands turned into an afterimage, and in just a few seconds, after hearing the sound of him pressing the timer, he was so frightened that he almost played out of order.
Looking at this opponent of unknown origin and terrifying strength, the hearts of the five players were shrouded in a thick shadow of their originally high confidence in promotion.
Tomorrow morning, the program team will take you to shoot a group of VCR, tomorrow night at eight o'clock, to participate in the recording of the fifth episode of "The Strongest Brain", I wish you all extraordinary performance and perfect performance!"
The director said to everyone.
Everyone nodded, got on the minibus arranged by the program team, and stayed in a four-star hotel with good conditions near the gymnasium.
Had dinner.
In room 508 of the hotel, a doorbell rang.
When I opened the door, I was joined by a few young people - the five players who had passed the qualifiers together today.
"Dude, when did you start practicing the Rubik's Cube, you're too powerful, aren't you?" Fang Jie, who was the leader with medium and long hair, slightly chubby, and the oldest, asked familiarly after entering the door.
"That's right, brother, your strength scared me a lot, why has the Rubik's Cube world never seen you as a person?" said Wang Wei, who had dark skin like a boy next door.
"In this qualifying match, I thought I could win the first ......" Lin Jun, who was dressed in yellow, with a southern accent, was only 18 years old, but his strength was the strongest among the five, and he said with some frustration, his third-order Rubik's Cube speed twisting fastest result, ranking first in the country and third in the world, but in today's qualifying match, he was still slightly inferior, lagging behind the mysterious opponent in front of him.
"Dude, your surname is Zhou, and my surname is Zhou, make friends. Zhou Chuang from SD Province.
"Big brother, how did you get that hand speed? I don't think it's human speed anymore. "I was frightened by Zhou Ming's hand speed before, and Li Kai, a fat man from GD and a senior this year, asked.
The five of them chattered, and Zhou Ming didn't know how to answer that question first, so he had to pour a few glasses of water and hand them to them, asking them to sit down first, and Zhou Ming introduced his own situation.
Exposure to the Rubik's Cube for a month.
Not for the sake of being famous.
It's to defeat Jia Liping and defend the honor of the Rubik's Cube in Country Z!
That's why I signed up for "The Strongest Brain".
After hearing this, the five of them were very excited, and you said it word by word.
"Brother, you and I want to go together, and I'm here for these purposes!"
"I've long seen Jia Liping unpleasant, this time I must kick him out of the Hall of Fame!"
"But...... Jia Liping is a master of the blind twisting project, we are faster than the twist, and our opponent is Wang Yinghao. ”
"Our opponent is not Jia Liping?"
Zhou Ming was stunned, when the program team called him to participate in the selection, he didn't ask him whether he wanted to participate in the quick or blind screwing project, and directly asked him to come over.
I've heard for a long time that "The Strongest Brain" is full of shady scenes, is this it?
"Can I change the project and choose the blind twisting competition?" Zhou Ming asked.
"No, the blind screwing contestant selection has ended this afternoon, and it is impossible to re-select it. Fang Jie explained.
It's over?
So what's the point of me coming here?
For a while, Zhou Ming wanted to go back and stop participating in this show.
Zhou Minggang expressed this meaning, and Wang Wei next to him hurriedly said: "Brother, with your strength, you should show yourself on this stage, even if you don't drive Jia Liping down, if you PK with the international team in the future, you can also add a combat power to the Z country team, with your strength, buddy, I feel that I am not weaker than Feishen." ”
(Fei Shen, formerly known as Felix Dangers, a native of Australia, 22 years old, a genius in the Rubik's Cube world, has continuously broken the world records in many Rubik's Cube events, is an all-round Rubik's Cube player, has won 315 gold medals, and has broken 94 Rubik's Cube world records)
"Moreover, to participate in this show, as long as you advance to the finals, pick Wang Yinghao off the horse, and enter the seeded team, this player will be able to get a reward of 50,000 yuan, and every time he plays in the future, he will have an appearance fee of no less than 100,000 yuan, which is not a small amount!"
Wang Wei's eyes flashed with expectation.
"And you're all here for these rewards and appearance fees?"
"Ahem, of course not, I want to join the Z country Rubik's Cube team of "The Strongest Brain" and defeat the international Rubik's Cube team. Wang Wei coughed twice and said.
"I have been practicing the Rubik's Cube for more than a year, and I have spent all my spare time and spent 30,000 or 40,000 yuan to participate in various competitions, who doesn't want to make some money from this competition?" said Zhou Chuang, a real person.
"Big brother, I advise you not to withdraw from the competition, just quit the competition, entered the blacklist of the program group, it will be difficult to participate in the competition, besides, with your strength, big brother, it should be no problem to advance...... I guess I'm going to make soy sauce again this time. Fat man Li Kai said.
"Okay...... Then let's play with Wang Yinghao first. ”
Wang Yinghao is still a good person, modest, low-key, and his psychological quality is much better than Jia Liping, last season's game was remarkable, and he almost drew with the Philippine God, but he didn't expect it to become my goal of elimination, Brother Hao, the game is over, I'll treat you to a meal...... Zhou Ming thought so in his heart and dispelled the idea of withdrawing.
Brother, why didn't you quit again?
Lin Jun, the strongest of the five, is in a complicated mood at the moment, he has created a special set of third-order Rubik's Cube solutions, the third-order Rubik's Cube strength ranks first in the country, and he already has the ability to hit the world record, he really doesn't want to meet this mysterious master who is faster than him in this game, and the Rubik's Cube solution seems to be more unique.
With different thoughts and thoughts, the time quickly came to the next day.
A group of six people got on a minibus and came to an indoor studio, each of them got a line, and at the request of the director, in front of a green screen background board, each holding a Rubik's cube in their hands, posing in front of the camera, and shooting a VCR.
Fang Jie: In the Rubik's Cube world, only the strong can stand.
Wang Wei: I'm here, I didn't think about losing, I just wanted to beat my opponent!
Lin Jun: Is it enough to break records again and again? No! My limit is not here!
Zhou Chuang: You can underestimate me, I will prove it with my strength!
Li Kai: Nothing but victory!
Zhou Ming turned his fingers around the Rubik's Cube and smiled evilly at the camera: I, a nobody? It doesn't matter, from today onwards, my name is the Rubik's Cube Emperor!
“Cut!”
After the last one was filmed, the director nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, Zhou Ming, you shot very well, and the momentum is very strong!"
Zhou Ming walked over with a Rubik's Cube and asked, "Director, is it a little too high-profile?"
The director shook his head: "What kind of high-profile is this? I also think that this line you wrote yourself is better and more suitable for you! Don't be modest, boy, this stage, in addition to being high-profile, is only higher-key! Low-key, it can only mean that he is not strong enough, and he will leave sooner or later!"
Zhou Ming nodded, this show attracts him to this point, he can be presumptuous and high-profile, he can pretend to be B recklessly, as long as anyone has the strength to pretend to be B, they can come to this show to try it.
……
Eight o'clock in the evening.
Sujiang TV, "The Strongest Brain", the fifth episode of the program was recorded.
Thousands of ticketed spectators have filled their seats.
"Rub, rub, rub!"
Record the lights on the top of the shed and light them up at the same time!
A burst of music sounded!
"Host, Jiang, Chang, Jian!" the narrator's voice came from the loudspeaker.
"Woo woo woo woo ~ "
The audience stood en masse and let out a burst of cheers.
"Where is the strongest brain in country Z?!"
Holding a hand card, a silver-haired thin old man who walked briskly from the passage asked loudly.
"Here!"
The audience chanted together with trumpets.
"Your talent is the wealth of mankind, seven walnuts, the strongest brain, this show is exclusively titled and broadcast by the real seven walnuts......!
"Wisdom is flying!!" replied the audience.
"We're going to make science ......," the moderator said, putting his hand to his ear.
"Pop!!" the audience said desperately, waving their flags.
The fourth season of "The Strongest Brain", the fifth episode of the show, officially begins!