The first Rubik's Cube competition was a campaign through and through, and it was the tone that was set from the very beginning.

Therefore, the arena is not the protagonist, the media and toy dealers are.

This can be seen from Girard's role as the dealer's commentator and the quantity and quality of the media he invites.

Not to mention other small newspapers, even national newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post sent reporters to the scene to cover the scene.

Is this really because a contest that uses toys as props for the game has a very prominent newsworthiness?

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there must be an ulterior secret (exchange) secret (easy).

At least, Isaac Fields, who was visiting the booth area at this time, was in the booth area. Fields) thinks so.

Isaac is not a journalist, and the reason why he is at the Madison Garden Plaza Coliseum today is just an accident.

The 27-year-old is working as an editor at a publishing house that specializes in pulp magazines and cheap comics, but he is planning to change jobs because the publishing house is not doing well. In order to find a good home, Isaac found a friend who was a reporter at The New York Times, hoping that he could help.

The New York Times is a national newspaper, and Isaac wants to be a part of it.

Isaac, a journalist friend, was one of the people who was sent to collect the wind at the Rubik's Cube competition.

Isaac came with him in his car.

Until his friend nods and agrees to help, Isaac won't give up easily.

Of course, Isaac is difficult to deal with, but he is extremely measured. Therefore, when he arrived at the scene and his friend started working, Isaac consciously did not follow him anymore.

Isaac is no stranger to the Rubik's Cube, and there are colleagues in the editorial department where he works who like the Rubik's Cube.

However, he himself did not like it very much. The reason is simple, you can't play.

He didn't call the Rubik's Cube, and naturally he wasn't interested in the competition, so it was a natural thing for Isaac to appear in the exhibition area.

Then, Isaac heard about the concept of "parallel worlds" for the first time in the "Plane Walker's House" card exhibit.

The narrator is none other than Orville.

Isaac is a trivial editor at work, but he's also working on it.

However, compared to the work of editor, his creative path is more difficult, and he has not been able to receive a single coin for his creation.

But even so, Isaac never gave up.

By the way, Isaac studied history in college, but he was obsessed with science fiction, and his untimely works were all science fiction. The biggest flaw in the absence of the writing is the lack of creativity.

To put it simply, it's not science fiction enough.

Therefore, when Isaac heard the concept of "parallel worlds" from Orville's mouth, he was shocked.

As Professor Carl Anderson commented after Evan's "many-world interpretation" in class, science fiction scientists do love this theory very much.

Isaac, an unsuccessful science fiction author, began to conceive a story based on the concept of "parallel worlds" in his mind after listening to Orville's explanation.

However, because Orville's explanation was meant to promote the cards, he omitted the theoretical explanation, focusing on the background of the "Plane Walker's House", so Isaac's information was incomplete.

He has failed many times on the road of creation, this time he is not impatient and confused, he knows that if he only knows a little bit about it, what he writes will most likely still be a failure, and it is only worthy of being used to shine shoes.

Therefore, Isaac waited patiently in the card exhibition area, waiting for the opportunity to get up close and personal with Orville.

As for why Isaac only recognized Orville and not anyone else, it was because he judged that Orville was different from the other commentators.

It's not a difference in eloquence, it's a difference in intellectual background.

While others are clearly memorizing the concept of "parallel worlds", Orville is not.

He's got the real thing.

……

"Orville, come, drink some water. ”

Rick wasn't as interested in being a narrator as Orville was, and he quit the job as a narrator soon after.

"Thanks!

Orville took the glass of water, thanked him, and put it in his mouth, and the long explanation made him thirsty.

After a while, Rick asked with interest, "Orville, this morning, did you find anyone suitable to pull into the organization?"

Orville moistened his dry lips and replied, "Don't tell me, I did find one." ”

He reached out and covertly pointed out a person wandering around the exhibition area to Rick, and said proudly, "This person is not generally interested in 'parallel worlds', and has tried to talk to me several times." ”

"I'd like to have a good chat with him when I take a break, would you be interested in coming along?"

Rick thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes!"

……

11:30 a.m., competition area.

The order of the speed race is not based on the results of the preliminaries, but is determined by the on-site draw, and Robert, who did not play well in the preliminaries, was also unlucky in the draw, and the ranking was relatively high.

By this time, Robert's race was already over, and his time was 16.9 seconds.

This result was the fastest so far and broke the record set in the preliminaries.

He appeared at around 10:05.

As soon as his results came out, both the players who had finished the competition and those who had not yet appeared on the scene exclaimed in unison.

Of course, the exclamation was followed by a wail.

After all, everyone actually knows their achievements.

17 seconds is not so easy to break.

Especially in such a tense atmosphere at the competition site.

"Well done!"

When Robert came to the family area after the comparison, Evan deliberately messed around his head and messed up his hair, before patting him on the shoulder and complimenting, "This achievement...... It's steady!"

"Really, Robert, you're going to win the prize!" Dora ran to Robert's side excitedly, tilted her head and said, "The champion has $1,000, have you figured out what to buy?"

Robert cut his hair and said, "What do you want, tell me, and if the prize money is enough, I'll buy it for you." ”

"It's the same with Dorothy. ”

Robert looked at Dorothy and reassured.

At this time, more than an hour has passed since Robert's results came out, and no one has set a new record.

And there are not many players left who haven't played yet.

Although there are still a few strong players among the remaining players, it will be difficult to surpass Robert and reach the top according to the current situation.

As a result, some of the remaining people were clamoring for the unreasonable competition system, but the organizers were unmoved.

At 11:45 a.m., the last group of players played.

The players in the last group are very special.

There were two preliminaries winners in this group of five, one of whom was a friend of Jerry Slolum, who was the winner of the Chicago preliminaries, and the other was the winner of the live special play-offs that had just ended.

At 11:48 a.m., the game ended.

But the results were announced two minutes later.

So the results were unexpected.

"16.4 seconds!"

After the referees repeatedly confirmed that the results were valid, a new record was set at the last minute of the competition.

The man who set the record was the winner of the live special play-offs, a Wonder Boy who had just turned 19 and had been brushed off in the preliminaries, and who had come to New York from Seattle on the West Coast to compete.

The moment the results were announced, everyone in the entire competition venue was stunned. After a brief moment of stunnedness, the boy excitedly hugged his companion.

The reporters, who had thought that the competition was not interesting at all, were also excited, and they quickly surrounded the boy, pointed the camera in their hands at the boy, and the flash popped on.

Robert, meanwhile, bowed his head gloomily.

How could he not be sad when he missed the championship.

"Nina ......" The sad Robert subconsciously wanted to seek comfort from his mother. Nina touched her youngest son's head and said with a smile: "Robert, look up!"

"You didn't fail, did you?"

"You've beaten the preliminaries, that's success, that's progress. ”

"You should be proud!"

"Come, cheer up. I'm so proud of you!"

Robert, whose eyes were slightly red, was persuaded by Nina to not cry in public after all.

Seeing that Robert's mood had calmed down a lot, Dora ran to his side at this time, stood on tiptoe, patted him on the head, and said, "It's okay, there is a prize for second place anyway!"

"So, don't forget what you promised me!"

When Robert heard this, he immediately cried and said, "Dora, are you comforting me?"

Evan wasn't there at this time, and if he was there, Dora would definitely have to eat a "chestnut".

Booth area.

Evan, Orville, and Rick stood facing the direction of the playing area.

Orville said softly: "I didn't expect the results of the game to come out at the last minute, look at those reporters......"

"Like a fly?"

Rick squinted at Evan and whispered, "Orville, don't you think this result is too dramatic?"

Orville frowned, suspicious, and said, "You mean ......."

The two looked at Evan in unison, but Evan ignored it.

Rick spoke up, "Evan, your brother lost the championship, why don't you go and comfort him?"

Evan rolled his eyes and said, "Didn't you call me over?"

"Why don't you go over now?"

As he spoke, he said that he was going to go.

Orville hurriedly stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and said, "Don't, I'm looking for you to come here." ”

At this moment, a man trotted towards the place where the three men were.

Orville saw the person coming and said with a smile: "It's just right, someone is coming." ”

After the man came to the three, Orville said, "Evan, let me introduce you, this is Isaac Fields. ”

"He will be the organization's liaison in New York......"

Orville is really fast......

Evan gave Orville a strange look before nodding to Isaac and saying, "Hello, I'm Evan Warren." ”

Isaac and Evan shook hands and greeted with some nervousness, "Hello ......"

Orville said, "Isaac, don't be so nervous, Evan is the youngest here. ”

He looked at Evan and said, "Evan, Isaac is a ......."

Isaac added embarrassedly, "Unsuccessful ......"

Orville continued: "He wants to create a science fiction based on the concept of parallel worlds, and you came up with this theory, and he wants your permission. ”

As Orville spoke, Isaac watched Evan react nervously.

Hearing this, Evan was noncommittal, he looked at Isaac, and said unhurriedly: "Isaac, since you are already a member of the organization, you can use the concept of parallel worlds casually, after all, this is just a theory." There is no such thing as copyright. ”

"Still, I want to ask, have you published anything before?"

Isaac sneered, "I'm sorry......"

Evan frowned at this.

Orville on the side stood up at this time and said good things for Isaac: "Evan, otherwise, you will listen to his ideas first and then make a decision?"

"That's fine!"

Seeing that Orville was so supportive, Evan had no choice but to agree.

He looked at Isaac and said, "It's not too early, so be it...... You go back and write an outline, I'll give you an address, and you send the outline when you do. ”

"If I think it's okay, I can help with the publication. ”

"But you can use this concept whether it works or doesn't. ”

"This ...... Evan, thank you so much. Isaac had a flattered look on his face, and he felt that today was really the lucky day of his life.

"Why don't you, Evan, and Orville, Rick, and I'll treat you all to dinner at noon?"

Evan smiled and waved his hand, "No need...... I don't have time to ......."

"I'll talk about it later when I have a chance......"

At this point, Evan saw Girard waving to him and said to Orville and Rick, "I have something to do...... Do you want to eat our working meals, or do you want to go out and do it yourself?"

Orville glanced at Isaac and replied, "There's someone here, I don't want to let it go, Rick, what about you?"

Rick said, "I'll be with you......"

Isaac next to him looked happy, although they had only known each other for less than a day, but he didn't know why, he felt that these two little brothers who were a lot of themselves but had an extraordinary bearing were friends worthy of deep friendship.

It's a pity that the most critical thing, Evan, who is obviously valued by the two, did not agree.

After parting ways with Orville and Rick, Evan said hello to Nina before heading to a break room in the stadium with Girard.

The lounge was now used as a makeshift meeting room.

Evan and the members of the Magic Seven Company stood in a circle and had a small summary meeting.

"Girard, tell me first, how is the feedback from the dealers?"