Jonathan is just a very, very ordinary citizen of the Empire, with an ordinary job, an ordinary family and two lovely but only lovely children.

The ordinary life and the pressure on his shoulders have made him forget the ideals and pursuits of his youth, and the surging blood has been consumed in the cold and numb life, and he has finally become the person he least wanted to become when he was young - an adult without a soul like a walking corpse.

Maybe sometimes he will recall the ideals and unrealistic pursuits of his youth when he is drunk, and he will also shed tears of regret or hatred for his current sinking, but when the eastern sky gradually shines and his drunken state gradually fades, he also begins to return to reality, to the so-called sanity.

Numbness is a label he put on himself at the age of thirty-two, a numb life, a numb work, a numb state, a numb mind, no passion, no impulse, the whole world is gray.

"It's ...... What?", a numb Jonathan stood at the supermarket's cash register, handing him a palm-sized colored card after he had bought some supplies for the family for the week.

These very bright colors were printed on it, and all kinds of powerful fonts were all over the corners of the card, and he remembered that he had not purchased such things, nor had he asked for additional services.

The additional services and value-added services of supermarkets are often very deceptive, and all those who think they have taken advantage of it will eventually find out that they are the ones who really suffer.

There was a supermarket that held a promotion and only needed to pay a fee of 29 yuan to get a long-term discount, and many people thought it was a good event, until the supermarket told them that there was a limit on spending every month, and everyone realized that it was a scam.

Either you can spend the amount set by the supermarket every month, so that you can continue to enjoy the long-term discounted price in the next month and beyond, but if you do not consume the set amount, then the benefit of the discount will be cancelled, and the fee of opening the discount will not be refunded.

This makes many customers who have paid a fee in order to take advantage of the dilemma, don't spend money to buy things, twenty-nine dollars nine is equivalent to a complete invalidation, it will not return to their pockets, and can not create more value, and they have not made back the twenty-nine dollars and nines of what they have purchased, it is too stupid to do so.

But if the rules require that the quota be bought every month, a family will actually not be able to consume so many products, and it will not be possible to let the discount right of 29 yuan 9 purchases disappear, and it will feel even more stupid to spend more money on consumption.

It wasn't until the end that someone sued the supermarket to "settle it", and the supermarket publicly apologized for not making the rules clear, and symbolically admired the customer who sued the supermarket for nineteen yuan nineteen, as for the others?

You can fight a lawsuit with them, and they will lose money.

Some people say that this lawsuit was hired by the supermarket itself, the purpose is to make those disgruntled people realize the reality that spending hundreds or thousands of dollars to fight the lawsuit can only get back less than 20 yuan in the end, and if they don't mind losing more to get such a small compensation, the supermarket will not mind playing a lawsuit game with them.

In the end, this matter gradually disappeared in the rounds of new public opinion, but the inspiration and business routines it brought were gradually perfected, and therefore a new proper word appeared in business to describe such a word - sunk cost.

A lot of people knew about it, so Jonathan became alert in an instant, he put the small card back on the cash register and returned it, "I don't need to buy any coupons and loyalty cards, and I don't need any value-added services!"

It can be seen that he is very resistant to these things, the cashier smiled and expressed his understanding, basically the vast majority of customers are very resistant to these things, but in fact they do not know that these things will soon become a trend, and in a more mature way moisturizing things silently appear around people, kidnapping people to press their heads to make them willingly consume in the supermarket.

"Sir, this is a lottery ticket, as long as you buy something more than ten dollars, there will be such a lottery ticket. The cashier pushed the ticket over again, "You can go to the side and uncover it, someone has already taken away a microwave oven before, of course, if you really don't need it, you can dictate and transfer this thing to me, then I can legally own it, and you don't need to worry about it." ”

People are like this, they will become wary of some inexplicable kindness, but if someone wants to take it away from it at this time, people will become hesitant.

He hesitated to hold the lottery ticket tightly in his hand, paid the cash and quickly left the counter, and in a rest place not far away, he tore open the prize redemption area according to the knowledge on the back of the lottery ticket.

At half past seven o'clock in the evening, Mrs. Jonathan, who had made dinner, looked at Jonathan in the living room, wiped her hands and walked over with some doubts...... She said it badly, as if the soul had drifted away.

"Honey, what's wrong with you, are you having a problem at work?", she sat down beside Jonathan very gently, and asked him carefully.

This is a very traditional family, Jonathan works alone to support his wife and two children, he uses his own struggle and perseverance, as well as numbness, to have a decent job, a salary of 119 yuan and 75 cents a month in the south is not up to the income standard of the middle class, but it is a lot higher than the salary of ordinary people, enough for him to support his family.

In the absence of economic independence, women's status in the family is often relatively low, and they have no actual right to speak, so she behaves very tame and gentle.

Jonathan squeezed out a smile, "No, honey, everything is fine. ”

He obviously didn't want to share the problems that bothered him, and Mrs. Jonathan had no choice but to give up and go upstairs to call the children for dinner.

When the meal was over, Jonathan was absent-minded, the children did not notice, and Mrs. Jonathan, who did not want her husband to annoy her, also kept her mouth shut.

Jonathan was in this state for three, four, five, six or seven days, and finally his wife couldn't help but ask again after dinner on the weekend, "Honey, are you in trouble?"

Jonathan looked at his wife for a long time this time before slowly nodding, "I...... Don't know what to do, maybe you can give me some help. ”

He pulled the ticket out of his pocket along with a certificate of receipt and placed it on the table, his wife, who had studied elementary and middle school and knew how to read, fell silent after reading it.

The ticket showed Jonathan winning the jackpot as a "Fragment of the Map", a very special prize with a total of 5,000 winners nationwide.

Each of these people had a "fragment of a map" that marked the hiding of supplies in a certain part of an area, and Jonathan's fragment contained four such supply points, including two for guns and ammunition.

Winners will be able to travel to Ambielao for free with the pieces of the map and proof of winning for a minimum of two weeks in the Battle Royale game, which will be preceded by a week of wilderness survival training and combat training.

As long as they can make it to the top 1,000, each will receive a cash prize of at least two hundred dollars, and if they can survive the top 500, top 300, top 100, or even the last top 3 in the continuous elimination, all the prize money will add up to a shocking number.

In particular, the first place will receive a full 300,000 yuan prize alone, plus the bonus for each stage, the first place will receive at least a reward of no less than 400,000 yuan!

In addition, every time you knock out a player, you will get a reward of at least 50 yuan and a maximum of 500 yuan, and someone has calculated that if you can get the first place, the first place prize may be as much as 500,000!

500,000, for many people, this wealth is an unattainable dream for a lifetime, but today, an invitation card to the palace of wealth appears in the hands of these ordinary people.

Give up the job in hand for the time being, gamble on an opportunity, gamble on a brilliant future, or give up this opportunity, continue to be a numb person, and survive numbly in this numb society, no ideals, no pursuits, no impulses, only numbness.

The husband and wife sat at the table and looked at the winning certificate and lottery tickets for a long time, and finally Mrs. Jonathan rubbed her somewhat sore neck, raised her hand and pressed it on the back of Jonathan's hand, she looked at Jonathan, her eyes were never more serious, her hand gently held half of his cheek, and her movements were careful and gentle, "Do what you want, you will always be our hero, remember?"

Jonathan was a little surprised, he thought that the biggest obstacle was his wife, he had several times wanted to take risks, but his wife blocked them, and even the impulse generated in consumption would be stopped and persuaded.

But he didn't expect that his wife would not stop him, but supported him, and at this time he realized that in fact, the biggest obstacle was not others, but himself.

He longs for change, longs for a passionate life, wants to fill the world with color, but he is also afraid of change, he has been hesitating, thinking about what to do if he fails and loses his job, how to ensure the family's economy, and how to solve the family's life.

Whenever he thought about this, the purpose of his thinking had deviated from the topic he had originally wanted to think about, but this time it was different.

"You are our hero, thank you so much for taking care of us for so long, but this time, live for yourself!", Mrs. Jonathan smiled at her husband and gently stroked his cheek, "Don't worry about us, we will support you in all your choices." ”

Jonathan asked, somewhat confused, "Why?"

His wife smiled as before, not particularly beautiful, but it gave people a very warm feeling, and her heart was hot, "My children and I hope that even if you don't have a smile on your face, it won't be painful......"

Jonathan hugged his wife tightly and didn't speak.

Three days later, he argued with the department manager in the company's office, handed in his resignation, packed up his things, and left the company under the watchful eyes of many indifferent colleagues.

"He'll regret it!", was the roar of the department manager, and even with the office door closed, people could still hear the anger in the roar.

Some of the colleagues' eyes changed slightly, but most of them were as cold as ever, and they quickly lowered their heads and began to deal with their work, as for Jonathan's resignation?

No one will take it to heart, if he doesn't do it, someone else will replace him, and only he will lose.

The next morning, the family had already boarded the train to Ambiluo, ready to participate in this "Battle Royale" event, to compete for the 400,000 prize!

The event planned by Doolin this time coincided with the spring break, which met the time requirements of all ages, as for whether some people were willing to quit their jobs to participate in the event, Doolin could not pack tickets, but no matter how many people did not come this time, as long as someone came, this event will definitely be overcrowded next year!

He would send out a total of three million bonuses, plus various other expenses to hold a battle royale more than ten million, it seems that he is very loss, a big loss, but in fact, it can't be calculated like this.

The venue setup fee is not limited to this time, but can also be used for future events, plus the buyout fees of cable TV groups, and some advertisers' fees, more than half of which have already been earned.

And in the city of Otis, the seven major casinos have opened public markets, and after the end of the game registration day, the information of each contestant will be announced, and then bets will be accepted from all over the empire and even the world.

A total of ten rounds of betting, a single bet only needs 50 points, if ten rounds of all the win, you can win 800,000 prizes, and there are more gambling items in it, enough to make more money while making back the money invested by Durin.

Therefore, many times rich people have a certain amount of money, and money will begin to reproduce itself, which has nothing to do with whether they have business acumen or business ability, because money will replicate itself.

After the announcement of the vigorous event to the public, many people immediately attracted a lot of people to Ambiluo to watch the game up close, and some people asked if they could participate in the battle royale game in other ways, but unfortunately, no other channels have been opened yet.

However, according to the black market trading list in Ambiluo, the price of "Battle Royale tickets" in the black market has risen to more than 700 yuan a piece, and it will continue to rise.

At such a moment when all eyes were on Ambiluo, Jonathan met the organizer of the event, Doolin, at the largest opera house in the capital of Ambiluo.

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