Chapter 224: Prison Storm
"It's not just about making money!" Sam, the warden of Pokhara Prison, was explaining to the reporters the value of "foreign labor", and the reporters in the audience mostly held notebooks to record what the warden said, and a few took out illusion crystals to record, and the suits they wore were all popular styles in Norton more than ten years ago.
Prison Warden Sam stood on the high platform and said slowly to the reporters in the audience: "This is a great progress in prison policy, the inmates will be engaged in various public undertakings under proper supervision, to serve the country and society, they themselves will learn the value of honesty and labor in labor, and at the same time will serve the community and the factory, which is a great benefit for the majority of taxpayers, I think this prison policy will be a symbol of social progress." ”
The crowd of onlookers gave him a round of applause.
"Very good, stop, all personnel rest for two hours." Harvey, who was sitting on the elevated shelf, was very satisfied, took out his pocket watch, and when he saw that it was close to noon, he called a halt to let the performers rest.
The originally orderly booth became lazy as Harvey called it off, and the illiterate prisoners put down their notebooks, and some of the prisoners were asked to work part-time because it was too troublesome to hire ensemble performers. The [Foreign Labor] incident is a very important plot in "The Shawshank Redemption", but fortunately, Harvey also found a similar policy release event in Pokhara Prison, which was one of the policies promulgated by the previous prison director, Baron Mike, who used this method to earn a lot of family property.
[Foreign labor] is to let the prisoners participate in the labor, to put it bluntly, it is labor reform, do not waste a large number of prison manpower, this kind of policy is never new, in the previous era of many wars, many cannon fodder squads are selected from the prison prisoners, death row prisoners first, the higher the crime, the higher the rotation.
In times of peace, many factories are desperately short of manpower, and the government is busy building and renovating various public facilities, which requires a lot more manpower than in wartime.
In "The Shawshank Redemption", the prison warden Sam made a lot of black money with the prison's large number of people and businessmen's behind-the-scenes transactions, and he also handed over the money to the protagonist Andy to manage, Andy managed the black money in an orderly manner, but it was precisely because of this black money that the prison warden not only helped Andy get away with the crime when he knew the truth of Andy's case, but also killed the witness, who was Andy's student.
Tommy was arrested for theft, and after being imprisoned, he became Andy's student to learn to read, and was originally reformed under Andy's influence, but in another prison he heard a murderer tell Andy about Andy's case, and that murderer was the real murderer of Andy's wife. When the protagonist finds Sam, the warden, and asks for a retrial of the case, the warden is afraid that the protagonist will be released from prison and will expose his black material, so he locks the protagonist for a month, during which Tommy is called to the prison by the warden to the perimeter of the prison and orders the prison guards to shoot him directly for the crime of escaping.
Tommy is definitely the character that Harvey feels the most sorry about this film.
Shawshank knew the truth, so he was redeemed, escaped from the tunnel he had dug for more than ten years, took all the black money of the prison warden after he was released from prison, and poked out all the black information about the prison director.
It can be described as a catharsis of revenge in the style of the Count of Monte Cristo.
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"Buzz~!"
The flame portal suddenly opened in the square of the prison, and a tall dragonman walked out of the portal, it had a body more than two meters tall, its body was shrouded in loose robes, a slender tail stretched out from the robes, and most of the exposed body was covered with silver-white scales, without a trace of scratches, shining in the sunlight, it had the typical characteristics of dragon creatures, but its face without any human features had a very humanized expression.
The surrounding prisoners and members of the drama crew seemed to have become accustomed to the presence of this strange creature, casting awe-inspiring gazes and avoiding it, the white dragon Simpson looked like a miniature version of the dragon in robes, and the horror of this creature has been praised countless times in myths and legends, and God knows if it will be blown away directly by the city.
Harvey, who came down from the observation deck, was depressed when he saw the white dragon Simpson: "I said, why are you here again, Your Excellency Simpson!" ”
"Aren't you resting? I'm just looking for the right time, just play a game with me, and I'll definitely win against you this time! The White Dragon Simpson took out two game crystals and sneezed, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur.
In the past few weeks, the White Dragon Simpson has bombarded all the members of the White Dragon Workshop with "Dark Legends" in turn, but Harvey can't keep it high, and every time it hangs up the professional card decks selected by Harvey, and it is also studying Harvey's card decks while being abused by Harvey, and now the level is not much worse than Harvey, and Harvey's victory and defeat are close to five or five, everything depends on the meaning of the dealer.
"Then it's customary to go best-of-five."
"Yes."
One man and one dragon found a shady place to sit down, put down two projection crystals and projected out of the playing field, Harvey chose cosmology, and White Dragon Simpson chose his favorite dragon herding system.
At the beginning of the game, the game crystal projection field is [Hell Border], the field that has an increase in the ability of demon followers, and all the demons that appear in the [Hell Border] will become more powerful, and when summoning demons, you can choose to pay a more expensive price to summon strengthened demons.
"Damn, you did it on purpose! This can't be considered a duel at all! White Dragon Simpson scolded, although he couldn't look at the opponent's card deck, White Dragon Simpson and Harvey liked to use the dragon herding system very much when they were fighting, and it was no surprise that most of them were hung up and beaten by Harvey's cosmology, plus the ability increase of the [Hell Border] field, the battle didn't start White Dragon Simpson knew that he was lost.
Harvey spread his hands innocently, his eyes overflowing with a smile: "I can't interfere with what deck you choose." ”
At the beginning of the game, when the two were at the same level and did not encounter the special treatment of the dealer, the dragon husbandry system of the White Dragon Simpson was not accidentally abused by cosmology.
"Mr. Adrian, your meal." Christie came to Harvey with the food, and after handing the food to Harvey, she stood behind and watched the card battle between Harvey and the White Dragon Simpson curiously, she was not as afraid of the White Dragon Simpson as the rest of the drama team, the White Dragon Simpson seemed to be able to communicate normally, and Harvey's attitude towards the White Dragon Simpson was not respectful, which can explain a lot of things.
After her role was finished, she could only play a chores role in the drama troupe.
Harvey took the hot meal and smiled at her: "Thanks, you also watched me play this game for a few days, do you want to try it?" ”
Harvey held the tray and signaled that he wanted to eat, Christie hesitated to look at the White Dragon Simpson, she was also very interested in the games that Harvey had played in the past few days, and often stayed to watch the card battle between Harvey and the White Dragon Simpson when delivering food.
"I'll help you build a deck, you just need to follow your feelings, and I can explain what you don't understand." Harvey moved his place.
The White Dragon Simpson is still building his own deck, so he doesn't object to it.
Christie sat carefully on the ground, observing the White Dragon Simpson, unable to suppress her curiosity about the hideous dragon man. At the beginning of a new game, Christie has a projection of cards in front of her, and she only needs to tap or drag the cards to operate, which is basically the same as the touch screen operation, in order to take care of Christie, Harvey usually attaches a Barron translation to the card surface.
While eating, Harvey casually asked, "Speaking of which, haven't you started testing over there yet?" ”
White Dragon Simpson shook his head: "No, just fixing the game content you proposed will make them anxious, and the test will need to be delayed for at least two or three weeks." ”
"Then you produce more game crystals, and I can let my people try to collect data."
White Dragon Simpson glanced at Christie: "All of you are ordinary people." ”
"This game was originally developed for ordinary people, and it is not difficult to get started."
During the conversation, Christie was easily defeated by the White Dragon Simpson, Christie was not discouraged at all, she felt the fun, and became more energetic, she was well educated, and she could not be seen to be ice and snow smart in the social world, and it was not difficult to find the trick of the game.
After three or five rounds, Christie, under the guidance of Harvey, defeated the White Dragon with a one-handed magic draw.
"Great!" She screamed with joy, her little face flushed, her posture devoid of grace, the novelty of the experience and the joy of victory overwhelmed her thoughts.
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The next day, a large number of game crystals were delivered to Harvey, who distributed them to the members of the drama team and the prisoners, signaling them to try the game at will, but they needed to write down their impressions in the form of letters, and those who could not read dictated to the recorder. Neither the prisoners nor the members of the drama team knew the concept of the game, and how could they resist the temptation of the game when they first came into contact with it, but in the eyes of the prisoners, "Dark Tales" was more like an upgraded version of solitaire, and they enjoyed it after getting familiar with the rules.
Harvey still underestimated the addictive nature of the game, and in the next few days, a large number of prisoners became absent-minded during filming, and began to fight against people as soon as they had time, and many of them were addicted to PVE mode.
If anyone sets foot in Pokhara Prison, they will see a strange sight, the corridors, cells, and activity places of the prison are all led by the inmates, and strange images are projected in front of them, and the voices of the inmates fluctuate.
"Damn, you're sorry to try!?"
"I hate the priest!"
"Hate the priest? I remember the last time you introduced yourself, didn't you say that you were a believer? ”
"Oh my God, I'm actually operating a spellcaster, it's amazing!"
"Damn, you can't play this card, I can't solve it if you play this card! If you dare to play this entourage, you won't want to sleep at night. ”
From time to time, prisoners can be seen in violent clashes and beatings together due to arguments, and prisoners who have chosen the priesthood profession and decks are given extra care.
Although a large number of prisoners have perfected the stats of Dark Tales, they have inevitably caused trouble.
Maxwell, the director of the Brenda Theatre Troupe, hurriedly came to the door, wiping his sweat with a bitter face: "Harvey, you better take back the strange magic device that was sent, now the filming crew is addicted to that thing, you can come out and take a look at it in the middle of the night, I can guarantee that more than 90% of the cells are bright." After the inmates stayed up late, they were obviously low on energy during the daytime shoot, and the drama team too, Christie hadn't been with the theater troupe for days, and my God, I couldn't believe she had such a passion for anything other than acting. ”
Harvey looked strange and muttered, "It really needs to be managed in a unified manner, so you go and take back the game crystals, and you can only play them for a specified period of time, or serve as a reward for the prisoners." ”
"That's a good plan!" Maxwell nodded hurriedly, and not long after he left, the screams and cries of the prisoners could be heard from the prison.
Limiting the time for prisoners to play "Dark Legends" and limiting the number of people who can try to play, Pokhara Prison almost didn't cause conflicts because of this, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to frugality, how can the prisoners who know the essence of "Dark Legends" be put down, this is their only reliance in boring days, and there is no exaggeration in comparing it to the light of life.
However, the protest was suppressed by Harvey's manipulation of the magic array and the use of high-voltage electricity to stun several prisoners.
In the following time, the prisoners rushed to play various mass characters in "The Redemption of Pokhara", and as long as they could participate in the performance, they could get the trial rights of "Dark Legends". Although the number of trials has decreased a lot, the enthusiasm of prisoners for Dark Tales has not diminished, from the projection screen in front of all the inmates to the fact that every venue where Dark Tales is being played is usually surrounded by a dozen inmates to watch.
Prisoners waited in line for hours to play Dark Tales.