Jamie's trip to China was ultimately postponed because of a phone call from Seattle.

With the blessing of the banknote ability, the G fat team launched a new version of the Steam battle platform before November, the networking experience is more silky, and the anti-cheat function has also been "epic" enhanced.

Counter-Strike S1 Season is online as scheduled.

Attracted by the $300,000 prize money, more than one million players participated in the S1 season of points qualifying, and finally 32 teams from different countries around the world made it to the official tournament in early December.

Because the time of the game coincided with the time when Jamie planned to go to China, Jamie had to find someone to talk to Da Liu about buying the copyright.

Considering that Da Liu is not yet famous and the possibility of refusing to sell the copyright is very low, Jamie decided to find two Hollywood screenwriters through Ovitz's connections and try to write a version of the script.

In order to prevent the plot from deviating, Jamie still "copied" a copy of the plot outline of "The Wandering Earth 1" in his previous life to the two screenwriters.

Of course, it's just an outline, and it doesn't involve any plot and character setting.

Meanwhile, in the hallway of the apartment at 2311 North Street in Robles, Pasadena, Calif., four polytechnic otaku climbed the stairs with a dejected expression.

The tall, thin, somewhat neurotic-looking white man in the lead was Sheldon Cooper, a genius with an IQ of 187, a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology, with a Ph.D. and two master's degrees.

The short, bespectacled man next to him is Leonard Hofstad, an experimental physicist at Caltech who is currently working on the soft components of cosmic rays at sea level.

The "dwarf" in the middle, wearing a sassy red shirt and lewd skinny pants, is Howard Vorowitz, a scientist in the Department of Applied Physics at Caltech, who has a master's degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The dark-skinned, sullen-looking Indian at the end was Rajesh Kusapali, a Cambridge graduate and astrophysicist.

The four of them are colleagues and friends, and they often get together for dinner.

However, there is something special about the reason why they got together for dinner today.

The strangest thing is that there are only four of them, but they are carrying five takeaways in their hands.

"Do you think it's too late to develop Stewart's left-handedness?"

Sheldon was the first to break the silence.

Leonard and Howard looked at each other.

"Even if he can operate the mouse with his left hand, how can he press the keyboard? With the face or with the tongue? ”

Leonard asked speechlessly.

All four of them are die-hard Half-Life and CS players, and at the beginning of the S1 season, they formed a team to compete.

The team currently ranked No. 1 in the Steam community is their "Xie Er" team.

Originally, according to the meaning of the Leonard three, as long as the points are in the top ten, it is okay to enter the finals, but Sheldon has obsessive-compulsive disorder, and in any exams and competitions he has participated in since he was a child, his results are the first, so the points for entering the finals this time must also be the first.

For this reason, the four had to spend more time playing and scoring points than the other shortlisted teams.

According to the rules of the S1 season, each team needs five players.

But Sheldon and the four of them are all Frankensteines, and it is because they can't make other friends that the four of them become good friends.

In order to gather the five of them, at Sheldon's suggestion, they approached Stewart, the owner of the comic book store they frequented, and invited him to join.

At first, Stewart wasn't ready to say yes because he didn't play games at all, and he couldn't even tell the difference between Half-Life and CS.

In the end, he couldn't stand the bitter pleading of Leonard and others, and finally reluctantly agreed to become a mercenary of the "Xie Er" team at a price of $1 per game.

Fortunately, Stewart is very competent.

His role in each game battle is not only to give away heads, but also to occasionally make a cameo appearance.

Under the leadership of the four kings, the "Xie Er" team still made it all the way to the finals.

Hearing that there was a $300,000 prize for first place in the finals, Stewart was so excited that he didn't sleep all night.

The next day, the four Sheldon went to Stewart's comic book store as usual, and all four were very confident of winning the S1 season, and had even begun to discuss how to spend the 300,000 prize money after receiving it.

Stewart happily joins the discussion, saying that he plans to redecorate the comic shop once the prize money is in hand.

When the four Sheldon heard this, they shook their heads in unison and told Stuart that there was no need to do this.

At first, Stewart thought that the Sheldon Four would prefer the current comic book store decoration, so he objected to it.

But Leonard told Stewart that the real reason was that the 300,000 prize money was not his share.

The reason is simple, because of Stewart's status as a "mercenary", he is taking money to play the game, and it does not help him to win the game, so of course the prize money cannot be shared with him again.

Stewart became angry when he heard this, and quit the "Xie Er" team on the spot.

Now it was Sheldon's turn for the four to panic.

For a short time, they simply could not find a replacement.

In desperation, they had no choice but to negotiate with Stewart.

In the end, it was agreed that if the team won the championship, Stewart would receive $20,000.

I thought that this was the end of the matter, but I didn't expect that at noon today, they were going to have dinner in the apartment with Stewart, and by the way, they would discuss booking a plane ticket to New York to compete.

Unexpectedly, I just bought takeout here, and then Leonard received a call from Stewart.

After they left last night, Stewart was tidying up the shelves, and a box fell from a height without steady, injuring Stewart's right hand.

Hand bone fractures, recovery for at least a month.

In the final in New York next week, Stewart will definitely not be able to participate.

"I could try to invent a robot that can operate the keyboard with my face and chin, but it's definitely too late, and most importantly I'm not sure if the organizers will count this as cheating."

Howard shrugged and said.

"Don't you think it's more reliable to find someone else than to invent this device?"

Leonard couldn't help but complain.

Rajesh, who was behind him, nodded in fluent Indian English and said:

"I think I can convince Stewart to play with an injury, because his role in the game anyway is to make up five men."

"Pull it down!"

Howard was the first to speak out.

The reason is that when Stewart was not injured, he dared to ask them for a share of the $20,000 prize.

If you are injured in the competition, this guy will have to ask them for reimbursement of medical expenses.

The four of them climbed up to the fourth floor while discussing, and Leonard, who was walking at the front, had just walked out of the stairs and was about to take the key to open the door, when a woman's voice suddenly came from the opposite side.

"Hi, I'm Penny and just moved here today."

When he turned his head, he found that it was a blonde beauty with a hot body smiling at him.

Leonard froze for a moment.

He had never grown up with such a beautiful woman smiling at him like this.

Of course, those movie heroines produced in the San Fernando Valley don't count.

Unfortunately, before Leonard could speak, someone from the side stepped forward and took the initiative to greet Penny.

"Hey, I'm Howard, an engineering master's degree from MIT, and I'm currently a scientist in the Department of Applied Physics at Caltech."

Penny looked confused.

This lewd little man, who looked no taller than her shoulders, was actually a scientist.

Leonard, who had come to his senses, stepped forward and squeezed Howard away to greet Penny.

"Hello, I'm Leonard, a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Princeton, and I'm currently an experimental physicist at Caltech."

Penny really didn't know what the difference was between applied physics and experimental physics, so she could only ask in general terms:

"So you're working on nuclear bombs?"

Leonard and Howard were stunned.

Sheldon, who stood at the top of the stairs, looked disdainful.

A woman who only associates physics with nuclear bombs looks like the kind of performance that only a poor student can have if she didn't study hard in high school and was poor in knowledge.

"Uh...... Well, the nuclear bomb is just a branch of physics, Howard and I are studying other things, but Sheldon, who built a nuclear reactor at the age of thirteen and recruited the FBI. ”

Leonard struggled to explain.

"Really? How did you do that? ”

Penny's eyes widened as she looked at Sheldon.

Sheldon replied with a look of disgust:

"With your barren knowledge, I don't think there's any need to waste precious time between me and you, you won't understand anyway."

"Sheldon!"

Leonard and Howard turned their heads in unison and looked at Sheldon angrily.

Sheldon, without the slightest sense of saying the wrong thing, took out the key to open the door to the apartment, and walked straight inside.

"I'm going to have lunch, who's going to come along?"

Leonard and Howard weren't going to go, of course.

Instead, Rajesh, who didn't dare to look at Penny, hurried into the apartment with his head down.

Leonard apologizes to Penny on behalf of the two, saying that they are like this on a regular basis.

Petty shrugged indifferently.

"So they're scientists at Caltech just like you?"

Leonard nodded.

Unexpectedly, Penny followed up with a sentence:

"Are they 0s and 1s?"

Leonard and Howard froze in unison, then shook their heads in unison.

"No, no, you're mistaken, Sheldon is just not very good at communicating with the opposite sex, to be precise, he is not good at communicating with everyone."

"Rajesh too, I can assure you that his orientation is absolutely normal, he just has a social barrier, and he is shy and afraid to speak at the sight of beautiful women, except for his sister."

Leonard and Howard spoke.

After saying that, Leonard looked at Howard with a shocked expression.

Rajesh has a sister?

How did he not know?

Howard shrugged.

Nonsense, I know that you haven't been preempted first.

After the explanations of the two, Penny finally figured out the names and identities of the four people, they are all otaku and nerds, and they are safe

"So you live next door?"

"No, it's just me and Sheldon, Howard lives with his mom, Rajesh has a lot of money, and his parents bought him a luxury apartment."

Leonard spoke first.

Penny nodded.

"By the way, do you know how the elevator here is broken?"

A hint of panic flashed in Leonard's eyes.

The elevator was actually accidentally blown up by them.

At that time, Leonard demonstrated the rocket fuel experiment to Howard, and the data had already been calculated, but during the experiment, it was 10 times more measured.

In a panic, Sheldon threw the fuel into the elevator, causing it to blow up.

They did not dare to tell the landlord the truth, and lied that terrorists had planted a bomb inside.

Eventually, the police took a look, and since there were no casualties, the case was hastily closed.

The landlord suspected that the culprit was hiding among the tenants, and said that he would not repair the elevator until the person was found out.

That's how Leonard explained Penny.

Howard nodded his head as he testified.

The behavior of the two of them seems suspicious in itself, but Penny has already regarded them as Frankensteins at the moment, and does not pay attention to the anomalies of the two.

After saying hello, she was ready to go back and clean up her room.

At this moment, Leonard suddenly remembered to order an extra boxed lunch, and immediately sent an invitation to Petunia for lunch.

The location was right across the door from him and Sheldon's apartment in the living room.

Penny thought about it for a moment and agreed.

Leonard and Howard happily returned to the apartment opposite.

Sheldon sat in his exclusive seat and said sarcastically:

"The two courting peacocks are back, so I don't know if they will fight for mate rights next."

Leonard and Howard looked at each other.

"It was my invitation to Penny that proves that she has a crush on me, and that we are neighbors, and I deserve the right to pursue her well!"

Leonard preemptively said.

Howard immediately replied:

"But the takeout you invited Penny to eat was Rajesh's money, so should Rajesh also have the same rights as you?"

"Rajesh pays because he's the richest among us, and he can't even talk to Penny, so how can he chase her?"

As he was arguing, Sheldon's voice rang out.

"Do you think a woman who can't even tell the difference between applied physics and experimental physics would be interested in the two of you? Such a woman will only be interested in men who are handsome and beautiful, such as quarterbacks on the football team! ”

Reluctantly, Leonard emphasized that Penny accepted his invitation to lunch.

"Is there a possibility that she just wants to have a free lunch?"

Leonard went on to argue:

"But she rented the apartment opposite."

Sheldon looked surprised and replied:

"Doesn't that mean she doesn't have much money? Otherwise, a beautiful young girl, isn't it because she rents an apartment in downtown Los Angeles that it's easier to be spotted by Hollywood agents? ”

Leonard is about to ask Sheldon why he thinks Penny is the kind of girl who came to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of stardom.

Before he could speak, Sheldon suddenly let out a loud cry.

"I see!"

In the presence of Leonard, Howard, and Rajesh, Sheldon loudly announced:

"I know who's going to replace Stewart!"

The three Leonards were about to ask who it was.

Just then, the doorbell rang suddenly.

Sheldon et al., from the American drama "The Big Bang Theory"

(End of chapter)