Chapter 119

June 1, 1978, children's day, MIT Basketball Hall.

After the gate of the gymnasium opened at 8 a.m., the audience began to enter the venue one after another and took their seats according to their seat numbers.

This is a live broadcast in the United States. Originally, baozixuan didn't want to expose his photos too early. But now it seems impossible. It must be unreasonable for such an important activity not to appear as the chairman of the enterprise.

Since he wants to appear, he should take it seriously. Baozixuan put on Phil Hawkins's wedding suit again. As soon as he appeared, he immediately became the focus of the whole audience. If he was so young and sat on the podium dressed like this, only one person was qualified. Baozixuan, boss of heiyun group. Because sitting next to him is John song, President of MIT.

Baozixuan is having a cordial exchange with President Johansson. The rules are explained by baozixuan, and President Johansson wants to announce the opening of the competition.

However, there was a smell of gunpowder on the seats next to the podium. The tickets for these positions were sent out by baozixuan. In addition to roommates, they are two female dormitory members of Harvard University and Boston College.

Hearing Matsushita Meixue's obvious RB accent english, Jessica Mellon knew that it must be the RB girl who quarreled with herself that day.

Did baozixuan bring his girlfriend, but I didn't hear his brother say he had a girlfriend! I want to see who this girl is! With this in mind, Jessica Mellon began to ask Danny green, who was sitting next to him, what he had.

At 9 o'clock, after the host made an opening speech, baozixuan stood up. Go to the center of the venue, hold the microphone and say to everyone, "welcome to the finals of the first Rubik's cube competition. I'm Bao Zixuan. "

After bowing, there was warm applause on the scene.

Bao Zixuan then said, "this is a knockout competition. You have to go through six rounds to win the final championship. "

"After 100 players compete together in the first round, we choose 60 to enter the second round; In the second round of 60 players, we selected 30 to enter the third round; In the third round of 30 players, we selected 10 players to enter the fourth round; In the fourth round of 10 players, we selected 5 to enter the fifth round. Five players in the fifth round, we selected three to enter the sixth round. In the sixth round, three players will have the final final. "

"At an interval of 10 minutes between each competition, the eliminated players will automatically leave the field and rest in the lounge. In order to increase the participation of the competition, each forward round will be rewarded accordingly. "

"Now the bonus of all players is $10000, and we have to add $10000 for each forward round. The final winner's bonus is $360000 and the runner up is $260000. The third place is $160000. "

"It will be distributed to everyone after the game. I just tell the children that you can support yourself as long as you work hard."

After Bao Zixuan returned to his seat, the host said, "now let's invite President Johansson of MIT, the world's best university, to announce the opening of the competition."

Johansson took the microphone, stood up and said, "I announce the opening of the finals of the first dark cloud cube competition."

As soon as the voice fell, the black cloud staff on the venue put the competition table in the center of the venue, and the staff of CASIO Co., Ltd. also entered the venue with a timer.

Casio sent a huge team this time, which also wants to become famous in this competition. Originally, the sponsorship fee was only $200000. Because there were too many people coming, they all wore Casio uniforms and gave them a lot of billboards. After negotiating with black cloud, the sponsorship fee was increased to $1 million.

This is also the reason why the bonus of the participating team members has increased. After all, there are so many sponsorship fees. If heiyun doesn't increase the welfare of the participating team members, it doesn't make sense.

Everything was ready. After the host said "start", I saw 100 players leave the timer with both hands, pick up the Rubik's cube and dance quickly. In less than 10 seconds, all the players have recovered the cube.

At this time, the timer accurate to milliseconds has counted all the results. The fastest player takes only 5.63 seconds and the slowest player takes 8.28 seconds. In this high-pressure competition, 63 players entered within 6 seconds.

With the last 40 players leaving the field, the atmosphere becomes more tense. The remaining players are cruel people within 6 seconds. There is little difference in results. If they are not careful, they will be eliminated.

After the timer was restored, the staff were carefully checking for possible problems. If there is a problem with the timer, Casio's previous efforts will be in vain. RB people's work in this field is indeed commendable.

After the new preparation, the host said "start". This time was shorter than the last time, and all recovered in less than 7 seconds. That was a team member who made a wrong step and wasted 1 second.

The mistake was that a little girl was very sad and cried next to her. At this time, the little volunteers showed great love. A volunteer handed the paper towel to the wrong little girl and cut her a hug. Seeing this scene, the audience cheered warmly. The audience in front of the TV was also moved.

The commentator said: "a small paper towel, two small figures hug together and tell us not to be afraid of mistakes, but to face difficulties bravely. One mistake is not terrible. You are still young and can come again next year. "

The third round has entered within 6 seconds, and 20 players left disappointed. But by this time there were no losers. Every player deserves respect.

Now the remaining players are reported by various countries before, and have become local little stars.

Although the time of each game is very short, it's fun to see the players' fingers rotating like an engine. There is no hand speed competition in the world. Heiyun group has become the first crab eating enterprise.

In the fourth round, Ryan, a Los Angeles player who had performed well before, was accidentally eliminated, which disappointed the American audience, but this is a competitive competition. Every time someone moves towards the next goal, someone will regret to leave.

The last five players left in the fifth round are hank of Germany, yingzi of Rb and two small players; The remaining three are young people over the age of 16; Guy of the United States, James of the United Kingdom and Xiangjiang Lugang students.

Lu Gangsheng is the child of an employee of heiyun group. He has been very fast since childhood. This time, I got the Rubik's cube in advance with the identity of the family members of the internal employees. Although I am suspected of cheating, I can't achieve the current results if I don't have strength. And the magic cube was bought by the child's father. Baozixuan didn't say anything after he heard about it. He had to give the child a chance anyway.

After the five contestants were ready, the host shouted "start". This time everyone is faster, the fastest has reached 5.14 seconds. The slowest time is 5.60 seconds. If it is not displayed by the timer, it can't be seen with the naked eye.

Those who reached the final were hank of Germany; Yingzi of Rb; And guy of the United States. The British and Xiangjiang players were eliminated. But they are not depressed. Today is a super level for them. If you can achieve such a result, you can leave with your head up.

The three finalists are moving their finger joints. They have to make a final effort. In particular, yingzi has attracted extensive attention. Girls are very rare in sports fields that emphasize speed and intelligence.

After the three people entered the site again, the camera focused on them. Every family in their country is cheering for them.

Baozixuan personally came to the competition venue, took the host's microphone and shouted "start". Three people danced their fingers quickly, but the Kung Fu cube had recovered. The final result stunned everyone. Germany's little hank actually got the first place in exactly 5 seconds.

Guy of the United States won the second place in 5.35 seconds and yingzi of Rb won the third place in 5.54 seconds. After the competition, all the 100 contestants came to the center of the venue and began to receive bonuses and medals.

The picture of hank wearing the championship medal and holding the championship trophy has made many media headlines, and he has become a well-known little hero in Germany.