Chapter 503 [I want to compete!]
With eight days left until the New Year, registration for the World's No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament has finally been announced.
It has been a total of two and a half months since the GF announcement. It has to be said that this time is a bit short. For example, in some remote areas of the mainland, even if they get news about this kind of conference competition, the news comes one after another, and those
Warriors from remote areas have to rush to the imperial capital to compete, and the journey will take nearly two months.
As a result, a few days after the deadline for registration was announced on that day, various warriors from other places were still coming one after another. They were angry and dissatisfied because they missed the registration time. They demonstrated around the headquarters of the Knights Association and shouted that Du Wei could ignore this and directly let the public security
The soldiers from the department dragged these guys away.
As of the last day of registration, the number of people who had registered for the World's No. 1 Martial Arts Competition reached more than 4,100. Unfortunately... when it came time for the actual preliminaries, there were more than 600 fewer people participating... These six
More than 100 people were disqualified from the competition due to "off-field factors".
Some were killed or injured in fights during their stay in the Imperial Capital, some were locked up by the Public Security Bureau, and some saw the gathering of masters in the Imperial Capital and thought they were incompetent, so they simply left quietly to avoid making a fool of themselves in public.
But Du Wei doesn't care about these, and Delong doesn't care even less. Anyway, he has already made a lot of windfall. So many consecutive issues of "Seijing" have brought Delong a net income of nearly 10,000 gold coins, and every issue of "Sai Jing" has been completed
As soon as it was launched, the supply exceeded the demand, and more and more copies were printed, which made Delong's fingers cramp even when he counted the money.
Over the past two months, Du Wei has already had people renovate the huge square in the headquarters of the Knights Association, and a one-meter-tall circular arena has been laid in the middle, which is about the size of half a football field.
The surrounding three-story buildings were also urgently built into the "grandstand" designed by Du Wei. Although it was a bit crude, it was just that the wall facing the ring was removed and railings were installed. But after passing
After careful separation, the number of VIP boxes on the three floors reached 116. Du Wei announced the sale of these boxes according to the "package ticket" model. Those who buy this box package can watch the preliminaries all the way to the finals.
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At the same time, news was released on the first day that the two best-located boxes had been donated to the royal family and the church respectively. It was also said that His Royal Highness the Prince Regent and His Majesty the Pope would attend the game to watch the game. Once this kind of news was released, the rest would be a hundred
Many private rooms were immediately snapped up by wealthy aristocrats from the imperial capital who heard the news. This was a good opportunity to have close contact with the royal family and the church!!
Even though the price was as high as 3,000 gold coins each, they were all sold out within three days. With just over 100 boxes, the revenue was more than 300,000 gold coins!
As for the VIP seats in the building, there were more than 600 in total, and they were also sold in the form of "package tickets" and were not sold for retail. The seats priced at 300 gold coins each were all sold out in just a few days.
Just from selling the ticket prices on the second and third floors, he earned nearly half a million gold coins. Looking at the numbers on the ledger, Delong's face turned red and he looked like he wanted to kiss Du Wei hard on the spot.
Got it!
Five hundred thousand gold coins! This is half a million gold coins!!
This Du Wei is indeed the golden finger recognized by the empire! He really brings wealth wherever he goes!
As for the tickets on the square on the first floor... Du Wei simply waved his pen. Delong was a little surprised at such a low price based on the price of three copper coins for the daily competition, but Du Wei then smiled faintly: "Floor
The seats above are used to earn gold coins from the wealthy people in the imperial capital! After all, the imperial capital has gone through hundreds of years of peacetime operations, and there are many rich people. But most of the audience in the square are ordinary citizens. For
For these citizens, a few copper coins is already a day's living expenses. It is impossible for them to spend more money to watch a show. Therefore, there is no need to set the price too high, otherwise, I'm afraid no one will come to see it.
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Even so, the thousands of viewing tickets in the square on the first floor are also selling out quickly. After all, for ordinary people, a few copper coins is a big expense, and many people are still waiting to see... But Du Wei predicts
, after the game actually starts, tickets will sell out quickly.
According to calculations, just selling ordinary viewing tickets on the first floor is enough to recover the cost of renovating the competition venue.
From the income of 500,000 gold coins on the second and third floors, Du Wei gave Delong 100,000, and then took 100,000 himself. The rest was donated to the imperial treasury with a stroke of a pen. This move made the regent very happy.
Satisfied. The Minister of Finance came to Du Wei that night and expressed his gratitude to Du Wei, and even expressed his intention to get Du Wei's brother and his granddaughter married in advance.
After hearing this, Du Wei muttered in his heart: Gabri is only fourteen years old! According to the customs of the empire, it is okay to be reluctant, but this old man's granddaughter is only twelve years old! This is simply a crime!
Because there are so many participants, if they fight each other, two by two, I'm afraid this game won't be over until next spring!
So Du Wei and Delong discussed it, and Delong came forward. After discussing with the other three judges, they made the competition rules for the preliminaries! Let all the players draw lots, and then each group of eight people will have a group fight!
There are eight people in the ring, and the one who is still standing in the end without falling is the winner of this group!
This suggestion originally received some doubts. After all, it is too difficult for one person to defeat seven opponents at the same time! Although it is very simple for an excellent samurai to defeat seven ordinary people by one person,
But... this is a samurai competition! If in a group, a sixth-level samurai encounters seven fifth-level samurai, then even if this sixth-level samurai is the strongest, he will definitely not be able to defeat seven fifth-level samurai!
However, Delong came up with Du Wei's statement: "The competition is not only about personal strength, but also wisdom! In the duel field, you not only rely on personal brute force, but also learn to use your brain! Hide yourself.
, preserve strength, etc... The champion we finally hope to select is a leader who can lead the Knights of Roland's Sword to glory. We don't want a reckless man who only knows brute force. If we really meet what you said
In that case, as the strongest person in the group, he will inevitably encounter hostility from other players, so this player must use his brain!"
This argument convinced the other three judges.
With four days left until the New Year, the world's best martial arts tournament officially begins!
During the preliminaries, the huge arena was divided into eight small areas. On each small arena, there was a group fighting, and there was only one incense stick in time! It took about half an hour to burn out the incense stick. If
If a group cannot win or lose within half an hour, the entire group will be eliminated!
Although it is somewhat unfair... In this way, there will inevitably be some so-called "death groups", where some stronger players are placed in the same group, or the game cannot be ended within the specified time. The entire group is eliminated.
...But Du Wei’s view on this is: There is no absolute fairness in the world! Sometimes, luck is also a kind of strength!
For example, Du Wei's "World Cup" in his previous life was also played in groups. The final champion may not necessarily defeat all the strong teams. As long as he defeats his drawn opponents, he can win the championship... Can you say that this is absolute?
Is it fair?
No matter what, amid the lively and noisy comments, the competition officially started!
Du Wei did not compete on the first day, and his preliminary group was on the second day. So that day he happily sat in the box on the third floor and watched the players fighting below.
Little Zach also led a group of people to sit in the square on the first floor closest to the ring. There were even a few tables set up, and several of his subordinates were constantly recording something.
Because some of the people participating in the preliminaries today are betting favorites, as the leader of this gambling group, little Zach needs to record the results of the game, and then cash them out one by one according to the bets, and at the same time make changes according to the outcome of the victory or defeat.
Odds.
As a result, many gamblers lost everything on the first day of the competition!
Obviously. It seems that these days, it is no longer possible to measure strength by "knight level"!
In a group today, there are two popular betting targets who are divided into a group. Both of these guys have level 5 strength. They are considered intermediate warriors. They both have the ability to display fighting spirit. After the draw,
These two guys were placed in a group, which immediately aroused the criticism of many gamblers. The other six people in the same group were all second- and third-level low-level warriors.
According to normal speculation, this group will probably become the final duel between two level five guys.
But the result was beyond everyone’s expectation!!
When the game started, these two level five guys were also very smart. They even reached a tacit understanding at the beginning. Instead of attacking each other first, they formed an alliance in cooperation with each other and planned to clean up first.
Other low-level players on the stage! This can prevent the two of them from being surrounded by the other six players because they stand out from the crowd.
But what stunned all the spectators present was that two level five masters teamed up to knock five contestants off the stage. In the end, apart from them, there was only a young man who looked very thin... According to the game before
According to the announced information, this young man only has level three strength and is only twenty years old.
A 20-year-old young man at level 3 had to face the joint attack of two level 5 masters... but the result was...
In full view of everyone, this young man was dressed in coarse gray clothes, and he was holding a worn-out long sword. Suddenly, he shouted loudly, and a piece of gray fighting spirit burst out from the long sword!
As a result, he slashed a level 5 enemy back with one strike, sending the opponent's sword flying! Then, taking advantage of the other guy's daze, he flew up and kicked the opponent in the heart, lifting him directly.
Off the stage!
The guy whose sword was blown away was already vomiting blood, so when the young man's sword point was at his throat, he simply raised his hands to admit defeat!
The whole place was in an uproar!
Then, amid the cheers of countless spectators, the young man walked off the stage and greeted the cheers of everyone. Even Du Wei, who was standing in the box, stood up, smiled and clapped...
Of course he was very happy! The two betting favorites were eliminated! This made his gambling syndicate a huge profit!
"What's the name of this young man?" Du Wei asked Delong next to him. He looked at the young man in the audience. The guy was tall and thin, with green hair. His face was very prominent and his eyes were very bright.
He is determined, and at first glance he is a very strong young man.
Delong quickly flipped through the list of today's contestants, and then smiled: "Oh, I found it! His name is...Bick...what a weird name."
This is not the only upset on the first day. In another group of competitions, this group has a level 6 master. And this master is also a Holy Knight!!
The strength of a level 6 holy knight is absolutely without any water! Everyone knows this! So in this group, people think that this level 6 holy knight will definitely win, and he is also in this group.
A big hit in the group!
But in the end, a young man in his twenties with straw-like hair, speaking with a typical southern accent, wearing a white coarse cloth warrior robe, without even pulling out his weapon, moved at an almost ghostly speed.
, knocking other opponents off the stage in a matter of seconds!
To be continued...