NOVEL NEXT Chapter 536: A Bye Round!?
Liu Daming smiled in satisfaction, patted Li Bing on the shoulder, and then went to the audience area to find a spot with a wide view to sit down and light up a cigar.
Smoking is not allowed in public places, but since he is a well-known boss in Capital City, the staff didn't dare to reprimand him.
After all, Daming Construction Materials Group is a leading company in the industry, backed by the Li Corporation, and not something ordinary people can mess with.
...
The shooting competition started quickly.
Due to the large number of participants, over five hundred, the event organizers set up a new round to quickly eliminate some contestants, which was the gun assembly round.
For proficient gun users, licensed shooters, this posed no difficulty.
But for unlicensed shooters just in it for fun, it was very challenging.
After all, Huaxia has strict gun control policies, and most people have never even touched a gun, let alone assembled one.
The first round alone eliminated more than three hundred people!
The remaining contestants all had some understanding of guns and a certain level of shooting skills.
First place, Li Bing, assembled a pile of parts into a complete QBZ-95 rifle in just thirty seconds!
This achievement broke the record of the Disney Shooting Competition, leaving the audience in shock and causing shooters like Pai Daxing to grit their teeth.
For Li Bing to participate in this shooting competition, it was like dimensional reduction attack for them, simply outrageous!
The difference between a level seven shooter and a level six shooter is only one level, but this single level represents an almost insurmountable gap!
After all, Huaxia has dozens of level six shooters, but level seven shooters can be counted on one hand.
Second place, last year's Olympic champion, level six shooter Pai Daxing, took a total of forty-five seconds to assemble a pile of parts into a complete rifle, fifteen seconds longer than Li Bing!
Seemingly insignificant numbers actually highlight the overall strength gap.
The remaining third to tenth places were all occupied by prairie hunters.
Ye Huan... sixty-fifth place, took one minute and thirty seconds!
Neither high nor low, a completely unremarkable result!
"Darling, is there any need to be so low-key?" Seeing Ye Huan returning with the assembled rifle, Lilith stepped forward and affectionately linked her arm through his.
"It's better to be low-key. If you're too high-profile, you're more likely to get attacked while walking at night," Ye Huan said, causing Lilith to roll her eyes.
Ye Huan smiled and said no more.
He indeed intended to remain low-key; winning with an exceptionally high score would undoubtedly stir up a huge commotion.
At that time, the journalists present would not easily "let him go", and it would be incredibly annoying.
Ye Huan kept a low profile purposefully, but some people did not understand and only thought he spoke that way because he had thick skin.
Not far away in the audience, Liu Daming was crossing his legs, blowing smoke rings.
To be honest, upon hearing that the organizers added a gun assembly round, he laughed out loud on the spot.
Without a shooting certificate, generally, one wouldn't understand guns!
So he thought Ye Huan would definitely stumble in the first round.
Who knew Ye Huan actually completed the gun assembly and even secured not a bad result, sixty-fifth place.
Liu Daming was very surprised, but upon hearing Ye Huan talking about keeping a low profile, he immediately showed disdain.
Claiming low profile due to lack of skill—ridiculous!
Also, that girl is seriously brainwashed too much.
Seeing that kid get just an average ranking, she didn't even question his skill but instead asked if there was a need to be so low-key...
Absurd.
Liu Daming silently criticized.
About ten minutes later, the main event of the competition—the shooting match officially began, with the organizers conducting group draws and real-time announcements.
The shooting match is still knockout style, with head-to-head duels.
Liu Daming opened his phone and accessed a gambling software interface.
This software is very powerful, capable of finding even the tiniest of competitions and allowing bets.
Liu Daming searched for the Disney Shooting Competition and immediately found it.
Moreover, due to live broadcasts and the hype around "pink lovers," this match had substantial attention and many bets.
[Eliminated contestant prediction: Choose one contestant you think will be eliminated this round, bet at least 100,000 yuan, and if the contestant is eliminated, the system will automatically return double the prize money. If the contestant is not eliminated, the bet money will be retained by the system.]
Liu Daming's lips curled up.
The gun assembly round eliminated a large number of people; the remaining contestants, except for Ye Huan, almost all held shooting certificates.
Ye Huan, an unlicensed shooter, couldn't possibly compete with licensed shooters in terms of shooting ability.
So even though the grouping wasn't out yet, Liu Daming still mercilessly bet one million on Ye Huan, believing Ye Huan would definitely be eliminated!
By then, he'd net one million, how great!
At the same time, Liu Daming opened the betting friend's group and shared that Ye Huan was an unlicensed shooter.
Make money together!
In no time, the amount bet on Ye Huan being eliminated had reached over ten million.
Liu Daming grinned widely, feeling exhilarated.
The feeling of winning money is just so wonderful~
Three minutes later, the smile on Liu Daming's face froze completely.
"The contestant with a bye this round is: Contestant Ye Huan!"
At the shooting range, the organizers drew a piece of paper with a name from the drum.
"Damn, no way!" Liu Daming was so shocked that he braced one hand on the chair, stood up slightly, eyes widened, and couldn't help but curse.
Out of 129 contestants, one would get a bye!
Who knew it would happen to be Ye Huan!
One million might not be much for Liu Daming.
But…
Liu Daming wiped the sweat off his forehead.
There were quite a few social figures in the betting friends group, and if they got angry, the consequences could be unimaginable.
"Damn, got a bye? That kid's luck is really good, cost me fifty thousand!"
Luckily, the big shots in the group weren't angry, they just expressed their discontent.
After all, the bye situation was the organizers' fault.
The 128-to-64 matches quickly finished.
Next was the 64-to-32 round.
The rules remained thirty bullets per target, with the highest score winning, but the target moved from 200 meters to 300 meters away.
The grouping was quickly announced.
The betting software updated in real-time.
"Brothers, just bet on Ye Huan losing, that's it."
"By this elimination round, the remaining ones are at least level two shooters; there's no way Ye Huan can win. Bet more to win back what we lost before!"