Chapter 181: Will Hiring a Bodyguard Help?
Fairy Sister @ mentioned Middle-aged Uncle at this moment:
[Uncle, who are you planning to bet on? The Ultimate Rich Kid?! I remember at the end of the last round, you and he said that if either of you got in, the other would bet on him?]
Middle-aged Uncle laughed heartily: [That was just joking talk, neither of us actually thought the other would really get in.]
[But even if that were a real promise, I wouldn't keep it.]
[Let me tell you something, Fairy Sister.]
[When it comes to promises - if the other party is strong, I keep them;
if they're weak, I selectively keep them;
if they're ridiculously weak, I simply don't keep them at all.]
[So I'm still betting on Jiang Ran, placing a direct bet of 20 million!]
After Middle-aged Uncle finished his bet, Domineering Female CEO said:
[See? I said it before, this Middle-aged Uncle, even if he's self-made, first-generation rich - the benevolent don't become rich, and the rich don't remain benevolent. Didn't I call it?]
Currently, the live stream room had reached 570,000 viewers. It was unclear whether it started with Jiang Ran slightly changing the details of each round.
Or whether these rounds were truly exciting enough.
Or perhaps this round compared to the previous 27 rounds was indeed an explosive one.
After all, this round featured two lab rats who currently held the highest survival record of three rounds each.
Never before had two lab rats been counted as the same number.
And this round had both number 2 and number 3 in this situation.
Of course, there was also Diamond Bachelor using her privilege to bring in a foreign perverted criminal.
There might also be the reason that this round had many more lab rats than before.
In any case, this round reached the peak viewership for the live stream.
Black Software, this live streaming app.
Its functions were similar to those ordinary apps outside.
Black Software contained various live stream rooms.
Except the user threshold for Black Software was very high.
This resulted in Black Software not having many users.
Like the Far Neighbor game live stream room.
This room consistently maintained the number one popularity spot within Black Software, but usually had only around 100,000+ concurrent viewers over 24 hours.
If this were placed on normal platforms like TikTok outside, these numbers would be quite good, but couldn't be considered number one.
Therefore, its perennial number one position simply meant it occupied an extremely large portion of a small cake.
But now, its current live stream room viewership reached hundreds of thousands, which meant it had drawn many viewers from other live stream rooms.
The people behind other live stream rooms probably felt like chopping it to pieces.
"Good, the half-hour betting time has ended. Next, we'll announce the betting amounts for each lab rat this round."
At this moment, the highly anticipated money attraction ranking was about to be revealed.
"This round, the betting amounts for all lab rats are as follows."
"Lab Rat No. 1 Jiang Ran, betting amount: 210 million!"
"Lab Rat No. 2 Lin Feng and Wang Ziyi, betting amount: 57 million!"
"Lab Rat No. 3 Ou Yingying and Little Zhao, betting amount: 19 million!"
"Lab Rat No. 4 Fang Xiao, betting amount: 290 million!"
"Lab Rat No. 5 Zhao Jie, betting amount: 5.5 million!"
"Lab Rat No. 6 Wang Jian, betting amount: 2 million!"
"Lab Rat No. 7 Liu Xiaoyu, betting amount: 1.4 million!"
Because the current live stream room had 570,000 viewers.
The total betting amount for all lab rats this round clearly far exceeded previous rounds.
This round's total amount was: 584.9 million.
In previous rounds, with five lab rats, the highest total betting amount barely reached over 100 million at most.
And like round 27, the previous round's total betting amount approaching 250 million.
Absolutely ranked among the top few rounds.
This round not only set a new record for live stream viewership, but also broke the record for total betting amount.
Of course, with a little attention, one could notice.
This round mainly featured Jiang Ran and Fang Xiao attracting the money.
One with 210 million.
One with 290 million.
The others combined only reached over 80 million.
See, this is the advantage of star players.
Solid strength, guaranteed.
More people bet on them, and dare to bet big.
Middle-aged Uncle: [Fang Xiao's betting amount is 80 million higher than Jiang Ran's, isn't that too exaggerated? Both of them have survived three rounds!]
Clearly, Middle-aged Uncle was Jiang Ran's die-hard fan.
Now, he noticed this problem.
And brought it up.
Domineering Female CEO answered: [Both are indeed current record holders.]
[But Fang Xiao completed this record before Jiang Ran.]
[He pioneered this precedent. You need to understand, at that time when each round saw lab rats dying faster than anyone, all dead within three or four days a week, suddenly such a freak appeared - how attention-grabbing was that? So this is the first advantage!]
[Second advantage: Fang Xiao has one biggest difference from Jiang Ran!]
[Jiang Ran completely relies on other personalities. What if one day he plays too recklessly, like last time with the kite serial killer, directly smashing Jiang Ran's head to pulp - no matter how strong other personalities are, they're useless!]
[But Fang Xiao is different! He himself is very strong!]
[Of course, there's another point - Diamond Bachelor used her privilege to target Jiang Ran again.]
[Although she didn't restrict the time when Kim Yoon-ah can hunt Jiang Ran, who knows whether Kim Yoon-ah will make her move this round or wait for another time.]
[So, it's normal for his betting amount to be higher than Jiang Ran's.]
Middle-aged Uncle: [Hmm, that makes sense.]
[However, I didn't expect Ultimate Rich Kid to have a betting amount of 57 million! But thinking about it, it's normal. After all, he's watched several rounds of live streams, so he should be somewhat stronger than those who've never been in before.]
[Last time that rich second generation who had similar circumstances at least survived two rounds.]
[Sigh, I have a premonition that this round, many lab rats will survive.]
[Right! Almost forgot to check who Diamond Bachelor bet on!]
[Uh... he bet on Fang Xiao? Bet the minimum amount - 100,000???]
At this moment.
After the betting amounts were announced.
The Long-haired Beautiful Host announced the start of the 28th round game.
28th round.
Day 1.
Early morning 6 o'clock.
Room 904, Lin Feng and Wang Ziyi were in the living room.
If anyone had good memory, they might remember this apartment room 904.
This was where Xiao Nuo and Xiao Q had once lived.
Room 804 downstairs belonged to the already deceased Wang Tao.
Ultimate Rich Kid Lin Feng was currently in the living room.
He sat on the sofa, on the glass coffee table in front of him.
Three handguns were placed, along with several boxes of bullets.
Lin Feng kept repeatedly reloading, as if practicing proficiency like in a game.
Wang Ziyi sat opposite him, watching silently as Lin Feng continuously moved his hands, and said: "Honey, why don't you still hire a few bodyguards? Otherwise I don't even dare go out..."
Lin Feng didn't answer at first, only looking up after loading a magazine, his expression immediately turning to a cold smile: "Still hire bodyguards? After that incident, do you think I still dare hire bodyguards?"
Before that middle-aged man gave the second notification about the specific move-in time.
Lin Feng had made his own preparations.
He didn't follow that predecessor's example, that rich second generation with over 5 billion in assets.
Fleeing abroad with dozens of bodyguards.
He chose to remain in the country, though of course, he couldn't be without bodyguards.
Around him, he had hired ten bodyguards each from three top domestic security companies, totaling thirty bodyguards.