God's imitator

Chapter 401 A Scam That Requires No Agreement
Wu Xiaomei quickly returned to the control panel and soon sent the contract to Jiao Hongtao.

The agreement is simple: Wu Xiaomei gives Jiao Hongtao four "disagreement votes" and 5000 points of funding; before the next round of the game begins, Jiao Hongtao returns these four "disagreement votes" to Wu Xiaomei. Either party who violates the agreement must compensate the other with 10,000 points of funding.

Jiao Hongtao glanced at the time; this round of the game was about to end.

In this game, funds are far more valuable than visa processing time.

Although players outside the venue can receive funding from the audience, the audience only gives funding to players who have a chance of winning.

5000 points is definitely not a small number.

If Jiao Hongtao refuses, Wu Xiaomei will definitely go to other people. After all, there are only Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin left with 10 "oppose votes". If either of them agrees, this good thing will not be available to Jiao Hongtao.

Moreover, it's uncertain who will become the sharer in the next round of the game, and the direction of the votes is uncontrollable, as it depends on how many people actually oppose what the 'sharer' says.

If you want to earn those 5000 points, the last minute or two before the end of this round is your last chance.

Jiao Hongtao stared at Wu Xiaomei for a while, and after confirming that she had no intention of going to find Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin for the time being, he finally made up his mind.

"If she dares to lie to me, then I will cast all my 'no' votes for her from now on!"

With time running out, Jiao Hongtao chose to accept the contract.

They received 5000 funding points, which was quite valuable to both him and Jiao Hai.

After waiting a while, the broadcast started.

[The third round of the game begins.]

The players banned in this round are: Jiao Hongtao and Zhou Guifen.

The two players mentioned above will be unable to transfer funds.

……

Jiao Hongtao was stunned. He quickly looked at his control panel and saw that there were indeed 14 tickets.

This also means that Wu Xiaomei and Fu Yujun originally had 20 dissenting votes, but now both have fewer than 14.

"But Wu Xiaomei should have 16 tickets. Before the last round of the game ended, she only talked to me about buying tickets. I even checked, and she didn't talk to Peng Hong or Liu Mingxin at all."

"Who did Fu Yujun get so many dissenting votes from? It could only be Zhou Guifen, but Zhou Guifen is already in dire straits. Even if she gets the dissenting votes from Fu Yujun and earns the funds, there's no way she can pass them on."

"What happened? What exactly happened?"

Jiao Hongtao looked at Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin with a puzzled expression, but the two of them tacitly avoided his gaze.

Suddenly, Jiao Hongtao understood.

"The three of them didn't communicate at all, but they conspired to deceive me in a very tacit way!"

Wu Xiaomei did not go to talk to Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin in person. If she had, Jiao Hongtao would definitely have been on guard.

In fact, when Wu Xiaomei was drafting the contract with Jiao Hongtao, she also drafted the contract with Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin on the control panel and sent it over.

The contract likely stipulated that two "opposition votes" would be transferred to each of them, along with a substantial amount of additional funding.

After receiving the contract, Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin immediately realized that it was a scam, a scam specifically targeting Jiao Hongtao.

Without any prior communication, they chose to cooperate with Wu Xiaomei.

Previously, all players had verbally communicated the contents of the contract before signing it. Therefore, Jiao Hongtao subconsciously thought that since the time before the end of the last game was very short, Wu Xiaomei only talked to him about the contract and shouldn't have had time to set up a scam with the other players.

However, it is clear that as long as the funds provided in the contract are sufficient, a deal can be reached even without any private communication.

Jiao Hongtao glared at Wu Xiaomei. He had already decided that no matter what happened next, he would prioritize casting all his dissenting votes for Wu Xiaomei.

Wu Xiaomei did not defend herself, but simply said, "Brother Jiao, I will keep my promise and take back these four dissenting votes. I'm sorry, but I have to win this game."

Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin didn't say anything, but continued to watch the situation of the players in the inner field on the big screen.

Jiao Hongtao's face was somewhat gloomy. He realized that the six players outside the field had actually formed two small groups of three. He had not only been deceived by Wu Xiaomei, but had also been kicked out of the original group of four.

Wu Xiaomei, Peng Hong, and Liu Mingxin were the three players who had successfully completed the "painted track" in the first round of the game. Jiao Hongtao looked at Fu Yujun and Zhou Guifen.

"It's okay, the situation isn't that bad. I'm only under lockdown for one round, but I'm sure I'll be able to get out of it next round."

"According to the contract I signed with Wu Xiaomei, she either has to take back the four tickets or compensate me with 10,000 points of funding. In any case, she must have spent a lot of funds in this round."

“They gave me 5000, and Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin each received at least 3000, so the total is at least 11000.”

"With so much funding lost, the amount of funding that can be transferred in each subsequent round will be severely reduced, and Chen Ran's game progress will definitely stagnate."

"Even in a three-on-three situation, we might not necessarily be at a disadvantage..."

However, at that moment, a series of broadcasts came on.

[Audience member #4 passed 5000 points to Wu Xiaomei and expressed their "approval".]

Audience member #7 passed 1 points to Wu Xiaomei and expressed their "approval".

[Viewer number 20 bets on Chen Ran's 1 minutes of visa processing time.]

[Viewer number 18 bets on Peng Xinyuan's 5000 minutes of visa processing time.]

[Audience member number 11 passed 5000 points of funding to Peng Hong and expressed their "approval".]

[Audience member number 9 passed 5000 points to Fu Yujun and expressed their "approval".]

……

Another series of broadcast messages followed, many of which were messages conveying funds to Wu Xiaomei, and many others were messages conveying bets or funds to Peng Hong and Peng Xinyuan.

Jiao Hongtao was stunned. Clearly, things were not as simple as he had thought.

Wu Xiaomei did indeed invest a lot of money, and the reason she dared to do so was because a large number of viewers had already placed their bets on her.

These players who had already placed their bets did not transfer all their funds to Wu Xiaomei at once, as they wanted to observe the situation further.

Now that they see that Wu Xiaomei's funds have been depleted, these viewers who have already invested a lot of sunk costs can only continue to pass on more funds to Wu Xiaomei.

Moreover, many viewers have noticed that Wu Xiaomei has actually become a trio with Peng Hong and Liu Mingxin.

Therefore, Peng Xinyuan, who got a better pen and performed well in the game, naturally had a great chance of passing the game.

Some players had remaining betting quotas, so it was natural for them to bet on Peng Xinyuan.

They might not necessarily be trying to gain more visa time through betting; they could also be trying to ensure that at least one player wins the bet and completes the game, thus avoiding the penalty of having all their visa time deducted.

Of course, the funds passed to Wu Xiaomei at this time will actually be counted in the next round, which means that Wu Xiaomei still has not much funds to pass to Chen Ran in this round.

But once this round is over, Wu Xiaomei will be able to regain her advantage.

Apart from Jiao Hongtao and Zhou Guifen, who were blocked, the other players inside the venue also completed the transfer of funds immediately.

……

Chen Ran received 8717 in funding.

Peng Xinyuan received 14283 in funding.

Jiao Hai failed to secure funding.

Shen Xing failed to secure funding.

Liu Jie received funding from the 9033 Program.

Fu Chen received 13583 in funding.

[The above funds have additional conditions attached for use; please confirm before using them.]

(End of this chapter)