Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 137 New neighbor? No, it’s a new teammate!

Jamie's trip to China finally had to be postponed because of a phone call from Seattle.

With the blessing of money capabilities, the G Fat team launched a new version of the Steam battle platform before November. The online experience is smoother and the anti-cheating function has also been enhanced to an "epic level".

The S1 season of "Counter-Strike" is launched as scheduled.

Attracted by a prize of US$30, over a million players participated in the points ranking competition of the S1 season. In the end, 32 teams from different countries around the world were shortlisted for the official competition in early December.

Because the game time coincided with Jamie's planned trip to China, Jamie had to find someone to go to Liu to discuss purchasing the copyright.

Considering that Liu is not famous yet and the possibility of refusing to sell the copyright is very low, Jamie decided to find two Hollywood screenwriters through Ovitz's relationship and try to write a version of the script.

In order to prevent the plot from going astray, Jamie "copied" the plot outline of his previous life "The Wandering Earth 1" and gave it to the two screenwriters.

Of course it is just an outline and does not involve any plot or character settings.

At the same time, in the corridor of the apartment at 2311 North Robles Street in Pasadena, California, four science geeks climbed up the stairs with frustrated expressions.

The tall, thin, nervous-looking white man in the lead is named Sheldon Cooper. He is a genius with an IQ of 187 and a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology. He has a doctorate and two master's degrees.

The short man wearing glasses next to him is Leonard Hofstadter, an experimental physicist at Caltech. His current research topic is the soft component of cosmic rays at sea level.

The "dwarf" in the middle wearing a slutty red shirt and wretched tight-fitting narrow-leg pants is Howard Wolowitz, a scientist in the Department of Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology and a master's degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The dark-skinned, sullen-looking Indian at the end was Rajesh Kusapally, who graduated from Cambridge and is an astrophysicist.

The four of them are colleagues and friends, and they often eat together.

But there is something special about the reason why they gathered together for dinner today.

The strangest thing is that there are only four of them, but they are carrying five takeaways.

"Do you think it's too late to develop Stewart's use of his left hand?"

Sheldon was the first to break the silence.

Leonard and Howard looked at each other.

"Even if he can operate the mouse with his left hand, how does he press the keyboard? With his face or his tongue?"

Leonard asked speechlessly.

The four of them are all hardcore players of "Half-Life" and "CS". As soon as the S1 season started, they formed a team to compete.

Currently, the team with the highest points ranking in the Steam community is their "Sheldon" team.

Originally, according to the wishes of the three Leonards, as long as they reach the top ten in points and advance to the finals, Sheldon has obsessive-compulsive disorder. He has always ranked first in any exams and competitions he has participated in since he was a child, so this is The points for entering the finals for the first time must also be first.

For this reason, the four of them had to spend more time playing games and earning points than other shortlisted teams.

According to the regulations of the S1 season, each team needs five players.

But the four Sheldons are all science geeks, and it was because they couldn't make other friends that the four of them became good friends.

In order to gather five people, at Sheldon's suggestion, they found Stewart, the owner of the comic book store they frequented, and invited him to join.

At first, Stewart was not ready to agree because he didn’t play games at all and couldn’t even tell the difference between “Half-Life” and “Counter-Strike.”

In the end, he couldn't stand the pleading of Leonard and others, and finally reluctantly agreed to become a mercenary for the "Sheldon" team at a price of 1 dollar per game.

Fortunately, Stewart is very competent.

His role in each game is not only to give away kills, but he can also occasionally serve as a decoy.

Led by the four kings, the "Sheldon" team still made it all the way to the finals.

Hearing that there would be a bonus of US$1 for entering the finals and winning No. 30, Stewart was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

The next day, Sheldon and the other four went to Stewart's comic book store as usual. All four of them were very confident about winning the S1 season and had even started discussing how to spend the 30 bonus.

Stewart also happily joined the discussion, saying that after receiving the bonus, he planned to renovate the comic shop.

After hearing this, the four Sheldons shook their heads and told Stewart that there was no need to do this.

Stewart initially thought that the Sheldons and the other two liked the current decoration of the comic book store, so he objected to it.

But Leonard told Stewart that the real reason was that he did not share the 30 bonus.

The reason is simple, because Stewart is a "mercenary", he is paid to play the game, and it does not contribute to winning the game, so of course the bonus cannot be distributed to him.

Stewart was furious when he heard this and quit the "Sheldon" team on the spot.

This time it was Sheldon's and the other four's turn to panic.

In a short period of time, they could not find a replacement.

In desperation, they had to negotiate with Stewart.

In the end, it was agreed that if the team won the championship, Stewart could receive $[-].

They thought the matter would end here, but they didn't expect that at noon today, they were going to invite Stuart to the apartment for dinner and discuss booking a flight to New York to compete.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he bought takeout, he followed Leonard and received a call from Stewart.

After they left last night, Stewart was organizing the shelves. A box was not placed firmly and fell from a height, injuring Stewart's right hand.

Broken hand bones require at least a month to recover.

Stewart will certainly not be able to attend the finals in New York next week.

"I could try to invent a robotic hand that uses my face and chin to operate the keyboard, but I'm definitely running out of time. The most important thing is that I'm not sure if the organizers will consider this as cheating."

Howard shrugged and said.

"Don't you think it would be more reliable to find someone else than to invent this device for you?"

Leonard couldn't help but complain.

Rajesh behind him nodded and said in fluent Indian English:

"I think Stewart can be persuaded to play injured. Anyway, his role in the game is to make up five people."

"Pull it down!"

Howard was the first to speak out.

The reason is that when Stewart was not injured, he dared to ask for a share of the US$2 bonus from their lions.

If he competes with an injury, he might have to ask them to reimburse his medical expenses.

The four of them climbed up to the fourth floor while discussing. Leonard, who was walking at the front, had just stepped out of the stairs and was about to take the key to open the door when a woman's voice suddenly came from the other side.

"Hi, I'm Penny and I just moved here today."

Turning his head, he found a hot blonde beauty smiling at him.

Leonard was stunned for a moment.

Ever since he was a child, no such beautiful woman had ever smiled at him like this.

Of course those movie heroines produced in the San Fernando Valley don't count.

Unfortunately, before Leonard could speak, someone came out from the side and stepped forward to say hello to Penny.

"Hey, I'm Howard, I have a master's degree in engineering from MIT and am currently a scientist in the Department of Applied Physics at Caltech."

Penny looked confused.

This wretched little man, who looked no taller than her shoulders, turned out to be a scientist.

Leonard, who had come to his senses, also stepped forward, pushing past Howard to greet Penny.

"Hello, I'm Leonard. I graduated from Princeton University with a Ph.D. and am currently an experimental physicist at the California Institute of Technology."

Penny really couldn't figure out the difference between applied physics and experimental physics, so she could only ask a general question:
"So you are researching nuclear bombs?" Leonard and Howard were both stunned.

Sheldon stood at the top of the stairs with disdain on his face.

A woman who only associates physics with nuclear bombs looks like the kind of person who didn't study well in high school and has poor knowledge.

"Uh... How should I put it? Nuclear bombs are just a research branch of physics. Howard and I are studying other aspects. Sheldon, on the other hand, built a nuclear reactor at the age of 13 and even hired the FBI."

Leonard tried to explain.

"Really? How did you do that?"

Penny stared at Sheldon with wide eyes.

Sheldon replied with disgust:
"With your poor knowledge, I don't think there is any need to waste the precious time between you and me. You won't understand it anyway."

"Sheldon!"

Leonard and Howard both turned their heads and looked at Sheldon angrily.

But Sheldon didn't have the slightest awareness that he had said something wrong. He took out the key, opened the door to the apartment, and walked straight in.

"I'm going to have lunch, who wants to join me?"

Of course Leonard and Howard will not leave.

Instead, Rajesh didn't even dare to look at Penny, lowered his head and hurried into the apartment.

Leonard apologized to Penny for the two of them, saying that this was how they usually were.

Patty shrugged nonchalantly.

"So they are Caltech scientists like you?"

Leonard nodded.

Unexpectedly, Penny followed up by saying:
"Are they 0 and 1?"

Leonard and Howard were stunned, and then shook their heads in unison.

"No, no, you misunderstood. Sheldon is just not good at communicating with the opposite sex. To be precise, he is not good at communicating with everyone."

"Rajesh is the same. I can assure you that his orientation is absolutely normal. He just has a social disorder. He is shy and dare not speak when he sees beautiful women, except for his sister."

Leonard and Howard spoke one after another.

After saying that, Leonard looked at Howard in shock.

Rajesh also has a sister?
Why doesn't he know?
Howard shrugged.

Nonsense, if I know it, I won’t be overtaken by you.

After the two explained, Penny finally figured out the names and identities of the four people. They were all otakus and nerds, so they were safe.

"So you live next door?"

"No, it's just me and Sheldon. Howard lives with his mother. Rajesh's family is very rich and his parents bought him a luxury apartment."

Leonard spoke first.

Penny nodded.

"By the way, do you know why the elevator here is broken?"

A trace of panic flashed in Leonard's eyes.

This elevator was actually blown up accidentally by them.

At that time, Leonard demonstrated the rocket fuel experiment to Howard. The data had been calculated originally, but during the experiment, there were 10 times more measurements.

In a panic, Sheldon throws the fuel into the elevator, causing it to blow up.

They didn't dare tell the landlord the truth and lied that terrorists had planted a bomb inside.

In the end, the police took a look and closed the case hastily because there were no casualties.

The landlord suspected that the criminal was hiding among the tenants and said that he would not repair the elevator until he was found.

Leonard also explained this to Penny.

Howard nodded hard and helped testify.

The behavior of the two seemed suspicious in itself, but Penny had already regarded them as science geeks at this moment, and did not pay attention to the abnormality of the two.

After saying hello, she was ready to go back and clean up the room.

At this moment, Leonard suddenly remembered that he had ordered an extra lunch box, and immediately invited Penny to have lunch together.

The location was in the living room of his and Sheldon's apartment across the street.

Penny thought about it for a moment and actually agreed.

Leonard and Howard happily returned to the apartment opposite.

Sheldon sat in his exclusive seat and said sarcastically:
"Two courting peacocks are back, and I wonder if they will fight over the rights to mates."

Leonard and Howard looked at each other.

"I sent the invitation to Penny, which proves that she has a crush on me, and since we are neighbors, I should have the right to pursue her!"

Leonard said first.

Howard immediately responded:

"But the takeaway you invited Penny to eat was paid for by Rajesh, so shouldn't Rajesh also have the same power as you?"

"Rajesh paid because he is the richest among us, and he can't even talk to Penny, so how can he pursue her?"

While they were arguing, Sheldon's voice rang out.

"Do you think a woman who can't even distinguish between applied physics and experimental physics would be interested in you two? Such a woman will only be interested in handsome and handsome men, such as the quarterback of the football team. guard!"

Leonard reluctantly emphasized that Penny had accepted his invitation to lunch.

"Is there a possibility that she just wants a free lunch?"

Leonard continued to argue:

"But she rented the apartment across the street."

Sheldon looked unsurprised and replied:

"Doesn't that just mean that she doesn't have much money? Otherwise, wouldn't it be easier for a beautiful young girl to rent an apartment in downtown Los Angeles and be discovered by Hollywood agents?"

Leonard was about to ask Sheldon why he thought Penny was the kind of girl who came to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming a star.

Before he could speak, Sheldon suddenly yelled.

"I see!"

In front of Leonard, Howard and Rajesh, Sheldon announced loudly:

"I know who to replace Stewart!"

Leonard and the other three were about to ask who it was.

Just then, the doorbell rang suddenly.

　Sheldon and others, from the American TV series "The Big Bang Theory"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)