Chapter 35 9. Dollar Auction My Love

What is a small probability event? This thing is a bit difficult to explain, but there is a word in our language-"in case" that forms a good explanation for small probability events.One in a million, this probability is really low, but the usage rate of this vocabulary is very high, far exceeding the real one in ten thousand. I held Song Yang in my arms, thinking about it—maybe some readers couldn’t help but have a doubt at this time, which is similar to Lao Wei’s suspicion—in case, the murderer who killed Liu Zijian was not as I speculated—it was the past The accomplice in the rape case—what if the murderer is Song Yang, that is, the woman I was holding?

I also thought about this question, but it was quickly left behind. As a commissioned psychotherapist, or a half-hearted "detective", I am too amateurish.Detectives have to take all possibilities into consideration. Detectives can't have any relationship with the people involved in the case. I understand all this, but I find that I can't do it. A moral dilemma arises: in case Song Yang is the murderer, with our current relationship, should I break with her completely, or cover her up, or even help her give false testimony? This is a dilemma. In order not to let myself fall into this tragedy, my brain automatically blocks some information.

To prove that I'm not a complete idiot, I have to talk about a game I used to play. Every class reunion, company annual meeting, etc., I always take the lead to play a game with everyone. Of course, this game can only be played once, and you can't play with those who know the inside story, otherwise it will be too boring. This game was not my first, it was designed in 1971, spearheaded by Subic, John Nash, Lloyd Shapley and Melvin House.Have you noticed?These are all famous people.Subic was very humble, so he wondered if this game was created by himself, or a few people jointly invented it.However, friends agreed that since Subic was recognized by everyone and released the game in 1971, he is the inventor of the game.

This game, strictly speaking, is not a game at all, but a world-famous game known as the Subic Dollar Auction. Subic wrote: "This game certainly hopes to have more people participate, and the best time to play this game is at a party, because everyone has a few drinks at this time-high spirits and high spirits, but not yet. Drunk. I picked up this game at my fingertips, and implemented his policy seriously. I also carefully selected venues with more than ten people, and I always achieved the expected results. How to play this game?I tried to use the old Wei company's party as an example, and interested friends can try it by themselves.

Lao Wei's company, including me, has a total of 31 people.At one of Le Tao Tao's parties, I announced that there was going to be an auction game. Everyone drank the wine, and naturally the discussion was high, "Okay!" Everyone wanted to be the final winner with arrogance. I'm going to auction for a hundred bucks, which sounds a bit out of the blue.Use money to auction money?exactly.One hundred yuan is neither too much nor too little, and no one will really take it seriously, but if you take a hundred yuan for nothing, everyone will feel that you have taken a small advantage.

The bidding rules are very simple, there are only two rules: 1.The same rules as any auction: the starting price is one yuan, and the minimum price increase is one yuan each time.The one-hundred-dollar bill goes to the person with the highest bid. The new bid must be higher than the previous bid. If there is no new bid within the specified time limit, the auction will end. 2.Unlike Sotheby's Auction House's rules - although the highest bidder can get the money, the second highest bidder also needs to pay, that is, he has to pay the amount of his last bid, but gets nothing .You certainly don't want to be such a loser, throwing some money away for nothing.

At first, everyone failed to realize the pitfalls of this game, but as the auction progressed, these two rules began to drive people crazy. Yes, this is a hundred-yuan bill that is so ordinary that it cannot be more ordinary, and it is absolutely not fake.Everyone wants it for a dollar. So, when the auction started, a bunch of people raised their hands and announced: "One piece." Such shouts came and went. Everyone is raising their hands, in fact, I can't see who is the first!But this is not important, because immediately, someone will propose "two yuan" and "three yuan", and the bidding will start to climb.

What's wrong with two or three yuan!Whoever doesn't shout is a fool.If you win the auction with three dollars, you net ninety-seven dollars. The question is, how does this auction end? !You might think that this hundred-dollar bill will end up in someone's hands for a hundred dollars--what a pity, paying a hundred for a hundred--if you think so, you're being too optimistic. Each new bid makes the previous bidder uncomfortable, and he becomes the second highest bidder, which means not only does he not get his money, but he spends it for nothing.Therefore, increasing the price and increasing the price has become the only option that does not suffer.

The bidding price quickly approached one hundred yuan, which is a very interesting watershed and the climax of this auction.If I bid one hundred and you bid ninety-nine, if I win, then I will lose nothing, but you will lose ninety-nine yuan in vain. Are you willing to do this? Reasonable bidders might spot a conspiracy, but there are always those who just don't want to be left behind.The insidious trick of this game is that contradictions are stirred up! As a result, you are more willing to raise the price to one hundred and one. Although you may lose some money, your opponent will lose more.

Wanting to take advantage of it quickly disappears without a trace - what you plan more is how to keep yourself from suffering a big loss! Once the quotation broke through one hundred yuan, the auction came to a standstill, and people began to hesitate to wait and see, and then the speed would suddenly increase, entering the decisive moment, and there was a sense of tension in the air until the end of the auction. No matter what stage of the auction you're at, the highest bid makes the second-highest bidder uncomfortable.He added at least a dollar to get rid of this pressure, but in the end his situation could only get worse and worse.

In this game, it is not uncommon to end up with 300 or 400 yuan.I'll have the last laugh, right? I am an auctioneer, if everyone ignores the one hundred yuan I offered, then I will be the one who suffers.Unfortunately, in most cases, I had the last laugh. But this time, it was me who was caught in the crisis of the dollar auction. At first I just agreed to help Lao Wei and take care of Liu Zijian's mother; later, I accepted my mother's request to find out the murderer; I don't want to give up. The case of Li Mohan is even more troublesome.Can I solve her problem?I think my level is not enough!But I still continued this work and contacted a difficult person-John.How much of an impact he will have on my life is still unknown. I felt overwhelmed and my life was out of balance.Holding Song Yang in my arms, I patiently coaxed her to fall asleep, but I lost sleep. I finally stayed until dawn, feeling dizzy and dizzy, and my temples were swollen. Song Yang got up, washed up, and made me breakfast, but I couldn't eat it.It was the words she said before leaving that made my heart skip a beat—"Can I come to your house again?" She asked pitifully. "Yes, of course." After she left, I lay on the bed in a daze for a while, half asleep and half awake, thinking about today's arrangements.I have to meet Qi Rui and Lao Wei and tell them the clues I got.I still have to meet Boss John to see what conclusions he draws from Li Mohan's diary.It would be best if I could spare time to visit Mohan at night, and I don't know how she's been doing these two days. After thinking about it, I called Lao Wei first. "Hey? What a coincidence, I'm about to call you!" "Ah?" I swallowed the words again, "Call me, what's the matter?" "Oh, it's not a big deal, the company received a courier from you." "what's that?" "I don't know, it's square and square, it's quite a big box, I didn't open it, you should open it yourself! Oh, and also, I wanted to send it to you, but there is something urgent here, I have to go Seeing two big clients at the Yamen Gate, it's not appropriate to be late, so you can pick it up yourself, or I can send it to you in the afternoon." "It's okay, I can go by myself, I have to go out anyway." I wondered who would send me something.But it’s also true to think about it. A few days ago, I was still an employee of Laowei Company. Many people don’t know about my resignation. Probably it was something given to me by a previous client. "How's the situation over there?" Lao Wei asked. "I'm just going to tell you about the situation here. You must be free this afternoon. Is Qi Rui available? Let's sit down and talk." "Okay, let me arrange it, you wait for the news." After hanging up the phone, I put on my coat and went out.