Chapter 2290 Gotham Music Festival (Twenty-Two)

Chapter 2283 Gotham Music Festival (Twenty-two)

At the door of the guest room of the Stannis Hotel, not far from the Wayne Hotel, a big black man stared at the invitation in his hand in surprise. He looked at the waiter who delivered the letter and said in a very obvious West Coast accent: "Are you sure this is for me? Are you sure you are not mistaken?"

"Your name is on the invitation, sir." The waiter was very kind and said with a smile on his face, and gestured with his hands.

The big black man turned the invitation over, but the first thing that caught his eye was not the complicated cursive English. A pattern of waves and ships combined on the front of the black invitation showed a shining gold. The black man wiped it with his hand and found that it was a real hot stamping process.

Then he found his own name below, The Notorious B.I.G. (Mr. Notorious), and under the nickname was his equally long real name, Christopher Wallace.

Biggie has been away from this name for a long time. Except for his mother, no one calls him Christopher anymore. Since his last album became famous, the whole world has forgotten the black boy who had been in prison several times, and has turned to chasing after the real tough guy in the East Coast rap world.

Turning over the invitation letter, Christopher found that there was a line of small words on the lower left corner of the back of the invitation letter, "Atlantis welcomes you."

It was not until then that Christopher snorted coldly. He knew that those rednecks in the upper class would never invite a black rapper to perform. It turned out to be a gambling ship.

This ship is quite famous on the East Coast. The reason is that it is the only gambling ship that has avoided all the inspections of the East Coast Coast Police and National Guard. It can be called the Holy Land of East Coast gamblers.

Of course, there are many similar gambling ships all over the world, and there are many more luxurious ones than this one. In order to squeeze every bit of money from the gamblers, they will drive the ship as far as possible and prepare all the necessities of life on the ship. They will be away for several months.

The so-called high seas gambling in the movie actually refers to these gambling ships, and most of the gamblers who participate in them are either rich or noble. Every gambling game costs a lot of money, and ordinary gamblers can hardly see the style of it.

So if it was just a gambling ship for the upper class to gamble and entertain, the Atlantis would not be so famous. What really made this ship famous was the magic lamp gambling game they released on the official website every six months.

The magic lamp gambling game claims to be open to everyone. As long as you encounter troubles and try every means to get a ticket to board the ship, as long as you can win the bet, the magic lamp will help you settle all the troubles, just like the legendary Aladdin's magic lamp.

This kind of plot is common in movies, so it is not so attractive. Everyone knows that there is no free lunch in the world. With such attractive conditions, it must be very difficult to win the bet. What price will you pay if you lose the bet?

Normal people who are sane think that this game is just another name for human trafficking. Those who are in big trouble and have to board the ship must have been abandoned by their friends and relatives, and the police will not care about them. If they disappear, it will be good for everyone. They are simply perfect targets for trafficking.

However, some people have questioned this argument. On the one hand, ordinary gamblers have exhausted all the gorgeous words to describe the luxury of the Atlantis. They say that it is like another country, and there is a huge wealth from the ocean buried under the cabin.

They are so rich that they can make a ship that can escape all the searches of the coast guard without anyone noticing. Why do they care about the profit of human trafficking? And if they want to sell, why not open it once a month? There are many people in trouble in this world. As long as they open it frequently enough, there is no fear that someone will not take the bait.

There are legends about the Atlantis, and the attitudes of both parties are deadlocked, but it does not prevent the rich people on the East Coast and those losers who are really desperate from boarding this ship.

What really pushed the reputation of this ship to the top was another rule of the Magic Lamp Game - people on board could challenge a random person to a bet. This person did not have to be on board, but anywhere else, and did not even have to be someone the challenger knew, as long as he had his name and identity information.

After the challenge was made, the Atlantis would send an invitation letter to the challenged person, who could choose to accept or not. If he chose to accept, he could board the ship on a chosen day. Once he won, the prize that originally belonged to the gambler would all belong to the winner.

Of course, if the challenger won, the challenged person on board would also have to bear the consequences of failure.

It sounds a bit unfair, after all, the challenged person did not encounter any big trouble, and the reward they received might not be what they wanted, but the interesting thing is that the identity of the challenger would be stated on the invitation letter received by the challenged person.

Of course, the challenged can refuse, throw the invitation away, and refuse to board the ship. No one can do anything to him, but human beings are like this. They are always good at taking revenge as part of their vested interests, even higher than any other interests. Even if it is just to gamble with the other party's life, they think it is worth it.

Christopher didn't want to board the ship at all. Now his album creation is in a period of inspiration exhaustion, and he still wants to find inspiration through the music festival. He is not one of those idle teenagers. He has to be busy with his own career and has no time to do these messy things.

But suddenly, Christopher thought of the rule between the challenger and the challenged. Could it be that this ship is not actually inviting him to perform? But someone challenged him?

Christopher was shocked. He opened the invitation letter as if he had a premonition, and sure enough, another topic text appeared in the letter. It didn't matter what he said, what mattered was the final signature - "Tup Amaru Shakur ”, that is, his old friend and old rival 2p, who had a fierce conflict with him recently.

Christopher stood there silently. He couldn't figure out why Tup would use such a method. Why was he so radical?

This is also a question that many people want to ask Tup. Why are your lyrics and views so radical? Why is your attitude towards life so aggressive? Why is your rap style so violent?

Christopher held the invitation with a deeper expression on his dark-skinned face. Finally, he handed the invitation back to the waiter and said, "See you at the dock tonight."

The hand holding the invitation gradually became thin and slender. Schiller looked away from the black invitation. Hal looked at him and said: "Who have you offended? Or who can you still live to this day if you offend someone?" ?”

Hal expected Schiller's answer, and it must have been something like an old friend he had never met before, something full of philosophical implications and contradictions.

As a result, he heard Schiller say: "Whoever he is, I'm not going anyway, I'm busy."

Only then did Hal realize that the current Schiller was not a professor, and compared to a professor, he finally looked a little like a modern American, focusing on profits and efficiency rather than settling old scores every day.

Hal approached and found that Schiller was holding a large tome in his hand. There were many messy annotations in it, but it was obviously not written by Schiller. Hal looked at it for a long time before saying: "Constantine? This is his Book?"

"Yes, I just borrowed it from him. There is a very important issue that I need to study."

Hal looked at him as if he didn't know Schiller and said, "Then why don't you just go to Constantine? There should be no reason for him not to tell you."

"He doesn't know either, and he's a complete waste. It's better for me to find it myself while he studies it." Schiller quickly flipped through the book, browsing each entry, and quickly retrieved the information he needed.

Hal shuddered. Such Schiller was so strange. He was excited, crazy, and full of power. He looked like an engine that couldn't stop. Didn't those visitors from other worlds think about repairing him?

"Okay, you go find it, I plan to go to Lucifer's for another drink..."

"Don't run away, let's first tell you how the Green Lantern Corps is doing recently. Is the plan going smoothly?"

"It's not bad, but..."

As soon as Hal said this, he found that his cell phone rang, so he picked up the phone and said to the other end of the phone: "Hello? Oliver? Yes, what's the matter? Didn't you say you can't come? Okay, Schiller and I will go Pick you up."

"Oliver is here." Hal said very happily: "I thought he was too busy to come. Now, we are all together again. We call Clark and Diana, and we go to the bar to have a drink. "

"Where were you before you went...Oliver?"

"Of course it's Mexico, he's been in Mexico, what's wrong?"

Schiller frowned slightly and said, "It's nothing. You're right. We have to pick him up and give him a good cleansing. Let's go."

Hal looked confused. He felt that this Schiller was really difficult to understand. Why did he move here and there, spoke confusingly, and often contradicted himself? He had no logic at all like a professor.

Having dealt with the professor a lot, Hal was not afraid that he would speak slowly or not tell the whole story, because as long as he spoke, he would usually be very logical and point to the truth.

But this Schiller's words are vague, a bit like he is not clear, and a bit like he is pretending to be stupid. At the level of understanding, it makes people think that this meaning is okay, and that meaning is also okay, highlighting an ambiguity. It always feels uncertain, let’s take another look.

Hal shook his head, his doubts still diluted by the joy of Oliver's return. He immediately took the car keys and went downstairs to drive, but Schiller said on the way: "Oliver should have arrived a long time ago. I'm afraid he's waiting for us at the dock now." , he will have to wait for at least half an hour when we drive there."

"I heard during the day that Clark and Diana were playing at the pier. Why don't we let them pick up Oliver first and we'll meet at the bar."

After thinking about it, Hal felt that what Schiller said made sense. It was not good for Oliver to come back all the way and let him wait at the dock for so long. It was better to let Clark take him to the dock first so that he could have a rest in advance.

Hal wanted to call Clark, but Schiller stopped him again. He said: "Call Diana. Clark will be as excited as you are when he learns that Oliver is back, and a person who is tired from the journey may not have more." To cope with this excitement emotionally, it would be bad if Clark felt left out."

"Oh my god, doctor." Hal looked at Schiller in surprise and said, "You can be so considerate sometimes. If you continue like this, you will shake the relationship between me and the professor."

"I think he would be very happy."

It was such ambiguous words again, but Hal didn't have time to think about it. He picked up his mobile phone and went to call Diana. Because he was walking in such a hurry, he didn't see Schiller also pick up his mobile phone and dial. is Clark's number.