Chapter 362 - Rigged! (1/2)

Chapter 362 Rigged!

All of a sudden, Pei Qian felt like something was wrong

Why did it feel like very few people at his table had won prizes?

Almost all the heads and core members of Tengda Corporation were seated at that table. That included Huang Sibo, Lu Mingliang, Lin Wan, Bao Xu, Li Yada, Ma Yang, Zhang Yuan, and the like.

Since there was one empty seat at the table, Pei Qian arranged for Tang Yishu to join them as well.

They began distributing prizes the moment the annual meeting started. A new winner was announced almost every two seconds, and each draw lasted several minutes. The intervals were never too long.

Close to an hour had passed since the annual meeting started. Pei Qian guessed that more than a thousand prizes had already been distributed

The cheers and applause kept rising and falling the entire time. Furthermore, they were coming from various locations in the event hall. Since Pei Qian had not taken part in the lucky draw, he had thought it natural that others were winning prizes.

Yet, on second thought, it seemed like his entire table was in low spirits the whole time.

Were they acting more serious because they’re at the same table as me? That can’t be, right?

It seemed like nobody at the table had won!

Unsure, Pei Qian leaned towards Huang Sibo and asked in a low voice, “Have you won any prizes?”

Huang Sibo shook his head and said, “No.”

Pei Qian turned to Lu Mingliang who was seated on his other side. “Have you won any prizes?”

Lu Mingliang shook his head as well and said, “No.”

Pei Qian looked across from him and saw Tang Yishu, whose head was lowered as she ate and avoided his gaze. All of a sudden, Pei Qian understood.

Had her halo effect strengthened so much that she could even affect false probability now?

Logically, more than a thousand prizes should have been distributed. Yet, none of these people had won a single one. Their chances of winning should have already increased significantly by now.

Yet, they were still not winning anything. It was strange!

Pei Qian felt bad for them all of a sudden. He thought about moving Tang Yishu somewhere else so that they could recover the luck at the table.

As for the unlucky child, Tang Yishu… he would find some way to make it up to her in the future.

However, before Pei Qian could think of a valid reason to move her elsewhere, Huang Sibo exclaimed in surprise. “Eh? I’ve won! A Pineapple cell phone!”

Everyone was just about to congratulate him when Lu Mingliang exclaimed. “Ah, I won a cell phone, too!”

Li Yada, “I won a television!”

The chances of someone at the table being picked seemed to have increased significantly!

None of them had won any of the small prizes at the beginning, but the prizes had only gotten better as time went by. From now on, every prize they won could be compared to two or three from before combined.

In the blink of an eye, the prizes on the table were gone.

Everyone at the table was wealthy enough to afford the prizes they got, but buying them and winning them would feel completely different!

Pei Qian finally relaxed.

So that was why!

It looked like Tang Yishu’s halo effect had backfired.

The halo effect had caused everyone around her to have bad luck. However, the probability of the lucky draw had also been tampered with. As a result, the unluckier one had been the beginning, the higher their chances of winning later on became. In the end everyone at the table won the last few huge prizes!

Pei Qian could not help but heave a sigh of relief. That was good. He did not have to think of a reason to send Tang Yishu away. Otherwise, people might have noticed that none of the heads had won, and they might have thought that Pei Qian had played tricks behind the scenes.

Eh? Hold on.

Pei Qian suddenly realized one problem.

Could Tang Yishu’s halo effect backfire under certain circumstances?

Take this time for example. Everyone had had extremely bad luck in the beginning. However, since their chances had kept increasing as more prizes were distributed, they ended up winning bigger prizes! If the same thing happened at work, wouldn’t he…?

All of a sudden, Pei Qian panicked.

However, on further thought, he realized that the problem probably was not that big.

That was because he had adjusted the probability behind the scenes for this lucky draw. Those who had not won anything in the beginning only had better chances of winning later on.

However, such a thing did not exist for work!

Thus… the problem was probably not that big.

Pei Qian sighed in relief and continued eating his food. The name list on the huge screen started moving once again.

Until now, most people were already more or less full. Many employees at various tables had already set down their chopsticks and were now focusing wholeheartedly on the huge screen, waiting for the announcement of the final winner.

The cash gifts of 18,888 yuan had already been distributed. Li Yada and Zhang Yuan won one each. These chances were already evidently much better than the other tables.

After all ten cash gifts had been distributed, the final prize appeared on the huge screen.

Three pairs of tickets to visit any city in the world and stay there for five days!

The moment the prize appeared on the screen, everyone began chatting and getting excited.

Awesome!

Three pairs of tickets to any city in the world! That meant they were free to pick whatever city they wanted!

Furthermore, they included the cost of return air tickets, the cost of accommodation in a five-star hotel, and additional spending allowance that they could use unconditionally. That meant they could even spend it on local specialties like LV bags. Wouldn’t that be perfect?

Everyone set their chopsticks down and focused on the huge screen, wanting to find out which three lucky people would win this special prize.

Pei Qian noticed that Bao Xu, who was seated at the same table as him, was trembling as he held his chopsticks. What’s more, he did not seem to dare to look at the huge screen.

Pei Qian could not help but laugh inwardly. Indeed, Bao Xu had not won a single prize!

Do you see this? It’s Heaven’s will!

Don’t accuse me of setting you up. I’m innocent this time. You can only blame your luck!

The pictures on the screen started moving past again. Then, three people were chosen.

Bao Xu!

Bao Xu!

And Bao Xu!

“Pfft!”

Bao Xu nearly coughed out all the red wine in his mouth when he saw the screen.

What the h*11?!

If all of these were added together, would he have to go overseas for fifteen days?!

Pei Qian felt light-headed. What was happening?!