Qu Yu Music
"I am Hemingway!"
Cameron is a small company clerk who earns only enough money to cover his basic expenses, and his biggest dream is to live a rich life. On this day, he saw a news: the 19th "Hemingway Imitation Competition" will be held in Florida. Unlike previous years, this year marks the centenary of Hemingway's birth, so the winner's prize money is as high as a million dollars. Cameron's eyes are straight, a million, with this million, can't you live the life of your dreams?
Cameron excitedly found a picture of Hemingway, and at first glance he and Hemingway really looked a bit alike, but if he wanted to win, it was definitely not enough now. Thinking of that million bonus, Cameron decided to go for a facelift!
Cameron took out all his savings and walked into the plastic surgery hospital. A few days later, when he removed the gauze and looked at his own face in the mirror, he couldn't help but get excited: "I am Hemingway!" ”
Everything was ready, and Cameron set off. As he expected, there were a lot of contestants this time, and after several rounds of screening, most of the contestants were eliminated, and only a few people remained, and Cameron was one of them.
He looked at the rest of the players and couldn't help but feel a little proud: although these people looked a bit like "Hemingway", they were not his opponents. However, when his gaze swept over the last player, his heart couldn't help but "giggle": this person looks too much like Hemingway, not only shaped, but also godlike!
There is no doubt that this man will be a roadblock on his way to winning the championship. Cameron thought: In order to participate in this competition, he spent all his savings, and if this person was pulled out of the top, all the previous efforts would be lost. No, you must win!
Cameron heard that the man's name was Bill and he was a freelancer. Walking out of the game, he began to approach each other. But in half a day, the two became good friends without saying anything. The night before the final, Cameron asked Bill to go for a drink. Bill was flustered and went happily.
The two men went to a small, remote bar, asked for a beer, and drank it. Cameron was absent-mindedly talking to Bill, but his heart was anxious. After a few drinks, Bill finally had a reaction and whispered to Cameron, "I'll go to the bathroom to make it easier!" With that, he stood up and hurried toward the bathroom.
Cameron let out a long breath and the opportunity finally came! He looked around, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he took a packet of white powder from his pocket, poured it into Bill's wine glass, stirred it with his fingers a few times, and the white powder quickly dissolved into the wine. Cameron said to himself, "Just sleep well for a few days." ”
A few minutes later, Bill returned. Only to see him staring at a blonde girl at the bar, smacking his lips and saying, "How can you drink without a woman?" How about, do you have the guts to come with me and ask her for a drink? Cameron narrowed his eyes: "What's not to dare!" So the two of them stood up and walked toward the blonde with their glasses in their glasses.
Before they could get closer, a strong man with gold teeth stood next to the girls and waved his fist at them, and the girls looked at them and laughed contemptuously. The two saw the situation, so they were not embarrassed, and had to return to their original positions. Cameron raised his glass, smiled, and said, "It's okay, we drink it ourselves too!" With that, he touched Bill's glass, and as he drank it, he watched as Bill poured the beer out of his glass...
Everything went as Cameron had planned, and Bill soon fell asleep on his stomach on the table. Once Cameron had paid the bill, he picked up Bill, stumbled out of the bar, and drove him to an abandoned factory.
Cameron threw Bill on the floor of the factory building, and then snatched his belongings, including the oversized gold ring on his finger, then found a broken blanket, covered him, gasped and said, "Dude, I'm sorry, you sleep here for a few more days, and when I win the championship and get the million, thank you again!" After saying that, he walked out of the factory building without turning his head and disappeared into the vast night.
Early the next morning, came up with Cameron and heard someone talking about a factory fire. As soon as he read the newspaper, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat: the factory where the fire broke out was where he hid Bill! In the photo, the smoke is thick and the factory has long been reduced to rubble.
Cameron patted his head and thought, last night, he had smoked in the factory, could it be that he had inadvertently lost his cigarette butts that caused the fire? In this way, Bill was certain to die: he was in a coma, covered with a thick blanket! Cameron was horrified, but soon he calmed down: when he sent Bill to the factory, no one saw him, and now that Bill had burned to ashes, the police would not suspect him at all. Thinking of this, his heart was relieved again.
"It's you who catches you!"
The final was held in the "Sloppy Joe" bar, and after several links such as testing appearances, reciting Hemingway's works, and showing his talents, Cameron finally won by an overwhelming margin.
Standing on the high podium, Cameron held up the golden trophy with pride on his face. At this moment, a group of police officers suddenly appeared at the award ceremony scene, and without saying a word, handcuffed Cameron and took him to the police station.
Cameron never dreamed that the police would find themselves so quickly! He pretended to be innocent and asked, "Why did you arrest me?" What law did I break? The leading policeman said, "Mr. Cameron, do you remember the jewelry theft half a year ago?" "Theft?" Cameron was confused by the question and kept shaking his head.
The policeman glared at him and continued, "Well, then let me remind you..."
It turned out that half a year ago, a jewelry store in Florida had a theft, and the jewelry in the store was looted. The police found the videotape of the night, and the thief appeared on the screen, but he was dressed in black and had a black veil, and he could not see his face at all. Interestingly, just as the thief was loading the jewelry into the sack, the black veil on his face suddenly fell off. Although he quickly covered the black veil again, the police still saw his face clearly: this man looked exactly like the literary giant Hemingway!
However, there are thousands of people who look like Hemingway, and it is not easy to talk about the arrest of a needle in a haystack! Later, it was suggested that they could negotiate with the authorities to increase the prize money for this year's "Hemingway Imitation Competition" to attract more people to participate. When the time comes, the police will secretly intervene and secretly investigate, and maybe they can catch the criminals. Seeing that there was no other way, the police had to agree to the arrest plan.
In the past few days of the competition, the police have been secretly doing work, but they have found nothing. But just now, just as Cameron was lifting the championship trophy, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the gold ring on Cameron's finger was the stolen property of the jewelry store!
Listening to the police, Cameron was already in a cold sweat. He never dreamed that he had exhausted his calculations and wanted to snatch the championship from Bill's hands, but in the end he set himself on fire and became a poor scapegoat! Cameron wants to tell the police the truth, but calm down and think, now that Bill is dead, if the police believe that he accidentally started the fire, it is also a manslaughter; if the police do not believe him, it is murder!
Compared to murder, the crime of theft is obviously lighter! Cameron was like a deflated leather ball, admitting, "I did the jewelry theft..."
"I want to thank you!"
Cameron, of course, did not know the whereabouts of the stolen jewelry, and was naturally severely punished by the judge. Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Cameron has been in prison for many years. The bad environment, the inhuman treatment, let him suffer to the end.
On this day, Cameron was in a daze in the dim cell when the prison guard suddenly came up to him and told him that someone had come to visit him. Cameron was very strange: after going to prison, he was already a rebel and had already broken off contact with the outside world, who would come to visit him?
Cameron came to the visiting room in confusion, only to see an old man sitting across from him with an emaciated, sallow face. When the old man saw him coming, he leaned over and whispered, "Dude, do you remember me?" I'm your friend Bill!" Cameron was so shocked that he almost fell out of his chair and asked in a trembling voice, "Bill?" Are you really that jewel-stealing Bill? You, aren't you dead? ”
The old man sighed and said with difficulty, "Yes, I am really Bill, and I am still alive!" I came to visit you this time to tell you a secret that has been buried in my heart for many years, but I have a wish..."
It turned out that after Bill stole the jewelry, he quickly got it on the black market. Unexpectedly, he was targeted by another group of people, who not only stole the jewelry, but also almost killed him. Desperate, he saw the advertisement for the "Hemingway Imitation Contest" on TV and wanted to give it a try.
Bill's vigilance is very high, and when he arrived at the scene of the game, he found that something was wrong, and there were a large number of plainclothes policemen operating in secret. Needless to say, these people came for him. Bill was ready to leave. But at this moment, Cameron appeared! From his mannerisms, Bill knew his intentions. So, he made up his mind and followed him to the bar.
That day, Bill didn't want to go to the bathroom, but to see what Cameron was going to do. Sure enough, after Bill left, Cameron began to put something in his glass. As soon as Bill looked at the white powder, he knew it was a sleeping pill. To escape the pills, he encouraged Cameron to invite the blond for a drink. It was at that time that he mixed his wine glass with another wine glass on the bar. Bill quietly drank the glass of wine, and then began to pretend to sleep.
Cameron couldn't believe his ears: "So that fire..."
"Ha, I let it go on purpose," Bill said triumphantly, "I just wanted the police to think I was dead." Unexpectedly, you didn't know whether to wear my ring to the scene of the game, plus you looked like Hemingway, so the police took you as me. But what I can't figure out is why you plead guilty? ”
"I thought I killed you..." Cameron said palely, "but if all this is true, how dare you come here to visit me?" ”
Bill smiled slyly and said, "Because my cancer is in its advanced stages, the doctor said that I have at most half a month to go." When I came to see you this time, I wanted to thank you, thank you for going to jail for me, and for allowing me to live a few more years in a free world..."