"A spinning top?"
In a room in the Capitol building, after Ye Qing left, the president looked at the gift on the crystal coffee table with a face full of questions.
Before he became president, he was an all-powerful capitalist. What kind of gift had he not seen?
After he was inaugurated as president, all countries came to congratulate him, and he received so many gifts that he could not count them.
From precious gems given by African countries to top handicrafts given by big countries, he had never received such a unique gift as a spinning top.
Ye Qing's tactful refusal made him angry. As a result, this gift also made him feel very unpleasant to the eye. A spinning top was not worth much, although the gift was too expensive and could be suspected of bribery. But he could not just casually give a toy, right?
"Mr. President, the representative of Australia will be meeting with you soon. The time will be fifteen minutes, and then a banquet will be held with the representatives of various countries."
Assistant Weizi walked over quietly and reported the next itinerary to the president. Then she picked up the wooden box on the coffee table with the Monster Heavy Industries logo inlaid. After receiving so many gifts, his vision was naturally higher. There were very few gifts that could catch the president's eye. Some gifts were not even qualified to be a toy for his grandchildren.
For example, the spinning top in front of her. Since the president did not say anything, the only purpose of this gift was to be sent to the president's exclusive warehouse. Perhaps it would not be qualified to be re-established until the president left office.
Just as Weizi had touched the wooden box, there was a knock on the door. It was the representative of Australia.
As one of the staunch allies of the United States, the treatment of the representative of the Australian government was naturally different. Weizi immediately turned to open the door on behalf of the president.
After greeting and sitting down, Weizi naturally retreated to prepare to record the important conversation. When the representative of Australia left, she would take back the gift.
Allies were allies. Since the two sides represented two countries, they naturally had different interests to pursue. And in the face of a staunch ally, or a staunch follower, the president's attitude was much more casual.
The Australian side hoped that the president could continue to expand the previous ore purchase contract. The president imitated his first guest, Ye Qing, and played Tai Chi.
"Look, this is a gift from Monster Heavy Industries." Mr. President pointed to the wooden box on the coffee table and interrupted with a smile, "This is the funniest gift I've ever received. I really don't know what's so good about a spinning top."
After saying that, Mr. President casually opened the wooden box, casually picked up the exquisite spinning top, and casually spun it in the air towards the base.
Hum ~
Mr. President rotated the gyroscope crookedly, but the gyroscope saw a ghost in midair and immediately adjusted its posture, landing straight on the pedestal like a laser.
"Ding ~" The moment the top touched the pedestal, it turned to the center of the pedestal and then stood there spinning at high speed.
After this interruption, the President had a new topic to talk about.
A minute later, the President found that the top was still spinning.
Two minutes later, the Australian representative realized that the top was still spinning.
Three minutes passed, and the black top was still spinning into a blurry figure. Mr. President asked in confusion, "Why doesn't this spinning top stop?"
"Maybe … it will stop soon." The Australian representative had already forgotten what he wanted to say. He was attracted by the spinning top. Mr. President wasn't any better. His eyes were fixed on the spinning top.
It had been spinning for long enough. Maybe it would stop in the next moment.
Sitting at the side, Weizi, who was silently acting as a recorder, unconsciously looked at the top on the coffee table from the corner of her eyes.
The presidential bodyguard guarding the door also secretly glanced at the coffee table.
Maybe …
In the next moment, the spinning top would wobble and come to a stop.
Four minutes passed …
Five minutes passed …
Mr. President and the Australian representative looked at each other. They were a little doubtful. Was the top in front of them the same as the one in the inception of the dream?
The President thought to himself, I didn't use any strength to spin the top just now.
"Mr. President, dinner time is almost … almost time." Assistant Weizi looked away from the top with difficulty and quickly looked at the time. She was afraid that she would miss the moment when the top fell.
Almost everyone had this kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Because this broke the deep-rooted cognition in people's minds.
Didn't a spinning top stop in less than a minute? Some people liked to use all their strength to spin the top because this way, the top could spin for a longer period of time. It was a special sense of achievement.
However, six minutes passed …
If things were abnormal, it would attract people's attention. Moreover, this Troublesome Moth Spinning Top was so abnormal that it was shocking.
"Wait for the top to stop before attending the dinner. It should be … stopping soon." The president glanced at the representative of Australia with some suspicion, and the latter nodded in agreement with the president with uncertainty.
Seven minutes passed. It was one minute past the stipulated dinner time, but the top was still spinning.
"Pa Da ~" With a sound, the President knocked down the spinning top. He couldn't let this spinning top delay his dinner time with the representatives of various countries.
However, something incredible happened.
After the spinning top was knocked down, it didn't stop after a few revolutions as expected. Instead, after it fell down, it quickly stood up as if it had been cast by magic and continued to spin.
It seemed magical, but in fact, it was scientific. The internal structure of the top was so precise that it was hair-raising. It was like a self-stabilizing part of a tourbillon.
"Ah?" Assistant Weizi exclaimed.
The bodyguard at the door, whose eyes were so good that he could act as a pilot, suddenly widened his eyes.
"Ah ~ What kind of top is this?" The President reached out in a panic and held the top in his hand.
This time, the top stopped completely. Everyone in the room secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Otherwise, they would have doubted their own eyes.
After putting the top back in the groove of the wooden box, assistant Weizi came over and wanted to put away the whole wooden box.
"Put it there. I will study it when I come back."
…
At the dinner with the representatives of various countries, the President was a little absent-minded and kept thinking about the top.
It was definitely just a top without any batteries or magnets. The security personnel responsible for the inspection could guarantee this.
Then why couldn't the top stop spinning?
The President, who was a little obsessive-compulsive, thought that after the dinner, he would enter the time to deal with government affairs. He did not need to meet with any guests. He could observe how long the top could spin.
An hour later, the dinner was over. The President took a special car back to the Oval Office of the White House.
Assistant Weizi sat across from him, holding a wooden box with a monster logo in her hand.
When he returned to the office, the President immediately asked for the wooden box and locked himself in the office alone. On the table that exuded a sense of vicissitudes of history, there was already a pile of documents waiting for him to approve.
Taking a deep breath, he took out the top and spun it again.
This time, he was very serious and used a lot of strength. The top was in a straight state in midair, waiting for it to fall to the base. The President decided to ignore it for now. He took a document and read it carefully.
However, five minutes later. The President, who thought that there might have been some kind of coincidence last time, could no longer keep his attention on the document.
Instead, he turned his head frequently and looked at the top beside him.
At first, he looked at it once every ten seconds, but in the end, he simply threw away the pen and focused his gaze on the spinning top.
He did not believe in this evil!
There was no reason for the top not to stop. Then he would see the moment the top fell with his own eyes.
However …
Eight minutes passed, and the top was still spinning.
Nine minutes passed, and the President rubbed his eyes hard. Because he was concentrating on the top of the blurry figure, his eyes were already a little sore.
Ten minutes passed, and the President's eyes were already uncomfortable. Just at the moment when he wanted to give up.
All of a sudden, the spinning top started to shake.
This was a sign that it was going to fall!
"Fall quickly."
"You fall quickly!"
However, eleven minutes passed, and the President, who had already fallen into a slight frenzy, found that the top was trembling and did not fall.
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