The 37th story of a full-length business novel.
With the firm confidence, every single of them is in wait for his exquisite timing from the Goddess of Fortune – that is, a heaven-sent opportunity for victory. And each of them is eager and determined to be the "Man of the Moment"with a master stroke.
Where is a stroke of luck?
Who will be in?
And who will be out?
Who will raise the signal for the final victory?
Who will sound the trumpet throughout this blue planet?
Already drums have been banging with cymbals clashing. The race of competition has started. Now their flashy chariots are rolling down on the track of the main Olympic stadium. All the pride-hearted world powers anticipate their opponents’ every gesture and move while they are casting a malignant glance at them.
Now they are triggering among them to strike them all as if they were to make another ‘Sarabande Duel’ of Barry Lyndon. Then and then they are to be only one world Champion as if they were Mercury,Minervaor Hermesin the Parthenon. In the end, all of them will meet their fates there as if they are the very he-men of destiny. Nonetheless, they are not afraid of the destiny.
Rather, they are convinced of their horseless chariots by saying that:
“As you know of me, I am made of true metal with my chariot. My chariot is not a horse-pulling, wooden chariot at all. Mine is made of base, light and heavy metal. Nothing can prevent me from burning up on the track of competition and challenge. Only tolerance, cautious mind and unhesitating fortitude will decide who will be the final victor. Yes, that’s right. I have seen it all many times in the mock games such as 24 Hours of Le Mans. The very man in the World Endurance Championships has got it in this way.”
They insist that:
“Like the champion in the racing game, I only will be able to hold the Gold Medal on the neck on the podium of the Coliseum. Then I will get the absolute power and great popularity over the entire world. It is the unbroken tradition in history of arms. I do know that there is no difference between the racing game and the power struggle for survival. And, I do know, the very thing that is wanted will be achieved by a tough battle. Now I am confident that I’ll be the he-man I have dreamed so far. Soon, you will see it with your physical eyes.”
Then, each and every of them will mount to the climax to be zero or hero. All of them will stop at nothing with a gleam of hope even if the road to the Championship is a sloughy crash course. Then they are to be the Greek Pallas or the ‘Man of the La Mancha’ or the so-called ‘Mr. Le Mans’ in the earthly world.
Possibly if they have neither technological firearms nor strategic and tactical priorities they will wear out and be vanquished. Thus, cracking Armageddon is waiting for their class acts on this fiercely brutal battlefield. Thomas Hobbes and Thomas L. Friedman had already predicted it in their books.
As a result, the final horseless chariot game will lead to the most sublime but saddest White World War (WWW) in this secular world. If and when the WWW enters to the lives the War will be entangled and mired into the Battle Royal. There, mercy will be remote in the God-awful weather. Yes, there is no mercy in this bloody war. Only death will draw near so close.
Already G7 and/or G20 and other unknown dark horses have formed the spearhead. Now they are to conduct a lightening thrust into the rear of their counterparts. Sharp cries have been piercing the people’s ears with the drum kit. Now the sounds are the prelude to the brutal fighting.
Thus, the spectators at the main stadium are about to sniff at the advent of death from an inch away.
With tensions mounting, they will imagine an appalling scene as below:
“Soon or late, all the fighters will be diving into the river of fate even in a whirlwind or twister. Then, they will make a gladiatorial show at the Circus Maximus over the bridge of victory in search of the golden glory of G1. Thus, the show will be reminiscent of the old feature film, Ben-Hur.”
(Below was the original film poster on the Roman chariot race in 1959. Source: Wikipedia)
However, there is neither silver nor bronze medal in this horseless chariot game in the Olympic. There is only the Gold Medal as if it were the Rings of the Lord. Further, there is no arms control, no disarmament agreement in the auto world. More and more, in this motor world, there’s neither compulsory commitment to peace nor declaration of war. Thus, this on-going horseless chariot game will be more brutal and bloodier game. Later it will breed a most legendary and unforgettable machodrama, christened by ‘New Ben-Hur.’
There and then, the big-timers will star in the silver screen with acclamations. Then and then, another feature film will be created in harmony with the very music, Sarabande of Barry Lyndon, composed by Handel or Shubert. From afar, the strafe is audible with storming boats visible across the picket line. The day breaks
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