Chapter 1 The battle to be fought
Chapter 1: A must-fight situation ()
On a rainy night, lightning and thunder!
The lights in the house were dim and fireflies were buzzing around the chandeliers.
I lit a cigarette and stuffed it into my mouth, took a deep breath, and a burning feeling suddenly rushed into my lungs, and then quickly cleaned the ventricular tube with a cloudy cloud, choking out from my mouth and nostrils.
"Ahem!" It's so bad that it's indescribable.
The room was filled with curling smoke, the curtains were closed and there was no trace of wind. My mouthful of smoke was just adding a little dye to this extremely bad air.
Of course, this is just an underground gambling hall, a basement wrapped tightly with thick cloth curtains, and is completely different from the outside by lighting. The 1% commission fee is not enough for me to expect it to make the environment outstanding.
The actual time of the wall clock on the wall is twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and I came in at twelve o'clock in the afternoon. In other words, except for the time I went to the toilet a few times in the middle, I sat on this chair for twelve hours.
My butt and arms were a little numb, my head was a little congested, and the smoke filled the mahjong hall all the time, covering the entire space and people in the space with a layer of darkness. I could guess that I must be pale now, messy hair, and bloodshot eyes.
He subconsciously touched the card in his hand, "get rich" and threw it out.
I held the cigarette in my mouth and took a deep breath. The hot smoke rushed into the lungs and then slowly spit it out. It still felt very bad. Smoking is a very elegant thing in my eyes, that relaxed, and a vague feeling like a god. I always just hold it and play with it, but the cigarette is usually just circling in my mouth. It is the first time I have entered my throat and lungs like this. Therefore, even if I have been smoking for four or five years, I can't even feel the quality of the cigarette. I only know whether it is alcoholic or not, thick or light.
Fantasy began to appear in my head, just like a dream. It would be useless to use this to eliminate sorrow. I know that this is the illusion after smoking, and the pain will remain when I wake up. I am a data analyst. This profession determines that I must be pragmatic. illusory things rarely appear in my life. Although the reality of this dog days is both painful and helpless, it can give me real feelings, pain and happiness, but now I am addicted to fantasy, and the smoke is sucking one mouthful after another.
I play mahjong. Once the essence passed down by my ancestors and the red fruit money was combined, it became a magic medicine for thousands of people to excite and relieve fatigue.
This gambling hall was selected after investigation. Although the pattern is not big, the rules are very strict. The process of conducting cards can only use words such as "eat cards", "touch cards", "bar cards", "he" and "applied flowers". For example, when eating, touching, and leveraging, you must register cards in a standardized manner. If you play cards, you do not register cards, and there are professional card officials to supervise it. I heard that the backend is also very strong, and there has never been any rumors that the dealer does not abide by the rules, which is rare in underground casinos. It is precisely because of this kind of rule that all the people who play cards are all large and small, so the cards are also very popular.
One shot and three sounds, the lever blossoms, the moon is taken from the sea, the lever is eaten by the bell... Maybe the character really comes to an end, and the leverage of the one-and-a-half million brought in is now less than 100,000. Although only 100,000 are left, as long as I seize one opportunity, I can turn over and reverse the world.
Don’t tell me the harm of gambling. As long as those who have been to elementary school know clearly the four words "don’t get into gambling". From "to make up for the corner", "greed for money", "turning the bank", "repentance" to "crazy", a gambler's degenerate mentality is so simple, so now there are still thousands of gamblers who are crazy on the gambling table every day.
All I want is to make changes, a change that can reverse everything, just like regeneration.
The company went bankrupt, his girlfriend ran away with someone, and walked into the casino with the money to repay the debts to the creditors and the employees' wages, but failed one after another. Such things followed one by one.
I still have nine hours to turn around, and before nine o'clock this morning, I have to win three million. If I can't do it, the court will put a seal on my door, forcefully sell my Mercedes-Benz sports car, and formally arrest me, but these people will not give me nine hours to make a comeback.
The sound of the previous house throwing it on the table interrupted my thoughts.
I picked up the card, six tubes, I pinched it in my hand and rubbed it and thought about it, but I still played it out casually.
"Hu!" Big Jinya, opposite the door, smiled and showed off the cards, constantly bragging about how lucky he was. He almost changed his card to Hu, but in the end he didn't change it. He snatched my card and gave me a hard blow. Fortunately, it was just flat Hu.
I had even less money, and I had sweat on my forehead. I grabbed half of the cigarette on the table and stuffed it into my mouth with a trembling trembling. Three waves of people came to this card table. When I left, most of them lost all the losses, but a few lucky ones also won the money and walked away with satisfaction. This wave was obviously for the night. As long as one of them did not lose, I thought it would be impossible to replace them.
My IQ is 219, but I am definitely overestimating myself. The principle of "specializing in skills" is also applicable to the card table.
Although I made a few big moves in the stock market when I started from scratch, I might not be suitable for making decisions at the gambling table. I have been losing for the past dozen rounds, and they seem to have figured out my mentality of playing cards. I pinched my thighs hard, forced myself to calm down, and re-entered the move of shuffling.
I didn't play the cards just now, I just pinched the two or five pieces. I only played one piece on the table with one piece underneath, and the remaining one was in the next hand, so I threw out six pieces to seduce him, making him think I didn't need them. But I was too concerned about one thing and couldn't take care of everything.
There are 136 cards in total, and the barrel is white in the winds of the southeast, southwest and northwest, and there are no plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemums in spring, summer, autumn and winter. It doesn’t take long to rotate a circle, and it’s easy to calculate how many cards each person can pass through in his hand.
After playing cards for most of the night, the three families' card-playing habits are already in my control. As long as I calm down and use 80% of my energy to repay them, I can get it right. But the more I get the more crazy I am and always make mistakes at the critical moment.
Big Gold Teeth has not a good card skills, and it is also very generous in taking action. Any shark will like this fish very much, and I am no exception - but I have to admit that this fish's luck tonight is really unspeakable.
I think I should stop at the right time, and I didn't read the almanac when I went out. Maybe I should go home now and call all my relatives and friends to borrow money to overcome the difficulties. But I still stayed, and the humble dignity made me unable to let go. Moreover, I was sure to win, and I could compete in mahjong for up to thirty-six times, and there was no faster than this. As long as I read it carefully and calculate it clearly, every time I play cards, every time I collect cards, I will win one hand, and I will be the one who will laugh to the end.
I should pray that this big fish will not answer a call or something at a critical moment, and then tell our wife to call for an emergency leave.
The cards are very good, Ami Tofu, and the cards are really good. It was the first time I heard that Hu had this evening. The same card formed 1112345678999. After touching any card of this card, you can get the cards. It is all the same color, it is the "Nine Lotus Treasure Lamp."
At this time, the dead fish face of the previous family suddenly shone brightly, and she laughed loudly and shouted at the little sister to add a cup of tea. This kind of performance can be seen by everyone. "After playing for so long, everyone is basically familiar with each other, why not make it bigger, right?" he suggested.
"I don't care?" The fat man from gold teeth grinned.
"This does not comply with the rules..." The next guy was a little hesitant because the cards were already big enough now. After several raises, he had accumulated 10,000 yuan, but he was lucky enough, so he did not veto it. The situation is now two-on-one, and the key is to have my attitude.
"How much?" I asked calmly.
"I can see that you are all big bosses. Eighty thousand, it's not too much." His eyes swept around the seat in a plain manner, but the numbers he said made my heart beat. If I just entered the casino at the beginning, I would agree without hesitation, but now I will lose all of them if I don't win the money now!
The fat man from Jinyao laughed, "It should have been like this, otherwise I would have been able to spend more pocket money just now."
There was no other objection, and with acquiescent, the multiples were repeated several times. The two card officials looked at each other and nodded to remember it.
The game continued, and the room became quiet for a while.
O'Henry, a famous American short story satirical novelist in the 20th century, once said: "People's eyes are searchlights!" No matter how powerful a person uses to hide his personality and heart, as long as he looks at his eyes, he can always peek into the other person's inner secrets. After all, a person's words, actions, moods, etc. can be disguised, but the eyes cannot be disguised. Therefore, when we want to understand the other person's true intentions, we must focus on the eyes, and only the eyes are the windows of the soul.
The dead fish in the previous family had a pair of "elephant eyes", which means that the eyes look a little similar to the eyes of an elephant. Although the eyes are very small, they are very long and often narrow into a line. People with such eyes are mostly good at thinking about problems. People with rational types rarely do anything stupid.
This is exactly what I am worried about. Has he been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?
But the next house seems harmless, but occasionally reveals a "four-eyed whites". As the name suggests, the whites on all sides of the pupils are scared. Such people are scary when they see them, and if they are women, they are even more scary. People with such whites may be in poor physical condition or are scheming and cruel.
Looking at the fat man from the golden teeth opposite him, I thought he was a big fish, but why did I feel more and more uneasy now?
Everyone on the table started knocking on the table to remind me that I had been thinking for too long. "What's the hurry? I just planned to make a fart!" I found a very bad excuse, and I regretted it as soon as I said it.
The fat man opposite reacted first, looking like he was not complimenting, and waved his arms and slapped the wind hard. The other two were calm, just a fart, and there was not a smell of stinking, and there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, responding to the rare funny atmosphere in the room.
After five more rounds, there was no single one to eat. I felt more and more uneasy, because the next family and the Fatty Man of Gold had changed cards frequently from the beginning to the point where they would not change them now. Obviously, they had to draw. In the current situation, they either touched themselves or were idiots waiting to deliver food. In this case, they had to be very cautious every time they played a card.
At this time, the fat man from the golden teeth suddenly looked at me, knocking on the table with one hand with a big ring in disorder, and suddenly asked, "You don't have much money, right?"
I was stunned. This fat man is indeed not simple. He is hard to stop talking and laughing. He is the real tiger behind him. Although his heart is so upset, his face still remains unchanged. I have experienced business negotiation opponents who are much more powerful than him. This kind of crappy method of alarming the enemy is just to disturb my heart.
"I'm afraid I can't afford it!" I laughed at him, and didn't look at the slightest eyes of the two companies. I grabbed the cards and lost them. "Can I swipe the cards here?"
This sentence asked the card referee on the side. The liquid funds on this table were less than tens of millions. This was a big commission. The two young men were very attentive, "Yes, sir, support various credit cards and UnionPay cards."
The fat man smiled and stopped talking. But his words had achieved his goal. After all, I was in a casino for the first time. No matter how high the IQ was, it would be useless. There were not many cards on the table, and everyone had to hold them in their hands. Now it was time to touch myself. I felt my hands trembling. After grabbing the cards, I almost lost them. "Success or failure is here!"
I caught the card, and at this moment, the door behind me suddenly sounded an ugly creaking sound. The cold wind poured in, making the smoke above my head more and more open, like an old monster.
The movements in the room stopped suddenly, "Who is here!"
I turned around in shock and happened to see a thin figure under the background of a thunderbolt. It was a girl with her hair loose and her face was unclear. She exposed her long white thighs outside. Under her T-shirt, a pair of not-full breasts were wet on her bra. When she was drunk, she looked obviously shocked when she saw the things in the room.
"Little bitch, what are you doing? You want to shelter from the rain and go somewhere else? This is not the place you should come." The two card referees rushed over, grabbed their clothes and pushed them out.
"Wait a moment!"
I called out a terrible cry, everyone's eyes quickly gathered on me, and I stood up, "I called this girl. I agreed not to call her before twelve o'clock, so I came to find me."
Actually, I don’t know her at all. It just takes some time, hoping to calm myself down as soon as possible.
The game was temporarily detained and supervised by the referee. I asked the waiter for a dry towel and handed it to the girl. She might have been awakened by the rain or was frightened by the strange atmosphere here. She was very clever and didn't say a word, sitting on the sofa behind me, lowering her head to wipe her wet hair.
It was really raining outside. I was a little restless and my mind was not on her at all.
Turning his head to look at the other three people's disappointed expressions, smoking, drinking tea, and taking the opportunity to go to the bathroom to leave the seat. It is obvious that their enthusiasm for victory or defeat is weakening, and their fortune may change. During this period, it may be the time to reverse the world. Success or failure is in this game, and you must never give up.
The game started again, and I received a five-pick, which was not what I wanted, but it was very difficult. If I played five, it would be very safe to hear Hu Er50,000, and I heard that Hu Er50,000 is very safe. The problem is the card opposite. It would be better to change a 10,000 card, right? At this time, I can only force myself. I only have 80,000 yuan left. I don’t want others to talk nonsense. If I split up the draw, I will be fine if I play 20,000 yuan. I held 20,000 tightly... The game next door ended, and the sound of shuffling suddenly became noise. The sound insulation effect here is really bad. Mahjong collided together, and there was almost no other sound, which made me even more confused! Just as I was about to play it, a whisper came from my ear, "Uncle, this doesn’t work..."
At this critical moment, I suddenly made a sound, and I turned my head and stared at the girl with some angrily. I should have scolded this guy hard, but at this moment, I am very fragile, and even if I persuade myself a little bit, I would have thought it was luck, so that she didn't get angry when she called me uncle. "Do you know mahjong?" The noise of mahjong collisions next door was still in my ears.
"I don't understand...I don't understand at all!"
I suddenly discovered that this girl had a pure and bright face and a pair of big black eyes, just like the heroine of anime that he had only seen one or two movies - Heiliang! Such a pure girl is hard to imagine wearing a little girl and wandering around in the middle of the night.
"The signs are already very obvious now. You do not have the belief that you must win in your heart. This will only help others. Those who lose in the casino will have a last-minute battle. You are just afraid now!"
The next door was quiet, but my heart was boiling like a pan of oil. I looked at the 20,000 in my hand and looked at my own card. It was obvious that the game of Jiulian Baodeng Hu was even more strange than that of Thirteen.
"It is indeed as she said, why should I dismantle the draw at this time? It is time to throw away the five pieces in my hand. If I throw away the chess pieces to avoid danger, I will never have a chance of victory again. Moreover, now I am facing the abyss, and it is time to give it a try."
"Bang……"
Five smoothly printed on the table. The fat man of gold teeth raised his head in surprise. The hideous gold teeth reflected the light, which was particularly dazzling. The next family frowned without notice. In fact, at this time, the next family had already heard Hu. There was a pair of 20,000 in his hand, Nanfeng and three made money. The one who heard Hu was 20,000 in Nanfeng made money. He guessed that the card he wanted was in An Yi's hand. The card he caught was 10,000, and he could hold 10,000 and throw 20,000 in his hand, but in this way, he could only listen to Hu Sanwan. He was very conflicted and hesitated for a long time, but he threw away the 10,000 in his hand.
"It's a fool..."
I pushed the card face down, Jiulian Baolan, turned twelve times, and the bottom bet of 80,000 yuan, and rushed back to nearly one million at once. But this was not the most important thing. I had regained my mentality. With my previous observation of the three, I had become more and more controlled the situation. Even if I was not lucky and was won first, I didn’t deliver food, and there were more and more chips on the table.
Finally, an hour later, the fat man from Jinyao couldn't sit still and left the table with a slight face. The other two people's faces were not much better. I dared to return one.5 million yuan in capital and make a net profit of three million yuan.
Some people began to talk about my good luck. After all, the game of cards in this table was already very big, and it was rare to win millions... They were amazed loudly, and this attracted more bystanders. I calmly paid and took the girl to the parking lot.
There are eight hours left before the day of tomorrow!
"Hmph, take me all mine and use mine to return it, and spit it out all my food!" This is the mentality I should have, right?
No, I am tired! The constant intrigue, flattery, conspiracy, and hypocrisy made me tired. Maybe it was because I had just experienced a life-and-death choice that made me realize that maybe I should dissolve the company and find something easy to do.
For example, "Sleeping, eating, etc., but not tired, it is the most suitable for me!" I remembered the classic line of Cherry Maruko.
"Do you want to drink?" I said to the girl who didn't know her name while sitting on the Mercedes-Benz.
"Um!"
The girl nodded sweetly, but her eyes flashed with the madness of giving up, "I want to have a good time!"
Chapter completed!