At noon, in the business school cafeteria.
Lu Ming sat together with Sun Jingjun, Yuan Keli, Gao Xiaoli and several other classmates.
Lu Ming came to the cafeteria specifically to eat and told them not to go out on the streets recently and to study hard at school even on weekends and Sundays.
Yuan Keli said yes repeatedly.
Sun Jingjun agreed without a problem, but Gao Xiaoli was unconvinced and said, "Aming, why? You can skip school every day, and you also care about us going to the street? Did my brother and Xiaohua say something to you?" Obviously, he thought Lu Ming's words were directed at him.
Looking at his shiny hair with hair wax and the cheap but brand new suit, Lu Ming had no choice but to buy him such a suit. Dali would have to work hard for many days carrying sacks.
Apparently he had been following Zhao Peipei around shopping and had wasted a lot of money recently.
So, he thought he was talking about him.
Yuan Keli frowned: "Xiao Li, why are you talking to Ah Ming? Ah Ming won't say anything? The market may be in chaos recently?"
"I'll go over there to eat!" Gao Xiaoli picked up the rice bowl and walked towards a group of boys and girls who had just sat down over there, the centerpiece being Zhao Peipei.
Sun Jingjun frowned and stood up. Lu Ming pulled his arm and said, "Forget it, sit down. Anyway, you can do nothing wrong if you listen to me."
Yuan Keli and several other classmates nodded. They were all sophomores who had received the Michelin cake that Yuan Keli brought back, but now they all followed Lu Ming's lead.
After all, just after sitting down, Lu Ming said that he might not be able to come for the time being due to something. If his class has the kind of professor who likes to call the roll and is very picky, Sun Jingjun will inform Yuan Keli, and Yuan Keli and the others can come and help Lu Ming in the class, whether he goes to class or not.
Lu Ming also prepared a small gift for each person, a 100-yuan voucher from the school’s canteen.
In fact, there were no vouchers in the convenience store. When Lu Ming said he wanted to buy 10, the owner was so excited that he started writing and stamped his seal immediately.
Normally, you can't sell goods worth 1,000 yuan in two months, let alone make a profit. But now, this money is actually in your hands and you just spend it slowly, or it may even take several years to spend it all. For a businessman, this is a completely different concept from purchasing goods and then slowly selling them for 1,000 yuan. The difference between the two is huge.
100 yuan is enough to cover the expenses of Yuan Keli, Sun Jingjun and others for four years of college if they bought daily necessities from the canteen according to their normal consumption, and they could also basically have as much snacks as they want.
Therefore, one can imagine the attitude of these sophomore seniors around Yuan Keli towards Lu Ming.
"In short, everyone should study hard during this period of time." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Okay, got it!" Yuan Keli and others agreed. Their fathers would not have such a good attitude when educating them like this.
Sun Jingjun sat down angrily and looked at Gao Xiaoli's original seat. The 100 yuan voucher left behind was placed under the rice bowl by Gao Xiaoli and he did not take it when he left. Of course, he did not forget it, but left it on purpose.
Lu Ming still had three vouchers in his hand. He took Gao Xiaoli's voucher back and said to Sun Jingjun, "Give these to students in need. If there are a lot of people, you can just buy some daily necessities and give them some." He handed all four vouchers to Sun Jingjun.
I feel very confident that the army can do this kind of thing. If it were Yuan Keli, he would definitely let his three relatives steal it.
"Okay, I will do it!" Sun Jingjun took it solemnly. Since A Ming trusted him so much, he must do this task meticulously. It seemed that he had a heavy burden and entrustment on his shoulders.
"Okay, it's time for me to go!" The food in the bowl in front of Lu Ming was basically untouched. He felt a little guilty, but he really couldn't eat the food in the student cafeteria now. After all, the student cafeteria of this business school was much worse than that in his previous life.
"A Ming, I wish your family's business will get better and better!" Yuan Keli stood up hurriedly.
Lu Ming smiled, waved his hand, and turned to leave.
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The third and fourth floors of the Red Rose Hotel are the casino area, with the third floor being the post-game area, filled with various card tables and gambling tables, and many guests every day.
The fourth floor is the VIP box area. The magnificent environment and excellent service make people feel at home and willing to spend money.
In the "Hibiscus Hall" on the fourth floor, several distinguished guests are playing three-card poker. Every win or loss is several thousand yuan, which can be said to be a big gamble.
Lu Ming was one of the guests. The other five were Sun Chonggu, the governor of Fengxiang Province in Longbei, Wang Zheng, the commander of the Fengxiang Province Security Brigade, Zhu Sangao, the governor of Shunfu Province in northern Xinjiang and the commander of the Security Brigade, An Dashun, the commander of the Anshan Tangyang Province Security Brigade, and Liu Kui, the commander of the Minjiang Province Security Brigade in Haixi.
Among them, An Dashun was lent 100,000 yuan as principal by Lu Ming, and it was agreed that if he lost, the profit would be his, and if he won, the profit would be his.
Even so, An Dashun's forehead is sweating, although he actually won more than 10,000 on the table.
In addition to talking to them about something, Lu Ming also wanted to take advantage of the 1,000 yuan that the school had just given out, and get some money from Sun Chonggu, Zhu Sangao, and Liu Kui, three wealthy men, and it would be best if he could win dozens of times.
In fact, if you think about it, the barriers between classes are really so cruel. In this kind of gambling game, a little money that some high rollers at the table can make may be money that another class cannot earn in several lifetimes.
Lu Ming pondered over it and could only sigh in his heart.
An Dashun is sweating on his forehead now because the bets are getting bigger and bigger and the three companies are still competing.
They are him, Commissioner Zhang and Liu Kui from Haixi.
The card game was initiated by Liu Kui. After the meeting between the commanders of the Fourth Frontier Brigade, Liu Kui suggested playing a few hands at Red Rose.
Later, Commissioner Zhang and Sun Daoyin also got involved.
Now the three players haven't shown their cards yet. Liu Kui just raised the bet by 8,000, and he didn't meet their opponent.
It was Commissioner Zhang's turn to speak.
An Dashun took a look at the cards in his hand, which were three 6s, a leopard. Normally, he would win all of them, but since all three players had followed him until now, he was afraid that there might be a big leopard.
If you often play poker, you will know that this situation is not uncommon.
However, I have already invested more than 20,000 yuan up to now. It would be too unwilling to withdraw without meeting now.
Next to Commissioner Zhang, sat a particularly cool, sexy and fashionable girl. She was wearing a snow-white knitted skirt, long black stockings and beautiful legs. Her slender and soft curves were simply amazing, making people want to commit a crime when they saw her. At this time, the girl whispered in Commissioner Zhang's ear.
"Ten thousand!" Commissioner Zhang threw in a big chip.
An Dashun groaned in his heart. If he wanted to meet someone now, he would need 10,000 yuan. Moreover, even if he took out 10,000 yuan, he could only meet one person. Moreover, his momentum was also discouraged. Even if he won the person he met, the other person said 50,000 yuan directly. Would he follow? After all, there was a high probability that one of the three people was a big leopard.
However, he and his brothers often played poker, although it was just a small game, the principle was the same.
We can't meet now, especially, even if we win money, it has to be Commissioner Zhang who wins.
Now Commissioner Zhang either has a big hand or he is deliberately setting things up for me. If I were to meet him, it would be disadvantageous to Commissioner Zhang.
Commissioner Zhang looked particularly relaxed, and the super fashionable girl sitting next to him seemed to be the top dealer here.
In fact, if there are many people left playing Poker and the stakes are getting bigger and bigger, there are indeed people who deliberately help their good friends to fight. Everyone knows it, and no one talks about this unspoken rule. After all, it is possible that you fight for a long time and end up losing more money because of your friends.
"Twenty thousand!" An Dashun gritted his teeth and threw in the two biggest chips.
Then continue the fight. If Liu Kui is a little leopard, he might run away.
After all, there are still two.
If Liu Kui had three sevens or three eights, there is a high probability that he would not follow.
Over there, Liu Kui's eyes narrowed slowly, looking at An Dashun with cold sweat on his forehead, and said in a cold voice: "Captain An, you are so scared, should you follow? And even increase the stakes? Are you deliberately bullying one person with two people?"
Of course, at the gambling table, it is possible that the other party’s embarrassment is deliberately pretended.
Liu Kui is also a temptation.
"Nonsense, you think his cards are small, are you meeting An Dashun?" Sun Chonggu said sarcastically. He had a straight flush and threw in more than 10,000 yuan, but felt that there was little hope of winning so he gave up. He was feeling depressed.
Ever since he and Commissioner Zhang started fighting bandits together, he has disliked the people from Haixi.
Zhu Sangao, the governor of Shunfu Road in Northern Xinjiang and the commander of the security brigade, was a fat white man. He squinted his eyes and smiled, saying, "You can't say that. This is our biggest game tonight. It is very likely that this game will determine the winner. Everyone has their own calculations. If you want to vent your complaints, you have to let people speak."
Beijiang and Haixi have always been mortal enemies in terms of personal relations between the governors.
But Zhu Sangao and Liu Kui seemed to be wearing the same pair of pants.
Perhaps it was because in the upcoming big event, the two of them supported each other's interests and distributed the benefits well.
He was right. There should be more than 100,000 yuan in gambling money on the table now. This is indeed a big bet.
Even at the gambling table for high rollers, the basic bet is only 100 each time. That is, if someone wins this round, he will have to bet 100 each time thereafter, and will not bet unless he has a big hand that he is sure to win. In that case, this round may determine the final win or loss.
"Twenty thousand! No meeting!" Liu Kui on the other side threw in two big chips.
"I don't want to meet you." Lu Ming smiled and threw in two chips worth ten thousand yuan.
Liu Kui narrowed his eyes.
An Dashun's mind was blank at this time, and he didn't think that he had won. He could only bet that Commissioner Zhang was not helping him to set up the game, so he set it up for him. He gritted his teeth, picked up five chips worth 10,000 yuan and threw them in, "Fifty thousand, no meeting!"
Liu Kui's face turned ugly.
Looking at Beiji beside Lu Ming, Liu Kui frowned and said, "Commissioner Zhang, I think this is a bit unfair. Miss Beiji is a top dealer here, and Commissioner Zhang is considered half the son-in-law of this casino. Is he ripping off customers?"
Lu Ming smiled slightly: "Captain Liu, you are joking. We are just borrowing the casino's space. We found the dealers and the cards ourselves, right?"
Indeed, there were dozens of newly bought decks of cards, which were changed after each round. The dealer was even more random. He picked a gambler at random from the hall and promised to give him a reward of 100 yuan. Naturally, the gambler followed him happily. He was a middle-aged man, and his eyes were wide open when he looked at the gambling money on the table.
However, this is indeed fair, as the dealer certainly does not know either party, so there is no chance of bribery, and the probability of having skills is even closer to zero.
"I request a body search of Miss Becky." Liu Kui said with a sullen face, and then added: "I have female soldiers under my command. We can't search them here. I'll ask the female soldiers to search them."
Lu Ming frowned, "You are qualified to search my woman's body? Get out if you don't want to play!"
"Fuck you!" Liu Kuiteng stood up suddenly.
"Old Liu, be patient." Zhu Sangao, commander of the Northern Frontier Brigade, coughed.
Sun Chonggu sneered, "Fuck, you're so angry after winning or losing just tens of thousands of dollars?"
Liu Kui's face changed again and again. This was not his territory, and everyone sitting here had at least several thousand soldiers under their command.
He is used to being domineering in his own territory, but to be honest, no one sitting here needs to indulge him.
Liu Kui gritted his teeth, sat down slowly, thought for a while, and threw in five chips worth 10,000 yuan, "An Dashun, I want to meet you!"
The temporary dealer looked at Liu Kui's cards, then walked over to look at An Dashun's cards and said, "Brigade Commander Liu!" His voice trembled slightly, but the old gambler knew the rules, so he stuffed An Dashun's three cards into the discarded cards. Naturally, he couldn't let the other player who hadn't left see the points.
An Dashun leaned back dejectedly. This guy was indeed a big shot. He was relieved. He hoped that Commissioner Zhang really had a big shot.
Everyone's eyes turned to Lu Ming.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "I want to talk now, right?" He took out his checkbook, wrote down the amount, and waved to the dealer standing over there, "Come on, exchange 10 million chips for me. I'll bet 10 million!"
Everyone opened their eyes wide, and Liu Kui almost blurted out "Alpaca". That's right, Alpaca, are you using money to pressure people
But when several people were playing, there was no mention of a cap on the stakes. It was because their financial strength was similar, so at most they could win or lose tens of thousands, and if they got greedy, hundreds of thousands would be the norm.
But who would have thought that such a person would appear
Is this Red Rose Hotel worth 10 million
But there were definitely chips. Several younger brothers quickly came up with boxes filled with 1 million yuan worth of chips.
"Ten million, no meeting!" Lu Ming threw the box onto the gambling table.
Liu Kui's eyelids twitched and he didn't say anything.
Zhu Sangao from Northern Xinjiang sighed, "Commissioner Zhang, this is not good. You seem to have a good relationship with Boss Hovers. I can give you the chips if I say so, but can you really cash your check for 10 million at the bank?"
This fat white guy is very smart and can get to the point when he speaks.
Liu Kui said coldly: "Commissioner Zhang, are you setting up a trap to play tricks on your brothers?"
Lu Ming smiled slightly and said to Zhu Sangao, "General Zhu, what do you say if my check can be cashed at the bank? Moreover, if Brigadier General Liu really beats me, this chip cannot be converted into cash at the Red Rose Hotel. Then can this hotel still be opened? Even if the hotel is sold, we have to make up the difference to Brigadier General Liu, right?!"
After a pause, he said, "But this is how it is. My original intention was that Commander Liu would lose less and we wouldn't have to meet, because I will definitely win. I am a 235 with a different flower. I think Commander Liu and Commander An are both leopards, right? But Commander Liu is a big leopard, and Commander An is a small leopard."
He said with a smile, "But if Brigadier General Liu is unwilling to give up, I'll give you a chance, 200,000 yuan! I won't meet you for 200,000 yuan! Brigadier General Liu, you can use 200,000 yuan to buy a clear answer."
Liu Kui stared at Lu Ming, his face turning pale. He lit a cigar and took two puffs. He looked at the card table with rapid breathing and his eyes changing. After a while, he finally waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I won't follow!"
Lu Ming smiled: "Okay!"
Becky stood up and pulled all the chips over. She then stuffed the three cards in Lu Ming's hand into the discarded cards and mixed them up. This way, no one could see what Lu Ming's cards were.
A bystander sees things more clearly. Zhu Sangao looked at Lu Ming with an increasingly solemn expression on his face.
It is obvious that no matter whether his cards are 235 or not, this psychological warfare is simply too sophisticated.
If he hadn't taken out the 10 million, and then raised the bet to 200,000, Liu Kui might really have gritted his teeth and taken out 200,000 to meet him.
But after he made such a fuss, he became so wealthy that he reluctantly agreed to reduce the bet to 200,000. It was just a charity, just a reward for giving you the opportunity to meet him.
Otherwise, you are not qualified to meet people's cards.
Then what's the point of meeting
Of course, this doesn’t mean that the cards are definitely not 235.
But he doesn't care about winning an extra 200,000 yuan. What he does is destroy your confidence. What's the point of winning an extra 100,000 or 200,000 yuan? He just makes you afraid to meet him and makes you lose without knowing how you lost. From then on, you lose your momentum when you see him.
Sure enough, Liu Kui became much quieter afterwards.
The gaze that had been unscrupulously directed at Becky was restrained and he no longer looked in that direction.
Everyone started playing for fun by betting 100 yuan each.
"Oh, tell me something." Lu Ming winked at Becky while speaking.
Becky immediately stood up and told the waiters to go out. The temporary dealer was also taken out and the door was closed tightly.
Several people also started playing a game similar to hoeing the earth, where they took turns drawing cards. Each card was worth 100, so the chances of winning or losing were much smaller.
While Lu Ming was sorting out the cards he had drawn, he said, "My people have strictly checked this place and there are no eavesdropping devices. We can talk openly."
Several people were sorting out the cards in their hands, and no one was talking.
Lu Ming continued, "I don't know what's going to happen, because our Montenegro Special District is not involved. But in the end, all parties have agreed that the buildings and related areas where the Montenegro Special District flag is raised must not be impacted in any form. This is the last time I reiterate our interests. You frontline commanders must notify them in place. Don't let your superiors agree and then go against it when you get to the front line, which will cause disputes. That would not be good."
"Three of Diamonds!" Zhu Sangao threw a card and knocked on the table, "Agreed!"
If there was any dissatisfaction with the secret agreement between the parties regarding the Montenegro Special Zone Concession, now this dissatisfaction has disappeared. From the tactics of this spy chief, we can see how terrible the Montenegro military and political group is. It is better not to provoke them if possible.
"agree!"
"agree!"
At the card table, voices of agreement rang out one after another, tapping on the tabletop.
Outside the window, dark clouds were gathering and forming a swirling shape. It seemed that a huge storm was brewing.