After staying at home for only two days, Lian Xiaohu knocked on the door and said that something had happened and asked Cheng Ran to go and check it out immediately. Jiang Zhou was playing cards with someone and was losing a lot of money.
The reason was the long-standing conflicts in the compound. Their company was next to the yard of a hardware company, which had always had good performance. During the planned economy period, many people saved a lot of money and wanted to buy large household items such as televisions and refrigerators. They had to find leaders, run around with connections, and get notes to buy scarce goods with the notes.
A manager of a hardware company was considered an upper-class person in the eyes of many people back then. He had everything his family needed and was the envy of ordinary people.
Even in this era of layoffs, people are not affected much.
The hardware company was profitable and lucrative, so inevitably, it produced many children from wealthy families. In the past few years, they were almost the most ostentatious in the neighborhood, especially the leader, Wang Tongguang. His father was the general manager of the company and was wealthy. There are still many gossips about him, such as that he had an affair with a subordinate who wanted to get promoted. From childhood to adulthood, Wang Tongguang's parents did not care much about him. They just fed him well, dressed him well, and gave him money to serve him. He also had a group of supporters around him and was usually arrogant.
All along, today happened to be two groups of people playing billiards in a nearby teahouse. One side looked down on the other's condescending and ostentatious attitude, while the other side looked down on the Rongcheng Huatong children who were forced to sell their business due to bankruptcy and bankruptcy as if they were inferior.
The conflict finally broke out amid Wang Tongguang's gossip. It was said that Wang Tongguang and his group were playing poker. Wang Tongguang repeatedly looked at Wen Lan who was with them. Wen Lan was quiet and pretty, and was considered a pretty and outstanding girl in the neighborhood. Wang Tongguang had seen Wen Lan many times, and at this time he felt itchy. He pretended to be polite and called Li Weilu, who he knew from Rongcheng Huatong, to come and play cards with them, but his words were extremely arrogant, "Li Weilu, come and play a few hands. Don't worry, I'll join you. If you lose, I'll split the loss with you. If you win, you get seven and I'll get three. What do you think, Brother Wang is kind enough to give you a chance to make money..."
As he spoke, Wang Tongguang was still playing with his newly bought Motorola mobile phone, flipping it casually in his hand and tapping the table with the body of the phone, as if he didn't take such a valuable thing seriously at all.
Li Weilu, who was named the "second in command" by Jiang Zhou among the children of Huatong Company, lost his usual arrogance and just shook his head, "I don't play cards."
Wang Tongguang laughed and said, "That's not right, Li Weilu, you have played with Damao and the others before... What, are you afraid that the bet is too high? No money? How about this, we will take care of you. We usually bet one yuan, but you can bet 50 cents when you come, and the limit is five hands at most, how about that?"
Seeing Li Weilu shaking his head again, Wang Tongguang shook his head, threw out a few colorful bills in his hand, and smiled at the people next to him, "It's okay to lose some money if you have a bad mentality. I'm just afraid that I can't afford to lose..."
Jiang Zhou finally couldn't help but raised his eyebrows coldly at this time, "You are very rich... Can you afford to lose? Then why don't we play... Just the two of us, one-on-one."
Wang Tongguang's mouth cracked as if he had succeeded, his eyes flashing red and excited. He was addicted to gambling and was proud of his skills. "Jiang Erwa" was famous, but if he was defeated today, it would be like completely skinning the Rongcheng Huatong gang and trampling on their ridiculous self-esteem. In the future, this group of people would have to tuck their tails between their legs in front of him. He, Wang Tongguang, would become even more famous. Wang Tongguang was playful in his heart, but he pretended to take a step back and limit the number of hands he wanted to follow. Jiang Zhou said that it was not necessary, just one yuan, no limit on the number of hands.
Anyone who has played poker knows that in poker, you can bet as much as you want with a one dollar bet, and the amount becomes very large in the end. It is common to win or lose hundreds of dollars in a single game. For an ordinary person, half a month's salary is gone, and it requires a great deal of psychological quality from both sides.
As a result, Wang Tongguang is really amazing, mainly because of his good psychological quality. To be honest, a few hundred yuan is really nothing in the eyes of a gambler like him. Lian Xiaohu said that Jiang Zhou is different. Jiang Zhou's family is not good. He is a full-time student at a nearby finance and trade school. His parents have difficulty paying tuition. He works part-time every holiday to earn living expenses and supplement a little. Although Jiang Erwa is well-known in this area, Lian Xiaohu said that he has done everything. He has served dishes in a western restaurant, tied a bow and said to those neatly dressed men and women with exquisite makeup, "What do you need, sir or madam?" He also distributed flyers in Taihua Plaza and wore an inflatable cartoon costume to attract people when the mall opened on a hot day.
Lian Xiaohu knew that he was holding the salary that had just been paid this month. He was a full-time third-year student this year. Usually, this was the time to look for a job. The so-called graduation was just a formality. Even if you had not studied for a day this year, you could still pass the open-book exam by copying from the book. The school just wanted to have a good employment rate so that they could recruit the next batch of students. This 1,300 yuan was earned by him working in the computer city. He delivered and installed computers all over Chengdu on a hot day. The first thing he wanted to do when he earned the money was to treat his partners in the compound to a meal. As a result, he had a fight with Wang Tongguang today. He had already lost nearly 1,000 yuan, but he still gritted his teeth and refused to leave. Wen Lan was almost crying in a hurry, and quickly asked Jiang Zhou to find Cheng Ran. Everyone hoped that this young master of Fulong could persuade Jiang Zhou, who could not be pulled back by several cows, to come down.
When Cheng Ran arrived, Wang Tongguang just glanced at Cheng Ran, not taking this young man who looked like a high school student seriously at all, "Jiang Erwa, can you still afford to lose? Otherwise, even if I give up this time, you can take the more than 50 yuan on this bet, to protect your bottom line, so that you don't lose too badly... Learn a lesson. Don't be too arrogant in the future. Your Rongcheng Huatong was acquired by Fulong. The company has collapsed, but you are still arrogant. Fulong has been in big trouble recently. Lu Xiaodong was pressed to the ground from the second floor by their General Manager Cheng. This is a great man... It is said that Fulong does not support idle people, but whether your Huatong people can keep their jobs is another matter. It's not easy for your parents to work for others, so don't squander it... I won't beat you this time, just remember the lesson Brother Wang gave me."
Seeing bloodshot eyes in Jiang Erwa, Cheng Ran said, "Brother Wang, right? How about this... I'll play with you."
Jiang Erwa wanted to get angry when he saw Cheng Ran, but he finally held back out of concern and said in a deep voice, "This is none of your business..." He turned to look at Wen Lan and Lian Xiaohu, "Are you guys bored enough to call him?"
Wang Tongguang observed the expressions on their faces and probably realized that Cheng Ran seemed a little unusual, but he remained calm and looked at them with a smile on his face.
Cheng Ran ignored Jiang Zhou and turned to Wang Tongguang, flipping over the cards on the table in front of him, and said, "Poker, how boring. Let's try a different way to play, it's more exciting and the stakes are higher. Do you want to try?"
Wang Tongguang actually got addicted to gambling this morning. His words to Jiang Zhou were actually a retreat to advance. How could he bet enough? And to be honest, a thousand yuan might be a month's salary plus bonus for Jiang Erwa. For him, a thousand yuan was just the normal amount of winnings and losses in his card games, which was not exciting enough.
When Wang Tongguang asked further, Cheng Ran simply put the cards in front of him away, shuffled them, and said, "Why don't we play it this way? Draw cards directly from the cards, compare the size, and gradually increase the stakes. For example, the first hand starts with 100. For the second hand, everyone has to raise the stakes to 200. For the third hand, increase the stakes to 400, and then double the stakes one by one."
The people around him were breathing a little harder. Just thinking about it made their blood boil. How much money would be enough to play it later? The loser would lose everything.
Wang Tongguang's eyes were already red, but he still chuckled at this time, took the pile of money in front of him into his arms, and asked, "Don't be too aggressive... Do you have that much money?"
Cheng Ran opened a waist bag he carried with him and took out a stack of banknotes, which was about ten thousand thick. During this process, everyone saw that the inside of his waist bag was still bulging, and it was unknown how much reserve ammunition he had. Cheng Ran took out a few thousand from the stack of banknotes and put them on the table. He looked up and smiled slightly, "Is this enough for now?"
Wang Tongguang's eyes were filled with greed, while Cheng Ran smiled... leisurely and at ease.
Everyone's mouth was dry and their tongues were parched. They felt as if they were on the edge of an abyss and were extremely nervous.
That’s all for today, I’ll continue tomorrow. Hehe!