Chapter 35: Self-Control

On the plane, Wu Wei quietly thought about the strange experience in Atlantic City, he didn't say a word after taking off from the plane, he was thinking about the Hualong Gang, and thinking about the Ming Dynasty colorful tea cup that Zhou Gong bought, and finally began to wonder what was the purpose of the second level arranged by Zhou Gong?

Yang Yan saw that Wuwei had been in deep thought for a long time, she couldn't hold it back, and shook Wuwei's arm with her hand: "Brother Wuwei, what do you want? ”

Wuwei was awakened by Yang Yan from his contemplation, and smiled apologetically: "Oh, I'm thinking about the homework assigned by the master." He jokingly said to Yang Yan.

"What else do you want, can't you just finish the master's homework seriously?" Yang Yan tilted his head and said mischievously.

"But if I can't think of the reason for this, it will be difficult for me to achieve the effect required by the master, you think about letting me do nothing all day long, that is, reciting the Tao Te Ching in the house, let alone three months, even three days, I can't hold on. Can you become a gambling king by relying on the Tao Te Ching? I can't figure out what the connection is. ”

"So you don't plan to complete the task arranged by Uncle Zhou?"

"Of course not, a man must make a promise, since I worship Zhou Gong as a teacher, I must conscientiously complete the tasks arranged by his old man, which is exactly why I must think about it. ”

"I just like the character of Brother Wuwei. Yang Yan blurted out, and then felt that he was speaking too bluntly, his face turned red, and he hurriedly changed the topic and asked, "Then did you think of it?"

"Not yet, I'd like to go back and ask Robert for advice, he might be able to clear my mind. ”

"Robert is really a genius, I can't think of why he ended up as a dealer in a casino? Yang Yan said with emotion.

"Everyone hides their own secrets in their hearts, aren't you the same?" asked Yang Yan inadvertently.

"Don't you just want to know why I ran away from home? I won't tell you, I'm going to kill you!" Yang Yan gritted his teeth and said fiercely to Wuwei.

"Haha...... No one asked you to say it, it was you who didn't say it and felt uncomfortable. ”

In the middle of the joke, I felt that time passed very quickly, and the plane landed in Las Vegas in the evening.

After returning to the residential area, Yang Yan first went back to his apartment to wash up, for a girl who loves beauty, taking a bath after a long journey is the most important thing. She has suffered a lot with Wuwei these days, and she is also tired, and she needs to take a good rest.

Wu Wei and Arun return to their apartment and find Robert at home. As long as Robert is not working, most of his free time is reading. Hearing that Wuwei was back, he hurriedly came out of the study. He smiled and said to Wuwei: "Don't say anything first, let me guess the result of your trip." ”

Wuwei pretended to pull his clothes, stood up straight, and said expressionlessly, "Okay, you can guess." ”

Robert looked at Wuwei for a while, and then said slowly: "Although your expression is calm, there is no look of frustration in your eyes, which means that you have found the gambling saint Zhou Gong." But there wasn't much joy, didn't Duke Zhou promise you? With Yang Yan accompanying you to the trip, Duke Zhou shouldn't refuse you? I really can't guess the result. Robert shook his head, as if he couldn't figure it out.

"Haha...... Robert, I think you're about to become a half-immortal! But your guess is very accurate, you wait for us to catch our breath and drink a glass of water before reporting back to you in detail. After speaking, Wuwei walked into his bedroom, and after a while, he came out wearing only shorts and a vest.

At this time, Ah Lun also came out of another room and said to Wuwei, "Big brother, I'll go out to buy some food and come back." ”

"Okay, go and get back quickly. Wu Wei spoke, took a cup of coffee, and sat on the sofa on the side of the living room.

When Robert saw Wuwei come out, he turned off the TV, and he asked Wuwei with a smile: "What is the result of this trip?"

"It's hard to put it into words, we waited for Zhou Gong in Atlantic City for more than half a month, and finally let Yang Yan discover the trace of the gambling saint, I did feel a temperament that ordinary people do not have, a temperament that can only be understood and cannot be spoken. Unexpectedly, Zhou Gong happily agreed to my request, all thanks to Yang Yan, but Zhou Gong proposed that if he wanted to be his apprentice, he had to pass three levels. ”

"Oh, what are the three levels?" Robert was very interested in Wu Wei's words.

"The first level is gambling, Zhou Gong said that to be his apprentice, he must be crazy about what he is engaged in. ”

Rob nodded, thought for a while and said: "It seems that this Zhou Gong is indeed extraordinary, as a professional gambler, this is very important, in fact, not only gambling, doing anything requires interest and even fanaticism, it is difficult for a person who acts step by step to make a difference." ”

Yes, Zhou Gong also said the same thing at that time, he said that love is the first element of success. Wu Wei followed Robert and continued.

"People who are successful in any industry have the nature of gambling, and gambling is a characteristic that must be possessed by those who have achieved great things. The most typical is war, where no one dares to say that they are completely sure of a war, and they are actually gambling before taking action. I remember an entrepreneur once saying, 'I like the smell of the unknown, fear, fear, excitement, excitement, which stimulates your hormones to burst out as fast as possible.'" The role of the entrepreneur is not in superb management skills, but in the foresight in the chaos, in the desperate gamble when the opportunity comes. An entrepreneur's behavior is actually like a gambler, watching the market, and then betting, no matter whether he wins or loses, he will look at the market in the next round and bet again. ”

"Haha...... This is like a song that was popular in our China a few years ago, love to fight to win, I think it should be changed to 'dare to bet to win'!" Wu Wei laughed as he spoke.

Li Ka-shing, the richest man in China, has a description in this regard, saying that when the business has reached his current level, he often decides to bet when he is 60% sure. The future is hard to predict, and by the time we are fully sure, the opportunity is gone. From this point of view, doing business is to have talent, this talent is a feeling, some people call it the soul of business, it is said that MBA classes do not talk about it, because there are no words, the second is gambling, that kind of courage to break the kettle in my opinion, is a kind of gambling, the winner is the king, the loser is the villain, but refuse to be mediocre. I watched an interview with Li Shufu, a Chinese car maker, who said that when he was a child, he liked to gamble, and he was very willing to bet, often throwing everything he won until he lost it all. It is precisely because of this gambling nature that he has made it possible for him to become the Henry Ford of China. ”

Wuwei listened to Robert's story very carefully, and Robert's quotations made him admire, "Zhou Gong said that I already have such a gambling nature, and he said that I have passed the first level." When Zhou Gong left, he assigned me the second level of training, and asked me to integrate Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" into my heart within three months, and I could not do anything during these three months, copy the "Tao Te Ching" fifty times, and read it ten times a day, and he would come to check on me after three months. If I can't pass this level, Zhou Gong will refuse to accept me as an apprentice. Wuwei looked at Robert with expectant eyes as he spoke, "Robert, can you tell me the purpose of Zhou Gong asking me to do this?"

Neither of them noticed that Aaron had returned, and he was afraid of disturbing their conversation, so he stood by and listened.

Robert listened to Wuwei's words, and instead of answering immediately, he fell into deep thought. Seeing that neither of them spoke again, Ah Lun took the opportunity to say to Wuwei: "Big brother, otherwise you can eat something first, and you can also chat while eating." ”

"Oh, I'm not hungry, you can eat it yourself. Wuwei said to Aaron with a side face.

Robert looked up at Wu Wei, "Wu Wei, what do you say is the most important thing in the process of playing?"

Wuwei thought for a while and said, "Self-control is the most important thing. ”

"Control what?" Robert asked.

"Control your behavior, control your mentality, control your desires, your greed, control your seven emotions and six desires. I kept saying to myself in my heart while I was playing, control, control...... Anytime I can't control myself, the consequences are dangerous. ”

"Wuwei, do you know what controls our behavior?"

Hearing Robert's question, Wu Wei suddenly laughed, he couldn't figure out how Robert could ask such a ridiculous question, and said curiously: "Of course it's our brain, is there something else?"

"You are wrong, in many cases the human brain cannot control itself, it can also be said that you cannot control yourself, and in some cases our actions are not subject to the command of consciousness at all. ”

Wuwei felt incomprehensible about Robert's words, and he looked at Robert suspiciously: "I don't understand what you're saying, I don't know what you're talking about." ”

"Well, let me give you a few examples, have you ever encountered such an experience when gambling, that is, you lose very much, you know that you can't gamble, but you can't control yourself, and you have to gamble. ”

"Yes, I'm sure everyone who has been to a casino has had that experience. "Wu Wei said truthfully.