974. Numbers on the slip of paper
"Impossible! This is impossible!" Bu Chaofeng's eyes widened, looking at Meng Zitao's two hole cards, he didn't believe his eyes, and finally he suddenly remembered something, pointed at Meng Zitao and said, "You are out of the old man!"
Meng Zitao's face instantly became gloomy, and he said to the dealer: "He said I cheated." β
The dealer's face also became unsightly, and he warned Bu Chaofeng: "Sir, if you want to sue him for cheating, please show evidence." β
Bu Chaofeng shouted loudly: "What is the probability of a straight flush meeting a royal flush, don't you know?"
The dealer said with a calm face: "Probability is probability, you can't meet it in your life, it doesn't mean that others won't encounter it often, and vice versa, you can't say that others cheat because you have encountered it, you have to have evidence, understand?"
Bu Chaofeng said: "I want to check the footage here. β
"I agreed with him to check the video. Meng Zitao sneered and said: "But I didn't draw a thousand after watching the video, do you have to pay some price, you can't just slander if you say slander, but you don't have to pay any price." Of course, my requirements are not high, you can just take the watch you wear as an apology. β
Bu Chaofeng's pupils shrank, then he snorted coldly, turned around and left.
Meng Zitao had noticed before that Bu Chaofeng was very concerned about his watch, and would move it from time to time. Before, he just suspected that there might be some secret to this watch, and judging by the performance of Bu Chaofeng now, this is certain.
Meng Zitao looked at Cao Gang, who nodded lightly and made a hidden gesture in his hand.
After exchanging chips, the group walked out of the casino, and Meng Zitao said goodbye to Old Bert at the door.
Old Bert was very grateful to Meng Zitao, and learned that Meng Zitao would not go back with him on the bus, and then left with his son.
"In these years, there are so many white-eyed wolves!" Meng Zitao shook his head with a smile, he saw Little Bert's gloomy expression, and knew that this guy must have a grudge against himself, and with Little Bert's performance, he must also be a dog who can't change his-eating master.
According to his thoughts, at this point, old Bert had better not care about this son anymore, but old Bert obviously has not reached the point of despair, and as for how it will end in the future, it is not up to him.
"Do you want to teach him a lesson?" Cao Gang said.
"I'll talk about it when he comes and messes with us. Meng Zitao asked, "How to solve it on Bu Chaofeng's side?"
"I should be on my way back by now. Cao Gang replied.
Meng Zitao nodded and said, "Let's go back first, I'm a big fat piece now, don't be targeted." β
Cao Gang smiled, and then took Meng Zitao into the car sent by the department and set off for New York.
Old Bert's matter was solved, and there was a huge gain, and Meng Zitao was very satisfied with today's trip to the casino.
It's just that when he interrogated Bu Chaofeng, he encountered obstacles, although the watch had been opened, and a note was found inside, which said "961394", but I don't know what it meant. asked this guy but didn't know anything, and he was in a hurry, and he really showed signs of madness.
If you go crazy, you won't be able to ask anything, but if you don't take measures, you can't ask, so things freeze.
Of course, this is only because Meng Zitao did not participate in the interrogation, and this is also because of his current identity and he doesn't want to have flaws, so he is ready to wait until Bu Chaofeng is transferred back to China, if there is still no progress, Meng Zitao will play in person.
The next day, Meng Zitao had nothing to do, so he asked Cao Gang what was related to antiques in New York, and Cao Gang told him that he knew that there was an antique shop that might be able to find old goods, but the owner was more treacherous.
Meng Zitao wanted to go and see, so Cao Gang took him there.
There is an antique street in Queens, New York, this street is not wide or long, in the sixties and seventies of the last century, the antique industry on this street is thriving, the flow of people is like a tide, a small street is only a hundred or ten meters of street, competing to open more than a dozen antique shops, this street is the place where Cao Gang said.
Walking into this street, Meng Zitao found that there were only two or three antique shops open in solitary places, and they should not be called "shops", but "shops".
Mainly because of these antique shops, the faΓ§ade is narrow and deep, the place is not big, there are strange things, there are also household utensils, but the placement is messy, there is no discipline, just like a grocery store. The inside of the shop is full of old miscellaneous pieces of different backgrounds and different ages, as well as some half-old and semi-new gold, silver, copper, iron, tooth, horn, wood porcelain, not much quality and value.
Cao Gang told Mencius that the reason why the antique shops here are like this is because their historical background and buying and selling methods are different from other antique businesses, and the antique business on this street came into being, in a word, "a product of the times".
Most of the antique shops here started in the late 60s and early 70s of the last century. Most of the antique dealers on this street do not have much background and knowledge of antique collection and appreciation, and the reason why they ran an antique business was because of the external war in the United States, the internal social turmoil, and the change in young people's thinking and their preference for new things.
These antique dealers started from this, and then they became bigger, but the good times did not last long, and then there was no war, the economy grew, and there were fewer people selling antiques, and the business of antique dealers here was difficult to do, and some people did not do it when they made money, and some could not support it, and the antique shops here were closed one after another, and finally only these three remained.
When Meng Zitao and Cao Gang walked into this depressed street, two of the three shops were closed, and they didn't know if they were going to close again.
Later, Meng Zitao learned that the two shopkeepers were cousins, and usually, they were either in the elder brother's shop or in the younger brother's shop, so the other one was always closed.
In addition, they only open their store from 9 a.m. to 12 noon every day, and there is another store that is closed, only opening from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and the rest of the time the door is closed.
When Meng Zitao and Cao Gang walked into their brother's shop, a young man who looked a little malnourished, with a look of surprise on his face, walked up to Meng Zitao, took Meng Zitao's hand and said, "Sir, I suggest you take a look at my shop before you come over, what do you say?"
If it weren't for Meng Zitao's ability to feel that this person had no malicious intent, it was estimated that he would have slapped him, although it was so, but as soon as he came up, he grabbed his hand and dragged him to his shop, and no one would be in a good mood.
However, Meng Zitao did not refuse, the key is that the boss here did not refuse either, as if he didn't care that his younger brother would rob him of his business, and then Meng Zitao followed his younger brother to the store next door.