Chapter 89: A Free Country
Long Yi entered the bathroom, the faucet didn't seem to be closed tightly, and after a closer look, he found that the water droplets were dripping down the lotus shower, making a dull "tick" sound, Long Yi twisted it hard, it had no effect at all, Long Yi was a little unhappy in his heart, let's live first...... I'm tired anyway......
After taking a shower, Long Yi was too bored to watch the movie on TV, and looked at the time, it was almost two o'clock, so he felt a little hungry, and planned to go to the night market to find something to eat first.
It's still pitch black outside the hotel, but it's noisy in the distance, and it seems that there are a lot of night owls. Long Yi arrived outside the night market, most of the shops were still open, and there were still customers in the jewelry store looking at the jewelry, and the gold and platinum in the containers accounted for a large proportion, which was pleasing to the eye from a distance.
There are also two mobile phone stores on the street, Long Yi planned to change a card, so he walked over, the boss handed Long Yi a pile of A4 paper with a number for Long Yi to pick, Long Yi quickly browsed the number and selected the mobile phone card.
Boss: "Let's open it now!" ”
The dragon nodded, and the boss said, "Give me my ID card ......."
"I didn't bring ......," Long Yi said, shaking his head.
Boss: "Then I'll just find an ID card and give you a real-name system, right?" Anyway, can you just make a phone call? ”
The dragon nodded: "That's what it means!" ”
When he arrived at the barbecue city, Long Yi found that it was quite lively, and all the people sitting in the black pressure were people, and there were no less than ten of them, and the bosses with various accents shouted enthusiastically.
"Come on, come on...... Authentic seafood, charcoal-grilled oysters......"
"The owner...... Come and sit, I still have a table at home...... Dai roast chicken, all kinds of barbecue ......"
A Sichuan accent shouted, "Boss...... What to eat? A few ......"
As soon as Long Yi looked, a young man in a black sweater stood under a sign that read "Wanzhou Grilled Fish" and looked at Long Yi with a smile.
Long Yi approached the young man's stall and looked at the shelf of meat skewers being grilled on the grill, the barbecue master was two very young guys, estimated to be less than twenty, and there were more than a dozen tables next to it that were already full of people......
Long Yi took the cigarette handed by the boss and asked, "Boss Sichuan?" ”
Boss: "It's thi! Ah Ping...... A la carte to the owner......"
Ryuichi: "You don't have a table anymore?" What to order? ”
Owner: "There is a table......"
Seeing that the boss quickly set up a table, Long Yi walked to the fresh-keeping cabinet and ordered some food, and after the boss poured the tea, he asked, "Have you gone to fight?" Sheung Shui is not? ”
Long Yi also knows the meaning of "fighting", probably whether he has gambled? What the hell is "Sheung Shui"?
Looking at Long Yi, who was confused, the boss smiled: "Shangshui is to win or not?" ”
Long Yi smiled: "I just arrived, I don't know what you said, your business is good!" How long has it been open? ”
Boss: "Okay...... It's been open for years...... Well...... It's been five or six years......"
Ryuichi: "Make a lot of money, right?" How did you come up with the idea of doing business here? ”
The boss glanced at his stall, and looked too busy to pull a chair and chat with Long Yi, the boss's surname is He, he has been to Maicheng for many years, and he was also a gambler when he first arrived, and he also lost a lot of money......
Long Yi saw that the things he ordered were basically ready, so he opened the wine and ate it, Xiao He took a glass in one hand and a bottle of beer in the other, walked to Long Yi's side and said, "Come on...... Boss...... I toast you with a glass and take care of you in the future! ”
Ryuichi: "What's your name boss, I'm also a part-time worker...... Come, drink! ”
Xiao He: "In this place, when you see people, you call the boss, who cares if you sweep the street or shine shoes...... It's good to get used to it......"
Long Yi: "Why don't you gamble now and change your ways?" ”
Xiao He: "I don't have partial wealth in my life, gambling is also more losses and less wins, and after getting married, the money will also go to my wife, leaving ten or twenty yuan to buy a pack of cigarettes, and the gambling will not move......"
The dragon is a little headed, the Chinese are happy to lose nine out of ten bets, they all want to get rich overnight, but they don't know that the water inside is deep and shallow, and there are rumors among the people that ten gambles and nine frauds, and they are afraid of a thousand.
Ryuichi: "Are there a thousand of them here?" ”
Xiao He shook his head and said: "I don't know, anyway, I haven't heard of thousands of players in the field, and there are not many players who have thousands of them, who dares to mess around, and they are found to die more ugly than dogs." ”
Ryuichi: "That's right! If you have money, try your luck, but if you don't have money, don't play, right? ”
Xiao He: "It's too right, I used to be the same as a pig, I was reluctant to leave if I won, I wanted to pull the capital when I lost, I lost a lot, fortunately, I didn't sign the order, if you signed the bill and couldn't afford it in the end, you could only bury it in the back of the mountain......"
Long Yi was taken aback and said, "If you can't afford to sign the bill, you have to die?" Who do you sign with? ”
Xiao He: "You can also sign in the field, and there are some people who specialize in loan sharks, and if they don't pay it back when they expire, they can't pay it back, and they can't afford to die, and there are many people who cheat in the past few years, and they all want to take risks, and if they can't afford to lose, they will become 'ghosts', if they don't see anyone in a few days, most of them will be buried in the ground......"
Long Yi's eyes widened and asked, "The law doesn't matter?" ”
Xiao He said with a frightened face: "No one cares, but there are not many people who cheat orders over the years, it's all their own money, and if they lose, they lose, and I don't know how many people who don't know how many people are buried on that mountain over there......"
Long raised his glass and said: "Drinking, it's too complicated in this place, I heard that the third brother seems to have a lot of power?" ”
Xiao He: "The various forces in Maicheng are intertwined, but they seem to give the third brother face, the third brother is a cow, there are shares in each field, and the little brother under his command is afraid that he himself doesn't know how many ......"
The dragon nodded: "It's good to have money!" What does the third brother look like? I don't know if I'm afraid it's inappropriate to meet it that day? ”
Xiao He: "I can't afford to provoke it, there is a Lingsheng Trading Co., Ltd. next to the Jiujiu Holiday Hotel that is the third brother's, it seems that the Jiujiu Holiday Hotel is also the third brother's, anyway, these hotels and restaurants that are open are a little more luxurious, and they have the shares of the third brother, and they have nothing to do to drive a classic car around......
Ryuichi: "What classic car?" ”
Xiao He: "It seems to be a jeep, you drink it first...... I'm going to say hello when a guest comes......"
Long Yi said, "Okay...... You're busy with yours! ”
It was almost four o'clock when he left the barbecue city, and Long Yi was walking on the road where there were no people, ready to go to the field for a stroll, and occasionally met a beautiful woman standing on the street and stuffing business cards into Long Yi's trouser pocket along the way. In front of the "Regal Group Tourism Co., Ltd.", the neon lights are still flashing, Xiao He introduced that the Regal Group is the most important casino, in which different bosses have opened more than a dozen fields, plus not far away "Qitian Group" has nearly ten fields to reach a total of more than 20 fields, and some of the fields of survival of the fittest are gradually closed......
When passing through the security gate, the alarm went off, and several security guards wearing black coats and black brimmed hats reminded Long Yi to put the keys, mobile phone belts, etc. on the table again......
"Didi......"
The siren went off again.
"Smoke ......"
Long Yi took out his cigarette and put it aside, and finally got in, and the security personnel returned the items. There are all kinds of game machines in the hall, leaving a passage in the middle, Long glanced at it and felt that there were still a lot of people, at least hundreds of people were playing, the indoor temperature was suitable, and it seemed that the air conditioning effect was good......
Long Yi looked around and sat down in front of a mahjong machine to prepare for entertainment, a girl in a white shirt and short skirt walked up to Long Yi and smiled and introduced, one point represents one dollar.
"The owner...... How many points? ”
Long Yi: "A thousand points ......" After speaking, he took out his wallet and dropped out five or six business cards, and the girl looked at Long Yi with a red face and smiled.
Long Yi was puzzled: "What are you laughing at?" ”
"Nope!" After the girl finished speaking, she helped Long Yi pick up the business card on the ground and handed it to Long Yi, stood and looked at it for a few minutes before leaving.
An hour later, Long Yi lost all the points, and the players on the game console next to him snapped the buttons to score the points, and the players in front of several Russian roulette wheels were still watching the mysterious balls press the points......
Long Yi is ready to go to the inside of the field to see, the whole Regal Group is a one-story building, the shape is like a castle, but the inside is beyond imagination, each field has taken an atmospheric name, such as "BMW VIP Club", "Dragon Teng VIP Club", "Hong Kong and Macau VIP Club", ......
The names of the fields are different, but the situation inside is similar, mainly cards, and there are more than a dozen cameras installed on the ceiling above each table, and it is basically impossible for players to come up with a thousand in that situation.
The blood-red carpet, the daylight brightness, the young and beautiful players, the dealers, the different positions of the staff with the fine division of labor correspond to the players of different skin tones, and the sound of the chips......
"Bosses...... Bet ......"
"Idle...... Idle...... Idle ......"
"Zhuang ...... Village...... Zhuang ......"
"Dragon...... Dragon...... Dragon ......"
"Tiger ...... Tiger...... Tiger ......"
There are also two crisp bells at the end of the betting, which make the players excited, and they don't know how dark it is.
When Long Yi arrived at the hotel, it was already dark, Long Yi took out his wallet and put it on the bedside table, took out his business card and looked at it, all of which were printed with the words "Chongxi", and also printed with various numbers, various fresh and refined flower names, as well as telephone numbers and addresses......
Long Yi said: "What a free country! ”
Why is it so cold when the air conditioner is turned on? Ryuichi fell asleep in a daze, unable to tell whether it was reality or a dream, and felt that the whole room seemed to light up, and a headless female corpse in a red dress stood beside Ryuichi's bed, and the surroundings were suddenly filled with fog, accompanied by a disgusting stench, and a pair of bloody hands were about to touch Ryuichi's face......
Long Yi used his hand to block it, sat up, the TV was still playing an ancient movie that he hadn't seen, and I didn't know if it was an Indian film or a Thai movie, the faint TV sound, the constantly switching pictures, the sky was bright, the curtains were not closed, and the light shone in, but it was obviously different from the brightness in the dream.
Long Yi wiped the sweat on his neck with his hand and scolded: "Damn! Why do you have nightmares again? ”