Chapter 16: Deception for the sake of pleasure
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Five or ten yuan may not seem like much, but if you multiply it by the huge flow of people in this square night market, this amount is quite considerable.
In just one hour, at least nearly 100 people threw money in this circle, ranging from five yuan to ten yuan, and as many as twenty or thirty yuan, and a guy who drank high directly smashed two hundred yuan into it.
It is conservatively estimated that Li Mengnan has cheated these people for at least more than 1,000 yuan...... Of course, these people are willing to be pitted.
"Big brother, your magic skills are really good, alas, it's a pity that I don't have this ability."
The middle-aged woman stall owner sighed with emotion, and her eyes showed a little envy, she was greedy to sell stews in the morning, catching up with the crowded Saturdays and Sundays, and selling this amount all day long, and Li Mengnan made a rag and sat here for an hour to catch up with her day's turnover.
"Okay, let's settle the bill and leave quickly, what are you going to do with the tuition fees?" Wu Ansu yawned and urged impatiently, she was already tired after working all day, and she was in no mood to continue playing here with Li Mengnan.
"You have to have a beginning and an end to the trick, you can only change things into nothing, but it's not a trickster, that's a thief......"
Li Mengnan stretched his waist, and felt that the time was almost over, and if it continued to consume, the audience's curiosity should be exhausted, and it was time for the final step.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion behind the crowd of onlookers, and two strong men in black suits cleared a passage through the crowd, revealing a middle-aged man.
This middle-aged man has a very magical retro temperament, with two elegant mustaches on the corners of his mouth, a hairstyle smeared with hair oil, and a finger-thick brown cigar in his mouth, which has the style of the godfather of the gangsters in the sixties and seventies of the last century, just like Marlon Brando.
A middle-aged woman who looked like a secretary behind him moved a maza for him, and the middle-aged man sat down in front of Li Mengnan with a golden knife, and he didn't make a sound, just stared straight at Li Mengnan's face.
"You're a magician?"
"I'd rather you call me a trickster."
"Is there any difference?"
"Although no one name can change the essence of this deception, trick is to deceive to make people happy, and magic is to deceive for the sake of deception."
"I don't know why, but I look like I'm very powerful."
The middle-aged man raised his hand and beckoned behind him, and the secretary-like woman immediately handed over a brown paper bag, and the middle-aged man flipped the paper bag with his backhand, and bundles of unopened hundred-yuan bills fell one after another in the soy sauce circle.
The middle-aged man's bold gesture immediately attracted a burst of exclamations from onlookers.
"It's 100,000 yuan, just taken from the bank." The middle-aged man clumped the cowhide bag in his hand and threw it aside, "How much you can swallow in your cornucopia is yours, but the premise is that it can't be seen by me." โ
The middle-aged man's voice was not loud, but it was enough for everyone in the front row to hear clearly, and the onlookers couldn't help but sweat for Li Mengnan.
Everyone knows that this Li Mengnan is just a magician, not an immortal, and the so-called money swallowed by the "cornucopia" is only hidden somewhere on his body in a way that ordinary people can't understand.
It's the height of summer right now, the clothes are thin, and it's not tight to hide a thousand pieces, but this middle-aged man is 100,000 yuan when he shakes his hand, and stacking them together is almost the size of an old-fashioned radio, no matter where he hides, he will definitely be seen.
Where is this middle-aged man coming to see the Magic, he is simply here to play the field......
Li Mengnan couldn't help but squint his eyes, picked up a stack of 10,000 yuan bills, flicked it twice with his fingers, and sneered: "Isn't it great to be rich?" If you have money, can you do whatever you want? For people like you, I just want to say one sentence - local tyrant, let's be friends! โ
Ben's righteous and stern rebuke instantly turned into a smile on his face, and it felt like a revolutionary who was brave and unyielding in the face of the enemy's bayonet one second, and turned into a dog-legged traitor with a "Taijun" in the next second, and the strong contrast made the onlookers stunned for a few seconds, and then the audience laughed.
"You're an interesting person." The corners of the middle-aged man's mouth curled slightly, and there was a hint of appreciation in his eyes, "If you can make all this money disappear, I can grant you this request." โ
"I rememberโ!"
Wu Ansu felt that this middle-aged man seemed to be a little familiar before, and it wasn't until the other party appeared with that signature smile that she suddenly remembered who this person was.
Brando, a bigwig in the entertainment industry in Sanshan City, the largest "godfather" nightclub in the city is his personal industry, and there is also a film and television entertainment company under his name, which has really become popular with several first- and second-tier stars in recent years, and is in the limelight for a while.
Of course, this person's real name is not like this, it was originally called Bai Lianzhu, a very down-to-earth name, because he likes Marlon Brando's "The Godfather" very much, so he changed his name to Brando, which can also be seen from the name of his nightclub.
According to the grapevine, Brando is not addicted to smoking, alcohol and beauty, but he has a soft spot for magic, not only signed a domestic first-line magician to perform in the "Godfather" nightclub at a high price, but also invited well-known magicians at home and abroad to perform at a high price from time to time.
From this point of view, it is reasonable that this person would be interested in Li Mengnan.
There has never been a street magician like Li Mengnan in Sanshan City, coupled with Brando's bold spending of thousands of dollars, the news of such a shocking gamble soon spread throughout the square night market, and for a time the crowd surged, surrounding the small stewed stall with three layers inside and three layers outside, and even many stall owners put down their business and rushed over to see the excitement.
"Li Mengnan, can you do it? Don't force it. โ
Although Wu Ansu didn't understand magic, he didn't believe that Li Mengnan could really hide the 100,000 yuan without knowing it, and he couldn't help but worry about him.
"A man can say no, but he can never say no."
Wu Ansu suddenly found that Li Mengnan in front of him seemed to be a little different, and his cynical eyes gradually became as sharp as an eagle.
It was a strong fighting spirit that was aroused by the challenge, and only those who have great confidence in themselves would have such a look.
Li Mengnan stacked ten stacks of Huaxia coins neatly together--because they were all new banknotes, and together they were only ten centimeters thick, but they were also smooth and stable.
"Won't you take the money apart?"
Brando seemed a little surprised, as a magic enthusiast, he also knew some of the principles. The smaller and lighter the tools used, the easier it is to perform this kind of magic trick, which is why the most common tools used by magicians are small objects such as cards and coins.
Once it exceeds a certain volume and weight, it can only be assisted by specific magic props, such as magic boxes, top hats, etc., and the visual effect will be discounted.
The seemingly ordinary boy in front of him didn't seem to plan to use any auxiliary props, could he really complete this vanishing magic with just his hands?