Chapter 4 The Clash of 1000 Baht
Among the four, the other three were surrounded in the center by a slightly older middle-aged man, dressed in bells and whistles, first of all, a shiny back, I don't know how much wax he had applied, a pair of brown sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, and a gold necklace around his neck that was not much thinner than an adult's thumb to hide the faint tattoo on his chest. Between his hands was a thick cigar, and the curling green smoke could not hide the glow of the huge diamond ring on his index finger. What's even more exaggerated is that from time to time, this gentleman raises his voice as if no one is around, exposing a mouthful of yellowed teeth to the eyes of others unscrupulously.
Surrounded by him were three young men dressed as typical gangsters, who were slapping their horses in the face of the nouveau riche middle-aged man, ignoring the eyes of the surrounding eyes.
"Thailand? Got rich? As soon as Zhong Shi heard the "high-minded talk" of these four people, he couldn't help but move in his heart, and muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear.
Counting the time, it is also time for hedge funds and large multinational banks to attack Southeast Asian currencies, starting with the Thai baht, the currency.
In the 80s, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea and other four regions or countries implemented an export-oriented economic strategy, focusing on the development of labor-intensive processing industries, and the economy took off rapidly in a short period of time, becoming the richest region in Asia, so it is also known as the "Asian Tigers".
This was followed by four fast-growing countries in Southeast Asia: Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Like the "Asian Tigers", these countries quickly embarked on the road of industrialization in the 90s when they used the opportunity of Western countries to transfer labor-intensive industries to developing countries, waited for opportunities to attract foreign capital and jishu, and took advantage of the advantages of cheap local labor to adjust their economic development strategies.
Among the so-called "Four Asian Tigers", Thailand is the most powerful, the eldest of the four countries, with a GDP of $200 billion in 1996.
The "successful person" in front of him said that he made a fortune in Thailand, and it is very likely that he speculated on Thai stocks. Or drug trafficking from the Golden Triangle.
Just when Zhong Shi was thinking nonsense. The middle-aged man named Fei Ge stopped laughing and said in an unusually loud voice, "Good to say! Say! Brothers, I'll talk about it later, but today my brother has opened your eyes. Let me show you my new yacht! ”
Coming to the yacht club is naturally going to sea. Although yacht charter is also available here. But most people who want to charter a yacht will not come to the gem clubhouse because the yachts here are more than 50 feet. It may be too large and a little too expensive for those who want to rent.
"Wow, big guy, when did you buy the yacht? Why don't we know? The three Crazy Boys were amazed, and one of them, a thin golden retriever, shouted in an extremely exaggerated voice, as if he was afraid that others would not hear him.
Naturally, the people at the dock looked sideways for a while, and they subconsciously stayed away from this group of people, as if they were avoiding the plague god, after all, the people who came here were either rich or noble, and they were all people with some status and status.
Although he was dissatisfied with the reactions of the people around him, "Fei Ge" was still very satisfied with the behavior of the little brother, he took out his wallet with a smile, took out a 1000 baht from it, deliberately raised it in front of his eyes, and looked at it pretending to look at the sun, and then handed the baht equivalent to more than 200 Hong Kong dollars to the golden retriever under the envy of the other two old boys, and finally pretended to be painful and said: "Take it, big brother will reward you with tea!" ”
The golden retriever happily took the banknote in his hand, and after looking at it over and over for a long time, he asked in a low voice: "Big man, what ......is this?" How much is it worth? ”
Fei Ge's face sank, and he said loudly with some displeasure: "What? Don't want it? Tell you, this is Thai money, and it is worth at least 500 Hong Kong dollars to exchange it for Hong Kong dollars. After saying that, there was a triumphant look on his face, and it was obvious that the displeasure just now was faked.
Hearing that this baht was worth 500 Hong Kong dollars, the golden retriever immediately showed a surprised expression, and hurriedly put this baht carefully into his arms, and kept thanking him: "Thank you, big guy, thank you, big guy." ”
Although "500 Hong Kong dollars" is not a large amount, it is already a lot of income for these old boys who wander the streets all day long and do some valet parking, especially if they only say a flattering word.
"500 Hong Kong dollars?" Zhong Shi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud. If he remembers correctly, the exchange rate between the Thai baht and the US dollar is now maintained at the level of 27 baht to 1 US dollar, and 1 US dollar to 7.8 Hong Kong dollars, so this 1,000 baht is only worth more than 200 Hong Kong dollars.
What Zhong Shi laughed at was that this "big guy" didn't know if he really didn't understand exchange rate conversion or deliberately deceived his younger brother. If it's the former, it means that this guy is a straw bag, and if it's the latter, it can only mean that he has a poor character and even deceives his little brother.
Anyway, this group of people is a joke in Zhong Shi's eyes.
This smile didn't matter, and it immediately attracted the attention of several people. Originally, the other two Troubled Boys were extremely jealous of their behavior of getting such a "huge amount of money" after only saying one word to their companions, and they just found an opportunity to show off in front of "Fei Ge", and then Zhong Shi happened to hit their guns.
"Hit the streets! You decrepit boy smiling and laughing? I'll give you a lung! He first glared at Zhong Shi angrily, then rolled up his cuffs, and was about to step forward, but when he saw two people on Zhong Shi's side, he pointed at Zhong Shi and scolded, but his steps unconsciously took two steps back.
Hearing his Cantonese swearing, Zhong Shi's brows couldn't help frowning, but he didn't expect that his unintentional smile would provoke such vicious insults, which made him extremely unhappy, and even dissatisfied with the service of this club.
You must know that such a behavior of these people has been staged for a while, and so far, there is no staff in the club to accompany Zhong Shi, and even the person who stopped these old boys has not shown up, such a service attitude can't help but make Zhong Shi, even Zhong Yi, who has always cared little about these details, also notice.
Because he has been in the United States for a long time, the service attitude there is naturally much better than that in Hong Kong, although he doesn't care about these details on weekdays, but it is "a long time in the room of Zhilan, I don't smell its fragrance". Once in another environment, he immediately distinguishes the difference in service details.
Zhong Shi, on the other hand, is a two-life person, and his experience of service is far deeper than that of his contemporaries, and at the same time, he appears mostly on the occasions of elite society, where the details of service and attitude are naturally impeccable. Although Zhong Shi always dresses up like an inappropriate one, those who know his details will never talk about these details of his dress.
"Brother Fei, this kid doesn't know how to do it, wait for me to teach him a lesson!" Just when Zhong Shi was silent and frowned, another sturdy old boy was eager to try, just waiting for "Brother Fei" to nod.
"Brother Fei" had already noticed the two Zhong brothers, although he knew that the people who came here had some backgrounds, but Zhong Shi's abrupt smile just now made him very unhappy. He naturally knew that he had just scolded his little brother, and the young man's laughter just now was obviously aimed at him. The faceless "Brother Fei" looked the Zhong brothers up and down a few times, and when he was about to settle the matter, he suddenly saw Zhou Yufang hiding behind Zhong Yi.
At this time, Zhou Yufang was hiding sideways behind Zhong Yi, as a native of Hong Kong, she knew the power of the underworld. Although she wasn't worried about what these people would do in broad daylight, it would be best if she could try not to provoke them.
Her cautious posture happened to be seen by "Fei Ge", seeing this gorgeous and unusual woman timidly hiding behind two young people, "Fei Ge" rolled his eyes, nodded at the old boy who wanted to do it, and motioned him to go up and test the water.
Seeing "Brother Fei" nodding, Zhong Shi knew that it was not good, he quickly snapped his fingers into the distance, and then took out his wallet from his arms, took out a $100 bill, and said to the old boy who was about to rush over: "I'm sorry, big guy, the little brother accidentally offended just now, this is to invite you to drink tea." ”
Seeing that the other party was soft, the old boy who had just rushed over was stunned, and looked at the banknotes in a daze for ten seconds, and then remembered to turn around and ask the big guy for instructions, but saw "Feige" with a displeased face, staring at him coldly.
This old boy was cold in his heart, and when he turned around, he knocked out the banknotes in Zhong Shi's hand, and was about to rush forward again. At this moment, a figure suddenly jumped out of the diagonal and suddenly blocked in front of Zhong Shi and him. Before the boy could react, he saw a thick arm appear in front of his eyes, clutching his throat like an eagle's claw.
"Ah Chao! Be careful! At this time, the old boy named "Ah Chao" heard the reminder of his companion, and at this time he had fallen into the hands of the other party, and the bursts of pain and poor breathing from his throat reminded him that the person in front of him did not seem to be easy to mess with.
Ah Chao is also an experienced person in fighting, and hurriedly swung his strength at the arm that choked his throat, who knew that the arm was like a steel cast, not only did not react to Ah Chao's beating, but grabbed it tighter and tighter, without a trace of relaxation.
All of this happened in a moment, even the little gangster closest to Ah Chao was more than five meters away, and before they could react, they saw a young man with no life in his eyes rushing up to Ah Chao, grabbing their companion with one hand, and lifting him up with one arm in full view of everyone. (To be continued......)
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